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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
KITTENS MEET WITH HOO-HOO TOM CATS Lively Concatenation Last Night at Southern Club CATS FEED ON KINGS FOOD sgateen Ll0le chrs Lsarn How to Twist Kitten Tails Into Shape
 O Figure g.
 Toasts.
CATS FEED ON KINGS FOOD

The ghost walked with the Hoo-Aoos at their concatenation in the banquet hall of the Southern club last night some nine times with sixteen tom cat kittens before they partook of consid- erably more than nine courses of the supper in the rathkeler, where s. P King, vlcegerant snark presided as host.
 They concatenated from s:o9 to 1O;5s, and by the tail of the tom cat. judging by the sounds, they eoncatenated well. Tom cats and kittens. as the programme said serenaded with string band instru- ments.
 "step high. Be careful. Lest they break And the wall of tom cats went up to the moon. with the treble of the kittens"
 After this they ate food not only fit for cats, but for kings. The wit of this and the wine of other countries sparkled throughout the feast. There were forty four guests, several of whom were visit ing Hoo-Hoos.
 The tables in the restaurant were ar tistically arranged in the shape of the letter T. Vieegerant Shark Sibley P. King the host of the occasion, with the toastmaster. Richard Randolph, on his left, sat at the base.
 Had Hoo-Hooed Too Much.
 For some minutes after the Hoo-Hoos took their seats at the banquet table they were too tired to talk much, they had hoo-hooed so much up stairs. but when they did start they made up for all the time that was lost. Postmaster Randolph gave them a breathing spell wherein a part of the menu helped re- fresh.
 Then he delivered an ode on Tom Cats and all the hoo-hoos fresh from the con- catenation responded to the call of their kind. w E. Wailes gave a toast on ''Lum- Der Men, Lovers and Benefits" The senti- ment for unity and confidence among lumbermen of the retail trade met with hearty endorsement s. K. Cowan, repre- senting the Southern Dumberman," of Nashville took the place of James II. Baird on the programme and spoke on the visiting Hoo-Hoo.' He urged all members to go to the national meeting of the Hoo-Hoos at Oklahoma City. The benefits of their seeing the work of some of the founders of the order. he said. was inestimable, and 1t was a chance not to be missed.
 Others spoke on the subjects assigned them by the toastmaster. NJ. E. Reynolds, Mine Cats on the Fence;" A. W. Nelson, "The Lady--to Hoo-Hoo;' J. W. Farrier. "Hoo-Hoo Rift and culls;" F. H. La throp, Pine Trees and Saplngs;" H. H. Shell, ."Hoo-Hoo and Nine;" J. NJ. Bar nett, "Hoo-Hoo Kittens" Several who absent.
 All in all the banquet was pronounced one of the most delightful ever given to the Hoo-Hoos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
operatIon Is Resumed. ,

Houston. Tex, August 1.-The South ern Pacific today resumed operations of passenger trains between San Antonio and El Paso. the Sanderson washout having been sufficiently repaired to permit traffic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
In the Isle of Winht.

London, August 17.-Prof. John H. Milne. the seismologist reports from the Isle of Wight that his record indicated an earth quake as great as that of San Francisco, lasting for fire hours, apparently located along the coast considerably north of Val paraiso.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
SHIP YOUR GOODS
 aY THE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY
the haHdIIng Of perishabIeS.
LOW RATES AND COURTEOUS TaEATMENTs
VALPARAISO IS VISITED BY EARTHQUAKE DESTROYING
 PROPERTY AND MANY LIVES
CONFINED FROM PAGE ID

>~-~-~~~-~~~-~~~~~~- ~~~~-~-~~~-~~~~~-~~~~~~~o~ night. The most violent shock occurred at seven hours, forty-two minutes, tWen- ty-sx seconds D. m.
 From press reports this Is evidently a record of the great Chilean earthquake of August 16 and is the heaviest recorded in Washington since the San Francisco earthquake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
FIFTY BNTOMBED
 BY TUNNEL CAVEIN
PITlABLE scENEs ARE BEING EN- ACTED AT MOUTH OF ExcAVA. HOMEWORK OF RESCUE IS NECESSARILY SLOW.

