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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Men Whn i've on StiIts.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
 The people live on sixteen-foot stilts in the remarkable turpentine-growing country of France. They don these stilts after breakfast. They do not re- move them again till it is time for bed.
 There are two reasons for the wear ing of stilts in the turpentine country. One is the turpentine gathering. The other is the herding of the great flocks.
 The turpentine comes from the mari time pine. The tree is tapped, shingle is inserted and from the shingle is hung a tiny bucket, into which the tur- pentine drips. The tapping process is like that used on the American sugar maple.
 Young pine trees are tapped low, but with each years passage the in- cision is made higher up, so that it is not long before most of the trees are tapped 20 or 30 feet from the ground.
 Hence the huge stilts of the work men. On these stilts they traverse the flat country, covering five or six yards with each stride, and quickly and easily collect the turpentine that over flows the little buckets hanging high up in the trees.
 It is for herding also that the stlits are useful. The country is very fiat, and the herdsman, unless he continu- ally climbed a tree, would be unable to keep all the members of his huge flock in sight. But striding about on his stilts, he commands a wide pros pect: he is always, as it were, upon a hill
 The stilt-wearers carry 15-foot staff with a round, flat top like din ner plate. When it is lunch time or when they are tired they plant up- right under them the staff and sit down on its round, flat top. Then in comfort seated so dizzily high, they eat and rest and chatter-a strange sight to behold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

How Sad Thing is the Art of Humor!


 Wallace Irwin in Success Magazine"
 Seriously speaking, funny story is no laughing matter Humor is one of the worlds great institutions. a thing to be approached with reverence akin to awe, as something cold as the people, inn perishable as the pyramds-and often a great deal more ancient. If we abase ourselves before ancient and holy things can we afford to laugh at the capers of the convict chimpanzee, ewho in point of ancestry, antedates the Peter Lelys and Joshua Reynoldses of our baronial halls?
 Funny stories. furthermore, are usually based on something which is not funny at all. Their points, in fact, often depend solely upon an unsympathetfc view Of some great human misfortune. What is more pathetic to a sane mind that a funeral, or a harelip, or divorce, or a mother-in -law-yet, shades of Rameses, how useful they have become in vaude- villel
 l don't think that there are any really sde-splitting stories in the world. Some are merely a trife less sad than others, that Is all. How admirable Is the calm philosophy of the man who refused to ride with his mother-in-law at his wife S funeral because" he explained, it would spoil the days pleasure for mel" And yet there are persons so careless as to regard this as mere buffoonery.
 And so the endless procession of anec- dctes files by, none of them, as I have said, really funny-but some little less sad than the others. In the jocund days of heraldrc cid, when the woods were teeming with parfit gentil knights, and the sense of humor was less particular than nowadays every king had jester hired by the week; and the clown was furnished with certain appliance which made all his jokes immediately appre- ciated. What. prithee? Nothing more than a bladder on-a-stick When the jester came to the point of the joke he popped the bladder smartly on the floor. That was a signal "all laugh!" So the uproal was deafening. Those were golden days to ' live ini
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Great Press Aaent Triumph.

Samuel Merwin in Success Magazine"
 Once at Luna Park. Coney Island, a year or two ago, the press agents worked up an elephant story" which they found themselves unable to carry through. The plan was to announce that an elephant had wandered away and lost himself They started the thing in the papers, and then tangled up their scheme so badly that 1t was laid before Frederic Thompson. He took hold of it, hired furniture van, carried an elephant by night up through Brooklyn, across the bridge, through downtown New York to the Battery, and by ferry to Staten Island. In the early dawn the elephant was turned loose, and, being an elephant, he naturally took to the water. A sleepy policeman found him wading ashore, and. with the help of tramp who said he had once worked with a circus Git was the trainer in disguise), i,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Forestry Work No "soft Snap"
Thomas R. Shipp, in the Reader The vnllnp fellow who Is "loolSing

