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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Grand Opera Song Birds.

The Savage English Grand Opera com pany will give two opera performances at the Jefferson theatre next Wednesday, matinee and night. This season the offer ings here will be a production of Wag
 ners great music drama, "Lohengrin,' which local music lovers have so long been anxious to hear and which will be done at the matinee. Music lovers are also promised delightful variety in the opportunity to hear 'Rigoletto' at night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
ADJUSTMENTS
"The Shepherd kinq."

A matinee performance of "The Shep- herd King will be given this afternoon at the Jefferson theatre. No dramatic offering of the season has been more meri- torious than that which MT. Lorimer pre- sents and his play deserves liberal pat at every performance. ''rhe Shep- herd King is well acted and staged in a beautiful manner. It is expected that the matinee crowd this afternoon will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Civil Service Examinations.

The United States civil service commits sion announces an examination to take place in Birmingham on January 10 and Il, 19O6 to secure eligibles qualified to trans late French and German, from which to make certifcation to fill a vacancy in the position of scientific assistant in library science in the department of agriculture at the salary of ss40 per annum. The age limit is 20 years or over on the date of examination. py
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. important Meeting Will Be Held at the
 Commercial Club Tonight.

The local branch of the Master Painters and Decorators association of the United States and Canada will meet tonight at the Commercial club rooms and all the members are expected to attend. Matters of importance are to come up for con- sideration and the different committees will submit their reports.
 The meetings of the local association have been held heretofore at the store of the Alabama Paint and Glass com pany but at the meeting last week it was decided to change the meeting place to the Commercial club rooms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
"A Jolly Baron."

Billy Clifford and the members of his company entertained large crowd at the Bjou theatre last night. Rain did not seem to interfere with the attendance. In "A Jolly Baron MT. Clifford is provided with a tumble of nonsense, music and specialties that pleases amusement lovers. The usual performance will be given to- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Don't forget to go to w. R. McVay's, 2l2O Second Ave. |, for your whisky.
MASONIC NOTICE

Members of Birmingham Fraternal Lodge are sum- moned and all others are re- Quested to meet at hall cor ner First Ave. and 2Oth St., at l D. m. today. to attend funeral of our Brother John A. Milner.
 J. F. Vance, w. M.
 ". T. Stradferd, Sect'y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Gifts to Museum.

New York. December 1s.-A gift of s100,000 to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the purchase of American paint ings was announced today by Sir Pur- don Clark.
 George A. Hearn, the merchant, gave the money. He also donated twenty valuable paintings to the nauseum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Home Made

Have your cake, mullins, and tea bis- cult homemade. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
 Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and eco- ironically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and mullins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare.
 Royals the greatest of bake-day helps.
 nprAL aAkYA sownks CO., NEW yoax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
PERSONAL

Friends of Mrs R. S. Douglas. wife of Manager Douglas of the Jefferson the atre. will regret to hear that she is ill
 Miss Dora Lindsay is at St. Vincent's S hospital. where she had an operation per formed on her throat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
RECORD OF COURTS

Judge Dan A. Greene read the death sentence to Robert l.. Dix, negro, yester- day afternoon in the criminal court and set January % as the date of his execu- tion. Shuggart & Bell, the attorneys for Dix, were present when the sentence was passed and immediately entered plea TOT a new trial This was oyerruled by Judse Greene and they appealed the case to the supreme court The sentence will be tenn porarily suspended pending the action or the supreme court.
 The following suits were filed in the city court yesterday
 H. R. Goblet vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, $l999 damages Tor alleged personal injuries.
 George Seelhorst Vs. Birmingham Hall- way, Light and Power company $0oOV damages for injuries alleged to have been received on October 3l last at the corner of Fourteenth street and First avenue
 William Watson, pro ami. Ida l.. wat son vs Birmingham Railway Light ana Power company, $1o,0oO alleged damages Plaintiff alleges to have been elected rom a. car on the East Lake line on Novem- Der 1 last. oo
 ]. J. Thompson vs. Adrien Sicard, $500; alleged trespass after plaintiff had leased premises at Pinckney City from the de- fendant.
 In the circuit court yesterday. judge ment was rendered for s420.S5 in favor of the defendant in the case of Y. Cross vs the Alabama Lumber company.
 The habeas corpus hearing of W. S. Taylor. charged with being a fugative from justice from Texas, was continued in the chancery court yesterday. The examination was set for 2:30 p. m. but was continued on account of the absence of Sheriff W. S. Russell of Grayson county Texas. The hearing is now set for 10 o'clock this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
THE WEATHER

