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CARD OF THANKS.

We hereby wish to express our
thanks to all who assisted US in the
illness and burial of our daughter
Gladys.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Brodgen.
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Coming Attractions.

Nov. 2-"Dad's Side Partner
Stock Co.
Nov. "Convict's Daughter
Nov. "a Hearts Astrayn
Nov. 3o-''My Wife's Family
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Mrs. A. L. Rogers is visiting in
Botna for few days.
Mr.. Joe Fisher was business cali
er in Logan on Thursday.
Mrs. G. W. Bell Of Council Bluffs
is the guest of Mrs. F. H. Morgan:
Mrs. Will Rollins accompanied her
mother to Davenport for short visit.
Our popular surveyor Morris Nc
Henry went to Dunlap on business
Thursday.
Mrs. Manchester of Dunlap, a
sister of DIR. Philbrook was guest
at their home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jas. McKim of Debit enter
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1t is needless to say that the occasion
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The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson George was bitten in the
head by dog. Her eyelid was torn
and her forehead hurt. We hope
there will be no serious after conse-
quences.
Mrs. L. Frese with her son Louie
and daughters Anna and Emma who
were visiting at the home of her son
Rev. VIM A. Frese departed for Bell
vile, Ill. where they expect to reside
in the future.
John Henderson accidentally shot
himself through the right foot last
Thursday. A % caliber rifle was
accidentally discharged the bullet
making painful wound. Hender-
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his farm in Goodrich township.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
End of a Roue,

A man who was one of the foremost architects in the United States, who was brilliant painter in water colors and endowed with all the attributes of genius, was shot down in Madison Square roof garden by the husband of woman he had wronged in her girl hood. With the last fatal shot which penetrated the body of Stanford White the whole rotten fabric of his life came tumbling down, laying bare career of profigacy and debauch that would put Nero to shame. It is almost in- conceivable that man could rise so high in his profession and achieve such distinguished success while in- dulging in practically every vice in the calendar The day before White was murdered he was known to the world at large only as the noted architect, but when he lay dead in his magnifi- cent home newspapers were devoting columns to a relation of his exploits in the Madison Square tower, where he had sumptuous apartments and where he carried on gilded orgies Nobody seemed to care much when the news of Whites death was spread broadcast. His widow was calm" while former associates who were asked to confirm or deny the stories of his debauchery remained silent. His home was the place where he was least known and the probabilities are that his son is thinking more of the dis grace brought down upon his head than of his fathers loss. While the body lay waiting for the grave only q few persons came to view it, although White was known from one end of the country to the other.
 It was the usual pathetic end of a roue. In this case the man had really accomplished something worth while, but his success in the world of art served only to accentuate the infamy of his private life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29

burning Chinese coal. In Seattle and other Pacific ports Australian coal Is in free use today, and Chinese coal would be available in all parts of the world, especially when the Panama canal is dug.
 Africa may hold big seams of coal. Some have been discovered in South Africa, and possibly Central and Dark est Africa may contain countless tons of black diamonds, but it seems to be pretty we'll determined that there is little or no coal in South America or in Mexico or Central America or in Canada.
 The worlds annual consumption now stands at S66 million tons. It will not soon rise to a billion tons, but even If it should the worlds supply would not be exhausted in less than one thousand years, and probably not in two thous- and years, because more seams deeper down would be discovered. There may be coal famine after a while, but it will be many many generations hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Pleasant Climate.

With new capital for industrial de- velopment rolling into the Bitming- ham district the demand for labor in- creases. Work for thousands of indus trious foreigners may be found here and employment at high wages awaits skilled steel and iron workers of Penn sylvania and Ohio. Many of the lat ter class have come to the district within the last three years, but the inflow would be greater than it is if northern wage earners were better tn- formed regarding climate and educa- tional and social advantages.
 Notwithstanding the steady and | wide dissemination of Birmingham lit erature there is much transformation concerning conditions here, especially with regard to climate. It Is safe to say that nine out of ten mechanics living in the north have an idea that Birmingham is as hot and enervating as the tropics. The fact is Birming- ham suffers less from heat in summer than Cleveland or Pittsburg, while its short and mild winters are proverbial.
 Every northern man who has come here to live has been most agreeably surprised in the summer temperature. This section has hot periods as a mat ter of course, just as every part of the country Is afflicted with scorching days in June, July and August; but the difference in favor of northern Ala bama as compared with Pennsylvania and Ohio Is that our "hot spells" are of shorter duration. After two or three days of heat come cooling spells. More blankets are used in Alabama In sum- mer than are in evidence in Pennsyl- vania, and certain it is no part of the union is more salubrious than the Bir- mingham district.
 AS for educational and social condi- tions few northern families that have taken up their abode here make any adverse criticism. The public school system of Birmingham is well-nigh ideal. Tn view of the exceptional de- mand for skilled labor in this district at this time an organized effort to set forth the facts is in order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Per Capita Fire losse s.