Thomas R. Shipp, in the Reader
 The young fellow who Is Hooking for a soft snap need not apply. for the work of student assistant is by no means easy. Nor will the government afford a pleasant vacation in the open air for young men In broken health. It is not a picnic in the cool woods that the student assistant will have. He will be in the cool woods In summer and the cold woods In winter He will live Tn a tent keep Inducements hours. as the somewhat dis couraging official bulletin. entitled "sug
 gestions to prospective forest students. !" reads He will work with a gang" get up at break of day, tramp the forest swing an axe, measure with calipers count rings on stumps and set down l figures in a book when his fingers may be so cold that the figures he makes look | like chicken tracks. He will do this day in and day out; at night. perhaps too far away to return to his tent. he will build fire, eat bacon and hard tack, wrap himself in the blanket which he has carried all day. and dream of the folks at home. It Is likely that he will do this the next day. and perhaps several other days So there Is good reason for the none too encouraging words of the bull letin, bodily soundness and endurance are absolutely essential for those who take up the work of forest student
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Modern ParabIes.

From the Smart Set.
 The Hippopotamus kindly patted the Frog, who thereupon died. Sad, wept the Hippo, profusely, but think how l comforted his last momentsp Don't get excited, said the Duck 10 the Hen, when they both were thrown into the water.
 The Thoroughbred Horse was driven out by his kind and herded with the Asses. You will soon feel at home,' these told him comfortingly. And 1t was
 Tn the course of time the Eagle died. "See." chirped all the Little Birds. what comes of flying high"
 ..What do you do to keep so beautiful?" they asked the Butterfly.
 q? I do nothing" she replied
 The young Chat had Disappointment. You will get over it in day or two,' said the Elephant kindly.
 But the Chat died of old age at the end of the first day.
 .etIave you ever thought, my son, how much time is lost in playing cards?'
 "Often-in shuffing and dealing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Real Easy Money.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 "The easiest money I ever made" said a local shipping man the other day. was handed to me in New York not long ago. I was visiting there and had little time to myself, so I bought a paper and went down to the river front. saw an adver- tisement Tn the paper saying that tug was to be auctioned off that day, so I went to the place and stood around ex- amining the tug After while man who had been watching me came over and be- gan asking questions. told him l was in- terested in boats and was from Philadel- phia Then he asked What are you doing down here? I came down to this auction sale said. Well, said the man. If you want to keep on the right side of the boys you'll do something for me. Here's sl00: do not bid on the tug I took the money and departed had not the slight est intention of bidding"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Readinq-Room Stories.

From The Reader.
 man In charge of a department In a large reference library in Philadelphia was asked by a woman caller for book on geology She sat and read 1t all day. The next day she called for work on botany. For four successive days she read history. astronomy. essays and photography. On the last day she returned the book and confided to the man in charge that she did not know what to read during the next week.
 What is the object of your reading?" he inquired
 Well. it's this way" said the woman. q wasn't well educated and I don't play the piano or sing-an-' She hesitated and looked at him wistfully. Seeing sym pathy in his eyes, she proceeded: "I have been afraid for some time that l was losing my husbands love. know my con- versation isn't interesting, and l thought If l could read up on some useful things my talk at the table would hold him, and he might stay in nights"
 What Is your husbands business?' asked her listener.
 He has string of horses at the race track,' she said.
 On another occasion the same librarian was confronted by brisk young Wom- an of twenty-four or twenty-five, with @ very business-like way.
 "What have you on Buddhism?' she asked.
 The attendant brought out several vol umes on the subject.
 "Oh, dear those are too large. I haven t got time to read those big books. Haven t you something shorter-a small book?"
 The man showed her the article on Buddhism in the encyclopedia.
 'sEven that is too long. I haven't got time to read that. You see, I'm going over to India as a missionary, and l merely want to get the main points, so I can confute their theories"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Thought Lady Was Flirting.

