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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
INDICATIONS.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The early blooming straw hat peeps
Above the new-mown hair
The serges sprout, tan shoes are out
And cotton underwear.
(Yep; Indications that it's spring
We see most everywhere.)
The city resident now seeks
"A nice suburban place.
And exc he reads of eggs and seeds
And chicks of every race.
Gle longs to live near nature, and
His Is an evil case.) = ~
The joyous raiment in the shops,
Which same we can't afford,
We see, we try, and then we buy
With our winters hoard.
(And then we stand the landlord off
For our rent or board.)
The love that babbles in our hearts
We boldly, rashly speak.
With brain awhirl, we meet the girl
And her hand boldly seek.
eve scorn to think of keeping up
On fifteen plunks a weekly
Oh. yes, there Is no doubt Of it.
Spring certainly is here,
For men are fools by natures rules
At this time of the year.
(By art and choice they are the same
At other times. we fsar1
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
Regarding Encores.

"In reading southern papers | find that
Madame Sembrlch is exceptionally gen.
erous with her encores," said j. r. Shell
by, land music lovers of Birmingham
have double treat in store for they
will not only hear a great programme
but many songs not on tie BILL
Ordinary singers are some times too
eager. to respond to encores. They bore
the audience by singing toe much. On
the other hand many of The famous ar
lists are not as willing rs they should
be TO give good measure. Everybody
VIII want to hear as many songs as
sembrieh will sing and she will be only
too glad to respond.
Ellison Van Hoose who assists Mad
anne Sembrich is a favoite in Birming
ham, as he is in all the cities, and he
too will be called on for extra numbers
and will respond
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
MUSkRATS AS FOOD.

lie Philadelphia Record.
aaler on Dock street sells about
skrats a week. These are pur-
principally by negroes, who are
Id of the dish, though it is WINS
lat in season at some of the res
muskrat often masquerades as
1t is somewhat similar to the lat
aste, but sweeter, and those who
ten it pronounce it all right. For
arket the rats come already
and, when possible, frozen. They
nd everywhere in the vicinity, but
source of supply is Salem, N.
re the catching of them Is some
an industry. Whenever they are
hey are frozen and kept until the
on hand is sufficient for ship
nd then dispatched to this city.
e eaten In many small places by
Who catch them. but are not sold
except in the larger cities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
From The New York Sun.

From The New York Sun.
SHYSICIANS, hospitals, museums
W and medical schools must have
human skulls and bones, as well
as completely articulated skeletons of
adults and children. But whence do
these come?
For reasons which need not matter here
it is stated that France is the great
skeleton producing country, and Paris,
the city of light, the center of the traf-
fc. The business is naturally conducted
with secrecy. The ordinary inquirer
would be able to learn little of 1t.
The skeleton factory, according to the
information obtained by an Investigator
with exceptional facilities, is under gov
eminent supervision and the proprietor
is a rich man, this business being his
monopoly 1T is said that he has one
branch in London and another in New
York, with separate departments for ordi-
nary taxidermy and the skeletonizing of
animals and birds.
To this factory are sent the bodies of
criminals from the dissectng schools, and
also many specimen bodies of different
races sent home by travellers and ex-
plorers. The first stage of treatment oc-
cupies several months, and the chemicals
used in the various processes, and also
for whitening and preserving the bones,
are trade secrets.
The stock rooms are no place for a
nervous person. Here are shelves full of
skulls of all sizes, shapes and races, which
by accident or in the interests of science
have been broken into pieces and natur-
ally put together again with brass wire.
You will see capacious drawers filed
with small bones and heaps of ribs with
still larger bones lettered and numbered.
In an adjoining room dozens of worlzmen
are piercing the bones and preparing
them for the wires.
Passing through the laboratory and
warehouse, where one sees stacks of wire
of various thicknesses, with springs of all
varieties and size, as well as stands for
mounting the skeletons and tools for put
ting them together, you reach the rooms
where the final work is done.
1t is here the bones are united. Here
is man articulating hands or feet, while
his neighbors are repairing skulls or fas-
tening springs to various parts. COM
pleted limbs and skulls are carried into
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
led MONSTER STURGEON.

