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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Salmon Family of Alaska.

From the Washington Herald.
 There is nothing more curious con nected with the finny tribe than to watch the doinRs of the salmon family in Alas ka'' said Frank Watson of that terri tory
 "The most singular thing of all is that after the females deposit their spawn their earthly career terminates, and l have seen the bottoms of creeks covered with their dead bodies. They give birth to thousands of their kind and immediate ly die. The young ones are then taken care of b ythe male salmon, and it is a well known fact that in three years from their birth the offspring reappear on the very ground of their origin. There are four varieties of this superb fish which make their appearance in regular order of succession.
 'In the spring the first to arrive is the magnificent king salmon which weighs all the way from fifteen to ninety pounds. I have myself caught one weighing fifty two pounds. About June 1 comes the sockey, a red salmon. which visits our shores In enormous numbers and which is the common canning variety. A little later appears the log salmon. which only the Indians will eat, and finally, in Au- gust and September, the beautiful silver salmon arrives, the prettiest fish in all the world and one of the most palatable.
 "When the salmon enter the fresh Wa ter, by a curious trick of nature their skin becomes red. but this pink hue does not affect the whiteness of their flesh. 1t is seldom that salmon will journey up a glacier stream, but the streams that have lakes at their heads literally swarm with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Triumph of Utility.

Ralph D. Paine in "The Builders in The
 Outing Magazine for December.
 The call of the Great Lakes is. Hurry, Oh. Hurry Fasterl' If "the liner is 9 lady" the cargo boats of the lakes are husky, sweating men with their sleeves rolled up, ever in furious toll with mer- ciless task master driving them. To be filled to the hatches with ore or grain or lumber, to reach their destination. unload and hasten back for another cargo, this is their business, and for this are they built.
 Along the water front of Buffalo you see no forests of graceful yards and spars, nor the towering bulk of the liners and freighters which overtop the warehouses of the New York docks, Clustered along the elevators and ore docks are the long, low lake carriers, in tonnage surpassing most of the ocean cargo steamers. But they look like from four to six hundred feet of steel trough with a lid on it; at one end a wheel-house, at the other a smokestack and row of cabins, and be- tween them a clear stretch of decks as long as a city block. This Is the steamer of the Great Lakes. a triumph of Ameri- can utility and adaptability, which can handle more cargo in less time than any other transportation device ever made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

56-piece Dinner Set for $6.9S. 10O-piece Dinner Set for $1o.25. 1OO-piece French China Dinner Set for $1s.95.
 Haviland Sets up to S15o.0o. 1O-piece decorated Toilet Sets, as sorted colors, $3.48.
 12-piece set same decoration, $4.9S.
 1O-piece set, gold stippled and floral decorations for $4.50.
 12-piece set, same style, for $6.43. Other sets $1.98 up to S35.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
Miracle of Chance.

Ralph D. Paine, in "The Builders in The
 Outing Magazine for December.
 Steam and electricity have wrought no more spectacular miracles than in the handling of cargoes on the Great Lakes.
 One of the first cargoes of iron ore ever mined in the Lake Superior region was trundled aboard a little schooner about fifty years ago. Four days were required to put three hundred tons aboard her. A week was required to get the ore out of her. Two seasons ago the great steel steamer Augustus B. Wolvin loaded more than ten thousand tons of ore in eighty nine minutes, or in less than an hour and a half. And this huge cargo was jerl<ed out of her in a little more than four hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

1EIS Christmas filled with Christmas things to please
 Christmas spirit is full swing here You are helped at this store spnddy helped by the great loads and piles o You being served promptly and correctly here by experienced eo
 handle great holiday ton and getting the very low
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
At American Embassy.

