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The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

utmost efforts and careful economy. he
grew rich but slowly. Twice a year he
wrote TO Nina. bidding her wait. He
had Mt length secured bootblack
stand of his own. and was free man.
But Nina. in fRr-away Genoa, had
no desire to wait. She had already
waited too long. by her own calcula-
tion, and wanted to come to America
and wed her Angelina. She wrote to
Philadelphia. as the name Is spelled In
Genoa. and told Angelina that life was
short. and that IT was wise to make
the most OF II while It lasted. There
is no real way to lerGthen II out.
though Nina didn't say so In those
words; probably that is how she left.
At all events. Nina. who had become q
lady's maid in Genoa. eventually had
the opportunity to come to America
with her patroness; and so she came.
Angelina hadn't expected her. and
when she arrived he had S4o IN the
savings bank. where the vaults are
Just bursting with money. often
when he went to deposit his dollar or
two. Angelina looked longtngl, at the
vaults. and wondered why he. too,
could not be an American millionaire
and earn 81 or IS n week. every week.
and live in n large house and have
just what he wanted to eat. Then he
thought OF Nina. and became patient
and went back to work. And so when
Nina arrived he had $40: and more
over. he had learned that in America
that Is not much money.
However. he was overjoyed to see
Nina again. and she was radiant when
she saw him. She remained In her
place OF employment, while Angelina
was to save up his earnings. When
the latter should have grown to 500
Il was determined they should n. lrr--
mot before. She, too, saved her
wages. and Angelina blacked boots and
~. 60
day big, red-faced American. who
boarded In the hotel Mt the corner. sat
down in AnGelino's chair to have his
boots blacked, and read the paper
while AnEeliro worked. All at once
the big. fat American began to laugh
and then roar. Angelina looked up In
surprise and Eazed Mt him.
THAT beats ALL" said the American
aloud. "Binnick going to mary. Ha,
ha. He's old enough to eat hay"
Angelina being interested In anything
that related to marriage, asked in his
broken wnv what was the cause of
the merriment. The customer pointed
paper and said:
Sec that--that's Binnick-old Bin
nick. that keeps the paint store. Ard
he's going to get married. You know
old Binnick7"
Angelina knew old BInnics. He got
"a hundred dollars. why. he's got
barrel Of money-a barrel"
How you know he get married.
ah7" asked Angelina.
And then the man whose boots were
blacked explained that old Binnick's
name was on the list OF marriage
| licenses issued at the City Hall.
"Then he get married" said Angel
ino.
Angelina asked no more. Here was
n fresh complication. What II his
| name were to appear In the paper be-
fore he had 800? The thought caused
him anxiety. Nevertheless he knew
the Government was omnipotent. and
that II II ordered him to marry. marry
ne must. money or no money.
90 Angelina worked on and worried
not little over the possibility of his
name appearing in the list Of those
doomed to marry whether they had
money or not. On Sunday ne visited
Nina, who noticed his abstraction and
asked the reason. Angelina would
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
Fond Memories.

A hard-headed old Pittsburgh manu-
facturcr who made his fortune, as he
expresses It, with his coat or" was
induced by his daughters to accompany
them to Wagner concert. the first
he had ever attended. The next day
he happened to meet an acquaintance
who asked:
II suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night. Mr.. Browny'
yes; II took me back to the days Of
my youth" the old man said. with q
reminiscent sigh.
"Ah, summer days In the country,
girl In lawn dress, birds singing and
all thaty
mo, the days when I worked In a
boiler shop In Scranton. Success.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

A portrait Of the son and heir Of the
Czar of Russia recently made public
seems to belle the statements issued
from abroad that the infant Czarevitch
Is deaf mute and an IDIOT. The baby
prince Is unusually bright and has
never had days Illness in his -
months Of existence, though many
papers have often reported him as be-
ing in an extremely critical condition
Czarevitch Alexis, as he is officially
known, was born on August IL. 1904
at the very darkest moment of the
fortunes Of Russia during the war
with Japan. Notwithstanding the
trouble sometimes through which the
Russian government has passed. the
infant who will some day succeed to
the throne Of the Russian government.
has thriven in adversely. The ac-
companying portrait was taken at the
Russian Palace ut the express wish Of
the Empress.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
WIFE LEADS BLIND<CHAPLAN.
One of 0,c Touching Sl0hto IN ehc
House Of Representatives.

