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The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
In Tfnh.

Simeon. If We wuz to live yer life over
agin. would We git married.
We'll, to tell We the truth, Jabez, not
more n seven or eight wives"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
he Didn't Like the Job.

The celebration a few days ago az their
fine country estate in Maryland Of the hf-
tieth anniversary Of the marriage Of the
Hon. J. A. and Mrs. Gary IS a reminder
10 Washingtonians Of the brief service in
the Cabinet of this fine old Maryland Re
publican. He was made Postmaster Cen
erai al the beginning OF the Mckinley ad-
miDistration. but surrendered that port
folio after an unhappy experience with
the office seekers. Mr. Gary had been a
business man all his life. and believed that
business methods only would he permitted
n the administration of the Post-office
Department. Upon his assumption OF Office
be announced that he knew nothing about
politics or politicians and that the latter
need not come around him. From his first
day IN office his life was made miserable
by the demands. the opportunities. and
the subtle fattery Of the politicians big
and little. They invaded his office in
troops waylaid him on the streets. be-
se;ged his residence. kept his telephone
ringing night and day; In brief. al every
turn he met some politician with an i'm
periOus demand for office. lie complained
in vain 10 the ge1Ue-natured Mckinley
Mark Hanna swOoged down on him al
most daily with a demand for the appoint
ment of postmaster. In despair AIr
Gary threw M the ieb and retired 10 pri-
vate life, II is said that now he refuses
even 70 discuss politics. He is one Of the
few Cabinet officers who ever resigned be-
cause of inability 10 run their DEPART
ments exactly 20 suit themselves.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17

Il viii be noticed that not a single bill
l!ouaire has replied 10 Senator Beveridge's
bold attack
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
Too TemptinE.

I might not fan. as Adam did,
Before an apple.
But Satan. make for me no bid
With scrapple.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17
PEOPLE OF NOTE.
The sauab King.

! To the Hon Thaddeus Maelay Mahon,
of the Seventeenth district Of Pennsyl-
vania, belongs the unique distinction Of
being the father of the SQUAD king OF
America. Eight or ten years ago his
young son, then only about nine years old.
contracted the pigeon fad, and it wasn't
/ long thereafter until the voracious birds
were about to impoverish the Mahon es-
/ tate near Chambersburg In vain the
father protested against their increase and
| their consumption Of every particle Of
grain and other vegetable matter on the
/ pace. Their young master fought for their
protection. Finally. the father made ar
| rangements for the son to market them at
/ Philadelphia hospitals. Everybody who
has been confined to hospital knows that
Iconvalescent patients are fed on squads.
/ They are a delicacy which doctors and
nurses prescribe for the sick. In the
seven or eight years that have elapsed
since the business was worked up young
Mahon is said to have amassed a large
! fortune. The demand now exceeds his
supply. and his prices are going up. A.
the same tine the MahOn farm is also
again revenue producer from its crops.
/ The eotes are kept constantly thinned out
by the demand I'm Philadelphia for squads.
! Representative Mahon now declares that
| il he had to start over In life he would go
| into the pigeon business.
When Rogers md ArchboId Called.
1t will be recalled that one bleak night
/ last winter Newspaper Row was set
a-hutter with excitement by the news
that Henry II. Rogers and John D. Arch
| bold had come over from New York On
q late train and had been driven direct
! from the station to the White House,
where for more than two hours they We're
closctcd with President Roosevelt. Every
journalist in the Capital sharpened his
pencil and his wit, administered a tonic
to his imagination and stretched the mus
cies of his legs In anticipation Of "A
hard night" The air had been full Of ru-
m0rs for a month OF more Of what the
administration was preparing to do 20
the Standard Oh Company. and naturally
the visit cf these two giants OF that huge
/ concern filled the journalistic mind with
wlEder. not 10 say awe In vain Attor-
ney General Moody. Secretary Root. and
other members Of the Cabinet were sought
b. newspaper men for Information as to
the cause and result cf the conference be-
tween the President and the two vice
presidents OF the Standard. Messrs. ROg
crs and Archbold left the White House
I lJIst before midnight as quietly and mys-
tcIiOusly as they mad entered II and tool,
train back TO New York. Not word
would they give out as To TIE object of
their call IN the President If President
Roosevelt has ever discussed the confer
oncH with anybody that fact is not known.
Now that what seems 30 be a real pros
ccLJion Of the Standard has been started
/ by the government, it IS inferred that
Rogers and Archibald "smelIed a mouse"
months ago and We're trying TO locate It.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17

