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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Rice In tho Salt.

There Is no denying the fact that
salt will not run out Of a shaker In
humid weather. 1t Is a very clever
mineral; knows enough to stay IN
when it rains. There is no better ba-
roncter. The best thing ever known
to cause the salt to run Is rice. Heat
u teaspoolful of rice on the stove and
put it in the salt shaker with the salt.
The hot rice quickly absorbs all the
moisture ana the salt issues forth as
dry as the sands Of the desert. Tween
ty grains Of rice are sufficient for q
small shaker. Although it has only
pinholeS in the top, the salt Will not
pack in the most humid weather.-NeW
York Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
A Peripatetio Investment.

When the scallop Is full grown 1t Is
able to swim with great rapidly by
opening and closing the valves Of Its
shell. This curious fact. says What tc
Eat, was unknown to an unfortunate
Frenchmun who undertook a few years
ago to establi.h a scallop plantation
on Il quiet New England beach. He
deposited several thousand scallops ir
shallow water, expecting them tt
breed. but when be looked for then
the next day oil OF them had fed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Provide Shade and Litter

II compelled to shut the hens up for
any reason do your best to make their
surroundings as nearly like those ou..
side as you can. This means give then,
shade. plenty of good food, a chanc.
to work for their living and a cool
supply Of drink-sour milk. II you have
1t, regularly.
Coal dust mixed with salt and water
and made into good sized Jumps vii,
- found very useful to bank up fire.
q night.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Racdina Grapes.

If ordinary bags are put on before
Spores Of the rot fungus have found
lodging upon the berries. the latter will
be rs safe inside as they would be If
tie bags were soaked in a copper solu-
Il a. Vet y" cannot expect coed fruit,
especially of best quality, if the foliage
Is not perfect, says an authority on the
subject. 1t is just as necessary to pro-
trct the foliage from disease as the
fruit: hence we do not see how bagging
can entirely take the place Of spraying.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Rib PIantain In Iowa.

Rib grass or rib plantain, found in
ninety-eigh samples Of red clover seed,
is a weed that is Of comparatively re-
cent Introduction into Iowa, but the
specimens sent to the Iowa
station for Identification during the
Iast year would indicate that they are
very rapidly spreading e the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
His Clevernss.

"pon't he so lazy. There's plenty OF
room at the top. and you're clever
enough to get there"
"Hut," replied the lazy genius,
"think how clever it Is Of me to find q
place at the bottom, where there isn't
SO much room"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
DELAYS Are DANGEROUS.

Young Scads-I don't want to 60
to college, dad.
Old Scads-You'll have to-, my
boy, because you can't afford t"
neglect it. l had to give a colle"r
a million last year in order to get
my degree.-Puck.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Literary Exercises.

Wife (scornfully,-Oh. I've no doubt
you were at your literary club recitins
poetry till this hour Of the night. And,
pray. what were you reciting? Hus.
band Teminiscently)-l think wash
something bout "Chips That Pash In
the Night."-Baltimore American,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

Patient-If you'll allow me to
speak-that tooth you insist upon
pulling is not the one that aches.
Dentist-Confound it, sir! Who.
doing this job, you or me?-Har-
per's Weekly.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
A Purely Honorary Distinction.

$50 you are going to be in the
presidential race"
81 won't say | will actually be in
the race" answered the discerning
statesman. "My state has merely
asked me to serve a little while as
favorite son."-Washington Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
The Cooked Mash.

A cooked mash is excellent for push
ing broilers along to an early maturity,
but don't feed it to the growing pullets
that vou want to make good layers
next fall and winter. 1t Is too fore
Ing"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
A Sliqht Jolt.

