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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
EDUCATIONAL MARVELs.
Pig Learns to speII-GrI Talks Seven
 Languages.

From the Philadelphia North American.
 School district No. 10, in Harrison township, boasts of an educational mar vel which challenges duplication in the dime museums and sideshows of the coun- try.
 Squire Helmbold, woh owns fine stock farm near No. 10 schoolhouse, missed one of his prize winning pigs soon after school was dismissed. in the spring. It was a fine pig, one which had brought the Squire many cash prizes at the coun- try fairs A diligent search was made for the animal and 1t was found com fortably installed in the schoolroom.
 The alphabet and the simple words which had been written on the black board for the first class on the last day of school remained there. A boy from the neighborhood undertook to teach piggy how to spell.
 So engrossed did the animal become In his studies that he refused to be coaxed or driven from the schoolroom.
 "souire" Helmboldt decided to humor the remarkable animal. He told the boy to keep on with the lessons. As the re- suit of patient teaching throughout the summer his pupil is now able 10 point to any letter of the alphabet as lt IS called. and he can spell several simple worlds.
 The Squire Is figuring on making more ont of if as a dime-museum freak than he did as prize-winner at country tairs.
 Miss Bessie Doyle, daughter or We'll known iron manufacturing man here, Is the most accomplished hnguist In the state, and she Is but 4 years old.
 Her father Is French sailor and taught her the ianguage her mother, who is of German descent, instructed the child In the tongue of the Fatherland, and the Swedish nurse carries on the communica- ton with the tiny charge in a scandina- vian dialect.
 In addition to this. another servant has drilled Yiddish into Bessie's brain, and a Cuban lad at the iron foundry Is now teaching her Spanish.
 But with six languages, including Eng fish, the little girl is not satisfied. and she declares she will master the Russian tongue within a year, the Jewish servant being her instructor.
 Deep snows and zero weather will not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
Wind Race on the Beach.

Adelia Belle Beard In Womans Home
 Companion.
 Let each competitor pinch and twist a newspaper together at the center. ana tie one end of the twine securely to the twist, then close to the paper tie colored streamer. Arrange the players in line two feet apart with their backs to the wind. and 100 feet in front of them draw a goal-line in the sand a little longer than the line of players. At each end or the goal-iine station an umpire. Let eacn player hold his or her paper by the end of the string, so that the wind will eaten the paper and make 1t tug and pull on the line. like live thing eager for the race, Wait for a strong gust of wind, then call out, Let go!" when all strings must be dropped and all papers allowed to speed on their way, turning, twisting and flying aloft in their mad race with the wind. It is the duty of the umpires to call out each color as the papers pass the goal-line, and there should be. a mock prize for the winner of this mock race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
COMMISSION WILL GO
 INTO WHOLE MATTER
To Investigate Charges In Export and
 Import Rates On Less Than Thirty Days Notice.

Washington, September 11.-In view of the number of petitions and requests which have reached the interstate conn merce commission to allow changes in export and import rates on less than thirty days notice, the commission today de- termined to conduct an inquiry into the whole subject at Chicago on Tuesday. September IS, iiI lie Cnited States cours rooms, beginning at o'clock, p. m, Fur ther hearings will be conducted at such times and places ar may be designated but that at Chicago will cover the rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12

walls-making them cracHle and rattle like concentrated thunder-and smoke his clay pipe. while he discusses his short. but seditious, cuts to freedom.
 In the frail habitations of ''Tin Town" the flames of revolt have been steadily famed since the Anglo-Boer peace and 1t would be a suicidal policy to underes- innate the present menace or to ignore what is behind it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12

mites. these children. They are much more precocious and develop more rapid ly than European infants, and they eer- tainly talce life much more good-humor- edly.
 The male population of Tin Town" does not arrive home until evening, but always before o'clock. for by the law of "Jo'burg'' no black, save those in charge of rickshaws. is allowed on the streets after this hour.
 Then he can loll up against his tin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
CROP REPORT.
Condition of Cotton as Reported By
 Bureau Correspondents.