When Mr.. Mouser comes TO Congress ne
should be careful and not get caught by
cne of the numerous watchdogs Of the
Treasury.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17

Here's good evidence that l was hunt
ing up in Canada this year" said Harry
B. Mason, a weIl-known Washingtonian.
at the Raleigh. as he produced a license
issued by the province Of New Bruins
wick authorizing him TO slay one bull
moose and one bull caribou for the cur
rent season. The cost Of the license. $50.
was stamped in both the upper corners
OF the document. and all non-residents
must pay that sum before they can
shoot game in the province.
They enforce their hunting laws strict
iy' said Mr.. Mason. and woe 10 the
man who kills more than the legal num-
Der OF who in his rasbness. sIaughters a
female moose or caribou. Their i'm
munity has led 20 a big increase Of the
COWS Of both species. so much so thar
every bull is rank polygamist. and this
operates curiously enough TO make the
killing of the bulls a good bit harder.
Here is the reason:
The common method Of hunting is TO
have guide who can initiate The below
Of the COW moose. and This for the pur-
pose Of attracting the male. Now, if the
bull is plentifully provided with feminine
company. he Will pay no attention 10 the
sounds made 10 entrap hm. no matter
how cunning the imitation is The sur
plus female population preventing all
masculine loneliness neutT1liZes gdllantry.
and makes the lure Of the hunter in vain.
as many an explorer Of the New Bvuns-
wick woods found out this season"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-17

] OML securely tJNhiAik AiAE AADN'Ns
a few years ago locks were unknown an
! unnecessary. No doubt ABOUT H. cFliza
/ ton is a great thing.
! The Countess de Castellane is said Z
\ be very fond of music; but will she eve
/ again appreciate that old classic, "Brinl
/ back my BOni to me, be, hey
( Mr.. Bowser says he win not rest unit
! Senator Bailey is defeated. The Houston
/ Post probably thinks Bowser is bayinl
/ the moon.
In the minds eye. one can just see Mr.
! Rockefeller condemned and in a cell
with all the pretty women in town car
/ rying him flowers and things.
Washington set the example as 10 jus
how long a man should be President,
notes an Indiana contemporary. indiana
/ papers ought TO be exactly certain abou
how long Mr. Fairbanks is before max
ing such unguarded assertions.
A plumber was arrested IN New Yorl
for stealing a brides wedding gifts. Tn,
groom might make some good money b.
purchasing a duplicate set OF gifts ant
refusing 10 pay the plumbers bin.
We regret TO report that Texas lad,
candidate for Congress was ingloriousl
defeated. However, she may console her
self; even Mr.. Bryan has failed TO tall
himself into Office
The principal character in "Happl
Land" is 20 be married. Going to emi
crate, as IL were.
The newspapers are so quiet about Ad
dicks these days that II must be necessary
for that gentleman TO reach up ever,
once in a while and feel for his halo II
order 10 convince himself that Il is stil
there
Mr.. Roosevelt is reported TO have eater
a So-cent lunch in one Of those Panama
restaurants. But, maybe. It just looke'
Ike It.
A San Francisco grand jury has ALREADY
indicted Reur and Schmidt on five counts
and IL is 10 be hoped the counting i'
Ect through yet
That AsheviHe negro who ran amucl
and killed five people must have imag
ined himself a sort Of condensed riot
Japan has just launched a bigger battle
ship than the Dreadnought, and Capt
Hobson not able 20 sleep o nights now
Il viii be noticed that not a single bil
l!onaire has replied TO senator Beveridge'.
bold attack.
An Indiana jury has just returned q
verdict for damages against an autOm0
bilist who ran over a woman. Fortunate
is. the woman IS not s0journiug in th'
happy automobiling grounds. and viii ge
"A chance 20 spend the money herself.
Mr. William Rockefeller has obtaino.
a judgment against poacher fer i
cents. Always scrambling for more
Mrs. Hetty Green is theoretically op
posed 20 trusts but she is not subscribing
anything to fight them at this moment.
After all. it looks like the noble duke,
and earls and counts and things that you
read about in the yellow-back novels arC
the ones YOU also seldom see.
Notwithstanding a contemporary state
meuJ tuui new DdHk notes are apt u
stick together" we have never been abic
o. make them do fl for any great length
of time.
Senator Burrows intimates that the first
thing on the programme viii be Senator
SmCOt shooting the chute.
Dr. Mary Walker says that men would
be at very little expense clothing th=.r
wives II al women would adopt her
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
suPERsTlTloNs OF THE NAVAJO.
Man Mustn't Look at Mother-n-Law.
To Be Successful in Hunt

