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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26

Great interest is being taken in the game of basketball to be played Satur- day night at the Birmingham Athletic club between the club team and the Yale team.
 Yale has what is considered the finest aggregation of basketball players in America. That squad won the eastern intercollegiate championship last year, losing only one game-to Columbia. Yale includes in its lineup some. of the finest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26
WASHINGTON DEFEATS
 ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY,

Spokane Wash. December 25.-St. Louis university, champions of the south west, went down in defeat today before the Washington State college football team. The score was:
 Washington Il, St. Louis O.
 All the points were made in the second half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26
Her son. struck py

killing her instantly Her son. struck oy two bullets, died tonight.
 Hall claims he shot the woman and her son as they were about to attack him in his house, and he says they had re VolyerS,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26
Louisiana Defeats Havana.

Havana, December 25-In a game of football today between the Universities of Louisiana and Havana, the Louisi- auans won by the score of 56 to O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26

By special request the "Pas- sion Play" will be continued through the week. Stones Theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26

 and of of Tn de Bourbo -Pame. n rncessE Is a
  Prime arehe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26

FOR RENT-Southeast cor. Sd and 20th, known as Stag Sa- loon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26

McConnell's Xmas Ball, Thur Y night, Dec. 26, 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-26
Drops Dead at Christmas Tree.

Youngstown, O., December 25.-Mrs. Mary Colcott. 27 years of age, was gv- ing the finishing touches to Christmas tree early today when her two children coming down stairs saw her drop dead. She had been seized with hemorrhage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
VENEZUELA.

Beauty of the Country and the Inn
preston 1t Leaves.
The beauty of the country is the first
and the most lasting impression To
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12

catch ghmpSes at every turn in the.
valleys of cloudy peaks. or when OF
the mountain side II see through the
limpid air valley after valley between
the protecting hills. to breathe this
pure air. to know that summer is al
most perpetuai-he is only half Il man
who does not for a moment forget the
needs of civilization in the intoXication
of primitive nature. The loneliness Of
Venezuela is something different from
that of the Andean ranges farther west
and south. 1t is more tropical. and the
mountains do not rise to the height in
which the senses are stilled by gran
deur, nor is there found so near the
equator that ruCGednesS or gloom Of
solemnity which is one feature of the
Rockies. 1t is beauty of more human
type. which can be enjoyed most when
we know that man has his abode there
The Andes. the Alps or the Rockies
are bold and auStere. They need no
life. Life is not meant for them But
such contrasts and changes as are con-
stantly presented TO the eye in these
softened landscapes are more exquisite
when man is pottering about on the
surface trying to imagine that he is of
some real Importance on the EARTH
Reader Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
She Had Many Suitors.

Napoleon Ill, when he was living in
London; the Duke d Aumale, Lord
Beaconsfeld and many other conspic-
uouS figures of the nineteenth century
are on record as having been among
the suitOrs for the hand of Miss Bur
dett-Coutts, who afterward became
baroness, and it is doubtful whether
any woman ever received so large q
number of matrimonial offers as the
baroness. In fact, they became posi-
tive nuisance, and i'll 1917 she was
compelled to bring legal proceedings
against lawyer of the name of Rich
ard Dunn, who, according to the
terms of the Indictment, had for eight
years prosecuted her with most unwel-
come attentions with view to matri-
mony. Dunn was sent to prison for
eighteen months, although there is no
doubt that he was, while sane in other
matters, perfectly crazy on the subject
of Miss Burdett-COutts, as she was
then. and particularly on the subject of
her fortune.-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
lime to Compromise.

In Mcintosh county. Ga, there was
a lawsuit about a COW. The COW was
dead. but the lawsuit went on. 1t was
decided by the justice of the peace, ap-
pealed, remanded. decided again and
once more appealed and remanded. This
went On until the case came back to
the squire for the eleventh time. 1t
was jury case, and when the last
trial was on the squire astonished the
attorney by announcing an indefinite
postponement, saying:
This case has exhausted the whole
jury venire of the county, and you will
have to wait until the coming genera
ton gets old enough for jury duty"
Then the litigants compromised
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
HIGH GRADE TEAS.
Some That Never Get Beyond tho
Boundaries of China.

