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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

Those old lingering pioneers. so loath to give up their frontier memories. will tell you that the biggest thing that ever pulled off on the trail was the introduc- lion of the wagon Tthe prairie schooner That's what old John Holland told me.
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seventeen women, with John White as Lost Colony" which. contrary to Ra- leighs counsel, settled on the i'll starred Roanoke island described as very sandy and low toward the water side but so full of grapes AS the very beating and surge of the sea overfiowed them, of which we found such plenty that in all the world like abundance is not to be found"
 In August. 1887. the colonists needing supplies and other necessaries. the gov ernor was, through their extreme en- treating. constrained to return to Eng land" Before he could get back the great war with Spain broke out. In 1880 Raleigh sent two ships with Governor White, but Spanish war vessels boarded rified and drove them back. It was in 1891 before another attempt could be made. This time Governor White reached Roanoke. He describes what happened in phrases of unconscious poetry, giving strangely vivid picture of the lonliness of the new world and the Lost Colony
 We let fall our Grapnel neere the shore & sounded with a trumpet a Cali. & afterwardes many familiar English tunes of Songs and called to them friendly; but we had no answere. Governor White gave up the search. and nothing more is known of him. Ra- leigh. ruined financially, having spent $coO,00O on his colony without penny oi
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the man who was raised on this trail, who helped to bury the bones of old Kit Car son in his Taos grave. mad who now runs n gambling hell in Raton. There would be anywhere from seven to fifty or these wagons in a single caravan. The big ones were pulled by from eighteen to twenty four mules: the smaller by from eight TO twelve When ready to strike camp they would swing the lead wagon into a circle until it caught up with the last wagon in the string In this circular form they made for themselves a barricade against the attack of the red devils. In the carry morning the head wagoner would give inc signal for the breaking up of camps. Soon down the long line the teamsters would we'll, "Alrs setr' Stretch out. beloved the captain--"Fall in!'-and the long caravan would swing out onto the trail again.
 For days and days the unbroken vision of the plains was almost uncomfortable. The shifting sand dunes and the solitary wastes were broken only by the countless buffalo that now browsed lazily on the plains. and then broke away with thun- derous tread that shook the very earth. At intervals. when the sands were hot and the winds were blistering, a teasing mirage would paint on the desert sky a scene of shade and fount They sighed, and understood After awhile the nrst mountain lifted it's head above the hori-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
THE HOST COLONY"
It Settled on Roanoke Island in the
 Sixteenth Century.

From Appletons Magazine.
 The mystery of mysteries in our Amer iean chronicle has been solved at last. The famous Lost Colony of Roanoke" has been traced and its descendants found in an obscure region where they still retain the ancestral names. cherish traditions that explain many of the gaps in history and preserve customs brought over by their forefathers. who vanished utterly from the ken of the mother coun- try. l nave been among them and talked with them. The story of the Lost Col ony" is familiar to .every student of American history. It win be remembered that Queen Elizabeth granted to Sir Walter Raleigh a patent ito discover. searche, finde out and view such remote, heather and barbarious lands, countries and territories not actually possessed Of any Christian prince.
 The first expedition landed on Roanoke island July (old style), 1884. but with out making any settlement; second group gave up in year and returned: later fifteen men left by Sir Richard Grenville to hold the place were either drowned or nassacred. In 1887 the in- domitable Raleigh sent out 100 men and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

This week. opening the State Fai finds stock blbt everything and distinctive Women Ready-toW celebrate opening the Fair by grand State Fair Sale that vii
 fashionable well the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

gifts such as the rich chapelle of ermine
 covered with A rose bush, with stem of gold, presented by John the Good, the prisoner of Poictiers, to his fool, Jehan Arcemalle.
 So dear was Caillette, his official jester. to Francis l, that when death had re- moved him from his post the king paid to his memory the unwelcome compliment of insisting that his son, made after quite another pattern and regarded the calling
 with abhorrence, should carry on thS family tradition by assuming the cap and bells. Of Charles V. of France, it is re- corded that he maintained at his court number of craft with whom, his morning devotions concluded. he was accumstomed to exchange paroles joyeuses ct hon nestes'' before proceeding to. the more serious occupations of the day. Poor mad Charles VT. surrounded himself with distraction from his mellancholy; and. to come to Prince of the Church, so close and intimate was the tie uniting Pope Leo K and his favorlte buffoon that the latter assisted at his deathbead and has been asserted-one would hope erroneous- 1y-to have been the sole watcher tnere'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Some Successful, Fools.

