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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
Ont 6Aey So this WonM

We had three special Tourist Sleepers out Of st.
Paul, Wednesday Evening, April 18th, filled with
our own Homeseekers and all bound for Morton
and Hettinger Counties, North Dakota. Don't
wait-but go next trip.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
n SoNa WaN OF Kay:

There's money to come from that big hay stack just as surely as
the money has come from the grain thresned from the straw
stack. This photo taken on Paul Bohns Hettinger County farm
could have been taken O many a North Dakota farm during
last September. Is @@@&# #% @4#@a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
FED BABIES THROUGH A HOSE.
Zach BIoomin' Kid Got Fair Show
Says Sailor.

Special Cor. of the New York Herald.
Honolulu, T. H.-Feeding about $50 ba-
bies with a hose is novel method of
giving food to the youngsters, but this is
the way that the officers of the British
steamship Suveric are said to have cared
for a part of the Portuguese contingent
of immigrant settlers that arrived here
last Saturday from the Azores. The
Portuguese are noted for their large fam
! lilies and out of the 1925 immigrants that
| arrived by the vessel a large number
were children, and many small ones. The
| captain is quoted as saying that he had
| hose strung along the deck fitted with
15O nipples. Then milk was pumped
| through the hose and with a young Por-
| tuguese baby at the end of each nipple
the youngsters got fat and healthy. The
story as told by Il seamon from the
ship is
I'VE were stuck for sure when we
picked up that raft of young ones. If we
feed EN- condensed milk we lose; we'd
be cleaned out OF our supplies in day,
and if we give EN- bottled milk the
mothers fight for the best for each one
Besides the bottled milk run out. So
the captain. he says here's where every
bloomin' kid gets a fair show
, lie takes three or four lengths o. fire
hose, and every four feet he plugs 1t
! with little rubber tube an nipple on
the end. Then he runs 1t along the deck
an pipes all kids to quarters. Say, you
couldn't get EN- away from them nipples
till they'd fall asleep from exhaustion
eatin' so much. My mate, that had to
| pump the milk from a barrel into the
hose, has had sore arms for two months.
'fhe captain says it's the biggest litter
he ever see raised. All the mothers was
| happy. They didn't have to bother about
feedin' anybody but themselves, which
| they did.
The game pleases the captain so much
| he's thinkin' O reedin us our coffee an
tea an grog through the hose. When he
! does We quit"
The arrival of the vessel was of special
interest, as the first consignment of set
tiers brought here by the territorial gov
efhheht, under authority from Washing
| ton, reached the islands The burmese of
| bringing the Portuguese here is to try to
OBTAIN different character of labor than
the Japanese field coolie The desire Of
the territorial government Is to offer in
ducements to the Portuguese to take IN
land for their homes where they can be-
come cltlzens and permanent residents of
the Hawaiian Islands. Commissioner
General of Labor Frank p Sargent came
mere especially to superntend the LANDING
ana handling of the newcomers and he
mas gwen the matter of their reception
MS personal attention. Measles broke o1It
among the children aboard, and the YES
SCI was Kept In quarantine for time aft
err her arrival and the passengers were
sent TO the quarantine station. Following
thelr being admitted they were seen nv
irlehds from the shore and advised about
securing work. The majority decided to
t aeeepl lhe offers made by various planta-
sent to other islands, where thcv win he
given employment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
OUR VEHICLES IN AUSTRALIA.
Pronounced Attractive, But Flimsy-A
Good Market Lost to Us,

