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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
WOMEN IN AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Feminine Courage and Resource Car
 red Country Through a Crisis.

"A Queensland man told me-" says Charles Edward Russell in Soldiers Of the Common Good" in Everybody's Maga- zine for October. that he doubted If in his part of the country they could have achieved much if 1t had not been for tho women. Every avenue of employment was absolutely In tho hands of the entrenched governing classes, and every man that agitated for election reform was not only discharged but blacklisted and boycotted. He found 1t impossible then to obtain em- ployment anywhere; no man dared to hire him.
 George Ryland was blacklisted for five years They would not let him blow nor chop wood nor drive horses. It looked like hopeless fight against power so great and so arbitrary. Often the men were discouraged. but the women, never; they had more pluck than the men. Tho savage injustice had stirred their utmost resentment; one and all they urged their husbands to keep on and never to yield. In many eases wives assumed the burden of supporting the family. Some turned dressmakers and some cooks One fam fly that 1 know lived four years on a weekly income of between s3 and $4 earned with her needle by the wife and mother. The husband tramped Queensland looking in vain for work. With such a spirit among the women the situation could not long continue A body of voters grew up not of the Labor element but painfully convinced that existing conditions wer5 wrong. The united with the few Labor men that had the franchise. the better element was outvoted and overturned, the suffrage was reformed, the Labor Party Queensland state government and holds that goVern- ment todaY."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Country Life In America.

Contents for October: Cover design, by Elta M. Boult; Contents design, Home, by Henry Troth; frontspiece, "The Ma garge House, by Henry Troth; Good Taste in Country Houses" by Sherwin Hawley; "Glds5 Rnorns and Sun Parlors," by Edward Lehlbach; Georgian Furni- ture," by George Leland Hunter; Com paratiye Building Costs," by Walter A.
 Dyer; Why Not a Bungalow?' by James M. A. Darrach; Songs of Nature," se- lected, by Henry van Dyke: ""rhe Coun- try Home Reminder" "Outdoor News and Discoveries" by E. V. Wilcox; '"The Joys and Woes of Well Driving" by Charles T. Whiteield; ''The Unburnable Country House" by Charles de Kay; '"The S10,000 Country Home:" 1st, ''The Cost of Ffrst-class Construction" by Alden Fear ing; 2nd. "A $10,00O Colonial House of Brick" by Wilfred H. Schoff What Proper Remodeling Will Dos" 1st, How an Insignificant House Gained Colonial Dignity" by Dalton Wylie 2nd, "Improv- ing House by an Addition." by A. R. Dee; 3rd, "The Rejuyenation of a Revo- lutionary Farm Cottage" by J. T. Lin- son. ''The Essential Features of We'll Planned Cottage" by Henry Atterbury Smith; Plumbing for Country House." by E. c. Holtzoper. "s10OOO for a House and Lot" 'The Nature Club of Ameri- ca;' Drainage System for a Country House." October Wild Foods" etc.. etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
 OF THE many popular superstitions | of the day which have been hand
 O ed down from the dark ages, when ignorance was rife and belief in omens was as fixed as the religion of the times, the adherence to several of the most com mon Is worthy of analysis" remarked a member of the faculty of one of the local universities to Star reporter.
 T have given the subject considerable study and research and I have come to the conclusion that good luck or bad luck which may follow the possession of certain symbols, or which may result from the performance or the non-per- times, may be attributed to the operation of the law of coincldences, and the good fortune or the bad fortune, as the case may be, would have resulted In any event.
 T will give you an easy illustration of the operation of the law of coincidences as applied to a symbolical number that will be quickly understood. but 1t illus trates the principle even better than were dl PIopOSlllOH Oncltus Oullnb the past summer a horse which had been running a consistent last in the races in which he had been entered on the tracks around New York, won one day at the remuneratve odds of 100 to 1. and his owner, who had backed him for senti- mental reasons for a small amount, na- turally cleaned up a considerable sum.
 "Thls horses number on the racing pro- gramme was 13. It Is well known that the racing fraternity is a superstitious one, and the fact that this horse won at such large odds while carrying the number 13 were well played for this reason alone; that within a week or so another horse bearing the number 13 again. won at con siderable odds but that thereafter for sev eral weeks during which l had the in- stance followed no other horse bearing the number 13 came in first.
 Both the first and the second horse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Outing Magazine.

