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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

H. H. Rogers certainly has aphasia, for he lacks power of expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The slump in eggs should not be blamed on the American hen, but on the weather clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The lawn mower is gaining on the snow shovel this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
WIDELY KNOWN. All over these United States, No matter where you go. You'll find a lot of chaps who say That Philadelphia slow.

Kentucky has girl who plays a banjo with her feet Aheml We dare say that the state also has young women who play havoc with their eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The celebrated Depew smile Is his. tory now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Chicago expects the Field museum of natural history to become the great est in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

France puts its ex-Presidents in flats This certainly solves the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Beaver college may soon figure in the private lives of millionaires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Neither the Marshall Field nor the Yerkes will Is to be contested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Don't be d sponge" says young Mir. Rockefeller You can swell up without being a sponge. you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Still the sun shines and the south land smiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

If the groundhog should see his shadow tomorrow all hope is lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The Emperor of Corea is still looking Tor job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

President Fallieres of France. loves music but abhors tobacco. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, or words to that effect. and Is therefore ad- mirable for pursuit and for enjoyment, but M. Fallieres needn't expect to be really and truly happy until he learns to smoke
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
APIS has been sounded and Joe"
 Wheeler sleeps in an honored grave. Few men have lived so

AGR Wheeler sleeps in an honored
 grave. Few men have lived so gloriously with so many of the worlds best gifts heaped upon them in the hour of their passing. The funeral ceremonies were singularly impressive, in that they were attended by the great and the small the grizzled Confederates who fought with Wheeler for the Lost Cause" vet etans of the Union army, soldiers of the United States army and men who fought under his banner in Cuba. The nations most noted men assembled to do him honor, touching elbows with the humble farmer and the poorly clad hero of faded battlefields. All were his friends and all were loved by him with equal affection. Fortunate is the man who can lie down for hls last sleep with such wealth of love and honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

cial train Is, however, somewhat too elaborate for lovers of slender means and regular trains will have to serve for those who do not care for an automobile runar way.
 EVERYTHING SWIMMING.
 The weather's fine,
 The sun Is bright
 And money is
 Just out of sight" young woman In Connecticut has in- vented an auger that bores a square hole. Just like a woman to sit down and think out a contrivance like that T am lucky man, and I know it." said Congressman Longworth at a recent din- ner. There is nothing like perfect frank ness, even when you make another guest blush
 HE HATES EXPOSURE.
 Turn on the light
 And you will find
 A grafter who'll
 Think you unlknd T would enter hell for a friend" said Dr. Minot J. Savage, thus putting to shame the chaps who will enter hell on their own responsibility. Sunshine like that of yesterday makes a fellow feel better even if he is in debt. A man broke into house the other day to comb his hair. A policeman happened along and mussed it again
 LATCH KEY LOST. It's easy enough to be happy when every-
 things dead right But the man worth while Is the man who can smile When he finds himself locked out at
 night.
 It Is wash day nearly all the time for the dirty linen of people who move in high life. Nobody cares about the capers of the hoi polloi.
 Where Is John D. Rockefeller" Ansl He is where no process server can reach him.
 A woman of ogden, Utah. says that she has not had a drink of water in forty eight years. Even a southern colonel will acknowledge that she mas made good record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

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A woman of ogden, Utah. says that she has not had drink of water in forty eight years Even a southern colonel will acknowledge that she mas made good record
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

L. 1T. Russ and George D. Britain are the only authorized travelling representa- lives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Where Is John D. Rockefeller" Ans. him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

It Is wash day nearly all the time for the dirty linen of people who move in high life. Nobody cares about the capers of the hoi polloi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

young woman In Connecticut has in- vented an auger that bores a square hole. Just like a woman to sit down and think out contrivance like that!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Congressman Longworth at a recent din- ner. There is nothing like perfect frank ness, even when you make another guest blush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

A man broke into house the other day to comb his hair A policeman happened along and mussed 1t again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

T would enter hell for friend" said Dr. Minot J. Savage. thus putting to shame the chaps who will enter hell on their own responsibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Sunshine like that of yesterday makes a fellow feel better. even if he Is in debt.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
The Paradise OF Umbrellas.

