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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
CAREER OF COMMANDER EVA BOOTH
 HER GREAT WORK ZN SUMS OF LONDON

Joan of Arc. She protected the army rights for open-air work at these places and personally led the parades through yelling and bloodthirsty mobs who offer ed bets of $50 on the man who would knock her down or capture her bonnet. Her courage and boldness on the street was only equaled by her tact and wis dom behind the scenes. She finally took the matter to parliament, interviewed members of the commons and representa- tives of the lords until she won the repeal of the obnoxious bylaw which for bade the army's privileges.
 Her last appointment in England as commander of the London province and principal of the International Training home, in which dual position she had 2l ,OOO salvation soldiers 600 officers and about 300 cadets under her control.
 From here she received orders for Cam ada where during the past eight years she had wrought magnificent services In the interests to which he vast abilities are conseorated
 Briefly her command across the border has included the following special fea- lures: The reception and care of refugees during the Armenian atrocities, the inau- guration of army day schools throughout Newfoundland. the opening of work at the Yukon during the rush for gold to the Klondike. and the birth and growth of prison work, for which she has person. ally gained the ear and won the ap- proval of the highest government officials in the land. Throughout Canada the name of Miss Booth Is a household word Wher- ever she goes the largest buildings are inadequate to accommodate the crowds. Besides a winning personality an attrae- tive womanliness, a spirit of grace and heroism. Mss Booth Is endowed with q silver tongue which ranks her as one of the first orators of the age.
 A contemporary writes of her thus: "A peerless leader, a master mind a strong and tender heart. She holds d position few could occupy and none could i'll, consolidating the army's work and captivating poor and rich alike wherever she goes.
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for brulting the blankets. Used to find them all of a bunch at your feet. Where was I? Oh, yes. At your baby days. Then, when you grew older, the fun grew too. We've been pretty good friends. eh, pardner2 We've read and wrangled together and walked and talked and thought together for many years now. haven't we? And l gues you have nurse1 me just as much as l you. Remember the time l had typhoid, and you stood by like a brick? I've never forgotten. Don't want to. Aren't you all the boy I have in the wide world? What would the old house be without your bang and chatter and-your laughter? An. old chap? Would l miss you? Would Why, I'd miss you -more than life."
 Then don't let me go" cried Little Dan, Jumping up and hinging himself into his fathers arms, clinging to his neck and pressing his check to the one bent down to him. Don't let me go."
 His words meant nothing at all, and were not in the least what he wanted to say He wanted to pour out his frenzied gratitude at finding that he was loved as much as he himself did love. But it was too sacred to talk about He found that he was weeping and stihed his sobs.
 q am so glad we are going to fight each other, father. So glad 1t makes me cry with joy"
 Me, too threw in Big Dan enthusi- siastically. And Little Dan strangled him with q hug.
 And when we have our fisticuns fath- CT. promise we you'll hit me hard, won't you, father? You'll knock the daylights out of me, won't you, father?'
 "Yes, indeed" assented Big Dan fer vently, returning the hug. "Ill knock the very daylights out. But you'll ham, mer for dear life. too, eh? Else it's no fun"
 You can depend upon me-" promised Little Dan proudly. "Tll play fair In everything
 e"Then alrs settled" said Big Dan, starting up gayly. Come, let s go home"
 "Yes. slr," sang out Little Dan.
 But the mans estate has it's horrible. honorable obligations, and right here one ol them intruded itself upon Little Dams sensitized conscience. He never way cred.
 "We could go home, but Miss Aimee is in the woods-a little piece, l guess-and back together"
 The Dan Ransoms stared meaningly at each other It was not a situation for words. But, oh, they understood, they understood Then: "All right, thank you, pardner," said Bis Dan quietly.
 And they took the wood path, walking not hand in hand, as father and little boy, but side by side Big Dams arm around Little Dams shoulder-men to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