MANY of the highest grade Chinese
teas never leave the country-that is,
are never exported III commercial guam
titles" says writer. Tea specialists
in Europe and America manage to OBJ
tain specimens through corresponding
firms in Chinese export centers, but
these samples are not for SALE These
rare teas are preserved for occasional
comparison and testing with the gen
eral commercial teas. They are known
as unsupported teas | have known of
only one person outside of the tea pro-
Gucing countries who supplies the
trade of the general public with Speci-
mems of the rare teas. His prices
range from $15 to 500 pound.
''As not even an expert can safely
judge such tea by its appearance alone,
it is necessary to taste it in the cup be
fore purchasing. The vender can hard
ly afford to dispense this 500 tea gra-
tuitOusly, so a charge of 81 to $3.50 a
| cup is made, and as Il judciously pre-
pared infusion allows the making of
about 200 cups from Il pound of tea
the profit from this tasting is almost
| gigantic. On rare occasions exception
| ally valuable teas sold at auction in
London have brought from 500 to
$275 pound.
But these fancy teas-almost lit
| orally worth their weight in gold-are
rarely seen by ordinary people. They
are preserved in sealed glass jars in
| the safes of the tea specialists who
own them. Such exceptional teas are
worth the high valuation placed upon
| them.'-Chicago News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
De NervaIs Pet Lobster,

A few days before Gerard de Serval
was found dead in a narrow, dirty
street of Paris he was seen walking
in the Palais Royal, dragging after
him by means of blue ribbon a live
lobster To friend who accused him
of madness he replied: why is a lob
ster any more ridiculous than a cat, or
dog. or a gaZelle or any other beast
that will follow man? Besides. enjoy
the company of Holsters. They are
quiet; they are serious; they know the
secrets of the sea; they do not bark
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
THE WAITER.
An Enviable Job, His, According &c
One of the Profession.


''Why do the young men of America
sheer at the walters callingT' said the
quiet man in the black Swallowtail
coat. "A waiter can travel all over
the world, become ~ superb lincuist
and easily earn frOmi$2J to $50 Il week
Yet the young clerk or salesman, with
eight per- and no future, sneers at
him.
when l was young chap my good
mother wanted me to take a job in Il
department store selling collars Not
I. l said I'd be Il waiter. And my
mother was shocked.
Yet look at.me. AS waiter l trav-
ell wherever l wish. One winter I'm
in Egypt, the next on the Riviera. the
next i'll Rome. Spring finds me in
Paris, and thence l leap the channel in
time for the London season. In the
autumn l am back in America again
with full pockets.
Il have learned French. German and
Italian. l haze made friends with
many rich. intelligent. amiable people
l have seen the world, and | earn So.
600 year Yet clerks and counter
jumpers think they can sheer at me.
They had better learn my trade New
York Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
SHORTHAND.
The Quality That Appears to Be Lack.
ing In All Systems.

The Quality That Appears to BE Lack.
ing In All Systems.
The fatality of all systems of short
hand is that what seems easy to the
eye of filial piety may be terribly diff
cult TO the cold gaze of Il stranger.
Of the innumerable systems of short
hand that We're the vogue Il century
ago how many survive today? asks a
London writer. Fame and fortune still
await the Dan or woman who can in
vent system that will appeal to the
reader as effectively as to the original
writer. Perhaps if we were to redIs-
cover the lost shorthand writing of the
ancient Romans we might find our
selves on the road toward solution
of the problem.
For the Romans were on affectionate
terms with shorthand. Did not Sue
tonius. speaking of Caligula, express
surprise that an emperor of so many
promising parts should nevertheless be
an ignoramus in shorthand, and did
not Titus Vespasianus pride himself on
his facility in the use of stenography
both for business and amusement? So
fond was he of the sport that he de-
lighted TO gather his amanuenses
around him in order that they should
tilt against each other In the steno-
graphic field. 1t may be that but for
the rediscovery of the art in England
toward the end of the sixteenth CEN
fury the curious Pepys would not have
been moved to write his diary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
ChambeMain's Salve.

