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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
OF stir. as your lie depends on it."

not stir. as your life depends on it,"
He spoke a few words to one Of the ma
tive attendants, who hurried away and
returned in minute. Stepping softly be-
hind my chair he quickly threw a wet
cloth over a cobra's head, and 1t was
killed Immediately.
The snake, unnoticed by anyone. had
entwned itself around the chair and
brought its narrow head on level with
the side OF my face. AS moved my eyes l
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
Learn the Secret

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03

From the Paris Matin.
The custodian of the rovaI library in
Vienna found the other Jay in pile of
unsorted. parchment valuable manu-
script of the thirteenth century-about
800 lines of a versifed translation of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03

Bible into the Bavarian-Alemanic dialect.
made by Rudolph Won Ems, in Switzer-
land. Its Importance lies in the fact that
this was really the first Bible version
into German.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
An Early Translation.

saw Its tongue shooting in, and | knew
IL moved 1t was a certain death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03

DE man Oats continuously kickin'."
said Uncle Eben, "gnerally soun's like
he was apologlzing in his own special
way foh not havin' had better sense
Washington Star.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03
5O-InCh Coats $0.05

Long, well-made coats in striking
novelty patterns, all worth from $3.50
to $500. Not an undesirable coat in
the lot. Very desirable style and pat
tern assortment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-03

Walking Skirts S4.65
Values worth from 500 to $50,
most all novelties in check and stripe
patterns, but there are a few panarnas
in blue and black. All good styles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12

Of the University Of Pennsylvania wrote q
letter certifying TO ibs genuine character.
Later Q professor Of the University Of
Michigan indoned It over his signature.
Notwithstanding the fact that I phb-
lished q two column afidavit In al the
papers In every town where Forepaugh
was TO appear, which afadavit was q con-
fession Of the fraud by the man who per
petrated 1t. the university professors fol-
lowed each other In certifying that It was
not a fraud.
Finally, during the progress Of this war,
~Forepaugh reached Chicago. Here was
his Waterloo. Forepaugh withdrew his
white elephant amid q storm Of public
protest, playing to beggarly business.
Both shows had spent hundreds Of thou
sands of dollars in this WeT o. the White
Elephant. Our own, the genuine ANIMAL
was lost in the Bridgeport fire In 1885.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
PINK AND PURPLE THOUGHTS.
Demonstrates by Certain Experiments OF
Prof. Gates,

Plunging his arm into a jar filed with
water to the point Of overflow and keep
ing his position without moving, Prof.
Elmer Gates OF the Laboratory Of
Psychology at Washington directed his
thinking to the arm. The blood soon
entered the arm in such quantities, de-
clares a writer in Current Literature, as to
enlarge it and cause the water in the Jar
TO overflow.
By directing his thoughts to his arm
for a certain length of time daily for many
days he permanently increased both its
size and strength. He even instructed
others to produce the Same effects on
various bodily organs, thus demonstrat-
ing, It is ~oontended, the accuracy Of the
statement that muscle can be developed
by a proper course Of thinking as well as by
exercise.
Prof. Gates, moreover, has shown what
is called the causative character Of think
ing in a long series Of experiments. He
has found that change OF the mental state
changed the chemical character of the
preparation, ui,h ,ho o,
reagent the Precipitation OF an angry man
showed one color, that Of a man in grief
another, and 80 on through the long list
OF emotions.
Each mental state persistently exhibited
it's own peculiar result every time the ex-
pertinent was repeated. Each kind Of
thinking. by causing changes in glandular
or visceral activity, produced different
chemical substances, which we're being
thrown out Of the system in the persnira-
ton.
When the breath NJ Prof. Gates's sub
ject was passed through q tube cooled
with ice so as to condense it's volatile con-
stituents a oolorless liquid resulted. He
kept the man breathing through the tube,
but made him angry.
Five minutes afterward a sediment ap-
peared in the tube, indicating the presence
there Of a new substance, which had been
produced by the changed physical action
caused ny a change Of the mental condition.
Anger gave a brownish substance. sorrow
gray, remorse pink, and 40 IN. Tho results
showed. as in the experiments with the
perepirntion, that each kind of thinking
produced lite own peculiar substance, which
the system was trying 70 eIpel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
LOVELY PHOENIX PARK.
tn Scene OF the Murders Ia Remembered
Though NOT hept Green.