Washington, September 1.-The crop reporting board of the bureau of statis. tics of the department of agriculture finds from the reports of the correspond ents and agents of the bureau that the average condition of cotton August % was Ts, as compared with S2.9 on July 25. 1906; 721 on August 25, 19O5; s4.1 on August 25. 1904, and ten-year average of 732
 The following table shows the condition Of the cotton crop by states:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
Salt to Lay Dust.
From the London Globe.

From the London Globe.
 Salt is the latest device for laying dust on roads in the country The author of this new departure is M. Trintzins. city surveyor of Rouen. who has published 1t as the result of a long series of experi- ments. The list of these, while bringing out the weak side of the new system, pos sesses considerable interest as showing it to possess real possibilities of utility. A long stretch of road was first watered and then sprinkled with salt. The next day the surface of the road was covered with a thin glazed crust. Rain removed this in parts. but where the glaze remained there was no dust for i've days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12

Deen SHOWS and zero weather VIII not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-12
tne central west and the transconti-

in the central west and the transconti' mental lines.
 All persons, commercial bodies or com mon carriers are invited to be present at the hearings and in addition the com mission invites tas statements of in- terested persons who may desire to pre- sent their views in that manner, the same to be mailed to the offices in this city on or before October l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
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lg&Gs0 ing the ground by two inches or more,
r. and showing pair of ,high-laced boots!
1t is the last thing in smartness for rainy wealth
err, and never was there a fashion more hygienic
than that of the "trottoir" skirt says an English
authority. .~-..'-~.- =.
In France where they know how to dress, and
where economy has been elevated to an art, no,
self-respecting woman would appear outside her
own house, if there was a speck of mud in the
streets, in dress that touched the ground In
Germany, where one is housewife first and
woman afterwards, it would be heart-breaking
spectacle to the neighbors if one sauntered. out
casually in the morning in dress that did not
betoken the stern business of catering for ones
household by being held high from the street
by steel arrangement that fastened round the
waist. :.'. s':: o.! :.
In. Spain and Italy, those women who do not
drive in carriages all wear skirts to their ankles
and you never the American lady tourist
clutching bunch of skirt in one hand while with
the other she grasps feldglass, handbag, and nm
brella Is England, then, the only nation that
would doom its; women to sloppy untidiness Of
costume because the modesty of the men must
not be shocked by the sight of wellturned
ankle and a pretty foot? The days have gor :
by when we were asked to be merely graceful
ornaments ol society. Let us at least dress
as we please. - - - es ss
Today, when he marries, man seal,s
panion for the hard tramp over the hills otis
dales Of life then Let him cease from adn;r;,,s.
the damsel who is a vision of beauty in ohaass
lace, and turn his attention instead to ,tba ~
who shows that she has learnt the HABITS l nf
economy and neatness, the girl who has probably
paid for her gown with her own hard-earned
money, the girl with the short skirt. :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18

Would not this transplanted little. gray lady
marvel at such seeming hysterical and wicked en-
vironments, that utterly lack the true spirit Of
Thanksgiving as she knew it?
. Yet it is but one day in the life Of typical
American girls, elimination of diversified prog
ress in a hundred years and more, with greater
reverence for pleasures than spiritual gain Z,
All told, had we lived in Priscila's distant day
and inherited her narrow-ninded Puritanism re-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
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she to follow In Cne 1OOCSIepS OIL d. typA-
cal American, girl on Thanksgiving day,
1905? : =
Witches and .massacres!s Wouldn't it be awful?
In place of the spiritual Thanksgiving, the great
American game holds sway, and people who go
to church are the exception. 90 ,..4, -, =.
How could this soulful-eyed creature in her pris
tine garb of gray account for the amazing spec
tacle spread out like animated picture before
her, far exceeding her widest day dreams of dis
sipation at corn-husking bees and other mild
but, according to her notion, hilarious forms of
amusement? Nv -; y ..:-t
Old men, young men, maids and matrons en-
Enthusiastically enjoying the tussle of the gridiron
heroes for the elusive pigslzin, without thought
of punishment for unseemly conduct. 49,. -.
The giddiness and slavishness of the feminine
raiment about her puts Jacobs coat in the shade.
The unrestraned freedom with which the women
gossip with the men: about them and their shouts
of ioy and fear at crucial points of the game
would indeed battle her imagination. !%
+ Surely the ducking stool would be ready for
some Of them! G.r.,...,5
What would she say could she witness the
sumptuously-laid table, the Thanksgiving feast
modernized according to present day ethics. with
its array Of sparkling silver, glass and mysterious
illumination?
The next surprise on the days program won7d
be the inevitable box party, where women have
their arms and shoulders and taras glisten. and
women on the stage dance and sing in wickedlv
abbreviated skirts and bodices; then, with the
fall Of the curtain, to be whisked off TO another
part Of Babylon, to a fairy-like scene empowered
in palms and flowers and myriads Of lights.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18

