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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
What "LIne Busy Means.
From Telephone Talk

It is easier for an operator to establish a connection than reply Line busy" Rec ollecticr of this simple fact may perhaps smooth out the asperties of state of mind evoked by a nasty conclusion that the operator simply is shirking. Follow a call into the main exchange, for exam pie. You ask for a certain number. The operator immediately informs you the line is busy. How does she know? Sim ply by little admonitory click in the receiver when she tries to ''plug in" on the line asked for. She can not tell you who Is talking on the line, how long it has been in use, how long 1t is likely to be busy" All the information she possesses is a 'click," but 1t is sufficient to advise her that some one of the 150 other operators In the exchange had a prior call from or to that number Had the line been clear the effort to com plete the connection would have been no greater than that required to get the click" hence the task of informing a extra labor-in fact, 1t involves so much extra labor-in fact 1t involves a double burden as the subscriber will usually re- peat the call until he Is able to transact his business. Obviously, therefore. the desire of the operator is to establesh tho connection when 1t Is first called for. She has no motive in doing otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES.

ed to give relief if taken in time. It cures the kidneys. and thus cures back ache lame back headache, dizzy spells, urinary trouble, rehumatic pain, gravel. dropsy swellings nervousness. languor, sciatica, and all other symptoms of kid ney troubles.
 Fifty thousand people have testified to the worth of Doan's Kidney Pills. Heres is a home case.
 BIRMINGHAM PROOF
 Mrs. Berry P. Finn of 534s Fourth ave- nue. Birmingham, Ala, says: "Doan's Kidney Pills were of so much benefit to my husband when he was suffering from kidney disease that when I commenced to have symptoms of the trouble, im- mediately procured them. I did not let the trouble get such a deep hold on ma as In my husbands case and as a re- suit I was soon cured. When I com menced using Doan's Kidney Pills, how ever, I had severe pains in my back, felt tired and run down, and felt out of sorts generally, but as soon as com- menced using them, my condition im- proved, and in a short time,-I was we'll and enjoying as good health as I eyer did We always keep Doan's Kidney Pills as sometimes cold settles in the back and kidneys, and few doses of this remedy taken at once causes the trouble to quickly disappear. have recommend ed them to number of my friends who have also been benefited by their use"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
AN OLD YACHTS HAPPY FATE.
The Pilgrim, Once Asprant for Cup
 Honors, Given to the Babies.

From the Boston Post.
 Of all the boats that have been built to compete for the Americas cup. tht blue ribbon of the seas, none has come td a finer end than the Pilgrim, which wal built by Boston yatchmen to compete fol the honor of defending the old mug against Lord Dunraven's valkyrie II in 1S93
 The old America still floats, although out of commission. The latest queen ot the seas, Reliance, is hauled out at City Island N. Y<, probably to rot away from disuse. And down through the years from 1851 to 1907, many fleet yachts have had their names included in the yachting roll of honor and isappeared-challenger and defenders alike. Some have been sunk in races or lost at sea. Some have routed away. Some have lost their glory and become coasters. Some are still afioat as private yachts. But the Pilgrim gets tho most honored end of all.
 For the Pilgrim is to be part of Boston's floating hospital service. The boat thai bore Boston's hopes for yachting honors in 1903 will now help one of Boston's worthiest charities.
 The Pilgrim is a steam yacht. A failure as a sailing racer, she was converted into a steamer after her defeat in the trial races WHICH tue FlSilalpl Woii' dilu Nda owned by l.. G. Burnham of Boston. MT. Burnham died short time ago, and Mrs. Burnham has given the yacht to tho Floating hospital as a memorial to MT. Burnham.
 The Pilgrim will be used to tow the hospital boat on its harbor trips. A cons siderable sum has been expeneded every year for towboats. Most of this money can now be saved and devoted to tha comfort of the little ones on their trips during the summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
SOME SUGGESTIONS.
LeaisIatlve Regulation and Other Mat
 ters Affecting Capital and Business.