From the Albuquerque Indian.
The mother-in-law joke must have orig
mated with the Navajo for after mar
riage a Navajo dare not look into the
face Of his wifes mother. II by chance
he catch Il glimpse OF her it takes much
tasting and many prayers 10 feel secure
against dangerous results II is no un-
common sight to see the mos grave and
reverend chief walk backward, run like a
scared dog. or hide his face i'll the depths
% his blanket to avoid the dreaded sight.
TO have luck IN hunting it Is necessary
10 scatter the sacred meal before the
house to place a small stone on a heap
beside the trail and to offer plume. to
the mother above.
To comfort one in distress or to ward
Off prospective distress the women and
children wear red wristbands
If they wish TO be protected by those
above on entering their home they take
pinch of sacred meal from a bowl kept
in niche in the wall and scatter II to
the north west south, east, up and down,
me awhile saying some prayers.
TO bring harm TO the guilty 1t Is only
necessary to bury two punches Of owl
or raven feathers near tile place where
the suspected one sleeps or lives after
presenting il to the six regions. The third
bunch of feathers is buried near the
owners fireplace in the Kitchen to protect
him or her from invasion of enemies.
Dark colored or blue corn Is connected
with evil magic. The power of speech is
attributed to it. This corn belongs to the
witches, and is said to speak in absence
of It's owners and to tell their where
abouts or dolngs.
Should person suffering from snake
bite look upon a woman furnishing nour-
lshment to an infant death would be the
rhei11t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
BRICKS THROWN AT CATS
SERVED A GOOD PURPOSE

AT the average at which they had
been coming over nights for the pre-
vious two or three weeks. Mr.. Blink
figured that it would take him about a
year to collect that number in this way,
and in that time the bricks thrown might
do considerable damage in his yard and
garden, and so he thought he'd put up
a little protection for them. As it was,
there was just a post and rail fence run
ming along the rear of Mr.. Blinx's proper
u, between that and the brickmen' $
yards. and now he put up, at the foot OF
his yard and garden plot six foot board
fence, setting it back about six feet, so
that when the bricks struck it they would
fall on his own land
And while many bricks came into the
garden over this, still .Ae new fence
served its purpose very well. But TINS
was soon lost sight of completely in two
other most remarkable results which the
new ence brought about, results which
Mr. Blink had never dreamed o.
"All cats, everywhere, like to walk
on the tops of fences, and all cats seem
to welcome meeting other cats there,
as an amply sufficient provocation Tor
clawing and splitting, fighting, and
bowling; and no sooner had Mr.. Blink
got his fence up than all the cats in
Storkville Center, apparently, came nights
to walk on 1T and what had seemed the
frightful bowling of Blinx's cats seemed
now to be the sounds produced Sby this
new great band of cats as but the feeble
tuning up of few scattering members
of an orchestra to the gale that breaks
loose when the whole outfit start.
1.-THE brickmen were stirred accord
irgly; and night after night. when they
came home from work they brought
valses and carpet bags full of bricks
and when the cats started up they did
With the first squeak of cat you'd hea1
a brick land against the board fence,
and when the cats got going-why,
humphl I've herd what some persons
thought was quite some racket in back
yards here in the city, when cats were
caterwauling and people were firing re-
volvers out of the window to scare 'em
off and throwing various odds and ends
at 'e mthat clattered more or less, but
all that would be chid's play to what
You could hear out in this quiet country
place when they were laundering on
Blinxs board fence and forty cats on
top of 1t were wailing and creeching and
screaming above the roar.
But all this was music to Blink. Why.
he told me that on a number of morn
ings-he used to get up early to carry
away the bricks before people around
got UPON a number of mornings he car
ried away five wheelbarrow loads OF
bricks, and one morning he got seven.
And in less than a month he had bricks
enough for what he wanted and to spare.
''Then he tore down the fence and
drove away all the cats. his own includ-
ed, and gave the neighborhood peace, and
gave the mason orders to go ahead with
the cellar foundation; and he had bricks
enough for the walls and pretty near
enough left for his chimneys.
BLINK is dead now but the old house
still stands. the first and the only house
with top cellar walls of brick ever built
in Storkville Center
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08

FORTUNE IN FISH BAIT.
Florist Able to Retire on Money Made
by Raising Earthworms.