Few persons. who. on visits to the
House OF Representatives, see Mrs.
Henry N. Couden. wife OF the blind
chaplain. fail to be impressed by her
gcntlcncss and dignity. WIN uhtnil'
Ing fidelity she accompanies her hus-
band to the door OF the House. and
after rcsigning him into the hands q
page she waits in the lobby. until
tho end of his prayer. Then she ac-
companies him home. Mr.. Cniden
seldom fingers In the House nfter ms
prayer IL finished. but few or the
legislators, from the speaker down to
the youngest recruit. fail to salute nm
und his gentle little wife: Mrs Souaen
resembles n Dresden figure In her
lowered silk and old-fashioncd bonnet.
She cares not for changing styles. but
ycnr after year she wears simple
gown OF silk, with black bonnet t,eu
under her chin with nowercd ribbons.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

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The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
Beats Carncsic's Spelling.

D~otS carnegie = EDGHIUx.
"Saylil," exclaimed the girl at the
handkerchief counter.
"Wotsmatter now?' asked the girl
It the ribbon counter.
"AintchooCittin nuftoetF'
"Wojjaskin thatfur =
"Yooralookinkina thin"
"Aintneetber."
"Yartoo. Bcttcrficksher back hair.
Scummin down
"Quitcherruhberin. Mine jeroan biz. :"
"Saylil.''
"Saycherseff.'
"Jevyergitcherforchu told?''
"Yeh-wunsertwice Ever git
shoors?"
"Yeh. Ootole juhT'
"Erdkitsmith sayinso. Cumtroo?'
"Notchett."
''Thinkitwill?"
"LykaZnot. Letchoono fit does"
'Sayjen. Juno Kittenbills keepin-
cumpnyT'
"Awka moff."
"Troo sima StannIueer."
"Howjeerit?''
"Sallright. Iooleerab bout it soonuff.
Sayten, canchooketch on"
Say, there. you girls" interrupted
The floorwalker. Go back to your
customers"
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

They say Mrs. Krankley makes reg.
ular dolls of her daughters"
Well. it's true. She fairly stInR
them with breakfast food
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

The Bear and Thesis. ships used in
the Greely polar relief expedition. are
still in the service Of the United States
as revenue cutters.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
The Wise Rad,yarsi

n only myself could talk to myself
As I knew him n year ago.
I could tell him n lot
That would snve him n lot
Or things he ought to know.
--kipling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
SHE'S HUSBANDS BOSS.
De lure and De Facto Boston Woman
 Rules the Roost.

From the Boston Post
 Boston has one woman who is legally her husbands boss.
 The young lady is Mrs. Ellor Carlisle Ripley, one of the assistant supernten- dents of the public schools of the city and the charming wife of Principal Fred H. Ripley of the Longfellow school of Roslindale.
 Mrs. Ripley daws some $S5 a week of the Hubs wealth. about $500 more per annum than that charged by the man who has recently become her hubby"
 An assistant superintendent is virtually a supervisor, and Mrs. Ripley Is in reality her husbands superior and could fire" him in a minute If she saw fit
 Mrs. Ripley Is young woman of pleas ing personality, and is spoken of by her admirers as one of the most brilliant women of the Bay state. She has been in many ventures in the business world.
 She resides with her husband at 1247 Commonwealth avenue.
 If Mrs. Ripley taught school instead of being supervisor she would be in- eligible, according to the rules of the school committee. to marry. but she es- capes the penalty by being out of the "schoolma' am class and is $450O a year richer thereby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
NEST BUILDING IN THE FALL.
Mistakes Birds Make in Fine Autumn
 Weather.

We are apt to think that birds build only in spring or in summer, because that is their natural season and because their ancestors did so. But have you nev- CT thought that perhaps the heat or the nrfldness of the weather may have di- rect influence and may actually invite them to build? Here is a little incident. says writer in St. Nicholas, which saw last year. and which seems. to point in that direction.
 September A was springliSe in tempera- ture; fine rain was falling, and 1 was afield. watching a host of small migrants, chiefly myrtle warblers and sparrows, but especially interested in the movements of some young goldfinches that were learn ing to feed on thistles About a cavity in an old apple tree were four bluebrds ho- vering and warbling. Looking more close- ly, I noticed that each pair were trying to get possession of the hollow as have seen them fighting for a nesting place in spring. To my astonishment one male
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Unappreclated Hickory.