From the Kansas City Journal
 That .'some things can be done as well as others" will some day appear. The clamor for the legislative regulation or sundry rates does not logically stop where inc present noisemakers would like to have 1t.
 Every branch of business lives by con sent of law-the peanut stand as well aIs the railroad.
 The corner grocery just as surely re- ouires the consent of government to i've as<the railroad or the bank or the wauer D or the gas company.
 Direct or indirectly, affrunanvely or negatively, every business pursuit must have the sanction of law or It cannot endure.
 When Vermont. Maine, Iowa and Kan saa became convinced that the brewing and distilling business was not desirapie they brought such business to an end ahruptly and without compensation.
 when any state concludes that the newspaper business or the law business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

junction. What God hath joined to- gether," etc.
 The bitterest comment of all on the disgusting affair was the comment of the Evening Post. The Post said that as MT. Corey and his bride were married under an illumined bell of orchids some one would next try the effect of putting @ wreath on the manhole of sewer.
 Soon after Mayor Mcclellan and Tam many Hall made peace, as told in this correspondence, there were reports that Charles F. Murphy. the leader of the Wigwam was going to step down and out. Of course, such an event would be very pleasing to the mayor and also to the public The newspapers spent a week trying to convince MT. Murphy that he should go and in trying to per suade Tammany Hall to throw him out if he would not go peaceably They told the Wigwam that the republican organ ization had no boss at present and that 1t would be fitting, if the democratic or ganization had to have @ boss, to have g. decent one. The only result of all this was a statement from Boss Murphy to the newspapers that he doesn't intend to resign now and that the probabilities are that he will hold on as long he lives. A further crtlmb of comfort he threw out was that he was in bully health and expected to live to a. ripe old age. MT. Murphy speaks with great confidence. but there Is pretty good req son to believe that there will be new Tammany leader within a year. The campaign against corrupt bosses in this state bids fair to go on until the last one of them Is out. Platt has gone, Odell Is dead politically and Governor Hughes, aided by public sentiment. has just whipped out tho would-be bosses in the legislature at Albany.
 Sydney Smith, rich person who spends part of his time In this country and the other part abroad sailed the other day for Paris on a strange mission and with a strange prisoner, the prisoner being his valet One night last March when the valet and Smith were in Paris the valet made off with $1ooo0 worth of jewels be- longing to his employer. Soon afterwards the thief was arrested in this city but he did not have all the jewels. He told Mir. Smith that he had left them In box under the bed In a room in certain house in Paris. He could not remember the number of the house, but he knew what street 1t was In and he proposed that MT. Smith take him over and let
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
Hoet Wise"

From the Laramie Boomerang.
 A Laramie woman went to the theatre the other night with some friends, but when they were seated she was separated from her friends by man and @ woman who seemed to pay no attention to each other. The woman figured out that if the two people would sit over seat she could sit with her friends. Bracing up her nerve, she said sweetly to the man, Beg pardon, are you here alone?" The man stared at the curtain as if he were drawing a salary for 1t. 1T beg pardon,'' the woman said. a little louder, "are you alone?" Get wise" whispered the man hoarsely through the extreme corner of his mouth; ''this is my wife,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

unwise in that they will multiply the difficulties attendant on the securing of new money.
 California cost herself millions of money and decades of development by giving the people an arbitrary power over rates for water. It was an imperative warning to capital to keep out of that line of busi- ness.
 If the gentlemen at Jefferson City wish to do their beloved Missouri favor they will let the business enterprises of the state take care of themselves and live or die, according as they please or dlsplease those who buy what they have to sell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
Only Dolnq Ills Duty.

From Smiles.
 OHagan--Oi have found the man that hit me wid a brick as Oi was passin the alley MT. Murphy.
 MT. Murphy-And what did you do with him?
 O'Hagan--Nothin' Twas all a mistake the man was only doing his duty. He thought Oi was constable in plain clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19
Intensive Cultivation.