"By the way" said Borem, Owe
got something to say to YOU"
"Have you really got something
to say" queried Knox, cor do you
merely want to talk, as usual -
St. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

ooh, / don't know. Now, p
ooh, yes, we have. Some have
empty cupboards and pocketbooks,
and Others have automobiles and
yachts."-Philudelphia Press.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

"l.ow did YOU meet your second
husband:"
"Quitc a romance. Was walking
with the late iamented. An auto
mobile with my present husband
driving came along, killed my first
husband, and so we became &C.
quaintcd.'-Eliegende Dlatter.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

pay"
NO." answered the fnancier who
| always gets out even; "the min"
didn't pay, but the prospectus did"
Washington Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
A Practical Interest.

"He seems to take "a great inter-
est in art"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Paid For.

Stella--Do you believe that Miss
Oldun came by her complexion hon
oa{lv2
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

dyes; he was out automobilin,
yesterday with a model."-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

Troubles For All.
ooh, well, we've all got u trou-
blcs in this Wor1l.'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

Mabel--I know she did. l saw
the receipted bill for it.-Chicago
News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
LOCATING the Profits,

"Did that mine you took hold of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22
Ladies Muffs

Never in years have mutfs
been so popular as they will
be from now on. Dame Fash
ion has decreed that the muff
is to be recognized on account
of its usefulness. We are
glad to announce that this
store has, anticipating a good
sale, a fine line of mutfs, in
fur, plain and fancy. The
combination muff and shop
ping bag is a beauty. We
have them in all prizes.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-11-22

MILLER and LANPHER FURS are the be
on the market at any price. We stand ready
make good this statement-Will you let U
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
MAY REACH
 TO 15O STORIES HIGH

New York, September 7.-The fact that two forty-fve story skyscrapers are now pushing up from New Yorks narrow streets towards the clouds is causing the throngs, who stop at all hours of the day to watch the ironworkers dangling like spiders in the web of steel, to ask con tinually what the limit will be in sky scraper construction. Both a prominent skyscraper architect and the head of ons of the largest building concerns in the city. who were seen on the subject, de- clared this week that the limit was still far distant The 150-story skyscraper was possible today, they declared, so far as the builder and the architect were con cerned, and was certainly probablllty of the future. Such buildings would be a quarter of a mile in height
 Nv York's building problem is unique in the world The major part of the vast business interests of Manhattan IS compressed within an area of less than two square miles. Here are the head quarters of practically all the great rail- road systems of the United States, here stands that mysteriodE building from which the Standard oil company puts out its tentacles to every quarter oi the globe here the billion dollar Steel Trust
 
 other holding companies and corporations, here are the great exchanges, banks, trust companies, brokerage offices and the great horde of lawyers The business growth shut in from the south, west and east by the waters of the bay and the Hudson and East rivers, can ind an outlet only by pushing the theatre and residential districts slowly to the north. For New York has ample length Tor eX- pansion in one direction. but is lacking In width For this lack the utmost en- cineering ingenuity Is constantly en- ployed to substitute height.
 Hence. the building of the skyscrapers has become practically a science Of It. self.
 Two factors limit the size of buildings in New York The first is the wind. If the wind never blew in the metropolis the sl;vscrapers task would be greatly simplihed and he could pile story on story to his hearts content But the wlnG pressure on a thirty-story building is something enormous. The modern SKY scraper is built to withstand wind ve- locity of 125 miles, and there IS practi- caly ne chance of New York getting mightier blow than that. The second fac tor is the limit of the buildings base. With land in the financial district sell ing as high as $00 d square foot, the base of building is naturally not huge one If the slSyscraper could nave an unlimited base it could have an un- limited height.
 Before ever a spadeful of earth is dug for foundation. the skyscraper must be weighed. It is weighed with paper and pencil and hundreds of sheets are GOV cred with figures The great sirders and beams, stone. cement, desks, human 1e- nGs, even nuts and riNets are eafeluHy fgurel in before the building is begun.
 one of the newest sllYscrapers now in course of construction, at Cortlandt street and Broadway, which will be the largest office building in the world, will, it is estlma ted, weigh, when completed,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
FINANCIAL CRISIS
 IS NEARLY OVER
Experienced FinancierS Believe
 Improvement is Due
COPPER CAUSES AN UPSET
Just When Market Affairs Were Be- ginning to Improve Copper Broke, But This Has Not Caused
 Any General Alarm.

