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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

| Aldr1cn DrlSaQe cannot dDSdI ueoSi- tions.
 Former Senator Burton is writing a book, and his seclusion is favorable to the task, provided the turnkeys do not insist on whistling the latest songs. | When bankers fail in China they at once resort to self-decapitation That settles their hash, and not their ac- counts with depositors.
 
 Governor Magoon is pacifying Cuba by holding up before the discontented officers whose duties consist in the drawing of salaries
 The Duke of Marlborough will get $100,000 a year, it is said. If reports are to be credited, he ought to get about 100000 years. |
 Senators Platt and Depew are show ing a decent respect for public opinion by keeping remarkably quiet in the pending campaign.
 
 President Castro is back in harness, and number of his ambitious subjects who hoped that the would die are dis appointed.
 John Cain of Indiana, who stole a reed organ, hauled it seyenty-hve miles and sold it for $S was badly in need of money.
 The horse shows are going ahead regardless of the fact that MT. Edison is about to abolish the horse alto gether. A contemporary attempts to portray the perfect wife. The perfect wife and the perfect husband have not yet ar rived.
 Mir Bryan predicts "a democratic Congress which will support Roose- velt.'
 Seven of the twelve members of the new Clemenceau cabinet are news paper men, and the Premier heads the | list.
 
 It will be unkind to run trains under the capitol grounds when passes are taken away from Congressmen.
 
 The government has new target which weighs seventy tons and is larger target than MT. Hearst. l
 It is to be hoped that Emma Gold mans fears of Alexander Berkman' s suicide have some foundation. The postcard craze is expected to make good the deficit in the postoffice department, $15,000,000.
 Brander Matthews spelling school was biggest when first born. The Car I negie frost nipped it.
 The turbines got big lift when the Dreadnought exceeded 22 knots in her trial test.
 A New York woman made a good thing out of alimony-$S0,0OO in a lump sum.
 Simplified spelling is now on it's proper level It is now considered a joke.
 The geographical cabinet officer is a lost quantity, especially from the south
 
 The first Jewish cabinet appoint ment is we'll received by the country No nation without a big navy should make faces at Japan. | Dehorned football does not prove altogether harmless. l The coal man grins whenever lie feels a cold wave.
 Yale fails to appreciate the Carnegie pig-iron spelling.
 In the reformed speller Seattle is spelled "Seatl'
 But week left in which to stir up the voters.
 Uncle Joe" is a busy man in his district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

The first Jewish cabinet appoint ment is we'll received by the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

In the reformed speller Seattle is spelled "Seatl.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

The glory of the stars on high.
 Exalt your soul by lofty thought,
 Since inspiration can't be bought.
 But choose place where men are fey And nothing can run over you.
 You are bright girl, Clarice. A doctol of philosophy is apt to be a dry dock"
 It takes patent medicine advertiser to ask you impertinent questions.
 FORGE OF HABIT. A strap-hanger died and went above. The crowd at the gate began to shove. He reached up-imagine his blank dis
 pairi
 And got for his pains a handful of air. The wind in Ohio might have known that It could not discourage a windy mar like William Jennings Bryan. DESIGNATED.
 The football hero walks abroad, And as he proudly goes He's marked for honor by strip Of plaster on his nose.
 The man who used to steal ice from the doorstep is devoting himself to over, coats now.
 ADDRESS TO THE MOON.
 Pale moon, majestic and serene,
 How weary you must grow of love
 And panting poets who suspire Their wretched verse to you, unvexed By all the foolishness afoot
 At night throughout the world,
 Some people stop before jewellers win- dows and others before the windows of clothing stores. It takes all kinds of people to make world and you are always different from the others. Even a hard-headed man will acknowl- edge that it's getting colder.  | Kerchewl PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

the doorstep is devoting himself to over. coats now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

No nation without big navy should make faces at Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

The coal man grins whenever lie feels a cold wave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

Dehorned football does not prove altogether harmless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

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Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-elass matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
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But a week left in which to stir up the voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

" D. Lanier and A J. Eaton, Jr., are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-30