Contents for October: Cover design by William c. Krieghoff; 'The Long Labra- dor Trail' dllustrated), by Dillon Wal lace; "A Question of Bits 0llustrated), by Alfred Stoddart; "The Rialto" Qllus- trated), by Charles Belmont Davis; The Ghostly Stowaway," by Joseph Woodbury Strout; "The Current of Fear" by Law renee Mott; "The English Foxhound,' by T. F. Dale; 'The Pudding Sisters Go A-Hunting," by Teddy" Little Outdoor Stories:" "A Might-Have-Bee by A. Maule; "A Partridge on Spree" by B. A. Hitchcock; Farm Life in Iowa" dl- lustrated), by Clifton Johnson; "The Buc- cancers" dllustrated), by John R. Spears; White Fang" by Jack London; Stalk ing Scottish Moors" 0llustrated, by Hor- ace Annesley Vachell; "Winkler Ashore" dllustrated), by Gouverneur Morris; "Af- ter Grouse With Hiram" by Maximilian Foster: 'Is Heart Weakness Due to over work?" by G. Elliot Flint; "The View Point" by Caspar Whitney; School and College World" Hauling Out the Boat dllustrated), by c. G. Davis; fMaskalonge Fishing" by Joseph V. Quarles, Jr.; '"The Mental Limitations of the Horse" by F M Ware; Making the Country Home," by Eben F. Rexford
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
WITH THE MAGAZINES
Century for October.

Frontispece, Edward H. Sothern as Pe- I truchio in "The Tanning of the Shrew," printed in color from a painting by Orlan- do Rouland. "Khiva From the Inside: A Personal Narrative." by Langdon War her; pictures by Jay Hambidge Corwln K Linson and from photograph. "The Dog Police of European Cities" by Will liam G. F1tz-Gerald; pictures from photo- graphs. Seeing France With Uncle John: A Story. Conclusion" by the au- thor of Susan Clegg' tAnne Warner); pictures by May Wilson Preston. Mac Dowell," by R. w G. "The Human Side Of the Car" by Amalia Kussner Coudert; portraits from miniatures by Mrs. Cou- dert and photograph. After Reading Thoreau," by Emma Bell Miles. Edward H. Sothern in Character" from paintings by Orlando Rouland. "The Doll Lady: Story" by the author of Love Laughs at Lions" (Edna Kenton); pictures by Orson Lowell. ''The Japanese Pilgrimage to the Buddhist Holy Land: A Personal Narrative of the Hongwanji Expedition" by Count Kosui Otani: pictures from pho tographs. "A Perverse Generation Story" by the author of "The Thorn that Pricked" Grace Ellery Channing). An Appeal to the Past: Story" by the au- thor of "A Question of Command, The Smoke Eaters" etc. Q1arvey J. OHfg- gins); pictures by Martin Justice. Exam ples of American Portraiture. XIV, by John H F'inley from the painting by 5. J. Woolf. Running Water, TIL: A Sto- ry" by the author of The Four Feath- ers" Miranda of the Balcony" etc. GA. E. W. Mason); picture by H. s. Potter. "Cole's Engravings of Old Spanish Mas ters: Tn the Balcony" by Goya; en- graved on wood by Timothy Cole. The Pacture Thistle" by Elizabeth Akers; decoration by R. Weir-Crouch 'Justi- mas Playmate: A Story by Grace La throp Collin; pictures by Ida Dougherty
 Brother Singers" by Charlotte Wilson,
 What American Museums Are Doing for Native Art" by Annie Nathan Meyer; pictures from paintings by John w. AL exander, Winslow Homer, Edwin A. Alp bey. George Inness, John S. Sargent and Douglas Vollk, and from sculpture group by Gutzon Borglum-four In tint Tho Perfect Woman: A Story,' by the author of Every One His Own Way (Edith wyatt). "The Training of the Negro by Robert Bennett Bean. "A Voice From the Dark: Story" by Charles Bryant Howard. "A Song of Youth" by Frank Dempster Sherman. Departments: Top ics of the Time-"Violence." How to Aid American Art" "Election Day: A Recur- ring Day of Judgment" Open Letters
 Orlando Roulands paintings of Edward H Sothern 0Iomer Saint Gaudens). Co., vas 'In the Balcony" CT. Cole); MT
 Woolfs portrait of pr. Finley. In Light CT Vein: Half Truths" Uouise HerricK WalD; "Wllard's Tactics" for the use of the navy (Anna Cosulich); Good Gun nery'' CWallace Irwin); "A Ballade of Heroes" Crank Preston Smar): "A Morning Call' (E. H. M); 'Recrimina- ton" (drawing by J. M. Conde).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

