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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

| stand absolutely still, causing the other
 alone to travel in an orbit
 The surprising thing about this discov-
 cry is that If we suppose both the stars
 to have sprung from the separation of
 a single original mass. it is the smaller
 one which should first have exhausted
 it's radiation and become faint or dark. When we find, on the contrary, the less
 massive Of the two stars still shining brilliantly, while it's masterful companion
 has become partly or wholly extinguished.
 We are naturally led to the conclusion that their meeting may have been fortui- tous H bright sun falling under the sway
 of huge mass of obscure matter, which it has encountered on it's journey through spa e, and which has made 1t a prisoner. This induces us to think little more
 anxiously of the future of our sun, for
 we know that 1t is ceaselessly travelling. at the rate of many million miles year. toward the north, into regions of space concerning whose contents we are lgnor-
 ant. If the sun should pick up. or. rather be picked up by one of these enormous opaque faintly shining stars, it would become satellite of its greater neighbor. and the contending attraction would break up the present regular order of the planetary system, and probably introduce perturbations that would ren- der the earth uninhabitable.
 The great number of the binary stars is in itself an argument against the sup position of chance encounters, but then the mystery remains to be explained of the superior brightness In so many cases of the less massive companion. The or enary laws of physics do not suffice to offer d satisfactory explanation. Is that explanation to be found in the new physics' of which the discovery of radio
 activity and the dsntegration and trans-
 mutation of atoms have laid the founda- tion? Perhaps
 Meanwhile the double stars furnish one of the most interesting of all sub iects for contemplation, and if they were better known to the public at large 0 telescope would surely be considered as necessary a part of the equipment of every intelligent human being as H.
 brary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

habits of the professional criminal. In his latest volume 'The Spirit of Labor. " he follows the same method and for his subject takes a certain workinghman in Chicago whom he discovered after months of searching flor man. as he expresses 1t. This worker stands at the center of the labor wolrd in Chicago, and afforded the author a wide insight into problems from the laborer's point of view. It is the story of one who is a labor leader and trade unionist and to anyone interested or concerned with such matters the present volume throws a flood of new light on the serious question of the con fict between labor and capital.
 ',The Life and Services of John NeWland
 Maffitt," by Emma Martin Maffitt. The Neale Publishing Co.
 Writing to one of his former naval off cers, Captain Maffitt-Captain Maffitt in his modest country home, "The Moor ings' surrounded by his friends and his family and his books and flowers and the memory of his glory days-under date of June IS, 1870. MT. Jefferson Davis says:
 q felt that l was taxing you heavily by my request, but, as on more memorable occasions, you have exceeded what was to be fairly expected of you" This quiet clause is the epitome of the brilliant, stirring, loyal, sacrificial service Of John Newland Maffitt. seaman surveyor com mander, author. patriot. People grew to expect much of him, and he always lex ceeded what was to be fairly expected of him." "The bravest of the brave,' as Admiral Dewel calls him.
 This work of the life and services of Capt John N. Maffitt is written by his
 wife and she says in the preface My inspiration h this work has been to do justice to my husbands memory. and as much as possible to eliminate myself Wherever he had uttered word which
 memory retained, or left written docu- ment or sentence, 1t has been set down
 So far as possible he has spoken for him. self My work has been to bridge over any hiatus, by explanation or comment when such was necessary
 'Bettina." by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Published by Doubleday, Page X Co.
 A mistake in identity is the theme of this cieevr, dainty and amusing little story. And upon this very probable little incident. although unique in kind, series of events occur with rapidity, though
 most simple There is nothing extraordi- nary about the story but. it is of the genial class that entertain and amuse and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
Nobodv Saw Her,

From the Ladies Home Journal
 Did you mail my letter, Nary" asked her mistress. Tt was an inn portant one, you know"
 "Yis, mum, indeed l did
 But why have you brought back the two cents gave you for the stamp?'
 Sure, I didn't have to use it, mum, v replied Mary q slipped tn letter into th' box whin nobody was lukin'."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

in this way serve truly laudable pur- pose It Is not @ lengthy story, but very bright and clever and holding deep "heart interest" from the very first page, It is just such light piece of fiction as one can enjoy and pass on to friend with a good word, especially if we see that friend in the need of a little good oh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17
LOUIS PIZITZ
The Busy Corner