From the Kansas City Star.
 There is new motorman on the Roanoke line who is young, has curly hair, and out in his home town he was considered quite cut-up. He is just learning his work. Yesterday out near the end of the line pretty girl stood at a crossing. As the car with the gallant young motorman at the helm approached, the fair one gracefully waved her hand, the custom in signal ing a street car to stop. The new mo- torman appeared delighted. He let go his hold on the airbrake handle long enough to wave his hand in re- turn, raise his cap, smile and bow. And the car sped merrily on
 "Why in the thunder didn'tyou stop for that passenger" demanded the amazed instructor who stood at the new motorman's elbow.
 'Is that what she wanted?" inno- gently asked the wavy-haired one. "I thought she was trying to fiirt with me. don't let none of these gals get the best of me in this here fiirtin' bus iness."
 "Well, can you beat that?" mur- mured the instructor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

kept him in custody until Thompson could send around for him. The after noon papers announced that the ele- phant had swan the lower bay from Coney Island to Staten Island. A tug captain reported sighting the beast in mid-channel. The Staten Island police captain wrote to Thompson and Dundy to suggest that they do something" for the tramp who had so nobly helped them out. The newspapers, though they smelled mouse, had to give it up; and from that day to this certain shrewd reporters have wondered how that elephant really got to Staten Is- land It will be readily seen that to carry through so wild an exploit called for nerve and skill. The tug captain was of course subsidized. But the habits of that longshore policeman had to be observed pretty carefully be- fore the elephant could be successfully planted" on the beach. It was even necessary to induce the ferry captain at the Battery to back out and receive the van on the forward deck. because 1t was too high to pass through the boat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

A charming western wedding took place in what looked like a dogwood forest. Masses of the wild flowers had been brought In the day. bel 1re and every corner and wall space was banked with the great branches. A sort of arbor effect of the branches was made at one end of long reception room and under the roof of this the ceremony was performed. The fruit blossoms of spring are exquisite for adornng a home wedding. Pear. cherry and crab-apple furnish the pure white that some prefer. If you care to turn the rooms pink the peach blossoms will help you. Mountain-laurel Is one of the loveliest flowers that grow for decorative purposes. Field daisies can be banked and twined in much the manner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Which Did She Prefer?

From the Baltimore Sun.
 When she entered the car 1t was easy to see that she was very angry. Her chin was high in the air and her lips were set in rigid line. The car was crowded and every seat was oc- cupied, so she pushed her way up front with determination that gave further evidence of her vexation.
 She reached the front end of the car just as a tall, good-looking man rose, and, lifting his hat, asked in a pleasant voice:
 Wont you have this seat?"
 "No, won't" she snapped The young man was surprised, but sat down again without speaking.
 For about five minutes she rode along, hanging on to the straps. Then the car gave a sudden jolt and she was thrown uncerimoniously into the young mans lap. She blushed vivid red, and struggling to rise was almost on her feet when another lurch threw her back again.
 Madam" he said quietly, in the same good-humored tone, Eff you pre- fer this seat to the one I offered be- fore. you are quite welcome to it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Flowers and Weddings.

From HarperS Ba2ar.
 Many decidedly fashionable weddings have an arrangement of banked palms and ferns overhung by loose mass or roses against the wall. and nothing more for the couple to be Framed in. If the country is accessible. you may make your wedding beautiful by adorning the house with treasures of the woods and fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

of roses, and they are especially charm ing for a wedding that culminates very young romance. for we always associate them with girhood. They can be wound in garlands or ropes and fcstooned iron. the ceiling, or made into q lattiee-work upon It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
losinu Its Charms.

From the Buffalo Express.
 Visitors to the country this year will undoubtedly miss the straw rides of happy memories. Uncle Slas has noth- ing in the line of a pleasure vehicle now but a swift automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
concedIna somethlna.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Doctor--Now. sir, you must stop drink ing between meals.
 Luschman-Let me suggest d compro- misc doctor.
 Doctor--Well. what is it?
 Luschman-I'll stop drinking between drinks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
His Favorite Play.