10 Chicago Inter Ocean.
Kaddon, one of the Oldest fish
II the south shore of Lake Mich
new fish story. and the fish
proof and affidavit of one of the
onderful catches ever made in
lchigan.
II and some frien Is netted a mon
rgeon cast of Hammond. When
the fish ashore it scaled more
pounds. In the fish's side, pro-
from its gill, was a pair of large
he prongs being embedded in its
rhe news of the wonderful catch
up and down the lake shore and
d many visitors to the Kaddon
Among them was Richard Much
;e station, who two years ago was
lake fisherman. He identified
gs as his own.
ne IA, 1904, Much and his sons
thing off the Hammond shore.
lies out, when they hooked an
is sturgeon When they drew it
BOATS side Much seized the huge
oush tho gllls with a pa: of
Enraged with pain, the sturgeon
the water SO that the boat was
d and the men thrown into the
zen hung on the gunwale of the
ned boat for four hours. when
ere seen by the South Chicago life
CREW and rescued, Much never
again.
Sturgeon caNght today is war
= it was SCARED in many places.
lc largest fish ever pulled out of
c, so far as is known here.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
ATE 5000 PEAS IN ONE DAY.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
John Cotton. who lives in Dewsbury.
Yorkshire, Is believed to possess the most
voracious appetite of any man living.
Within the past few days he has con-
sumed meal at which a van horse would
have jibbed in despair He is already
we'll known in the district in which he
lives by reason of his past performances.
but his latest feat surpasses all his pre-
vious conquests.
The contest which has just concluded
lasted fourteen days. The condition was
that he should eat two peas on the first
day, double that number on the second.
and continue to double 1t day after day
for fourteen days. The peas which were
used for the contest were the ordinary
green marrow-fats.
During the first week the man simply
swallowed them like pills, in the dry
state afterward they were STEPPED and
boiled. On the tenth day the number was
1924, on the eleventh 204S, on the twelfth
1895, on the thirteenth s1s2, and on the
fourteenth 1884.
Owing to a little hitch in the proceed
ings he refused to consume the total on
the last day, but on the thirteenth day
he disposed of S192. which is believed to
be a worlds record. The only condiment
he took was a little pepper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
CUT OFF LEG WITH BARLOW.

Pittsburg Dispatch to the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A remarkable exhibition of fortitude
was given by Matti Pulkkinden, 90 years
old. a Finnish miner in the Vesta Coal
Company's mine at California, Pa, to-
day when, after having his left leg badly
mangled. he commanded a fellow work.
man to amputate the injured limb with a
pen knife, and bore the pain and agony
while his companion hacked away the
mutiated member.
Pulkkinden was working with a cutting
machine in room far down in the
mine. The young Finn was opera ting
the machine when he slipped and his left
leg was caught and badly mangled. The
injured leg was held fast in the ma
chine and as soon as Pulkkinden learned
that it would take an hour to secure the
services of a physician he commanded his
helper to amputate the limb with his
pocket knife. The injured man died late
this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
Making Wonderful Strides.

Birmingham is making wonderful
strides said d. d. Bates, of st. Paul
at the Birmingham last night. 4 have
been coming here for three years and
| do not think 1 have ever seen such
rapid development in any city 1t is sub
stantial too for my business tells me
so.
Il find money matters little tight at
this season of the year in other sections
of Alabama but not in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
.ecrioNs OF A BACHELOR.

he New York Press.
small boy doesn't like to read
)vels you can never trust him to
truth.
Ses mighty little champa gne to
man think he's as important as
IS the walters to think he is.
woman didn't have single rela-
for anything to happen to she
re afraid to open telegram.
certain age the only way girls can
eng loyesick is TO be away from
iothers so they can be homesick.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
Patents Issued.

