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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

On the third floor of the city hall build ing are two little rooms from which ra- diate lines that stretch Into every home of the Birmingham district, and account for the good health, and the pure food of every meal. They are the office and lab oratory of City MIX and Meat Inspector and Bacteriologist E. NJ. Duncan.
 In the accompanying photographs are pictured the tools with which Inspector Duncan works This is no mythical den, but the center where all of the new in- ventions of science are used for the pro- tection of human life. It is the best equip per bacteriological laboratory in the south and has come into such close touch with the public as to be at the very highest point of service.
 pr. Duncan is man thoroughly wrap ped up in his work acquainted with all the branches of the department, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
LOCAL MISSIONARY UNION.
Meeting Will Be Held at Vine Street
 Church This Morning.

The Presbyterian Local Missionary un- ion will meet this morning at 10 o'clock The programme is here given:
 Home Missions, Miss Alice Daly x Local Needs, Mrs. McCausland.
 Prison Work, Mrs. R. D. Johnson.
 New Plans. Mrs. James Bruce
 Symposium of Our Work, by the various societies.
 All who are interested in local home missions are cordially invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
BICYCLIST FALLS
 OVER BEREAVEMENT
J. M. Carpenter Is Injured While Riding Wheel-lnjuries Are
 Not Fatal.

This morning about 1 o'clock J. M. Car penter living at Fifth avenue and Twelfth street, while riding bicycle, ran over the railroad embankment >t Avenue A and Twenty-third street, receiving seri- ous injuries.
 He was taken to St. Vincents hospital in Shaw & Sons ambulance. Reports from the hospital state that his injuries, although serious, are not fatal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
Kappa Sigma Banquet.

The Birmingham alumni chapter of Kappa Sigma will give a banquet tonight at the Country club which promises to be most enjoyable affair. Nearly all the Kappa Sigmas in the Birmingham dis trict will be present and there will be, representatives from Auburn and the Uni versity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Dr. l.. c. Woodson will act as toastmaster
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

carefully enforces the letter of the law without favor. His place is full of in- teresting apparatus, and the director is usually there, now bending over a micro scope. now making a test of some dis ease, now cutting off a little piece of meat and putting 1t through various chemicals, all the time busily engaged.
 It Is no selfish den for the inspector
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
Mccreary Reaches Porto Rico.

San Juan, April 24.-The United States converted cruiser yacht arrived here from Santiago. Cuba, having on board Fenton R. McCreary, the new American minister resident and con sul general at Santo Domingo, who suc- ceeds Thomas c. Dawson, who was ap- pointed minister to Colombia last Jan uary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

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 willingly shows you the use of each in strument. Look for a moment through the microscope and see there the thousands of bacteria moving through one little drop of water from some well, or the mur-
 derous germs of tuberculosis, clustered in hundreds, lying dead and dyed to the little glass slide where they were placed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
Demere Is Still Agent.

Captain F. L. Demere will continue to act as the agent for the property of Mark Potter in Birmingham The property was yesterday transferred to the Birmingham Trust and Savings company as trustee for MT Potter's family, but this exchange does not alter the position of Captain De- r11nrp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
Terrorists Kill Chief of Prison.

Odessa, April 24.-The chief of the political prison was killed here today by four terrorists whose indignation he had provoked by alleged atrocities upon prisoners. One of the terrorists committed suicide, another was cap. tured and two escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25
WiIIouqhby to Succeed Post.

San Juan, April 24,-The selection of William F. Willoughby as secretary of Porto Rico to succeed Regis H. Post, who has been made governor. Is prac- tically assured. MT. Willoughby is now treasurer of the island and was ecutive council. If this change is made it is believed that the vacant treasurer ship will go to some one already in the service.
 Washington, April 24-Secretary Taft tonight said that he would ask the President to consider the appoint ment of William F. Willoughby as sec. retary of Porto Rico. but that the ap- pointment has not been definitely set tied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

John W. Mcqueen, trustee of the de- funct Jenifer furnace. which was placed in bankruptcy about three years ago, has effected a settlement with the creditors of the concern on a basis of 50 per cent pres ent cash payment and the balance in second mortgage bonds. It Is reported that the net profits during the three years of Mr McQueen's management have been S90,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-25

In order to correct the false impression that has been circulated. the chief of the Cedartown fire department has sent out circular letters, stating that the date of the flremen's tourney in that city has not been changed. and will be held May 15-17. Chief Allan says he and several members of the Anniston company will attend, but will not enter the contest
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
THE TOO FRANK PERSON.
Some Plain Truths as Set Forth by a
Woman Writer.