Uncle Joe" is a busy man in his district.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
PROGRESS IL, Science and Industry
Lake Comm merce in 1905

The statistical report Of lake commerce passing
through the canals OF Saut Ste. Marie, Michigan
and Ontario. in the season of 1905 has just been
published under the direction of Col. Charles
DAVIS, as compiled from official records The to-
tai freight traffic was 44270, $50 net tons for the
season, an increase of 12,724 574 tons, or 10 per
cent. over 1904. The traffic through the Ameri-
can canaI IS per cent. Of the total freight,
" per cent. OF the total net registered tonnage
and % per cent. of the total number of passen-
gers carried, the amounts being IS $500, 100 tons
of freight, 81 .121 ,233 registered tons and S401
passengers Compared with the season of 1904
there was increase Of 122S4,214 tons OF
freight, or 46 per cent; 10,961. 191 registered
tons, or "a per cent. and 6195 passengers. or 81
per cent. The American canal opened April II
and closed December 16, 1903, making the length
Of its season 246 days, The traffic through the
Canadian canal II per cent OF the total
freight, - per cent. of the total registered ton
mage and 4S per cent of the passengers carried
the amounts being 546S, 400 tons OF freight .
496,466 registered tons and 25,S03 passengers.
Compared with the season of 1904 there was an
increase of 440 800 tons of freight, or per cent
1899, $40 registered tons, or 81 per cent and
97l4 passengers 60 per cent. The Canadian
canal was opened April 10 and closed December
90 1908, making the length of its season 255
days The total valuation placed on the freight
carried through both canals is S416,965, 4S4, The
amount of iron through the American canal
was 2S,40S, ,O76 net tons, through the Canadian
canal, 1924 ,561 net tons.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Desperate Cripples

doing of an lrishman who some years ago ap-
peared at Bournemouth charged with stealing a
dog. He taking the animal up Alum Chine
when the owner came down the path. The thief
turned to escape took to the beach, and sank up
to his amputaed knee in the soft sand.
The disadvantages of being one-armed seem
slight compared with the loss of a leg but it is
somewhat astonishing to hear of a one-armed
burglar being charged with thrty.nine different
otienses Wonder grows at news that this burg
lar is also woman. This astonishing criminal
has earned large income for fifteen years by
clever thefts all over Austria Her total spoils
are estimated to exceed S2O0000
For person without arms at all to go in for
thievng seems absurd on the face of it yet there
is at least one case on record of such an extra
ordinary crime. An armess youth named Ward
was recently convicted at Utica in New York
State, of stealing vegetables from a garden 1t
was shown that he had pulled them up with his
toes. The Judge fined him five dollars
The story of a curious tragedy was recently
reported from Paris. man named Louis Big
not had the misfortune to lose both legs by an
accident on the eve of his marriage His fancee
threw him and married wineshop keeper
in the Rue Meniemontaut, Every night after
wards the egess man wheeled himself to the
shop and sat there silent. One night a man was
foolish enough to chaff him about his hopeless
attachment. Bignot picked up syphon and
hurled it with such rsod aim that he split the
skull of the other. Two bvstanders rushed in
and Bignot stabbed them both A fearful fight
ensued before the legless desperado was cap.
tured
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
TAa as1,s@5s @5gs ysEPel vixen Michel

Michel from the darkened room where he had
lain, the room OF the world was dark. His broth
er had fled the house. taking the little sister. SO
a blind man took his fiddle and CROPPED through
the wooden gate
Keep your inheritance" said he. in note
for Jean You have given me mine
Long the blind man wandered over the roads.
and fdded in the towns OF France Welcome
he was for his fiddhng, and pitied for his great
nfrmty; and if he had no money he slept by
the hedge, and cried his hate to the scornful
stars; and if he had money he slept in bare
room and spoke his hate to the dingy walls And
sometimes he tiddled things that everyone knew,
old tunes and child's tunes but mostly he thought
of his brother Jean, and in that black obsession
he played tunes which people did not know. and
of which they were afraid. Through the streets
of Caen he sang to fddling moan "Lul. lul,
lie dur chemin," and each verse walled off into
dur chemin" Old Father Didier with the Tol-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