The collapse of the Australian trade in
American built vehicles is one of many
similar warnings which American consul
lar reports bring to home manufacturers.
Special Agent Burril, quoting business
men Of Adelaide, says that the difficulty
comes from lack of confidence i'm the dura-
bility and strength of the American made
vehicle.
South Australia demands a vehicle that
will stand constant hard usage for sew
eral years, and any that cannot meet
this requirement is condemned The cost
of the article is evidently a secondary
consideration, for carriages of all descrip-
tons popular on the market command
large prices as compard with tn figures
large prices as compared with the figures
York Sun.
Buggies manufactured in the United
States have been exported to South Aus
.tralia in fairly large quantities, and be-
cause of their attractive design and APP
rearance attained considerable populari-
~. 1t was not long, however, before the
absence of proper seasoning became APP
parent. This struck a fatal blow to the
trade in American vehicles.
1t is evident that a vital mistake was
made at the beginning in exporting to
this market from the United States cheap
lightly constructed unseasOned vehicles,
unsuted to the extreme dry heat of this
tllHldtti anu utlttLlNe Ill OtleT illpbI ldl1I
particulars. Whether the trade in Ameri-
can vehicles, imported in a finished con-
dition, can ever be restored to a pay
ing basis is problematical.
The first, and perhaps the greatest OBJ
stacle is the strong prejudice against
any vehicle manufactured in and export
ed from the United States. In the second
place the demands of the South Australian
trade have resulted in the establishment
of several carriage factories, more or less
extensive, and fairly well equipped to
turn out acceptable work.
These factories guarantee their output
for at least one year. which guaranty
carries no risk, for, profting by the fail
ure of cheaply made, lightly constructed
vehicles to retain their hold on the mar
lSet, the South Australian manufacturers
using the material best suited for this
climate build a heavy durable article
and charge therefor a price sufficiently
high to insure n reasonable profit. In the
making of these Australian vehicles. how
ever, very many American made parts
are used.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
Making city's Streets Safe.

The railroads of the country are spend
ing one hundred million dollars to make
the streets of Chicago safe, says Rut-
ledge Rutherford in Technical World
Magazine for January. On an average,
five hundred people a year are run over
by passing trains, or are injured in
collisions with steam locomotives while
using Chicago's streets. Ten years ago
Chicago decided that the elevation of
all steam railway tracks was the only
means of protecting her citizens from
the deadly grade-crossings. And the rail-
roads are footing the bill. Last year over
$4,000 men were employed in the work of
elevating the tracks. and 1t cost the rail-
roads about $500. GOO
Chicago is not the only city which is
having her steam railway tracks ele-
waited. But Chicago Is the only city which
Is making the railroads pay for the job.
Chicago has already accomplished the
elevation of $50 miles OF steam railway
tracks within her borders and has made
the railroads pay every cent OF the $780,,
100000 which 1t has cost
The work is only half completed: but
the railroads which at first opposed track
elevation are now convinced OF its adj
vantages, and they are beginning to re-
gard it was we'll worth the millions of
dollars 1t is costing. Some roads are far
sighted enough to go greatly heyon the
city's requirements. and are building most
efficient roadheds to add to their terminal
and switchinR -{acilitiaA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
TENEMENT TEACHING.
What New-Fangled Notions Are Accom-
pIishlng in New York's Schools.

From the January Broadway.
1t is really the mission of the so-called
frills to affect directly the activities of
human life. Go to the tenements If you
would see the results. 1t is an actual fact
that because of the instruction they re-
ceived in the public schools the girls of
the East Side employed In shop and fac
tory and office are making their own
clothes at home. The majority Of them
fit shirtwaist or hang dress skirt as
skilfully as the ordinary dreSsmaker,
which, as every woman knows, is an
immense saving for a limited income.
Even more important in it's bearing on the
home life of the present, as well as the
future, is the domestic science frill, which
includes instruction in the arts of house
wifery, cooking and nursing. Though
Sadies presides temporarily in an office,
most Sadies find their ultimate place in
presiding over a home, where they need
to know some of these things. But Sadie
does not wait for that home of the future
in which to apply her newly acquired
knowledge. She takes 1t directly to the
fiat in the ninth layer of that East Side
tenement where her mothers days are
spent over the washboard. In the model
school kitchen she learns, first of all,
cleanliness. for while the cooking lesson
roundings is insisted upon. The school
pots and pans have to be kept bright and
the school dishcloth sweet. Sadie decides
that the family possessions would be bet
ter that way, too, and she goes home to
scrub and to sweep out dark corners that,
perhaps. her weary mother never reached.
She also brings the strange new idea
that II is neither healthful nor economi-
cal to feed the family from the delica-
lessen shop. as Is the custom of nine
tenths of the tenement population. until
their children tell them better. She her.
self, with her school recipes, concocts
the palatable dishes which at half the
expense provide twice the nourishment
Her father is pleased and her mother
gradually adopts the new way. Sadie also
introduces the family to the use of a
tahlecloth and to table manners, for at
school they teach her not only how to
cook a meal. but how to serve 1t and
how to eat 1t properly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
southeastern prolongation of large


