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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

in the hands of the House naval com mittee.
 It is doubtful indeed whether any one of these bills can be passed in the remaining four weeks of the session, for the session must be ended at noon on March 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
RAINY DAYS.

Rainy days are days for dreaming,
 And for reading and for sleeping, snugly curled up in corner, From the weather safely keeping. Rainy days are good for musing
 And for airy castle building, For the exercise of fancy,
 With imagination gliding All the prospect of the future,
 Or a momentary turning Back to days now half forgotten,
 While a cheerful fire is burning And the pounding on the shingles
 With a sort of low complaining, Makes you thankful for a shelter
 When it's raining, raining. raining.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
GEESE NOT INCLUDED.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 Kansas now puts forward a claim for the oldest living goose on earth. It is n years old and is an actual goose, not a human. The Osler theory doesn't so with this ouaeker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
PRESS POINTS

Louisville Courier-Journal: A new state senator in Texas thinks he has draft ed a bill that will bust the trusts. His name Is Looney.
 Washington Herald: Some of Captain Kidd's letters have been found. We cer- tainly thought that old pirate had sense enough to burn them
 Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham Age-Herald declares that Children should do hard work in the school room only" That's the size of it.
 Dallas News: Secretary Taft's desire to fortify Hawaii is patriotic and com mendable. It, is wrong to leave Hawaii away off by itself in the ocean without anything to shoot with.
 Houston Post: All the members of the Thaw jury are married men but one, and, of course, he didn't need any excuse for remaining away from home at night.
 Knoxville Journal: MT. William J. Oliver is showing that he is not an easy man to get out of the way As we have said before, if he doesn't get the canal contract he will know the reason why.
 Chattanooga News The South looks to President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft to give MT. W. J. Oliver the square deal in that canal bidding. He has the money, the men and the lowest bid. What else is demanded?
 Atlanta Constitution: Representative Hepburn declares that the steambot as mode of locometion is a thing of the past It sounds strange to hear MT. Hep burn making a noise like Messrs. J. J. Hill and D. T. Hartman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
FIXING A BASIS.

From the Washington Star.
 You have had a great deal to say about the income tax"
 Yes" answered the candid citizen; T favor it; but I'm like everybody else In believing that it ought to start with the next thousand dollars above my own income "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

A total of s876.996,472 was spent in 1906 for education in the United States. This amount does not include the ex- penditures at colleges for football, baseball and poker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

GRUMBLING. It never yet was known to get A fellow out of trouble. Instead, it makes his pains and aches And heavy cares redouble. It never will your pocket fill Or win a friendly feeling From any one beneath the sun To most 'tis not appealing. It never can avail a man,
 No matter how he tries it. A cheerful wight who thinketh right Is not the one to prize it. Twas never known to do, we own, A needy soul a favor, But gives to life with all its strife A sorry sort of flavor.
  Nowadays fame seizes person, jerks him out into the limelight, turns him round for the world to view and then chueks him into a corner. Now, there is Nicholas Longworth-. Few near-poets at present in the yine- yard of verse will own up to mediocrity.
 TRANSFERRED PAINT. He kissed her on her ruby lips, lover fond and true. Then right away-'tis strange to say His lips were ruby, too.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Vice President Fairbanks is still bagging delegates. He works to the best advantage in zero weather. He is then in his element.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The chief of the secret police of the palace at Constantinoule is to be in- vestigataed on charges of graft. His rake-off displeases the Sultan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The socialists of Germany boiled 240,23s additional votes, and yet they lost twenty out of the eighty-one seats they held in the last reichstag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
AND KEEPS FEM WAITING.

