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spring. and 1t Is probable that he will be on hand when the March days blow around
 However, the local management desires to know for certain. For that reason, President Baugh, 15 minutes after the reception of Smiths letter, wrote reply yesterday morning. He insisted that Smith make positive answer immedi- ately whether he will play or not That answer, 1t is expected. will be forthcom- ing in a few days.
 Smith did not state any particulars of the recent mob spirit that reigned in Brookhaven.
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SPECIAL RATES
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Winter Tourist Rates to many points in the South and Southwest at very low rates. Tickets on sale daily until April 30th. Good to return until May 31st.
 Special Homeseekers Rates to the West and Northwest. Tickets on sale first and third Tuesdays of each month, at one fare plus $7.00 for round trip.
 One fare plus 2Jc to Mobile, New Orleans and Pensacola, account Mardi Gras Tickets on sale Feb. 26th to March 2d inclusive, good to return until March 10th.
 For full information, call on P. Sid Jones. D. P. A., Birmingham, Ala
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Robbed by Americans.

San Antonio, Tex, February R.-A special to the Express from Mexico City says: Four American pickpockets robbed Paymaster Mariana Urdanivia of the Zapadores battalion of s5490 as he was leaving the National bank with the money to pay the troops. The theft was wit messed by detective who caught two of the men and recovered all but $100 of the cash. The Americans gave fictitious names. The two who escaped are being tracked.
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Chattanooga To Play
 Basketball Here 10niQh1

An excellent game of basketball is ex- pected tonight when on the floors of the Birmingham Athletic club the teams of Birmingham collegee at Owenton and the University of Chattanooga clash.
 The Owenton aggregation has placed some splendid games this season, and is prepared to win from Chattanooga. How ever, the Chattanooga lads have fine record for thi season, and the game is surrounded with much doubt
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TEN YEAR SENTENCE.
Captain of the Slocum Must Go to
 Penitentiary.

New York, February 12.-The convic- tion of William van Schaick. captain of the excursion steamer General Slo- cum which was burned on June 15, 1904, in East river with loss of over 1000 lives, was affirmed today by the Captain Van Schaick was convicted of neglect of his duty as captain and was given sentence of 10 years in prison. It was this sentence which was affirmed today Captain Van Schaick is 70 years old. He has been at liberty on bail and has been married since the convic- ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13

Tomorrow night the team of the Bir- mingham Athletic club meets the Chat tanooga visitors The club team is anx- ious to meet the university boys, and promises to defeat them. The boys are chafing little under the defeat at the hands of the Nashville Athletic club ag- gregation.
 Both games promise to be fast and ex- celently played. The basketball contin- gent is anticipating much royal sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13
At the Biiou.

Billy B. Van is pleasing the patrons of the Bijou theatre this week in his new version of Patsy in Politics." The show has been revised until 1t bears only a passing resemblance to the show of last season. The comedy is nearly all new, and a new complement of musical num- bers have been provided. The songs are winning much applause for their tuneful- ness, while the work of a large and sprightly chorus lends attractiveness to every performance. There will be q matinee this afternoon and a performance tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13
Valentine Ball.

A grand Valentine ball will be given at the Hippodrome tonight after the skat- ing session, which closes at 10 o'clock. It Is to be another one of the unique af- fairs given under the management of Prof. w. c. Mcconnell. The originations at the Hippodrome have drawn great crowds in the past and the feature to- night is promising There will be both skating and dancing in progress after 8 n,
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MASONIC NOTICE

Members of Birmingham Fraternal Lodge 384 are here by summoned to meet at Masonic Temple this (Thurs- day) morning at 8:30 o'clock to attend the burial of Broth CT E. w. Jones. Visitors invit- ed. Arthur Gledhill, w. M.
 M. T. Stradford, Secy.
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FOR SALE CHEAP

Large iron safe, Remington typewriter, office furniture and National cash registers. Fies Liquor Co.,, 2nd Avenue and 17th Street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13

Big Reduction Sale Sam ple Shoes. Ten tables filled with high-grade shoes at half price. Clothing and Hats now added to the bargain list. 2022 Second Avenue.
 CHAMBLEE BROS.
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chauncey olcott in "o'NeilI of Derry"

Reaching back to a period in Irish hls- tory, when Oliver Cromwell had his own governors invested with almost auto cratic authority, ruling with mailed hand over every city of the unhappy little island, Theodore Burt Sayre has worked a virgin soil in constructingfthe new play, "O'Neill of Derry" which Chauncey Ol- colt will present at the Jefferson the atre tonight MT. Olcott is equipped with a new quartette of songs, all incidental to the action of the play. The titles are Michael McGinnity," "One Little, Sweet Little Girl" Every Star Falls in Love With Its Mate" and "A Rose of Old Derry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13
The Kubelik Concert.