Surakarta is the paradise Of umbrel
las They are carried proudly over the
heads of every official and every noble
man. but invariably are shut at the
approach of a person of higher rank.
and inside the kraton no umbrella may
be carried open except that of the EN-
peror himself The umbrella is the
crown, the wand of Office, the outward
sign of rank and distinction. There
are umbrellas Of gold inside and out
for the emperor. of gold outside only
for the empress. with Il stripe of yell
low satin for the emperor's brothers,
with a wider stripe of the same mate
rial for his illegitimate brothers, of
white silk with a narrow gold stripe
for the illegitimate sons of the legiti-
mate brothers, and so on ad infnitum
Every official. every military officer,
exhibits his rank in his umbrella,
which is invariably held from behind
by an attendant whenever he leaves
his house in sunshine or cloudy wealth
er. There is an official guide book to
the umbrella labyrinth of Surakarta
which contains not less than 300 vart
Gus designs in all imaginable colors
and tatlon.-Century.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
viIInee. Tint Cut Cork..

Thousands of men, women and chill
dren in the mountains of Spain and
Portugal are employed in cutting cork
1t is a domestic trade, and 1t occupies
whole villages. Agents from the fac
tories and export houses of Seville and
Lisbon go through the mountain VIII
lagos each year buying up the corks in
enormous quantities. 1t is not unusual
for an agent to purchase 100000 on
one journey. The corks as purchased
In the native villages are of all sizes
and qualities. They are sorted in the
cities and, after being packed, are
shipped by the ton. Once here many
of them are recut by hand at the rate
of twenty gross a day. So fastidious
are some bottlers that the cork i'm
porters have to keep in their employ
ment several cork cutters to recut such
corks as do not suit customers.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
A Queer Italian Custom.

On Aug. l of every year the people
of Val dl Rosa, in Italy, gather in the
great square, which is also a thrashing
floor, and proceed to exercise the devil
for the benefit Of their own dreams and
for the well being of their vineyards.
The most intelligent man in the com
munity is chosen master of ceremonies
A small fire balloon is made ready and
to this the master of ceremonies sol
emnly attaches a puppet representing
his Satanic majesty. Amid the shouts
of the peasantry the balloon, with the
devil attached. is liberated. The good
people believe that for the rest of the
year the evil one will not disturb their
dreams or damage the vintage.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Calvary Clover,

Calvary clover, a flower strangely
symbolic of the principles of Christi
anity, fiourishes in Palestine. Calvary
clover leaves, like those Of other clO-
vers, are trefoil, embodying the doc
trine of the Trinity, the central truth
If Christianity. Soon after the plant
begins to appear above the ground a
deep spot of redlike blood appears up
on each division of the leaf, but this
disappears after a few weeks.
During the day the tiny leaflets form
themselves into the shape of a cross,
and as the sun sinks to rest the leaves
again fold together, it has been sug-
gested, as if in prayer. In due time the
blossom becomes a small yellow flow
er and then spiral pod covered with
thorns. In ripening the flowers inter-
lace, and in their peculiar positions
many persons think they can detect
the outline of a crown. Tradition says
that it is good fortune to plant the
seed Of the Calvary clover on Good
Friday.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
The Turnpike Era.

Between the years 1890 and 1910 in
Vulnerable plans were made for the
i creation Of turnpikes in the United
States. There had been one great sue
cess, the Lancashire turnpike in Penn
sylvania, and then came countless 9TH
er projects. In 1911 New York had 1877
chartered roads, with q total length Of
4,500 miles, and the sum required to
build them amounted to $7o0OO00. An
era of canal digging and then Of rail-
road building followed this period, but
had great difficulty in advancing their
schemes. They were considered insane
when they insisted that the mountains
and plains could be conquered by these
means of transportation.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Odd Australian AnimnIs.

Australia produces those lowest Of
the quadrupeds, the duck billed water
mole and the echidna, or Australian
porcupine ant eater. They, along with
the kangaroos, may be described as
the groundlings of the mammalian
family, for in respect of their struc-
ture they are of a much lower grade
than. say. a dog or cat. This inferi-
ority is seen not only in the brain, but
in many other details of their bodily
anatomy.
In geological circles the prevalent
opinion is that this mole is link be
tween birds on the one hand and NAM
mails on the other. These Lowest"
quadrupeds lay eggs like birds. the
young being subsequently hatched
from the eggs, whereas in the kanga-
roos and all higher mammals the
young are born alive and nourished by
means Of milk.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Fungus sIippers.

Before the discovery Of lucifer
matches a large hoof shaped fungus
growing on the trunks of trees was
used throughout northern Europe for
making amadou or tinder. The thick
brown, woody flesh of the same fn s.
gus, cut into slices and beaten Intil .
assumes the appearance of felt, is used
at the present day in Germany for the
purses, bedroom slippers and various
other articles.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
pend on.
Hard Seafa.