.shington, March .-(Special) Pat
ssued VIM A. Bryant, Wetumpka,
ced concrete cross tie; George F.
Woodlawn, rotary engine; Frank
.bee, Mobile, fat car stanehlon;
II. Coker, Piedmont. annunciator;
s NJ Cosper, Brighton, balanced
or engines. Charles c. Glidden,
ham, ruling devices; Ollie f.
H Valleyhead, burglar alarm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Spreckles of sugar trust fame put NJ
100000 to be expended in uncoyerinl
the Ruef-Schmitz grafters, and he /
proud of the fact that the game ha
been bagged.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Nj. Constantine Petrovitch Pobied
onostseff died with his boots on afte
all. He was a reactionary of reaction
aries, the one who held the nozzle o
autocratic Russia to the bank until til,
old ship nearly went to pieces.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

The ducks in the south are quackins
joyously over Grover Cleveland's birth
day anniversary, now that he has gon
back to Princeton and the Wall stree
insurance business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Emperor William proposes TO cele
brate the 25th anniversary of his &C
cession to the throne in 1918 by hold
ing worlds fair in Berlin.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Abe Ruef should not be permitted to
escape by the confession route.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Mr.. Bryan is the only rival Mr. Taft
has in globe trotting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

The hot weather leads Kansas to
begin to talk about harvest hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27
A WARFARE OF COMMERCE

and the present boom in industrials seems
10 De helped along by the gambling spirit
rather than calm appreciation of values.
In the last ten months Japanese indus
trial corporations have been organized to
the extent of $500. 100000 gold.
Wise men say that 4 financial crash ia
pound to come within year-some even
say it will happen within four months.
But even when the speculative conditions
have been eliminated there will still re-
main the actual working structure of the
Industrial companies
1t Is certain that the empire of japan
must make success of its industries or
collapse. The nation has proven Its ability
in the art of war. but no army or navy.
however powerful, can make it great I'M
less 1T rests upon the basis of finan-
cial prosperity. The Japanese have made
success habit. Are they going to teach
us the right way to regulate the trusts?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

A touch of two-cent fares makes all
railroad presidents akin
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

In point of harmlessness the Wall
street panic is the rival of the French
duel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

1t may yet be held that Thaw was
sane on all subjects except Sanford
White.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Passengers are beginning to conclud
it is better TO arrive late than to al
rive dead.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

49,. blight is again sweeping over
Pennsylvania, but that state is hard
ened to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

The street car service between Nor
folk and the jamestown exposition Is
wretchedly poor, and visitors may
have to take to the boats, or go afoot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Hartman feels that he has been Cul
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Iof0 W tame W lllt bOdAos " ~ N'+4S@'
The H. Abe Ruef may live to de-
mand a IN the republican presl-
Dental He says he is a fepub-
lican sti certainly acts like one
Easter | be more freely cele-
brated not for the Easter hat
and the 1t persists in coming in
as a su 1t incident.
--.s.------
Peace unto us for thousand
years. OWE is to return to re-
build Vi open the Panama canal.
Uptol tir's muck rake was de-
stroyed Helieon Hall fire, but
he can mother one built.
.s.4--------
Anti, e bills are killed by or
der of aceo trust, which keeps
men OF In every capitol.
The IS of Philadelphia chiefly
consisi e Rube Waddell, who is
rarely with his arm.
------.s---------
The n is endeayoring to Jump
from to summer, and to make
the il good.
In Transvaal parliament the
popu akers talk alternately in
Dutc english.
I'll hat is becoming numer-
Gus, Easter Day it should be-
CON again.
{ Two more panics in Wall
str start up a boom for William
Jel Bryan.
proposed to build the fire
es nd then fit the new Helicon
HI hem.
rect has its daily~slump ana
sc enjoy it, and possibly it
T IN it.
pert who is not paid by one
S the other is needed in the
Y use.
---4----------
49,. blight is again sweeping over
Pennsylvania huf that state is hard
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

pert who is not paid by one
the other is needed in the
Use.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Abe Ruef was coarse boodler with
infinite cheek He still thinks he will
be indicated, and that he will be able
to resume business at the old stand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

rect has its daily~slump ana
SC enjoy it, and possibly it
T IN it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

No communication will be published
without it's authors name. Rejected
manuscript will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

proposed to build the fire
nd then fit the new Helicon
hem.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1921
@ street, n. w.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-27

