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Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
ARE TWO TALKING WONDERS
Pair of Feathered Family Owned by
New York Man, Who Values
Them at $4,000
Special to The Herald

NEW YORK, Jan. I'm the store of
Il bird fancier in this city two wonder
full talking birds chum together in the
same room. One is spirit bird and
the other a parrot. The latter is not
unlike most other African parrots in
looks, having an all gray body and
scarlet tail feathers. The spirit, or
minor, bird is a native of East India
and not so well known as the parrot
He is also sometimes called the mystic
bird, is considered sacred by the East
Indians, and is often the companion Of
the priests.
The minor acquires mental traits
quite similar to those of any one with
whom he may come in constant con-
tact, and, excepting the human family,
this is the only talking species which
replies when spoken to.
The bird, which is little larger thHn
a good sized robin, is beautiful, It's
piumage being iridescent and blending
all the rich hues of the rainbow. His
wings and tail are black, shading into
the blue, the former having broad bar
of white formed by a series of quill
feathers tipped to show solid color
Back of the eyes and passing over the
ears are bright yellow fleshy flaps
called caruncles: the space under the
eye is yellow, while the beak is a deep
orange. The eyes are hazel and express
great intelligence. The feet are yellow.
The spirit bird has a high soprano
voice, which is clear, and his enuncia-
ton is much more distant than that
of the parrot
Mr. Holden, the owner of the birds,
has had the parrot two years, but the
spirit bird which is about Is months
old, has been in his possession ony nine
months. 1t came from East India in a
large shipment of birds and showed
more signs of intelligence than its
mates.
Mr.. Holden has taught these birds
their entire vocabulary. He values the
two birds at S4C00-the spirit bird at
$500 and the parrot $2500.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
BAD EGGS FOR THE PREACHER
Young Men of His Flock Resent Criti-
cism That Follows Wedding
"Jamboree"
Special to The Herald.


LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. bad eggs
and a good temper clashed when the
Rev. ]. B. Wilson, pastor of the Meth
odist church, started home after the
SERVICES Sunday night and encountered
a crowd of young men who had been
criticised by him in his sermon. There
was volley of eggs that left the min
lister dripping and speechless.
There are things he might have said
that sometimes help out such situa-
tions, but he held his temper and on
Monday applied for warrants against
the young men he had limited at in
his sermon. They We're arrested and
the police are trying to identify them
by the storekeepers. This is proving
hard, because the grocers say they do
not sell bad eggs.
At a recent wedding in the flock of
the Methodist shepherd several of his
young lambs appeared intoxicated, and
he took notes on their behavior. They
were astonished when his sermon
opened at the evening service. and in
stead of hearing it through they got
out and skirmished for eggs. It is
understood that they induced a grocer
to open his store and furnish them
with a dozen of the most suspicious
ones.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
CARRIED HER NAPKIN AWAY
Policeman Called Woman's Attention
to the Fact and She Was Glad
to Return 1t
Special to The Herald.


KANSAS CITY, Jan. IA woman
walked two blocks through the crowd
ed shopping district downtown yes
terday bearing a white napkin pinned
Just under her chin, all unmindful of
her error until policeman called her
attention to it. The woman, one of
a party of three, took lunch at Wal
nut street restaurant. When the trio
had finished, they paid for the meal,
and the napkin, which had been put
i'm place at the beginning of the meal,
was not removed when she entered the
street. Madam" said the policeman,
tapping her on the shoulder, "where
did you eat last You have forgotten
to leave your napkin"
Blushing and bowling, the woman
thanked him for his courtesy and
hastened back to the place where she
had had luncheon. offering an apology
to the cashier as she returned the
cloth neatly folded. The cashier smiled,
accepted the apology and said the
napkin handnt been missed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
WON BY IRISH MELODY
Canary Mute When Other Airs Were
misunderstanding of the Green"
Set Him Going
Special to The Herald.