From the Washington Herald:
 Even the Venus of the boarding house falls into disfavor when she puts in two hours and thirty-seyen minutes at her Sunday morning bath.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

In calling February a desperate, grouchy month Pittsburg contempor- ary gives a vivid picture of the weather in Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Wall street has one of its periodical fits of the blues. It has to have them occasionally, so as to catch the lambs a-coming and a-gwine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The socialists increased their vote s per cent, but the other increases were still greater and so the govern ment came out a general winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Keys to the Thaw mystery are about to be tested, and few of them are ex- pected to prove themselves the real thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Carnegie will never become an ex- tensive giver of lakes for the simple reason that they take up too much room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The rubber boots king is trying to break into the Senate. He is scatter ing his money in Rhode Island.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

MT. Roosevelt proposes to rest four years before resuming work in tho White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Secretary Hitchcock is loved for the thieves he has caught and the enemies he has made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The Gatun dam is the biggest single proposition ever laid before bidders, but it does not scare William J. Oliver a bit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Carrie Nation is in the midst of At lanta this week, doing vaudeville stunt and selling hatchets on the side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

An ice gorge has stopped the tidal movement in the Hudson river at AL bany, but it has not stopped the lobby ists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

on a hill, the chances are that a man like Rockefeller would be sitting on the fence with a shotgun to keep off the neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

February weather is too tricky to be controlled even by the groundhog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

A preacher who says that the theat- rical trust was devised in hell must think the devil a forbearing sort of chap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Winter is bravely endeavoring to as sert itself. It is trying to get out of
 the soft and slushy state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Salome simply lost her head, and that ended the entire business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Lemons are the chief article handed out in Wall street at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

President Roosevelt still thinks trust magnates should be made to obey the Sherman act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The lumber trust should naturally accumulate stump" orators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

It is now planned to present "Salome" to Paris, where the opera will seem tame.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Science turns up it's nose at the groundhog, and the grounding recip- rocates and shakes its tail besides.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
DON'T GIVE TIP

H9poueIHllc syringe.
 DON'T GIVE UP. Don't be a quitter, whatever you do. Don't even give ub when you're down. The bright sun is shining somewhere in
 the blue
 And fortune may yet come to crown Your earnest endeavors with bays of sue
 cess
 And drive all your troubles away. As long as you're living there's hope yet,
 I guess,
 So hold up your end of the fray.
 NOTIONS. Some people are so curious that they wonder what the world would do if the supply of salt should be cut off Persons who are willing to spend an hour in giving you verbal advice couldn't find time to write down one little rule for you on paper.
 When a girl is popular with men it is a sign that she is unpopular with girls. Happy little homes would be all right if they were not so darned expensive. Love makes the world go round and keeps the playwrights busy. Truth is sometimes stranger than fic- tion and it is a whole lot better than modern fiction.
 COLD COMFORT. You may think yourself a frendless
 wight,
 A person most forlorn Console yourself. If you should die Your creditors would mourn. All combines are not bad ts said. Yea, verify! A cocktail and a dozen on the half shell these cold nights is a combina- ton worth anybodys time. If money grew on trees and there was a large orchard of money trees growing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Canadas claim to the north pole Is an assertion at long range of territorial rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

cord, and put itself in line with public sentiment
 Alabama is not state to join the moss back procession!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The nerve force of Wall street is not what it once was. It needs a tonic of gold imports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Jupiter and Venice are the bright particular stars in the Armament at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

The administration is umpiring the game between California and Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
About Persons.

John A. Topping, president of the Re- public company and chairman of the Ten nessee company, left yesterday afternoon for Oxford, N. C., where one of his sons is engaged in business. After spending day in North Carolina, he will pro- ceed to New York. MT. Topping will probably return to Birmingham the latter part of the month.
 Oliver Chalifoux returned last night from a trip to New York and Lowell, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

All talk of peek a-boos has been abandoned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

A scientist offers a new way to kill pain, Some people prefer to shoot it with a hypodermic syringe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Houston Post: All the members of the Thaw jury are married men but one, and, of course, he didn't need any excuse for remaining away from home at night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Grief softens the mind, and makes it fearful and degenerate.
 King VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07
A LITTLE ADVICE.