It is rather pity that our hickories should receive highest appreciation from us when they are yielding up their sub stance in roaring flames In our fireplaces, says Anna Botsford Comstock in Coun- try Life in America. For nowhere in the forest world can we find a genus of trees that is, as a whole, more attractive and define just what this impression was. of the hickories are beautiful in sum mer when their glossy foliage Is at its best: in autumn thls foliage turns the color of uncoined gold; and when bare of leaves. there is revealed oak-like twist to the branches which makes these trees most picturesque and beautiful objects in the winter landscape.
 We have never made as much commer- cially of the nuts as we might well have done. Our Indian predecessors knew how to make most attractive beverage from them. and the early settlers pressed from them an oil that was luxury. The pecan is the only hickory species that has been developed and cultivated to any extent; and this has only recently begun It's ca- reer as a cultivated tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
LONG SHOTS WITH LONG BOWS
one of se7 Yards Made in July-Dic
 Better In Old Days

Tn England they still draw the long bow In Tact as well as in fancy There are country parsons-they seem especially ad- dlcted to archery-who can keep four ar- rows In the air at once all timed to de ] scend near the center of a l5O yard distant target
 Flight or long distance shooting is. of course special department of archery. on the occasion of the meeting at "a Ton ! quet In last July Sir Ralph Payne Gall , wey' shooting with an old Turkish bow of curious make, somewhat resembling that or an American split cane rod (of force equiValent to ll2 pounds), shot one of his I Turkish flight arrows (weighing about three-f1fths of an ounce) for the astonish- ing distance of 367 yards, as carefully measured, on windless day. The previous record eff it's accuracy be equally reliable) S>~>ns more remarkable still
 In 1795 Mahmoud Effendi (of the Turk. ish legation in I.ondon), using a Turkish DOW still preserved at the Archers Hall, In Regents Park, accomplished 4SO yards
 With the exception of the Roman short 1 sword, perhaps no weapon has accom- plished so much net carnage as the Eng fish yew bow and cloth yard shaft. says Baily's Magazine.
 The wounds inflicted were always more dangerous and harder to be cured than those of any (unpolsoned) shot. and 1t was realized, at least among English archers. that the smaller the holes made in the body, the more difficult they were to heal; while the barb could easily be made In such form as to defy extraction. even by the most skillful surgeon.
 Even the bulky. slow-going ball of those days effected much cleaner injury, and often passed through the body of horse or man and was gone, while the effect of the cloth yard shaft, hanging and Tapping on the flank of wounded horse, rendered tho animal pxrfectly unmanageable
 In l5so 1t Is recorded that a party of Scotch rebels (bowmen) encountering 800 well-appointed horsemen of the kings did engage them and kill nearly 300 of the horses (besides staying or severely wound Ing most Of the mem, a success which would do credit to the Mauser rifle
 But the historic carnival of archery was, of course. the battle of Crecy Q346), when the English numerically half the strength of the French. reinforced as the latter were by those 15,000 Genoese cross bow men. inflicted a defeat familiar to every schoolboy.
 All the carnage of respectable modern campaign would scarcely strike the iniag- ination beside the spectacle of those -thir- ty thousand men at arms" and eleven hundred princes. dukes and captains left dead upon that fatal field, of wounds at which modern surgery would shudder aghast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