special TO Inc Herald.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.--Uncertan as
to whether he should present to his
wife a bulldog or a canary, Louis e.
Parent, night clerk of the Park Avenue
hotel consulted the lines on his hand
and decided yesterday in favor of
feathers against hair. He went to Il
Sixth avenue dealer and bought a
beautiful bird, possessed of a fine war
BILE which could be brought into action
by the whistling of a familiar air. The
canary, in a gilded cage, was taken to
the Parent apartment in Harlem.
"A fine bird" said Mr.. Parent, de-
lightedly. He can sing Patti out of
sight. All he needs is encouragement.
Now, just watch me-"
Mr. Parent whistled a bar of Hail
Columbia" The canary hoped from
it's perch and picked up Il few seeds.
Mr.. Parent wet his whistle and CHR
ruped out a few bars of the "Marseil
laise" The bird hoped back on the
perch, cooked up its head and said,
"Peep!"
Not what he wants. said Parent,
and he dashed off a few trills of Die
Wacht am Rhein." The bird fell off the
perch. Then the resourceful hotel clerk
began "The Wearing of the Green"
In an instant the canary was back
on its roost and. with swelling throat,
burst forth into a series of liquid notes
that threw Mrs. Parent into an ecstasy
of delight
1T was all explained when 1 went to
the bird store" said Parent later. The
canary was born in Switzerland, but
had been in charge of an Irish attend
ant, who sang The Wearing of the
Green at that canary every day for a
year. He is a Switzer by birth, with
an Irish education"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
SHOW INTEREST IN TRIAL
People Of Beach Cities Closely Watch
Developments in Thompson
Case
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
OCEAN PARK. Jan. with seats
for about twenty persons and a floor
none too strong the Santa Monica
courtroom gives small promise of ac-
commodating the crowd which it is
expected will seek admittance to the
preliminary hearing of Or" William.
Thompson, held on a charge of eXtor-
ton preferred by David Evans, pres-
dent of the Bank of Venice, to be held
before Justice of the Peace A. l..
Jenness at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing Local interest in the case is at
fever heat and sensational develop
ments are expected.
Within week the postoffice will be
in its new quarters in the Masonic
temple building. New furniture and
fixtures are to be Installed and greater
facilities will be afforded the public.
Today being the beginning of the an
nual week of prayer the pastors of the
Services will be held each evening to
and including Friday, the ministers
presiding in turn at each of the
churches.
City Trustee Force Parker has had
plans drawn for Il $3500 residence to
be built at once on the Cabrillo canal
tract at Venice.
II. c. Slaton, having persisted in
shooting gulls and "helldivers' from
the Venice pier, after being warned
to desist, will be prosecuted before
Judge Wheat tomorrow morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
NEW SEALsKIN SACoUE STORY
The Wife, the Husband, the Family
Friend and the stenographer
Are in IL

Special to The Herald
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7-Here Is n
strange story, without names, but it
is all true, nevertheless:
There's q husband, business man,
quite well off. Then there is 2 young
man who has permitted himself to care
too much for the business mans wife.
About week ago the friend bought for
her a seal skin sacque. The wife decided
1t never would do to take her present
home with her. She consulted earnestly
with the friend of the family and 1t
was decided to pawn the sacque for a
small sum.
The saCque was pawned. That even
ing the wife said to her husbands ooh,
James, / found this pawn ticket on the
street today. It's numbered, but can't
read the writing so | don't know what
H. calls for. You might go down some
time and see"
Good" said the husband, "Il
do it,"
For two days the wife waited. She
didn't want to betray anxiety. but at
length, after dinner one evening, she
said: II forgot to ask you about that
pawn ticket I found. Did you ever"
"Oh, yes, | forgot it, too" said the
husband, putting his fingers i'm his vest
pocket. Il did go to see about it. It
was for this little ring; not worth
much, but 1 gave up $12 for it, just to
please you"
The wife was furious and she was
frightened. Did her husband know
all, as the heroine says? Again she
waited two days; two days and nights
Of worrying. She determined to hunt
up the friend of the family and once
more consult. She wanted that seal
skin saCque.
She couldn't find him at his place Of
business. Noticing it was about time
for her husband to start home ward, she
went to his office to meet him. The
stenographtr, Il young brunette, was
just leaving the office The wife start
Cd. The stenographer bowed rather
coldly and passed on. She could af-
ford to. She was wearing the sealsliln
sacque.
This is where the story should end
hut it doesn't, alas! A lawyer said
yesterday afternoon that the wife had
sued her husband for divorce. And,
remember, it's all true
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
THEY PRINTED Sc BILLS
Mistake in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing Caused Sensa-
tion-Stll a Secret