New York, September 15.-A number of distinctly conflicting influences in tho financial situation, made their effect felt in the securities market last week. the action of the market r~fiecting the dom- finance first of one side and then of an- other The disturbing effect of the criti- cal conditions in the copper trade and their candid acknowledgment by officials high in authority in the great producing companies upset the market in time to overthrow the benefits which had begun to be felt from the clearing money out look, the success of the New York city bond sale and the shaping of the final yield of the country's great staple crops. The demand for copper is said to be com pletely paralyzed with no point of sta bility in sight at which reawakened buy Ing may arrest the declining tendency and with hugh blocks of refined copper already accumulated by the great pro- ducers. The financial burden of hold ing these vast accumulations is aggra- vated by the closeness of the money mar ket and credence is given to reports that banks were unwilling to extend loans against copper and were in fact, recall inS them. The indicated intention to cut down production, therefore seemed to offer no occasion for surprise, but came as a palpable shock to sentiment, nevertheless.
 In the iron trade some revival of de- mand is reported and somewhat firmer market tone, but falling off in produc- tive capacity there, is a factor in the situation. also.
 While the drastic liquidation and the prolonged decline In the stock market obviously represent the process of read justment thereto, these developments in general trade and business, financial opinion halts over the future while the extent of the industrial reaction is still undefned. The relaxation which has come to the money markets and which has been pronounced in all the great cen- ters was accepted as reliable indi- cation that one great factor In the strain had turned the corner to improvement.
 The tranquility with which the money market met the heavy requirement of the payment for the New York bonds and Union Pacific convertible bonds on which an installment of over 900 fell due on the same day.
 The goVernment crop report, in spite of the deterioration shown in the grain crops, leaves a feeling of confidence that a considerable surplus will be left avail able for export at profitable figures The heavy outgo of cotton Is evidence that sufficient stocks of that important com modity to make it's usual large show ing in the countrys export trade exist. Demand for older issues of bonds was light, but the outcome of the New York city bond issue did not induce any great drastic price read1ustment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Matrimonial MuddIe.

Florence, September 15.-(Special )-The conclusion of a much mixed matrimonial experience has just been brought about by the filing of a petition for divorce by T. II. Thompson, a well-to-do and aged farmer of Rogersville, against his wife, Molly Thompson. Thompson was deserted by his wife and without waiting for the formality of a divorce, he married q widow, Mrs. Mary Sherratt, whom lie told that he was divorced from his wife. The old couple had been married but a short time when they fell out and Thomp- son taunted the woman with the fact that she was not his lawful wife She mmed- lately consulted a lawyer, with the re- suit that a warrant charging blgamy was sworn out against Thompson, which was later withdrawn on his promising to secure a divorce from the first Mrs. Thompson and re-maTying Mrs. Thomp- son No Q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16

5000 tons, an amount equal to the com bned weight of all the inhabitants of Philadelphia. This enormous weight will be placed on a plot of ground hardly 25,00O square feet in area, or about equal to ten ordinary city dwellings. The steel skele- ton of the building has eighty-nine legs or columns which will bear it's whole weight, and the engineers have had 8 most delicate problem to see that the weight was evenly distributed on these legs, lest some of them should collapse There are about 300 sections of steel col umns weighing from one to ten tons each, and several thousand girders and floor beams weighing from one to twenty tons each. The number of rivets being used will run into the millions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
VIII Extend System,