From the Nineteenth Century.
 It was in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries that the lord was never with out the fool, the fool never without a lord The statement is corroborated by the evidence supplied by history of the extraordinary affection borne by kings to their jesters-an affection perhaps the result in part of a licensed familiarity permitted to the fool alone. Traces of it are everywhere apparent Here and there a magnificent tomb, such as that erected in the church of St. Maurice de Senlis to the memory of Thevenin dc Saint-Ligier, fool of the King our Lord, . testifies to the gratitude of the master to- ward the man who had made him laugh.
 Or again the proof of it is to be found Il
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recompense, turned over his grants to the London company. with the advice that they seek to colonize Chesapeake bay, and later the settlement st James, town was made. Raleigh urged the new colonists to seek the old but both the Croatans and the colonists had totally disappeared.
 first heard the tradition of the pres ent existence of Raleigh's Lost Colony here at Manteo, named after the old chief who went to England and was made lord of the island of Raonoke and Dasamonguepec," the first of all Amsri- can titles.
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Zon. There it stood a silent seminal or the plains over which it had kept cease less watch for ages. Then came the hills, the mountains the ranges, and the Great Divide.
 These tragic days have gone, the days when intrepid spirits pushed their con quests toward Pacific shores. Many sleep in unmarked graves. Many were long since devoured by desert Shouls The buffalo no longer sniffs the coming of civ ilzation. The Indian, sullen and silent, no longer breaks from mountain crevasses CT the stiffness of the plains. It is enough. It matters not where lie the bones of the builders of the western empire. The stars will keep their vigils. The granite hills will mark the sacred spot. The mellow radiance of the moon on these snowy hills will still the tumult of the past with witchery that's gentle as a moth CTS love. The laundering commerce of the hills will tell the story. Sleep on, sleep on ye builders of the west. Res, in unmarked graves, ye fearless pioneers, ye builders of the trail, These mighty hills have always been eternal-they can- not let you die!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
FavorabIy Received.

From the Houston Post.
 How did her father take your ans nouncement of your engagement to his daughter?"
 He had no kick coming,~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Real Estate.

We will move: have lumber for signs cheap. Pleased to figure on signs. Hermi- tags, Signs, City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

EVTDN Tomorrow we will put on A11A AA sale 200 new, hobby Tailored Suits, bought by our buyer on his second purchasing trip this season. Received too late and styles too numerous to describein this ad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
Evening Wraps

We are showing the most exquisite line of Evening Wraps ever shown in the South-everything that's new is here, including many fascinating mod els from across the waters The prices range from $Io.o5 to $I5o.oo.
 SPECIAL--Ladies' Evening Wraps in all the new and fashionable delicate evening shades and graceful models that fashion demands; O0N 0E State Fair Sale Price-eDO O1eOO
 SPECIALLY handsome imported black chiffon broadcloth coat, lined with very soft quality of white silk; sleeves .kimona effect; trimmings of louisine silk panel pleatlng; fancy but tong of louisine silk and broadcloth combined, with festoons of louisine silk in rope designs; @G0 00 State Fair Sale Price -epVVeVV
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books Received.

"Tbe Memoirs Of Ann. Lady Fsnshawe. 1900
Is72" John Lane Company
pig Game Shooting on the Equator" Capt.
=. A. Dickinson. John Lane Company
"W. $. GILBERT" Edith A. Browne. John Lane
Company
"DarodIls and Narcissus." A. M. Kirby. Double
day, Page and Company
ITO Him That Hath" Leroy Scott. doubleday.
Page and Company
"parbary sheep" Robert Hichens. tHarpers)
adventures Of Uncle Sans Soldiers" HsrpersJ
"Andiron Tales" John Kendrick Bangs. CHE
John c. Winston rpNany. Philadelphia
"The Heresy - Sob." Francis Coutts. John
Lane Company
poetry and Progress In Russia" Rosa New
march. John Lane Company
"Thc writings OF Samuel Adams. Vol. ILL.,"
Edited BY Harry Aionso Cushing. "a. p. Putnsm's
Sons)
"The Mauleverer Murders" A. Fo1-Davies.
John Lane Company
king Arthur" Francis coutts. John Lane
Company
Mother Goosc's Puzzle Pictures CThe Henry
A,trmus Company. Philadelphia
Under the Pompsdour." Edward W. Jennings.
(Brcntano'sb
"Aiiee Samee." Frances Aymar Matthews.
Thomas v. Croweil and Company
"In the Deep Of the Snow" Char'esG. u. Roberts.
rhoIpas V. crowell 9nd Company
Good Night" Eleanor Gates. cThomas v,
Crowell and Company q
schmidt" Lloyd Osbourne. Crhonas v, Grove
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"Arsmlnts and the Automobile" Charles est,ei
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naturalization.