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA unique
series of combination national bank
bills was printed a few days ago at
the bureau of engraving and print
ing, which is being called jocularly
"the new $6 bills" among the employees
of the bureau. The plates from which
the bills are printed are made up from
designs impressed on the soft steel
platens from hard rolls of steel. In
some way plate maker got the roll
that was called for on 81 bills and
also the face roll for Il series of So
bills and so made up two plates and
issued them to a printer.
The work went on all right for about
an hour, when the girl who assisted
the printer in washing the plate after
each impression happened to swish
a sheet of bills on the floor upside
down and she saw that what she had
thought to be Il sheet of flves was a
plate of ones. She gave a shrek that
stopped every press in the room and
sent cold chills running up and down
three hundred spineS with the thought
that an accident had happened and
some one was hurt. The press was
stopped and two days of red tape
certfication began to establish the fact
that one hundred sheets of 81 bills and
also one hundred sheets of So bills had
been misprinted. The papers in the
case were finally completed and filed
away for future reference and the Of
Tending sheets were duly burned and
the fact also fully established by aff-
davits that are now snugly on file
in the archives of the treasury de-
partment.
The series would have made $1,000
of 81 bills and $4,000 of fives Sold to
collectors, Captain Meredith, the head
of the bureau, says. they would have
brought at least SO. 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
VENTRILOoUIST RoUTS THUGS
Amateur Performer Held Up by High
waymen Makes 1t Appear That
Help Is Near
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, Jan. ABILITY to
throw his voice wherever he pleases
and presence of mind saved John Hodge
from being robbed early yesterday
morning. Hodge, who Is an amateur
ventriloquist and had appeared at a
church entertainment at Centerville,
n. J., was on his way home. when.
near a wood, two men commanded him
to hand over the contents of his pock-
etc. There was no one about to aid
Hodge in repulsing the highwaymen,
but a voice. coming apparently from
the wood, shouted wait a moment,
John, and I'll walk home with you"
The highwaymen took to their heels.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
SAW HIS FACE IN A FILM
The Manner In Which a Nebraskan
Found a Supposedly Long
Dead Brother
Special to The Herald

SpeCIdI 10 IHt TlVI hIu
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 7.-George
Gebhart OF New York, an actor with
the Ninety and Nine" company, who
has been mourned as dead by his rel
atives here for many years, has at last
been found. Gebhart's brother Adolph
a salesman I'm a store here, went to
theater where moving pictures were
one Of the ttractions. In one of the
pictures he recognized the face and
figure of the long lost brother. He
learned that the pictures were made
in New York and by writing to a friend
in that city he found that his brother
was there and established communica-
tion with him. George Gebhart will
come here to visit his brother and other
relatives
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
Perfect Confidence

Where there used TO be a feeling Of un-
easiness and worry i'm the household when
a child showed symptoms of Group, there
is now perfect confidence. This Is owing
Cough Remedy in the treatment Of that
disease. Mrs. M. /. Basford Of Pooles-
vile, Md, in speaking OF her experience
In the use Of the remedy, says: II have
a world of confidence In Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy, for l have used II with
perfect success. My child, Garland. Is
subject TO severe attacks Of Group and 1t
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
NEVER MARRY YOUR BOSS
That Is Advice of Ex-stenographer,
Who Now Seeks Divorce From
One She Wed
Special to Tho Herald

Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO. Jan. IA stenographer
her boss is sweet when she is operating
his typewriter she may be sure he will
change when she begins mending his
clothes"
This is the philosophy of Mrs. Anna
G. Foley. who yesterday proved she
believed in her own teachings by filing
suit for divorce against Thomas l..
Foley
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
Brief News Items