One of their chief characteristics is their great
dread to speak Of the dead or of any act or any
deed Of their ancestors
How did these people get where they are at
present is the question which bothers the inves-
tigator Whether they have hoated down from
that mythical region, the North Pole, or Travelled
upward from warmer climes to their present hab-
itation, cannot be ascertained. Judging from the
character of their houses, however. it would
seem that they must be of southern origin The
conjecture in this case being that they we're push.
ed north by the more aggressive tribes by which
they were surrounded.
Very attractive these far northern people,
their features bespeaking intelligence The men
are about average height substantially proper
TONED with the large nose which characterizes
every nation Of force the broad full forehead
which tells of mental power and the somewhat
high check bones of the primitive man; a
strange combination and one which shows in
their modes Of living. The women, generally
speaking, are beautiful and graceful. Their skin
is much darker than that Of the japanese and Of
warmer, richer hue; their eyes are large and
full with an almost Oriental languor, but well set
and sparkling with feeling and intelligence when
aroused.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Great Artificial Lake

One of the largest artificial storage reservoir
hydro-eectr power plants in the world is under
construction the River Sihl in the Canton
of Schwytz, Switzerland A dam 80 feet high
and $50 feet long will impound the water in a
lake with surface area of two square miles,
The capacity of the reservoir will be 25,360,-
600, 900 gallons. The generating plant will be
upon the shore of Lake Zurich and will be
operated under head of 1875 feet, 1t is esti-
mated that continuous supply for 10000 horse
power VII We afforded or for 45 600 horse power
Il operated only ten hours per day.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Surgical Instruments Of Gold

~ PROCESS of tempering gold, silver
~ and copper has been discovered by Mr.
- T. F. Vaughn, OF Los Angeles Cali
lS94$SI says writer in the Scientific Amer-
can BY his method of tempering, 1t
is claimed that the ductile metals are
not only hardened, but their density and homo
genety are brought to such practical perfection
that a cutting edge is given, keener and more
durable than that Of steel, because OF the micro
scopic fneness and smoothness impaired to It,
The inventors experiments were devoted chief
ly to the manufacture of surgical instruments OF
gold, his first production being a hypodermic
needle of solid tempered gold. He has added
to this all the instruments now in use in modern
surgery. Prominent surgeons have given these
instruments practical tests and in every case the
results, it is said were entirely satisfactory. For
surgical purposes the inventor claims that instru-
ments of tempered gold are superior to those OF
steel, because Of their non-corrosveness and the
with which they may be sterilzed. Gold in
struments being entirely aseptic, leave no mark.
All wearing surfaces are solid gold and may be
either "a karat or any degree of alloy. The Sc
cret OF the process appears to be in the solution
used in temperng,
The inventor states that tempered copper is
not subject to that crystallization through Vi
bration which limits the life of steel; that springs
of tempered copper have not only as great elias
tcity and strength steel springs but that ow-
ing TO the extreme slowness of the process Of
crystalhzaton, they will retain the spring temper
for practically indefinite period. 1t is expected
that a most extensive use Of tempered copper
will be made for journal bearings. Owing to
the great density of the metal, it takes perfect
polish with use and makes an almost frictionless
bearing, free from danger Of over-heating. and
outlastlng either Babbtt metal Or brass for the
purpose.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15


the extraordinary career of man whom they
term the Centaur Highwayman. He is an Arab,
and the scene of his exploits has been Algeria.
He began his career as bandit chief nearly
twenty years ago. being then in full possession of
all his limbs He was caught and imprisoned,
and while serving his sentence met with ac-
cident which resulted in both his legs being am
putated He was pardoned in consequence, but
as soon ever he was set free perfect reign of
terror began. Farmhouses and villas rob
bed, and travellers held up in good old-iashioned
style on the road The leader of the bandits
was man magnicently mounted.
At last pocetrap proved successful. He
caught, and turned out to be no other than
the original convict His loss of legs did not in
terfere in the least with his powers of riding.
The manageress of Stroud Green shop, ar
irving early Saturday morning, suddenly
caught sight of a mans boot sticking out from un-
der a coat hung upon the wall. With great pres
ence of mind, she said nothing, but closed and
locked the door, and hurried off for policeman.
The unwelcome visitor proved to be a wooden
legged burglar who had got in by the sliylight,
and lowered himself by a rope. Unluckly for
HIM, the rope broke, and with his wooden leg he
was unable to climb out again.
1t was wooden leg, also, that proved the un-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
A Royal Scientist