From the Philadelphia North American.
 A little bit of land. not too far from the city, if intelligently cultivated, de- clares Bolton Hall, author of Three Acres and Liberty will support a fam fly, and give them life far mare whole some than they could ever have in the crowded city. Intensive cultivation Is the password now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-19

him point out the box. The police laughed at the story and advised Smith to pay no attention to 1t. Smith was so anxious, however, to get back his val uables that he decided to take the chance. So the other day he sailed for France with the valet as his prisoner.
 The police meet with some queer trage- dies in the course of their duties. The other day bluecoat walking along the street found Jim Barr, blind fiddler, sitting dead in a doorway In his hand was a scrap of white paper, pricl1ed with point here and there. Nobody took the trouble to examine the paper for some time and everybody wondered what made Blind Jim take his own life. Finally a blind acquaintance of his came along and the bodice showed him the scrap of pa- per- He deciphered 1t as follows
 Dear Jlm," 1t ran, You mustn't walt for me any longer I've married the other one. I'm sorry. Jim, but he played the organ so beautiful. Yours
 MAGGIE"
 Enrico Caruso, the highest priced tenor in the world, has paid his fine of S10, thereby bringing to am end the celebrated Monkey House case, which was the talk of two continents. It will be remembered ed of annoying a woman in the Monkey House in Central park. He declared after the trial that he would fight the case even to the supreme court of the United States If necessary to get vindlcation. Evidently he has thought better of his threat for by paying the fine he has removed all chance of appeal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
MAPS HELP A MAN SLEEP.
Mental Geography the Best soDorl1

Mental Geography the Best sODORlMa
According to n Drug Clerk.
A haggard-lookin man strolled into
a downtown drug store the other day
and asked the druggist for help. He
said he had trouble in getting sleep
when he retired. No matter how sleepy
he might be during the day or how
much sleep he might have lost, the mo-
ment his head touched the pillow he
was wide awake and lay thus for sew.
eral hours. Once asleep, he was hard
to waken, but he had to be up at a
certain hour, and in consequence of his
peculiar affection he was losing more
sleep than he could stand.
The drug clerk regarded him quiz
ideally a few moments and then re-
piled; my dear man, you don't want
medicine. What you want is some
thing to change the trend Of your
thoughts. Do as a friend Of mine did.
He was troubled the same way and
found that the old folks plan Of mag
ing sheep passing barrier and count.
trying to name all the States In the
Union. He soon got them SO he could
classify them alphabetically. Then
when they no longer interested him he
started on the counties Of this State.
HE now has them at his tongues
end, classified up to the fourth letter.
Now he is starting on state capitals
and their locations; then he win take
up county seats, A moments glance
at an atlas during the day shows him
when he is wrong, and the beauty of
the plan is that he rarely has to think
along these lines longer than ten min
utcs before he is sound asleep. To
make it short, the study of geography
is a good narcotic. philadelphia Rec
ord
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
AN INDIAN CHESTERFIELD.
First Eagles Poetic Greeting to q
Returning Missionary.