Ambassador Tower occupies one of the handsomest private mansions in Berlin, situated on the Koenigs' Platz, and near the famous Sieges Alice, where stands the statue of every ruler of Germany from Albert the Bear to Emperor William I, and that very ornate building the Reich stag. 1t is an imposing house, the living rooms being reached by a magnificent stairway which leads from the reg de chausse to a gallery upon which the whole group of rooms used for entertaining the most assiduous entertainers in the diplomatic corps at Berlin stand the American ambassador and Mrs Tower, which quite overshadows those at the White House, because there is more style, more elegance, more decorum and they are second to none given at the German capital. On arriving at the embassy ones carriage door is opened by a footman in livery, and one passes into the house be- tween two lackeys who stand at atten- ton. An usher directs the guests to a dressing room, where delft maids help re- move their wraps. This accomplished the cards are handed to one of the ushe1s
 and passed by him to a secretary, who makes note of name, address and day at home Then begins the ascent up the marble stairway. carpeted with red velvet,
 between the liveried lackeys who are sta- toned here and there along it's length. At
 the door of the drawing room the guests are presented by the secretary of the em-
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bassy to Mrs. Tower and the ambassador It is all quite simple, but everything is so perfectly arranged that there is nothing 10 criticise. Not even the Whitelaw Reids, who spend more money than the ambas- sador at Berlin, entertain more elegantly or in better taste than the Towers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
A
 Real T 'o,y World

If you would see real toy world with all it's denizens, and all the vehicles and things that the inhab- itants need and use, come to this great toy store, and you'll meet lovely dressed dolls at 25c, soc, 7Sc, and as high as $1o.oo, and you'll and here carriages that are priced for 25c and up; and then you'll find here these toys
 Hobby Horses, $t.5o to $1o. Games for Sc up to $1.oo.
 Picture Books, Dc and to $1.oo. Daisy Air Rifles for 85c.
 Loop the Loops for 75c.
 Magic Lanterns, S5c to $4.es. Milk Wagons for 65c.
 Mechanical Toys, 25c and up. Mechanical Trains, 35c and up. Tin Trumpets, Sc to SOC.
 Jonted Dolls, 23c, 48c and 85c. Plush Horses, 35c, 75c and $1.S5' Gocarts for 25c and up.
 Toy Stoves, 35c to S5.
 Black Boards, 25c to $3.50. Tool Boxes, 25c to $500 Steel Wagons, e8c, SIPS, $1.50 to S2.25.
 Goat Harness for any size goat. Drums for 10c, 25c, soc, 75c and up.
 Foot Balls for 59c, 75c. S9c and 9Sc.
 A c Blocks, Sc, DC and 25c. Steam Engines for 75c up to $5 100. Toy Furniture Sets. '19c, '33c, 4sc and up.
 Horse and Cart for e3o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16
STORIES TOLD OF
 GERMAN EMPEROR
He is Proud of His Hohenzol-
 Iern Descent
CRONY OF AN AMBASSADOR
Well Acquainted With American A. fairs, But Member of Reichstaq Says Kaiser Is Not Broad
 minded as Roosevelt.

