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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
REFLECTIONS OF. A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Some girls are so modest they pre- tend they haven't got any ankles.
 There is always somebody grooming about the mortgages; it used to be the farmers; now it's the automobile owners.
 No matter how bad anything turns out, there is always comfort in it for lot of people who are able to say they told us so.
 When a man has been used to living in a fiat he must feel awful lonesome and desolate when he dies and is In such spacious quarters as coffin.
 When you hear woman brasgns about all the things around the house her husband can do to perfection, that S her way of not fretting because he can make much of living for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
Thanksgiving Day.

Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving. Every body and everything, except the turkey, will have cause for rejoicing. The in- nocent gobbler, alas, will pay the death penalty.
 Thanksgiving day is legal holiday in Alabama. The banks will be closed and the postoffice will observe holiday hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
PRESS POINTS

Houston Post: A Connecticut woman has patented a new hair pin. Was there anything the old one could not do?
 Nashville American: Andrew Carnegie s deformed spelling seems ito find favor with the typewriters and those with one hundred-word vocabularies.
 Portland Telegram: To all feminine protests agains tthe sidetracking of wom- an suffrage in Colorado, a sufficient re- ply should be. Its the latest style.'
 Providence Journal: Who is the great American humorist? Unquesuonably E. H. Hartman, who says, T do not con- trol one mile of railroad
 Arkansas Gazette: The newspapers are saving much about continued daylight robberies in Pittsburg, but daylight in Pittsburg is quite dark enough for rob berries.
 Washington Herald. "Is the country welded to policy of tariff robbery?' aske an Indiana contemporary. We are not sure, but if it is, the country is clearly entitled to a divorce with ali- mony.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
The Pure Food Law.

"A great deal of interest has been aroused among merchants, druggists and the public as to the putting into oper- ation of the pure food law enecated at the last session of Congress, said q caterer.
 Many goods already on hand will have to be rebranded or relabeled if the law is enforced to the letter.
 Tt will be distinct benefit to those who cater to the public in that they will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
A sso,ooo TooTHPIcK.
he Pittshilrg Dispatch

Charles M. Schwab was in a reminis- cent mood the other night while convers- ing with several friends in the corridor of the Waldorf-Astoria. He pulled a toothpick from the pocket of his waist coat and after glancng at it thoushtfully said: Do you know that I never look at a toothpick without recalling the time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
The Iron Market.

The iron market holds it's own. Pig metal for prompt delivery commands S25 per ton on No. basis.
 For the second quarter of 1907 No. 2 foundry is quoted at slS.50 to sl9. Sales have been made by the Tennessee com pany at $19.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
TRADE NOTES.

Special attractions in dry goods-Tessle and Maud.
 Biffer and Bowers announce that they will take back Christmas presents from recipients who don't want them, at one third the original price.
 Some of the leading thirst parlors are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

After the football season is closed the open season for Congressman viii be in our midst, and we may regret the change.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The Joliet Evening Herald observed it's third birthday by issuing a most creditable anniversary edition. The Herald has been remarkably success full. although young in years, and is au excellent newspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Mayor Schmitz says he is not guilty by large majority, and he is hurrying home to deny the allegation and dety the allegator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Charles E. Hughes will be ably soc onded by democratic lieutenant gov ernor and other democratic officials
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Maxim Gorky left this country be. lore the Caruso incident occurred, but he will no doubt include it in the next indictment he draws against us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

A rabbit broke up church service in Oklahoma because the feminine part of the congregation acted as if it were q mouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Richard Croker, John D. Rockefeller and E. H. Hartman were once silent men, but they are dishing out advice daily at present, thus rivalling James J. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The Porto Ricans have resumed the simple life, but they are ready to vote for T. Roosevelt if Congress will give the word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The President comes home to find that negro troops outrank in the pop nlar mind the Panama canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Mayor Schmitz looks weary and worn. Bad men as well as good men often look that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The Hill melon is considered worth S25O, ,000 O00, and it is to be cut for tho benefit of a choice lot of investors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Senator Shoot may plead that the Mormons have never entertained the marriage-trial proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Bishop Potter says that we are not greedy, a statement that should De taken with a grain of salt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Tim Woodruff chipped in $20,000 to the New York state campaign. lie wants to wear Platt's senatorial toga.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