slipped tea on the roof, tand I have come back to this spot because the memory of 1t always draws me here.'
 World weary travellers fingered there for days. There was a woman just back from the Orient and she sat about the roof swarthed in the sofest Oriental silks.
 There was another woman who filtered past the row of steamer chairs, crossed the bridge and climbed the mountains She always carried books and writing ma terials and a steamer rug. She spent hours every day in the open, but she pre- ferred the climbing to the lazy life of the roof She was like some wind-blown creature. and everybody felt like tucSing up their steamer rugs closer when she whizzed down a woodland path, blew over the bride and startled the swallows on the roof. She was big, 1.-the and seem- ed the embodiment of all the ideas about thinking health, strength and life if you want to be we'll
 I always thought of her as the New Thought, and the woman who fell into my way of thinking said she was going to ask her how she got on the heights" and stayed there.
 She must have read 1t all in books" she said "but how she manages to stay on the heights is what I would like to know"
 Every day the New Thought woman whizzed by us baslSing in the sunshine, and too indolent even to read.
 We used to watch her speeding over the asphalt of the roof, taking the bridge as you have seen a ship in full sail, plunge into the mountains and never stop at the most difficult of ascents. We would
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Dan. my dearest There has never been any one before you; there never can be any one in your place. But I come second"
 She turned and walked quickly away the trees soon hiding her from sight. Lit tie Dan kicked thoughtfully at some leaves. What was up? He wished woman kind was not so leaky. They seemed to hunt for trouble just for the fun of It.
 Now men--and he was none-did not have to hunt. Trouble came to them unsought It was a hard world and cheerless, in spite of the fact that the sun was bright, the air soft, the woods odor- ous-and that the awaited step was sound- ing on the path. Big Dan was coming.
 The sight of his fathers splendid strength and beauty set Little Dams heart 1eaping exultingly, yet caused him pain and wistfulness, too, like many other things that were grand and not thorough ly hensible--mountains and thun- derstorms and sailing vessels and great music.
 He could not guess that his own young comeliness stirred Big Dan in much the same manner, that the mans heart yearned passionately back to the grace of boyhood, which had been his, but which was now grown away from and forever lost.
 The two met very coolly, however One would have thought they did not see each other at first. Little Dan stared stud iously at the moss on the log and Big Dan stepped over, strolling a few inches onward before he stopped and remarked surprisedly:
 why, hullo, Dan, is that you?"
 "Why, hullo, Father,' replied Dan.
 Quite a pause ensued, during which the moss was well studied by the boy, and some birds were fatteringly scrutinzed by the man. Then the moss was unfor- tunately prodded off and the birds flew away, so something had to be said.
 Doing anything very particular, Dan?"
 ''No, sir, nothing much He was dis concerted to surprise gleam of solid amusement in his fathers eyes.
 Well, pardner, suppose we stroll on together mad hunt for those birds we heard the other day.
 For one brief moment friendly assent sparkled in Little Dams glance, then it dickered gfoomily out. He knew of one bird too many in that wood. They would be sure to overtake her, in spite of every thing, for the path led nowhere very much; then he would have to dawdle along behind them, silent neglected, for gotten. He'd look for no birds. So he said. politely:
 Thank you. but think I'll stay here; I'm er-er--lxind of tired"
 T ann very tired" said Big Dan, ex- plosively; then he calmed down, seated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
BY ANNIE KENDRlck WALKER.

held three thousand people was surround ed by a dense population of the lowest and most wicked Every other house in the street in which the officers lived was a den of infamy. Captain Eva's first an nouneement was that she meant to be her own policeman For some time the toughs had been in possession of the hell despite the assistance of the men in blue, but what the law could not do, the frail fair girl accomplished. Her pray CTS were heard by their deathbeds, her songs were sung over their sick. her brave feet tripped up to the highest at tics of those rickety tenements and down into the lowest and darkest cellars, where poverty and crime lay hidden.
 Within few weeks she had worked revolution in the neghborhood. and had won the respect and affection of the whole gang, and many who had headed the persecution now protected the line of march. and when the devoted captain fell dangerously i'll at the conclusion of her term one of those men pawned his vest to buy hothouse grapes for her. Dis guised sometimes as a flower girl, some times as a water-cress seller, the in- trepid girl found her way into the poor est haunts with messages of mercy. and stood by the side of the guilty and un- fortunate in the police court and prison cells. No man or woman was too de- graded or too vicious or too desperate to be outside the reach of her gentle hand, or too far gone to see the divine compassion looking out through her dark eyes. No wonder that these for whom she lived and worked at this time gave her the unofficial title of "rhe Angel of the Sums"
 The commander has been the Butcher upon many a Waterloo of the army g warfare. Wherever there has been per- secution difficulty she has been the first to volunteer to fill the gap Like the gale-proof petrel she has delighted to be found in the storm, and her pres ence there has again and again proved the herald of an era of peace. In the riots of Torquay Whiteehureh, East bourne, and Ryde she figured as a very
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
Parrots Warned Him,

L. c. Crutcher, an American conductor on the Mexican Central railroad, says that he had ample warning that the earthquake was going to come, and that he was not bit surprised when the first shocks were felt.
 He was in the city of Pachuca at the time and the warning was given by par rots He has been through a number of earthquake experiences fin the tropics and declares that it Is well known fact that parrots can tell some time in advance that there Is going to be an earthquake.
 They give warning of the coming shock by means of unearthly cries. On the night of the recent earthquake Mir. Crutcher was awakened by the loud squalls of parrots. He listened for moment and then recognized the peculiar tone of dis tress which the parrots give forth as sig nifying that an earthquake Is about to occur.
 He arose and dressed and went out upon the street. He did not know how severe the shocks might be and he pre- ferred to be in the street rather than shut up in his room. He had to wait just an hour when he felt the first earth tremblings.
 The parrots at the first shocks set up their diabolical cries louder than ever. They kept up the noise as long as the shocks lasted.
 MT. Crutcher says he has never known parrots to fall to give timely warning of an impending earthquake He thinks ought to supply It's stations with parrots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

