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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-24

saw one? Git out here in the hills around farms and you can find 'em.
 "The chicken snake he's got nigger in him. He'll sneak around the barnyard and steal every chicken you've got No. he wont bite you.
 srhen there's the garter snake and the green snake and all sorts of them little fellows. They can't hurt nobody. I've carried many a one in my hat"
 Somebody said something about seeing a snake 15 feet Iong. This broke the old mans discussion. You took an overdose of snake medicine,'' he said, and then he left the crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-24
STOLEN PROPERTY
 FOUND IN HOUSE
Discovery of Saddles and Other Stolen Material Results In Five
 Arrests.

Police Scouts Nation and Taylor found another veritable thieves den yesterday morning. Wednesday night it was re- ported at police headquarters that two Texas saddles, valued at about $75, had been stolen from John Wall, 2S09 Avenue B; that a lot of chickens had been stolen from the henhouse of Charlie Ellison, Avenue B and Twentieth street, and that several negroes living on Avenue c, be- tween Twenty-eighth and Twenty-nipth streets, had been the victims of chicken thieves.
 Officers Taylor and Nation got busy on the case and soon found the house on Avenue E and Thirty-first street, where the saddles and a lot of other stolen property were concealed. Accordingly they arrested two negro men who occupied the house. Yesterday evening Officers Burge, Parker and Hickman went back to the house and arrested two negro women and another man, who were supposed to have been implicated in the extensive operations which have been going on. All five negroes were jailed on charges of concealing stolen property.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

are undecorated, but Mr. Drexei in
tends to cover them with old French
brocades and Italian silk tapestries
in accordance with the style chosen
for each room
All this is to provide a temporary
home for Miss Drexel, his only daugh-
ter. He proposes to give some great
entertainments for her next year, as
his Carlton House Terrace home could
only permit parties of limited size
Across the square, at No. Al, Mrs
Drexel will have her sister, Mrs.
James H Smith, widow of silent"
Smith, which house she took from
Lord Winburnholme some time ago.
No. p, however, stands alone at the
junction of North Audley and Upper
Brook streets. The Italian embassy is
opposite, on the other corner.
It is the largest available mansion
in Mayfair. It has more sleeping &C
eommodations than Dorchester House,
the home of the Reds. Thirty servants
are needed for it, The mansion was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
MINIATURE SPIRIT TREE.
Unique Curiosity from the Depths of
Old Ocean.

Visitors to Mayor Wings Office dur
ing the past few days have been in
terested in a curious marine growth
which occupies a prominent position
on the upper ledge of the mayors
desk. The thing is a curiosity in its
way, having a base of fine coral, COW
ering a space about equal to a square
foot. On one side of this growth OF
coral are attached two specimens OF
sleeps wool sponge, which had grown
to the rock. But the most curious
thing about the object is a tree-like
growth which shoots up from the CEN
ter of the coral base to a height of
about Is inches This object is a
marine plant, with a trunk like tree,
symmetrical in it's proportions and
with numerous branches reaching in
every direction. The plant is black
and looks like a tree that had been
blasted by some poisonous exhalation-
The branches are very long and
reach upward and upward, then droop
until they touch the coral base, re-
minding one of the mythical spirit
tree of the Polynesias, which, accord
ing to tradition, grows somewhere in
the interior of the larger islands This
tree has a series of branches, covered
with flowers which invite the trav-
elers' admiration, and as the unwary
victim approaches they are discoy-
cred to be tentacles which reach
downward and draw him into their
horrible grasp. Once thus caught, no
man has ever escaped the crushing
power of these alleged horrible freaks
of nature, say the natives
The onlooker familiar with the tale
of this mythical tree cannot help won
dering if the plant which once grew
on a coral reef at the bottom of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
.AXzA0Nyd ARXZ.R