First Eagles Poetic Greeting to q
Returning Missionary.
Poetry can still be found in the
language of the Indians" said Miss
Caroline Courteney, a teacher in tho
Presbyterian Indian Industrial School
at Wolf Point, Mont, according to the
New York Press, ''in spite of the level
ing influences Of reservation life
When went away on my last vaca-
ton l was gone two months When /
returned found several of my friends
from the reservation at the depot to
meet me. Among them were old exr
Chief First Eagle and his three wiveA
After the chief had shaken hands he
laid his hand on his heart and said:
First Eagle all time sick here you go /;
squaws all time sick here you go. First
Eagle all time laugh here you come;
squaws all time laugh here you come"
mo white man." said Miss Courte-
ney, could have given so poetic well
come, even If he had felt it. 1t would
have stuck in his throat. The nearest
he could have gotten to it in fgurative
language would have been: You're a
good sight for sore eyes,
Some Of the Indian children fresh
from the tepee are most interesting.
For one thing, twenty degrees below
zero is a temperature which they don't
mind In the least. Cora Moore-we
,onor,od how tooo,1Sa how indian mama
was unpronounceable and very unat-
tractive when translated-is only Z
years old, but she will climb tree on
the coolest day of winter and calmly
sit up there and read her second read
er. Cora Is irrepressible. She is an
indefatigable tree climber and comes
In with dresses Of the stoutest mate
rial torn nearly of her body. She
can climb anything that ever grew or
was ever made.
"My mother used to say that a
'tomboy' is sure to make a smart wom-
an, because the fact that she is tom
boy shows that she is full Of vitality
and energy. If that is the case, am
sure Cora will be genius later on.
She is ready for anything active, work
or play, except washing dishes. There
is an Indian mutiny every time It Is
her turn to help with the dishes. Scout
ing parties are sent out which pull
her out from under some bed or table
One day they found her at a distant
point of the grounds gazing steadfast'
ly of over the prairie. She turned
and said with immense dignity: why
you trouble me? look, maybe my
mother come
"These Indian children, IN true In
dian fashion, study all the teachers
and try to read them through and
through, 80 as to find out and utilize
their weak points. One very little boy
in my class is William Black Thunder
the son Of Bad Knife. He is lOvable
but full Of tricks When start to
correct him he will look up at me with
a most bewitching smile and say, &c
zee zee.' That means My dear, deal
friend and the little scamp has found
out that 1 am totally disarmed when
he says that"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
"sEA-HOss sENsEn

Hducation is great thing" grant
ca Captain Ezekiel, land that there war
with Spain showed that the officers Of
the navy have got it. But it amt only
education that is necessary to run a
vessel. There is required for emer-
geneies what l call 'sea-hoss sense
that tells you where you be and how
70 get anywhere when it's so thick o.
log you can't see over the rail.
Come one season, back about 1870.
we had a master heavy fog down the
Maine coast. 1 come along by Old
Orchard right in the thick of it. and no
way to tell where l was but lust that
same sea-hoss sense. Whistles sound
most any way in a fog, and Portland
whistle seemed like it was right up in
the middle Of Old Orchard beach. but I
knew If l tried to sail to where that
whistle come from by its sound I'd lay
the old Polly Ann high and dry.
"As was beating up, out Of the fog
doomed up a big old frigate, headed
straight In to where the iron pier is
now. 1 hailed 'em and asked EN- il
they was trying to 60 ashore.
"Well, we lay to and had quite talk
about it, and explained to the officer
on deck about how that whistle he was
follering would lead him straight on
to the beach.
"'What shall do, thenY he asks.
I amt allowed to take pilot he says
Foller your nose, says l. Right of
at first he was inclined to get mad at
that, but as the Polly Ann went on into
the fog see him come about and head
up after her. went poking along into
the thick blanket for an hour or two,
and then l fetched up and let go anchor
off the mouth Of Portland harbor.
I'm about five minutes along come
that frigate, and as she ran by me and
into harbor the captain leaned over the
rail and hollered for me to come
aboard, which Of course 1 done SO.
I" Captain he says, I have to thank
you for new aid to navigation. But
what on earth did you do it with?"
Captain Ezekiel drew long breath
and sighed a reminiscent smile, SAYS
a writer in the New York Press, and
the crowd Of listeners lmpatiently
echoed the naval captains query.
"Well," said Captain Ezekiel, "TIl tell
re. The Polly Ann was loaded with
old-fashioned phosphate fertilizer. I
got out barrel Of it and opened 1t
and set it on deck, and it let out a
trail that hung there in the fog for an
hour after we passed. 1t was like a
lane right through the fog, straight to
Portland. That frigate captain smelled
his way straight along it, and when he
missed 1t he just turned at right angles
and sailed till he cut across it again.
Then he turned like he was at a street
corner where he knew the lamp-post."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
How soldiers Reduce.