We all know-and respect-and
avoid-such persons the world is full
OF them-too full for the general com
fort of its other inhabitants. And fire.
quently what they call the truth is
not abstract at all, but is merely the
expression of their own particular
land frequently erroneous) opinions.
Yet as they utter it they glow with
spiritual pride and feel themselves in
the same boat as the Christians of the
Catacombs and the rest of the noble
army of martyrs; never realizing that
their cause is no tenet of an inspired
creed, but merely an embodiment Of
their own pet prejudices; and their
sacrifices on it's behalf is neither their
own life nor wealth, but merely the
feelings and the sentiments of other
people, says Woman's Life. Such per-
sons are very fond of remarking that
they owe it to themselves to say ex-
actly what they think; it never seems
to occur to them that they likewise
owe it to others to conceal what they
think, if such thoughts be inimical to
the general pleasantness and we'll be-
ing of society at large; yet surely
they have never been taught that their
duty to themselves comes before their
duty to their neighbors.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
HAD TO GO ON IN AUTO.
Machine Wouldn't Stop and Owner
Tried to Wear 1t Out.

John P. julius, a prominent piano
dealer, of York, Pa, and an enthusi-
astic automobilist engaged with his
electric auto in an endurance run,
which he will not soon forget. While
driving along through the city streets
something went wrong with the
mechanism of his car and he found
that he was unable to stop it. Though
moving at lively clip the cars pace
was within the speed limit, and Mr..
julius, with great presence of mind,
steered it on, meanwhile giving his
spare attention to search for the
trouble. This search he finally aban-
doned, and then began the endurance
run, which continued up hill and down
through the streets and over country
roads for several hours. The machine
continued to bowl merrily on, and Mr..
Julius was in despair, when he passed
a garage and managed to attract the
attention of mechanic, who jumped
aboard and by removing few plugs
brought up the runaway.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
AFFECTION OF THE NERVES.
stammerins Not Always Due to De-
fects in Vocal Organs.

"Stammering is often more the re-
suit of habit than from any defect of
the vocal organs" says Prof. b. l..
Pavyer. 1T is generally, if not al
ways, caused by spasm of the
larnyX, resulting from nervous con-
traction of the organs, thus refusing
to PRINT proper flow of the air cur
rent producing tone. People rarely
or never stammer when singing, for
then the attention is divided between
the words and music, the nervousness
is momentarily forgotten and the pas
sage OF the air current through the
larnyX is continuous and unobstructed
Stammerlng very often is the result
OF imitation, sometimes intentional,
sometimes unconscious, and the af-
fllcuon is much more general than
might be supposed. In one compare
lively small section of the city there
are 80 stammerers and every one of
them is able to demonstrate to his
own satisfaction not only that he does
not stammer very badly, but that
some other person he knows STAN
mers great deal worse than himself
Every stammerer is intensely sensi-
tive about his infirmity, rarely for
gives and never does forget any allu-
sion to it which in his mind savors
OF ridicule.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
81 GUEssv AND "cALcuLATE.D
Expressions Are Good English and Not
at All American.

The accepted manner of defining
Americans, either male or female, in
the London, comic papers or in second
rate English novels is to lard their
speech plentifully with calculate" and
guess" and with well" at the open
ing of each sentence. This mode of
marking, or any other, is in itself
totally unimportant, but linguistically
it is not without interest for while it
is purely conventional as now used
and has no relation to any American
habits of the present day, whether
good or bad. it is pleasant to note that
the hard-worked insular humorist need
not have gone SO far afield to find the
words necessary for the Identification
of Americans. They really had but to
turn to the New Letters" of Thomas
Carlyle (volume 1, page 17S) and there
read the following sentence: "He has
brought you FoX's book of Martyrs,
which | calculate will go in the parcel
to-day; you will get right good read.
ing out of it, 1 guess" -Scribner.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Not Equal to Luxuries.

