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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-02

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Mrs. George M. Riser Dies.

Childersburg, March 1-(Special Mrs George M. Riser died at her home yes terday morning at o'clock of pneumonia, after a very short illness. She was a member of the Baptist church of this place, a beautiful Christian character and beloved by all who knew her She leaves a husband and three small children. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Interment was at the Childersburg cemetery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-02
Postmasters Appointed.

Washington, March Especial )-Post- masters appointed: Bingham, Elmore county, James B.. Fain; Rockwood, Franklin county. Welmer Crittenden; Show Creek, clebournc county, William E. Holl.'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-02
iDR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-12-22

conclusion. that life is little better
than a dream, and little worth the
loves and strivings that we crowd
into it?
No! Far be such miscalled phflos-
ophy from us, dear reader, on Christ
mas day! Nearer and closer to our
hearts be the Christmas spirit, which
is the spirit of active usefulness, per-
severances, cheerful discharge of duty,
kindness, and forbearance! 1t is in
the last virtues especially, that we
are, or should be, strengthened by the
unaccomplished visions of our youth;
for, who shall say that they are not
our teachers to deal gently even with
the impalpable nothings of the earth!
Therefore, as we grow Older, let us
be more thankful that the circle of our
Christmas associations and of the les
sons that they bring, expands! Let
us welcome every one Of them and
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~ q .
You action speaks for itself. Lopl
at these chains; and mark the fate IL
which am doomed
81 meant not the action OF the past
good master: alluded to action that
was to come"
Action to Gomez
Yes. selim and are here to speak
OF your release from this dungeon
Hold-let our words be few, for the
time is short. We have promised that
we would lead you forth from Horams
power if the thing were possible
Promised whom?" asked, Julian.
The black hesitated. He knew not
that he should use the name of the
princess, so he finally answered:
"Hobaddan is in the city, and our
promise has been sent to him. But
there is something more. II we lead
you, from this place, We do so in the
face of great danger. We have plan
ned for that, and have freely staked
our lives in the work But, If we sue
coed, and you are free, we can never
more return to Damascus. II we go
with you from this dungeon, we must
go with you from the city, and remain
with you"
Julian believed that the black was
speaking truly and honestly.
Certainly" he said, eff you lead me
in safety from the bonds that now en-
compass me, l will give you such re
turn as you may desire You may re.
main with me, if you like, or will
give you safe conduct into the land
of the Syrians."
Your word is enough, my master,
and henceforth Selim and are YOU
servants. We change our allegiance
and the proof of our fidelity shall be
manifest in this first act of our serv.
ice. We have dangers to meet, SIR"
Talk not of dangers" cried the
chieftain. Throw off these chains:
give me sword; and lead me to the
upper world; and l ask no more. Once
again l trust you. and if you prove
true, my gratitude shall be your while
l liye?"
without further words Osmir pro-
ceeded to the work he had come to
perform. Selim held the lantern.
while he loosed the irons from Julian's
limbs; and very soon the chieftain
stepped forth with his limbs free.
There is no time to waste" said
Osmir, as he cast the chains upon the
floor We have good swords at hand,
and for the rest we must trust to our
wit and strength. There is danger
enough between this dungeon and the
open air; but I am ready to meet it."
"By the gods" cried Julian, as he
grasped the sword which Osmir had
placed in his hand. Il can laugh at
danger now. Lead on, and let this
present hour be the last of Horam's
power!"
(To be continued) =
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HuEest Sea Creature.