There is a lot of useful information in a
little pamphlet that has been compiled by
Mr.. J. Lewis Donovan. a clerk OF the United
States Circuit Court in this city, How to
Become a Nsturalized Citizen Of the United
States Baker. Voorhis and Company, New
York;. To persons who wish to become
citizens it is invaluable, but it brings out
some points Of interest to others az well.
II is generally known hat various classes Of
persons, undesirable for one reason or an
other. are now excluded. but few people
are aware hat an applicant for citizenship
must be able to sign his own name.
Another point that naturalized citizens
may find it worth while to bear in mind is
that if they return to their original country
and remain there two years they are pre-
sumed to have lost their American citizen
ship. The document that they swear to
observe, the Constitution OF the United
States. is appended. Commissioner Shields
gives his imprimatur to the pamphlet.
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The Cincinnati.

If the infant republic could have seen into
the future the alarm over the establishment
Of the Order Of the Cincinnati might have
been spared; but in the early days nobody
could foresee the Colonial Danes n the
Daughters OF the Revolution and the other
historical and social societies hat would
spring up. Gen. Charles Lukens Davis in
North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati"
CThe Riverside Press, Cambridge has
written n very clear account Of the founda-
ton Of the society and Of the fate Of vel Of
the State societies. He goes into more par
ticulars about his own State society, APP
pending a list Of members. He includes
the original articles Of incorporation of both
the general and the North Carolina societies
and provides interes sting portraits and fac
similes.
II Is a thorough piece Of work about a very
interesting society. That it never sought
for political influence is a credit to the origi-
nal members, for later history has shown
that the fears Of that possibility with a
veteran organization were not wholly
~groundlees,
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RistOri.

A pleasing memorial of a great actress
will be found in Memoirs and Artistic
Studies" of Adelaide Ristori. translated
into English by G. Mantellini Doubleday,
Page and Company. The autobiography.
owing TO Ristori's modesty. is a trife dis
appointing, for while she tells Of her travels
and her companions. she contrives TO say
little about herself. or at any rate about
what the reader wants to know about her.
The few pages of rcminiscences that Prof.
l.. ID. Ventura contributes are more salts
factory. for they are wholly about Ristori
and the impressions she made.
The studies" are more important, for
in them she describes the great parts she
played, Mary Stuart, Elizabeth. Lady Mac
beth. NEEDED and the rest. n in trying
to show what she sought to express in each
she u~nconsciously reveals herself more than
in the memoirs.
The volume is illustrated with good por-
traits Of Adelaide Ristori, in private life
and in the principal characters she por-
trayed, and with other pictures. To those
who had the privilege Of seeing the greatest
Of Italian actresses it will Ne a Welcome
memento.
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4 Novel Album.

For the tenth year Mr.. Fred T. Jane.
who has managed TO nave himself accepted
as an authority in England. issues his
oblong picture album of Fighting Ships
1907" (Ssmpson Low, Marston and Com
pany, London. It contains a great deal
of information about ships which IL is con-
venient to find in a single book. = Much
of it ia put in more handy shape in the
Naval Pocket Book" and other similar
publications. but much other material
will be found here besides. To many the
graphical representation of vessels by
silhouettes and conventional diagrams will
be helpful and the pictures are an attrac-
ton. The inclusion of the merchant vessels
which may be called upon for service In
this years issue is harmless. though pic
torially It gives them undue prominence.
The book Processes TO give a representation
of all fighting ships afioat and comes pretty
close to doing so. Il will be found useful
in many ways though It's information must
be taken with a grain OF caution. The plans
Of hsrbors are rather imrressionistio.
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forward. Her arms we're flung about his
neck" He was unable to explain or to
resist. Despite himself he had felt his
lips moulding 10 an answering kiss beneath
her own. He drew a gasping breath, his
hand nervously caught the bandage and
replaced II over the eyes," and II was a long
time before Jessica understood what had
happened inc came to know the difference
between Harry and Hugh.
or oourse Sanderson loved Jessioa.
But he loved her very nobly. He tried
hard to save the wicked Hugh. He went
mad at n point. played a midnight game
OF poker on the communion table In the
chapel. rode to smash in his devil wagon.
lost his memory. believed himself 20 be
the wicked Hugh, got his memory back,
and all but died m ignominious death for
J~essica's sake. Meantime the wicked Hugh
did very wickedly and had fearful expert
enoes. His merited and terrible end was
long deferred. but II was vastly servioeable
to justice and goodness when IL did come.
An eventful and dramatic story.
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rne pcr,,s or Railroad Men.

Il 10 a n tale that Mr.. Francis
Lynde has concocted in Empire Builders
CThe Bobbs- Merrill Company, Indisnapo-
lis). II proceeds lin brsathless haste. and the
reader who follows II without stopping will
probably enjoy II. Reflection. however, will
spoil everything. II is natural, OF course,
that the hero should see the possibilities
Of the road on which he is working that
escape the managers and the directors.
Il is equally natural, too. that on address
ing these gentlemen he should convert
them to his views. assisted as he Is by the
charming young woman he met on the
train. It 10 comprehensive that his SUI
perior should try TO thwart his plans n
that a dramatic climax should be needed
for the story.
A very youthful faith in villainy, how
ever, Is required 10 believe that the man
aver Of a railroad system and responsible
contractors would sacrifice their material
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Three Girls I'm the City.