A Big special EsTa E9Ta
 2000 pairs children's muslin draw ' SA CTS, three kinds in the lot, plain E EA hemstitched some tucked and ruffled I sssS a5A and others lace trimmed. You ba N1z9G " couldn't make them for less than GfI .AA zs be to 20c-Special, i0n TSW4vHYTYTTN pair IUG G-.-Yy...-gg->>=-S
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
81 Bargain

Three new subscriptions for
one year will be given to the Ga.
zcttc for 81, or the paper will be
sent three years 10 one address
Tor 81 If all the time is in ad-
vance. No one owing back sub
scriptlon can have three years
for 81 till the arrearage is paid.
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
Common Things

DR.. Knapp, Of Louisiana,
whose pen has furnished several
sterling articles for Gazette
readers in the last few months
made an address at the summer
normal held at the Mississippi.
a. & NJ. College, in which he inci-
dentally spoke Of the good work be
ing done by the College, sayiug
thatit turns out the highestty pc
Of graduates. He is placing
good number OF them iu respon
sible positions IN connection with
his practical demonstration farm
work being carried on in differ
ent Southern states by the Fed
eral Department OF Agriculture,
and is in position to know
whereof he speaks. The work
he requires calls for results in
practical farm work, and ought
to be convincing TO doub,ers that
the College makes practical far.
mers Of boys with the righ, iouu.
dation to begin with.
DR.. knapp's address was on
"Com mon Things; and laid
special stress on doing faithfully
the common duties, taking ad-
vantage of common opportuni.
ties, Of putting the best OF onc's
self into the common tasks Of
life, to the end that be pertec,
his character and business in all
their details. The central idea
was that such practice will fur
ther the forces that lead 10 sue.
cess; and that. because the com
mon things are we'll ordered, the
big things must also be. The
address was we'll received, as i,
deserved.
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
Forcing Crops

EDITOR GAzETTE:
am a subscriber to your val
liable paper. and sec 10 the last
issue the question raised OF how
TO make crops grow fast and ma.
ture quickly. The best way is
TO fertilize as many acres as
possible, plant them, and then
cultivate as fast as possible. Go
around it every eight or ten days
Work il we'll each time. Such
manage will make a crop
grow fast and mature early,
hence be the first in the markc :.
| have cotton that was planted
the first part OF May. Iiertilized
il and worked it fast; and now,
the first OF July. il has plenty OF
blooms and plenty .! bolls.
Editorial comment: While fer
tllizcrs are not likely TO be so
necessary near Penn. MISS. az
at many other places. yet fcr,i.
lizers have doubtless hurried the
crop forward in its development;
but considering everything ,ha,
has had TO DC contcnded with this
year, it is safe to say the rapid
cultivation has done more than
the fertilizers in this particular
case to hasten the development O:
the crop. All who arc not doing
acre farming, instead Of dollar
farming-'hat is. all who have
no. planted more than they can
care for-can yet do enough cul.
tiva,ing 10 hasten the maturity
OF their crops much
How often they can cultivate
depends largely on whether they
have modern cul,ivators that will
tln.sh a row at one or two trips
across the field. That one thing
will decide for many whether
they make a success or half
failure OF their crops this year.
Even yc, those who do no, have
cultiva'ors with which they can
do rapid work can afford 10 buy
new ones that will cultivate rap.
idly. Such Implements cncour.
age one to keep up that late shal.
low cultivation 10 retain moisture
IN the ground for the crop and
10 make cotton fill TO the top.
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
You Paint, 1t Saves

barns hcla
en- h" service these costly .hing paint;
'he work s""rsoit Don't Evcsybodys
what paint sac for thing. ami ho~
dwelling The
itea'y
delivered
OF
wtl all
think they
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
Breeders Cards.