Soldiers have an easy way Of keep
ing their figures supple and trim. The
officer who finds his waist growing
greater than his chest, thus destroying
the symmetry of his uniform, eats for
a little while nothing but lean meat,
and drinks nothing but hot water. Thus
he loses two pounds or so a day. He
keeps this diet up till he has sufficiently
diminished hlmself-a matter, as a
rule, Of but three or four days absti.
nence--and then he returns to his usual
food again.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

izenship a prayer or a resolution"
shows how the man feels about saloons
His ballot shows where he stands.
A missionary is one sent who went.
No revelation can come to the irrev-
erent.
A large head is likely to have a small
opening.
Are you willing, to be always just
what you are now?
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LOSE IF
YOUR HORSE SHOULD DIE7

Accidents or disease may cause you a loss
with your stock, but insure them with the
Western Live. Stock Insurance Association of
Spokane, Wash.
We insure your stock against death.
We pay losses soon as satisfactory proof
of death reaches the office.
The policies issued by this Association are
doubtful clauses
We have a $5o,ooo.oo reserve fund and
Sso,ooo.oo surplus. The affairs of this Associa-
ton are governed by able, conservative and ex-
perienced business men. We do not accept
doubtful risks. We fulfill all promises We
invite the strictest investigation. Look US up.
Write any National Bank in Spokane.
Write us for full particulars We have
probably paid losses to. your neighbors. In the
Last few months we paid scores Of losses.
WESTERN LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION.
Corner Main Avenue and Wall Street,
Spokane, Wash,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
No Lonrer Chenn.

"Tkixt all supplies there seems a race
To reach the top notch first;
The cost of living grows apace
And now we have the worst.
It almost makes the nation weep,
This rise of one sad day,
For even talks no longer cheap
The Senate's raised ita pay.
-HRrper's Weekly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease A powder. It makes tight
for sweating, ra1lous and hot tired, aching
feet. Sold BY all Druggists. Price 25c;, Trsl
package mailed FREE. Address Allen ).
Olmsted, Leroy, New York.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

E n d u a nee Is
staying power.
Duty is but the
leeward side Of
worship.
1t cannot be
right for one to
vote for a thing he
would not do.
In Christian cit
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

The only time a woman can see
any excuse for man to travel the
booze route is after she has turned
him down.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

No woman's picture looks any bet
ter because she was trying to look
through the skylight when 1t was
taken.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

The average boy considers an over
coat so much excess baggage which
he must wear to appease his moth
er's vanity.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

When a woman talks blue streak
it isn't always safe to touch a match
to 1t.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Whenever a woman wants the pow
der, she says she always likes a
little for the end of her nose.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

In trying to make lion Of a man
we often merely succeed in making q
monkey Of him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
Baseball Games al spokans.

DaSSbcit AoHSS AZ SPokaner
The following is a schedule Of the
games that will be played in Spokane
by the Northwestern Baseball league.
Butte at Spokane.
May 81, %, 20, "a, 20, 26. August 8,
z, s, 8, 10 IL. September 10, IL, IL,
10, IA and Is.
Tacoma at Spokane.
June 4, 3, 6 z, 8 and 8. August ~,
2s, 29, 80, 81, September l, 2 and 8.
Vancouver at Spokane.
June IL, 10, 10, IA, 10, 16. Septem-
Der 8, 4, 5, 6, and 8.
Aberdeen at Spokane.
June is, 10, 20, 81, 20, 20. August 20,
q, %, %. "a. %.
Seattle at Spokane.
June rs, 26, q, 20, 2S and 30. Aug
ust 10, IA, Is, 16. IL and Is.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their chill.
dren during teething pe.ior.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

People who admire a man who
stands on his own feet. This is par
ticularly true in a crowded car.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Many a man who spurns tobacco in
this world will need smoking jacket
in the next. 81
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Some old bachelors are too ugly to
get married and others are too SEN
sible.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Ever think how good many smart
people are run" by some cheap per-
son.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

Postal development in China has
made necessary a revision in the spell.
ing of Chinese city names.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21

HOWARD Z. BURTON, Assayor and
Chemist, Leadville, Colo. Specimen prieesi
Gold, silver, lead, 81; gold silver, 75c; gold.
Soc; zinc or copper, 81. Cyanide tests; mailing
envelopes and full price list sent on applica.
tiOR. Control and umpire work solicited. Ref
erences; Carbonate National Bank.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-06-21
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