A Pennsylvania man bought boy for two chickens-at the turkey time of the year, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Calves blind millionaire is not b prevent her from making a concert tour. Of course not. Great is the pre- $ agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Do your Christmas shopping in the morning while the clerks are fresh, and do it at once to avoid the rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The annual Christmas rush begins to engage the attention of those who desire to avoid it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Douglas, Alaska, has no lawyer, and seems to get along pretty well under that handicap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

We are keeping a sharp lookout for the appearance of January-first-water- wagon joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

ff1 HIS world is all right but the (Op people are not" says Hetty
 Green. Her philosophy is correct, but what would the mistress Of finance desire? If people were all right they wouldn't be people. They would be angels or demigods or something else too good for this old earth. where tribu- lations sweeten life. You never see pessimist who hates the material world. The cynic directs his shafts, not at the mountains or the lakes and the rivers, but straight at the follies of men. To be sure, the world Is all right, and if you will try to put up with it's people you will find that most of them do fairly well.
 THE GRAND OLD U. s. A. This is a land of hurry and worry,
 This is a land of grab, Of milk and honey and tainted money And racket and bluster and gab. Here you may see the swellest regalla Cover the commonest men, Or simply by fasting win fame everlast- And lose by the stroke of pen. This is the land for taking big chances, This is the land of the plunge, Of labor and strife and the frenzied life And the thrust and parry and lunge. This is a land where any old thing, Regardless, Is certain to go, Where no one is trusted and saints are
 disgusted
 At all the confusion below. This is land where the people are fight
 CTS,
 Where it's easy to pick up scrap But the old U. S. A. is in spite of its way, The dandlest land on the map.
 NOTIONS.
 As rule the man who gives advice freely feels that he is justified in ignoring the hat when 1t Is passed.
 Nine-tenths of the people who think they know the original route to happiness are travelling some other road.
 After all, life is chiefly a scramble for something to eat and something to wear. It doesn't pay to think you are down and out, even when you are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The negro troops will celebratae Thanksgiving Day outside the breast works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
ALABAMA PRESS

Montgomery Times: New York has a millionaire who beats a base drum Mill lionares will do almost anything to make noise these days.
 Moulton Advertiser: Roosevelt is going to suggest an inheritance tax to Con gress in his next message, and this looks like he intends to steal all of our demo- cratic principles.
 Gadsden Journal: The riddle of the Sphinx" is said to have been solved. There are, however, a number of things yet to be solved whose solution will add equally as much to the welfare of the human race.
 Baldwin Times: President Roosevelt evil dently never entered into any compact or agreement with Booker Washington in reference to the punishment of negro troops. This is one matter they did not arrange at the dinner table, at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

No one should offer any one pinch, now that snuff-taking is no longer prac- ticed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The boycott in England has just smashed a s6O, 100000 soap trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES.
A FAREWELL

showing handsome lines of Christmas goods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

