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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Value of a Thoroughbred Dog.

During these times when scarcely an issue of the daily press appears without an account of some heinous crime or daring burglary taking place, !" said man who works at night. the question arises as to a remedy or pre- ventive of these attacks.
 "A good pistol in the house and some one behind 1t that can shoot is all right at times, but take 1t in a case like mine, where l am at work all night. This leaves my wife and baby alone. She can use a gun all right and has plenty of nerve. too, but at her feet constantly lies an English bull terrier who hears every sound and smells every strange scent that ap- breaches the house. To gain entrance to the house means a fight to the death with her ever faithful dog. If she has cause to go out of doors after night the bulldog leads the way. and woe to any intruder
 Any kind of dog is watchful; in fact, it is second nature, but thor oughbred bull terrier tops them all, as they do their thinking and acting at the same moment. and never make q sound until the fatal spring al their prey. Again, they are the most af- fectionate of the dog species. especial ly to women and children. A bull pup taken at the age of 2 months or so and raised with a family is never trouble some and learns the ways of the rest of the family very soon.
 An instance when the faithful dog would have played the hero role was a night or two ago when black fiend attacked an elderly lady near Mobile. Alone in the house, she heard a noise. only to turn and look into the face of this brute.
 Place a good dog in the house and it's value will outweigh three police men, and will be found the best solu- ton to question which has been and will be ever before the people of the South."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
Foreign Farce.

Do not call us foreigners" remarked q German yesterday In attendance upon the festival of song and sentiment in session in Birmingham. We are but na- lives and descendants of the older coun- try. We love that and this aiie-the home of our birth and the home of our adoption.
 To-day, in the lobby, I heard a colloquy. There was a German, an Irlshman and an Ameriean-born present. Said the Ger man: If I were not a German l would be an American Said the American: If I were not an American I would be a German Said the Irishman: If l were not an Irlshman l would be-ashamed,' and the conversation then ceased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
pREPosTEROUS.
ybody's s Magazine.

lrOH EVerybOdy's Magazlne.
 An aged Jersey farmer. visiting a cir clst for the first time. stood before the drdnedary's cage, eyes popping and moth agape at the strange beast within The circus proper began and the crowds left or the main show, but still the old man stood before the cage in stunned silencef appraising every detail of the misshasen legs, the cloven hoofs, the pendulous upper lip and the curiously moundei back of the sleepy-eyed beast Fifteen minutes passed Then the farmer turned away and spat dissustedly.
 "Shucks. They ain't no such animal!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
TYPEWRITERs WITH WORDS.

From the New York Press.
 new typewriter will sot on be put on the market which will wri te a com plete word at one stroke. This does not mean that every word in the lan- guase Will be printed so easil Y. Only twentytwo short words mos com monly used in correspondence have been chosen, and they will be in dicated in the keyboard like individual letters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A man can sometimes do a good deed if he doesn't know it is
 woman is never sure her married life is happy unless it isn't.
 When girl is proud of a photo graph of her it's a sign it doesn't look like her.
 Politics is letting the voters have ev- erything to say about everything except governing themselves.
 Whea you see woman dressed up care fully below the knees she expects to nlsat sonna muddy streat crossings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
PRESIDENTS PRrvILEe E.
m the Mobile Herald.

From the Mobile Herald.
 No newspaper men, or other nature takers will be allowed to go with the President on his hunt 1n Louis siana. If there is any nature failing to be done on this trip Mir Roosevelt pro poses to do it himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
GOOD EXCUSE FOR INSANITY.

From the Linevile Headlight.
 It is said that the people of Ala bama are wild on educational matters. If they have made up their minds to go crazy they can't select a better subject than education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
STATE PROHIBITION

From the Gadsden Journal.
 It looks very much like st ate pro- hibtion. That will suit us bet ter than a local mea sure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

If Judge Landis had fined the Stand ard Oil company something like $10 the chances are that Uncle Sam would have had the money in his pocket by this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

MT Wu is coming back to represent China in this country. He was very popular in Washington, and doubtless will be again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

black eye, it has certainly chosen a very effective way of doing so. 1 hope the Commercial club will take this matter up at it's next meeting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Oklahoma is declared to have be- come a part of the solid south, and the 2. o. D. expects President Roosevelt to do his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Congressman Burton of Cleveland should retain his congressional com mission, for it will come In handy after the November election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