and thirsty land like northern India
such a magnificent river as the
Gauges had many claims to be highly
thought of; but it would appear as if
modern science was coming to the aid
of ancient tradition in maintaining
special blessedness of the water of the
Gauges. E. H. Hankin, in the preface
to the fifth edition of his excellent
pamphlet on The Cause and Proven
ton of Cholera writes as follows:
Since 1 originally wrote this
pamphlet 1 have discovered that the
water of the Gauges and the Jumna is
hostile to the growth of the cholera
microbe, not only owing to the alb
sence of food materials but also owing
to the actual presence of an antisep-
tic that has the power of destroying
this microbe. At present 1 can make
no suggestion as to the origin of this
mysterious antiseptic.'"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
RAIL WAYS IN CLOUDS
TWO ROADS BUILT BY AMERl-
CANS IN THE ANDES.
Trains Now Running From Lake It'll
eaca to oruro, 1900 Feet Up
12,ooo-Feet Climb from Guaya-
quill 20 Quito Also Fini-hed.

New York.-They are celebrating
the completion of two important rail-
way projects in South America In
Bolivia there is the line across the
plateau from Lake Titicaca to Oruro
1t was only two years ago that Presi-
dent Monies and other officials inau-
gurated the building of the road
The railway is pretty high up, being
one of the highest long stretches in
the world, for it runs across the
plateau at an elevation of from 1900
to $4,000 feet. 1t starts in at $500
feet at Viachal, 40 miles from Lake
Titicaca so that there is not much
climbing, but it is laid out on the rim
of the South American world.
After a time it will drop down be-
low the rim and get into some of the
valleys 1t also will climb a couple
of thousand feet higher from Oruro
ton which has just been completed
is $50 miles long, and when the sys-
tenn is finished there will be 1000
miles of it.
The gauge of the line, which will be
that of the entire system, is one me-
ter, or feet 33s inches. Sixty-pound
steel rails from American mills have
been used and the equipment is of the
American standard. The engines are
heavy and suitable for steep grades,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
A SIMPLE SAFEGUARD IN BuSING
PAINT.

Everybody should know how simple
and easy it is to avoid all uncertainty
in buying paint materials There are
many so-called white leads on the
market, which contain chalk, zinc,
barytes, and other cheap adulterants-
Unless the property owner takes ad-
vantage of the simple means OF pro-
lection afforded him by reliable white
lead manufacturers, he runs great risk
of getting an inferior and adulterated
white lead.
1t is to protect the paint-buye
against fraud and adulteration that
National Lead Company, the largest
makers of genuine Pure White Lead.
place their famous Dutch Boy Paint
er" trademark on every key of their
product, an. absolute guarantee of its
purity and quality Anyone who wants
to make practical test of white lead,
and who wants valuable free book
about painting, should address Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Bldg, New York, and ask for tess
equipment.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
Boy Grades the Clergy.

Bishop Potter, at an ecclesiastical
dinner in New York, read Coopers-
town schoolboy's essay on Clergy
men" The essay, which created
much amusement, was as follows:
There are 2 kinds of clergymen
Bishups recters and curats. the bish-
ups tells the recters to work and the
curats have to do it. A curat is a thin
married man but when he is a recter
he gets fuller and can preach longer
sermons and becums a good man.
Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
ARE sTINeY WITH FRESH AIR.
Authorities Maintain Old Village
Lockups in England.

Several villages in the Midlands
possess in more or less ruined state
their old parish lockups, commonly
known as roundhouses, says the Shelf
field Daily Telegraph.
BreedOn Leicestershire village,
close to the South Derbyshire border,
possesses its lookup a quaint stone
building IS feet high and feet 6
inches diameter inside. The walls are
Is inches thick The door is of stout
oak, studded with many large iron
nails
The lock is very strong and the
keyhole is covered with an iron plate,
which itself has to be unlocked by
spanner before the door key can be
inserted Ventilation is afforded by
small holes punched in an iron plate,
ext inches, fixed in the center of the
door. There is no window.
At Worthingtc1, the next village to
Breedon, the old lookup is a seven
sided brick building, badly in need of
restoration, an opportunity for achae-
ologists which it is hoped will not be
missed Both at B ,eedon and Worth
ington these diminutive disused pris-
ons are on the roadside, adjacent to
the pound or pinfo1d, so that the con-
stable had conveniently side by side
the strayed cattle and any human
rogues or vagabonds he had charge Of
There are similar old lockups at Smis-
by and TicknaI1, two villages close to
Leicestershire-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourished on Grape-Nuts.