Ui.dcr this heading. ads will bc In
serted for IS cents a word for ono year.
20 ctn,a word for six months: l.:
cents word for three months. Name
numbers and initials couu; ~ words
No advertisement, accepted for lea.
than One Dollar. Coun; the word.
carefully and Send Cash with
the Ad.
The Southern farm gazette., 1907-07-15
k'sk;x,Ew. FARM Poland Chinas

I am now prepared TO ship choice
lot Of Poland China pigs from three
10 four months old, pigs that will do
credit 10 any farm. Nothing but ped
igrecd stock kept on the farm: and
with enty.two years experience in
breeding Poland ChinAs, think can
satisfy you. Write for catalog.
CLIFTON KIRKPATRICK,
CAHABA, ALABAMA,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To w. L. jerks and Frank A.
jerks:
You are hereby notified that
have expended during the year
1905 the sum of three hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the following mining claims,
to-wit: The Pay Master, the loca-
ton notice of which is recorded in
book OF Quartz Location Notices
page 1O7, the Double Standard, To-
cation notice of which is recorded
in book Quartz Location Notices
page 100 and Golden Argossa, loca-
ton notice of which is recorded in
page 10, all in the records of Ell
more county, Idaho, said mining
claims being located in Black War
rior Mining district, Elmore coun-
ty, Idaho, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
ton 1924 of the Revised Statutes OF
the United States, and the amend
ments thereto approved, January u,
1880, concerning annual labor up
on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claim for the period ending the 31st
day of December, 1906. And if,
within ninety days from the per-
sonal service of this notice, or
within ninety days after the pub
LEGATION thereof, you fail or refuse
to contribute your proportion oil
such expenditure as a Co-owner,
your interest will become the prop
erty of the subscriber, your co.
owner, who has made the required
expenditure by the terms of sale
section. JOHN l.. HEARN
Mountain Home, Idaho, Septem
Der goth, 1906.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
SENATOR WARREN, WYOMING,
WILL BE INVESTIGATED

President Roosevelt has decided
to investigate the many charges
which have been made against Sen
ator Francis E. Warren, of Wyom-
ing.
One charge alleges that Senator
Warren fenced illegally thousands
of acres of the public domain.
1t IS alleged also that tor twelve
years he had men working in his
mercantile and stockraisingg BUSH
ness in Cheyenne, Wyoming, while
keeping them on the government
payrolls in Washington by fraud.
The names of Charles M. Smith,
Hiram Sapp and S. P. futile, which
are carried on the rolls of the claims
and irrigation committees of the
senate are mentioned in this con-
nection.
1t is further alleged that others
who received funds through War
ren's appointment rendered no SER
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior.
United States Land Office, Boise,
Idaho, December 20, 1906.
A sufficient affidavit having been
filed in this office by James L.
Bradford, Mountain Home, Idaho,
contestant, against desert land en-
try No. 231o, made January 40,
1906, for west } section 8, township
S south, range 6 east, B. M, by
Charles E. Bcrnhardt, Mountain
Home, Idaho, Contcstcc, in which
it is alleged that ''said Charles E.
Bernhardt never established a resi-
dcnce in the state of Idaho;'' said
parties are hereby notified to APP
pear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock
a. m. on February IA, 1907 before
w. c. Howic, u. S. Commissioners
at Mountain Home, Idaho, and that
final hearing will be held at ?
o'clock p m. on February 81, 1907
before the register and receiver at
the United States land office in
Boise, Idaho.
The said contestant having, in 6
proper affidavit, filed December 20
1906, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence persona
service of this notice can not b.
made, it is hereby ordered and di
rcctcd that such notice be givcI
by due and proper publication.
EDWARD E. GARRETT,
Receiver
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, Boise,
Idaho, December 7, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit hav-
ing been filed in this office by
Christian H. Wasem, Mountain
Home, Idaho, contestant, against
desert land entry No. 2316, made
January 20, 1906, for w. ) section
81, township south, range east,
B.. M, by Emma A. Rushfelt, Noun
tain Home, Idaho, contcstee, in
which it is alleged that said En-
ma A. Rushfelt is not a bona fide
resident of the state of Idaho, and
never has been;'' said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond
and offer evidence touching said al
Legation at 10 O'Clock a. m. on Feb
ruary 7, 1907, before the register
and receiver at the United States
land office in Boise, Idaho.
The said contestant having, in q
proper affidavit, filed December 2,
1906, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be
made, it is hereby ordered and di.
rected that such notice be given By
due and proper publication.
EDWARD E. GARRETT,
Receiver
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
vice to the government.