,,.#.... ~, A. D., So, t1,o ,,,osf DanL.
iesOue isie' -.
uiaf Ddl LOT an MINUS u Hau''s -
Is living earth worms, whleh nave the
odor of the ground about them and
which seem to be choice tidhits not only
ear 49,. ona 1a,aiooled salmon hut also
-, -, 80, A,se aud in
ior picherei' pereii' oie0N
deed, every species OIL 1000 Hsn '""'
swims in fresh water. As the Maine SOIL
is deficient in humus and lacking In de-
cavinp Vegetable matter. angleworms are
= 5Ia.4is,,i
NJ. P'e', g., 1,aors
More tnah ten years seo e5'ii
florist Of Bangor went INTO Inc business
of rearing earth worms Tor the purpose
of selling them to the local nshermen,
as well as for shipment to- Boston. TIC
imported breed OF dark purple worms
from Belgium, which were promo preeu7
ers, though coarse ana stfoHs nafo - ~
and later he secured poN ol sia.,s
anglewofms frpm ilola, III me - -
of few years he was apie TO Supply liNe
worms by the nliloll 10 ms - =,
Those shlpped 10 pos'oh Weie s s, ~, 10
JOB lots Tor 90 cents d pounu' ..a,re
nome customers lie soiu ms ~ e.
size FOR 10 cents a dozen. mus ~, LIS
green house was sniaii one, anu .ao mus
his trade IN flowers was never eAtensiNe
he made money rapidly from Tue saiu u
worms until last year wheh ne rellreu
and went to his old nome IN sWeoen'
wealthy man.
Sidney ook of Pressure isle the inventor
OF several diving appliances used by men
who work in deep waters was the next
man to attract attention as a pubic peiie-
factor In the bait line Mr.. COOK says
his invention was made possible through
having watched the Indians OF Canada
when they sought worms for bait,
"All earth worms come to the surface
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
I(@ HE only man in Sterkville Cen
ter that had a house with brick
4 foundation walls" said Col Cal
liper, was Robert Blink. Not but what
bricks are to be had in plenty in that To-
cality, for there is a fine pit of brick
clay in the neighborhood, but stone Is
cheaper still in that rockribbed region, and
the universal custom there was not only
to put in foundations of stone, but to
carry the cellar walls up to the first
floor of the same material.
And SO, when Robert Blink built him
this house with above-ground foundation
walls of brick, why, naturally, those brick
supporting walls were considered remark
able. But the walls themselves were not
nearly SO remarkable as the manner in
which the bricks contained in them were
obtained, with the incidental fact that
Mr. Blink got his bricks for nothing. 1t
was like this
MIR. Blink, as it happened, lived little
out from the center, on road to the
brick kins and right back of his place,
on another parallel road, there was a row
in the briclSyard
Now. Blink had cats, and it was not
became a great annoyance to his brick
long after he came there before his cats
maker neighbors in the rear. The cats
would come out into Blinx-s back yard
mad garden nights, and howl and yowl
frightfully and disturb the brickmen's
sleep. Pretty soon, as people do every
where at other peoples cats, the brick
makers began throwing things at Blink 5
-bootjacks and old shoes and the usual
things like that, with the usual ineffect-
i've results, until finally one night, just
by the merest chance, one of the men
picked up and threw at the worst of the
cats a brick which landed fair and square
on its mark, with results most crafty
ing to the brickmakers.
After that they threw many bricks,
which rarely hit what they were aimed
at, but which did tear up Mr.. Blinx's
back yard and garden something scan
dalous And then the throwing of the
bricks suggested to Mr. Blink an idea.
HE had quite a piece along there on
his road. ana pretty good land, but the
house on it was old, and not much of
3, house anyway, and Mr.. Blink came to
think about building a new one. And as
he was a thrifty man, always saving
where he could, and when those bricks
began to come over he had an idea.
How much less would it cost him. he
asked the mason. to have the foundation
for his new houses built, If he, Blink,
furnished the material for the part above
ground. and the mason said a matter of
thirty-five or forty dollars, and so Blink
set about collecting the bricks thrown
at his cats to provide that material, the
mason having told him when Blink had
casually mentioned bricks to him one day.
that If he built of that material his top
foundation walls would require about four
thousand bricks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
Going to Theatre In Venice.
rom scribner's Magazine.