rue scene OF the NuTutTe Nv EttuttIIlUeFeu
Though NOT hept Green.
OF all the pleasure grounds we saw abroad
| liked Phoenix Park in Dublin the best,
says a writer in the Guidon. II covers
nearly 1000 acres. and the seven mile drive
around it is delightful.
Acres Of it are let TO citizens for pasture &c
and herds Of fat kline lazily chewing under
the trees or idly standing in a cool stream
give a touch not found in any other resort.
On one plat when we we're there a detail
Of his Majesty's red coats were practising
target shooting. Yonder came three
dragons back from a cross -oountry run.
The vice-regal lodge, plain and white,
looked, in spite OF the vastness Of the green
grounds about it.. hot and u%ninviting in
the glare Of the August SUN.
In sight OF the house, but a long way
from it, is the spot where Cavendish and
Burke were murdered some years ago.
In vain do the gardeners try to keep grass
above Il. As fast as a bit grows it ia taken
up and carried of by relic hunters,
Scores Of deer were roaming about. so
tame that they frequently came close TO
our car. 0ne big stretch Of rolling land
was crossed and recrossed with what
looked in the distance like bitches. They
are troughs, our driver told us, into which
at morning and night water is pumped
for the deer, which come there by the hun
dred to drink
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
~SheepdOG Trials,
From Country Lite in Americo

FROM Z ohNtTU LNe IN Ameriro,
Sheepdog trials are becoming popular in
Canada. and there is some call for them in
the neighborhood Of New York. But the
Fast can hardly be called a sheep country,
and where there are no sheep there ran he
little use for working ~sheepdogs. Sheepdog
trials are looked upon as, a sort of national
pastime or game in Wales and Australia
and to watch the dogs work is TO recognize
the marvellous intelligence Of these aids 10
shepherds,
The great Toronto Show or Fair lie now
the gathering place Of the sheepdos owners,
and the entertainments that their dogs have
given have been greatly applauded Major
q NJ CarnochAn is the chief supporter OF
the trials near New York, and his dogs have
given very good exhibitions.
The uses Of these competitions are mani
fold, They point 10 the dog as a utility
animal for man, and. OF what service he is
% 'sioularly to the shepherd In the great
paddock OF Australia and on the noun
tains OF Wales and Scotland one dog can
do the work OF n hundred men he Is ar in
dispensable animal Again, these trials give
10 townfolk an mixing rs 10 the intelligence
Of q dog, and it Is TO be hoped they VIII treat
him accordingly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
Gun Fired by n Rabbit.
Fran ,hn Lnndnn.nniln Mil

FTon1 INC LONDON ITnIIV WntT.
An extra ordinary incident occurred close
70 the village Of Milton, near Newport Pag-
nell, on Friday. A commercial traveller
while driving along the road stopped to speak
to two gentlemen who were shooting rabbits
Mon Rside the hedge One Of the gentlemen
laid his gun on the ground while he placed n
ferret In q hole. 4 rabbit boiling At this
moment ran over the triggers OF the loaded
gun. which II released with It's feet, the trRv-
eler having q very narrow osoopa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
After the Accident

AFTER the Accident. CEF7
From Punch
Are YOU hurt, old chap
No. But / think I've swallowed ny
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
An EIkcT corRTEKPIKr OF F~oREPLuoH's
FRAUDULENT wHrrE
BUT a BErTER JOB 1T BErTEB ARTISTS.

This elephant was exhibited to the New
York public on the last day at the Garden,
then taken 20 Philadelphia and placed at
the end Of the street parade Of the Fore
paugh show, with banners bearing the above
inscription. Yet the Philadelphia papers,
with a single exception, Endorsed the Fore
paugb exhibit as genuine. Prof. Leedy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
H0AXBS or THE CIRCUS MIN
THE ESCAPED LION' FAKE
BEGUN AS 4 MERE JEST,

Vet n Deceived Many PerSOus IN New York
PILOTS Death Q 6~enSatiOn the Show
men DIDN'T Uke-Wsr OF the Sacred
White Elephants Between Ctrcuses.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03
Orimin of the Balloon.

The word balloon means "a large
ball." To Montgolfier Of Annonay.
France, tie invention Of the balloon Is
credited. 1t is said that he was led to
turn his attention to balloon making
from the following incident: A French
laundress, wishing to dry a petticoat
quickly, placed it on basket work
frame over a stove. TO prevent the
heat from escaping by the opening at
the top Of the petticoat she drew tho
belt strings closely together and tied
them. Gradually the garment dried
and became lighter, and as the stove
continued to & out heat and rarely
the air concentrated under the basket
work frame the petticoat began to
move and finally rose in the air. This
80 astonished the laundress that she
ran to her neighbors and asked them
to come and witness the strange sight.
Montgolfier was among those that
came in. The petticoat suspended in
midair suggested greater things to
him, and he returned home with
something to think about" He ut
once began studying works on differ
ent kinds Of atmosphere. and the In
vention Of the balloon was the result.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