A LITTLE ADVICE. Look out. lest grip"
 May grapple you, And careful be
 In all you do. A little draught,
 Before you think, Will quickly put
 You on the blink. So bundle up
 And watch the door, And do as you
 Have done before, When winter tried
 To freeze you quite And made you shiv-
 Er day and night. Keep snug and warm Until the spring And poke the fire
 Like any thing. Some married men say that a. girl whc looks like a divinity across a dinner tAbl' where there is a fancy chandelier anC cut flowers appears decidedly human al breakfast. after she is married. when thu coffee is rank and the cakes are no good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, post office as seoond-olass matter under act of Congress March 3. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Daily and Sunday Ags-Herald. $500 Daily and Sunday, per month.. TO Sunday Age-Herald, per annum. 2oo Weekly Age-Herald, per annum. 1.00
 Subscriptions payable in advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-07

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 c street, N. ".
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And drive all your troubles away As long as you're living there's hope yet,
 l guess,
 So hold up your end of the fray
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
A Poor Wrapper.

Eyes; poor Mrs. Elderly is all wrap
ped up in that son Of hers"
"And he lent much OF wrapper,
ehY'
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4 ErcRllH1nr

A freshman who had entered one Of
the large universities and was not
much accustomed to the ways either
of institutions of learning or of cities
was returning late one evening from q
lecture. When near his lodgings he was
halted by. two masked men, who "held
him up" In true metropolitan style.
One of the men leveled the conventions
nj revolver ut the young man, while
the other relieved him of his watch,
pocketbook and other valunb,es. He
made no mention of the matter to any
body at the time, but few days later
he reported it to the president OF the
university.
1T wasn't n great deal" he said.
"but 1t was more than like to lose,
and think it's an outrage to treat u
boy that way"
why didn't you tell me of this soon
err" asked the president.
II supposed they would bring the
things back to ME next morning" he
answered. 1T was couple of sophie
mores hazing me, wasn't lt?"-Youth's
Companion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Famed by High Wind It Reaches
Over Large Tract and Con-
sunss One Dwelling.
EFFORTS TO STAY WERE FUTILE
Reuldents of the Riverview Section
Were Out in Force to Fight the
Flames That Threatened to Destroy
Their Homes-Rurned Itself Out
Early This Morning.

A brush fire, which completely de-
stroyed two-story frame dwelling
house and for several hours threat
ened the destruction of other resi-
dences In that section. occurred along
the tracks of the Newport News C
Old Point railway between Riverview
and LaSalle avenue last night. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The blaze started on the north side
OF the railroad tracks east of River
view about 0 o'clock and famed by
q high wind 1t rapidly spread through
the tall grass and brush. eating to-
ward LaSalle avenue. Flying sparks
ignited the grass on the opposite side
of the car tracks and soon the field
for several hundred yards around was
ablaze.
Scores of people living in that sec
ton hurried to the scene of the blaze
and an attempt was made to check
the flames, but it proved totally fu-
tile.
After burning for an hour the
flames ignited comparatively new
frame dwelling house situated near
the car tracks west of the Newport
News C Old Point railway car barns
Soon the entire building was ablaze
and 1t was destroyed in very short
time. The house was unoccuried
The structure was built less than a
year ago by a man named Hopkins
and was recently sold to the New
port News Land & Development Com
pany. 1t was valued at $1,000.
While the building was being con-
sumed the flames continued to spread
through the grass and sage brush.
slowly eating toward the railroad car
barns. A number Of residences were
in the path of the flames, but clear
ings had been made around them and
they escaped damage.
At / o'clock this morning the fire
had burned itself out.
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: - ,''--r :. -. --.... ~
ORIENTAL JUGGLERS,
Feats Performed by Chinese mud
East Indian MnEicians.

