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creased, until the Importation of foreign
fruit has been reduced to extremely
small proportions.
Most of our prune supply is from Cali
fornia. In Santa Clara county alone there
are 100000 trees growing on $4,000 acres,
100 trees to the acre. The quantity of
prunes there exceeds 110000000 pounds
more than enough for the requirements
of the whole country, but the excess is
needed to supply the export demand.
In September the fruit ripens and is
gathered by spreading sheets under the
trees and shaking the branches, The
fruit is taken to the warehouse, where
IL Is graded In size and passed through
a boiling hot liquid, in which process It
Is cleaned and the outer skin softened
1t is then spread out in trays s feet by
feet in size, and exposed to the heat
of the sun for three to eight days, de-
pending upon weather conditions.
Ten thousand trays of fruit spread out
in one unbroken tract may be seen in
Santa Clara in the drying season. When
sufficiently cured the prunes are stored
in separate bins and there allowed to
sweat, this process taking from ten to
twenty days, when they are ready for
marketing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
/ M, HODGE RUN DOWN
BY AN AUTOMOBILE
Machine Was Operated BY Or. Nj.
Cunningham of Ensley-ln-
juries Are Slight.

j. NJ Hodge city salesman and eollee-
tor for G. M. Hudson, on Norris avenue,
was run down by an automobile at First
avenue and Twenty-frst street yesterday
afternoon at 1870 o'clock and was pain
fully, but not seriously injured. The auto
mobile belonged to and was being oper-
ated by DR.. M. Cunningham of Ensley,
who stopped his machine at once and lent
his assistance to the injured man.
Mr.. Hodge was riding bicycle and
was on his way from the store. where he
is employed, to the Peoples Savings bank.
He was following close behind a wagon.
Dr. Cunningham had just come across
the Twenty-irst street bridge and was
lodging an electric ear with his automo-
bile, and came suddenly upon Mr.. Hodge
on the bicycle. The wheels of the auto
car passed over his left arm and left leg.
and an ankle was sprained. The injured
man was able to walk about soon after
the accident happened. Ills bicycle was
smashed up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
MORE INDEPENDENT BASIS.
Knights of Pythlas Discuss Insurance
Feature of Organization.

New Orleans October ia movement
toward putting the insurance feature of
the Knights of Pythias' organization
upon a more independent basis was up
for discussion of the supreme lodge at
today's convention. Through and amend
ment to the consultation. it is proposed
to allow the directors of the supreme
lodge to appoint the president of the
board of control Of the endowment rank,
this position now being elective. Discus
sion of this and other proposed amend
ments was held in executive session,
which had not ended when the meet
ing adjourned until tomorrow.
The lodge of sorrow, In memory of
distinguished Pythians who have died
since the last encampment, was held to-
day.
Georgia company No. of Savannah.
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Bids for Pasture Lands.

Washington. October 19.-The regula-
lions of the general land office for open
ing up the lands included in the big pas
ture in the former Kiowa, Commanche
and Apache Indian reservations in Okla
homa were issued today. They provide
that sealed bids shall be received from
December to s, inclusive, at the Lawton,
Okla, land office, where the bids will be
opened December 10. The lands are to be
opened under the homestead laws Janu-
airy g. Any person eligible to acquire land
under these laws may bid for the Indian
lands, the minimum price for which is to
be s. per acre.
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Mrs. cortelyou oId-Fashioned.
4 the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
Persons who view with alarm the
young woman of today, progressive to
the point even of asking young men IL
they wouldn't like to marry. point to the
wife of Postmaster General Cortelyou as
an exponent of the old school, and from
whom the debutante might take hint or
two that would be much to her advan-
tage. Her first consideration is home, and
no pressure of social duties can make her
change the routine which was established
in the early days of her married life. Mrs
Cortelyou has no patience with that kind
of women designated as paper-bag
housekeepers, which term gives a terse
description of the situation of this cook
less, kitchenless age. Hers is home
where everything Is prepared on the
premises. This charming and talented wo-
man preserves her own fruit, pickles,
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Test Employers Liability Law.