 goods.
 A FAREWELL. Old Father Gobbler calls his brood, All in a melancholy mood And speaks, Alas my children deal That dreaded season of the year Is now at hand when we must part For perceive with beating heart, Some preparations under way, While Bridget sings a merry lay, That bode no good for you and me, Who wait our doom in misery. Tomorrow is the fatefu1 time When we. forsooth who did no crime, Must gaze up on the dreadful sheen or steel and face the guillotine' The Rev. John Talbot Smith calls Shaw literary scandal Wow!
 PERSONAL
 Rackety yack!
 Teddy's back! Senator Platts secretary will resign. Disguised? If Jack O'Brien defeats Burns, he is go- ing to hire a tutor in English. Here's hoping, Jack! If you will be good to the letter car rier, maybe he will bring you a letter every day.
 ON YOUR WAY. Keep on hoping, brother, till your earthly race is run. Keep your spirits roasting way up high, Hustle over obstacles and climb them one by one Troubles going to leave you by and by.
 Chicago has a widows trust. Think up something to be thankful for tomorrow. cent bulb.
 WISHING. I'd like to be the author of rapid selling And figure in the papers every day d like to win in every thing ever under took
 And make million dollars any way. I'd like to have a town or two and luxu- ries to burn I'd like to lead life of gilded ease I'd like to own an auto car that wouldn't overturn, For I never was so very hard to please. Less favored grand opera tenors are losing sleep wondering how they may get into trouble. Mark Twain's "Diary of Eve' was barred from the Charlton public library at Worcester, Mass. The regrettabe fea- ture of the case is that Mark doesn't need the advertising. Cheer up for tomorrow, any way PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

A newspaper rhymer has the nerve to call himself a poet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
A POET.

He sang a little song of love, A simple verse or two, And all tho world did pause to hear The story told anew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Even King can lose his collar but ton. King Ed did
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Russian daughters are sold to ger food, and American daughters to get titles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Boni realizes that he is ridiculous and it hurts his silly pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

This, kind friends, is the time to do your Christmas shopping and avoid the rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Rockefeller is keeping his money s, that others will not be led by it into Sin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

It is plain that Governor.elect Hughes intends to be his own boss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Senator Platt's secretary will resign. Disguised?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Nicola Tesla admits that he is |; great man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

If you will be good to the letter car rier, maybe he will bring you a letter every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

If Jack OBrien defeats Burns, he is go- ing to hire tutor in English. Here's hoping, Jack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Dr. Crapsey's farewell is the genuine article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28


 After the football season is closed inc open season for Congressman viii be in our midst, and we may regret the change. Calves blind millionaire is not b prevent her from making a concert tour. Of course not. Great is the pre- $ agent.
 Bishop Potter says that we are not greedy, statement that should De taken with a grain of salt.
 
 Senator Shoot may plead that the Mormons have never entertained the marriage-trial proposition.
  l Mayor Schmitz looks weary and worn. Bad men as well as good men often look that way. The annual Christmas rush begins to engage the attention of those who desire to avoid it. A Pennsylvania man bought boy for two chickens-at the turkey time of the year, too.
 Douglas, Alaska, has no lawyer, and seems to get along pretty well under that handicap. We are keeping a sharp lookout for the appearance of a January y-first-water- wagon joke.
 The negro troops will celebratae Thanksgiving Day outside the breast works.
 No one should offer any one a pinch, now that nuff-taking is no longer prac- ticed. Russian daughters are sold to get food, and American daughters to get titles.
 
 This, kind friends, is the time to do your Christmas shopping and avoid the rush.
 Rockefeller is keeping his money s, that others will not be led by it into l Sin.
 Boni realizes that he is ridiculous and it hurts his silly pride. -.s---
 It is plain that Governor-elect Hughes i intends to be his own boss. A newspaper rhymer has the nerve to call himself a poet. l
 Even a King can lose his collar but | ton. King Ed. did.
 Nicola Tesla admits that he is ;' great man. Dr. Crapsey's farewell is the genuine article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1S79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

The Rev John Talbot Smith calls Shaw a literary scandal" Wow!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28

PERSONAL. Rackety yack! Teddy's back
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-28
ON YOUR WAY

ON YOUR WAY. Keep on hoping, brother, till your earthly race is run,
 Keep your spirits roasting way up high Hustle over obstacles and climb them one by one Troubles going to leave you, by and by.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16
ELECTRIC PLANT FOR PEAT.
Product of Dogs DisinteSratcd, but
Retains Heating Power.