A dapper young man took a seat on
bench in Madison Square Park, says
the New York Press. Summing him
self at the other end of the bench was
as fine specimen of the genus hobo
as ever disfgured landscape. After
seating himself the dapper young man
drew handsome silver case from his
pocket and extracted therefrom Gig
arctic. With the cigarette between
his teeth, he drew out silver match
box, to find it empty. Swapping down
the lid, he turned to the tramp, hest
tated, then said: II beg pawdon, my
friend, but do you happen to have a
match?" Hands plunged into his trou-
sers' pockets and legs sprawled out
before him, the tramp surveyed his
neighbor with an air of deep melan-
choly. Say" he muttered hoarsely,
who do you think 1 AM. Pierpont
Morgan?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
AsToNIsHED CHILD OF sLuMs.
Pathos in Little Girls Exclamation Of
Wonder.

1t was case of the meeting of ex-
tremes. A beautifully appointed baby
carriage. enameled in white and with
all its fittings and coverlets of snowy
spotlessness, was being trundled
along an uptown street, says the New
York Times. In it lay a pink-and-
white baby, nesting amid frills of
lawn and lace. Approaching from the
other direction was group of little
Italian children, evidently on their
way home from school. Dressed in
heavy-looking clothes of every pos
sible color, the only uniformity pre-
sented was the general hue of dirt,
which seemed to be common to the
clothing, as we'll as the hands and
faces, of all. Certainly the contrast
between the baby in the carriage and
the children on the street-many of
them scarcely more than babies them
selves-could not have been more
marked. Something of this seemed to
impress the children. Pausing for a
moment, they gazed at the carriage
with admiring eyes, while one little
girl, Drawer than the rest, peering
under the hood to get a better look
at the occupant, exclaimed: "My!
What whiteness!"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
TRICK NOT ALWAYS AMUSING.
Sometimes Hubby Is Entirely Unable
to See the Joke.

This is simple trick, and every
married woman can perform it; but it
requires the assistance of a confed-
crate with big bag of shining tin
ware on his back. First get a hus-
band with an extra pair of slightly
worn trousers in his wardrobe; then
have the conference.-the man with
the bag of tinware-come to the back
door and knock gently. The wife
must then peep out in frightened
way, and Immediately the man with
the tinware tells tale that re-
sembles mining stock advertise
ment. The wife stops to think a few
minutes. Suddenly she must rush to
the wardrobe, but only after the man
rattles the brilliant tinware to arouse
her. The wife must walk back to the
man again with the trousers. The
man must take them and hand the
wife a few tin pans. All the while
the man with the tinware must smile
happily. At last the transaction is
completed, and, presto change! the
husbands trousers have disappeared
and in their place appears some tin
ware on the kitchen table. This trick
is very novel, and will amuse the
husband greatly. The trick should not
be performed while the husband is in
bed, unless he has an extra pair of
trousers.-F. P. Pitzer, in Judge.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11

The pool hall has been painted in
side with the last coat which makes
it fairly shine and shows off that
new cigar case to better advantage.
George Chase and Joel Hall, the
Extra house movers were in town
Monday on their way out in the
country to move a house for far
mer.
Pete Nelson is putting down new
floors in some of his coal sheds SO as
to have them all ready by the time
he begins to order coal for the fall
and winter.
81. j. johnson and wife and the
clerk in the store passed the Fourth
in Elk Horn, their old home and of
course saw many of their former
neighbors and friends.
The following business was tran
sacted at the depot during June.
Forwarded % cars Of hogs and of
cattle. Received IL cars Of lumber,
2 Of cement, of coal and of sand.
Ticket sales $7S.9S.
j. E. Tvenstrup run a soft drink
stand at the gun shoot at Hans Nor
tesen's Thursday, and at the big
dance there that night. He did we'll
financially which pleased him great
ly as might be expected.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Why Caoed Birds Die.