Washington, October 19.-Attorney Gen.
eral Moody today made statement an
nounclng, with the Presidents approval.
that, when the first case under the en-
ployers' liability act is tried he intends
to ask leave to intervene in the case to
support the constitutionality. validity and
Interpretation of the law 1t is under
stood that when the attorney general de-
cided to intervene in these cases he was
in possession of information that many of
the railroads had decided to enter upon a
systematic effort to break down the law
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Negro Fatally Burned BY Gasoline.

Atlanta, October 10 Especially Ed
Crosby, a negro employee in an automobile
garage, was so badly burned as the re-
suit of an explosion of gasoline yestei-
day afternoon that he is not expected to
live. A bucket of gasoline caught fire and
was about to destroy valuable machine.
In trying to pull the bucket out of the
way Crosby upset 1t and spread the flames
all over the floor He was soon enveloped
in them and before the fire could be put
out he was so badly injured that 1t was
stated at the hospital he could not live.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Yale CIinches Double Honors.

Garden City, L. l., October 19.-Yale
golfers again elinched double honors in
the intercollegiate tourney here today.
The New Haven men won the team match
Wednesday. and when the semi-finals of
the individual competition were completed
this afternoon. two Yale players, W. E..
Glow, Jr., and Wright Partridge were
the survivors. Glow defeated last year $
champion, Robert Abbott, l up in II holes.
Partridge won from d. IL. Burrows,
Princeton by l up. The finals in 36 holes,
will be played tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
MEETINGS ARE HELD.
Speakers Address Voters In Interest
of Candidates for Sheriff.

Congressman Oscar W Underwood and
B. NJ. Allen spoke at Bessemer last night
in the interest of Judge ]. p. Stiles. eandi-
date for sheriff of Jefferson county. They
spoke under the direction of the Jefferson
county democratic campaign commit
tee
Henry B. Gray, Congressman Oscar w
Underwood and others, will speak at
Warrior tonight.
Judge John H. Miller, P. G. Bowman
and Ed FLYNN will speak at Johns to-
night in the interest of e. l.. Higdon
candidate for sheriff. Won L. Thompson
and A. O. Lane will speak at West End
tonight in the interest of the same eandl-
date.
A meeting was held at Littleton last
night in the interest of E. L. Higdon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
ArimaLs Geek Own Graveyard.

Condensed from the London Spectator.
1t seems, from the accounts given by
Darwin aud by Mr.. w. II. Hudson, that
all the guanacos of the southern part Of
Patagonia must resort. when the hour Of
death approaches, to certain spot in u
certain river-ped which has become per-
feet mausoleum of their bones.
Mr.. Hudson notes that it Is only the
guanaco of the southern extremity of the
South American continent that has this
habit, a habit restricted to descendants
of forefathers who lived In an extremely
rigorous climate. Mr.. Hudson eoniectures
that among these forefathers the instinct
grew up. when the stress of hunger and
cold was very dire. of resorting 10 this
shelter place In the river bed where they
might find warmth in their own closely
collected numbers and possibly food. BY
continual survival of those which be-
took themselves TO this place of refuge
the race instinct would be formed of re-
sorting thither when they felt the tides
of life running low. This feeling, Mr..
Hudson argues, their descendants are
likely to experience now at the approach
Of the hour of death.
But now it is no longer Just passing
spell of extreme cold that leads them
ibiiher. The death call has come, and
they must lay their bones in the COM
mon mortuary. 1t Is not "in order to die
that the guanaco seeks this place. it
would be nearer the truth II we were to
say 1t was lin order to live"
But the most true account of all is
that it is in mere obedience to the In
herlted instinct that the guanaeo resorts
to this refuge
Yet another instance of this mysterious
guidance is afforded by the habit of the
Iattlesnakes in the colder countries to
assemble together for Information in
caves These snakes, on emerging from
the caves, cover long distances In their
wanderlngs, their young are generally
born far away, and yet these young sue
coed in finding their way to the caves
with the greatest certainty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED.
Annual Meeting of American Mining
Congress Comes to an End.