The Chicago Tribune had the following to say of kubelk, the great Bohemian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13

For best advertising cuts try The Gawk, Age-Herald building.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
"The Girl From Out Yonder.'

"The Girl From Out Yonder.'
 Adelaide Thurstons second appearance in Birmingham as Flotsam, in "The Girl From Out Wonder" drew a crowded house at the Jefferson theatre last night and an audience that appreciated to the fullest extent the beauty of the play. The story contains in it's lines the varied qualities of a masterful drama; not alone the pathos of a simple-hearted, free-soulod girls being torn from her fathers care, but the exquisite beauty of her devotion, the simpleness of the love from simple heart like hers; an as an underlying thread the ridiculous love affair of Ben Cooke. a rough and jolly old seaman, and Cousin Simonson, the Capn's house keeper.
 The play is essentially an emotional one and the story is simple. It depicts the happiness of a little girl in her oceupa- ton. with her father, of a lighthouse oft the coast of Maine; simple indeed, but the devotion of the truest sort. Edward Elmar, civil engineer, meets her while she is visiting the mainland, and her first real love affair begins. The rugged and rather abhorrable love of Joey Clarke, 9 young fisherman, eomplicates matters. and after many turns Flotsam becomes the affianced bride of Joey, and not the man she loves, because she was unwilling to disobey her father. In the end she barely escapes drowning while at sea in her little craft, and Elmar saves her. The story ends happily in Joeys stepping into the background, allowing Flotsam to marry the man she loves.
 With the exception of Ralph w. Bell as Joey Clarke, the company this year IS equally as good as it was on its initial appearance here. Miss Thurston is sim pleness itself, and makes the most nat ural little "messmate The heavier parts of her acting are carried equally as easily as the lighter ones and there is no flaw to be found. Leo Hardman and Anna C. Turner as Ben Cooke and Cousin Si- monson uphold the character parts with marked ability, and Edward H. Racey as Elmar is natural.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-13

Southern Railway now the only, line operating afternoon trains through to Eastern poinfS Pullman and dining car service unexcelled.
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Los Angeles Results.

Los Angeles, February 12.-But one favorite won at Santa Anita park to- day. the other races being captured by three outsiders and two second choices.
 Summarizes:
 First race, mile-Toupee, 106 (Shrin- er), z to 1. won; Pal, 1O8 (W. Miller), to 1, second; Wexford. 106 (Shilling). to, 5, third. Time, 1:39 35.
 Second race, four fur1ongs-Marion Delorae. 107 (Shilling), to l, won; Luck Mate, 110 (Shriner), to 2, sec ond; High Ormonde, no (Moriarity) 5 to 1, third. Time, :48 1-5.
 Third race, six furlongs-Lord Nell son 1O1 (Buxton), z to 1, won; La Gloria, 101 (Martin),'7 to 10 second Billy Bowlegs, sS (Dugan), 6 to ]. third Time, 1:13.
 Fourth race, five and half furlongs. Colonel Bob, no (Taylor), II to 5, won; Rose Gal. 105 Dugan), 2 to 1. second; Bambro, 107 (Boland), 20 to 1 third Time, 1908 1-5. Fifth race, mile and three sixteenths 8. Marster, 106 (w. Miller), 5 to g. won; Frank Flittner, 109 tHarty}. to 2. second; E. T. Fryer, 99 (Ross), to 5, third. Time. 200 2-5. Sixth race. five furlongs-La Chata, TIT (Shilling), to 10. won; vivanr. IF (Harty), to 1, second; Ban Ellen 117 (Ross), to 2, third. Time, 1 zoo 2-5.
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Oakland Results.

Oakland, Cal. February 12.-Byron, a 25 to 1 chance, won the first race at Oakland over a slow track today in a hard drive and by a narrow margin from Altair and Rose Cherry. Import made a run away race of the fourth and won as he pleased. The Englishman was close
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01
An unappreciated Plant.