Washington, Dec 19 = Alabama Wednesday colder in western portion; brisk, possibly high east to north winds; Thursday fair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Iocal Weather Data.
Weather Report.

Temperature and precipitation as re- ported at the weather bureau for select southern stations during 24 hours ending at 10 a. m.: Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20
Miscellaneous Judiciary.

Immediately after the miscellaneous committee adjourned alderman Fulghum called the joint meeting of the judiciary and miscellaneous committees to order.
 Alderman Jones moved that the adop- ton of the 1906 license schedule be re- considered.
 This, he said, was done with view of hearing James Weatherly attorney for the Bell Telephone company address the committee. MT. Neatherly protest ed that the fixed rate was unjust. He said he thought the rate should be ar ranged on a graduated basis, consistent with the amount of revenue recelved; that different rates should be fixed for business and residence telephones. The former he said, secures revenue of $4S per annum and the residence only $36. MT. Weatherly stated that the license for his company had been raised by the committee from $1OOo to over $3OOO per annum. He thought that the rate fixed by the committee was arbitrary
 Members of the committee informed MT. Weatherly that 1t was not the intention to ask for d tax from each telephone in hotel or business house, where adjunct telephones were only connections with the head office. For telephones of this class only tax of 75 cents will be charged, just as if one phone.
 AlIGT u StItIdl ulStuoSlOl <Alutl hie'i Jones moved that the license schedule as fixed by the miscellaneous committee be adopted, with the exception of the license for telephones. The motion prevailed. It was agreed to take up the telephone question at ' o'clock this evening.
 Previous to the adoption of the motion of Alderman Jones, Alderman Cooper had moved that the license schedule as origi- nally fixed by the committee be adopted. He withdrew the motion at the request of members of the committee.
 Finance Committee.
 The finance committee convened with Mayor Ward presiding and all members present.
 pr. Parkes of the Jefferson Medical So- ciety and County Health board appeared before the committee and asked for the creation of a bacteriology board, with a competent bacteriologist in charge. After considering the matter the question was postponed, pending a report from the medical society showing the cost necessary to operate such board and office. pr. Parks gave 1t as his opinion that com potent bacterlologist could be secured for about 5000 per annum.
 Several petitions of minor consequence were considered and acted upon.
 The bill of the Birmingham Water Works company was ordered paid.
 Petitions were received from City Clerk Murray, asking that the salary be in- creased from $100 to S110: from City Phy- sician Hayes for an increase from $50 to $50. It was decided on motion to post pone consideration for all salary matters until the first meeting in January. The motion provided that fees to be paid License Collector Gambill, who has asked for an increase over the fees already fixed, be taken up along with the salary ques- ton in January.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-20

w. IT. LII IT MN M Official in Charge.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
The San Jose Scale.