From Scribner's Magazine
Going to the theatre In Venice Is like a
fantastic overture to the play, and sets
ones mood properly in tune. You step
into the gondola, which darts al once
across a space of half-lighted water, and
turns down narrow canal betweeu walls
which seem to reach more than half way
to the stars The tiny lantern in the prov
sheds no light. is indeed no more than 1t
signal of approach, and you seem to be
sliding traight into the darkness. Here
and there lamp shines from a bridge or
at the watergate of house but with no
more than enough light to make the dark
ness seen. The gondola SWAPS. swerves,
and is round a sharp corner, and the wa
ter rushes against the oar as it swings
the keel straight for another plunge for
ward You see in flashes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
WILLING to Return Part

From the Chicago News.
Bicker--T hear your confidential clerk
has skipped out with your daughter and
$4,000 of your coin.
Easyun-Yes, that's right; but 7 guess
he isn't such bad sort Of chap after all.
I had letter from him this morning say
ing that he was willing to send my daugh-
ter back II I'd pay her railway fare.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
Now is the Time

Though we can do as good photo
graphic work in cloudy weather as in
good weather, 1T is more convenient
for you to come in pretty weather.
Spring is coming and now would be
a good time to have pictures made OF
your family. We are equipped for the
hest work in all grades and are able
to suit you in prices. An inspection
of our work will cost You nothing, and
we will be pleased to show you 1T any
time.
JOE. c. AOLiA
over First National Bank, Ensley, Ala
Corner 18th street ana Ave. e.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
A Conversion.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Towne-Yes. indeed, the new minister
was once a prizefighter
Browne-Ahl | suppose he became con-
WINGED that he could never save his soul
and be prizefghter.
Towne--Well, | believe some other
pugilist convinced him that he could
never be prizefighter to save his soul
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
Presbytery viii Meet.

The North Alabama Presbytery Will
meet at the First Presbyterian church
In Ensley next Tuesday and the indica-
tions are that the sessions Will be very
largely attended.
The Presbytery will remain in session
for three days and many of the promi-
nent officers and members of the church
from over north Alabama will be in at
tendance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
Lifted a Horse Off Track.

Some time ago runaway horse dashed
past the Torpey house and at the corner
below got all tangled up with couple
of trolley cars Hoboken policeman,
almost as fat Miss Torpey, tried to
get the horse off the track so traffic
could be resumed. but the animal stood
its ground and kicked.
Then Miss Torpey hove upon the
scene Mounting the platform of one of
the ears, she reached over and clutched
at the horses name. One gentle tug and
the fractions Bucephalus was lifted clear
off the track. Then Miss Torpey held
the horse while it was lassoed.
Miss Torpeys brother is contractor
and owns a few horses. One of Them
which has been named Beat I'M is SO
wild that not man in Hobolxen can
hold him. Miss Torpey drives the ami
NAL every day, and pulls on the lines un-
til the horse gasps for breath, When
ever any of her brothers stablemen are
tired Miss Torpey pitches in and lifts
bales of hay. 1t is no trouble for her to
throw a 20O-pound bale from the ground
up into the stable loft She says SO her
self
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-08
HOBOKEN GIRL HAS
MIGHTY MUSCLES
Lifted Horse That BloCkaded
Cars OF the Track
TOSSED 2OO-P0UND BALES
on Getting Medal for Milking, She
Sune a Fat Politician over Her
ShouIder-A Powerful
Lass Indeed.

When Mary Ann Torpey was tod
ding infant she one day seized her
chunky four-year-old brother, Michael,
By the ears and cooly tossed him out of
the front door Mary was such a mite
of a thing that every one wondered how
she could do 1t. Later on. when she
SHE'D couple of hve-pound hat-irons
at a playmate whose face she didn't like,
it was agreed that Mary would some day
be a young lady of marvellous strength.
The dream has come true. Mary Ann
Torpey, still living in the house in which
she was born, at Sixth and Grand streets,
Hoboken, today holds the prize among
New Jersey women. not alone for mus
eular strength. but for fat.
Miss Torpeys prowess with lifting
weights has Disconnected the Jersey
strong mon. Nothing short of 300 pounds
causes her the slightest concern. She
is %, blond and pretty, stands exactly
six feet high and weighs 225 pounds all
the year round