garulng men and things, together with the same
Unborn principles of suppressed freedom for wom-
ankind, we would have been very like her, if not
quite So 5,ss
It is all question Of modernism changing old
customs for new; progress Of thought, education,
condition: of the times and an enlightenment for
which the American woman in her wisdom is
alone responsible.
But she hasn't reached her present pedestal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
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Should Girls . ---- a.. e !.
; Wear Short Skirts

7HY not? If they have the sense to do
it. Is there anything ,neater andStrim-
:, ,ner than a well-cut' killed skirt clear
81 ing the ground byrtwo inches or more,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18

7oJLD,Nll'T prim, little Priscilla standish,
j with. her; straight-laced New England
a conscience, receive; horrible jolt were
she to follow lin the footsteps of a. typi-
cal American, girl on on Thanksgiving day,
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18

of equalized privileges and freedom Of thought
by chance, but that aconquering characteristic
which dominates every action and undertaking OF
womankind when she sets out to accomplish what
she believes to be hers by right. n :
But the American woman, despite her broad
ness Of intellect and perceptions and her ac-
knowledgeds supremacy in many respects over
women of other countries, never ceases to i'm
prove herself and the conditions she finds about
her.
In little while Mater Eve won't even recog-
nize her own daughter.
MARJORIE.
P.:-S.-But, meanwhile, are you going to the
game? Don't forget the blankets.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
Green for Weddings

Green is one of the favorite colors of the mo-
ment. It has been the predominating tint at
several smart weddings lately, and one bride
an ,earls daughter-had her white bridal gown
embroidered round the hem and her net veil
bordered with green myrtle leaves.
The veil itself was of a deep cream, almost,
indeed, a coffee color This is a noval departure
in wells, though several brides have had touches
Of delicate green introduced on their wedding
robes
White ostrich boas are likely to come prom.
inently into favor shortly, and the demand for
them from diapers who look so far ahead as
next spring. has recently been very great. Big
ostrich feathers, too, promise to- be the feature
of next springs hats, just asst they have been
"sthe thing this summer. Already there are
prophecies that the prices for them will be tsome
thing awful. .
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
A rurtI.b milIIoo.Ire.

Mouammer Bey. son of the richest man in all Turkey. who will be heir to more millions than any other person in the Ottoman empire. save the heir of the sultan. is in Boston on business. and before he leaves the business men will have something Ike . cool half million of his money. while he will have tons Of Boston's most improved shoe and cotton machinery.
 There is nothing about the sleek appearing man of s years. with his rotund figure. to indicate that he is to be at some time in the future the rich est man in his native land He is just as democratic as any Of this coun- try's wealthy men. and one wouldn't have to make c very big stretch of imagination to pick him out as an American
 Muzmmer Bey. unlike most of his fellow countrymea. is highly educated. and instead Of wasting his fathers vast wealth by rtotous living. he has mastered the many great industries that his father controls. and is aiding to the fortune. Tho.s who have come in cuufsct with him say that ke is e ks.a e the psvverbial Yankss nsA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
The Size of America.