, the home if she had no better reason tp offer for wanting to enter Moreover, II she invaded the family, she would soon become acquainted with the outrageous state of affairs which prevailed there at the present She would see the honor of man assailed, and noting that the assail- CT got off scot free might even come in time to think that she, too, could assail. It would never do. So he shook his head decidedly.
 When he saw the genuine distress that his reluctance caused he relented suff- ciently to observes:
 But, all the same I want to thank you for what you said last night"
 Last night?" asked Miss Aimee vague- ly She stood up and went around the log as if to continue on her way. But she waited for his explanation.
 Last night l heard you and father talking I was not listening. just heard. Father said he would send me away to school if you liked, and you said you would never marry him if it meant driv- ing me from my own home. So I thank you'
 Strive as he might he could not keep out of his ringing little voice his scornful anger at this pretty state of things when comparatively strange young woman dared abrogate to herself the power of deciding whether he shoudl stay in or keep out of his home, his, the gift of the dear dead mother.
 This same young woman showed good sense again.
 Why, Dan." she cried appealingly, don't be stupid, dear. You have nothing to thank me for. It is your home. know it, and you know it. I, though would have everything to thank you for if you could bid me honest welcome when cross it's threshold"
 Dan reached across the log and gripped her hand again. and again wavering in his mind caused him to drop it.
 Let's talk this over some other time, he suggested stiffly. Then he turned with a sudden, new torture; the flame of jealously scared his sould and he cried out passionately:
 Not that I can help myself by any amount of talking! l don't count any more. You are first with my father now, You are first!''
 A second time she started and flushed as if he had hurt her. She looked at him in a strangely pathetic way, but he knew she was not thinking of him at all that she was thinking of something else, some- thing which seemed to sadden her to tears, for her eyes were full of them as she raised them to the radiant rift in the sky and murmured-but to the other Dam
 Not first; oh, no, not first! I never, never can be first-as you are with me,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

lie there idle, too comfortable for words and think and talk about that woman who dlsdained the luxury of likeness. The New Thought woman furnished us insplr- alton for hours and we used to wait for her to come back down the mountain. fly once more across the roof, windblown, radiant panting.
 Then one day I asked her how she had reached the heights
 You are different from every one else" I told her. I am wondering how you do 1t. Does 1t really do any good to think health and strength?"
 Her face fairly beamed. Her cheeks were like popies.
 My dear" she said quite seriously, people worry too much and there is nothing to be done for those who worry until they make up their own minds that it is worry that keeps them III. God never made any provision for people who worry"
 We told her that we were only worry Ing about her and wondering how she was so much happier climbing steep hillsldes instead of basling in the sun on the roof in steamer chairs. We said that we had been troubling over it for days, in fact every time we saw her skipping over the roof with her writing materials.
 She laughed just as we expected her to do, wide smile that broadened into the laugh of the outdoor woman, infectious, happy.
 She said that she was going to send us some books on the subject, that Is if we were really interested and wanted to know things.
 Don't send us books" told her, Out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

;" HE present Japanese tour of Gen.
 William Booth of the Salvation 4 Army strikes the least observant as being worthy of all the space and con sideration that Is being given 1t by the press. Those who were once prone to criticise the Salvation Army now see the great work that it has accomplished among the poorer classes. It Is in fact hardly comprehended how much is meant in the general term Salvation Army" But the varying degrees of cordiality with which General Booth has been received in Japan recalls the early struggles of the army and of that woman leader of a mighty host, Commander Booth.
 Commander Eva booth is the fourth daughter of the world-famed philanthropy ist, Gen. William Booth.
 When but a school girl she served her apprenticeship in the cause which has been her life-work selling War Crys on the streets of London. Her sweetness and courage made her so successful that she became the champion War Cry seller of the army. Her first public speech was made onea chair in the open air meeting in one of the darkest slums of London.
 While yet in her teens, Miss Booth play ed an important part by the side of her sister, the late Consul Booth-Tucker, who then, as Miss Emma Booth, was in charge of the first training home of the organ iaztion.
 Commander Eva Booth is especially en- deared to the hearts of her people by the fact that although the generals daughter she has risen in the ranks and has held successively each title, from sergeant to commander.
 Her first appointment was to a large corps which was assailed by storm of abuse and opposition, which threatened to stamp out not only the existence of the Salvation Army but the lives of it's hal lnI1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