Bristol, Va, August 17.-Flfty men are entombed alive in the Cllneh Mountain tunnel at Cllnohport. Va, as result of n cave-in It Is not known whether the men are dead or alive. Ar iH being pump ed in the tunnel, and large force of men are working in an effort to rescue tho unfortunates.
 The cave-in occurred unexpectedly and 1t is not known who Is responsible.
 The men entombed are chiefly natives of that mountainous section of Southern Virginia, and the excitement and anxiety is intense. Men, women and children are at the mouth of the tdnnel waiting news of those dear to them inside, and pltiable scenes are being enacted. Women are screaming and wringing their hands, and crying hysterlcally for fathers. brothers and loved ones who are prisoners in the black hole, and perhaps dead or dying.
 The work of rescue will continue as rapidly as possible. though 1t cannot be stated with any degree of certainty how long it will take to reach the men. No bodies have as yet been recovered.
 The tunnel is being driven through Clinch mountain and is to be one mile In length. It has already been extended about TOO feet, and the men are consid- erable distance in the hole.
 The contract for the tunnel was let to contractors some months ago by the South and Western at s2,2oO,oOO. and is to be one of the longest and most expensive +unpa1e i'm tha south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
At Honolulu.

Honolulu, August 17.-The tide guages here show disturbance apparently of distant origin. Beginning at 5:2S o'clock this Horning. three waves per hour have been indicated, showing an oscillation from the normal tides of between three and four inches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18

Bristol, Va. August 1S.-G45 a. m)- The telegraph operator at Alberta. Va, a small station on the Virginia and South western railway, four miles from the cave in at Clinch tunnel on the South and Western. says 1t Is reported there that three men have been taken from the tun- mel dead. and two others seriously in- jured
 It Is impossible to get further details this morning owing to the remoteness of the scene of the trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-18
LatonIa Entries

First race. five and one-half furlongs. selling-W oolf, s2; Avendow, s7: Demo. ss Lady Vimont, Liphardt. Hybrid 100;
 Blaze blight Miss Officious. Mcintyre. Camp. Wee Kitty. 1oa; Elected, Helmuth.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
TO RENEW OLD MISSION.
San Juan Capistrano VIII Live Again
After Long Years of Silence.

All who have heard of the picturesque
old Franciscan Missions of California
will be interested to learn that San
Juan Capistrano, the most poetic OF all
these ruined structures, which contrib
ute so much to the foreign look OF Our
Italy," is soon again to be made the
centre of religious activity, and that
after nearly a century of neglect it's
buildings are to be restored to their
original estate.
This mission is on the railway line
between Los Angeles and San Diego,
and by reason of being visible from
the railroad is to Eastern travellers per-
haps the best known of all California
missions, except Santa Barbara and
San Gabriel, which are among the
regulation sights for visitors to South
ern California. With the restoration
of San Juan Capistrano and the re-
sumption Of residence there by the
Franciscan Brotherhood, it, too, will
no doubt soon become tourist resort.
The first year of the American In
dependence saw work begun upon this
ancient edifice in what was then a vast
wilderness, inhabited only by Indians.
The site is in lovely, seQuestered val.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