til they reach the banks or the sub-treas- ur1es, when they are at once caught up by the coin counters, and their careers come to a sudden and abrupt close as coins of the realm.
 "A laborious task of extracting the inte- riors of gold coins is called the filling process, consisting of cutting the coins in two, or partially through. at the edges, and extracting as much of the interior as possible replacing the good coin with an inferior but weghty metal and brazing the edges together This job has to be done with exceeding cleverness to defy detection, but when done well a lot of gold can thus be obtained"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Worlds Work.

Contents for October: Full-page portrait of Sir Robert Hart Bart, frontispiece; '"rhe March of Events," an editorial in- depreciation; 'Is It Safe to Invest in Southern Pacific Stock?" "The Remaking of Our Cities" by Charles Mulford Rob- inson; ''The Work of Three Great Archi- tects" dllustrated), by Gurdon s. Parker; 'The Hearst Myth" by Q. P; Raising Campaign Funds;" "hn English Mechani in America" by James Blount 'Vast Un- developed Regions" by Frederic Austin Ogg; "The Development of the Philip pines" Qllustrated). by Hamilton W. Wright; "The Stages of Vesuvius Erup- tion' dllustrated), by Frank A. Ferret; "Education in the New Japan" by Mary Crawford Fraser; The Russian Revolu- ton in Process" by I. A. Haurwich The Home Culture Clubs,' by George w. Ca ble; Revolutionary Changes in China" dlustrated), by Dr. w. A. P. Martin; ''The Beginning Of Reform in Packing town by Isaac r. Marcosson: Labor and Politics." by M. G. Cunniff: "The New Science of Business:" "rhe Kind of Employers that Men Seek" "A Man Vs a Company" Among the Worlds Work ers:" Flow One Man Secured Law in Thirty-two States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Gunter's.

Gunter's Magazine for October contains an important installment of the sequel to .Mr. Barnes of New York; 'The Shad- ow of the Vendetta" by Archibald Cla- vering Gunter. ''The Kentucky Colonel at Epsom. by Florida P. Summerwell; a brightly told narrative of the experiences of a veteran Kentucky turfman who bucks up against an Indian ratjah. Changing Her Name" a complete nov elette, by Una Hudson is a strikingly original story of young lady writer who makes pilgrimage to a wild, lawless DOT ton of Arizona in search of color and ad- ventures for future copy. "The Thir- teenth Man." by Francis Livingstone.
 "Don Diego of the Two Stars" brilliant and amusing New York society story. by Brisbane Kent. How Teddy and I Met Our Brides by G. F. Turner. "A Morn ing During the Terror," by Edward S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

Uses of Autumn Foliage" Qllustrated), by Kate Hopkins; ''The Horse Show-A Sport of the Rich' dllustrated), by Minnie Mo- Intyre; "A Ghost and Rabbits Foot: Story" by Crittenden Marriott, pictures by Angus MacDonall; Versatile Ameri- can Women" with photographs; "Views and Interviews;" "An Old Style Made New" by Charles s. Sedgwick, drawings and photographs by the author; "Mainiy About People, with photographs; '"rhe Dog and His Care-The English Setter" 0llustrated), by Eugene R. Cole; Poultry Notes,'' by Miller Purvis; "Halloween Cookery" with photographs by Greta Borden; Fancy Table Covers," with de- signs, by Esther R. Harmon; "The Art of Manicurng," by Constance Barr; Early Fall Fashions dllustrated). by Eighme Leigh; "The Ginger Jar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
FOUR LEAF CLOVERS ARE
 FOOLISH, B NO 100000