This salve is intended especially for
sore nipples, burns, frost bites. chan
ped hands. itching piles, chronic sore
eyes. graduated eye lids. old chronic
sores and for diseases of the skin, such
at letter. salt rheum. ring worm. scaid
head, herpes, BARRIERS itch. scabies ~.
itch and eczema. 1t has met with m
paralleled success in the treatment
of these diseases. Price % cents per
box Try it. For sale by all leading
druggists.
Take me back to old Wisconsin,
Where the sugar beets and tobacco
grow,
Where the farmers are healthy, happy
and bright
They all take Rocky Mountain Tea at
night
It. II. Thomas Pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12

to the naturalist. Tie average Weight
of the males Of these lilliputian cattle
seldom exceeds 200 pounds, the aver
age being not greater than $50 pounds
The females usually average about q
hundred pounds larger and are very
"stocky" built, seldom being taller
than a Merino sheep. These dwarf cat
tie are nearly all of the same color
reddish mouse color, marked with
white. They have very large heads as
compared with their bodies, and their
horns are of exceptional length.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12

er as she seated herself behind the
coffee cups. And Yesterday the
weather man prophcsiel rain
Bobby aged four)-The newspapers
don't always know what Gods going
to do, do they, mamma? - Woman's
Home Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-12
The Pyemy Cattle of Samoa.

The Samoan islands are the natural
habitat of the most diminutive species
of variety of the genus Dos now known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

us direct and was exposed in state in the
library of the place
Before the public was admitted to see the
curiosity private Inspection was made by
those Interested. Barnum came with his
partners and they all examined the stone
man SO eagery that | believe they pretty
nearly converted themselves. Very little
was said until | discovered a sort of ridge
extending entirely around the waist |
ca'ied Barnums attention to it, and he
turned upon me with a frown and said in
mat peculiar. thin, nervous voice of his:
"eh you're not going to tell anybody
ABOUT that, are your l replied II am not
empioyed for that purpose Mr. Barnum."
/ was angry all the way through I saw
al once mat II was fake. pure and simple.
'ha' II had been discovered on Barnum s
own properly In Colorado, and that his OBJ
Jet' III getting 1t into the Aquarium was
10 ma out how the humDug would be re-
ceiNed IN the metropolis before he ventured
10 take IL on the road The result of the
private inspection was the placing of the
stone man on exhibition. 1t occupied the
place OF honor, in great state on the frs,
floor, fianked by fishes. / advertised /,
widely, and with little difficulty got stories
about its discovery. transportation. &c. IN
the newspapers. | invited the entire press
to come and see it. l impressed the i'm
portance of the find upon the scientific and
educational world, and appealed TO schola,
and sculptor. They tumbled over each
other 10 investigate, admire and praise the
extraordinary exhibit. Among the dstin-
guished sculptors who We're enthusiast Il,
over the stone image was William Melon.
aid then a celebrated man. He paid aimos,
daily visits to the curiosity. He studied its
proportions minutely. measuring every por-
ton of ii, arms. legs, nose. mouth fore
head-missing not a single inch Of it's mag
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too plainly to the ambulance man the ac-
tual scenes where his services are needed
as he races through the last square or two
and the crowd scatters like chaff before the
wind when the plunging horse seems fairly
in their midst and is pulled upon his
launches. so that the suffering victim of the
accident need not be carried one unneces-
sary step. There are scores of willing
hands to ease the injured form from the
ground onto the stretcher. and as many
more to help place him inside the ambu-
lance without jar. Sometimes first aid
measures on the scene are necessary. but
whenever possible the sufferer is carried
back to the hospital with all the speed his
condition will permit. Meantime, the Of
Tending automobile driver, in the custody
of policeman. takes the officer as a pas
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British Railways
Owners of Fleets

