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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
THE VALUE IOF PE-RU-NA TO ORATORS

though breakers were just ahead or a collision was imminent. Sometimes she Is seen tearing along with everything draw ing. when there is not a breath of wind, but usually she brings the gale with her, or close astern. Suddenly. just she seems about to run down the vessel that sights her, there comes clap of thun- der, the ships masts go by the board and she founders. The people of ths islands believe 1t to be the phantom of ship that went down in gale many years ago with all hands. Its useful purpose in appearing to them is to warn them of coming storms.
 "Other phantoms trouble the Galapagos Island people, and among them is that of low-hulled short-masted and long yarded brig, which they regard as the spectre of a pirate of the days of the famous Captain Kidd. This vessel Is never seen at sea, but always lying at anchor in some sheltered cove, and in good weather"
 Captain Lever then told me a strange and startling tale of the spectre pirate, and said that the tale is believed by every man along the shores of the Galapagos islands. T was on a voyage not long ago to Galapagos islands" said Captain Lever and my ship was manned by ten 1 men. all of whom will tell you that they saw the phantom brig as plainly as they ever saw anything.
 Smack Anchored In Cove.
 "Our smack was anchored in a cove one night, and lay there till morning, waiting for the fog to scale up. At day | break one of the crew turned out to see how the weather looked, and the first | thing that met his eye was most re- markable vessel lying at anchor just off the mouth of the cove, while her people were making trips back and forth be- 1 tween the vessel and the beach. few | of them staying on shore, apparently | gathering sea shells. After a while the 1 men on our smack concluded that the | stranger could not be gathering sea shells. l for they were far up on the beach and the tide was nearly at its height Then we took notice of the peculiar color of | the brig and of everything about her, men included She was the color of the l thick fog said one man, and others de- | clared that this described her very well. | Another thing that all of our crew mo- l ticed," said the old captain to me, Tor l they were all on deck shortly, was that | in all they did the brigs men made never the slightest sound
 "For little while our men wondered. | and then suddenly they fell on their knees | and began to pray for protection of the | saints had been looking at the stranger
 through my glass and had crossed my
 self. The crew looked at me terrified
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
ETOWAH PRIMARY
 IS QUIET AFFAIR
B. M. PIKE SEEMS TO BE LEADING FOR SHERIFF, WITH J. R. CAM BRoN A CLOSE sEcoND-No DIs- ORDERS REPORTED.

Gadsden, July 2s.-(Special) )--Twelve out of thirty-one precincts heard from show that B. M Pike is leading for sheriff in the primary election with J. R. Cambron a close second. It will require the official count to determine the result. Alto V. Lee. Jr., is leading the legislative t'cket with over $50 majority and shows gains all the time. H. P. Smith Is next on the legislative ticket and is leading his op- ponent by 200 votes.
 Judge J. H. Disque, who has no oppo- eition for judge of the city court, is re- ceiving a handsome and complimentary vote
 The election passed dff very quietly. no disorder whatever has been reported SO far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
child,s Remains Laid to Rest.

Columbus. Ga, July 2s-(Special.)-The remains of little Georgia 1fcknor, the 13-year-old daughter of Mrs. l.. NJ Tick nor who died at Auburn Thursday after noon, the result of burns sustained two ago, were laid to rest in Linwood cemetery, this city, yesterday afternoon, in the presence of many friends of the deceased. The family formerly resided in Columbus. The little girl was the grand daughter of Dr. F. o. TiclSnor the be- loved Georgia poet, who was the author of Little Giffen of Tennessee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
WEIRD STORY IS
 TOLD OF ISLANDERS
Capt. Charles Lever Tells of Phantom Ship Which Is AIwc
 Seen Before Storm.
BY WILL w. NELSON.