$50 the canary's dead, eh?" said a
dealer. "It was fine bird, towel
worth the $40 you paid me for it, But
I don't wonder it died. You would keep
it hanging near the ceiling. That is
why so many birds die. They shouldn't
be kept up high at all. Their cages
should be on tables, not hooks. Up
near the selling the air of room is
very bad, especially at night. Indeed,
at night, if you burn oil or gas, the air
is insupportable UP there. And partic-
nlarly in rooms where smoking goes
on-you know how smoke, like all
other impurities, mounts-it is bad to
hang birds high Why can't the world
remember the old catch: Birds hung
high ever die!"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Worshipers Carry Fire.

While seeing many people leaving
the cathedral l entered to look around
the interior of the fine chancel. In
side l saw numbers of men carrying
huge wicker baskets filled with tri-
angular earthenware dishes in each
of which still smoldered some glowing
embers in bed of white ash These
they carried int the cloisters and
emptied solemnly into great metal
bins. On reentering the building the
secret stood revealed. Owing to the
extreme cold each member of the con-
gregation hires for doppeltjer, or the
sum of I'd, an earthen dish with a
block of glowing peat under the little
wooden perforated footstools with
which each chair is provided.-Tit-
Bits
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
A GOOD DOCTOR.
The German Physician, DR.. Bair,
Des MONIES, has Hundreds of
Testimonials from Cured
Patients.

Positive proof that Incurable ESQ
called diseases las Consumption, Par
alysis, Cancers, Fits, Psychics, Rheu.
matism, Tumors, Appendicitis, Gall
Stones, have been and are being
cured. If YOU ARE AFFLICTED,
TAKE COURAGE, EITHER CALL ON
THE DOCTOR OR WRITE HIM
FULLY OF YOUR CASE. After thirty
years of hard study he is leader in
the treatment of Special Pathology or
Diseases often given up as hopeless by
the Emergency or Family Doctor.
Consultation is free, either at the
office or by mail. If you can not call
on the Doctor, write him. Address
1929, 9Th Ave, Des Moines, Ia. 6 Os
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Penalty of Vanity.

Two tadpoles lived in a meadow
pool. One tadpole was exceedingly
vain and kicked around until he devel-
oped pair of pale green legs and
arose to the dignity of frog. The
other tadpole was sluggish. Hurry
up!" said the new frog. why, you
are the slowest thing in all the mead
ows. Without legs you will never be
noticed" And that is just why am
not raising them, replied the slow
tadpole. ut doesn't always pay to be
noticed" And now the slow tadpole
still swims among the rushes while
his vain brother has long since been
served up on crisp toast.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Good Location for a Doctor.

Two young physicians were exchan-
ging news for the first time since their
graduation from the medical school.
Il was surprised when l heard you'd
settled at Beech HILL" said one to the
other, laughing. I've always heard
it spoken of as such a healthy suburb.
l wondered if you'd find any patients
there" MY dear man." said his
classmate, earnestly, ''it is healthy
suburb, but it is also the stronghold of
football; every family has it's automo-
bile, and there never was such place
before for giving children's parties.
I'm doing splendidly, thank you."-
Youths Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Elephant VS.. Crocodile.

An African hunter once found a
large crocodile hanging in the fork OF
a tree about ten feet from the ground
AS the place was fully half mile
from any water, it was difficult to &C.
count for the crocodile's strange pc.
sition. When questioned upon the
subject the natives explained that it
was put there by an elephant. 1t
seems that when the elephants wade
into the Lake Ngami to battle the
crocodiles are in the habit of worry
ing them and biting their legs. Some
times when an elephant is annoyed
beyond endurance it picks it's tor
mentor up and puts it among the
branches of a tree and leaves it there
-Tit-BitS.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Apples Preserved in Ice.

]. c. Braunbeck, of Wallis Run,
Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, adopt
ed unique method of preserving his
apples last fall He built bin in the
orchard seven feet wide, IA feet long
and three feet high. In the bottom of
this he put straw, then filled it with
apples, putting straw on the sides and
ends. Then he placed straw and corn
stalks on top. He dug ditch around
it to keep the water from standing
there. Some water, however, found
it's way through the top and formed
ice about each of the apples, but they
were not disturbed until the ice had
all melted. The apples were sound,
crisp and without a wrinkle.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Gun Club Shoot

The Hamlin Gun Club had a fine
contest out west of Hamlin July 4th,
at the home Of Hans Morteeen, which
was witnessed by quite a crowd OF
people the shooting was very good
as shown below. Out of a possible 80
Hans Rattenborg, got LIST prize
making score of 80
Nels Jensen, got End prize, making
score of %.
J. G. johnson, got 3rd prize, max
ing score of IS.
P. r. Nissen, got 4th prize, max
ing a score of 81.
Hans Christensen, got 5th prize,
making score of 81.
Jes Nissen, Chris Christensen, L.
G Lauritzen and o. N. Olesen scored
26 each.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Fresh Food in the Country.