Colonel Abraham Gruber is the mas ter of more Irish jokes than any other man fin Cyrus, Minn.
 "Micky Finnigan. who had been an American citiren for about a year and had travelled about this continent considerably. returned home to Hi bernia for a visit This Is the way he described his new country to one of his relatives:
 "Phwy. Amer-r-ica Is so big, be. eorra. that if you were to drag En. gland thru three states you would'n lave e mark in the dir-rt. an you could lose 0irland in one O thim great inland oceans we have. phwai we call lakes. An if you had Scot land to get rid of. there are a thou sand corners you could hide her in, an nobody could tell where you had put her except. begorra. for the bad smell O tse whisky
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
Girl Killed by Erie Train.

CRESTON. O.. Nov. 3O-In saving her girl friend from death in front of a fast Efe passenger train here Nellie Carter. the beautiful nineteen-year-old daughter of Judge Carter. was struck by the flier and killed. Miss Nettie McIntire. whom she dragged from the track at the cost of her own life, was uninjured. The death of Miss Carter ended Thanksgiving celebration at the Carter home.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
A long-Legged Deer.

A huge, finely mounted antlered head hung just above the sideboard in the dining-room. This trophy of some huntsman's skill was fastened so firmly to the wall that the glisten. ing neck seemed to be coming right out through the plaster. Robert, who was seeing this decoration for the first time. eyed 1t with lively curiosity and very evident uneasiness. It looked almost too lifslike for comfort.
 Finally the boy. asking to be ex. cused. slipped from his chair. tip toed into the next room. and then, flushing with embarrassment. re- turned to his place at the table.
 What's the trouble. Robert?" asked his host
 'I wanted to sec" explained candid Robert, If that animals legs were really as long as that of if he were standing on something in another room"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
Aged Church Member De.d.

TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 30.-Adam Swope, ninety-six years old, who join- ed Trinity Methodist church on his confession of faith week ago and who said then that 1t w9s the first time he had ever been connected with church. died here late at night. When Mir. Swope joined Trinity church the congregation held joy meeting. Now they will bury the old man from the church tomorrow morning.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
GILLETTE ON TRIAL
Herkimer Prisoner Said to
 Have Confessed.
TALKS OF ADIRONDACK TRAGEDY.
Accused Being Put Through Trying Ordeal on Witness stand Tn Big Moose Lake Murder Trial
 In own Defense.

HERKIMER, N. Y., Nov. 30.-Chester B. Gillette, the young man now on trial here charged with the murder of Grace Brown, his sweetheart, spent lonely Thanksgiving day In his cell in the county jail. He received no visitors, his keepers having been given strict orders to permit no one to go to his cell. But even in his loneliness Gill lette welcomed the respite from the trying ordeal which began in earnest Wednesday when he went on the wit ness stand to tell his own story of that tragic day on Big Moose lake. For nearly seven hours he withstood vol ley of questions, at first friendly, when his counsel had him in hand, and later antagonistic, when the district attorney faced him for the long cross examina- tion. Gillette was tired, worn and very pale when the adjournment was taken, and even the severest part of the, questioning remained.
 The holiday gave the youthful pris- oner an opportunity to regain his com posture and to fortify himself for the real struggle, which will come when the cross examination is resumed.
 There are different opinions here as to the effect of his testimony Wednes- day. Some are firm in the belief that by his story the prisoner lost his bat tie for freedom and that a verdict of murder, at least in the second degree, Is almost sure to follow. Others, how ever, assert that Gillette's story ac- counted for almost every bit of testi- mony which the district attorney brought forth and explained the pris- oner's every act. One thing Is certain, however, which is that whether or not the prisoner convinced the jury that he was not directly responsible for Grace Browns death, he did convince every one in the courtroom that he was indirectly responsible for it.
 In his cross examination the district attorney made Gillette acknowledge that he accomplished the girls ruin after repeated resistance on her part. Gillette a;so said that talk of mar riage had never come up between them, and his own story established the fact that it was because she was desperate because of her condition and the circumstances which Gillette had brought upon her that she jumped into 
 the lake to her death.
 Relentlessly waving powerful chain of evidence around Gillette, District Attorney Ward today played the pros ecution's trump card at the resumption of the trial fin the testimony of Her kimer jail attache who is said to have overheard the prisoner tell his lawyers that he had struck the girl after her plunge into the water.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
CHILD KILLED HIM
Policeman's Daughter Put
 Five Bullets Into Briggs.
WARNED HIN BEFORE USING PISTOL
Fatal Ending to Attack on House of Leander Smith Near Thornton, R. I. Girl Prisoner In Chief Kim-
 balls Home.