Huntsville, September 15-(Special) )-- Manager Lawton of the Huntsville Rail- way Light and Power company, states that plans have been drawn for the doubling of the capacity of the electric power house and for the extension of the street railway system. The Merit mack end of thef line will be extended half a mile to Sanaqua wells, while the Dalls end will be looped around to the Meridianville pike and back into the city by way of the Southern depot. The latter extension will give car service to several hundred families. The plans will be approved at once and 1t is be- lieved the work of constructing he ex- tensions will begin at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
News of Iivinuston, |

Livingston, September 15.-(Special)- )- Yesterday the dead body of Leroy Jack son, a negro who lived in Lacey beat this county, was found shot through the head and lying in the public road. Ills daughter eloped in the early part of the night and 1t is believed that he was killed by her lover
 W. T. Atkins, the grown son of J. H. Atkins of this county. died at Bellamy and was buried at Coatopa yesterday
 C. H. Allen and son, Claude, returned last night from Demopolis.
 Mrs. B. B. Ruduph and children left this morning for Bollgee, where they will visit friends.
 Robert Monette of Gainesville was a visitor here yesterday.
 Miss Jessie Mae Phillips has returned after spending some time with relatives and friends at Cuba.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16

was adopted by the convention which had adjourned to Charleston, because of the smallpox epidemic in Columbia. The Hi- bernian society has a. proud record of nearly a hundred years, and occupies a Greek temple built in 1Sl0. Another Greek temple is the home of the German Friendly society, another the home of tn German Fusileers. organized in 1715 another is the armory of the German artillery, and there are many other so- cieties and not a few other Geek tenn pies in which these societies meet. The oldest military organization is the An cient Artillery battalion, but 1t is now kept up only as a benevolent organiza- tion, famliarly known as ''old Bats"
 "The Battery Is the most fashionable place of residence, as it has been for many years In Charleston 1t is pro- nounced as if it had but two syllables and an Italian 'a'-''the Baat'ry." East Bat tery is separated from the high sea wall only by d narrow street South Battery looks on the sea across a beautiful park From any of these houses one may look out upon Ft. Sumter and the other forti- fications made famous by two great wars, and which have made Charleston lmpreg- nable from attack by sea.
 Nearly all of the houses in Charleston are of the same pattern, long narrow houses with a gable end directly on the sidewalk and wide pazzas facing gar den at one side. These gardens are screened from the view of the curious by high brick walls, and the piazzas and gardens are as private as the parlors. On nearly every piazza-there are no porches nor verandas nor balconies in Chareston-is a logging board" The joggling board is an institution peculiar to Charleston. Two heavy sets of rockers apparently designed for giants easy chair, are surmounted by strong upright frames. A long board, which must be the heart-cut of a long leaf pine which has never been bled for turpentine, is fastened by a peg to each one of these rockers. A family of a dozen persons may sit at once on the board and 'joggle" with the motion of the rockers, not back ward and forward, but to the right and left.
 The people of the United States have been divided into two classes-those who have dinner at about noon and those who have dinner in the evening. Charles ton belongs to neither class, for Charles ton still dimes at o'clock in the after noon, as they did in London some 200 years ago. Charleston eats what other people eat, of course but the piece de resistance on every table. rich or poor, is Carolina rice. Let him who thinks he does not care for rice withhold his judgment until he has tasted 1t when pre- pared by Charleston negro cook. He change his mind. It is the best quality of rice to begin with. It is so cooked that every grain stands apart swelled by the steam to the point of bursting, served piping hot and ready to be eaten With patrician butter of plebian ham gravy, Charleston rice is food fit for the gods The rice plantations made this old aristocracy possible. and the aristocrats have not scorned the rice that made them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Blow Directed at Fake Riding.

Lexington, Ky September 15-The Ken lucky racing commission today took ac- ton against bookmakers and jockeys oper- ating or riding at tracks where they own horses entered at the meeting, passing the following resolutions;
 Any person who owns. wholly or m part, or Is interested directly or indirect ly, in any book made on races at any meeting which Is licensed by this com mission shall not be permitted, while being interested in such book to race train or ride any horse upon any track so licensed, and for any violation or tnis rule the guilty party will be ruled of"
 Latonia was denied four additional days, and Louisville was allotted sixteen days from October 18 to November z, inclu- sive. beginning just after Latonla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
NEW WIRELESS STATION.
Chattanooga Will Be One of Number
 of Stations In the South.