Product of Dogs DistnteYratcd, hut
Retains Heating Power.
An electric process for the treatment
Of peat has lately been adopted in Eng
land at the Johnston & Phillips works.
The peat IS transformed into n hard
combustible, which is we'll adapted for
use under boilers. The operation Is
said to last two and Il half hours, and
the material costs less than ordinary
coal. The combustible which is thus
produced has a high culorific value and
gives scarcely my smoke.
A plant on q large scale is to he in.
stalled in Ireland and II successful ii
will be an important move in the direc
ton of utilizing peat as fuel under the
best conditions. In the present pro
cess the peat as it comes from the boys
is placed in cylinders, which revolye
at a high speed, while a set Of air fans
is used to drive off the water. which
forms about 50 per cent Of the total.
a set Of electrodes Is placed in the
cylinders and connected with Il
dynamo. The circuit is completed
through the mass Of the peat between
the electrodes. The resistance which
the peat offers to the current causes 4
considerable heat and the latter breaks
up the peat and pulverizes it. but with
out causing it t. lose any of its prop
critics.
In order t. increase the conuuctivity
Of sUlIc kinds Of peat they add GER
tain chemical products. After this
process the peat is treated by Il set Of
kneahing rollers. which give it a plastic
consistency 50 as to enable 1t to take
any desired form. From here it passes
to an automatic press which forms it
into briuurttcs. 1t Is then ready for
use and is taken to the storeroom.
it is to be remarked hat although
the passage of the current through the
peat gives rise to q heating effect the
results obtained in this way are quite
different from those which another
fire heat the particles Of the peat lose
their different constituent matters,
while the electric heating causes them
to d~isintegratc, thus freeing theI" eel
lular material and distributing it
throughout the entire mass Of the peat.
Thus all the particles become adapted
for combustion.
To obtain a harder material the d.
aggregated peat is given a larger
treatment with the current. The air is
kept out by a tight cover, and the mass
is then treated with an adhesive solu,
ton SO rs to unite tile particles. The
experiments have been made with the
process on Il large scale and at a great
expense, and it IS said to have bee,
greatly improved in the details and can
how be applied commercially.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16

are in place, fill the box with damp
sand to steady the slips and keep them
from moving, and then put on the lid
Of the box and fasten it by glue so that
1t Will not open. Arrange this wheel
on the wire axle so that one side Of 1t
ome directly above the p.nhoie in the
boiler.
Now remove the plug from the lars-
er hole, and fill the boiler with water;
then close it, and light an alcohol
lamp under the boiler. When the wa
ter boiIs, the steam will issue from the
pinhole in the boiler, and striking the
paddles of the wheel, will cause it to
spin very rapidly.
\ grOoved wooden wheel may be
glued to che side OF the paddle wheel.
II q string run around the grOove
may be connected with any Of the
toys that are to be set in motion by
miniature steam engines. You may use
for the grooved wheel a small spoo!
such as %buttonholc silk is wound on.
This engine will serve for your
amusement as well as a purchased one,
and an ingenious boy can improve OIL
it and elaborate 1t as much as he likes.
Peoples Home Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16
A Snow n