DERHAPs the most luxurious df
 any of the outdoor pathways to 4 peace is the life on the spacious and sunny roofs. which are now provided in many of the most favored winter and summer resorts. In a southern winter sun, baths are prescribed as the most beneficial of restorers. With outdoor life being urged upon all who can possibly avail themselves of the opportunity it is not surprising that people spend many hours daily on the roofs in those northern climes where summer does not begin as early as in the south and where autumn wealth CT comes in with August days.
 It is glorious to idle away summer days on beautiful roof gardens. Your attend ant brings you a steamer chair and al- ways waits for you to tell him in which direction you care to dream, whether you wish to look far out across the Genesee valley, or upon the magnificent stretch of woodland into fch the bridge leads from the roof rectly into the heart of the woods
 Karl was the name of the little German who used to arrange my steamer chair. He was excessively sunburned, but ex- ceedingly attractive, going, or rather fly ing here and there with the lightness of the swallows who also lived on the roof. Carl wore white tennis shoes, soft white cap and a new suit of clothes almost every day.
 He would bring a comforter figured in apple blossoms, he would fetch bright cushions and arrange them with such an idel to comfort that every one who ever went on the roof for an idle hour all ways felt neglected if Carl was not there to tuck in your comforter cover you up with your steamer rug, open your parasol ant- bring your books and magazines.
 Life on the roof began with the dawn, because many people went there to sleep, portion of the roof being reserved for those who had been advised to sleep in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
Surprises of Travel.
n the Travel Magazine.

From the Travel Magazine.
 There are no onions in Bermuda for the visitor. They are all exported.
 No tobacco is grown in Egypt The Khedive has forbidden its cultivation.
 There are no olive trees on the Mount of Olives. The Turks and tourists have destroyed them.
 The French do not eat frogs. The Pa- rsan restaurants may be searched for days without finding a single frog.
 Irish whisky Is drunk in Scotland and Scotch whisky in Dublin.
 The Holland cheese Is seldom seen at The Hague and Neufchatel cheese is made lr New York.
 Kansas City Is in Missouri.
 The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Egypt is a citizen of the state of Flor ida, and the head of the anti-Armenian party in the Turkish empire is an Arme- nian.
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just talk to us about the heights
 But that afternoon Carl brought me basket of wild roses and buried beneath them was a book on some of the sub- jects upon which the New Thoght wom- an had been speaking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
What He Said.

From the Chicago News.
 Her Husband: If d man steals-no mat ter what 1t is-he will live to regret it.''
 His Wife: During our courtshlp you used to steal kisses from me-.
 Her Husband: Well, you heard what I said"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-28

In the Justice Court of Phoebe Township in the
County OF Lincoln and State of Nevada.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-28

r, - IiS vussiSo Nourt oI FlOcne township in the
County Of Lincoln and State of Nevada.
Henry Lee. Plaintiff.
M. Hirsch. Defendant)
The State Of Nevada sends greeting to M
rseh. defendant;-You are hereby required n
pear IN an action brought against you by the
owe named pls -if. in the Justice Court Of
eens township, unity Of Lincoln. State of
eyada- and to answer before the Justice Of
ID Court at his Office In the said Township, the
implainc nled therein. within six weeks after
10 issuance Of this summons which ia to he
Tved ny the publication thereof beginning on
le iotn DAY OF November. A. D., 1907, and con-
nuin ag once week for period of six weeks
Sald action Is brought to obtain judgment
yalnst you for the sum of One Hundred Dollars
lOu,l now due and payable upon a certain prom
sorry note, dated October 29th 1907 together
ltn interest at the legal rate also attorneys fees
len Dollars $50 and costs Of suit
ana AH tor the recovery of the sum of Ten Dollars
~ ~ Ior money lent ny said plaintiff unto said
lefendant on the 18th day of October 1907 which
now due and unpaid. together with interest
ereon at the legal rate as more fully apDaars
n the verified complaint on file herein to which
ference is hereby made
And you are hereby notified that if YOU fail 10
appear ana answer said complaint as above
\ Iuired, said plaintiff will take Judgment arainst
Tor the said sum of One Hundred Dollars
W. together with interest at the legal rate
n above demanded. said attorneys fees of Ten
Lars ($iOl. and also for said sum of Ten Dollars
", money lent, with interest thereon at the
~ rate. and the costs Of this action.
FIven under my hand. this 18th day of Novem-
Hi. A. d. 1907. G. w Garrison
btice Of the Peace in and for Phoebe Township.
ATTY OF Lincoln. State of Nevada
first publication, NOV. Is, 1907
asst publication. Dec. 81, 1907