on occasions when it seems to him de- srable so to do.
 The aged Emperor of Austria. again. mas for years made use of an under. study.
 In conclusion. it may be mentioned that the idea of engaging a double of the kind alluded to above first suggested Ii. self to Count Capo dIstria, who was
 President of the then newly constituted Greek republic. from 1928 to 1881.
 Meeting one day in a wood near Athen, a peasant named Botzaris, who exactIv
 resembled him In face, figure and form. the Count asked him half f-joklngly how much money he would take to face the risk of assassination, to which he (tha CounD was so constantly exposed. The peasant promptly named a sum equivalent to about $500 of our money, and Capo dIstria closed with the offer. A few months later Botzaris was nur- dered at Athens. while returning in his masters carriage from the Panhellenfon or Green parliament. Another double D who came forward directly the news of Botzaris' death was made known, shared a like fate; and afterward nobody could be got to take over the Job for any con sideration whatever
 So the President had to content himself with promising that, if he were assassi- mated. his murderer should be walled up alive in brick tomb, and fed upon salted meat until he died. D'Istria was mur- dered October 9, 1884, and the hideous p,1n ishment was duly inflicted upon his assas- sins-two men named Mavromchaelis. the brother and son of a Mainote chieftain whom he had imprisoned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Wells as Weather Profits.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
 popular Idea in switzerland that some of the wells in that country are reliable weather prophets has been proved by sci entists to be well founded.
 These wells, by some sort of pressure, not clearly understood, have the property of drawing in air at certain times and of blowing out air al other periods In or der to ascertain definitely is there was any truth in the Idea of weati.er prophecy the wells were covered and C. small open ing was surmounted with a T-shaned pressure gauge. Ii was found that when the barometer rises the air rushes into the wells in a steady current and when the barometer falls the air rushes out
 The currents of afr are definite and easy to perceive, even without the gauge. The general tendency of the weather Is fore told with considerable certainty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

had a straw in his bill. He went into the hollow, tarried for a while and returned without the straw. Then the female went in and stayed for several minutes. The birds were so interested that l went to within a few yards of them before they left. In the hollow was the foundation of nest.
 A bird called the pine siskin, which l caught one day and which roamed about the house, found an old vireos nest and at once took possession, pulling and pick ing curiously at the loose flores as if to arrange them to a sislSin's taste. l have also seen pair of waxwings gather nest ing material when it seemed too late in the season even for them. Perhaps fur ther study of the birds in the fine autumn weather will show that they are often led to build useless nests It would be inter esting to know how far they may some times carry those untimely efforts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
UNCLE REMUS KNOWN FIRST TIME AS A POET;
 HERE ARE GIVEN ONLY POEMS HE HAS WRITTEN

TT IME and again Joel Chandler Har-
 ris has been written about and
 talked about as an author, as the portrayer of the good old darkey charac- ter of the ante-bellum days. as the writer of quaint and charming dialect. and of a fiction humorous and pathetic, which is read and enjoyed wherever the English ? language is spoken.
 MT. Harris has been written up in news papers and magazines as a farmer and horticulturist The fame of the snap bean farm at "The Sign of the wrens Nest. has spread abroad over the land and MT. Harris rose garden and his de- votion to flowers have been told of north, south, east and west.
 The home life of Mr. Harris. his char acteristics. his timidity with strangers all these and many other subjects touch- ing upon Uncle Remus, have been made topics of articles and stories published in many states and in many countries.
 But never has MT. Harris been written of as a poet.
 True, there is poetry and music in many of his prose writings which would entitle him to rank among the bards, but dis tinctly as a poet there has been practi- cally nothing said of him.
 And yet MT. Harris has written poetry; not merely a couplet now and then to add zest and beauty to his other works, but real poems.
 It has been a long time ago that these poems were written and published It was before the day when Georgia's great author became so widely and so popular ly known. And because of that populari- ty they will prove of a wider and more general interest today.
 Though written thirty years ago or more, there is in them that which comes from the writer's soul and bespeaks the future which has well and worthily come to him.
 Early in his career MT. Harris decided not to devote himself to poetry. He found his dialect and prose work more congenial and satisfactory, and with what success he has devoted himself to r the whole world knows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Ger him the seasons falter The long days come and go, And Fates swift-moving fingers Fly restless to and fro. Ger thee the west wind signing, Slow sways the slumbrous pine. And through the shifting shadows The bright stars gently shine.
 II. When springtime's murmurous gladness Filled all the listening air, And old earth's rarest favors Bloomed fresh, and sweet, and fair; When waves of perfumed sunshine Rolled OCT the ripening wheat May laid her crown of blossoms At Summers waiting feet,
  And Natures pulses bounded, As though infused with wine. Lifei was the seasons token Life! was the seasons sign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
A REMEM FRANCE.
(Atlanta, 1Sn.)