Decatur, July 2S.-(Special Mot long ago I sat in the pale moonlight among the palms at the Bienville hotel Mobile. My companion was Capt. Charles Lever, who had sailed upon the waters of every sea of this old globe. He was waiting for his ship to load with Alabama yellow pine lumber before sailing for Liverpool, England. Captain Lever and were old friends, but we had not met for several years.
 On this night the captain was In talk ative mood, and told me many strange stories of his travels about tine world on some of the largest ocean steamers.
 Give me a story, captain" said, "out of the ordinary
 All right. my boy" he replied, T have one that I have never related before; the fact of the matter is, have been saving it. hoping to see you some day, you know
 well, the scene of the story is Galapa- gos Islands, which lie in the South Pa cihc ocean, some 900 miles off the coast from .Guayaquil, Ecuador. and belong to that country"
 Knocking the ashes from his meer- schaum the captain continued:
 ''Down along the shores of Galapagos Islands the people believe as firmly In ghosts, spectres and phantom ships as did their Acadian ancestors 200 years ago. Just now they are much excited over a spirit ship that comes driving In from sea on stormy nights, with everything set and going like a race horse headed straight for destruction on the rocky island coast The fishermen of these islands claim to have seen this phantom of the deep and when it appears they al- ways put for port and stay there, know ing that great tempest is coming.
 Always Appears Before Gale.
 "The ratlves say the phantom ship ap- pears always before great gale, and she is full-rigged ship of rather ancient model with decks swarming with men, all running about very much excited, as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29

No man on the Alabama press is better qualified, 1t is said by men who are fitted to speak to get out a real newspaper than Kennedy. All this makes talk from him to Alabama editors or editors of any other state, a valuable text for the fellows who want to acquire the art. Kennedy is an admlrer of the western style of Journalism and thinks the Atlanta Geor- gian a great paper. He wrote John Tenn pie Graves that he thought so and that gentleman printed the letter in double column border-llned type on the editorial page The letter was Kennedy-like, good style and good English and to the point. Kenndy has a wife and three babies and loves Montgomery. or he might get away one of these days.
 w. 0. Scroges, Student.
 An Alabama man who is making his way Is w o. Scroggs of Auburn, graduate of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, ana member of the student forces of Harvard. His post graduate course Is in the de- partment of history, economies and poli- tical science of the college President Roosevelt Is always making famous, and he Is doing good work in it. He is now spending a few weeks in the library Of the state department of archives and history completing his reserach in the financial history of the state of Alabama. He be- gan this work last summer but was in- terrupted He will be here now six weeks after which time he will return to his studies at Harvard. His research here IS for the Carnegie institution of Washing ton, under the direction of Prof. Henry D. Gardner of Brown university, who has the special field of public fnence, and Prof Davis R. Dewey of the Massachus- etts Institute of Technology of Boston, who Is in charge of the history of bank ing. The work involves the looking over of the banking and financial records of the state to the beginning of the govern ment. which pr. Thomas M Owen, direc- tor of the department of archives and history, was fortunately able to supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29

MT. Samuel Mckinley, 1909 Askew Ave, Kansas City, Mo, member of the Society of the United States Jeweiry Auctioneers, writes:
 T can honestly say that I owe my life to Peruna. Afterl terl------------.--- some of the best doc-I IAUCTIONEER 4 tors in the countryI PRAISES gave me up and toldI pr he could not liveI ~ eo-NA another month. Peruna saved mo.
 ''Traveling from town to town throughout the country and having to go into all kinds of badly heated stores and buildings, sometimes standing up for hours at a time whl4e plying my trade as auctioneer, 1t is only natural that I had colds frequently; so when this would occur paid little attention to it, until last December, when I con- tracted severe case, which, through neglect on my part, settled on my lungs
 When almost too late I began doo- toring, but without avail, until heard of Peruna. It cured me; so I cannot praise it too highly
 Mrs. D. Malmgren, TT Cleveland St.. w Manchester N. H., writes: I was troubled with oatarrh in my throat and hoarseness. found Peruna, from which I received great benefit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
ID SELL ISLANDS
 ID UNITED STATES Ecuador is Worked Up Over
 the Discovery PRICE S5,OOOOOO IN GOLD A Wierd Story of Galapagos Island, Where the superstitIous Claim to
 See a Phantom Ship
 Prior to Storms.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, July 2S.-The gov- ernment newspapers have caused a sen- sation here by the publication of doe uments found among ex-President Gar cia's private papers. A document found treats of the sale of the Galapagos Is- lands to the United States. It appears that the islands were first offered to France. senor Garcias memorandum says:
 While at Washington I visited Pres ident Roosevelt and inquired whether the United States was disposed to take over the Galapagos Islands, paying Ecuador 100000 in gold for them, thus recognize ing Ecuador's sovereignty over the is- lands.
 MT. Roosevelt replied that he would recommend the proposal to Congress and was sure 1t would be accepted, offering to appoint the American minister to con- tinue the negotiations in Quito.
 "A few days later Joseph W. J. Lee, the American minister to Ecuador arrived in Ecuador"
 It appears that the Alvaro revolution which resulted in the overthrow of Se- nor Garcia. ended the negotiations.
 The official papers call senor Garcia and his ministers traitors for trying to sell part of the national territory. The negotiations with France are said 10 have been interrupted owing to the belief that the United States would not i consent to an European power acquiring the islands.
 Meeting of Protest Held A meeting was held at Quito, the cap- ital last night to protest against the action taken by Senor Garcia and his ministers.
 The Galapagos Islands form a group in the Pacific on the equator. 7S0 miles west of Ecuador. There are thirteen islands the largest, Albemarle island, being sixty miles in length.
 On Charles Island small colony of l Ecuadorians was established forming a penal settlement and this island contains most of the population which hardly ex- ceeds 400.
 As early as February, 1905. 1t was re- ported that the United States would ac- quire the Galapagos Islands, which caused the minister of Ecuador at Paris to protest against the reports that his ! government proposed to sell the islands He said that while the question of the sale of the Galapagos Islands had been discussed, no offer for their disposal had been formulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
XU Ho can know so we'll as an orator