given my infant son to my younger
brother James, who will bring up
my son as his own.
Thus it may come to pass that the
descendants Of Nigel, my son, may be
passed over in the right of succession
by the descendants Of Richard, the
eldest son OF my younger brother
James, who stands well in the eye of
Cromwell the regicide and renegade
And that this be true, and that
Nigel, supposed younger son of James
Kingscote, of Kingscote Manor, be
really the eldest son of Nigel Kings
cote, eldest son of Alaric Kingscote,
father of Nigel and James and there
fore heir to the Manor of Kingscote,
its Entertainments, messages, and all
that do thereto appertain, and his
seed hereafter him, if so be there
should be any, l do most solemnly
swear and protest in the presence Of
witnesses. To which do set my
hand and seal this sixteenth day of
March, one thousand six hundred anil
forty-seven.
Signed: Nigel Kingscote, in the
presence of Rupert Mainwaring,
knight Banneret of Mainwaring Hall,
in the County of Berkshire, and
Anselm Wolf, Priest"
The parchment fluttered crisply
from the girls nerveless hands.
"Damaris," cried Alaric hoarsely-
"Damaris!" Coherent speech he could
not find.
The girl raised her head.
1T is true-It is true!" she said
brokenly. 1--WE, father and l. are the
usurpers! Kingscote Manor is yours,
and we are-paupers!"
"Not paupers, dearest, but partners,
answered Alaric, and in his eyes there
was that which told her how Kingscote
love stood wind and weather as
steadily as Kingscote Oak.
Squire Kingscote now sleeps with
his fathers in the little Berkshire
churchyard. But ere he died his de
clining years were frightened by the
generous forgiveness of "the undesir
able poor relation"
A young and sturdy sapling oak now
fourishes on the spot where stood
the ancient tree a true symbol of the
lasting power of Kingscote luck ant
Kingscote love.-Answers.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

In prehistoric days Vesuvius was
probably twice as high, the top having
been blown off centuries before the
eruption that destroyed Pompeii. Since
the year 1851 Vesuvius has never been
wholly at rest, In that year $4,000 lives
were lost. The clouds of steam that
came from the rush of water into the
hot mass below the surface condensed
and fell in boiling rain that scorched
everything with which it came in con-
tact. The very sea drew back the skirts
of it's dark blue robe and then swept
forward again far beyond its old limits,
The last of the great commissions be-
fore the recent one occurred in 1872.
Then, like this one, there was great
lava flow, together with throwing up of
burning rock and the fall of ashes upon
the surrounding country.
Vesuvius is one of group of similar
mountains in the Mediterranean Sea,
its comrades being Etna, Stromboli
and Vultano, which last gave the name
to all mountains of this kind. That, in
turn, was called after Vulcan, the. god
who made the armor for the fighting
deities of the ancient world and forged
the very thunderbolts of Jove himself,
His workshop was under Mount AItna.
There the inhabitants of the hillsides
heard him shaping great masses of
iron with his terrible hammer stroke
while the nameless slaves of the forge,
dimly imagined creatures Of that old
day, blew the gigantic bellows and held
great bars in place, while the master
worked. The Greeks with even their
learning, did not inquire into the scien-
tific reasons for the mighty utterings
of the mountain; they knew what the
awful roar of those volcanic mountains
meant. And our wise men, with their
figures and books, know little Of what
is going on in the fiery caverns under
the earth's thin crust.
Nature soon heals her scars. AL
ready, we are told in dispatches, spots
of green have appeared on the black
ened sides of Mount Pelee, and it will
not be very long before the olive and
the vine and the clustering villages
will find their way back again to the
slopes Of VesuViuS.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
THE LOVE OF ALARIC.

Beneath the outfung branches of a
mighty oak tree, giant who had
stood sentinel in that lonely dip on
the wolds for twice three hundred
years, two men were standing, their
figures made more or less distinct by
the rays of big, conical lantern of
antique pattern that the elder of the
two carried in his gnarled and blood
less fingers, figure strangely akin
to the giant tree beneath which he
stood.
An aged man was Zachary boy, his
back bent by years of hard labor such
as few Of Il e modern generation of la
borers know; a man who had been an
experienced farmland, while the man
beside him, his master, was still a
pulling infant,
The old fellow set down his lantern
on the iron-Sound earth. His quaver-
ing voice stabbed the silence Nov,
do zee harken unto me, Master Alaric. "
he said slowly. "I've served zee faith
full, you and your feyther afore ZEE,
for nigh on fifty year, and | tell ZEE
master, that what zee do purpose for
to do is again all right and reason.
This yere oak tree-the Kingscote
Oak, as all the countryside do know
her for to be~-ha' bin here as a land
mark and a Pride for longer than us
poor souls can reckon. To cut her
down do mean, as be right well as
sured, that Xingscote luck will fail
wi 'un. II 50 be-"
Alaric Xii g;cote broke in upon his
garrility witt ,fnrced laugh.
IF Kingscote luc,; could fall lower
than it has, Hneha,v," he said bitterly,
you need have little fear that /
would touch bark with axe. Now, hear
me, old friend This tree represents
tho last thing upon the farm that can
bring in the money | must have to
tide over the bad times in store. The
merchants have offered me two hun
bred pounds for the tree. There's only
one rotten limb upon it, They'll
come tomorrow with their carts and
take it away" He laid his hand upon
the old mans shoulder Get you
home to bed, Zachary" he added gent
ly. "You can do nothing here. IT'S
9 o'clock now. By midnight, with
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
TO RENOVATE WICKER
CHAIRS.