vice to the government.
Finally, it is charged that War
rem entered into a contract with
the United States government.
while senator, in 1899, for the
rental of a building he owns in
Cheyenne for 10 years, at ST.. 200 a
year, in direct violation of the re-
viscd statutes.
1t has developed that the senior
senator from Wyoming is the SUBJ
iect of special report made to the
president. 1t is stated that Sccrc-
tary Hitchcock particularly called
the presidents attention to the i'll
legal fencing which the reports of
inspectors of the interior depart
mcnt assert have been done on pub
lie lands by Warren. For this same
offcnsc indictments have been Sc
cured in a number of western
states.
A chart showing fences alleged
to have been erected by Warren has
been transmitted with Hitchcock 4
report to the president. 1t was
prepared upon information furnished
by the inspectors. Senator Warner
declares that this chart is false
that the fences alleged to belong t.
him inclose land over which he
never had control. Some of tn,
fences belong to other persons, Blu
some of his own property, and h
claims to have clear title to Ian,
they enclose.
Senator Warren claims to b,
confident of his ability to prove thu
charge of illegal fencing false, an
he will make spirited fight, hi
friends assert, if the matter
brought into court.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership existing between
]. d. WhItson and w. L. Harley,
under the firm name of ]. d.
Whitson & Co., has by mutual con-
sent been dissolved, w. l.. Harley
retaining the feed yards, collecting
all accounts due and paying all
bills; j. d. Whitson retaining the
coal and grain business. All bills
must be settled at once.
Dated at Mountain Home this
9Th day of December 1906.
j. d. WHITSON.
w. L. HARLEY.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that l have
this day sold the business of the
Mountain Home Lumber company
of this place to the Mountain Home
Lumber company, q corporation.
All accounts due the Mountain
Home Lumber company are payable
to me and / will pay all claims
owing by said company.
Dated at Mountain Home, Idaho,
this list day of Decebmer, 1906
L. T. WILCOX.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
No Opium in Chamberlain COuah
Remedy.

There is not the least danger in
giving Chambcrlain's Cough Rem
cdy to small children, as it contains
no opium or other harmful drug.
1t has an established reputation of
more than thirty years as the most
successful medicine in use for
colds, Group and whooping cough.
1t always cures and is pleasant to
take. Children like it. Sold by
Roscoe w. Smith.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
PRIMARY LESSONS
IN IRRIGATION
Methods Best Adapted for the Successful
Growing of Alfalfa in This
Territory.