From the London Globe.
1t Is seldom realized how widely the power
of British railways extends over the sea as
well as over the land.
This state OF affairs is peculiar To his
country, being due to our insular position
and the absolute dependence Of our popula-
ton as a whole upon foreign trade FOR its
means of subsistence. Hence. We find near
Iy every large railway company in the
United Kingdom owning either docks. har-
bors or a fleet of steamers, and some of
them all three. However in view of the ter
rible disaster that has befallen a railway
owned passenger vessel. we propose fur
nishng some particulars of our railways as
ship owners. so as to give Idea of the
magnitude of this branch OF their sea
power.
OF the millions of travellers who annually
pass between this country and other states
very large percentage make the voyage
under the flag of British railway com
pany. There are thirteen railways which
own fleets, and not counting the craft
which ply only on inland rivers and lakes.
the grand total of these vessels numbers
165. aggregate gross tonnage. 1871 402
The first railway company to obtain pow
ers for the transportation of passengers and
goods by sea was the Chester and Holy
head In 1s47. The bill was vehemently op-
posed by shipping companies throughout the
kingdom on the ground that 1t would create
undue competition and interfere with their
existing rights and that oversee communal
cation was outside the sphere of legitimate
operation of a railway company.
Robert Stephenson checkmated the oppo-
sition by forming a separate company, COM
posed OF the directors of and large share
holders in the railway. which would be
ready to take over the vessels should the
bill fail TO pass. AS result the most for
midable opponents of the project withdrew,
the company got its bill. and the service be-
tween Hoiyhcad and Kiugstown was inau-
gurated to compete with the mail boats
| coevally with the opening of the railway
| on August I. 1SiS In 1859 the Chester and
Holyhead line, together with its steam
| ships, was transferred to the London and
| Northwestern railway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

ANY times each day in the week
IN IN the hurrying crowds along
N PENNSYLVANIA ,,sas,,.y,,.a syoa: t., and other
tracted by the Gathering ring of
the hospital ambulance bell, and turning
for moment. watch the progress of the
vehicle and Us galloping horse But now
few stop to think what the headlong pace
OF the ambulance and it's accompanying
surgeon may mean to some other member
OF the human race. or course, it is OBJ
vious thar some one somewhere. is in dis
tress. possibly desperately injured. when
the ambulance passes. and the very haste
OF Its progress indicates that every minute
gained or lost in the run from the hospital
TO the scene OF an accident and back again
may spell life or death.
Practically all of the accident work in the
central portion OF Washington is done by
the Emergency Hospital. and the ambu-
lance from that institution is the one most
frequently seen on the streets. But what
happens between the time first notice of an
accident reaches the hospital and the time
the victim has been carefully treated and
placed on cot in one of the wards?
Notification that "a man has been hurt
is NEST frequently communicated through
one OF the street police patrol boxes to the
police station and thence to the hospital,
where the laconic telephone message, Am
bulance wanted" with the location of the
accident stated. will start everything into
activity. Because OF the great amount of
casualty work accomplished at the Emer-
gency Hospital the police department has
men on duty there continuously during the
twenty -four hours of the day. and branch
telephone connected directly with the police
department switchboard. 1t is the police
mans duty to receive all messages concern
ing accidents. to make reports OF the names
of persons treated and the nature of their
injuries. and. occasionally, TO send mes
sage to the police station nearest the home
Of the victim summonlng relatives to the
hospital Immediately.
For Illustration. take an automobile acct
dent-common enough in this age of horse
less cars and needless pedestrians. The
call comes into the Emergency Hospital:
Ambulance at til and the avenue" II is
the work of moment for the officer on
duty to press one button which rings a
bell in the ambulance stable. and another.
which causes the surgeon who IS assigned
10 outside calls to drop all other tasks and
reach TIE street door almost at a jump. In
the stable the harness is arranged just as
II IS in the quarters of the fire engine COM
panies. ana it drops on the horses back
the driver quickly snaps one two buckles.
grasps tn" refns. and away they go to TIL
and the avenue" Cases OF extreme emer-
gancy, designated as hurry calls. EN- To
Undue even the horse with the necessity for
speed and it needs no touch of the whip
to spur him
The mprbidiv curious crowd indicates but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
BY
"TODY" HAMn TON.