AI IlO tdn huOW so WoiA us all OidloA " what an orator needs?
 Who has made such severe test of the virtues of Peruna as the public speaker who has been called upon day and night to exert his vocal organs to the fullest extent before large audien ces?
 Such a man knows what he is talk ing about. No seyerer test could be applied to any catarral medicine.
 Professor Bulkley. one of the finest orators in the land is a most indefati- gable public speaker.
 - He Is also a friend Of THE VALUE Peruna, because he LOF PE-RU-NA understands its value, Hro OpAnous both as a preventive
 and relief to all forms of hoarseness, sore throat, and catarrh of the vocal organs. Many others have had the same experience as Professor Bulkley.
 Mrs. J. A. Baker, 3S0 Locust Ave, Amsterdam, N. Y, writes: never be without it."
 -Four years ago I lost my voice, so that I was unable to speak above a whisper for seven weeks.
 T read some circulars in regard to Peruna. I bought bottle at once and took 1t in teaspoonful doses every hour and in two days I could talk. I will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
CALLS FOR TROOPS.
Two Counties In Kentucky Call On
 Governor for Assistance.

Frankfort. Ky, July 28.-From two sections of Kentucky today came calls upon the governor for state troops to protect negroes charged with crimes from violence. The calls came from the circuit judge of Graves county and the circuit judge of Knox county. The executive gave authority to mobilize the companies of troops at Mayeld and Barboursville, the two county seats.
 In the former case attempted as sault on a telephone girl was charged. while at Barboursville murder and robbery was the crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
Manchester cloth Market.

Manchester, July 2S.-The cloth market experienced a quiet week, the aggregate sales being hardly up to the average. Buyers were content to pur- chase only sufficient for immediate re- quirements, but business in the direc- ton of China was meagre, while In dian inquiries were less frequent than usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
RaIn Delays Tournament.

Chicago July 2s.-Rain again inter fered with the western championship tennis tournament at the Kenwood Country club The matches scheduled for today were postponed until Mon day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29
Receive ecuador's Minister.

Managua, Nicaragua. July 2s.-The government today officially received Fernando Sanchez, Ecuador's resident minister here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-29

Expert typewriting in all its branches done at home. "Get tonight-ready in morning. See J. E. K, Age Herald.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
No ono loves the man whom he fears
Aristotle.


II IL q question OF taste and fancy
whether one should make two bites Of
n cherry, but we all really make two
bites OF the word cherry" when we
use II In the singular. The original
English version OF "cerise" was cher
Ii" or chris" which was mistaken
for n plural, 40 that .cheri" or "chIrl"
was soon manufactured ~ singular.
Exactly so has "pea" come into being
ns false singular obtained from the
supposed plural aud true singular
"peasc." SHERRY" for "sherris' Ii an
other case. and SHAY" from ''chaisc."
"chnee' from Chinese" and corp
from Corpse" are others In vulgar
speech. Similarly ''riches' Is really a
singular. of which triclnesses" was the
old plural London Graphic.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
Wit IN CONGRESS.
Some Famous n~terta Made Dariam
the Heat of Debate.