island.
Here and there among the islands
they found the remains of Esquimaux
huts. 1t Is we'll known that the east
Greenland natives, living much further
south, have not visited the north, at
least for some generations. The Esqui-
maux remains which the Duke of Or
leans had discovered in northeast
Greenland are likely to strengthen the
theory that the east Greenlanders
reached the coast by migration around
the north end of the island.
The vegetation along the shores Of
some of the islands was quite luxuri-
ant and the party were surprised that
they did not meet any land animals
The muskox is not a stranger on that
coast, and the skull of one of them was
found.
1t is noteworthy that though many
fiords were observed through which
glaciers reach the sea there was not
single iceberg. Numerous narwhales
were seen.
One day, just as they were about to
turn the prov of the vessel southwark,
for they dared not to go further north,
the mist that hid Greenland lifted and
they saw glorious panorama of eighty
miles of the coast. The picture was
farewell souvenir from this far north
ern region to the white men who were
the first to enter it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30

one 1t is this quality of buoyant and
eyer-fresh manliness that enables Mr..
Ghristy to put into every picture the feel
Ing of youth, beauty and romance which
distinguishes his work above that of all
others. A visit to his studios in New
Y DIRK city Is like an entrance to a Land
of Hearts Desire.
Here in these studios Mr. Christy's fly
ing brush transforms grey canvas and
white paper into living, breathing pic
lures of his fayorite subject, the Girl OF
America. lie arrays her in the fashions
of the eastern metropolis at times, or he
DEPICTS her dressed for the less conven-
tienal life of the great west: but she is
always the charming. fascinating be-
witching lovely Girl of America as he
alone can portray her.
1t Is not alone that his knowledge of
the principles of drawing Is sure, that his
eve Is quick TO see natural beauty, that
his hand moves without hesitation along
the lines Of grace, but that one is at
traeted by sense of breeding, an UNI
mistakable air of distinction of the
Girls he portrays-that elusive quality,
not To he initiated by any one except to
the manner born, which is most nearly
defined in the expressive phraseoogy of
the connoisseur of thoroughbreds as
Glass" Look at his Rosalnd. his Evan
geline. his Marian Devereux,. his Priscilla
-hefolneS OF noblest poetry and romance
brought before our eyes in all the glow
and color of life; and at these other
"Girls' created by his fancy Yes, Mr..
christy has reached the position of lead
er of American portrayers of feminine
beauty, and this his latest book Is his
GROWING achievement. 1.-THE Christy
Girl contains thirty full-page pictures in
color and six in tint with marginal deco
rations by Earle Stetson Crawford the
distinguished decorator.
Accompanying each picture are appro-
pirate verses, which have been chosen
from the best loved poems of all English
literature and which will, like Mr.. Chris
tvs pictures, make the book perma-
nent treasure. Love poems by Shakes
peare, Sir Walter Besant. Thomas Moore,
Leigh Hunt, Samuel Lover, Edgar Allan
Poe, Waiter Savage Landor James Whit
comb Riley, N. p Willis. Edmund Gosse,
f. I. Palgraye, Samuel Butler, w. M.
Praed Brander Matthews, George Allan
England. Witter Bynner, Theodosia Gar
rison, Walter Learned, and a dozen other
poets make the golden setting for the
artists portraits-a book of the finest
poems of love, to be read and read again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
? THE CHRlSTY GIRL