Y~7HE Prince of Monaco, who has just de-
] cded to establish in Paris an insttu-
.-I Ns.=--s.;Is ton for sea-bed research and finance
essssNJ it with a capital of nearly a quarter
a million, is, without doubt, the great
est authority oceanography OF the
age. He has spent his life and much of his
wealth derived from the Casino at Monte Carlo
in discovering the secrets of the sea- His splen
did yacht, the Princess Alice, is fitted up with
large laboratories and Photographic rooms, where
the treasures he brings up from the ocean bed
are examined and photographed, and then stored
in the store room the lower deck till he
reaches home waters, and can send them to his
museum in Paris He tells an amusing episode
which once happened to him while engaged in
deep-sea dredging. The nets brought up five
thousand small crabs, nimble rats, which
as they got deck scuttled all over
the ship. They had immense power in their
claws, and made their presence felt. For
days the hunted them. Every morning
some would be found in the mems pockets, in
their boots, and in their beds 1t the live
hest cargo any vessel ever took on board.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Railroadine Through English Fogs

Fogsignalmen and engine-drivers suffer the
brunt of the battle with the fog, but it bears
hardly on all railway officials conducting the
traffic. II would sooner have week of holidays
than days fog sand an official at one of the
big London stations and this opinion is echoed
by all grades who have experienced the harrass-
ing duties which a fog entails
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
A Girl Inventor

Mile Lusi, fifteen-year- old Belgian girl, has
lust patented an invention which, it is claimed,
will revolutionize many kinds of traction. A
turntable fixed to any vehicle is the origin of her
idea, and by means of her device any vehicle
automobile, car, cart, etc.-driven by any power
can at once reverse, Belgi~l Government en-
gineers are considering the young inventors
their country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Facts ana Figures

Between Cape Horn and New Zealand lie $500
miles of sea, absolutely unbroken by even the
smallest slet.
Rome< under Augustus, had fre-brigade and
force of night police, numbering in all seven thou
sand men.
The weasel tribe are undoubtedly the most cruel
and bloodthirsty of animals. All of them kill far
more than they can eat
The dipper is a curious instance of bird which
is not webfooted, yet swims and dives with abso
Lutte ease
A worker bee invariably dies as a result of using
its sting
Roller skates were invented by Dutchman
named Merlin about $50 years ago.
There are now more than twenty Esperanto
journals, and over 100000 people speak the lang
uage.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Large Steel Chimney

The steel chimney of largest diameter in the
United States is at the smelling works of the
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company,
at Douglas, Arz. This is 200 feet in height, %
feet internal diameter, and "a feet diameter at
the base The steel chimney of the Compania
Mnera De Pnoles at Mapimi, Mexico, is 300
feet in height IA feet internal diameter, and
"a feet in diameter at the base
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

4
woods the first of May and stays till
SssS5If the first of October, writes A. F. I'm
SSzssSGD derhl in the Four Track News. Two
men are always sent together as part
ners-usually a young and one of middle
age. Their duties are: First to locate and run"
the boundary lines of the domain, blazing the
way on trees and opening trails; then they must
travel the tract SO often, placing on con-
splcuous trees along the trails and portages the
government signs, printed on linen, warning
against the reckless building of fires and contain
ing the definite rules to be observed. They are
supposed to keep watch on camping parties and
people journeying through the tract, to see that
these rules are obeyed and that the game laws
are not transgressed. In dry weather every part
of the limit must be visited within a certain
number of days. When the weather is wet the
duties are not arduous, for at such times the
forest will take care of itself Millions of dol
lars, by means of this supervision of forests,
have been saved to the Dominion of Canada and
to the individual owners of its vast stretches of
timber To the lover of nature, travelling through
the silent places" the fire rangers camp or
shack is always a haven of welcome, for the
lonely watchman of the forest never fails to bid
you share the shelter of his roof and partake
with him of his wholesome fare.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
THE czARINA AS A cARlcATURIST
No More Great Train Sheds