Chiyes is vegetable not widely
known in this country. 1t is native
along the northern borders of the
United States as well as in some parts
Of Europe, where 1t is popular. The
plant belongs TO the onion family, and
its leaves are used for seasoning in
soups, salads, etc, and are preferred
to onions by many persons because
they are much milder and more tender.
Europeans use chlyes for seasoning
scrambled eggs and similar dishes.
The culture of chlves Is simple. The
plant will grow in any ordinary gar
den soil. 1t is usually propagated by
division Of the roots, because 1t does
not seed readily. The roots or clumps
Of roots may be purchased at moderate
prices. The clumps should be plant
ed In beds about nine inches apart in
rows which are two feet apart. The
planting may be done in either spring
or autumn. The chives may also be
planted In the border of the vegetable
garden and makes an excellent perma-
nent border. As border plant the
clumps should be planted about six
inches apart. The leaves will grow
thickly and form a dense green mat.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01
Pasture In New EnaIand.

The pasture problem threatens the
future of New England dairy farming
The old hill pastures are slowly but
surely running out and are keeping
fewer and fewer cattle every year
Most Of them cannot be plowed at
any reasonable cost under present con-
ditions of farm labor, and clearing off
the bushes is Of only temporary bene-
ht Unless pastures can be plowed
and cultivated for n few years there
seems to be no hope for them, and
they gradually turn into wood lots, thus
reducing the dairy capacity of the
farm. Many pastures are needlessly
Injured by turning the stock out too
early In the spring. especially when
II has been eaten close the preceding
year. They tramp The soil too wet and
gnaw the young plants too close to the
ground. II Is much better TO let the
grass get n good start. then put on
the stock long enough TO eat down the
grass and move them to another pas
ture. Unless pastures are large enough
to be divided In this way they quickly
become injured under ordinary meth
ods II Is an expensive way. but per-
haps II Is the only way to manage
without grazing the land too close.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

A few slender hairs arise from the
head and body. When ready to be-
come pupae they draw the leaves to-
gether and form shelter in which
the change takes place. They meas.
ure when full grown rather more than
half an inch long.
The pupa is light brown and much
shorter. An example preserved In al
cohol and probably somewhat shrunk-
en- measures a fortieth of an Inch In
length. The head end is prov shaped.
The antennae arise at each side Of
the PROV shape front, curve outward
aud ackward, then return toward the
middle line ON the central side, where
they terminate with the second pair Of
legs short distance anterior to the
posterior margins of the wing cases.
The thorax is decidedly convex above,
descending to the abdomen, which Is
also arched, and terminates In rather
stout, fiat spine, with a couple OF small
curved hooks at its end. The abdomen
is roughened about by a series Of dem
tlcles on each somite, ending on each
side near the splracle.
Adults are provided with broad front
wings, appearing as If abruptly cut of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

hordes that prey upon plant life. The
quail or bobwhite is one of the farm
ers feathered friends.
This interesting bird is helpful to the
farmer in destroying weeds. bugs,
grasShoppers. cotton boil weevil and
many other insects. If not hunted, it
is tame bird, often appearing in the
farmers gardens or barnyards. The
cheerful whistle of bobwhite on the
fences. in the pastures ard meadows
il attractive to the farmer as he plows
plants and rcaps. Let every farmer
start out today to be friend of birds
ard to protect them. The farmer will
thus benefit himself as well as the
birds.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

hundred and eghty-fOur pounds cop
per sulphate at 6 cents, S23.04; one
and one-half barrels lime at $1.35,
SOB; tWcnty-slX and One-half pounds
paris green at If cents, $3.71 forty
hours labor for team ut p cents, SO;
forty hours for man, at - cents, So:
wear on sprayer 81; total. S4l7S. or
S3.O5 an acre. At this rate the cost of
each spraying was 1914 cents. The
market price Of potatoes at picking
time was 60 cents II hushel. At that
rate the crop should he worth 5000:
subtracting 500 Che cost Of spray
ingl, the net profit is %27.15 an acre.
There are many plants little known
to the market gardener that. if rightly
pushed, would enjoy Il ready sale. Sea
kale, for instance, will furnish
spring vegetable ahead of asparagus.
From seed fown in May good plants
can be set into permanent bed in
August or September and will remain
for years Earth is lightly piled over
the bed to a height of about a foot in
early spring, and when the shoots
come through this covering they are
cut off to the roots. This gives one
stalks of kale much resembling cell
cry Pull the leaves apart as you
would celery, cook in boiling sated
water until tender and serve with
drawn butter, melted butter or with
or without vinegar, as taste desires
This is Il most delightful dish and
being extremely early, would. along
with rhubarb, he money maker.
These are only instances of the way
that Intelligence may make profitable
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