The most formidable insect which
has ever threatened the fruit interests
of the United States is the San Jose
Scale, and if unchecked it will in few
years destroy many orchards and gar
dens. Every fruit grower should now
examine his trees for it, especially
those that have been planted within
the past five years, says the Epitomist.
Where tree or bush is thoroughly
infested the whole plant presents an
ashy, dusty or scurfy appearance and
feels gummy. The insect, when crush
ed yields a yellow fluid. Where but
few of the insects are present on a
tree they are most easily found on the
fruit, on which they produce circular
purplish blotches, which are very char
acteristic. 1t spreads very slowly
through an orchard, having a special
liking for the Bartlett, Giffard, Bose
and Aryon pears, the yellow transpar-
ent apple, the Fay Currant, the Lom-
bard plum and the common Juneberry,
and these trees and plants should re-
ceive the most careful inspection. Bad
ly infested trees should be dug up and
burned at once, which is the only sure
treatment for them. The Winter treat
ment of trees not badly infested should
consist of spraying them, as soon as
the leaves fall, with a hot solution
made by desolving two ponds of
whale oil soap in one gallon of water
and the spraying should be repeated
before the leaves open in the Spring.
This treatment, if persisted. in, will
hold the insects in check and render
them harmless.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
a Happy Home.

A happy home depends more upon
the inner life of the members of the
family than it does upon the house in
which the family live. Happiness is a
condition of the soul, and if each mem
Der of the family develops a synmet-
rical, moral and intellectual selfhood,
the home will be happy one, though
the family live in hut of logs and lead
simple life. A milllon-dollar man.
sion may be theatre where the men,
bers of the family are players in moral
and intellectual tragedies. Happiness
enters the door of the log cabin of the
Peasant on the same terms that it en-
tiers the door of a mansion. Every
man should strive to have an attractive
home with all the modern conveniences,
but if it is not his good fortune to have
these things, it does not follow that
his family as well as himself will not be
able to make terms with themselves
and live happy and useful life. Sc
lected.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
No showing at All.

Kentucky will be one Of the few state S
of the Union not represented in the
big inaugural parade. Several hun
dred Kentuckians will be here to wit
ness the ceremonies attending Mr..
Roosevelt's formal Introduction as a
real President, elected by the people,
sbut they will be merely Witnesses and
sight seers.
In this respect the Kentucky Repub-
licans have stood idly by and have al
lowed their brethren from a number of
other states to Guido them. Alabama,
Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas
will be represented and the entire Leg
islature of Tennessee will be here in a
body. Kentucky republicans lack en-
terprise. If Parker and Davis were to
be inaugurated instead of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks, it is safe to say that
Kentucky would be here with feather
in her cap and if not at the head of the
procession she would be mighty close
up.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

cooperation in which man finds him
self joint partner with the. Creator,
and it is the realization of this, vaguely
or clearly, as the case may be, that
makes the farmer ''good farmer. :"
We may think of God as saying, 81
lend you for use the broad and fertile
lands, and freely give you the air and
sunshine. the rains of summer and the
winters snow. But these will not give
you food or clothing; in the sweat of
thy brow shalt thou eat bread, and in
thy labor shalt the earth be made more
abundant.
The man is left the great work of
putting and keeping the soil in good
mechanical and chemical condition in
such filth as shall make it produce to
it's utmost of the things that man needs
to sustain life. How any man can look
upon this partnership, or fail to see it
inspiration to highest endeavor, is most
difficult to understand. To work in
closest harmony with the great force.
of nature, ought to be recognized as the
highest privilege and the broadest OPP
bortunity, and the farmer has every
reason to look upon his calling as the
noblest and most blessed of all.-Farm
Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