ACCORDING to the Scientific American,
Il ~ the big train shed seems to be a thing
- of the past The initial cost OF these
tg18aHSSI gigantic structures, and that OF mann
tenance, grew out of all proportions to
the increase in the dimensions, and the
present practice seems to indicate that the last
of them has been built Besides their actual
utility, the great train span was considered to
have some advertising value and it was no un-
common thing to see announcements made that
this or that railroad was to have the greatest
train shed in the world; but the limit of their
usefulness has been reached. The cost OF keep
ing these sheds in repair grew to be a very serl-
Gus item and another drawback charged against
them their nadaptabihty to enlargement as
it was found necessary to increase the number OF
tracks. What is known the umbrella shed
is taking its place. The umbrella system CON
ssts of a number of smaller sheds, each pro
tecting the passageway between two trains. They
are supported in the centre, which explains the
name. The roof is hared upward at the edges,
so that the rain will be drained toward the
centre, where accommodation is made for it TO
be carried off through the supporting pillar. A
great portion of the shed roof consists of wire
glass to admit the light. Besides the economies
Of this new method, its possibilities of expan-
sion in either direction are almost unlimited.
1t can be readily made longer as desired at any
time and as new tracks added to the ter
mina facilities, it is simply necessary to add
shed or two This has been adopted by the
Iackawanna for use at Hoboken, n. j., and
will also be made use of in the future by one
or two Western roads.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
Wealth in IreIand's Soil

T"1HE fact that a moneyed syndicate is
| about to develop some of the copper
S-szSSi mines of Ireland appears to have
tSs4SEj caused surprise Sixty years ago the
development was in full blast. One
mine alone in Wicklow was producing its six
thousand tons of copper ore per annum There
remains gold in Ireland, the mneraogists tell
us; not perhaps to any extent in the rocks but
in nexplored gravels, to say nothing of the
tombs of dead kings and chieftains. Ireland has
nor worse than those which brought Caesar TO
the coasts of Britain, Sir Francis Doyle went to
his grave believing that Ireland has other un-
known treasures One of his friends, in the
habit of buying pearls picked up by children on
the shores of Lough Erne came one day in this
manner into possession of what at first seemed
a valueless pebble. That pebble, when examined
by a jeweler, proved to be fine diamond, and
Sir Francis believed that there are deposits of
native gems hidden in the distressful country.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

IuI MOCK. Only That Michel was a SAINT,
and the Michel of this story was man.
Together with little fair-hared sister they liv-
ed in the House OF Quarrel at Pontorson, SIX
miles from the Rock Their mother was dead
When the little girl was twelve, the father died.
After they had buried him. the brothers quarreled
over the poor heritage that he had left. Stran-
gers coming to that dark house would have quar-
relied before the first day was done
Il am the elder son. said Jean.
"Ihe better thief said Michel, for all the love
that Michel had to give with the little sister
and his dog; and at that, Jean pulled out a
pistol and fired straight. When at last they led
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
CHrvALRY OR ROMANCE.

The men are chivalrous and the women roman
tic. Early marriage is The rule but although ts
is the popular age for maid to become a ma
tron she may Join the ranks of married woman
when the silver spots her glossy black locks and
be thought none the less of.
strange mixture of savagery and civilization
these people, who hold themselves aloof and
who even when they do mingle with others fail
to adopt new methods or codes.
The most remarkable thing about them is that
they must be taken just as they are, as any spec
ulation as to what they have been must always
remain a mystery, for they are without ltera-
ture or any reliable records of any kind
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15

IS brother they called Jean; but him
they named Michel, after the one who
stands for ever with bent sword, and
a dragon beneath his feet, on the top
OF the church that crowns the wonder