East Indian Mnsicians.
During Il trip through the far east
was much impressed with tile won.
dcrful feats performed by some of the
Chinese and Indian jugglcrs and
slelght of hand artists" said II Chi,
cago man the other day. "m Ameri-
can theuters we see some sliillfui
work along these lines, but tho per-
former Is usually at considerable
distance from the spectators and
could employ many aids that the orr.
entails do not use.
II have seen Chinese and Indian
maGicians come on board II ship and
IN the center of circle of passengers
perform tricks that are little short OF
marvellous. For instance, one OF the
Chinese would ask spectator to
place coin in the lattcr's hand. The
Chinaman would close the fingers one
after another over the piece of money
and then, by passing his hnntls over
the closed fist of his Subject" would
IN some mysterious manner extract
the coin. | have Ind this trick work.
cd OH me Il number of times, and /
am no nearer to knowing how 1t is
done than was the first time.
"Then have seen an Indian magi-
clan come ont on deck. place small
seed on the planlis. pour IL little water
over it, cover with n small cloth for n
moment and then remove the cloth to
disclose n living plant II foot or more
high. These fellows 90 not wear loug.
bagsy sleeves in which n plano might
almost be concealed, but have bnrc
arms. There is said to be clan of
jugglers. among whom the secrets of
tho craft are jealousy preserved and
handed down from father to SON.
Detroit Free Press.
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DRESSED SEALsKIN.
The Way This BcnutifuI Fur I,
brought to Perfection.

brouSHt 10 fSrkeCttOn.
III lady's sealskin jacket be com
pared with the coarse, lard or dry
sailed sealssin as imported, or, still
better, with the coat of the living fur
seals, one is struck with the vast diff
ference between them.
Passing our fingers among the hairs
of the cat or dog. we may notice fine
short hairs at the roots OF the longer,
coarser general covering of the animal.
This is SO called under fur. But In the
greater number of these animals the
short hairs are SO few and often so fine
as to be, comparatively speaking, lost
sight of among what TO our eyes con-
stitutes the coat.
The operation which the skin under
goes TO bring out, 80 to say, the fur.
may be briefly described us follows:
The skin, after being washed to rid II
of grease and SO forth, is laid fiat Oh
the stretch, flesh side up. A nat knife
Is then passed across the flesh sub
stance, thinning 1t to very consider.
able extent. In doing this, the blade
sewers the roots OF the long strong
hairs, which penetrate the skin deeper
than do the soft. delicate ones under
the fur The rough hairs are then got
rid of while the fur retains its hold.
A variety of subsidiary manipula
lions, In which the pelt is softened and
preserved, are next gone through, and
then the fur undergoes process Of
dyeing which produces that deep uni.
form tint SO well known aud admired.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
BEES IN WARFARE.
Two InstHncca In which the Insects
Were Used ns weapons.

SbNo uN ~ c0EohS.
History records two Instances in
which bees have been used in warfare
rs weapons against brslcglng forces.
The first Is related 10y Apriun OF the
siege of ThcmHcyra, In pontus, by I.u.
cullus In his war against Mlthrldatcs.
Turrcts were brought up, mounds were
built, and huge mines were made by
the Romans. The people OF Themls.
cyra dug open thcsa mines from above
the workmcn bears and other wild
animals and hives o. swarma or bees.
The second instance Is recorded In
nm Irish manuscript in the Bibliotheuuu
Royalc at BRUSSELS and tcla how the
Danes and Norwegians attacked Ches.
ter. which was defended by The Snxons
and some Gallo nuXiliaricS The Danes
were worsted by Il stratugcm. but the
Norwegians. sheltered by hurdles. tried
to pierce the walls of the town when
what the Snxons and the Gacidhil
who were among them did was to
throw down large rocks. by which they
broke down the hurdles over their
heads" What the others did To check
this was to place large posts under the
hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was TO put
all tho beer and water OF the town Into
the caldrous of the town and boil them
and spill them down upon those who
were under the hurdles, 80 that their
skins were peeled OF. The remedy
which the I.ochans applied to this was
IN ME t.tI ttn.,
What the Saxons did next was TO
throw down all the beehlves In the
town upon the besiegcrs, which pre-.
vented them from moving their hands
or legs from the number OF bees which
stung them. They nfterwnrd dessted
and left the city.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
- =. - -.
CoatIiest of ALI EiHh.

The fish was no bigger than q silver
dollar. It's color was bright gold. and
1t had beautiful bushy golden tail
THAT" said the pet stock dealer. ais
the finest aquarium fish In the world,
a Chinese brush tailed goldfish. 1t Is
handsome, healthy and long lived. y
good brush tailed goldfish" he conclud-
ed, "costs $3.50 or $500, and some fine
specimens have sold for MS much as
500 apiece"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Z IA Pnticnt snnkc.