sugar. starch, albumen, etc, are car
ried up by the sap TO the seed pear
ing pods. To a marked extent nature
is assisted by the natural law OF hea'
and cold to produce sweating or con
depsation of moisture, which we cal
dew. This takes place In the co
rolla of the flower, making 1t more
easy for the plant to deposit its over
flow of sugar, starch, albumen, etc,
In the dew already in the flower.
This sweet nectar is carried up by
the sap and discharged in the dew
through the pores of the plant. When
the sun rises evaporation takes place.
and the result is tiny drop OF nee
tar in the cup of the flower. The bee
goes TO the flower and with its long
silken tongue sips up this drop OF
nectar and deposits it into its honey
sack back of the throat.
The bee is provided with stomach
for its physical well being back or
this storage stomach, and all the hon
ey that goes to this stomach Is used
for the life or physical demands of
the bee. When the bee has Its stor-
age tank full of nectar 1t straight
way flies to the hive and exudes 1t
into the cell. The bee is endowed
with the power of exuding as natural
" as in taking, so there is nothing
wonderful about it except the natural
,uriousness of the matter.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01
THE WHEAT.
Binding and Shocking 1t So as to Get
Best Results.

From the time the wheat stands
waving yellow in the field until it is
in the hands of the miller is an i'm
portant period. The cutting of the
wheat may not be Il difficult task. but
much depends on how well the grain
Is gathered and bound and shocked.
If the machine does not gather the
grain well. a good deal OF il will be
lost falling down before the sickle or
stringing out from beneath the aprons
Care should be taken 10 avoid this.
The binder should also gather the
straw evenly. so thar the bundles may
not look ragged or part he lost In the
shocking The binder should be shift
ed just right so that the bundles may
be bound near the middle. Binding
too close to the butts or heads will
make them inconvenlent TO handle. as
well as cause the dropping out Of
part Of the bundles.
The shocking Of the wheat is very
important. especially In those sections
where rains and winds are frequent.
The bundles cannot be thrown together
any old way and be expected to stand
the storms Of wind aud rain.
Ny experience has proved that the
best ani strongest shock IS made In
the following manner. Place three
pairs Of bundles Ia row. then set one
bundle at each end ana three or each
side The caps should be placed on
lengthwise OF the shock and spread so
they will cover the top OF the shock
and hang down on the sides. protect
Ing the he.Hls OF the wheat and turn
Ing the water like the roof % a house.
For twenty years we built our shocks
In this manner aud seldom ever lost
any wheat from winds or rain. Il was
often necessary 20 go over the field aft
er a severe windstorm and replace
some of the caps. but seldom did We
have 20 rebuild a shock.
After the wheat Is an cut and shock-
ed it Is the best plan 20 have IL thrash
ed a. soon as Il viii DO. Il can then
be stored away in rat proof granary
or hauled direct 20 market. We ie-
lieve q Is wise 20 sell immeiistelv
after thrashing- The higher price FOR
Which one may held win not more
than Offset the shrinkage and loss IN
handling. and sometimes the hfrber
price = never realized A person had
better take a few cents less than run
the risk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

the way of cultivation. Large weeds
covered the potato plants TO such an
extent that it would have been impos-
sible to reach more than half the
plants with spray.
The test rows were dug with a dOu-
ble moldboard piow Oct. IS and yield
Ell. sprayed. 1874 bushels SO pounds
marketable tubers; unsprayed, 81 bash
els p pounds. making gain of o.
bushels pounds an acre. The yield
Of culls was 25%i bushels an acre on
the sprayed and % % on the un-
sprayed. The loss from rot was some
what greater on the unsprayed rows
than on the sprayed. but not large
in either case. 1t is doubtful. however,
that the gain represented was due
wholly 10 spraying The owner says
both sprayed and unsprayed had prac-
Ideally the same chance. but if any
thing the unSprayed rows suffered
somewhat more from insects, which
we're treated once with paris green ap-
Iied with a powder gun, while the |
sprayed rows received one application
# paris green in bordeaux at the first |
The cost of spraying fifteen acres
our times was as follows: Three
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01
THE BEAN CROP.
Good Soil and Economy Of Space VIII
Make II Pay.