The average destruction of property by fire in this country Is two dollars per capita, or about $160,000000 an, nually. But this is the normal amount in year free from great confiagra. tions of the Baltimore or San Fran cisco sort More property was de- stroyed in the latter city than was de stroyed In an entire average year In the whole country.
 But accepting two dollars as the normal per capita fire loss in this country, let us see where we are at In 1905 the fire loss in Birmingham was fifteen dollars per capita. East St. Louis and Council Bluffs, Ia, stood at Birmingham side last year. Cedar Rapids, la, burned up property to the amount of forty dollars per capita, and among the cities burning from fire to fifteen dollars a head last year were Mobile, Montgomery, New Orleans, Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville.
 Cities that reduce their annual loss per head to that of the country as a whole have no difficulty whatever Tn securing low insurance premiums. The high premium naturally goes with a high loss per capita
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
MIXED THEIR METAPHORS.
Amusing 6lunders Made By Members
 of British Parliament.

From the London Daily Mail.
 Frequentsrs of the House, an authority writes to the Daily Mail, have for long tune marked woful depreciation In the part of parliamentary speaking. Notable exceptions are MT. Balfour MT. Chamber lain. Sir Henry Campbell Zimmerman MT Asquith, Mir. John Redmond and MT T. Healy; the last named, during an Irish land debate last session, delivered one of the finest speeches it has been my plasure to hear.
 Curious enough is the fact that prob- ably the best grammar and the most lucid and finished sentences come from the Labor side in the example set by MT. Keir Hardie. Only an unfortunate, but no doubt conquerable jerkness of delivery prevents the labor leader from being parliamentary orators
 The mixed metaphor gives many unsus- pecting members a fall. MT. Asquith rot long ago amused the House with the phrase: Our tongues are tied, our hands are fettered and we are really beating the air to no purpose
 MT. John Burns improved on this by de- claring, in refernce to the chldrefl's em- ployment bill, T will now repeat what I was about to say when the honorable member interrupted me-" Then there was the wealthy manufacturer member who, dealing with the legal position of trade unions, asseverated that "the interests of the employers and employed are the same nine times out of ten-nay, I will go further, and say ninety-nine times out of ten"
 A member of the present Opposition. ob- serving signs of dissent from Liberal exclaimed: An. the honorable member opposite may shake his head. but he cannot shake mine" Sir" said Mir. Wal ter Long on education matters, I've are told that by this legislation the heart of the country will be shaken to it's foun- dations.'
 The House of Commons is too hurried too strenuous, too utilitarian in these times to encourage the ornamental in ora tory Moreover, every member in the chamber appears anxious to have his say Up to the present some 400 legislators out of 67O have delivered speeches during the session. These are regarded as the principal causes of the decadence of par liamentary style.
 Mir Charles Seymour the elocutionist. who coaches many parliamentary candl- dates and before whom not a few mem bers rehearse the speeches they hope to deliver before the House, pronounced the suggestion of a class for politicians inn possible.
 Members who honor me with their pat ronage," he said, "creep stealthily into my studio. They would not have their mission known under any circumstances. It Is not shame; 1t is shynesA"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
suPERsTirloNs OF SOCIETY.
Removjnu Curse From an Unlucky
 Piece of Ground.

Whatever may be the cause. there never was a period since witchcraft ceased to be an indictable offense when superstitution was so current and indeed so fashionable as at the present day. Every second person one meets has some pet form of 1t, says the London Tribune.
 You go to see a great lawyer and you find him gazing into crystal. You call upon a diplomatist who made European history and find him immersed in columns of figures. He is not as you first think, engaged in the study of prices or stocks and shares with view to some specula- ton. He is forecasting events by "Pytha- goras wheel.'
 There is one form of superstition from which no one probably is altogether free reluctance to have anything to do with, quaint instance of this iiT regard to a site on which now stands among other buildings, a great hotel and a great thea tre.
 The story goes that when the monastery which stood there in Henry WILLS reign was broken up the superior of the order with all the solemnity of bell and book set his curse upon the spot Anyhow. there had been within recent memory a perpetual series of disasters connected
 with it. Buildings erected on 1t were burned down. syndicates formed to de- velop 1t went bankrupt; but a group of shrewd city men formed a scheme for purchasing this site and making ar enor- nous profit out of the speculation.
 The cooperation of a certain canny Scot-one of the shrewdest men in the city-was invoked. He had almost given in his adhesion when he heard the story of the curse. He did not break off ne- gotiations, but he suspended them. Quel- ly he made inquiries as to the where abouts in England a branch of the order which had heen evicted in Henry's time. There was such a branch in Devonshlre.
 The canny Scot hastened down there, made the acauaintance of the superior invited him around to his hotel. softened his heart with cigars and whisky and then unfolded his tale and asked what it would take to remove the curse. hundred hounds. said the superior No. said the shrewd man of business he would not o,o bevond .75. The superior reflected that an ancient curse was not an easily realiZ- ah,e asset: f75 was a substantial sum. He consented. The curse was removed as solemnly and ceremonially as it had been imposed.
 Let him wno is absolutely without one s-r-ain of superstitution affirm that the money was ill spent. The fact remains that a piece of land out of which no one had been able to extract anything but misfortune had become one of the most valuable sites in London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Coal Supply of the World.