OF all the uncanny creatures in the
animal kingdom the one whose ac-
quaintance is hardest to make is the
blue whale, the largest Of all the
whales, and, indeed, one of the most
colossal animals, living or extinct,
known to science. You will look in
vain for him in geological collections,
in menageries, or even in museums. A
brute 80 feet in length and weighing
just as many tons does not lend itself
to preservation or stutfing, and the few
skeletons Of him which do exist give
one no idea of what he is like. The
blue whale is hunted by the Norwe-
CLANS chiefly for the sake Of his OIL
and Is Of considerable value. = full.
/ grown specimen being worth from
1920 to $500.
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summon them to take their places by
the Christmas hearth.
Welcome. old aspirations, glittering
creatures of an ardent fancy, to your
shelter underneath the holly! We
know you, and have not outlived you
yet. Welcome, old projects and old
loves, however, fleeting, to your hooks
among the steadier lights that burn
around us. Welcome, all that was
ever real to our hearts: and for the
earnestness that made you real,
thanks to Heaven! Do we build no
Christmas castles in the clouds now?
Let our thoughts, futtering like but
terflies among these flowers OF chill
dren, bear witness! Before this boy,
there stretches out future, brighter
than we ever looked on in our old 70:
mantle time, but bright with honor
and with truth. Around this little
head on which the sunny curls lie.
heaped. the graces sport, as prettily,
as airily, as when there was no scythe
within the reach OF Time to shear
away the curls OF our first-loye. Upon,
another girls face near 1t placider
but smiling bright a quiet and CON
tented little face, we see Home fairly
written. Shining from the word. as
rays shine from star, We see how,
when our graves are old, other hopes
than ours are young, other hearts than
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decays, for other homes and other
bands of children, not yet in being nor
for ages yet to be, arise, and bloom
and ripen to the end of all!
Welcome, everything! Welcome.
alike what has been, and what never
was, and what we hope may be, to
your shelter underneath the holly, to
your places round the Christmas fire,
where what is sits open-hearted! In
yonder shadow, do we see obtruding
furtively upon the blaze, an enemy's
face? By Christmas Day we forgive
him! If the injury he has done us
may admit of such companionship, let
him come here and take his place. II
otherwise, nnhappily, let him go hence,
assured that we will never injure nor
accuse him.
On this day we shut out Nothing!
Pause" says a low voice. Moth.
ing? Think"
ION Christmas day, we will shut
out from our fireside, Nothing"
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CHRISTMAS

Time was, with most of US, when
Christmas day encircling all our linn
tied world like a magic ring, left moth
ing out for us to miss or seek; bound
together all our home enjoyments, af.
fections, and hopes; grouped every
thing and every one around the Christ
mas fire; and made the little picture
shining in our bright young eyes, COM
Time came, perhaps, all so soon!
when our thoughts overleaped that
narrow boundary; when there was
some one Every dear, we thought then,
very beautiful, and absolutely perfectly
wanting to the fullness of our happi-
ness; when we were wanting too Cor
we thought so, which did just as welD
at the Christmas hearth by which that
some one sat; and when We jntertwin-
ed with every wreath and garland of
our life that some ones name.
That was the time for the bright
visionary Christmases which have
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(To be continued.)
NARROWING BLUE WHALES.
The Harpoon Gun is a Cruel Instrument
of Destruction.