A myriad Of men are born. They In.
Dor and sweat and struggle for bread:
they squabble and scold and fight; they
scramble for little mean advantages
over each other; age creeps upon them;
iuflrmities follow; shames and humilia.
lions bring down their prides and their
vanities; those they love are taken
from them, and the Joy Of life Is turn.
ed to aching grief. The burden of pain,
care, misery, grows heavier year by
year; at length ambition is dead, pride
is dead; vanity is dead; longing for re-
lease is in their place. 1t comes at
last-the only imprisoned gift earth
ever had for thcm--and they vanish
from world where they were Of no
consequence; where they achieved moth
ing; where they were mistake and q
failure and foolishness. There they
have left no sign that they have ex-
isted-a world which will lament them
day and forget them forever. Then
another myriad takes their place. and
copies all they did, and goes along the
same profitless road. and vanishes as
they vanished-to make room for an
other, and another, and million other
myriads, to follow the same arid path
through the same desert and accom-
plish what the first myriad and all the
myriads that came after it accomplished
--nothing.-From Mark Twain's Auto
biography in North American Review.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03
A Quotation.

A correspondent wrote to a newspn-
per to ask the author Of this couplet:
How much the fool who has been sent to
Rome
Excels the fool who has been kept at
home!
He had barely written when he an
swered his own query. having found
the source of the lines and how he had
misquoted them. They are from Cow
per's progress of Error" and read:
How much n Ounce that hath been sent
to roam
Excels a Ounce that hath been Kept at
home,
We are not sure but that, as Is fire.
quently the case with Interpretations,
the popular version is better than the
poet New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

French officials are said to be par
ticularly strict in their discipline of
tourists A lately returned traveller
tells several more or less apocryphal
stories to illustrate the state of affairs.
An American lost his footing, slipped
down an embankment and fell into a
small, shallow pond. AS he scrambled.
dripping, up the embankment to the
footpath he was confronted by an
arm of the law.
"Your name? Your address" de-
manded this uncompromising person.
notebook in hand.
"But l fell began the astonished
American. II only
The man waved his arm. 1T Is for
hidden to battle in this lake." be said
firmly. II am not here to listen to
extenuating circumstances"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03
LatchI&ey rs n source of Trouble.

Ever since some mechanically inclin-
ed person, with an almost diabolical In
stinct for making mischief, invented
form Of spring lock which can be open
ed on the inside by knob and on the
outside only by key there has been
trouble. The latchkey from the first
has been n domestic storm center. 1t
has divided family circles and even
broken up homes. london Telegraph.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03
Brains OF Great Men.

Brains OF great men vary very much.
It is found that men of encyclopedia
mind have large and heavy brains
Gladstone had to wear a very big hat
with an enormous bed Of gray matter
and numerous convolutions. On the
other hand. men whose genius is con
centrated upon one line Of thought are
Of small brain and. consequently have
small heads. Newton, Byron and
Cromwell were in this class.-Kansas
City Journal
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

There is a legend. says an English
writer, to the effect that after Lord
Stanley came into the house Of peers
n lady somewhat lndiscreetly asked
Lord Brougham at dinner party who
was the best speaker in the house OF
lords and that Lord Brougham prompt
ly and emphatically answered. Lord
Stanley, madam, is the second best"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03
Harty Conclusion.

Tommy paused a moment IN the
work Of demolition.
''This is angel cake. all right" he
said.
"How do you know" asked Johnny.
'T've found feather In it."-Chica'
20 Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

There are about 1875 Inhabited BRITISH
isles, of which Scotland claims over
100.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

TheOdOr !
E@&erS
President of the American Fish Company. one
s of the leading men in the evergreen state of d
\ Washington and heavily interested in Alaska 4
fisheries, is one of the thousands who consider B
1 it duty and pleasure to talk plainly to his 4
felI0W-men.' 4
He Said the other day that he had for Is
! years been sick from divers stomach +
troubles, but for two years he has been y
as strong as any man, and the only red (
son came from the fact that since two y
; years ago he and his entire family have
used no other drink than "6olden Grain u
6ranu1eS." d
Coffee and tea are drugs. Turn new leaf &
and drink this health drink three times day y
and you will feel different. =
Your grocer may not have Golden h
I Grain Granules i'm stock, but every Job
Der can supply him and he can accom- \
modate any customer who wishes to 3
use Golden Grain GranuIes.
There is no substitute for this article moth y
ing like it; no similar goods, and your grocer s
! will get it for you even if he does not carry it
4 in stock. 6
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-01-03