feet, he places some temporary
dam in the the channel, which
stops the flow in that direction and
causes it to flow over low places in
the bank. The dam used may be
of canvas or metal, or it may con-
sist of pile of coarse manure faced
with earth. If the seed drill has
been run in the direction which the
water takes after leaving the later
ais it will help to. distribute it even
ly and quickly. The water is al
lowed to run until the upper foot of
the soil is saturated, any excess
which runs off being caught by the
lower lateral. BY this method one
man in ten hours will irrigate from
two to five acres.
| When the land is checked the la
Dor and expense of irrigating are
much reduced. A large head of
water is used which is turned into
q check by simply raising wooden
gate. When sufficient water has
been admitted, gate to the nexl
check is opened and the first one
closed. Two men in twelve hour
shifts should irrigate, on an aver
age, IS acres per day. Assuming
that their wages, board and nipple.
ments cost the owner SIS per day.
the cost of applying water by this
method would be thirty-three and {
third cents per acre for each irriga.
ton.
Some soils cannot be successfully
irrigated by flooding or in checks
for the reason tina. very light soil
; wash when flooded and crus
forms on the surface of other soil
, after each wetting. When alfalf;
is grown on soils that bake, it i
usually watered by burrows. Thes
burrows are from to 6 inches dee
and from to 4 feet apart. Eacl
, furrow is fed by a wooden spou
t placed in the head ditch. The cos
5 of irrigating by this method is abou
the same as by flooding from fiel
5 laterals, or from so cents to S1.2
t per acre.
| In many sections the rainfall dur
S ing the spring months supplies sui
t Each subsequent crop is irrigate
: once, as a rule. Opinions diffe
e as to the proper time to irrigate
e The custom in the Yellowstone Val
q Low &c 70 5rrf004a
land before the crop is cut. TIL
c grower decides upon a date abor
n a week or ten days in advance whe
S his alfalfa will be ready to cut. II
c likewise estimates the number {
c days it will require the soil to DIR
n out sufficiently after an irrigatio
S to enable the mower and wagon
: pass over the surface without II
h jury to the field or the next cIoI
d The field accordingly is we
watered and the crop is cut an
n stacked. The custom in Utah
e to first water the stock and the
d apply the water to the stubbl,
e But what might be good pTactiC
e' in. one locality might be bad in al
J. other. The size of the farm h;
Is much to do with the case.
is small farms the crop may be II
h moved in the forenoon and II
N water applied in the afternoon.
= large farms several days may int
to vene, and by that time the stubb
2. is withered to such an extent tn
at it may take a week to restore Il
r lost vigor of the crop. The ma
as thing to keep in mind is the nece
De sity of keeping the plant grown
lie vigorously all the time.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-22
A PIKE ie cNefed.

The proprietor Of The box BAN q
ley announces that hereafter
viii be siyq%at tto alley eeo
uiday night to the PLAYER maldag
largest score darins the wees
prize s. to &c $3.50 "a cash ana ID
WIN create new interest ia the po
uiar game.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-22
sarpin1 a ealtc =

Camping q saltc'e
a large PARTY Of hunters e now
At Butter Point where they ia
been for the past Two weees haa
rig and fishing They nave Eli j
very few. IF any ducks.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24
By ROY NOR N
Drawings by Livingston Bull andJay Hambidse

call plain when he addressed his friend in the old
term of intimacy:
Paul, we have left to you the honor of christen-
ing the first radiopane ever built She isn't named
yet. The boys here wanted to call her the Roberts;
but forbade them. guess you know who wanted
Presidents and looking up into his face; but
then l wasnt sure you would like that, so we have
compromised by leaving it to YOU"
ter's chalk which he had idly picked up from one
of the floors he had traversed. He stood turning
it over between his long rough fingers which bore
evidences of hard physical labor in early youth,
and looked affectionatey down into the inventors
eyes. He turned from him and looked at those
around him. In the edges of the light and stretch
ing back into the darkr ess behind he could discern
the faces of the worknen the reflection giving them
singularly pad look and making them seem like
visages dismembered, their bodies being absorbed
into the blackness of the background They
pected a speech; but he felt paucity of words
when he thought of their endeavors and achieve
ments. He started to address them; but choked
with the fullness of his heart Without such work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-24

they had given, what would be the condition of the
nation tonight?
Men, he said, using the strongest of appela-
tons mo words of mine add to the honors
you merit, detract from what you have done
Duty well performed requires praise; but
President of the United States l thank you. l am
the who is honored in being privileged to call
you countrymen.'
ne faltered and IN the strong hght upon MN they
preston. He turned from them if to hide his
emotion, and took few steps which brought him
to the side of the radoplane. His long reached
out, and slowly and in silence he chalked upon its
metal side in big white letters NORMA.
The men of the plant stood quietly until the sig
nifcance of his act dawned upon them, and then
burst into frenzy of cheers, forgot the dignity OF
his position, and crowded round him. talking
man to man Norma tried to make her protests
heard; but they were unavailing The men were
eated, and her father satisfied.
With little delay the party boarded the craft, the
metal door was closed, and the Norma rose into the
air for its return journey while the stood with