From the Washington Star.
 What Is your favorite play?" asked the girl vino quotes Shakespeare.
 Well" answered the youth with long hair, "I believe I like to see a man steal second as well as anything
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
THE ART
OF PLEASING

Somebody said it is better to be
beautiful than be good. But it
certainly is better to be good than to
be ugly. 1t is better to be charm
ing. A woman cannot charm be
cause she wants to. man is not
agreeable because he sets out to be.
Quite the reverse. In effort is fail
ure. The proper effect must like
repartee. be spontaneous and unpre-
meditated. 1t must be radiated nat
urally. like light and love. Books
there are that pretend to tell how it
is done They do so quite as compe-
tently as grasshoppers teach entom.
ology. The ability to charm, to be
agreeable, to entertain perfectly en-
tertaining is an art apprehensible on
ly through influences generally prem
atal but always prolonged. The mere
technique is so volatile that it must
be inhaled Lige the Malfair inton-
ttion. little by little. it must be alb
sorbed.
KINGS and thugs may ahpsh the
amateur in the art OF pleasing hut
.ra artist is at home with them. &c
ruis himself in harmony VITA them
In the ability to do that is the whole
ecret OF the art of pleasing Edgar
saitus in the October Delineat1r.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
Call For Convention.

Notice is hereby given, that the
Democratic senatorial convention for
the 10th senatorial district, will be
held, at the county court house. in
the county of Delta, on the 2Sth day
Of September. 1906 at the hour of
IL o'clock in the forenoon of said
day. for the purpose of placing in
nomination, one candidate for the of
fee of state senator, for the 10th sen
atorial district: and for such other
business as may properly come before
such convention.
The following counties comprise
said district; and will be entitled to
the following representation in said
convention:
Delta County. 10 delegates.
Mesa County, II delegates.
Such delegates to be elected by the
county conventions to be held in said
several counties.
PORTER PLUMB,
Chairman Committee
HENRY II. RHONE.
Secretary Committee.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
LIST OF BOOKS ON ITALY.

The following books which may be
of use to the Womans club in thei
study of italy, are to be found on the
shelves of the public library:
History of Italy, Kirkland,
Short History Of Italy. Sedgwick.
Italy. Deecke.
Private Life of the Romans, Johns.
ton.
Italian Life in Town and Country
vInari.
Stories in Stone from the Roman
Forum, Lowell.
Ave Roma Immortalis, Crawford
Roma Beta, Howe.
Venetian Life, Howells.
Literary Landmarks of Venice
Hutton.
Literary Landmarks of Rome,
Hutton
Literary Landmarks of Florence,
Hutton.
Literature of South of Europe. Sis
mondi
Literature OF Europe, Hallam.
Italian Literature, Garnett.
Great poets of Italy. Kuhns.
Italian Romance Writers. Kennard.
The Divine Comedy, Dante
Commentary on the Divine Com
edy." snider.
The Saint. Fogozarro.
The Bethrothed. Manzoni
Renaissance Masters Rose
Also the following magazine arti-
cles are on file:
Land of Lady Poverty. Outlook
Ang. 26, 1905.
Life on a Tuscan Farm, scribner's
May, 1905.
Beginnings of Italian Nationality.
Outlook, July !. 1905.
Church and State in Italy, Out
look. July /, 1905.
Italian Recolleetions, scribner's,
April. 1905.
The Coming of the Italian, Out
look. Feb. "a. 1906.
intellectual Alliance between Italy
and United States, Nation, April, 20,
1906.
Italian Stage of Today. Critic, Aug.
1906.
New Italian. ministry, Nation. Mar.
s, 1906.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
DAVE DAY
HAS QUIT