about SO cents per head less than last
year was realized. Twenty-Five thou
sand head were penned.
Nearly 10000 fieeces, chiefly from
Southdowns. were recently offered at
local wool sale in England. It real
lied about "a cents per pound.
Many farmers in the vicinity of Wool
witch, Me-, who few years ago had to
abandon sheep keeping on account of
the depreciation of dogs, have gone in
to the pure-bred business with renew
ed energy since the desire to pay losses
from the dog license fund was en-
acted,
Peter Jansen, the great sheep breed
er of Nebraska, says every sheep feed
er who intends to stay in the business
should have dipping plant.
A Montana farmer recently sheared
three bottle-raised sheep which gave
fleeces weighing 20, 10 and II pounds
respectively, or total of IS pounds
for the three sheep.
The number of sheep on December
80 last in New South Wales was 49,
663, 983, showing an increase of close to
2, 900, 600 over 1902. In 1891 there were
81, 900, 600, and in 1884 only 81, 10000
An English shepherd being asked
what he attributed his unequaled sue
cess in the show ring to, replied: ''To
two thitgs always having my entries
thoroughly trained to walk in the hal
ter, and to always being polite to the
judge, no matter what position he
placed the exhibit in
A traveller, giving an account of the
Persian sheep in 1898, says 'The
tails frequently weighed eight or ten
pounds, and they have six or eight
horns, some of which stood out hori-
zontally and caused a great deal of
bloodshed when the rams engaged with
one another. Both the wool and flesh
of these sheep were greatly valued"
An Englishman who owns fine and
highly improved ranch near Cuidad
Porfrio Diaz, Mexico, says that cattle
and sheep do well when pastured to-
gether, as sheep will live on what cat
tie will not eat. He also says that a
ranch of $4,000 acres ought to keep
1000 sheep and about 5000 head of
cattle in good shape. Mexican step-
herds are employed at from $40 to S12
month and board.-Ex.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
a HIGH PRIVILEGE.

No man can create so much as a
spoonful of earth; neither can he create
the elements from which come tie
chemicals that are so essential to the
productivity of the soil. Everything is
in the world, and what man can do is
simply along the lines of change, where
by he makes the hard earth mellow and
its chemical constituents available as
plant food, or adds to it other chemicals
to maintain, or to increase, it's store Of
available plant food
Herein lies the sublimely beautiful OF
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

The building of the new st. Catherine
convent and school, near Springfield,
which was burned last winter, is pro
crossing. The severe weather has
stopped the masons for few days but
the carpenters are still at work on the
doors and window frames. It is hoped
to be ready for the regular term next
September. The school is a tri1e scat
tered, but many of the pupils are quar-
tered at Holy Rosary Academy, Orms-
by. near Fourth, in Louisville, which
is conducted by the Dominican nuns
Kentucky Standard.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
Notes About Sheep.

Many sheep are being shipped from
northern United States and Canada to
southern countries.
Nearly 5000, 900 pounds Of wool have
been shipped from Albuquerque, N. Y,
this season.
Devonshire, England, has four breeds
of sheep The Devon Long wool, Sonth
Devon, Dartmore and Exmore.
At the English Hampshire sales
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

Stockmen are much too lax in the
matter of having registered animals
transferred on the records of the asso-
Citations in which they are entered and
numbered. They too often never think
of it, or think any time will do. Then
after years of delay, they are surpris-
ed to find out that the ownership. ac-
cording to the records, is in quite a
different name from the real owner.
1t costs but trifle to have the owner
name, entered on the proper. records
and it may cause trouble or lead to
extra expense to get the transfer made
later. A buyer Of registered stock
should demand certificates of registry
and have transfers promptly made at
time of purchase.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
r1r. Cooper a puzzle.

1t is fact that all last week the
burning question of the hour here
twas whether J. Sherman Cooper, ap-
plicant for the Danville collectorship,
was in Washington or in Somerset -
At least TWENTY-FIVE kilograms and
fully that many letters passed between
here and points in Kentucky to ascer-
tain Mr. Coopers whereabouts.
Instead of ''Have you seen George ?"
of Elks' carnival memories, the watch
word of Kentucky Republicans was
''Have you seen Cooper!"
"He,s here" one Republican would
reply very softly and with great appre-
hension lest he be overheard.
''No lac isn't second would reply
81 have telegram from Russell coun-
ty saying he is there
A third would speak up: 81 have
reason to believe he is in London or in
Barbourville.
Why vr. Cooper should be lodging
about so, the newspaper correspond
ents could not imagine, but becoming
imbued with the great Importance and
the stupendous and gigantic gravity of
the situation the correspondents joined
in the hunt for this strange will o. the
wisp politician, and became almost as
much interested as the politicians them
selves, actually having worked them
selves up to the point of believing that
if Mr.. Cooper could be located the dis
covery would be big news item.
Yet if any correspondent had found
Mr. Cooper not one could have thought
of question to ask him. Mr.. Cooper
is too clever a gentleman in other ways
to cause so much uneasiness. Wash
ington Correspondent to the Louisville
Times.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