To renovate shabby wicker chair
first cleanse the wicker thoroughly, u.s.
ing a scrubbing brush and plenty of
soap and water. When dry, the chair
can be vanished, or it can be greatly
improved with a coating or two of
green stain.
For the seat make cushion Of green
linen or a pretty greenish cretonne.
Another cushion for the back may be
liked, and is easily made. Make it of
the same material as the seat cushion
and of bag shape, longer than wide.
1t may be fastened to the chair by
means of tapes sewed at the top and
bottom.
If a loose cushion be preferred a
pretty yellow linen would look nice
and contrast well with the green.
Make the case slip fashion, so that il
can be easily washed. An unbleached
calico bag will be good enough for the
down with which the cushions are
filled.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
Destroyed bx an Earthquake

On the morning Of December s, 1872,
all without warning, came great catas-
trophe. While the church was crowded
with kneeling worshipers q shock of
earthquake visited the valley and top
pied the great stone tower over upon
thee roof, crashing through which it
buried the congregation beneath the
wreckage of beams, tiles and stones,
and Upward of fotty human beings
lost their lives in the twinkling of an
eye. This earthquake ranks in sever
ity with that of Charleston, in 1886.
So great was the disaster that, although
the mission continued to be conducted
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

so many years He never once looked
back For few seconds Alaric King
scote stood looking after him, then,
with a strangely fierce gesture, the
young fellow flung off his rough tweed
coat, removed the Cardigan waistcoat
that covered the breadth Of his chest,
and turned up the sleeves OF his
coarse flannel shirt.
At the foot of the oak lay the wood
mans huge axe that was to be the in
strument of death, that was to cut
short the growth of centuries.
Alaric Kingscote swung the great
weapon aloft, and the cold starlight
ran along the shining steel. Like
some Viking warrior of old--like the
re-embodiment of one of his Saxon
forebears, Alaric brought down the
tool Of destruction with a blow that
gashed deep into the corrugated skin
OF the oak. The doom of the Kingscote
Oak had been proclaimed
AS he stood braced up for the second
stroke, the bullying sinews of his fore.
arm responding to the generous rise
of chest and thigh muscles, a curious
sound from behind him caused him
to swing round with faint cry. Then
he lowered the axe with amazing gen.
tleness.
Another figure had appeared upon
the scene-the figure Of a woman, clad
in a cloak Of fur that hid the contour
Of her form.
"Damaris" The word fell from the
young mans lips like caress.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

ley, which, beginning back in the can
yons of the coast range, winds among
grassy knobs and great treeless hills
out to the Pacific, upon which it opens,
three miles west of the mission. With
the aid of the Indians, over whom the
padres exerted both temporal and spir-
itual dominion, the Franciscans estab-
lished here the most pretentious of all
the California mission churches. In
stead of being constructed of the Gus
tomary adobe brick of the country, 1t
was built of stone, laid out in the form
of Latin cross, with a great, cloistered
quadrangle adjoining. Here, besides
administering to the spiritual welfare
of the Indians and gathering them into
the fold of the church, the fathers SET
them to the care and the cultivation
of the land, which yielded great wealth
of cattle. sheep. grain, grapes and
olives.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