Denver, Col. October 1.-THE nineteenth
annual meeting of the American Mining
congress came to an end this afternoon
with the announcement by the board of
directors of the reelection of the old
officers, as follows;
]. H. Richards of Boise. PRESIDENT
James J. Galbraith, Jr.. of Denver, secre-
tary.
President Richards stated that the
body had appointed a committee to raise
$1,000 for the expense of bringing before
the Congress of the United States the
matter of establishing a national Depart
ment of mines and mining.
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ROBERT N. BELL, Chairman.

and the dainties which serve as relishes
on her table throughout the year, and
even puts up vegetables, which take
the place of the timed goods used or
dinarily. Bakers bread is never brought
into her household, nor any of the ba-
kers' cake which belongs to the paper
bag system of living. While Mrs. Cor
telyou, like most women in official life,
must depend ON caterers to provide most
of the fare at a formal dinner, she can
cook a meal which would be a delight
to those cynics who say that pager bag.
-oil stove and chatting dish fodder" may
erd in starvation and determination Of
the race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Paying Teller Suspended.

st. Louis, October 19.-Unted States
Sub-Treasurer Atkins today suspended
from duty Marshall b. Ferguson, paying
teller, pending the result of the investi-
CATION being conducted by the government
experts into the alleged shortage of SOL
200 in the funds of the sub-treasury, Mr..
Ferguson stated that he had been sus-
pended on his own request.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Boys Body Is Identified.

Amarillo, Tex, October 19.-The boy
murdered on october was identified to-
day as Earl Dockery by his father, Silas
Dockery of Ashevile, Okla. Earl Dockery
had drawn sl2O wages earned In railroad
work and started to return to his fathers
farm, when he was murdered and robbed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
PRUNEs CUTTING OUT PRIsMs.
Supply OF Fruit Coming From califor
MIA Encouraging to LandIades.
From What to Eat.

From What to Eat.
When one thinks of all the boarding
house breakfasts in the country 1t is not
surprising that more than 100 600
pounds of prunes are eaten yearly in the
United States.
Prior to 1886 the supply came almost
wholly from France and the Danublan
provinces, and sold under the designation
of French and Turkish prunes.
In that year prunes of American
growth appeared on the market and with
each succeeding year the supply has in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20

which drilled in all the competition drills
TO pick the best drilled company In camp.
drew much comment by their work They
we're the only contestants appearing to-
day for this honor. Nine competitors
have drilled earlier in the week and
the judges decision will be announced
tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Knew Where He'd Be.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Vlsitor-Remember, my good man, we
know not where we will be upon the NOR
row,
Prisoner--Well mum, In carefully re-
Viewin de circumstances, L d say dat dat
statement hardly fits me own case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Alexander Indicted for ENLIGHTENMENT.

Augusta Ca. October 19-The Rich
mond county grand jury indicted today
Thomas w. Alexander, the former cotton
factor of Augusta, and prominent club
man. who was arrested September 10
in I'ittsburg. He is charged with emf
kezzlenent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Ute Indians Pull Stake.

Gillette Wyo., October 19.-The Ute In
dams, whose threatening attitude toward
settlers caused government troops to be
ordered here pulled stake late this even
ing and started toward Montana. The
Indians heard of the order issued for
troops to remove them by force.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Italian Bank Has Heavy Liabilities.

Turin. Italy October 19.-The liabilities
of the banking house of Zuckermann,
which closed its doors yesterday, are esti-
mated at about 81 100000 and 1t Is believed
that the assets will amount to about tho
same sum
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Republican Nominee Withdraws.

Memphis Tenn. October 19.-H. b. An
derson, republican nominee for Congress
from the Tenth Tennessee district, an
pounced his withdrawal from the race
TODAY This leaves Gen. George w. Cor
don. democrat, unopposed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
Nashville Actress Dead.

ottawa, Ont, October 19.-Miss Mamie
b. Jordan, member of the Gingerbread
man company, died here today. Miss
Jordans stage name was Miss Howe She
was % years of age. Her body will be
taken to her home in Nashville. Tenn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
The Bride Complains.

From the Rams Horn.
II want to complain of the flour you
sent me the other day." said Mrs. Newly
wed. severely.
what was the matter with it. ma'am?'
asked the grocer.
ut was tough. Ny husband simply
couldn't eat the biscuits | made with it,"
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Bishop Potters Daughter a Suicide.