Lowell and Caroline live in one house
and Elsie and Lloyd i'll the next, ant
the four play together in the big bach
yard that stretches behind both houses
One day, when the SHOW was sofI
and sticky, Lowell, who is on Europe
and Asia in geography, fancied a spo'
of untrampled snow looked like the
continent of Europe, and he began tt
shape it more perfectly.
He told Caroline If she wished thai
she might make an Africa to go with
the Europe and Asia he was making.
Caroline hurried into the house after
her geography, for she did not remem.
Der all about Africa.
Elsie chose to make a map of North
with South America, for he had just
begun geography, and was not yet out
of the United States.
The eastern hemisphere is the hard,
est to do, because it is so irregular but
Lowell and Caroline modelled it in the
damp snow, and Lowell helped Elsie
and Lloyd.
The next day they added Greenland
and Iceland and Australia and Japan,
and other islands. Another day they
made mountains and mountain ranges,
and since Lloyd had learGSd about vol
canoes, he was allowed e make those
and to sprinkle ashes or the tops. They
began to find geography more interest
ing than all their other studies.
When u snap Of colder weather came,
the children filled the rivers and lakes
with water which froZe; and since
they had made the land high, they ac-
tually flooded that part Of the yard
one night, and the next morning the
continents stood out Of frozen oceans.
Bays and CULTS and straits glistened,
peuinsulas ran out in the ice ocean,
and the islands were real islands.
Although the snow was now too hard
TO handle and model, the children could
mark the boundaries Of the countries
with twigs, put in capitals with brass
buttons, large cities with big buttons
of different kinds, and small cities with
shoe buttons.
They learned the school geography
lessons on this snow map in half the
usual time and with much more pleas
ure. Whenever one heard a new place
mentioned he put it into the country
where it belonged, and one morning
Lowell hurried out before breakfast
to make the Philippine Islands, which
had beer forgotten.
They sent chip steamers across the
ocean, worked on the Panama Canal.
explored the frozen north, and wher-
ever. all over the world. q war was
going on. they planted a small red
flag on that spot on the snow map
Youths Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16
A Scared Lion.

In the familiar stories Of the unarm-
ed man and the lion, it Is not the for
mer who trit1es with the situation.
There is a sort of poetic justice, there
fore, in the following incident reported
by the New York Press. A group OF
loungers were discussing the recent es-
cape of a lion at II Of the summer
parks just outside Of Newark, and one
expressed his belief that it must have
been something Of a scare
Scare" echoed a man connected
with the park. Il should say it was
a scare. The people made such a din
| vas afraid the poor old fellow would
die of fright before We could get him
back to his cage.
I'VE found him hiding behind a
tree, and it was ten minutes before
we could induce him to face that yell
ing mob and get back to where he
knew he was safe. He is ~theEgentlest
old fellow in the world, and never
would have wandered out had he not
been frightened by the man who fell
Into the cage from the cycle whirI
above. or course that upset him, and
when he saw the door open he nat.
urally ran out.
Then the people made such a nose
that his one idea was to flee. The
more he ran the more they yelled, and
when we did get him back it was
hours before he stopped trembling.
1T was a shame to scare the poor
old fellow like that"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16

All easily constructed steam engine
'Aa! DC mad" toy HHy boy with very
SIMPLE H!ateriAiN. IN Old haking-pow-
u'r poN Will TO for the boiler. Fasteu
i'S llu to 1t with shellur vurnish, and
punch two holes in the side Of the box.
one ABOUT the size of a pin hole. the
olller vs. large rs a slate leucil. The
larger hole must be fitted with Il wood
en- pug or a cork.
lour boiler is now complete, but it
must be fastened at its two ends be
tween two upright posts that are at
'arh"d to a Dashboard. so that the two
holes viii be a the top of the boiler.
IN" side posts should rise at least two
Inches higher than the top of the boil
er. II should be connected at the top
by a piece of stout wire, which will
serve as an axle to n stiff wheel, like
il Wnter-wheel, or the paddle Of a
steamboat.
This wheel is made by taking a large
PHI box, making Sits in its sides, and
slipping in pieces Of stiff cardboard,
Which project at least half an inch
on each side Of the box. When these
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16
Editors Vacation.

Ibid l 60 away for my vacationf"
repeated one Of the editors on a GER
tain morning newspaper, mot I. I
stayed right ut home and got acquaint-
ed with my wife, courted her all over
again, and even dug out our old mar
riage certificate. You see, most Of the
year l sleep daytimes, my profession
keeping me at the office most Of the
night. The nelghbors have even ex-
pressed curiosity about the mysterious
man who comes to my house in the
wee sma' hours with such haunting
regularity. 1t "a quite novel, almost
exciting, to sit on my own porch in
the broad daylight, and by way of
more boisterous delights I walked up
and down my green-sward. wild the
sun a-shinin' bright Every year l
put in my vacation time convincing
my wife that she Is a married woman,
and has a real, live husband, thereby
reconciling her to the remainder Of the
year."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.