Chattanooga, September 15.-(special.)- It is announced that preparations for the establishing of wireless telegraph station on Lookout mountain will be started within thirty days time. The local station is to be in circuit com posed of Hot Springs, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Dallas, Mobile and New Dr. leans. The local station will be in oper- ation by the first of the year. It Is to be built by the Pacific Wireless Tele- graph company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
NOTICE.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
 Company.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ala bama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company in Birmingham, Ala, on Wednesday. Oc- tober 2, sl907. at 10 o'clock q. m. for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.
 Transfer books will close at 8 D. m. Tuesday, September 10 1907, and reopen at 10 a. m, Thursday. October 3, 1907.
 R. D. LANKFORD, Secretary.
 September 3. 1907. 93-to-l0-I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Educational Rallies.

Girard. September 15.-(Special.) )-This has been week of educational rallies in Russell county, and as result Scale. Pittsview and Hurtsboro, the three towns that are competing for the state high school to be loacted in this county are more determined and enthusiastic than ever in their efforts to capture the prize. The educational rally at Pittsview Thurs day, in which several prominent state officials spoke, was largely attended. State Auditor Brandon, who was one of the speakers at this meeting, subse- auently addressed an audience at Pitts view on the subject of education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
PILOT KNOB REUNION.
Invitations Are Being Sent Out to
 Veterans Everywhere.

Ironton, Mo-, September 15.-( Especially J. c. E. Reagan, secretary of the local or sanization of Confederate veterans Is sending out invitations for a reunion of the survivors of the battle of Pilot Knob, IS follows;
 "Comrades-You are cordially invited to attend the fourth annual reunion of the survivors of the battle of Pilot Knob, September 26, 27. 2S. Your comrades want you. Do not fail to be present. Good speakers, balloon ascension every day and good music. COMMITTEE"
 The National Organization of Old War rors. composed of Confederate and Fed eral veterans, will be effected during the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Prohibition In Lee.

Phenix City, September 15.-(special.)- The opening guns of the Lee county pro- hibition fight are being fired, and by next week the sSirmishing will have deepened into a battle A meeting of the temper ance people of Phenix City has been call ed for tomorrow afternoon at Trinity Methodist church, at which organization will be effected, preliminary to conduct ing a systematic campaign. People from Girard and Columbus will be among the sneakers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Naval Hospital Tanks.

Washington, September 15.-Specifi- cations have been approved in the bureau of yards and docks for the erection at the naval hospital, Nor folk. of 1o0,o00-gallon elevated steel tank. with suspended 5,000-gaallon steel tank and tower; also, for an elevated steel tank of similar capac- ity and a tower at the Pensacola navy yard. The latter project is to be paid fo. out of the funds allotted for the repair of damages caused by the hur ricane on the gulf coast last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Great Flre at Hokodate.

Victoria, B. C., September 15.-The steamer Shawmut, which arrivel last night from Manila via Japan and China brought further news of the great fire at Hakodate. The big con flagration originated in soap factory near the Higashegawa school and spread with great rapidity, sweeping away hundreds of bamboo houses. During the fire, a powder magazine at Kishoma exploded. Three hundred lives were lost, and 13,000 houses were burned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
Typewriter Company Fails.

Milwaukee, September 15.-Involun- tary bankruptcy proceedings were in stituted in the United States court against the Visible Typewriter com pany of Kenosha, yesterday Carroll Atwood was appointed receiver The petition alleges that the company has transferred and concealed certain property with intent to hinder, delay and defraud creditors. The liabilities are estimated at $90,000.