Emperor William has more pride in his race than in any of the other glories he has inherited or acquired, but as proud as he is of his great United Kingdom, of the progress it has made in the last quar- ter of q century, as proud as he is of his high position, of the immense power he holds, and of his children, he is prouder yet of being a Hohenzollern, says the Washington Herald. From that first Con- rad who left his home in Suabia to seek his fortunes with the Emperor Barbaros- sa, and become Burgrave of Nuremberg, and founder at the present reigning family of Prussia, the Emperor knows the his tory of every member of his house, and has tried to unite in his person all the august qualities of his forbears. to elimi- nate from his character all their weak nesses. It is great to be Emperor of Ger many, but to the Emperor's mind it is greater yet to be a Hohenzollern. and if he should be compelled to choose between his scepter or his blood, he would un- occasionally choose the latter. The re- mark, therefore-although he is self confessed duInlIef Ol | IIeSlueHl ieoooSNSi' made by an Agrarian member of the German Reichstag to an American friend, who, following his presentation to the Emperor had been eulogizing that mon- arch would hardly have.pleased him.
 "Ach" said the Agrarian, Ger is unser Roosevelt not so broad-minded to be sure; not so quick; not so autocratic, but still the best Roosevelt we have"
 MT. Tower His Friend.
 Speaking of the Kaiser, the American ambassador at Berlin. Mir Tower, is one of his best liked cronies The word cro- nies is used adVisedly, for no other word quite so well describes the degree of in timacy to which the Kaiser admits his favorites. He never forgets to be sure, his postion-he is always the Emperor; but he does on occasions relax the royal pose and gives and takes bandinage in the most amiable way. Ambassador Tower is a frequent guest at the Emperors table, and whenever questions about America arisc the Emperor invites his presence and quizzes him as only the Emperor can quiz MT Tower insists that his knowledge of this country, institutions, political sys- tems, manners and customs is wonderful for one who has not passed months here, and the Emperor is constantly surprising the Americans he meets by the questions he asks and the familiarity he shows with affairs in this part of the world.
 | The Kaiser is also a great friend of the ambassadors two little girls The friend l ship began in this way. Shortly after MT.
 Tower was accredited to Berlin. he dined with the Emperor. who, as is his custom
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for he not only wants to know the men at his court. but all about their connee- tions-asked him of his family. MT Tower told him the family history, and then, laughing said that. his two little girls had followed him to the very door, asking him about the Emperor. and beg ging him to remember everything the En- peror said, so that he could tell them. The Emperor was very much amused pleased perhaps. is a better word. for he loves chlldren-and a few days after the royal carriage stopped in front of the en- bassy the footman carrying to the door a bundle of toys which the Emperor had himself selected for his little American friends. Since then he has always re membered them at Christmas, and no subject in his empire is more loyal or de- voted to him than these daughters of the American ambassador.
 Presentation at Court.
 Last winter three young American wom- en residents in Berlin were presented at the German court. They had seen the Emperor only on parade, at the opera, on horseback or reviewing his troops, when he seems a severe and austere man, every inch an Emperor, so that the three little girls from America prepared for their presentation" with fear and trepidation. For weeks they practtced their bows, the management of their court trains, and even made up little speeches to say to the Emepror in case he should address them. But the affair went off much easier than they expected and when one of them was asked what she thought of the pre- sentation. said: "Ohi He was lovely. and so was the Empress; and it was much simpler and nicer than it is at the White House, where it is so crowded that one never can show her train. There was chance for a beautiful sweep at the pal ace"
 The Emperor is keenly jealous for his country. He would place her at the very head of the nations of the world have her navy rule the seas, and he would have German the language of commerce and diplomacy. This latter ambition came to him from his grandfather, Emperor Will liam I, and from Bismarck. who, after the German Franco war, instructed their diplomatic agents to use German, instead of French, then as always the accepted medium for diplomatic speech, whenever it was possible. When the German am- bassador at St. Petersburg mentioned this to the Russian premier the latter replied Certainly. there is no objection whatever to that. We all understand German. Of course you must expect our replies to be in Russian"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-16

China Cream Pitchers. China Mugs.
 Shaving Mugs. China Bon Bon Dishes. China Puff Boxes. Jap China Tea Pots. Jap China Chocolate Pots. Decorated China Plates. Decorated China Trays. China Cracker Jars. Mayonaise Dishes Fancy Cake Plates, ald tn sands of other pretty articles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18