While President Roosevelt hunts bears in the Louisiana swamps the mosauitoes will hunt him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The pay-as-you-enter cars are in use in Chicago and they may be put on down this way. It costs no more, how ever, to ride on one of those cars than it did in the old kind except when the conductor overlooks you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The corn has hardened, and so has the spring wheat, but all the cotton bols are not matured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The Mauretania will now proceed to out.turbne the Lusitania, and to cre- ate a new record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

One solitary republican Congress man won a seat in democratic Okla homa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

It is not at all surprising to learn that the two women who figured in Chicago's sensational case of mixed identities do not look at all like each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

and legislator, is in Mineral, Va, spend- ing few week recuperating. Before leaving he stated that as an extra ses- sion of the legislature was most probable, he felt that he had better prepare him self against 1t.
 Robert c. Crumpton, son of the Rev. w. B. Crumpton. is in Birmingham again for a few days. Soon he leaves for Chi cago to take a ost-graduate course. Mir. Crumpton has ben teaching in east Alabama.
 Frank Rainey a well known citizen of Union Springs, is registered in the city. Mr. Rainey stated that prohibition had struck Bullock county full in the face and the people were all agog with the sensation. He wouldn't say whether it would carry or not. but hoped that 1t would fail.
 R. H. Baugh, the well known sporting goods merchant, has returned after a short visit to his former home in Co., lumbia Tenn. After passing through a very dull baseball season. you can imag- inc how good it felt to idly contemplate the mountains, and see the cotton grow" said he yesterday.
 .,
 'I am as much in the dark concerning the return of Mayor Ward as any other citizen in Birmingham" declared Fred M. Jackson, who managed the mayors last campaign, yesterday. "The mayor has sent me several cards but wrote on none of them. He has evidently had a big time"
 J. A. Huggins and Robert F. Miller of oakman are registered in the city.
 
 Dr. Aston Fitts, prominent physl- clan of Tuscaloosa. is at the Hillman.
 
 Dr. R. R. Hill. ". w. Graves and H. P. Dawson of Montgomery are in Bir- mingham today.
 G. Moretti, the sculptor who made vul- can. is at the Florence.
 R. L. Joe, and W. 1T. Heard of Dade- vile are at the Metropolitan. , N. W. Whitfield of Demopolis is at the Florence
 W. ". Bailey accompanied by Mrs Bailey of Mobile, Is registered at the Hillman
 William Spencer, state senator from Haze county. was In Birmingham yes terday
 Eugene Jacobs, proprietor of Jacobs pharmacy, is in the north on vaca- tion trip. He will return to Birmingham about October 1, and in the meantime will visit Detroit Cleveland and Canton, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

E. H. Harrimman has already been informed that he cannot follow Sir Thomas Lipton over the course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Nine Emma Calve has arrived on the basis of 5000 a night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Miss Kuttner confesses that she loves Earle, but won't own up to be- having in a scandalous manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Perhaps it is just as well that Secre- tary Root has had his nerves strength ened by Professor Muldoon. He may have to witness a bullfght in Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The Pacific fleet parade is but an effort to fire the American heart be- fore the presidential campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The straw hat goes slowly, but still it goes here and there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Chicago claims all national conyen tions by reason of custom, which makes law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Instead of being back in Australia, where he belongs, Bill Squires is train ing for another fight in San Francisco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Pennsylvania's capitol is said to be composed of putty spread over frame work of embezzlement and grand lar cpny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

If President Roosevelt lets the ste gomyia fasoiata deter him from hunt ing bears In Louisiana he has less courage than we gave him credit for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

chicago's mail order houses are too big and too busy to bother with a for eign business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

The paralyzed Rogers will speedily recover as soon as court adjourns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

A former chorus girl says that diamond-studded parasol is a neces' sity of life. Of course it is to twenty-dollar-a-week chorus girl!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Now is the season when the bad woman in melodrama smokes a cigar cite as if virtue were nothing to her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
About Persons.