The Grand Duke Sergius,
known as the chief of the reac-
tionists in Russia, was killed by
an assassin at Moscow, a bomb
being thrown under his carriage
as he was driving under the
shadow of the Kremlin Palace.
The assassin is believed to be a
a member of the fighting group"
of the Socialistic Revolutionary
party, which is said to have been
responsible for the assassination
of Won Plehve and others high in
authority in Russia. The only
witnesses of the assassination
were two policemen, who prompt
" arrested the murderer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01

1t is said that the French peo-
pie have found lime one of the
best preservatives for fruit and
vegetables. Apples, crap es,
oranges, plums, cherries, even
gooseberries are kept by merely
bedding in lime, so potatoes, on
ions, beets and tomatoes. The
claims made for lime as a pre-
sentative are that the fruit will
not dry out any more than in the
air, that the skin is not hurt in
the least, and that the flavor is
not impaired. Air-slacked lime
is probably what is used. It
probably owes it's effect to it's &C
ton upon the fungous germs on
the outside Of fruit. If these are
killed the mischief is for the
most part, prevented, since there
is not likely to be germs inside
the fruit. At any rate, this is
something worth trying. It is an
Inexpensive way Of keeping small
quantities of fruit and vegetables.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1905-03-01
Hog Notes.

To maintain good health keep the
feeding pens clean.
1t is usually not good plan to breed
a SOW to farrow her first litter in the
Fall.
A young SOW should be bred to far
row her first litter before she is year
old.
Clover makes the cheapest and best
pasturage for growing pigs.
Keep the growing pigs in a thrifty
condition so that they can be readily
fattened later on.
Pigs will make the most rapid gain
by feeding literally with grain while
there is good pasturage.
Feeding to the pigs is one of the
best ways of disposing of small and i'm
perfect fruits and potatoes.
Feeding the sows plenty of Stops
made of middlings and milk will help
them to give plenty of milk.
The feeding and management of the
herd has much to do with its healthful-
ness.
Clover pasture is not only a healthy
food, but very nutritious one for
growing pigs.
The aim in keeping stock should be
to secure the largest and most rapid
gain in the shortest time this is espec-
tally with hogs.
Wheat middlings made into a slop
with milk makes a good milk-produc-
ing food for a SOW that is milking a
litter of pigs. Exchange.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-11-30

from the parent stalk, this particular
specimen developed two suckers" near
its roots, each of which grew into q
perfect stalk and each of which bore
. fine ear of corn.
The stalk is in three pieces and each
section bears fine ear of corn.
Those who have studied agriculture
and who have examined the specimen,
say that it was perfectly healthy and
was allowed to ripen and is now be.
ing preserved by Prof. Dyer as a sin.
gular example Of agricultural freaks.
The ears are large, heavy, well
grained and perfectly formed in every
particular. Although the stalks are so
thin that they hardly seemed capable
Of bearing the heavy ears, they sprout-
ed to a height of more than five feet
and were healthy throughout.
On the longest stalk Of all, which
seems so slender that it hardly ap-
pears as If it could bear q heavy
weight, is vie largest ear Of the trio.
1t is close to one foot in length and
is of unusual thickness.
One stalk, in the same field, bore
four ears of corn. The field was cult
waited by an old North Carolina man,
who has made a study Of the raising
of corn, and who has turned out as
fine field Of the grain as could be
located anywhere in the nelA --- mood.
Prof. Dyer intends to keep the speci-
men as a curiosity.