b influence OF q Jesuit back In Canton dur
ing the raging Of q great plague and by him
had been baptized and taught the rites OF
the C~hurch-this thing Samuel Unlock had
not remembered. Nor had he remembered
how It was that the priest over in Canton
had rrst taught him as q boy to read and
20 speak English; how when he came TO
America forty-three years g he brought
with him a record OF his baptism, inscribed
in English, which he could read.
Unlock changed his name when he came
to America. His family name was sam;
this he kept as his given name. Unlock he
devised by running together his two other
names with the elimination of unnecessary
As Samuel Unlock he came
to New York many years ago and began
to practise Chinese medicine.
As the years wore on and more OF his
countrymen began to Ali up the quarter
still more. He had come to America and
terner, n who knows.
When he first came to New York there was
nc joss house L go to, no praye raI ers to
burn in the big brass urn; anyway was he
not a Christian? But many more fellow
COunLTy Wen CAME 10 tuS bJIcttb dTOunu
whore Unlock lived; they brought their
squeaky fddles and their shrill oboes,
which sounded Of nights those sam tunes
that the river boatmen play or the Si-kiang
during the hot Canton nights. The smell
Of the dried ducR 8, the hot burning tobacco,
the roasting rigs came all the way from
Canton to Pell street to assail Unlock q
nostrils.
Samuel Unlock, the Christian, could get
never a dollar for his powdered tosds and
his oil Of snails from the pock cts Of his
ailing countrymen. Sam Lok Tin, who
asted prayers on red strips Of Far er in
the entrance Of the joss house and who kept
a CUP Of tea Int " punks before the pic-
ture OF his father alv ays-he could max
money, yes even though he had cut his queue
of.
The squeaking fddles and SOU ealing
oboes, the smells OF the ducks, the tobacco
and the roasting pigs and more particu-
larly the discrimination made in favor OF
Sam Lok Tin-all these things combined
to sweep away the last vestige of old
memories. Samuel Unlock had fotten
everything.
50 the Chinese physician lived his life-a
Chinaman. Even though he took into his
home a white wife he was yet a Chinaman.
When evil times came and with the wasting
sickness. poverty and hardship, ever then
he was q Chinaman.
But Samuel Unlock, who had forgotten
all, remembered at the end. 1t was when
death felt its way with creeping fingers to
his throat. He called the black CARRIED
priest over to him and said;
Il wan to bless myself. Father. l want
you to hear me and see II it is right. I used
to know how to say it many years ago"
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SCHOOL BRASS BAND
Membership . Reward for Good Deport-
ment and StudIous Habits.

From the Topeka ca pitoi.
Membership in a brass band as an incentive
TO school attendance Is an idea developed in
TO success by a teacher In a back county
district in central Kansas, II. d. Wilson OF
Dickinson county. The plan has resulted In
such satisfactory results that IL is attract
ing much attention from teachers OF that
section and is being studied as to its psrma-
nent effects.
Mr.. Wilson was for some time a teacher
OF music in the county high school. Last win
ter he applied for the school and was EN-
ployed. He found that the attendance was
small and irregular: tardiness was so COM
on as to be the rule instead of the excep-
ton. He organized the band to interest the
thirty pupils in the work Of the school.
AT first there was trouble getting instru-
ments." he explains. We purchased some
by subscription. the board helped US to some
and the remainder we borrowed. Then we
gave entertainments and obtained the whole
amount needed. BY that time the school was
becoming enthused. ! made membership In
the band a reward of merit-sttendance,
Lessons and department must be satisfactory.
The country boys and girls grew greatly in
terested and noon and recess we're given up to
practice and instruction"
Luckily'the schoolhouse was a mile from
any dwelling, so none was disturbed.
All winter the practice went on and dur
ing the summer the pupils met to keep up
their enjoyment. One day they went to the
county seat and played on the streets and
hundreds OF persons crowded around them
to watch the girls and boys make sweet music.
All were surprised by the excellence of the
time and the harmony. Every pupil in the
school has a chance to belong to the band,
though Of course the little ones cannot do
so yet. Every family in the district Is repre-
sented.
The attendance has become remarkable
for It's regularity" says the teacher. The
department is exceptionally good: hardness
Ia almost unknown. though many Of the
pupils live three miles away. There has grown
up a comradeship between myself and the
pupils that makes us like one contented family.
II seems like a transformation in the school.
The band played at the county fair. II has
received added appropriation from the dis
trict and is In demand for every entertain
ment in that part Of the county. The mem
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. Mh, she Chose the HYmn.