L. J. Haley, the we'll known attorney and legislator, is in Mineral, Va, spend ing few week reeuperating. Before leaving he stated that as an extra ses- sion of the legislature was most probable he felt that he had better prepare him self against it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Now comes an authority who says to eat meat if we would live. About the only way to compromise with the various food factions is to eat nothing at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gives up his Bible class because it interfered with business. Business first and religion afterwards. seems to be his motto.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Up in New York they call Governor Hughes "Straight-Line Charley" They believe he is just that sort of man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Money Is so plentiful in the winter wheat states that the people prefer railroad fare to the use of passes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

If the President does not proclaim Oklahoma a state the rule hereafter will be, Let none but republican states knock at the door of the union"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Wall street may have struck bottom, but 1t does not feel sure of the ground 1t stands on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

When an educational institution an- nounces that the prospects are fine, the reference Is to athletic teams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

THOUGHT. There's fame to be had at the front of the rout And laurel to wear for a crown, But heart contented and free from doubt Is better than wide renown There's pomp in a palace for king anl queen And places of pride for the great, But cottage is sweeter where the grass is green And roses climb over the gate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Newark Star; The Tobacco Trust has just been fined a measly s3750. What a piker It Is in comparison with the Stan ard oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

New Orleans Times Democrat t: Secre- 'ary 1aIt may still cherish the hope that the fliiplnos will not be so neglectful or ms Kindly advice as were the Okla homans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Louisville Courier Journal: The Chi- easo Irlbune instists on spelling 1t ''gaol," but simpli1ed spelling in use in the Twentieth century is jug"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Robert c. Crumpton, son of the Rev. w. B. Crumpton. is in Birmingham again for a few days. Soon he leaves for Chi cago to take a st-graduate course. Mir. Crumpton has ben teaching in east Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Cut rates to Europe invite the globe trotter to start anew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

HARD LINES. An, who would be a poet man And write rhyme each day, When, do his level best, he can Not always find way To court the muse so she will be A partner In his woe? There comes a time when Pegasus, F1atfooted, will not go And versifying is task To beat the devil-huh! A little digging in the ditch Is what we'd like to do!
 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
IN NOVEL LAND.

Her face fell
 Pardon me-" said Arthur Bronson as he picked it up and returned it to her
 Thank you' Beatrice murmured, wearily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Chattanooga News: The peot ,le of Ok lahoma have voted very largel3y for pro- hbition They merely prolor ged their own thirst when they did it and 1t is nobody's business but their ov gn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Portland Telegram. The Swift Refrig- orator company says it is rot a com mon carrieF-preferred probably,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25
PRESS POINTS

Louisville Hearald: Bryan is to speak thirteen times in Kentucky. He all ways was a hoodoo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

houston Post; The men al e scarcely interested In the fashion re port that hereatter the women without curves will attract most attention. Our observation IS the men have always beer most at tached to the ladies who kno W how to put things right on the plat !,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Washington Bureau Age-Herald, 1421 c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

bands are slaves That is just what the American husband has been trying to make the American wife believe. With diamonds and chocolate drops both going up there isn't much fun in being the admirer of a chorus girl. MERELY A SUGGESTION. Dan Cupid, who in summer time Appears in the altogether, Had better get some habits on- Twill soon be winter weather. Mrs. Hartje Refuses 5000 a Month to Quit runs a headline. The public would gladly pay her more than that to quit
 PERHAPS. ..
 This, life is hard
 To solve,
 And blindly we
 Revolve
 In orbits that
 Are set By One we've nev-
 Er met
 Perhaps some day
 We'll know
 What makes the old
 World go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-25

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
VIII Not Pick Their Hops.

Hopgrowers In the Yakima valley,
1t is almost certain, will not pick their
crop this fall unless there is a change
In the market conditions. With the
price down below 10 cents and a
bumper crop wherever hops are rais-
ed, they figure that 1t will not pay
them to pick. Many of the farmers
will not touch their vines at all and
others will convert their yards into
other crops after this year.
The conditions were entirely un-
looked for by the hopraisers in this
section. many Of whom have gone to
great expense in raising and handling
their crops. Hopraising has been one
OF the leading industries in the Yaki-
ma valley for years.
According to George L. Rose, hop
dealer of Salem, Ore, the present sit
uation was brought about by false
reports sent out by hopbuyers which
encouraged the growers to raise a
much larger crop than was called for,
thus keeping down the price. Re-
ports of crop failures In other parts
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Brutal Hold.up Near Tyler.

Deputy Sheriff Abe Brown received
word at 10 o'clock today from Con-
stable Moore Of Tyler that a man,
whose name could not be learned, was
robbed near that place early this
morning end was badly beaten by the
robbers, a deep cut being made across
his forehead. Three men perpetrated
the deed, and they were described as
follows. One was small man, slight
in build, light complexion and was
wearing black slouch hat and had
paint smeared over his clothing; he
was probably a painter. The second
was small, of stocky build and dark
complexion. The third was large
man Of sandy complexion and bushy
hair
This is regarded as the boldest held
up which has been committed In this
section for many years. The victim
was seized and thrown to the ground
and while knife was. held to his
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Immense barley Crop in Columbia.