A great crowd gathered in Central
park this afternoon to hear the band
concert. Perfect order was maintained
and there were no Objectionable fea-
lures.
Travel over the Mt. Lowe railway to-
at this time Of the year, many people
making the trip to view the repairs on
Echo mountain and in the burned-out
district.
Mrs. O. W. Bullock, Mrs. Mary NJ.
Conan and Miss Grace II. Tower have
been chosen by the Shakespeare club
as delegates to the state federation of
womens clubs at San Jose on Feb
ruary T. and o.
The January meeting of the New
Century club will be held with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. II. Prisk on the evening of
January Q. The subject for discussion
is the owens river water project.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08

assistant to DR.. John p. Murphy, the
noted Chicago surgeon, and during his
practice, covering some fifteen years,
himself acquired an enviable reputa-
ton. Failing health led DR. Lemke and
his wife to make themselves a home
recently in this city, and here the end
came, although the doctor was still in
the prime Of life. Arrangements for
the funeral and interment have not
vet boap concluded
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08
DOWN EAST APPETITES
ARE OFTEN WONDERFUL
EIGHTEEN FRIED EGGS ARE ONLY
A LIGHT MEAL

Twelve Slices Of Bread and Six Cups
Of Coffee Part of the "Fillin's."
Another Chap Put Forty-six Eggs
Away at One Time
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-08

prominent Nlt'<ehs Tdss AWAY
Mrs Maria Werner, for twenty-three
years q resident of Pasadena, died last
night at her residence, 1920 South Pasa-
dena avenue. The deceased was a ma
tive OF Canada, where she was born
eighty-four years ago, and since her
arrival in the Crown city has been
widely known among the older resi-
dents. She leaves two daughters. The
funeral viii be held Tuesday forenoon
from the late residence. Interment at
Mountain View cemetery.
DR.. August Il. Lemke OF Chicago died
last night at 142 Terrace drive, this
city. DR.. Lemke was for many years
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15
An Official Mansion.

1t is generally believed that Ala
bama is. ready to build a home for her
governor on Capitol Hill in Montgom-
cry. Montgomery is, of course, willing
and the rest of the state will probably
acquiesce and the legislature will not
have any more serious questions con.
corning it to deal with than those of
lot location and cost of structure and
equipment
All feel that the governors of the
state should be appropriately and Off
cially lodged. 1t COMFORTS better with
the dignity of, the state. As things
are at the capital our governors are
lodged variously- sometimes in hotels,
but oftener in boarding houses. Gov
e"nor Johnston occupied bachelor
quarters along with Chief Justice Nc.
Ciellan and other friends. AS a rule.
however, boarding mouse has been
the home of the states chief officer,
and it is high time that two millions
of people did better by its governors
than a boarding house, however ex-
cellent, can do.
Public sentiment will, it is reasona.
bly, plain, sustain a reasonable appro-
priation for the construction next year
OF a governors mansion. This would
bring Alabama in line with the other
states. A few of them may not supply
official residences to their governors,
but those that do far outrun in num-
Der those that do not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15
Insurance Votes.

Word comes to The Age-Herald from
a well informed source that Alabama
policy holders are more backward in
voting than are those of the surround
ing states. The polls in the Mutual
Life and the New York Life offices will
be closed on Tuesday next, and bal
lots should be forwarded at once in
order to have them counted in the
coming election.
All policy holders in the big life
companies should annually vote. 1t
should become fixed and established
practice. The abuses uncovered by
the Armstrong committee were largely
due to the neglect of policy holders at
the annual elections.
The great question at stake relates
to the disassociation of funds belong
Ing to widows and orphans from Wall
street operations. The magnates en-
gagged in using those funds in their
schemes of combination or extension
cannot be driven out except through
the election of boards that will not
ccuntenance in any manner such work
The policy holders of this state
should send off today or tomorrow
their ballots. Each one holds the need
ful blanks, and each and every one of
them should deposit his ballot in the
postoffice not later than tomorrow
night. This is the last call in this
state, and it should be needed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Piq Iron Market.