THORNTON, R. l., Nov. 30.-Ethel Smith, the little fifteen-year-old daugh- ter of Special Policeman Leander Smith, is under arrest at the home of Chief of Police Rowland Kimball here charged with killing Elmer Briggs, 2 resident of this town.
 The circumstances of the killing were such that after being obliged to arrest the child Chief Kimball took her to his house, gave her Thanksgiving dinner and declared that she would not go to jail so long as she was under his jurisdiction.
 The tragedy was the continuation of an arrangement between Briggs and his wife. About two weeks ago Briggs is alleged to have deserted his wife, leaving her without means to support herself and her three small children. Special Officer Smith, who is well known farmer, took pity upon the des- titute woman, and he and his wife re- ceived Mrs. Briggs and her children into their home and were arranging to send them to the home of Mrs. Briggs brother, who lives in Mantle.
 During the absence of Smith, Briggs arrived at the Smith house and de- manded admission, which was refused by Charles Halliday, a colored cook, the only man about the premises at the time. Briggs threatened to make trou- ble, and Halliday started to bring Chief of Police Kimball to the scene, leaving in the house Mrs. Briggs and her children, Mrs. Smith and Ethel. The women and children, fearing that Briggs would force an entrance, locked all the doors and windows and built barricades of chairs.
 Ethel procured her fathers revolver, g callber weapon. As soon as Halli- day was out of sight Briggs again de- manded admittance. This being re- fused, he drew large carving knife from beneath his coat and cut away the netting from the screen on the front door. He then smashed pane of glass in the door, reached his arm on the inside, turned the key in the lock and threw back the bolt.
 As he started to enter the house Ethel warned him that she would shoot. Briggs paid no attention to the child's words, and as he forced the door open the little girl fired two shots at him, both bullets lodging in his body. Briggs hesitated for moment and then kept on. The child fired three more shots, every bullet taking effect, and Briggs staggered back and fell dead on the steps.
 Chief Kimball was obliged to arrest the child, but all of those who were at the house at the time of the shooting say that when Briggs approached the house he was muttering threats to kin his wife and children.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
wealthy Cattle pe.rer Rum povp.

BANGOR, Pa, Nov. 30.--Aaron J. Bittenbender, a cattle dealer. was run down and fatally injured by Della. ware, Lackawanna and Western rail. road passenger train here. He was re- turning to his home after having been on a business trip and apparently did not hear the approaching train. Mir. Bittenbender was one of the wealthiest men In this section. and his extensive business affairs took him to nearly every part of the country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
Feared He Might Cause . wreck.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 30. - Constant fear that he would make mistake that would cause wreck and death to many drove James Oliver Page, aged forty, day foreman in the Balti- more and Ohio railroad yard, to blow his brains out. Page was conscien- tious man and his position responsi- ble one. A slight error might have caused calamity. Page felt this deep ly and worried over errors he might make.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
William rh.w a. Cowboy.

PITTsBURG, Nov. 30.-Young VII liam Thaw. the millionaire nephew and par of Harry Kendall Thaw. has forsaken the dress suit for buckskin brooches and is riding on 6 Wyoming cattle ranch as a plain cowboy. He left week ago and promised his mother that if by spring he still likes it he will buy a big ranch and settle down in Wyoming.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
Kaiser Send. Hia Portrait.

BERLIN. Nov. 30. = Emperor W.T. liam in recognition of Thanksgiving has presented a large photograph of himself to the American church here. The Rev. Dr. Dickie. the pastor, read a letter at the service from Baron von Lucanus, chief of the emperor's civil cabinet. in which he said he was com mandcd by the emperor to send the portrait to Dr. Dlckie.