Daily and Sunday Herald. e. $500
Daily and Sunday. per month";. 20
sunday Age-Herald. per annum.. 200
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Subscription payable in advance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
PERSONAL MENTION

Harold Anderson Of Portland ,v,
visitor IN the city yesterday. % q
Mrs. NJ. J. Clark Of crosy ,yu,
visiting relatives in Augusta .
Mrs. F. D. Gilman Of 1;,a,e
the guest of her sister. Mrs w =, Is
Farr. on Gage street. u.s. w. II.
Mrs. May Sukefortb !, ~,
Mass. is the guest Of Mr. ana ,,
b. Weever on Western avenue MIS- L.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur DODGE .,
erville are the guests of M .n ~ som
Frank W. Halpen, sS Bridge gu n.l MRS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter c. Pac.ora :
Chester. Mass, have arrived in OIL
gusta for a visit to Mr.. pao.o Au-
mother, who lives on Green stree. >
Mr.; and Mrs. Henry CaIderwooa
VINO nave been the guests of Mrs CT
derwoods sister, Mrs. S. w. perkine
winthrop street, have returned !"
their nome at North Haven "
Friends Of Miss Alice N Jones 80
Green street, who was called to he.
home in Bristol, n. B.. a short tive
ago by the serious illness of her moth.
er. have received word that Misc Iora,
VIII soon be back in Augusta
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Il: Rev. f. S. :':ltkr'" 1s:*-?; and
Rev. Henry +. Dunnack the present
pasto'.
The pres .nt pastor. ;he Re- II enry f.
Dunnack, is q years Of age, OF Scotch
ancestry, a graduate Of Bowdoin college
in the class of 1897. and the Bangor
Theological seminary. He also took a
special course in Hebrew under Presi-
dent Harper of Chicago university. Mr..
Dunnack has held but two pastorates,
one of two years at the West End
Methodist Episcopal church at Portland
and the present one.
The trustees of the society are James
e. Fuller, Frank w. kinsman, w. d.
Hutchins, o. p. Robbins. r. e. Fol-
som, C.. E. Hoxie. Virgil Trouant.
Thomas c. Ingraham and r. w. SOule,
and the stewards are George G. Libby,
3. F.. Smith, G. s. Pettingill, b. F. w.
Thropc, George NJ. Ryder. George A..
Colburn, John II. Fuller E. H. Doe, E.
J. Roberts. j.. ID. HaZlewood, A. d.
Russell and w. S. Martin.
This past year has been very sue
cessful one for the church. The interior
of the house of worship has been re-
modelled, heating plant and new
organ have been installed and other
inside improvements made at cost of
$4,000. One hundred persons have been
added to the church and the Sunday
school row numbers 300, the largest the
church has ever had.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
An English Author Wrote.

40 shade, no shine, no fruit NJ
mowers, no leaves,-November," Manv
Americans would add no freedom from
catarrh, which is SO aggravated during
TINS month that it becomes constantIv
Troublesome There is abundant pro,f
that catararh is constitutional
disease 1t is related to scrofula and
consumption, being one of the wasting
diseases. Hoods Sarsaparilla has
shown that what is capable of eraJi-
eating scrofula, completely cures
catarrh. and taken in time prevents
consumption. We cannot see how anv
sufferer can put off taking this medi-
cine, IN view of the widely published
record Of its radical and permanent
cures. 1t is undoubtedly America
Greatest Medicine for America,s
Greatest Disease-Catarrh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

The revised price list for horseshoe
ing which was recently adopted by the
Augusta Hallowell and Gardiner Horse
Shoors' Association, will go into Of
feet Monday. Nov. II. The price for
putting on new shoes. new bars, etc.
of the different sizes is an advance If
- cents over the old price for the same
work. The price for re-sctting shoes
of the first five sizes, shows an adj
vance of 10 cents. while for the three
upper sizes the price is advanced 40
cents. For re-ScttinE bar shoes of the
first six sizes there is no change in
price. but for sizes No. s and { there is
an advance of 10 cents. For putting
on ncvcr-slip shoes when brought
Their" is an advance of 20 cents. and
for rc-setting per set of four there is
an advance of p cents. For packing
and leather in the first five sizes there
is an advance Of 10 cents. and in tnr
three upper sizes an advance of o
cents
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
FREsHET is sueslp,Ne.
Danger Of Further Rise in kennebec
Thought to Be Past.