Matthew Addy & Co.'S pig iron report
for this week says:
The tone of the pig iron market is if
anything stronger than it was week
ago. Tho car situation, which has been
distressing for some time, has grown
steadily worse. until now it amounts to a
calamity throughout the country, es-
pecally in the south. In buying iron for
prompt shipment consumers no longer ask
If It is on hand, but want to know if it
is loaded on cars or en- route. Although
efforts are being made in every direction
to relieve this situation, no immediate
remedy is in sight, and there is quite
ground waiting to be loaded on orders
that are far behind hand.
Quotations for prompt shipment vary,
hut iron en- route will bring almost any
price, depending of course on how badly
Ii is needed.
A noticeable feature of the market is
the interest being shown in regard to the
last half of 1907. While some of the iron
masters feel that they do not care at the
present time and under present condi-
tons to offer iron for shipment so far
ahead, quite a number are actually SELL
ing for that delivery. Inquiries for last
half shipment are becoming very numer-
Gus, and prices are growing steadily firm
err. Very little material is left now for
the first quarter, and no great quantity
for the second
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15
Atlanta Not a Rival.

After securing the army post of the
southeast, the federal prison of the en-
tire south, and port of entry that few
goods ever enter, Atlanta should not
in all decency and fairness attempt TO
grab the subtIeasury of the southeast.
All the plums in the southeastern gar.
den do not belong TO it by any known
rule of geography. commerce, prodnc-
ton, population or transportation. It's
general plan of claiming everything
should abate bit now and then.
The location of sub-treasury in
Atlanta would ten years hence-even
five years hence--be considered a
blunder and mistake. for it does not
take half an eye to see that the open.
ing of the Warrior, together with the
Panama canal, will make Birmingham
the one big city of the southeast. John
W. Gates is not alone in his estimate
of Birmingham population. Far-sight-
ed men everywhere concede the supe-
riority of Birmingham S resources and
advantages. Birmingham simply asks
Secretary Shaw to look five wears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15

ahead only, and no unprejudiced and
intelligent man in Atlanta itself will
dispute Birminghams priority in all
that goes to make a great city ten
years hence.
John w. Gates puts the population
of Birmingham twenty years hence at
one million. He did not make an esti-
mate at random. He based his figures
ON 1,5OO,OO0O00 tons of iron ore in Red
mountain, and ON an unlimited fuel
supply in beds within sight of it-pos-
sibly upon water transportation to the
markets of the world, which will soon
come to this district as a gift from the
general government.
To say that Atlanta, with no natural
resources. with no chance to secure
water transportation, with no rail-
roads extending to the trans-Missis-
sippi country-to say that such town
can in the long run compete with Bir-
mingham is to talk nonsense, and At
lanta knows it is nonsense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-15
ALABAMA'S NATAL DAY.

From yesterdays Montgomery Advertiser.
Probably few readers of the Advertiser
have thought of it, but this is the ami
versary of Alabama's birth, or rather of
her official recognition, and her admis-
sion into the great slsterhood of states.
The events preceding this important event
were somewhat rapid Previous to March
l. 1917, our present state was part OF the
Mississippi Territory, (Which was created
in 1888, but on that day the Territory
was divided and on March Alabama Ter
ritory was formed.
The existence Of the new territory as
such was very brief lasting but little
over two years, but the beginning OF the
end of territorial life was just two years.
On March 2, 1919. Congress passed an act
authorizing the people of Alabama TO
form state constitution. That con-
yention met in Huntsville, July 8, 1919, and
concluded its labors August 2. Soon after
a legislature was elected, which met in
Huntsville on October 25 and adjourned
December 49, Meanwhile, the joint reso-
luton admitting Alabama as STATE was
passed and approved by President Monroe,
December II, 1919, and on that day Ala
bama took her place in the union as an
equal of all the other states.
That is a brief statement of the birth
of the state, and it will be seen that events
succeeded each other with unusual rapid
ity, for Alabama became territory and
then a state in less than three years. 1t
is interesting at this time to note the
names of some of the men who formed
the first constitutional convention and
the first Legislature. Among them We
find the names of Bib, Fitzpatrick, Jack
son Toulmin, Saffold, Herbert. Watts
King. McVay, Moore, Chapman, Dale,
Mummy. Pickens and doubtless others
whose names are not now recalled. They
were the names of men who played hon
orsble and prominent parts in shaping
and directing the affairs of the state
through the MANY events which have been
crowded into her eighty-seven years Of ex-
istence Among them were future gov
ernors, United States senator's, represen-
tatives in Congress. army officers. one
yisa president and other high aud hon