From ne London Evening Standard.
L. was usual a. tho family devotions In a
household to ask one Of ths domestios
TO choose q hymn. II happened that tho
maid selected one OF such an unsuitabls
~ or that her mistress questioned her
10 why she chose n.
The girl. appearing very reluctant to answer,
her mistress pressed her TO do 70. At last
she replied. 7 chose II because II was my
pOlicemAn's number"
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oers are saving the money earned from en-
tertalnmcnts and next summer the band
hopes TO take a trip 10 Kansas City and Chi
caso' giving the young folks their first sigh,
OF a city"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-14
COIOnist Rates

Commencing February 18th. and
continuing daily to and including
April 7th. and from September 18th
until October 81, 1906. eOlOnist tick
cts via be sold from the East to All
points on Oregon lines via. Portland
Fol'Owing rates trom Omaha Neb.,
ssSi Council Bluts. la, S25; Kansas
City, Mo, t25; Denver. Colo; S2S;
S. Joseph. Mo. t25; 81 Louis, Mo-.
$50; Chicago. III, SIS. II you desire
you can make deposit WITH agents
ami tickets Wil Be furnished your
friends In the East A. L CRAIG.
ID GensFal Passenger Asent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-14
DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATOR'S

While ell the grafters and politicians
IN Oregon nearly are trying TO defeat
the election Of senators by direct vot,
Of the people, the national congress
has acted.
The people Of Oregon are asked tC
elect another legislature THAT SHALL
wRANoLE AND DEADLOCK FoH
FORTY DAYS 10 end In electing Z
man 10 the United states senate by
tho use Of money and corporate inau
cnce
Read just what has been done In
congress aud then ask yourself. shall
we endorse the greatest reforms that
has come up before the people In half
n century. or SHALL WE SUSTAIN
THE OLD CORRUPT WAY OF oHoos
mo BENAToRB7
"A resolution providing for The oiec.
tion Of snatoru BY direct vote Of the
people hsa been favorabiy acted upon
By tho houss committee on election Of
president. vice prouidout and repre-
scntativos in congrcu, The resolution
introduced by mr. Morris. OF Nebraska
makes tho torn OF members OF the
house four years instead Of two. Both
propositions are b be- accomplished BY
amendmnta % the constitution. Rsa.
sons why tho tcrna OF momboruhip
should bo four years arc stated 20 be
booauhe no party can iuaugurate its
policy IN two years
"rho people are tired " the report
says. "of this continuous drama. aud
ar a result are inclinci 90 give no nt
ioniion 90 thc primaries aud the con
venlious the very foundation of our
political system thc form wherein
tho eounlFy's Interests can best be-
guarded and protected.
"With au election every two years
the political CRATER Who thrives On.
partisan strife aud on the nervous
uncertainty of controlling candidates
fof oniee. .s able 90 live from one slce
iion 20 another hy che Doodle secured
az his unholy business The adoption
OF ihe proposed amendment would rru
der Be lees possible for this creature
10 ply bic trade. "
Regarding che election OF senators
by direct vote, che report saws,
"The proposition 90 provide Cor tbe
election of senators by direct vote of
the people has been before the house
and has received favorable consI Iera
iion upon several occasions 4 PROPOSE
tion 10 am,nd ihe constitution having
this object in Wow PASSED TIm
HOUSE AT FOUR DIFFERENT
TIMES. AND BACH TINE PRACTIc
ALLY by A UNANIMOUS VOTE. o"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-14
First Christian

The pastor will preach at 1880 a,
m. Subject; Necessity foE the Res
direction. Bible school at l2 m
Junior e.. r, az 8 p, m. Senior O. r. al
$3.50 p. M. There viii be special Easter
services at 1880 p, me and the pastor
viii speak briefly. A cordial Invitation
extended 90 AN.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-14
r1rcr1oN DATEs no EENnABEI

Primary election April 20.
Reeisration books again opened
Aprii % and close May 10.
Last day for fling names for state
and district ofaccs March 80.
last day for hling names for county
onicss April 4
Canvassing votes for nominating
state and district candidates May 8.
Last day for hiing nominating peti.
lions for county ofHeou May 10.
Last day for aiing certificates Of nom.
nation May 8.
General election June e.