There is no substitute for this article. moth
ing like it; no similar goods, and your grocer
will get it for you even if he does not carry it
in stock.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-08

exalted to the skies, fcourse. But
we are talking about the people
VINO do not marry, because they
are unable TO find suitable com
panion, or because of lack of
funds, or for some fanciful reason.
Such people are not normal; they
are not good specimens of the race
They are lacking somewhere. They
are either personally unattractive,
mentally biased or warped, or suf-
fering from some sort of ballucina-
.l)n.
III a man can not marry because
os lack of income it shows either
that is incapacitated from earning
.the proper support, or that he has
fixed a false tsandard of living
If he hae set his mind upon an
automobile, and can not get it,
he Is foolish TO the extent that he
fails to realize the blessings of the
two good feet God gave him. If
he wants to live only in brown
stone front, he is silly for not
reading history and finding that
better men than he is have been
happy in a log cabin. IF he thinks
that children are an incumbrance
and a bill of expense, he is not a
financier, or he would know that
the world is now owned by the
children of only a few years ago.
he would see that but for children
there would not be enough poor
houses to hold the parents. There
is not single legitimate excuse
why any man should not marry.
unless Il is the excuse that one
had chosen 10 make a deliberate
sacrifice of his or her life for the
benefit of others.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-08

for the presidency and the house
of representatives are contestants.
Their are no national elctions, of
course, and 1t Is this fact which pre-
sents seemingly insurmountable OBJ
,staclcs to the presidents plan. AS
4 the states are in full control of elcc-
tions, even when the presidency is
involved, Il is difficult to understand
how congress could enact law
which would be binding upon the
states in conducting their elctions.
Congress certainly cannot dictate to a
state in the matter of the lecetion of
a United States senator. If 1t has
the right TO gran expense money to
candidates for the house of repre-
sentatives. how shall II determine
when man is legitimately candi-
date? II would not be sufficient, =, to
conventions, because some men run
independently, ad would have as much
right TO government expense as their
opponents.
consideration that the expenses for
making canass for office in n city
district, wher party lines are closely
drawn, will be greater than in a
country district, and, in rare iu-
istances. vice versa.
Therefore would congress grant ur-
ban candidates a larger sum of money
or would 1t give to etery candidate,
wherever located. the same amount?
lit would be uE5eemly to make a
distinction in the sums of money re-
quired by candidates. in different dis
ltricts, and yet, If all receie the
same amount, many woul be tempted
to waste the funds for purposes
which, while legitimate, would be, ex-
travagant.
Public oponion can accomplish more
than congress to secure the honest
use of money in campaigns. When
the public reaches the point where
1t demands of campaign committees
Ithat they shall reveal the source of
Iall contributions and account for
every dollar OF disbursements, there
Twill be little ned of legislation. Not
until the public reaches that point is
| 1t clear that legislation would reach
| the evil.
The evil sought to be cured was
Of slow growth and the party which
has so long been in power in the ma
tional and in most of the state gov
Iernments, is mainly responsible for
IT, Before legalizing political boodling,
even in modest ways, 1t would be a
good idea TO sweep the party, under
which the system has grown into
dangerous proportions, out of power,
and get back to the party systems
that were in vogue before politics was
reduced to business" science by
those who strobe about the country
loaded down with swag and boasting
that 1--WE know our business" A
little old-fashioned honesty and Amer
lean patriotism, persisten ly applied,
will cure the evil Press Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-08

United States. 1t las never ceased
lin proportion to home population
from that day to this save when there
were phenomenal movements away
from the Green lsle." It may sound
|apochryphal that within the past GEN.
tury there have been more people
come from Ireland to the United
States than there is population in
Ireland today.
A paper just issued by the English
parliament sets forth that the number
|of emigrants leaving Ireland during
the past year was 35,91s, and of these
rs per cent. came direct to the
United States. The same paper points
out that since 1851 4,110,0O0 people
|emigrated from Ireland to this coun-
TRY.
Tho United States has been the
greatest beneficiary among the ma
|tions of the world from this immi-
grafton. When the census OF 1900
was taken, It was found that there
were 1,61S,567 persons in the country
who were born in Ireland, this num-
ber making 1916 per cent. of the
entire foreign born population. In
I1S50 the proportion wa" 42.S, this
being the largest percentage Of any
decennial period. For three decades
the Irish immigrants led the process
sion. but were passed by the Ger
mans in 1880. If to the million and
a half of Irish born there were to be
added the descendants Of former citi-
zens who were born in the Emerald
isle It would be seen how much the
Unite States has gained from this
source.
1t is a sore Encouragement to the
Irish nationalists that the exodus
keeps up. They have brought about
many improvements in the condition
of things in the island. The notable
grievances of past years have, many
of them, been redressed. but still the
emigration continues, the bulk oil IL
representing the best Of the young
blood of the country, whose strength
would mean much to the cause OIL
Ireland II II could be kept at home.
Nor is there any indication that
there will be any diminution OF this
immigration away from the still idol
lied isle. The fact of the matter Is
the Irish people have, from the be-
ginning, become Americanized while
retaining many of the characteristics
of the land Of their nativity-more
so than the foreigners coming from
any other nation. The Irish In reality
have found a new Ireland under the
stars and stripes. Press Post.