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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
PHOTOGRAPHY IS
 A GREAT LEVELER

Eugene Wood in the August Every
 body's
 Photography is great leveler. It tells king and clodhopper, impartially, just how the other looks (hes not so muchl and how he ties his necktie, so that the one may be as like the other as one pea is like another, if so he wishes. l have a picture of the Bishop of London at the entrance to that great church which stands at the head of Wall street. It is a good likeness of his lordship; it is better likeness of his office -boysh1p, who has thrust his mocking mug into the To- GUS.
 What is the purpose of the age? What is the purpose of the photograph? Many 8 the long year that's passed since last you saw your Uncle Ezra and Aunt Huldah in the flesh, before they moved out to Nebraska, Yet you know how they looked last summer when they had their pictures taken, they and your Cousin Will, and Mandy, whom you've never seen, and Mandy's baby, the cutest nttie thing. You've never so much as smeiled salt water, yet you've seen the hlng or Spain ride through the streets of Paris. watched him flick the ashes rom ms cigarette, and noticed that his carriage horses SWlIcn InelT ldil6 lihe any oIiS' horses. In your parlor Caruso sings Una Furtiva Lagrima for you as often as you like, and boo-hoos as he comes down from high A-fiat just as he would if you were sitting in 'the golden horseshoe"
 What is the purpose of all these won derful inventions of the age-the tele- phone, the ocean cable, the new device whereby men jet their words across the borad Atlantic through the pale air? By nature your life is brief; for few years only your personality reaches to your arms length, to the few yords your voice will carry, to the few miles you- eye can dart What is the purpose of the age but to extend your personality till it is worldwide and age-enduring?
 It is come that ye might have life, end ye might have it more abundantly. We are to know the truth, and the truth Is to make us free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

Those who are interested in watching the evening skies must be content this month to study the stars only, because for the first time this year no bright planets are visible in the early evening. The planet Jupiter is drawing rapidly to- ward the sun and passes this body to become morning star on August IT. On August it sets 40 minutes after sunset; as it is very bright, it may be detected about this time for few days low down in the vest just west of the bright star Regulus, and this will be the last view we will have of it until next January.
 In one month more the beautiful planet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
SENATOR RAYNER'S
 SON IN AN ASYLUM Infatuated With Another Mans
 Wife Is Cause SHE WANTS TO MARRY HIM Object of Young Rayners Affections Tells of Mutual lnfatuation and
 Says She Is Legally Free
 She Will Wed Him.
SHE WANTS TO MARRY HIM

Washington, July 25.-(Special.)-"I love Will Rayner" said Mrs William H. Fisher. "Our parting at the boat was one of the most cruel things that I have ever known"
 Without a thought for her husband and scarcely one for her three children Mrs Fisher told of the mutual infatua- ton of herself and young Rayner and made the love it's justification. Rayner has been placed in a retreat by his father, who was appointed a committee in lunacy for him. Divorce proceedings against Mrs. Fisher were instituted some time ago by her husband, William H. Fisher and the case is pending.
 'It is not fair to me and against the wishes of MT. Rayner for the impress sion to prevail that he wished to cast me off, said Mrs. Fisher. He wants to marry me when he is legally free to can legally do so."
 My going away with Will Rayner was not premeditated on my part. I had known him a long time and he had re- peatedly pleaded with me to go with him. always refused. I used to go out auto- mobiling with him. One day I went with him to Gettysburg. The machine broke down and we did not reach home till 8 o'clock in the morning. That was the turning point. was afraid to go to my husband at so unseemly an hour for I did not know what the consequent ces would be when my husband and MT. Rayner met It was then that I for the first time needed the pleadings of Mir. Rayner to go away with him.
 T was radantly happy with him. He was always kind and affectionate and considerate to me and lavished on me everything that he thought my heart could desire When his father stopped sending him an allowance he became pressed for money and I even had to give the rings off my fingers to MT. Rayner in order that he could procure funds by pawning them. It was during and fol- towing this stage that MT. Payner began drinking heavily and attracted notice in Norfolk by his actions.
 When I left the steamer on Thurs day morning Senator Rayner who had already announced that he would place his son in a retreat, gave me s10o and told me he would do nothing further for me if I took any legal steps to effect his sons release"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

Saturn will have entered the early even ing sky, to remain with us for the rest of the year. It is now in the constellation of the Fishes. just east of the star at M Fig. l. The observer will now see 1t rise almost exactly at the east point Of the horizon 40 minutes after this star has risen. Toward midnight it is high up in the sky, and vii well repay examination wit ha small telescope. The rings are now quite well widened out; they will ap- pear widest during the first week of Au- gust, and after this will grow narrower throughout the rest of tha year becauss the earth in it's motion around the sun is continually carrying us toward the plane of the rings, and causing us to view them more nearly edgewise.
 The planets Mercury and Mars are far
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
From a Philosophers Notebook.