(AtIanta, 18H.)
 I. Soft, low and sweet, yet clear and strong, Rose the rich volume of your song, While on the languid August air That swept your face and stirred your
 hair, Invoked as by some magic spell. Wild gusts of music rose and fell. In the vague hollows of the night The calm stars swung steadfastly bright; A bird, belated in the gloom Flew nestward with bedraggled plume; A star shook loose her fiery train And swept across the sapphire plain. Then all was still-except the strong, Rich distone of your sweet song.
 II. l stood entranced; my soul was bound;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Stealing Into Society.
from the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 The government clerk in Washington who has been arrested for forgery and who says that she needed money to keep her place In society, as she was earning only s600 year. is afflicted with a low but common notion as to what makes so- cIety. The society which 1t is necessary to steal into is not worth cultlvating. The society that does not repudiate it's mem bers when they have been exposed as cheats or forgers is an excellent society to stay out of. whether 1t consists of mill lionaires or Indians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Beginning Oct. 8 the sleep ing car line now running be- tween Mobile and Asheville via. the Southern and Alabama Great Southern Railways will be changed to a Birmingham Mobile line. First car leaving Birmingham 1O:35 p. m., Oct. 9th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
Pace.

From Harper's Weekly.
 ''The race is not always to the swift. "
 "No," said Farmer Jinks looking remin- iscent, "but the swift is most always to the races"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Making the taking of more than ? per cent interest month for the loan or for bearance of money crime Is held, in Re Berger (Mo.) l.. R. A. (N S) 530, not to be beyond the legitimate powers of the legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
NOTES FOR LAWYERS.

Failure of a railroad company to give the usual and ordinary signals In ap- nroaching a highway crossing is held, in Cooper vs. North Carolina R' oo' 'N' C'' 3L.R. A. fN. S.) S91, not to relieve a traV- eler on the highway from the duty or looking and listening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

One who steps upon railroad tracK III open view of an approaching train' with- out looking to ascertain if train IS ap- proaching is held in Schmidt vs. Mis- so,iri P R. Co. (Mo) L. R. A. (N. S) 19e. to be guilty of such negligence that no recovery can be had for his death' al though the train is run in excess or the speed prescribed by the municipal ordi- nance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

The validity of statute forbidding bro- kers to traffic In tickets of railroad com- panles Is sustained in ex parte O'Neill (Wash) l.. R. A. CN. S.) 55S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

WANTED-As messengers, bright, energetic boys, of good character, who live with their parents. Can earn from so to $45 per month.
 POSTAL TELE.-CABLE GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

Melodous thralls enwrapt me round. lived again the wild, uncouth, Dear devious ways of my lost youth; But floods of song swept in and drowned The old-time singers, sorrow-crowned. saw once more the friends of old, And heard their voices manifoldj The waste, wan years slipped slowly by, With many change of sea and sky, With many change of form and hue And left me happy there with you.
 J. c. Harris (From the Savannah Morning News, June
 24 1876.)
 IN MEMORIAM. (Addie E. Smith, Blackshear, Ga. Aetat
 June 24, 1S76.) Dear child, a stranger, mourning, Slips from the worldly throng To weave and place beside thee This poor frayed wreath of song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07

bound to exercise only the care of an or dinarily prudent business man. and not to be liable as for fraud and breach of trust if he secures the fair and reasonable value of the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-07
JULIETTE.

From the Savannah Morning News.
 Laurel Grove Cemetery) Lo, here the sunshine flickers bright Among the restless shadows, And undulating waves of light Slip through the tranquil meadows. The hoary trees stand ranged about, Their damp gray mosses trailing, Like ghostly signals long hung out For succor unavailing. And marble shafts rise here and there In immemorial places, Embalmed in natures bosom fair And chiseled with Arts graces Twas here. Juliette you watched the
 skies
 Burn into evenings splendor. And saw the sunsets wondrous dyes Fade into twilight tender; And saw the gray go out in gloom Upon the brow of even, And watched to see the young stars
 bloom
 In the far fields of heaven. So comes the winters breath, and so The spring renews her grasses-- lift my dazzled eyes, and To! The mirage swiftly passes. Dear child, for many a weary year The rose hath shed her blossom Upon the tablet resting here Above thy tranquil bosom And many a season here has brought Processions of new corners, And many a wonder Death hath wrought Through all these fervid summers And naught remains of thee. ,Juliette Thy face and form Elysian, Save what the whole world will forget A dreamer's dubious vision.
 J. C. Harris