luck, the Kingscote Oak will be down"
The old fellow looked wistfully in
10 the handsome face of his young
master.
Master Alaric," he said hoarsely.
give fifty-fye pun, three shillin' and
fi'pence 'apenny laid away in hole
in the floor o'my cottage. If so be as
thatli, save the Kingscote Oak,
why
Go home with you Zachary" Broke
in the young man roughly, though his
roughness hid an emotion almost too
deep for any words-"Go home, and
God bless you, old friend
Zachary thrust his roughened hand
across his eyes, Without another
word, a strangely pathetic, bowed old
figure, he turned and shambled OF
across the field toward the stile into
the lane that led to the little matched
cottage that had been his home fol
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
! THE VESUYIAN TERROR.
Vivid Description of Great Erup-
ton Which Rivals Pom
peiPs Destruction.
The Famous Italian Novelist, Marion
Crawford, Tells of the Terrors of
the Big volcano-iiistory of For-
mer Erupti0ns.

The whole world looked on, awe
struck, at the recent fierce outbreak OF
stupendous and devastating force in
the Bay OF Naples. The eruption of
Mount Vesuvius is believed to be the
most destructive since the days Of Pom
peii, A. D., rs.
The whole story of the eruption OF
Al9O6 Is sorrowful tale of stricken vic
Tins, devastated vineyards, ruined
BONES and terror-stricken, flying peo-
lie, and 1t is hard to realize that the
anne scenes have been enacted there SO
nany times before.
Pliny the noted ancient historian
described the eruption of Vesuvius in
pc year 70, in series of letters to
kacitus. This letter described dark
loud rising in a single pillar from the
rater OF the mountain and from this
Acolumn spread, and Upon it rested
reat roof, built by invisible carpen-
b. Resting ever on its single pillar
70 a great mushroom, this roof shut
Ut the sky from all those wide acres
tending sixteen miles away. The
Eht ashes of the fire from Vesuvius
escended like snow upon Pompeii
urying it to great depths. Hercu.
peum was drowned in a sea of vol
mic mud.
hose who have read the letters OF
by find similarity in the description
item by the noted novelist, Marion
Wford. There is probably no other
rican living who is so well ac-
hted with conditions as they exist
kaly. He has taken up his per-
INT abode in the Italian hills The
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

for twenty rwo years longer, no at
tempt seems to have been made by the
padres TO restore the church edifce,
and ] and its adjoining buildings and
cioisters hit We remained to this day an
imposing and, beautiful ruin. Touched
gently by T'ffis,s hands dignified in out
line and rich III color, it is replete with
subjects fol tie artist and is the ad-
miration Of every traveller. With the
restoration of the buildings the in
tention is to create here college for
the priesthood as at Santa Barbara,
and to make of San Juan Capistrano
an important factor in the work of the
Roman Catholic Church in Southern
California.
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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18
txeble Attempts of Man Useless.

"When the stream of fire threatened
boscotrecase soldiers dug wide dltcn
across its patch in the hope OF divert
ing its course, but the molten stream
advanced like colossal serpent OF hre,
turning its head to the right and letI
as a snake does, but keeping its general
kdirection toward the fated town. IL
kwas not till it reached the first house,
BENDING up great showers OF sparks,
Nat the people finally fled for their
lives.
81 saw men, women and children, and
infants whose mothers carried them at
the breast or in their aprons. Dogs,
too. and cats were on the carts, and
kSometimas-eyen chickens, tied togeth-
Ii by the legs, and piles OF mattresses
and pillows, all white with dust undeI
the iurid glare. We ourselves could
hardly breathe"
This dispatch corresponds exactly II
detail to Pliny's letters. The same
flaming mountain and shaking earth
the same sitting smoke and ashes, the
same terrifying darkness and the same
4 HELPLESS. distracted crowd stretching
Ayain hands to their gods for succor.
Originally Vesuvius was in the form
yof asfigle cone. Later eruptlohs nave
broken down the southern side OF TN
Ariginal crater, leaving the northern
emi-circle, which is called Monte
Xpmpa A smaller central cone ha(
Rpwn up within the ancient ruin. /
this inner cone that had its toI
Aown off. Before the recent eruption
NJ height of the mountain was abou
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-05-18

5toms and mannerisms of the
have been pictured by him in
which have made him famous.
cabled description to the New
kimes Crawford stated that the
eruption of Vesuvius had been
ling for many weeks before the
Nix which did the incalculable