Three girls, Lorraine. Hope and Bess,
came to New York for the purpose OF estab-
fishing themselves in the golden fields Of
literature and art. Their experiences are
related in Ellis Meredith's story of -Under
the Harrow (Little, Brown d CO., Boston,.
As we read il is made clear to us that they
had a hard time. Still they were cheerful.
They we're capable even Of testing In bitter
situations. They could run Of in bright
discourse when they we're hungry. On
a rainy evening. following upon twenty
four hours of nothing but tea and crackers,
Lorraine brought home some parcels SON
tanning materials for supper. She had
druggist to exhibit herself in his shop
window with her hair down. The idea
was, of course, to advertise a hair wash
a good one. He had paid her something
in advance, and 40 there was supper and
bright hope on this rainy winter night.
Fortune smiled again upon Lorraine
after she mad been some time in the shop
window. Mary Deland. the kindly old
druggists niece, had ian editorial position"
on a newspaper. Through this influence
Lorraine was engaged to write daily
human interest stories" Mrs. Deland
greatly impressed Lorraine. Our heroine
thought of this lady AZ Mary Deland,
gracious, wonderful Mary Delsnd." In
Lorraine's eyes, while the ordinary New
York countenance might be called the face
militant, Mary Deland's was the face tri-
umphant." Her white forehead seemed
the fitting symbol of the lofty soul that
dwelt within. her sweet lips and grave
eyes were full of the serenity Of overcom-
ing" Mrs. Deland and Lorraine lost their
places at the same time when the news
paper took on a new city editor.
The two went into the cool interior OF
Trinity Church together, Mrs. Delsnd said
in gentle criticism OF the new city editor:
"He has let Hunter out, and Hunter Is the
best political man we ever had. n Stanley,
who knows more about music than any
critic we are likely to get. How he had
the heart to discontinue your little story
I don't know" In parting Mrs. Deland
said: Promise me. Lorraine, that every
day you will write something, " IL IL
ia only twenty lines. into which you put
the best there il in you, for some day you
are going TO do something worth while"
After that they kissed each other good-by
there in the sombre church and separated
at the gate
Lorraine and the girls had many further
experiences. One Harrison made himself
agreeable 10 Hope. They became en-
gagged. Mary Deland appeared again. On
seeing Harrison she said TO Hope: God
help us both. l am his wife, Harrison
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being a Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church is rather incomprehensible.
With some effort Mr.. Robert williams
Wood has made his birds and vegetables
in How TO Tell the Birds From the Flowers
paul Elder and Company, San Franciscol
very much alike. As a plea against one
form, Of nature sentimentality his book
deserves commentator. About the funni-
ness Of his verses the least said the better.
A branch of engineering that is now OF
great importance is treated by Sir Hanbury.
Brown in "Irrigation; Its Principles and
Practice as a Branch OF Engineering" ID.
Van Nostrand Company. Though the
book is based largely on work done in
Egypt and India the historical and som-
parative information brought together
by the author will make his book valuable
to American engineers. The broad manner,
too, in which the subject is treated win
give them ideas about the possibilities
81 their own branch of engineering that go
far beyond the mere problem OF irrigation.
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Loomls. Thomas Y. Crovell and Company
Dawn" Katharine Holland Brown. Thomas Y.
Croweil and Company
"Grandon OF Sierra" Charles Y. Winter. Broad.
way Publishing Company. New York;
Poland. the Public Inn" Emily Heloise Borne.
broadway Publishing Company
The Rabbit Foot" Byrd Mason. tBrosdway
Publishing Company
The Purple Butterfly" Louise Coddinstou
DEMO. tBroedwsy Publishing Company
"Louels." Lydia II. Biaby. broadway Publish
Ing Company
sand bJrrs.' George Carpenter Common.
broadway Publishing Company
"Grinmar." Nathan Kussy. broadway Publish
ing Company
"Tuckahoc." Mrs. Thomas y. Bsgby. Broad
way Publishing CompsnyJ
The Successor" Richard Pryce. (Dunetd arA
Company. New York;
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was vulgarly impudent. -You won't be
in ten days, " he sneered. But Hope -shrank
away" and IN the days that followed she
never mentioned Harrison's ma me-
A story Of joys Inc tears. and a story
precisely lifelike in that particular.
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welfare for the sake Of blowing up with
dynamite a young hero, however worthy.
There is much foolishness in the tale, but
it reads easily.
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