One does not often attribute the vir-
the of patience to II snake. sLetters
From Surgeon" however, contain an
anecdotc in which its existence Is evil
dent. DR., Perry, surgeon OF the TWEEN
tieth Massachusetts, wakened in camp
one morning to find himself tightly
held In the clutch of DR.. Hayward, his
senior officer.
Don't move. John, till say three"
ordered the senior sharply. Then
seize my hands and spring to your feet.
One, two, tbreep
AT the word DR.. Perry jumped. and
lie never made Il cleaner leap. He was
lust Iii time to see moccasn dive I'M
der the cont which he had been using
Tor pillow. Armed with sticks. they
dragged the coat AWAY. but saw only
the hole into which the snake had glid-
ed. The surgeon had accidentally block
ed the entrance to the reptiles abode,
and 1t had lain all coiled under the
back of his neck, waiting patiently for
him to move 80 1t could enter.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Better at Evansville.

EVANSVILLE, IND. Jan. 22.-The
Ohio river came to a standstill this
evening, the guage showing forty
five feet six inches. 1t Is reported
here that at Tell City /, 200 people are
homeless.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
colored Woman Insane.

Susan Anne Hollier. an aged color.
ed woman, was taken to Jail last CIV.
ening on the charge of being luna.
tic. The woman lived in the Pee
Dee section. She was adiudged In
sane several years ago.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Imneratiye.

First Doctor-1s this operation abso-
lutely necessary? Second Doctor-It
Is. The only possible chance we have
Of collecting our bill Is from his life
fnsurance!-Life.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
FLOOD THROWS THIS
TOWN into A PANIC
(Coitinued from Page one.)

prepared Tor the emergency and
gangs were at work in few min.
iltes and the last reprost were that
their work was progressing rapidly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Good Some other Time.

"Just as Jack was about to kiss me
last night father walked into the
room."
what did you do?"
II gave Jack rain check."-Mil-
waukce Sentinel.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

The work of ousting MIR. John
Sharp Williams from the minority.
leadership is still making his oppon.
ents Champ.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23

The reverend gentleman who has
nndeytaken TO pray away the sins OF
WALL street is no doubt long on faith.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-23
Wines and Liquors

/ belong to the lost tribe that stray.
ed away from Dublin before Moses
sailed on the Red Sea-. I'm n price
cutter. I'm money-maker; I'm tho
one that sells all straight WhlBkies
retail at wholesale prices. The fol.
lowing high grade 10c Whlsldes n
sell for &c. drink: Paul Jones. Pure
Rye. Sherwood Rye WIhiskey, Carroll
Springs, pure Maryland Rye Whiskey,
Overhold Rye whlskey, Parkwood Rye
Whiskey. All Ct the uboye named
WHISTLES are strictly high srade
watch my prices II you dare, beat
me If you can.
Whlskey in bulk at following prices
Old Nick Pure Rye, IL pit. 26c;
gallon S4.00
Leonard's Favorite. 10 pit, zoe;
gallon .................... 500
Hunters Baltimore Rye, IL pt.,
25c; gallon ................ AGO
Maryland Club, LIZ pit, 25c gal
lon 400
Paul Jones Pure Rye, IL pit,
zoe; gallon ............... 2.75
Carroll Springs, gallon a....... ESQ
XXXXBaker Rye, gallon $3.50. ESQ
Star A, Rye, gallon ........ zoo
Moss Rose. gallon ............2 .uu
LAKEWOOD Pure Rave, gallon :. 200
Jefferson Pure Rye. gallon 500. IT'S
Kentucky Bourbon. gallon $500. 40
Double Stamp Gin, gallon ...... 200
The following brands of Califor.
MIA Wines. Port Sherry, Catawba
Cleret, Blackberry at Zoe per Qt..
per gallon, 75c. Pride CT North Car.
olinl, years old. gallon. -. 200
Kummeill, per gallon .......... 200