One of the most famous Of Reeds re.
toria was made nj the expense OF
Springer ot Illinois. The Maine gInnt"
had Just read one OF Springer's own
speeches III refutgIIon Of the lattcrs
argument just concluded, The ILL.
noIsan launched Into philosophy upon
the privilege Of progressive thinkers to
change their opinions.
II honor them for IT." he continued.
IAN honest man Ii the nohlest work OF
God. As FOR mc. Mr.. Chairman, In tho
words Of an eminent American states
man, I would rather be right than bo
president
'srhc gentleman from lllinels needn't
worry. Mr.. Chairman" drawled Reed
Hell never be either"
During the bitter fight against Reed
rTles' the hpusr was thrown Into con.
vulsions by General splnola. who,
pointing 10 the painting Of tho "Siege
Of Yorktown" hanging In the hall,
gravely accused Speaker Reed OF count.
ing tho flessinns In the background OF
the picture IN order to make up Il quo
rum.
The general always wore tremen
dously high collar, 80 high, In fact, that
Representative Tim Campbell tapped
It one dav With the. .seyule Of his cane
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
#fSia y Il a4@
A Hundred Million kans.

- A peep Into The heavens through a
modern teleseare ~ a peep inio tho
very dcptlla ~ mystery. With such an
Mattumeat one may gnzt upon iOo,'
000.O00 gtatys. each of them d burning.
blazing atin. From whHt little we
know of creation we cannot but be-
lleye ihnt each of those suns ~ giving
light and bent to q train Of planets.
Just Iii tho aanin manner That our sun
gIycs lisl.t end life 10 bis little flock Of
worlds. Beyond those ioo00o,000 sums
there inny be hundreds Of millions
more. Thus they inay continue "sys-
tenn after system and worlds without
end"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23

nnu inquired, 10 the iyndtemcnt of the
house, "Is General gpinoIa withinw
\ During tho famous deadlock fight In
the house over the civil rights bill Gen.
cral Hen Butler favored Sunday scsi
sion.
"r.ad as | nm, have some respect
for God's duy." replied Sam Randall Of
Pennsylvania.
Don't thc Bible say that IL II lawful
To pull your OK or nHn out Of pit on
The sabbathf" asked Butler, lyon
have iblrtyFeytn asses on your side Of
the house, and | want to get them ont
of thia ditch tomorrow. ! think ain
engaged In holy work"
"Dnn't do It," replied Randall. Il
expect some day to see You In q better
world"
"Yon'll ite there. aa you are here.
member Of the lower house." flashed
back thn general, with telling effect.
American MArHy'ne,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
THE SpANiARo.
IfiM Courtesy, Ills Cigarette ana Mis
Lottery Ticket.


Lottery Ticket.
or the courteous manners OF all Span
lards d traveller writes "tio anxious liz
every one To be of service 10 others
that the stranger IL npt to consider the
Rpnniarda very ingulnltlyc people, An
experience Ia Madrid tralncnr was
enllghtcnlng III this direction. A won.
nh IN getting into the elir appeared 10
have slipped nnd hurt her foot, She
and her husband began IN animated
discussion upon the incident. and of
tho dozen others In the car every one
except ourselves craned forward 10 lis'
tcn. Tho passengers were well nsHorf'
cd. ranging bs they did from a captain
In uniform down 10 woman almost
of the beggif eiasA, Hut one and MI
IN turn Joined In the discussion without
exciting the leaat resentment opinions
being apparently welcomed. Gentle
men arriving NJ their destination ceased
arguing. raised their hats and went
out, leaving n,hnrrs In possession until
tho principals left"
'.'rhrre IN no hour Of tho day or
night which Il spanlard deems innppro-
pirate 10 the practice or smoking" tho
same writer observes. Whenever he
finds time hanging heavily. which Ia
frequently. he lights d cigarette. Time
hangs heavily on Hpaniard'a mind Ia
The brief interval between the courses
nj lunch and dinner. whenever be
wakes MT night. when travelling lse.
tween station and hotel IN an omnibus
and always when Ia railway train.
regardless Of ladies. The practice Of
smoking ia 80 universal III Spain that
railway Compartments for iiotsmoE'
crs exist In theory only, and the habit,
combined with that Of loud talking q!
NIL houra Of the night and morning,
makes tho average Spnniard nndcsir.
able as travelling companion, especial
ly at night"
or the sturdy beggara who overrun
Madrid. THE beggars usually have
some pretrnse for nsklne aims In the
shnpe Of dccrepit guitar or fiddle un'
der the cloak. where II remains An
other pien IN the sale Of lottery tickets
the lottery being great institution In
Spain. Each ticket costs . pegeias
tatoa: si,. and hegears In absolute
rags. nv often M not children. rush
about with strings Of these for sale. =
Chicago News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23