The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways. in addition to
what might be expected from it's chem
ical analysis.
Grape-Nuts food is made of whole
wheat and barley, is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these ce-
reals
1t contains also the phosphate of
potash grown in the grains, which Ma
ture uses to build up brain and nerve
cells.
Young children require proportion
ately more of this element because the
brain and nervous system of the child
grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value of
Grape-Nuts in not only building up her
own strength but in nourishing her
baby at the same time. She writes:
After my baby came did not re-
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said 1 could not nurse the baby
as did not have nourfshment for her,
besides 1 was too weak.
He said 1 might try a change of
diet and see what that would do, and
recommended Grape-Nuts food
bought pkg and used it regularly
A marked change came over both
baby and l.
My baby is now four months old,
is in fine condition, I am nursing her
and doing all my work and never felt
better in my life." There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich Read 1.-The Road to Well
ville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Inter est.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
CHOLERA AND THE CANOES.
Reputation of the Sacred River De-
Tended by an Author.

The revolving customs which pre-
vail among pilgrims to the Ganges,
including promiscuous bathing by
those who are well and those who are
well and those who are suffering from
diseases of all sorts and the drinking
of water from the bathing places,
make the following item from the In
dian Review somewhat of a surprise.
THE reputation of the water of the
Ganges among the Hindoo millions Of
India is known to all, and most of us
were content to believe that in a hot
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
Peonies as a Medicine.

Peonies were originally esteemed
less for beauty of bloom than for value
as a medicine. In recognition of its
curative virtues, the peony was named
after Paeon, the physician of the
gods. An old writer says: About an
Infants neck hang peonie- 1t cures
Alcydes cruell maladie." Nor did the
use of the plant stop there, for peony
water was esteemed and drank IN by
gone times, though whether as medi-
cine or merely as a refreshing tem-
perance beverage is more than moder a.
writer's can say.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

and Quito Railroad.
full Mogul type.
Passenger cars of American make,
both for first and second-class passen-
gers, are to be employed. The freight
cars are OF 80 tons. with al excess
capacity of ten per cent. This intro
duction of high-class American ma
terial is exceptional in South Ameri-
can railroad enterprises.
The cost of the Viacha-Oruro sec
ton, including grading, masonry,
bridge work, rails and rolling stock,
terminal facilities and engineering and
Office expenses, has been about "a ,000,-
900, or S32 900 mile. 1t is not ex-
pected that the remaining sections,
which will have the more diff cult
mountain regions to cross, can be con-
strSIcted so cheaply. The Gpital has
been furnished Jointly by the Bolivian
government and a New York syndi-
cate.
The Guayaquil & Quito railway, re-
Gently completed in Ecuador, is of mar
row gauge, and from Duran to Quito
the distance is 290 miles. The esti-
mate of the total cost, including pre-
liminary surveys, financial negotia-
tions and engineering and Office ex-
penses, as well as grading, masonry
and bridge work and rolling stock, is
s1&, 100000, or about $4,000 a mile.
The original estimate was $4,000 a
mile, but as is usual with mountain
railway building, the cost kept p1l-
ing up.
The road makes some pretty steep
climbs and gets across the flank of
Chimborazo at an altitude above 49,
900 feet. IN the clear season, on leav-
ing Riobamba in the morning there
is usually 4 fine sight of the SHOWS of
Chin borazo. Later if Cotopaxi is in
eruption, which is usually the case,
there is the opportunity to witness the
enormous pillar of black smoke pour
ing from it, and sometimes at night
the live volcanoes glow like a furnace
The Devils Nose or Pistichi noun
tain and the Alausi loop are the great
engineering features of the Guayaquil
& quito road The grade on Pistichi
is overcome by means of switchbacks.
This scratching the Devils Nose"
was one of the engineering feats de-
clares by Office experts to be impossi-
BILE.
The two notable engineering fea-
lures are the result OF the ledgeltke
drop of the Alausi river. The canon
| formed by this river winds around the
| foot of the Pistichi, but does not af-
| ford a means of surrounding it, So
an ascent of 10 feet was secured by
switchback. A further ascent of 290
feet was secured by the loop.
In the holiness of it's curves and in
| the mountain panorama which it pre-
sents this loop is unsurpassed An
other engineering feature is a tunnel
| through 1913 feet of solid rock. From
the foothills of the Cordilleras at Bu-
/ cay to the summit at Palmira pass
there are ~ bridges, in the construc-
ton of which more than 6.000,00G
pounds of steel has been employed
The Alausi river is crossed &c times.
| Most of the money to build the road
has come from the British and French
| investors who took the bonds guaran-
teed by the Ecuadorian government
| A French finance company has also
made some advances American finan-
ciers have not put in large sums. but
the railway is actually an American
enterprise, and most of the rails
! bridges and the rolling stock have
come from the United Stats.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
Didn't Know Eruus.