EDWARD Chandler Christy is with
out doubt the most remarkable
young man in the field of what
may be called pictorial romance" Ro-
nance. no matter what Mrs. Cutting may
tell us about married life, is concerned
mainly with the doings of beautiful young
women and frm-jawed young men. These
young people are good to look upon, and
there are countless thousands of peo-
pie of all ages who never tire of hear
ing about them. or better STILL of seeing
pictures of these uncommonly handsome
young persons in romantic situations.
Through the work of Mr.. Christy (and
Of Mr.. Gibson and others) romance as
portrayed by the artists brush has made
for itself a field as large as that which
the romantic novel and the romantic
drama formerly divided between them
One need only look at Mr.. Christy's lat
est and richest collection Of drawings
10 see why this is so. In this sumptuous
book in holiday dress are gathered all of
Mr. Christy's latest and best representa-
tons Of beautiful young womanhood, so
that the Bobbs-Merrii company, which
publishes it, has named it most nttingIy.
THE Christy Girls" Mr.. Christy's abil-
ity to portray feminine loneliness Of every
type is assuredly marvellous. The book
contains a veritabe galaxy of girls
golden-haired, darlt-haired, blonde, bru-
nette. tail petite, stately, winsome. stun
ning-whateYer the Individual example.
the degree Of beauty is superlatiye He
IS not, like others. limited to a single
type.
MIR Christy was the first artist whose
drawings in color We're reproduced in
color with popular success Mr.. Gibson
has not published a dozen drawings, all
told, in any medium except pen-and-lnk.
And Mr.. Christy while the popularity of
his drawings in color has caused the
color work of many other artists to be
published, still stands supreme in the field
of pictorial romance"
The personality of the man who has
drawn these pictures is itself romantic
Mr. Christy at SO impresses one as being
an even younger man in the twenties.
With him life has always the color of
the brave days when we were twenty
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
ANNOUNCEMENT

We will open a branch store
at Minis B. Stones place, 1904
End Ave, on or about January
1st, 1907. With a full line of
fine Bakery Goods. We will
make a special delivery every
evening for the home going
crowds, everything right fresh
and hot from the ovens mouth,
just right for the evening meal.
Come help us make this stand a
success.
HIGHLAND.sBAKERY, =,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30

the nearest he came to being put out was
in the terrible twenty-five-round fight he
had with Sharkey, on that hot sum -ner
night down at Coney Island.
This was, perhaps, the hardest gruei.
ing mill ever pulled off in any ring, as
neither Sharkey nor Jeff had and science
then, and as both men were game anu
strong, the bout developed into nothing
worse than brutal smuggling match, with
the honors even.
And 1t was a surprise to the on-lookers
that ne or both of the men were not
killed. Sharlkey, though, was never ths
same man after the beating he got.
1t was so terribly hot in the hall that
night that men not only took off their
coats and vests, but their top shirts as
well And though they sat in their un-
dershirts they still sweltered.
Arc lights by the score hung directly
over their heads, so as to enable the
moving picture men to photograph the
scrap.
Jeffries told the group of newspaper
men after the contest that he thought
several times during the fight that he
would have to suceumb to the excessive
heat. It's wonder he didn't.
Jeffries Not Fastidious.
Jeffries as a dresser is not so fastidious.
A sduare-eut cheviot suit black thick
soled and square-toed shoes, surmounted
by a square-topped derby, and with a
rattan cane in his hand, is his usual
attire.
When ring followers speak of Peter
Maher they shake their heads and say
il was too bad when Peter was in his
prime that he should not have been as
brave as his name would Indicate as he
was accredited with having the hardest
punch of any prize fighter alive-none ex-
copied.
When he came down to New York dur
ing the gala time there in boxing circles
his well known falling made 1t hard for
him to get on a good bout, but finally he
was matched with an unknown, who was
touted as n wonder. This FELLOW, who was
really a monster in size and strength, was
a longshoreman named Dillon, recent
importation from the old country.
AS much secrecy, coupled with wide adj
vertising, surrounded Mr.. Dillon the night
the bout came off the place was crowded.
Dillon, it transpired afterward, had
never before entered a prize ring, and
this was quickly made manifest by the
way in which Maher showered blows on
the would-be fighter. After the first
round, and while resting in his corner,
one of Dillon's seconds got after him and
told him he must get into the fight and
stop some of Makers blows.
"Merciful hivens," groaned Dillon, as
he rubbed his aching body. did yet say
stop some of them blows? And will We
PLACE inform me did any of thin git
by"
At the call of time for the second round
Dillon stepped warily into the center Of
the ring, only to be met by perfect
avalanche of blows launched at him by
Pen, with the result that Dillon went
down on his back and as he lay there
apparently conscious, the crowd screamed
for him to arise and fight, while his sec.
onds yelled, Get up, Dillon! Get up,
Dillon!"
Mr.. Dillon shrielled back: "I will not,
until ye take thot divil out Of the rng'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
Socialists.