Judging from indications which we're In
evidence last night all danger of fur.
Their rise in the water Of the Kennebec
river is over for the present and If no
heavy rain comes within the next few
days the river will have reached its nor
NAL height.
Friday morning the water reached a
height of about eight feet above high
water mark, but did not rise high enough
to do any damage by getting into the cell
lars along Water street, although it came
to the thresholds Of the doors in one or
two instances. The greatest Inconvenience
was felt by the Industries on the Kenne-
bee dam, on account Of back water. The
Edwards mills were down during the day
and the power station of the Kennebec
Light & Heat Co. was operated by its
steam plant.
The water began falling early Friday
morning until it had dropped off about l.
inches, at which height 1t held for the
greater part of the day. It did not, how
ever. gain on the flood tide In the after
noon and soon after o'clock in the az
ternoon began falling steadily. Between
that hour and O'Clock in the evening it
wharf being above water. At that hour
had fallen more than a foot and was still
going down, the flooring of the steamboat
the water on the Kennebec dam had
lowered SO that the height of water on
the dam was feet, inches, and was
still falling slowly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
soPHoMoREs WIN, 900.
Game Devoid of Features-Quiet All
Way Through.

The Freshmen and Sophomores of
the High school played football at the
Driving park Friday afternoon and
the game went to the SophomOres
with a score of 26 to 0. Several of
the Freshmen claimed that the Sophs
were assisted by good members Of the
regular High school team and that
their team was almost strictly Fresh
men from start to finish. They
claimed that the Sophomores had eight
of the regular first eleven, while the
Freshmen had to be contented with
only three of the big fellows.
During the first half two touch
downs were made, the first by Savage
and the second by Morton and FitZ-
gerald in exactly 40 seconds. At the
close of the first half of Is minutes the
score stood 100 in favor Of the Soph-
ignores. During the last half three
tOuchdownS were made.
a few spectators witnessed the game
from the stand, but for the most part
it was regarded as being in the nl-
ture of a practice game. Following
was the lineup:
SOphOmores-Holch le; FitZ-
gerald, 1t; Benner lg: Burleigh, c:
Pierce. re-; L. Morton and Mcdonald
TT: w. Smith, re; Williamson, OBJ;
Allen, rh; Savage. III; Meader, fb.
Freshmen-Huntingt re: Davis
TT; Black, re-; Coughin, C: Stone, lg;
+. Morton. 1t: Shaw, le; Maddox, rh
Motherwell. 1t: Smith. fb; Brown. OBJ
Referee-Principal Marshal Timer
HaIpin. Observation-Disclosures Thomp-
son. Fifteen-minutc halves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
DaiIV kennebec Journal,
Saturday, November 9, 1907.

Cards Of thanks, obituary notices, res
olutions of respect. etc, will be
charged at the rate of ten cents per
line. No charge less than Is cents.
All advertising announcements Of en-
tertainments. whose object is the
raising of money, will be charged at
the rate of fifteen cents a line.
Advertising notices, news form, will De
excluded from our local columns, ex
cept such as refer to advertisers oc-
cupying space in our advertising
columns and will be run under a
separate head on one of the local
pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive the
journal promptly will confer favor
by notifying the Office Immediately.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09
Matilda TAYLOR.

Matilda Taylor died at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Sumner Barton. IL
Patterson street, Thursday evening.
at the age of Sc years. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the house at 9.45
Sunday morning and will be private.
In Difference TO the wishes of the de-
ceased the services will be conducted
by Mrs. ". +. Burns The interment
will be made in the family lot in the
Cross Hill cemetery. Vassalboro.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-09

Sherburne & Dailey's overcoats call
for special mention this fall. Hart
Schaffner & Marx must aim to make
the fall and winter of 1907 and 1908
q record breaker in their high art
clothing department. Have you seen
the latest listers or storm overcoats,
SWEETEST style OF the season." said to
he. Big, warm. stylish and imposing in
effect