The scientists admit there will be coal ito burn" in the year 4OO6. This country has, according to the best esti- mates, 700 billions tons of unmined coal. We consume just about a billion tons every three years. Our supply will therefore at the present rate of consumption keep us going 2OO0 years, providing we find enough additional seams to make good the growth in population. In broad country con taining many coal fields this ought not to be difficult Germany has 2S0 bil. lion tons, and England 193 billions. The coal supply of Europe may there fore be exhausted in about 400 years.
 But German scientist says one Chinese province has as much coal as North America and Europe combined, and in the long run we may all be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
POCKET CAUGHT HOME RUN HIT.
Baseball Crawled Into Auto Drivers
 Coat for Refuge.
From the Minneapolis Journal.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
 Dr. c. H. kohler has baseball which he would not sell for love or money. It was not given him. nor did he take it. It crawled into his pocket. and thereby hangs an interesting little narrative of the queer things appertaining to the national game.
 Tuesday afternoon pr. Kohler was driv- ing his automobile up Nicollet avenue. Suddenly he felt bump on his right side. Inside the inclosure the man of heal ing could hear the populace yelling like a tribe of Indians at a beef issue. He turned on the power of his car to the limit to get to the game in time to par ticipate in the whooping. As a whooper at the ball game the doctoI is willing worker, and never shirks his free born privilege of yelling as often and as loud as he pleases.
 Once inside the fence. having parted company with his 50 cents, the healer sat him down with a group of friends and demanded an immediate explanation of the yells They explained with gusto how Jimmy Hart, the hard hitting first base man of the Minneapolis team, had just put the ball over the fence for the long est hit ever seen on Nicollet field
 The spirit of the physician warmed at the thought of the great hit and he stuck his hand in his overcoat pocket for . handkerchief to wave at James.
 He drew out-not handkerchief. but . new baseball with deep dent in one side of 1t.
 He had caught Hart's long fly in ho pocket while speeding up Nicolett avenue in his automobile It is the record catch of a home run in baseball history. but the umpire did not see 1t. As Minneapolis won by one run Tuesday the ball is highly Valued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
CHINESE NEWSPAPERS
 APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM

said to be volunteers, and the halls, over twenty in number are fitted up and sup- ported by voluntary contributions.
 There seems to be entire freedom of the press, no censorship being exercised. The papers are decent sheets with numerous advertisements, but as yet poorly print ed, for the most part with movable lead types which rapidly deteriorate, making reading by foreigner very difficult even of those sheets which are published in current Manchuria, the language of the masses.
 These newspapers keep before our at- tention one of the most remarkable move- ments the world has ever seen. Each day is published a long list of names of per- sons, including women, who are subscrib- ing to fund for wiping out the indem- nity which the empire is paying for the Boxer uprising. All classes are giving liberally, in proportion to their means. All kinds of societies, Christian churches, and even primary schools, have been off, fering the contributions of their members. Recently was published a list of blind story-tellers, whose living Is earned by going from house to house with banjo, singing and telling romances. Where will it end? This wave of patriotism has swept over the country Everywhere the same feeling is shown. There is no doubt that these gifts evidence possibilities in the Chinese nature of which the world has never dreamed. With our knowledge of the systematic economy of the Chinese masses, the selfshness, the sordid par simony of individuals; with our ideas of their lack of public spirit, such phe- nomena cannot be reconciled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Cotton Seed Crushers.