FROM the London Daily News.
young scion of the aristocracv was
eager to master the methods of journal
ISM so entered daily newspaper office.
one of the tasks which the editor set
him was to compile an index for the con-
tents oil each days paper for the use of
reference. lie went on with his work for
some time, Then one evening a leader
writer wanted some recent references ia
species on socialism. Not a single sneech
was indeXed. But whatever are all
these references under the heading So
eialism" asld the editor, to whom the
matter was referred.
On, said the young Journalist. I've
entered all the balls, parties and festivl-
ties That's all socialism, isn't it?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
Biggest Drugstore.
From the Kansas CIt,

From the Kansas city Journal.
The greatest drug store in the world viii
be found IN one of the most backward
COW and is 20s years old. It's title 10 ths
Old Nikolska Pharmacy. and since ls3s h
has been In the family of the present pro-
prietor. II is a building of imposing di-
mansions, with many departments. includ-
Ing one OF professional education for the
staff. which numbers 200 persons. Tney
make up about 2oo0 prescriptions a dav.
and so perfect is the organization thar =
errox y seldom recorded.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
One Matter Settled.
From the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
20, by the way, Laura" said Mr.. Fer.
guson, II shall not want any necktles or
slippers for Christmas this year.
That's all right, George answered
Mrs. Ferguson land 1 don't want any
napkin ring, set of plated forks, or imi-
tation cut-glass bowl"
There being nothing further before the
out FORM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30


nose and ears Offerings are also talSer
up to the main joss house at 16 Mott
street, where more prayers are chanted
and more incense burned.
But the Ri Boy Sot and incense burning
suddenly cease when there Is an assur
ance that the patient is but a few hours
from his end. Then he is bundled off II
the Chinese death room at IL Pell stree
TO pass away This is because the Or .
entail fears the spirits of the dead and
wants none of their evil influence about
his hospital. When the end comes he is
turned over to the semi-offlcial under
taker- of Chinatown and finds temporary
resting place in the Chinese enclosure In
ENergreens cemetery.
The bones of every Chinese find their
ultimate and permannt repose in his fam
lily plot at his original home in China
Every five years the ceremony OF digging
up the bones in the enclosure in Ever
green cemetery takes place.
AS the grave digger uncovcrs them the
old keeper of the records of the joss
house sits above him and arranges the
bones as they are handed up to him. he
records held by the old man show the
history of every skeleton and each Ia
packed in separate zinc box and shipped
across 10y way of san Francisco to China,
where Ii is Inferred in the family plot
with many ceremonies. Thus every CHI
nese, no matter how long his residence IN
this country. finds final rest among the
bones of his ancestors in China
The old and feeble Chinese seldom APP
pear so that they can be viewed by the
curious "Aes of the Chinatown Visitor, l.ui
90 through Mott. Pen or Doyers street
carly on any summer morning, or even
ON a clear, sunny. winter day, and you
will find ranged along, sitting on the
curhs, dozens of the old men whose DAYS
abOtIt For lplr an
they breathe in the pure morning air
then. like gophers, hurrow back To the
mysterious homes of Chinatown to Gp-
pear no more until the next day..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-30
If Royalty Had to Work.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Nearly all the royalties of Europe could,
If driven to it, earn their own living.
The Queen of Rumania, Carmen Sylvia,
makes an income from her books that
many authors cannot equal
The Emperor of Russia has a sweet
and well trained tenor voice. Had he not
been of royal blood he would undoubtedly
have succeeded in grand opera.
The Queen of Italy is a linguist of UNI
usual talent. Conversing fluently and cor
rectly in eight languages, she could get
at any time a good job in a high school.
The King OF England is one of the best
judges of wines and cigars in the world.
As wine or tobacco expert or as a
dealer In these luXuries he would soon
have grown rich.
The Queen of Portugal has a medical
degree and could easily earn her living
as a doctor
The German Emperor, as everybody
knows, could make a good, living as a
poet. a musician, an artist. a shipbuilder,
a pottery manufacturer, a horse dealer,
an actor, a bookbnder a clergyman, a
tailor. a sculptor, a barber farmer or
a dentist