The Harpoon Gun is a Cruel Instrument
of Destruction.
To pursue the blue whale success.
fully is. according to All interesting
article in Pearson's Magazine, COM
plicated undertaking. For instance,
one of the requirements is a boat that
can steam twelve knots an hour. and
which is furnished with formidable
weapon known as the harpoon-gun
The harpoon-gun is ponderous piece
of apparatus laced on a raised plat
form on the prov of the whaler, and
consists Of a short. stout cannon
mounted on broad pedestal, on which
it can rotate horizontally. The gun
has also vertical motion, and can be
turned quickly in whatever direction
the Prov of the ship dominates. On
the top of the gun are sights" for
aiming just as in rifle Behind Is
the stock, which is grasped in the
hand when firing the gun, and be-
meath it the trigger. The breech is a
box-like arrangement, situated just
where the stock is fastened to the gun
proper. The gun is loaded in the or
binary way from the muzzle, and the
harpoon is tightly rammed into it, To
discharge the gun, small cartridge,
with wire attached, is first put into
the breech. Pressure on the trigger
causes pull on the wire, which ignites
the cartridge and discharges the gun
simultaneously. The harpoon is about
six feet in length and very massive. 1t
consists essentially OF three parts, the
anterior conical portion, the movable
barbs, and the shaft The anterior
conical piece is an explosive shell filled
with gunpowder. and screws on to the
rest of the harpoon. The explosive
shell is fired with time-fuse after the
harpoon is imbedded in the whale
Taken all in all the harpoon-gun is
about the most exquisitely cruel in.
strument of destruction devised by the
ingenuity of man! But it is only
when one sees and knows the prodigi
GUS brute it is meant to destroy, thai
one realizes that it is nevertheless:
none too effective The gun is never
discharged at greater distance thar
fifty feet, and seldom indeed at NOR,
than thirty from the whale. To b,
able to get SO near requires not onl.
very fine seamanship but very in
innate knowledge of the habits of tn,
animal.-Philadelphi Times
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ANOI VIC SAduOW VI d VAST
City where the withered
leaves are lying deep?" the
voice replies. mot the shad-
ow that darkens the whole
globe? Not the shadow of
the City Of the Dead?"
Not even that. OF all days
in the year, we will turn our
faces towards that City upon
Christmas day, and from it's
silent hosts bring those we
loved, among us. City of the
Dead, in the blessed name
wherein we are gathered at
this time, and in the Presence
that is here, among. us accord.
ing to the promise, we will re.
ceive, and not dismiss, thy
people who are dear to us!
Yes. We can look upon
these children angels that
alight, so solemnly, so beauti-
fully, among the living chill
dren by the fire, and can bear
to think how they departed
from us. Entertaining angels
unawares, as the Patriarchs
did, the playful children are
unconscious Of their guests;
but we can see them-can see
a radiant arm around one
favorite neck, as If there were
a tempting Of that child
away. Among the celestial
figures is one, q poor mis-
shapen boy on earth, Of q
glorious beauty now, of whom
his dying mother said Il 1riev.
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lOllS arisen from us 10 snow
family, after summer rain,
in the palest edges of the
rainbow! That was the
time for the beatified enjoy
ment of the things that were
to be, and never were. and
yet the things that were SO
real in our resorute hope that
it would be hard to say, now,
what realities achieved since,
have been stronger!
Whatr Did that Christ
mas never realty come when
we and the priceless pearl
who was our young choice
were received, after the hap
piest of totally impossible
marriages, by the two united
families previously at dag
gers-drawn on our account?
When brothers and sisters
in-law who had always been
rather cool to- lGs before our
relationship was effected,
perfectly dotted on us, and
when fathers and mothers
overwhelmed US with unlim-
tied incomes Was that
Christmas dinner never real
! ly eaten, after which we
arose, and generously and
eloquentIy rendered honor
to our late rival, present in
the company, then and there
exchanging friendship and
forgiveness, and founding an
attachment, not to be SUR
passed in Greek or Roman
story, which subsisted until
Has that same rival long
to care fer that same
pearl, and married for money
come usurious? Above all,
really know, now, that We sho,
ably have been miserable II
won and worn the pearl. and
are better without her.
| That Christmas when we
Gently achieved SO much fam
we had been carried in trium,
where, for doing something g
good; when we had won. an
and ennobled name, and arr
were received at home in a q
tears of joy; is it possible
Christmas has not come yet!
| And is our life here, at the
constituted that, pausing as
vance at such a noticeable n
in the track as this great
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we look back on the
things that never
were, as naturally and
full as grayely as on
the things that have
been and are gone. or
have been and still
are? II 1t be 80, and
80 It seems to be,
must we come to the
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ed her much to leave him here, alone.
for so many years as it was likely
would elapse before he came to her
being such little child. But he went
quickly. and was laid upon her breast.
and in her, hands she leads him.
There was q gallant boy, who fell
Tar away, upon burning sand beneath
q burning sun, and said, "Tell them 1t
home, with my last love, how much I
could have wished to kiss them once.
but that ! died contented and had
done nay duty!" Or there was anoth-
er, over whom they read the wopls,
Therefore we commit his body to
the deep!" and so consigned him to
the lonely ocean and sailed on. or
there was another who lay down to
his rest in the dark shadow Of great
forests, and, on earth, awoke no more.
o shall they not, from sand and sea
and forest, be brought home ct such
q time!-From the IA
writings of Charles lAhIA
Dickens. ANfL1
Christmas exs at kfE1z4l
midnight has always -kNXR1
in all countries been III GDN,
looked upon AZ the SSN@/Jl
ghostliest" time Of n. \sNELlla8
the year. I'D = VIZ N.
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Christmas !, e]s at
midnight has always
in all countries been
looked upon as the
"ghostliest" time Of.
the year.
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q time!-From the
writings Of Charles
Dickens.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-23
CHAPTER XIV,
The Death Of the Sorcerer

nS HeaIn OF Ine SorCerer.
At the very moment when Helen
Beauclair was knotting the cord about
her neck, the sorcerer was inserting
his slender key into the secret lock of
the wall in the tower room.
And at the very moment when the
sorcerer was using his key to enter the
cell, Clarence Darrell, half-prostrated
near the stone door of the dungeon be-
low, was startled by hearing his name
whispered through the opening at the
top of the stone door.
"Ha! who calls me?" he gasped, in
low whisper, and facing the stone
door.
He was in reverie of utter despair
the moment before he heard his name
called, but the next instant saw his
elastic soul full Of hope. -
"Who calls?" he repeated, and press
ing his face to the opening. 49, ~.~,....
'Has he gomez" whispered the voice,
the owner of which was that person
whose unsuspected eyes watched the
movements OF the .sorcerer whe~ at
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-23
And forgetting how happy she was,