permit ii to die out of the recollections of
the people. Nearly every week | received
a personal, confidential letter from the old
gentleman. who always addressed me as
Dear Tody," and every one obese letters
contained a request for a personal notice
of some kind for which he supplied the
chief fact. One time it was about the
bishop of London, whom he met at some
public function, when the following dia-
logue was supposed to have taken place:
We'll, goodbye. Mr.. Barnum. I hope I'll
see you in heaven said the reverend gen
tleman.
you will If you are there" replied the
veteran Snowman.
That Is just as Mr.. Barnum furnished 1t
to ne.
K
When he lived at the Murray Hill Hotel
which was his invariable custom while the
show was exhibiting in New York, he was
approached on the street one day by an
elderly woman who showed him an en-
velope with an address upon it, and asked
him to direct her there.
why, my good woman, that's way up
in 125th street" said he.
is 1t too far to walk? innocently in
Quired the woman.
Walk? 1t would take you three hours.
Here is 5 cents for your carfare."
Thanking him, the woman took the money
ana walked away Several days after this
incident Mr.. Barnum sought me and said:
Hamilton, / have great press story for
YOU. Barnum swindled; deceived by a
woman
He then related all the circumstances
of meeting the woman the first time and
added that the same woman. forgetting
his face, had attempted the same trick
upon him again that day, whereupon he had
followed her until he met policeman and
caused her arrest for attempted swindiing.
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senger and proceeds to the station house.
If the case be serious one he is held there
to await the result of the victims injuries,
or he may be permitted to deposit collateral
or furnish security for appearance in court.
Events move rapidly for the injured man.
Arriving at the hospital. the ambulance is
met at the door by an orderly, who rolls
out a sort of high-wheel cot, and the trans
fer to the operating table in the accident
room is again without a pain making jar.
Nurses are in waiting. Superficial wounds
are cleansed and closed and sutured with
quickness calculated to reduce the addi-
tional shock TO the patient to a minimum
Serious Internal injuries sometimes call for
immediate removal of the accident victim
to the main operating room of the hospital,
there to go under the influence of anesthet-
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7VHE first dealings that l ever had
with the late z. r. Barnum WAS
VIXEN | was mere child. | had
~ come into posse ssion of an auto
graph letter of the first treasurer
of the United States. Alexander Hamilton.
/ wrote To Barnum offering To sell 1t. He
replied that he did not want il, Thereupon
! generously offered to present IL to his mu-
scum; but my sensitive heart was almost
crushed when he wrote me rather satire
ally that lit was very kind OF me to present
them with what they had refused 10 pur-
chase" The incident closed. The sub
sequently renowned Snowman. not being an
astrologer or prophet. cou d not sac In the
ten-year-old enthusiast the future man who
was to take such an active part in shaping
the showman's fame and worldwide his
tory.
In 1877 while | was press agent for the
New York Aquarium. private and some
what risky venture, Barnum evolved one of
Tie. most sensational frauds ever sprung
upop a credulous public. stone man was
unearthed in the neighborhood of Denver,
Col. In those days Denver was greater
distance from New York than II is now
with our modern means of transit. and the
circumstances OF the discovery were 50
cleycrly woven that the story bore all the
traces of senuineness. The news Was sent
broadcast throughout the country. and the
entire pub ic rose ard bit.
Barnum seemed 10 have no difficulty in
securing the monster curiosity of art-rep-
resented 10 be a petrihed giant-and yet
nobody suspected the collision. The great
Snowman approached me for fhe purpose of
placing the ''petrifed man" on exhibition
at the AQUARIUM that winter. intending to
take 1t on the road with his circus and mu-
scum the following season. BY this arrange
msnt this colossal humbug was shipped to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

When he was in London in 1859 was in
New York, where I remained to look after
the American papers in order to keep alive
public interest i'm the absent show and not