1t is not well for sedentary workers
to sit on cushions. In man, owing
chiefly to his erect carriage, there is
a strong development of the muscles
of the pelvis and the thighs, which
almost completely clothe the strong
bones Of that region. In the seated
position, 20 obviate undue pressure.
nature has provided a proper cushion
over these bones. Hyrt's saying is
we'll known, I'VE sit on the fat Of the
seat as on a mattress"
In sitting on a smooth and hard
surface the body rests upon three main
points, but in sitting on soft cushion
pressure is impaired to the muscles
and interferes with the circulation in
all their parts,
Great attention has been paid to this
matter in the construction of bicycle
saddles and, speaking generally, with
very beneficial results. Nothing can
be said against a certain amount of
covering, if not too yielding, but the
office stool, properly shaped, is an ex-
cellent seat.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
The Breckenridge News
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23' 1906.
JOHNSON POPU.
LAR IN LARUE,

Hon. Ben johnson of Bardstown,
VINO is the only candidate for the
Democratic Congressional nomination,
was here yesterday mixing with the
people In sttendances at court. Mr..
johnson Is by no means a stranger In
our county, as a neighborly feeling be-
tween LaRue and Nelson has grown
and with it has been cultivated Mr..
Johnscn's neighborly interest in our
people Mr.. Johnson will not have op-
position In his candidacy and Will be
given the nomination without con-
test. which is assuredly a high COM
pliment, but one which he wears
easily and one which is well deserved.
In the halls of Congress the people
realize that he Will care for the inter
ests of the Fourth Congressional dist
rIct with the same fidelity that he dis
plays in attending to mis- own business
affairs or that he has shown in the
State Legislature. --LaRue Herald.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
TALK DON'T
HURT YOU.

Did you ever notice that talk
doesn't hurt a man muchl Perfection
ism looked for In man, and when
some one tries to injure a man by
ranting about a few faults he has, the
absent one who is probably attend
ing to his own affairs, Is elevated In
the hearers estimation, while the IN
formation is lowered accordingly. If a
man knocks along, doing fairly we'll,
people realize that while he has some
faults, he has more virtues, and they
are charitable enough TO overlook
these faults But il is different with
a girl or woman. No matter how
good AMI pure woman may be, let
someone start an Infamous lie about
her and everyone IS willing to pass it
along, and there is always someone to
believe it. That lie can never be lived
down. it may burn low but gossip
loving are ready with new fuel. Did
you ever think how dsmnably mean
some goody good people are In this re-
pect2-Meade Messenger.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Natures Beauties.

Character is fed largely through the
eye and ear The thousand voices in
nature, of bird and insect and brook.
the soughing of the wind through the
trees, the scent Of flower and meadow,
the myriad tints in earth and sky, in
ocean and forest, mountain and hill,
are just as important for the develop
ment of a real man as the education
he receives in the schools. II you take
no beauty into your life through the
eye or the ear your nature will be
hard, juiceless, unattractive.-Success
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
spencer's Love Affair.

Herbert Spencer never married.
When he was twenty years old he had
something like a tender affair, and h,
tells about it in his autobiography
The young lady's affections bad al
ready been placed elsewhere, auh she
was only playing with the building
philosopher. One day her young
man" called, and they all went out for
a walk. Spencer says: "She, taking
his arm, looked over her shoulder
smilingly and rather mischievously to
see what effect was produced on me,
there being an evident suspicion that
| should not be pleased. The revela-
ton was not agreeable to me, but still
1t did not give me shock of a serious
kind"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
GA 9TOHTA.
Y,arutb "A The Kind You Have Always Bought
'.''i'''' a' &<z2zzZu
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELTONLYING;
FROM WRITINGS & SPEECHES.

The liar is no whit better than the
thief.
1t puts a premium on knavsry un-
trnthfully to attacK an honest man or
even with hysterical exagegration to
sssail bad man with untruth.
The men who with stern sobriety
and truth dssaii the many evils of our
times---are the leaders
In the long run the most unpleasant
truth is a safer companion that plea
SAINT falsehood.
You can pardon most anything in a
man who will tell the truth, because
you know where that man is; you
know what he means.
If anyone lies, if he has the habit of
unti uthfulness, you cannot deal with
him, because there is nothing to de-
pend on.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Fraudulent sweetbreads.