dignified army captain was once
stationed in quarters near pond in
which were many bullfrogs.
The captain had never heard bull
frogs, and in the middle of the night,
fairly distracted by their continuous
believing, he descended the stairs in
his robe de mutt, and said to the SEN
try:
Sentry, tell the sergeant of the
guard to drag the cow out of that
marsh
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
Bile can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

in such request for great entertain
ments this year that the owners were
obliged to refuse it to anyone until
after Reginald McKenna's wedding,
which was held there
At the wedding Lady Jekyll was
able to entertain 500 guests with ease
in its spacious rooms. The wide mar
BILE staircase and minstrels' gallery on
the mezzanine floor are special fea-
lures.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

gulf and now ornaments the desk of
the mayor of Tampa is some miniature
of marine monstrosity with habits
like those of the spirit tree--Tampa
Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19
The Bio Noise.

Bill-Why is it the under dog in a
fight should get most of the attenr
ton?
JiIl-Because he's doing all the
yeiping,-Yonkers Statesman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-09-19

EW YORK.-Who is to be
the lucky man?
London matrons with eligi-
bic sons, earls, barons and
plain sirs, are asking each
other this important ques-
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. d. C..
Washington. November o. l9O8.-Sealed proposals
will be- received at this once until IL o'clock
noon November q. 1898. for an auxiliary water
system and FIRE protection for the Home for the
Aged and Tnfrm. subdivisions Of Bellevue and
Blue Plains. District Of Columbia Blank forms
OF proposals. and AL tb In
Chief Clerk Of the Engireer Department. room
427. District building HENRY B. r. MACFAR-
LAND. HENRY L. WEST. JAY J. MORROW.
Commissioners n. c. noa-Gt
PROPOSALS FOR MARBLE RK.-OF-
Zee OF Building for National Museum. Library
Of Congress. Washington. D. c.. November 4.
1905 Sealed proposals for furnishing. deliver
ing and installing in place complete the whit.
halls and lavatories. and the Tennessee marble
thing, stairs. strings and bases. etc. required
In the new building for the National Museum,
In this city. will be received until O'clock
pm. on Saturday. November 81. l9os and pub
licly opened Immediately thereafter. SpeciHca-
tons and other Information furnished on appli
cation to this ONCE. BERNARD r. GREEN,
Superintendent of Construction.
mol, SO II ~ 1885,
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POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.
WASHINGTON AND POTOMAC STEAMBOA