"aNe X ray
The raising Of white beans is a great
industry in many sections. and Il is
profitable because the output is as
much staple as wheat or corn. Like
these crops, it is a foodsuff which has
keeping quality.
The bean growing industry has gravi.
tated TO the poorer lands. so that but
little Of Il is found I'm the corn belt.
And yet there are places In the corn
belt, and many OF them. where beans
might be grown TO advantage. Sandy
knobs or woruout fields which will
only make twenty bushels Of corn per
acre win return greater cash product
IL planted TO beans.
Bean culture was once considered
very labOri0us. but Il Is not necessarily
50 now. By the use Of modern ma
chinery it is made easy. They may
be planted with a two horse corn plant
er, cultivated with riding plows aud
weeders. pulled when ripe. thrashe,i
and even sorted by machinery.
To make the most OF the space the
hills may be only six inches apart. but
the rows should be wide enough 20 per
init horse culture When planted in
this way and carefully cultivated. n
the ground Is free from weeds. the
crop may be carried through by horse
power But II the soil Is foul one
hand hoeing via b. needed The crop
Is loaded from the pulicr into hay
racks and hauled 70 the barn. Spread
upon the barn floor or loft. Il win BE-
ready for thrashing after two weeks
Of dry weather. Refore marketing
sorting Is absolutely Necessary.
The cid plan was % set the family
together IN the evening about the
kitchen table and each By handfuis
picked cut the bad specimens hut
The modern bean sortcr is q small ma
rhine and cheap. which you may take
into any rcom. The motion i cun-
.roiled BY a treadie. and a slowly nov
luE canvas carrier hrinCs the beans b
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-01

at the ends. the anterior margin
strongly arched at the base and a trIfe
incurved near the tip. The general
color OF the front wings and body is
alutaceus. or leather color, with an
obllque dusky band beginning at the
middle OF the anterior margin and ex-
tending to the inner angle of the wing
This mark may be obscure In old ex-
amples, but some trace OF II Is gener-
ally present II has given the species
the name obique banded leaf roller,
used IN some chronological writings.
The apex OF the front wings is occu-
pied by another dusky mark The
outer half OF the hind wing Is pale
yellow, the inner half dusky.
Numerous other plants besides ap-
pie are attacked by this species. among
them clover, cotton, strawberry. rose
plum. birch. bean. honeysuckle. cherry
and others. The species occurs from
the Atlantic 20 the Pacific ocean.
Another threatened evil Is the tus-
sock caterpillar, which seems TO he
multiplying rapidly IN middle west
orchards. Il Is singular caterpillar
with two long tufts Of black hairs aris-
ing one at each side Of the first body
division (prothoraN and a similar one
at the hind end % the body They
feed slngly and finally produce small
moths. the male broad winged. the fe-
male wingless.
The tussock caterpillar became
known 20 some American orchardists
for the first time during the summer
OF 1907. Il was very common then.
working apparently in conjunction
with the fall webworm 10 destroying
the leaves Of fruit and shade trees IL
4 present every season. but ordinarily
does but little harm. Two broods de-
velop the hrst appearing In April and
May. the second about the hrst OF
August
A mass OF eggs observed In 1905 was
placed on a priyet hedge Aug I 20 s.
Tha eggs began hatchlng Aug. "a. and
all were out Aug Is The larvae were
grown and hrgan pupating Sept Is
The first ad.lt emerged iu confinement
Sept - aud Others continued to come
forth until oct. , In iSa3 larvae in T
confinement beEan 10 pupaie sept 5 /
aud all had pupated SEPT H. sept /
- adults began % emerge and cou- I
time 20 come out untH sept - % I
the latter part % September CSept - /
and later the adults q the secund /
brood emerge aud place their eg-s
about the trees. The female moth Is
Eingless and after emergine dos not
cave her loose silk cocoon The eEEs.
,oFered With frothy material are
llaced upon the oufside of uis where