'The late Senator Pugh," said a
Mobile man, Thought the charms of
the country overrated. He preferred
the city to the country. He used to
tell how, one June day, he met a
friend who had taken house for the
summer months outside New York
somewhere. I suppose you revel in
fresh eggs and vegetables out there,
eh?" said Senator Pugh. Yes said
the New York man. Why, we can get
all those things at Scraggs Four Cor
ners almost as cheap as we did in
town."
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
THE SUN SHINES
On this Farm as Often as on the One
Adjoining Which Brought $75.
1t is Equal In Value
Only $40 per acre

A. %. 120 acres at s. Close to
good town, two and one-haIf miles,
fine road, one-half mile to school,
phone in house, good neighborhood.
This 120 acres lays first class, not q
hill in it, we'll fenced and cross
fenced into five or six fields, large
hog pasture fenced with woven wire,
running water in all pastures and
lots fed by springs, never freezes or
goes dry, one of the best wells in the
state, farm in high state of cultiva-
ton, about ten acres fine timber,
buildings, and feed lots in grove, tor.
chard, half farm in tame grass, a
good four room house, small stables
and out buildings. Journal.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
False SIGNAL.

"You don't believe in romance, eh?"
said the old boarder. you bet your
tintype don't" sighed the young man
with the bandage around his head. 81
had my share" How was that 2"
We'll, you see was forbidden to call
on my best girl and every night she
would sit out on the balcony and at a
certain hour strike match. That
would be the signal for me to stick
my head through the vines and kiss
her." "Ah, very poetic" Eyes, but
the other night l saw the match flare
up, stuck my head through the vines
and got the worst thrashing ever re-
ceived. You see, the old man hap
pened to be out there lighting his
pipe"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
He Was an Execution.

The late Bishop James Newbury
Fitzgerald, in an address in st. Louis,
once declared that sympathy, far more
than eloquence or learning, made for
success in the ministry. TOO many
of u.s." he said, "say the worst, the
most inappropriate things. Thus a
young Baptist friend of mine, condol-
ing with a housebreaker in a Jail,
droned: All, my friend, let us re-
member that we are here to-day and
gone tomorrow You may be; l
amt the housebreaker answered
shortly"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
Care of a Canary.

When moving canary from small
to a larger cage, you should take the
trouble to satisfy yourself that the bird
is not frightened in its new habitation,
for it sometimes happens that it is alb
solutely afraid to fly down from its
comparatively lofty perch, and thus
gets starved to death because it can
not reach it's food. If you see your
bird in this dilemma, try and coax it
down; and If it will not came. take
hold of it gently and deposit it on the
floor Of the cage.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
A Substitute.

Being very close-fisted Mason had
never allowed himself the costly habit
of smoking. He always felt himself a
loser when anyone treated to cigars.
But on one occasion, when the party
he was with entered a stationery and
cigar store, he made up his mind to
have his share of the treat. Wont
you smoke this time?" asked the lead
er. mo, thank you" replied Mason;
but if you don't mind, | believe I'll
talk a pencil. Harper Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-07-11
YOU KNOW
That This Farm Can Not be Sold for
Less Money. You Can See good
Raise, Then Why Not Buy.

No. 4. 26O acres three-fourths of a
mile from good railroad market,
good roads, miles to another rail.
road towq, three-fourths of mile to
school, about 40 acres under cultiva.
ton. about 70 acres bluegrass, pas
ture, balance fine young timber, all
but about 20 acres lays we'll, this
twenty is in hog pasture and con-
tains stone quarry worth thousands
Of dollars. good soil, finely watered by
springs and wells, we'll fenced, a 4
or * room house but not first class,
granary, hen house, good barn 40x4S
big orchard. Here is a bargain for
some one at only s45 per acre. Write
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