Esther Anderson, Astoria.
Nellie Anderson, Astoria.
Sophia Anderson, Astoria.
Ethel Blinn, Astoria.
Mrs. M. @. Barry, Astoria.
Mrs. Jennie Busy, Astoria.
Clara G.. Barker, Astoria.
Dora Badollet, Astoria.
A. +. Clark, Astoria.
Blodwin Davis, Astoria.
Mary Dealey, Astoria,
S. X. Dieble, Astoria,
Helen Dickinson, Astoria.
Marie Ellefsen, Astoria.
Mary Fossett, Astoria,
Laura Fastabend, Astoria,
Mrs. A, L. Fulton, Astoria.
I. N. Garman, Astoria.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
Registry Of Teacbers,

Lola B. Phair Astoria.
Florence Reynolds, Astoria,
Jessie Sands, Astoria.
Kathryne Shively, Astoria.
Katherine Sinnott, Astoria.
Eva i. Todd, Astoria.
Anna Nj. Thole, Astoria.
Nj. Gertrude Upshur, Astoria,
Emelia Z. Und, Astoria.
G. +, Willcutt, Astoria.
j. w. Allen, Seaside.
Mrs. Eva /. Endicott, Seaside.
Beatrice Robinson, Seaside.
Mrs. Helen M. Yergen, Seaside
Mrs. Frances Yoder, Seaside.
Ida Yoder, Seaside.
Maude Yoder, Seaside.
Rose o. West, Clatsop City.
Emma v. Hess, Warrenton.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
An infaiiibie Sign.

A student IN one Of the colleges WA
writing on paper In medical jnris-
prudence In which he was asked t;
enuumerate the signs OF death hy
drowning. After some more or less fu-
tile guesses he added. But the surcst
sign OF all Is Grape on the door,
Short Stories.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23

Mary Garner, Astoria.
Nellie Gerding, Astoria.
j. Gertrude Hulse, Astoria.
Mrs. A. Il. Huden, Astoria.
Carlotta Hess, Astoria.
j. w. Kester, Astoria.
Emma Knutsen, Astoria.
Mrs. Mary =. Lemon, Astoria
Lena Lium, Astoria.
Esther Larson, Astoria.
Karen M. Lauridson, Astoria.
Lille Lewis, Astoria.
Josie Il. Mccormack, Astoria,
j. w. McCormac, Astoria.
Rose Mattson, Astoria.
Ellen M. Nowlen, Astoria.
Selma L. Norberg, Astoria.
Annie Olsen, Astoria.
Annie M. Powell, Astoria.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
4 Mariana ffrrnch.

Intimate Friend What was the
brcae., ef esAn,oeiai courtesy Of which
you accused Senator Graballf Senator
Grafton ttlcrcelyl Why. the scoundrel
approached tho interests represent
aud offered 10 work FOR - per cent less
iegai expenses than they're paying me!
Puck,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23

Mrs. Harriet McCready, Warrenton
d. L. Dutton, Warrenton.
Edna Morrison, Warrenton.
Mrs. Gertrude Bradley, Hammond.
G. B. McCluskey, Hammond.
Cora v. Johnson, Hammond.
Linnie Small, Hammond.
M. v. Keene, Knappa.
Mabel Stevens, Knappa.
Ada M. Percefull, Knappa.
Rennie Bosch, Melville.
Mrs. G. &. Smith, Jewell.
9. E. Smith, Jewell.
Inez Foster, Jewell.
Anne Lewis, Fernhill.
Minnie Lewis, Fernhill.
Elsie Conklin, Clifton.
Sophia Gronnel, Elsie.
Ruby Shaw, Chadwell.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23
The Poets Trowbies.

Friend What did you find the most
dillicult thing when you wrote your
tlrst ycrsesf Poetic find some one
who would let me read them to him
Fiicgende Biatter.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-10-23

But for some sorrow and trouble we
would never know half the good there
In about us.-Dlckens.