- p -
i And forgetting how happy she was
Miss CourtWright hid her. face in ia|
convenient sofa pillow and cried ina
hearty unaffected way, much to her
own disgust. H..
For the second time in her young
life Miss CourtWright was ge1uinely,.
supremely miserable. :s1 Es5ss q
: She did not see the conscience
stricken Billy as he emerged from out
of the shadows in the garden. She.
did not know of the radiance in his
face. but suddenly she felt his arms
about her. "
Dear little GIRL" he told her, while
he kissed her tear-stained face, cit
isn't too late, it's never too late to
mend" -
About thirty minutes later Edith
lifted her head from Billy's white fan
mel shoulder and looked up anxiousiy
into his eyes.
''The other girl, the one who had
taken my placer" she asked, weakly.
doesn't exist" said Billy, promptly.
@*She was only bluff and he kissed
her on the mouth.
The Cook County herald., 1905-09-23
Cash..

Cash.
The preachers in the pupits and the wise
men everywhere
Who have to earn their "vittles'' and the
ralment that they wear
Are earnestly declaring. as men have
since Adams fall.
That the rich are far from happy and
that money isn't all;
0. their logic is delightful and their rea-
soning profound
But cash is still rather handy thing to
have around.
The professors keep exp1a lining that the
richest men are those
Who possess the deepest knowledge and
are free from petty woes;
Much we hear of tainted money and the
heartaches that it brings
TO its pitlful DOSsesSOrs. the perturbed
financial kings;
We are constantly reminded of "the last
six feet of ground''-
But cash is still a rather handy thing
to have around.
He that works from early morning till
the shadows fall at night
She that sews with aching fingers while
her cheeks are thin and white,
May be heaping future treasures where
the saints in glory dwell
But the rich mans auto passes leaving
trails of dust and SMELL
He is free from tolls exactions, and he
probably has found
That cash is still a rather handy thing
to have around.
S. q. kiser in Chicago Record Herald.
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Z" knew shall love her dearly"
seemed intensely interested in study
ing it's blue depths.
After few minutes she turned her
clear gray eyes on Billy and smiled
her slow, understanding smile, I'm
glad, Billy she said, simply, land |
know you will be happy
II there was a note of sadness in
her voice Billy did not seem to notice
it.
''Tell me all about her." she con-
tinued, ''for l want to know some
thing of the girl who is to be your
wife,
Thus encouraged, Billy began an
enthusiastic description, and Miss
Courtwright listened, still with a far
off look in her eyes.
'She is beautiful he said. vaguely,
land dark haired and altogether ador-
able"
TALL" asked Miss Courtwright,
whose glorious hair was the color Of
ripe wheat.
mo, short and plump and dimpled,"
replied the enraptured Billy.
81 hate dimples," quickly decided
Miss Courtwright to herself. But
aloud, Il know I shall love her dear
ly"
Suddenly he pulled out his watch,
and started to his icet. 81 must hur
ry Off," he announced. "It:s too bad,
but 1 have an important engagement
in town and cannot stay to tea.'
He shook hands hurriedly and went
swiftly up the path and was lost to
Miss Courtwright's watching eyes.
About an hour later Miss Court
wright made her way to the house
and up the stairs to her room; she
went straight to her full length mir
ror and examined herself with un-
t1inching gray eyes. Did it show in
her face, she wondered, all of her that
had lived and died within the last
hour.
''You fool" she said to the girl in
the glass, "you utter, utter fool"
Slowly she unfastened the white
gown and let it slip to the floor, and
from her wardrobe she took a simple
black dimity. There was cynical
little smile on her lips.
''He didn't even mention my white
Dress" she murmured. Il guess that
girl wears bright blues and glaring
plnks. Oh, how I nate her, do hate
her. How could Billy do it? But it
makes no difference to me-
And Miss Courtwright powdered her
nose, brushed up few stray tendrils
of hair and went down to partake of
her coy little tea on the porch, telling
herself, very emphatlcally, that she
was quite happy. She repeated the
apparently obvious. assertion more
than once. during the course of her
solitary meal.
And then all at once while the twi-
light fell Miss Courtwright. found her
self sobbing, quietly. ::< ..cz...
Z Billy" she said, brokenly, longing
ly, ~ love you, didn't you know, dear,
lloYe you, now that it is too late. = c. !.