"a true sweetbread is perhaps the
most healthy meat that can he eaten"
said n doctor. 'but you are never able
TO get it, The sweetbread proper is the
pancreas, which is one of the most eff.
fective agents in promoting digestion
but the sweetbread of trade is usually
obtained from the thfoats of cattle and
is what is called the thyroid gland
This gland rests against the windpipe,
and. while Its texture Is similar to that
of the real sweetbread, II has not the
same beneficial qualities. But some
butchers, iIf10fder to make money, pass
of the sahvary gland, that which fur
nishes the saliva, located In the cheeks,
for a sweetbread. This is the most in
ferior substitute OF all. The pancreas,
or real sweetbread, is a most dainty
morsel. 1t is Of triangular form, while
the sweetbreads obtained from the
threat are of an oval form. But what
Is the use of making people sdissssis-
tiedf tn a.ro tHen eating thyrohl
and sal for sweetbreads
for Sear ",rI satisfied. Rut
then T. ied tae real
thiDR.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Food Aversions.

Cows milk is said to be abhorred by
the japanese, and rabbits are never
eaten by the Abyssinians, who explain
that rabbits are too much. .like big rats.
The natives of the Sandwich Islands
would not take caviare for a gift.
Cheese in Mexico is simply curds des-
located and pressed in pancake shape
and even then It is patronized only by
the Caucasian colonists. The half
breeds accept it with hesitation, and a
two ounce slice Of limburger would
stampede tribe Of mountain Indians.
They resent II as a practical joke in
questionable taste. Brt Why the Ko-
reans eschew ice creay'. ss r traveller
reports IL the case, l. A3r % ex-
plain. Perhaps they y5pa-
nsse prejudice agsios' -.-,.
or the Chinese pre>il 49,
heated t3dbits.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
Killing a Robin.

There are persons at the present day
and not all old women either-who
believe that killing a robin will bring
bad luck. According to ancient belief
the slorncloud was huge bird. TIE
Arabians represented his wiRgs as,
measuring 10000 fathoms. This bird
lived on worms, the latter being the
streaks of lightning accompanying
storms. The Germans >remodeled the
fiction by creating the 90 Thor. whose
bird was the robin. Consequently TO
III = robin first meant death by light
mag, then bad lsok.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
A Chronic Habit.

mo" said the man who had recently
made his fourth pilgrimage to the mat
rimonial altar; Il can't say that mar
riage is a failure"
"Of course not" rejoined his Dache-
lor friend. "With you it is merely
habit"-Philadelpb Inquirer.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

Papa, is the hand that rocks the
cradle the 0ne that rules the worldf"
That's what I've heard"
"Well, | know one that don't"
"Who is itT'
Nurse. She wanted to go down
town, and mamma told her she'd fire
her If she went and wouldn't give her
no recommendation" - indianapolis
Sentinel
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

prevailing in this
IS because so decep
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused by
it-h heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
Of kidney disease. II
kidney trouble is al
lowed 10 advance the
kdne y pois one d
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-23

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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-11-03
FRENCH SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE.

Paris, Nov minister of Public
instruction and Worship M. BRAND to
day announced in an authorized inter
view that the government did not
regard the Catholic church as being
in revolt against the law providing
for separation of church and state,
the Catholic church having simply
declined to take advantage of its
privileges under the law as other re-
hgions did on Dec. II, would forfeit
its $4,000, 900 worth of property, and
thereafter would live under the COM
mon law. There would be neither mar
tyrdom nor prosecutions of the
faithful churches, as state and COM
munal property would remain open
for Catholic worship. The object for
which the Republican party in France
has struggled for, thirty years, the
minister said, had been achieved.
The state would no longer contribute
to the support of any religion, and
the priests would no longer enjoy spe
cial privileges. In both their duties
and obligations they would be on an
equality with other citizens.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-11-03
WILLIAM j. BRYAN
ENDORSES HEARST

New York, Nov. 2.-W. J. Bryan
has written letter to Bird S. Coler.
Borough President of Brooklyn, en-
dorsing the candidacy of William r.
Hearst for governor. Mr.. Bryan's let
ter is as follows:s
MY Dear Mr.. Coler: l am very
anxious to see Mr.. Hearst elected,
and would have come to New York
to help him if l had thought an out
side speaker would have been of as
sistance. From the indications, how
ever, he is going to win, as he ought.
If | have any friends there, | want
them to vote for him." BRYAN.
Bryan wrote as quoted in a perso-
nal letter to Coler dated Madison.
ILL.,. and received Nov. 1st. The por
tions OF tine letter not given were of
a personal nature. Coler telegraphed
Bryan and secured his authority to
make a portion of the letter public.
In giving out the letter, Coler said
it should be enough for all Democrats
in the state.