of course, would have won these partlc- ular races, whether their numbers had been or 8, respectively, or any other number upon the programme. and the,r winning, while bearing the alleged hoo doc number of 13. as merely concidental to their entry and their getting under the wire first. yet so powerful is popular superstition that the minds of otherwise sane individuals were swayed by the CO., incidental application of a number to horses circuit around a race course.
 '"rhe same principle holds true as to the horseshoe superstition, the four-leaf clover fallacy, the rabbit foot idiocy and the bright, new penny delusion. In touring through the country, if one will note that a horseshoe. and sometimes several of them may be seen tackled up over the doorways or upon barn doors of aban- doned homes and farms or tumble-down abodes, and very often the more ram shackle the place Is the more horseshoes or symbols of good luck may be seen plastered over the place. Sometimes the heel of the shoe is up, to hold the good luck in and again 1t will be reversed. which position some people think Tets the good luck out But the evidences of fall ure and Equalization are indisputable and the fact that horseshoes may also be seen tackled up upon premises where theft Is evident proves nothing, as a matter of fact, beyond that certain pieces of curved metal are held In position on wood by their nails.
 Ut Is the same with the four-leafed clover, which is merely freak of na- ture, as twin tree, though this fallacy is somewhat sentimental and may be cepted for thls reason by the young. The rabbits foot's power to bestow good for tune upon it's possessor Is, of course too absurd to merit analysis, while the bright. new penny fancy is a good one to hand out to children-wth the penny"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Home Maaazlne.

Contents for October: ''The Wire Cut ters: A Story by Grace MacGowan Cooke, illustrated by w. H. D. Koerner;
 'Women as Women's Employers" by Is- abel Wilder; Paying Honor to King Corn" by Day Allen Wiley Illustrated with photographs; "Romance Island: A Serial Story" by Zona Gale. illustrated by II. c. Wall; Autumn Song.' by Ernst Zwiel; Fall Work in the Garden.' with pictures. by Eben Rexford; Decorative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
Popular Science Monthly.

The Popular Science Monthly for Octo- Der contains the following articles: "The Earthquake Rift of 1906" by President David Starr Jordan; '"The Value of Sci ence," by M. H. Poincare; Francis Ba- con and the Modern University" by Prof. Edward O. Slsson; "Britlclsms Versus Americansms" by Prof. Edward w. Bow en; Difficult Boys" by Dr. J. Madison Taylor; "Genius," by Dr. Robert Morris Ogden: "The Birth of the Idea of Spirit in Greek Thought" by President Mary Mills Patrick; '-The Scientific Aspects of Luther Burbank's Work" by Prof. Yer mon L. Kellogg; "The Effects of Immi- grafton on Homicide" by Prof Morris Loeb; "The British Medical Association and the University of Toronto;" "The Ma tional Pure Food Law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
WienerWurst.

From the Philadelphia Preas.
 Mrs. Marryat--Oh, George, I dldn5t ex- pect you home to lunch. We have nothing but German sausage In the house and you don't like that.
 MT. Marryat-Well being hungry, I'm prepared for the wurst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

Southern railway will sell round trip tickets to Richmond, Va, on September 29-30 and October l. with final limit to reach original starting point October s, 1906, at rate of one first-class fare, plus 25 cents for the round trip. For sched- ule and other information apply to M. H. Bone, D. P A., or M. Coxwell, c. P. A., Morris Hotel building. s-2S-5t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

The Seaboard will sell tick cts to Richmond and return, Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1, $19.25, round trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30
The Pilgrim.

Out With Dogs and Gum is the title of The Pilgrims October cover. The orig inal is a clever picture painting by Ar chic G. Allan, the artist. The October Pilgrim has three special articles, the first touching upon "The Gateway of China" entitled "The Patrol of the Yangtse," by William A. Mckinney, who has spent some years in the very heart of this great and awakening nation. douth America just How is in the popular mind in most prominent way. John T. Xerrin. who for several years had extensive business rea- tons with the South American republics. writes graphically on Commercial Rela- tions With South America" Three Ev- cry Minute" by Howard B. Grose, gives an insight into the immigration question. The fiction of the October Pilgrim Is of high class; "Son of a Hero" by l. Oli- vier Curwood; the conclusion of 'The Mysterious Income" by Elliott Flower, a very clever short serial, and a bright lit- tie short story. MT. Conroy's Peach Pear ing" by Mrs. F. M. Howard, are the lead ing features.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

Ellsworth; an episode of Paris during the great revolution of 93, which shows how huDAan emotions ran riot. "The Broad Arrow" by Frederick Reddale; narra- tive of western ranch. The Commit tees Report by William Mccormick
 Frank Burr the Outlaw" by Jack Stockton. Mrs Hilton's Commonsense Gown" by James Ravencroft. An inter esting article on Narragansett pier.
 Notes of the Dramatic World" embel- lshed by many pn)iographs of plays and players, and an intimate sketch of Ms s Ethel Barrymore by Vanderheyden Fyles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