The Democrat management has
said that it would turn over his paper
to Mr.. Thomas H. Tully on october l,
Mr.. Tully married our only daugh-
ter. II he can run 1t now, he can
after We are among the also in; If
not why impoverish the estate?
He must get a live man to help;
the business is his as business man
ager. and he cares for it in a most
admirable way He cannot do more,
or can he entrust it to other hands
The profits of the concern Justify a
live man, under his management
As to our future. it will be largely
loaf. life of unrestraint and with
no duty beyond such as We elect tc
have it.
We do not have to work. at least
not Is hours a day. and beyond Q
shady tree, warm stove and oui
grandchildren. we have no want. nC
desire. no expense other than tobac
co and a bottle in the sideboard
We have no desire for other thar
the plainest clothes. the simplest foot
for this and the happiness Of those
we love. and we are n hard lover o.
| children.
Mr. Tully will have no opposition
none that he can figure out, none thai
combats a business management
just bluff. On October 1st the
/ books will be balanced and he car
run the paper and keep the whole
id works. 1t is up to him to run it.
or else to We or others to sell it. The
simple life is ours.
Forty-four years of the strenuous
| is enough-Durango Democrat.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
A SECOND
CAMP BIRD

Word has reached Leadville that
Thomas f. Walsh. the millionaire
mine owner, believes that he has dis
covered another Camp Bird bonanza
in the Ouray Mining district and that
the new strike will rival that famous
producer with which the name of
Tom Walsh has been indissolubly link
ed.
John w. Benson, Walsh's right
hand man, and the one who has more
to do than anybody else with his min.
ing ventures. has been searching the
country for months in the effort to
locate a possibility for his employer
to equal II not eclipse his former
record in the Camp Bird.
According TO reports he has found
very prospective bonanza from which
he has been devoting his energies and
has sent word to Mr. Walsh that in
Poughkeepsie gulch in the ouray dis
trict he believes that the field has
been found.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21

Hair switches at Blackstone Gray
Co.
See Platt and Heron for the new
Winona wagon.
Mems $375 velour calf bluchers at
Shoe Store.
Watch the want" column in the
Daily Sentinel. 1t will pay you.
Five chairs. each in charge of a
thoroughly competent and courte-
Gus workman. compressed air sys.
TEN, latest appliances, splendid sani-
tary arrangements. cool comfortable
parlors. in fact the very best serv-
Use all around at the ]. w. Clary
barbershop on Fourth street oppo-
site post Office Each patron gets a
chance on a fine pair of shoes given
away every two weeks.
A new company or irrigation con
cern in which c. T. Whistler, Mesa
county man is Interested, filed arti-
cles of Incorporation in the Office Of
the county clerk OF Moab. Utah. yes
terday The Elgin Power and Water
company. is the name of the new con
cern. 1t gives Elgin as the place Of
business and is capitalized at SEA
900, nearly all of which stock is paid
up. The object of the corporation is
to carry on a general irrigation bust
ness. 1t names the following as its
officers: President. L. p. Hill;
Vice President. W. G. English; Sec
retary W. G Morgan; Treasurer,
C. E. whistler.
One of the strangest stories ever
told in a divorce court was revealed
yesterday in Milwaukee in the petit
tion for divorce flen by Mrs. Edna
WeIch. against Herbert WEIGH,
wealthy farmer of Ripon. Wisconsin.
The woman shays she married Welch
twenty years ago. After the cere-
mony was performed told her to go to-
her fathers home until he could pre-
pare a home for her. He passed
every Sunday with her for two years
and then suddenly stopped calling.
For eighteen years she has not seen
him. During that time he has grown
wealthy, but lives alone. He sup
ports two daughters, who live with
his mother. Mrs. welch has all |
.hese years resided with her father.
The daily sentinel., 1906-09-21
COMMERCIAL TRAINING.

It is a necessity now in business In
the eastern and middle states bust.
ness colleges are being established
in nearly all the better towns and
students are focking to them. More
and more of these who have special
tarining are coming west and will fill
the best places II our young people
are not as well fitted for them, The
Grand Junction Business college
seeks the best for her own. Night
school for those too busy to attend
in the day.