Cromwell. Conn, October 19.-It was
stated here that Mrs. Laura Cowden,
daughter of Bishop Henry c. oPtter of
New York, committed suicide by hang
ing at a private sanitarium here Tues
day night,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
souIres Under Consideration

Washington, October 19.--Herbert G.
Squires, former minister to Cuba, is be-
Ing considered by the President for APP
pointment as minister to Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-20
The Popular Poet.

From the Chicago Journal.
Hes popular poet
Dear me! Why, l thought he hadn't
written anything for years.
He hasn't; that's why he's so populari"
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The best half-tone cuts are made by
the Gawk Engraving company. Age
Herald Building.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-09
Plans For New Labor Party.

President GompeIS made the
following statement with reference
to the political labor movement:
'The present political labor
movement" said he, 'tis the most
extensive ever known in this
county. The local and national
labor organizations taking part
will make very aggressive cam
paign. The movement is the re-
suit of the neglect of labor's inter
ests by Congress and Legislatures.
81 know the sentiment of the
working people and enthusiasm for
the movement is great in all parts
OF the country. l am constantly
receiving messages from unions all
over the country approving of the
movement.
''The time is singularly appropri-
ate and the unions will rise to the
opportunity. l have talked with
40 or so representative of organ
lied labor about it in this CITY,
and I find the sentiment over
whelmingly i'll favor of independ-
ent political action. We have
enough level headed, intelligent,
honest workieg men to give labor
good representation in Congress
and we will move heaven and
earth to put them there.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-09
PIXIES PEAK
An Old Charleston Printer Gives Ex-
rerience of His Visit.

| Every member of Charleston Ty-
biographical Union remem berS
brother w. j. Johnson, Il former
member of No. LAG, but nov of
W heelln@ union. He WAS for sew
eral months intimate of the Print
ei> Home at Colorado Springs. He
Is again among his friends in
Wheeling, completely restored to
health. While at the Home he
assembled Pixies Peak, and in the
following words, tells his expert
ence on that occasions: attn
AT point about five miles
from Manitou we entered the
clouds while n terrific thunder
storm WIS i'll progress. rain pour
ing down upon US until we were
drenched to the skin. with no pos
Slble means for shelter. That cir
cnmStance, however, made no diff,
terence, as the atmosphere was so
damp that it wouid have soaked
Us through without the rain. The
thunder and lightning was terrific.
y flash of lightning would occa-
ISlonally blind us and send cold
chill of fear down our spinal col
umn, followed in few seconds nv
a crash that sounded like the col
lapse of SKY scraper' right at our.
packs. We would involunt:lriIy
throw our arms over our heads to
protect ourselves from an imaginary
stray brick. We enjoyed (?) these
delightful sensations for about half
an hour. a short time after the
rain storm ceased, we encountered
heavy snow storm. The flakes
of snow and ice were about the size
OF a nickel. and when one of them
came i'll contact with an exposed
portion of our person we were fore
IDLY impressed that something had
hit us. Later on we ran into Il
lighter hail storm, which continued
until we reached the summit of the
Peak, wet through all our clothing
and chilled to the marrow. The
greatest drawback to our tramp
was that we were deprived of a
View Of the grand scenery that the
summit of the Peak affords. as we
were in the midst of the clouds
and could not see an object fifty
yards away
The round trip embraced over
eighteen miles, and the height of
the mountain is IA, Jap feet. None
of the party Gall old typos) suffer-
any serious physical results from
their cold and soaking" journey.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-09

The round trip embraced over
eighteen miles, and the height of
the mountain is IA, Jap feet. None
OF the party Gall old typos) suffer
any serious physical results from
their cold and soaking" journey.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-09
Pete Curran Reelected

The General Federation ofTradeS
in Great Britain held their con
vention in southampton and re-
elected Pete Curran president and
and Isaac Mitchell secretary
There is a move on to combine the
Federation, the British Trades
Congress and the Labor Repre-
sentation Committee to make a
united stand industrially and
politically.