175 Ladies' silk Velvet Dress Hats, Turbans, the Vest -Tilley, Prince Chaps, Mushroom and all the new French Pattern Hat effects, worth $S.50, lQ each........ ...... ...... s/
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

20 dozen Ladies new Fall Wash Waists, in linens and satteens. beautifully lace and embroidery trimmed, either short or long sleeves, worth ssis- si.Gs-f0r this. this .......... .98c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-30

25 dozen assorted ready-to- wear Walking and Auto
 Hats. Soft Felt in castors, browns, blues, blacks, greens, reds and greys, worth $2.50, for this sale, 1 l0 each. ... ... ...........hT/
The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-13
There Is No Negro Problem

HAVE patience with the NEGRO problem bugaboo FOR
BUGABOO 1T is, pure and simple. Of all that has been
written recently of the status and the future of
that society of which he constitutes large element
In the first place that the increase
in the United States STATISTICS disprove statement
The against the higher education of negro that it
tends unfit him for the filing of his American life is too
undemocrac for The graduates of negro institutions most
Of them, engaged today IN UPLIFTING THEIR BPETH-
REM have known ONE whose education rendered him
useless society Our schools primarily training schools and
there surely be the fact that
the independence In fact the kernel truth which
the probem writers have discovered education is removing
the race further and further from ENSLAVEMENT
PROBLEM. NEVER HAS BEEN ONE IN
THIS COUNTRY SINCE NEGRO A FREEMAN AND
NEVER WILL NOTWITHSTANDING THERE is lAReE
CLASS WRITERS WOULD RAISE UP
The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-13
Two Rare Books.

Two rare books, valued at several
thousand dollars apiece. and for
which the owner would not part at
any price, are in the possession Of
Prof. j. B. Halsted of the State
Normal school. One is an original
copy of Descartes' geometry, written
by the great French mathematician
and philosopher in 1857. At that
time Descartes was eXpatriated from
France and the book was published
by Dutchman in the Netherlands.
Descartes gave the book to the re-
nowned Frenchman, Letenneur, who
In turn presented it to the French
historian, Ebales, who gave it to j.
j. Sylvester, now Of Oxford and a
former teacher of Prof. IIalsted.
Sylvester left the book to the Nor
NAL professor, saying that it was to
be his until called for. The book
contains all the original signatures
of the owners, which are valuable
themselves.
The second book is one owned by
Lord Chesterfield of England. and
only one other copy of it is in exist
ence, it being in an Italian
princes library. The book was
written in Latin and was published
in 1913 with the permission OF the
Spanish inquisitor. The author was
a Jesuit priest, Saccheri by name.
1t sets forth new idea in mathe-
matics, which Prof. Halsted has
exemplilied by works translated into
numerous languages, including the
japanese and Russian. The hiding
place of this book was traced after
years OF patient searching.
A letter from Count Tolstoi is
also one of Prof. HaIsteds treasures.
The letter was written thanking him
for his translations of one of the
great authors books. On Nov. 1S
Prof. Halsted received letter from
France asking permission to make
him an honorary member of the So
ciety of Bordeaux.
The two unique books are small
sheepsitin volumes and the printing
Is as clear in them as though done
but yesterday. Both books are kent
locked in the archives of the State
Normal school.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-13
A Home Made Happy by Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy.

About two months ago our bahv
girl had measles which settled on
her lungs and at last resulted in a
severe attack of bronchitis. We had
Two doctors but no relief was OBJ
tained. Everybody thought She
would die. l went to eight different
stores to ind certain remedy which
had been recommended to me and
failed to get 1t, when one of tho
storekeepers insisted that | try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. |
d1d SO and our baby is alive and well
today.-Geo. w, Spence, Holly
Springs, N. c. For sale by all drug.
gists.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-12-13
The Causes of Bank Failures


HERE system of supervision, thorough
~ and searching it may be, which SURELY PROTECT
stockholders and deposors against either nefciency or
honesty In banking there little difference in final results whether
bank operated by who do comprehend science of
banking by those who wanting high order business
rality. FAILURE is TEE RESULT IN EITHER CASE
There department of domestic ber ora re-
qired higher order of sound business judgment more
flexible adherence honest conservative methods THAN
IN BANKING