Columbia county expects yield OF
at least 2,24O,O0O bushels of barley
this season, according to the state
grain inspector, and at the price be-
ing paid the farmers will have big
bank accounts when harvest is over.
Dealers are paying on an average of
a cent a pound for the grain, and in
some instances more. Barley runs
As pounds to the bushel and at one
cent a pound the income to the farm
ers will be s1,075,200.
Some of this barley will be used
in the county to make beer, but the
greater part will be sent to the coast
cities and a large part to Munich,
Germany to be turned into beer there.
Germany, the home of beer, is una
BILE to produce enough barley to make
the liquid product and has to rely on
America, and the best of the barley
comes from Washington.
Beer in Germany has to be made
from malt, else the government con-
fiscates the brewery, and in Germany
1t takes 60 pounds of malt to the bar
rel. to come up to standard. In
America 1t is claimed less amount
is used.-Dayton Courier-Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Wahl Disappeared and Returned.

After following the trail OF Edward
Wahl with bloodhounds and dragging
the river in an effort to recover his
body, where he said he would end his
life. the man has been found in one
Of his own barns, but the mystery
surrounding the strange disappear
ance has not been solved.
He was found Sunday by brother
who visited one OF the vacant barns
on the property held under lease by
Wahl. The brother had occasion to
visit the barn, and while there was
startled by seeing Edward descend
from the rap lost. The accepted story
here Is that he is i'll and while In a
demented condition wandered from
home and returned to the barn two
or three days before being found.
1t has been learned that Wahl went
to the Clearwater river on the course
taken by Harry Draper's bloodhounds,
and after wandering along the bank
of the stream, part of which time
he was In the edge of the water, he
made his way to Arrow Junction,
where he boarded the owl train and
has visited in Pendleton and points in
eastern Oregon and Washington.
Edward wahl disappeared from his
home southeast Of Genessee on the
forenoon of August 10, after leaving
a note to his wife in which he in
structed her to collect note due him,
take care of the crops and the Clear
water river would take care Of him.
This was the last trace of him until
last Sunday, when his brother dis
covered him.-Lewiston Teller (Gen-
esee Corres) ..t .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Last New Jersey Hanging.

Fleming, N. ]. Aug. 29.-The execu.
ton tomorrow of John b. Schuyler
will probably be the last hanging in
New Jersey, as. under a new law
condemned persons hereafter are tc
be electrocuted. Schuyler's crime was
the killing of man named Manning
Riley In a quarrel. The date for his
execution was originally fixed for
June 2S, but he was granted stay
when the case was presented before
the court of errors and appeals, which
body refused to grant him a new
trial.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Archbishop Messmer Is Sixty.

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 29.-Arch-
bishop Messmer whose province en-
braces Wisconsin and northern Mich
igan. was so years old today and was
the recipient of many congratulations.
The archbishop is a native of Switzer-
land, made his ecclesiastical studies
in Rome, and after his ordination
taught at Seton Hall seminary, South
Orange, N. j., and in the Catholic
University at Washington. He stands
high in the estimation of Catholics
in the west, particular those of Ger
man birth or extraction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
Railroad Accident at Payette.

Three men were injured, two OF
whom may die, in a collision in the
yards here this evening of a hand
car with a switch engine. The in
jured:
]. p. Walker, fractured skull.
Martin Newton, fractured skull.
B. r. Hamilton, severely bruised.
The three men were employed on
the new depot, being constructed at
ontario by the Short Line and were
returning to their homes here after
completing their days work. They
were on hand car and were travel
ing at a rapid rate.
They came up the main line and
expected to go on up the track, but
the switch to a side track was thrown
and they went onto the side track,
where an engine was switching. They
were going at such speed, that they
could not stop and ran into the en-
gine.
DR.. Woodward, the company ply
sician, was summoned and the men
cared for, but at late hour tonight
neither Walker nor Newton had re-
gained consciousness and It is feared
they cannot recover.-Payette Enter
prise.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-29
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids are invited by the Coun-
ty Court of Umatilla County, Oregon,
to be filed with the County Clerk on
or before the 4th day of September,
1907, at 10 o'clock a. m, for one 100
foot steel bridge, and three steel piers
to be constructed across the Jmatilla
river at Echo, according to the plans
and specifications on file at the Coun-
ty Clerks office. Bids must be ac-
companied by certified check for
per cent Of the amount of bid. The
Court reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1907.
FRANK SAILING,
County Clerk.