The cotton-oil mills are all located in the south, and they constitute one of our great industries. All told, there are 800 oil mills in the south in which about $100,000.000 has been invested. They give employment to large num- Der of persons.
 In Alabama there are 65 mills. These mills are located in Alexander City, Albertville Andalusia, Birmingham, Brewton, Boaz, Cullman, Demopolis, Dothan, Florence, Dadeville, Enter prise, Eufaula, Epes, Eutaw, Ever green, Faunsdale, Greenville, Greens boro, Huntsville, Jacksonville, Lafay- cite, Luverne, Linden, Lineville, Lin coin, Mobile, Montgomery, New Deca- tur, Oxford, Opelika, Ozark, Pine Ap- pie, Pell City, Prattville, Roanoke, Selma, Sheffield, Sprague, Sylacauga, Talladega, Thomasville, Troy, Tuske- gee, Tuscaloosa, Union Springs and Uniontown. It will thus be seen that Alabama is pretty well supplied with oil mills. but Georgia has more than twice as many, South Carolina and Mississippi have each many more than Alabama, and the list of mills in Texas is very large.
 The industry has by no means at tained its maximum, and it will not until cotton oil is preferred by all con- sumers to hogs fat. The vegetable product is wholesome, cleanly and un. tainted with disease, for the cotton plant is not subject to diseases that hogs are, and the vegetable oil is ren. dered pure by the boiling that the seed undergoes before it reaches the crush CTS. The truth Is, cotton seed oil, properly refined, should be placed upon the markets on its own merits. It should no longer be combined with animal fats, and sold under all sorts of pretenses. For cooking purposes 1t Is superior to lard, and the man who raises the seed should give it prefer. ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
CHEAP FOOD IN MAINE.

From Country Life in America.
 Many of the newspaper articles on the cost of yachting are grossly exaggerated You can live very we'll on the Maine coast at a cost of si a week per month This involves catching a certain amount of fish yourself and likewise digging clans and quohogs. I assume, however. that you will find those pursuits a part of your pleasure Fresh vegetables. fruits eggs and wonderful milk may be ob- tained of the natives at mirth- provoking prices. For example. peck of green peas picked while you wait may cost a0 cents. or & quart of milk and a half peck of new potatoes may come to a quarter. with rhubarb and soda biscuit thrown in to make good measure Fresh meats of course, can be had only at the larger harbors. but unless truly epicurean in taste you will be content to fill out the menu with occasional canned sup plies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Fourth District Meeting Today.

R. D. Walker and R. E. l.. Niel mem bers of the executive committee from Dallas county, on the Fourth congression- al district committee, were in the city last night en route to the meeting of the committee which will be held in Tal- ladega at 10 o'clock today.
 While MT. Walker Is a Conner supporter and MT. Mel Cunningham advocate and consequently differing as to the gu- bernatorial situation in Dallas, they are firmly agreed in the opinion that w. B. Craig will receive the nomination for Congress in that district, practically without opposition. They state that Mr. Craig will receive the undivided support of Dallas, his home county and that his friends in the other counties of the shoe string district have given assurances of a large following. At present Mir. Craig is the only announced candidate in the district and his friends are confident of his success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
From the Century Magazine.

From the Century Magazine.
 NIVE years ago a man reading a U newspaper of which very few were then published in the whole empire, was ridiculed as follower of the foreign devils. Almost the only pa- per published in the capital was the Pekin Gazette, containing the decrees and doings of the court
 Now there are ten daily papers pub lished in Pelxin among them one of the few womens dailies in the world. This paper Is interesting as being largely ed- tied by women, and dealing just now with such topics as popular astronomy, geog- raphy, physical geography. the care of infants and the training of children. The general newspapers are read by all classes, and are constantly increasing their circulation They contain Reuters s telegrams, news of the country and city. and articles of considerable length and acumen on live topics Some are pledged to the correction of old-fashioned customs and the contents are extremely interest," ing, worthy of a separate article.
 By the way of advertisement, or more likely because of the zeal of reformers who are responsible for the newspapers. copies are posted on blank walls and on boards set up for the purpose, so that their contents may be perused by those who would not buy. In addition remark able plan to secure the attention of the masses has been followed. In different places in city and suburbs have been fitted up reading halls, with benches and tables, where tea is served free, and in the even- ings capable men are engaged to read and exnlain the napers. TheSe men are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-29
Politics Quiet.

'1 have never seen politics so quiet in Tuscaloosa during state campaign. :" said George A. Searcy of that city at the Metropolitan hotel last night.
 "There is absolutely nothing doing either in county or state politics, but believe that in a few more weeks the fight will open up down our way, and l expect that we will have two or three lively contests.
 None of the state candidates have spoken in the county, and the people seem to be waiting to hear from some of them before they become interested.
 "The legislative and state senatorial contests promise to become very inter- esting before the close of the campaign, but at present the people are saying noth- ing, and watching Tuscaloosa grow. Our little city Is growing very rapidly, and every line of business is prospering. The people down my way are too busy to worry with politics.