WASHINGIUN AND PUTUMAC STEAMBOAT
COMPANY,
sTH STREET WHARF.
Steamer HARRY RANDALL - Monday and
Wednesday at : pm. for lower Potomsc land.
ings. Oils to Lower Machodoc creek. Saturday
at am. for landings between Glymont and
Nomini.
Steamer WAKEFIELD-sunday. Tuesday and
Thursday, Z am. for upper river landings to
Colonial Beach and Mattox creek.
Steamer ESTELLE RANDALI-Daly at 730
am. for Glymont and intermediate points. Sun.
day. Tuesday and Thursday to Grinders in addi.
ton. Return trip same day.
Schedules subject to tide and weather. and to
W. r. CARNE. IT,. GenI Passenger Agt.
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FOR SALE-$9 $50.
NEW COLONIAL BRICK AND STONE
RESIDENCE ON WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
OVERLOOKING THE MILIION-DOLLAR
very large, well lighted rooms. two (2l tied
baths (servents' room and bath eItra); HEAT
ED ny HOT WATER: finished in hard woods:
DINING ROOM PANELED WITH BEAMED
CEILING: open hreplaces: hammered brass
Combine tion) electric and gas lighting fixtures;
HARDWOOD FLOORS: front and rear porches
lot 24x9O. to public alley.
Trust Of $500 has about AZ years to rum
balance on easy terms. And inspection Of this
property will convince you of its value.
no11-3t L. w. GROOMES, 141O G st.
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-SNAP-BARGAIN
OF THE RIGHT SORT
g. 500 house-sold for this price not long
ago-by reason Of a certain deal can now be
bought for
Full S-story stone and brick residence on
HEiGHTS. 10 bi1 rooms and baths: cellar:
1st-hoor kitchen; hotwater heat. Property in
splendid condition. Lot 12S It. deep to al
ley. Parking Of 80 feet.
Any one wanting q genuine bargain in first
class home, location and all perfect, here
your opportunity.
BELT. O'BRIES 4 CO.. Inc,
no123t 1903 G NV.
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FOR RENT-BY Il. F. s
Hl6 ! nv. 12r. h.S52.5o
~ y Y av NV. Sr. h. 1850
2os Sth sw. Sr. b. sta40.00
1901 5th NV. Or. b. .37.51
1420 9th NV. Tor. 2b35.50
439 o NV. Sr. b.. 30
1927 5th nw,11r,b.32.So
1859 10th NV. Or, b. 90
10 T NV. 7r, b. 80 so
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439 Q nw. Or. b. 1850
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Reduced to s.. 15o Large 1o-room house on
18th st. near Iowa Circle; 20 IT. wide; rented
at $4O.65. In good repair.
oc27-tf6 II. L. RUST COS 14th.
FOR SALE-AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICE,
1865 Euclid plaae NV. $4,000: reduction
from I'll 500. This lie q genuine bargain and
within short distance of Columbia road and
18th street cars: 10 rooms. baths: hot-water
beat: southern exposure; kitchen main floor.
Very easy terms be arranged. WEAVER
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LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, Holding Probate Court.-No. 155e7,
Administra tion.-This Is to give notice that the
subscribers Of the District Of Columbia have OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court Of the District
OF Columbia letters Parliamentary the estate
bia, deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with the vouchers thereof. legally au-
thenticated, to the subscribers on or before the
18th day Of November A. d. 1909; otherwise
they NAV by law be excluded from all benefit
day Of November. 1908. MARY j. DAILY. 2112
H St NV; EDWARD v. MURPHY. 2511 Pm.
ave. NV. (Seal) Attest: JAMES TANNER
Register Of Wills for the District of Columbia.
Clerk of the Probate Court. CHAS. J: MUIR
PLY, Attorney. no13-1aw3t
SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia, Holding Probate Court.-Estate OF
Helen Young Shepherd Deceased.-No. 1919.
Administration Docket ss-Appllcation having
and testament and codicil thereto Of said de.
ceased. and for letters testamentary said
estate, by Randolph Clay Murphey and Florence
Sarah Hoyt. IT is ordered this 29th day Of 0c-
tober. AID. 1908. that William Patrick. Chester
Patrick and John Young Patrick. and the I'M
Young Shepherd. and all others concerned. APP
pear in said court Monday. the Both day Of
November. AID. 1908. at 10 o'clock am. to
show cause why snch applica ton should not be
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AUL CO., It'll 4 L n. w.
141S h Sc, 5r, w...l5.3o
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STORES.
933. a35 9Th NV. 10. 90
NE cor 14th&R nw65. 90
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616 La av. Ia SENT 8. 90
COLORED TENANTS.
1913 9th NV, 5r.w17.5O
22l9 Water. Or. WIZ. so
2OO1 Rosedale .5r. WIZ 80
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STABLES.
X 1876 X NV, 10 stls20. ~
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OFFICE ROOMS.
1851 L NV, Pr. 1870
200t 18th NV. 1r..I0.0O
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WAREHOUSES;.
Freedman's alley. 40. 40
Rear 613 L NV. ...l5. 90
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