From Success Magazine.
 Go in for all you are worth is bad advice to give to a young man who is playing with the stock market.
 Millions are the green trading-stamps which attract bankrupt noblemen into in- vestments in the American matrimonial market.
 Foresight is a very valuable trait to possess, but when winter comes it is not to be compared with anthracite.
 Virtue may be its own reward, but it is not regarded as good collateral under the prevailing banking system.
 The man who meets trouble half way has a pretty poor companion for the rest of the journey.
 It is a singular fact that the chap who is all the time blowing his own horn very seldom hears an echo from 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
 THE HEAVENS IN AUGUST


far away that it begins to feel the pull of the sun will fall toward that body,
 but the nearer particles will gradually come to move much more swiftly than the outer ones, so that in time the whole swarm will be stretched out in a long stream of particles revolving about the sun in an elongated orbit And when the actual paths were determined in which these streams of particles are moving It was discovered that many of them arc identical with the paths of the high com cts, which have been observed to pass around the sun. The August shooting stars stream exactly along the path fol- lowed by the great comet of 1862, complet- ing their entire journey around the orbit in 121 years. The comet of 1862 is appa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
REPUBLICANS ARE UPSET
 OVERPLANS OF HUGHES

washingtaas July 25.-(special)-The New ylork republican politicians who thought they would be no longer both cred with Governor Hughes are reported to be all upset because that high official has notified the people that he wouldn't mind having another term. Comment heard here indicates that Timothy Wood ruff and his followers are all upset, for they had imagined that they would have plain sailing and be permitted to nomi- nate machine" man for governor Some of the New York politicians say that the regular organization has the power to sidetrack Hughes, and they ex- pect it will be done. Others are Of the opinion that Governor Hughes is per haps stronger than the organization.
 Whichever way the thing turns out the prevailing belief here is that the demo- crats will have a decided advantage in this contest for chief executive of the Empire state.
 The democrats are known to be casting about for the strongest man they have to cross lances with the republicans and the chances are they will make no mis- take in the selection of their candidate.
 The selection of Norman E. Mack of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
Fla. i. The Consultations at p. m., August l.

rently only the densest part of the great meteor swarm.
 Fig. shows plan of the path of the great comet of 1862 and Fig. the part of this path which lies near the earth's or bit The earth flying around the sun with a velocity of 1SlA miles a second reaches the point A and ploughs through the swarm on about August 10 of each year. As the swarm is more than four million miles through, we require two or three days to pass through it, and in fact, for an interval of ten days or two weeks, we encounter scattered meteors at great dis tances from the path. When, in addition to this. it Is considered that the meteors seem to be stretched almost entirely around their own orbit. so that the earth encounters them every year, it is evident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

be composed of those Doukhobors, or Russian fanatics, who were settled in the Canadian northwest by the Dominion government a few years ago at the solie- itation of Philadelphia, Parisian and Lon don Quakers, Their leaders have an- r rounced that the Promised Land lies to the south of here, in the valley Of the Mississippi and already preparations are being made for the great trek. Owing to the proclivities of the Doukhobors to cast off their clothing, always scant, wherever the climate will allow, and to depend for sustenance upon God and the good people whose territory they pass through, the American authorities will likely have much trouble in inducing these people to comply with the laws of the land and common decency.
 For some weeks past the Doukhobors lave been silently and surely preparing for this great exodus and it is quite on the cards that their leader, Peter We're gin. will head the band, directing them to the Land of Primise. Last fall they disposed of all their cattle, sheep and horses; their looking glasses and clocks have been collected and disposed of, while a recent edict of Peter Veregin forbid them to have more than the clothes upon their backs Once prosperous, these Doukhobors are now poverty stricken in every way with the exception of har,, cash, large sum being held in the com mon fund, and will doubtless be used by the commune after the Promised Land has been located.
 In one way the pilgrimage will be good thing, for it will rid Canada of this most troublesome sect Those who left the Doukhobors villages last spring are now squatted at Fort William Ontario, having been stopped by the authorities from continuing their eastern tramp ow- ing to the approach of winter, and conse- quently the little lake city has been burdened with them ever since. The small shack in which they live shows deplorable conditions, all the pilgrims being stark naked, many of them not having worn clothes since their arrival. In this small shack are some 76 Douk- hobors of all ages, huddled together for warmth, being devoid of any clothing or sense of decency The government at Ottawa Is being appealed to in order that an end may be put to these treks, and the mounted police have been instructed to be on the watch for the first signs of the trek toward Uncle Sam's domains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
SHAFTS BROTHER
 TRIES TO ESCAPE

Teheran, July 25.-Abdul Fath Mirza, the second brother of the Shah, who has been kept prisoner in one of the suburban palaces, made an unsuccessful attempt to escape a few days ago. Fol- lowing this failure, he was transferred to fortress. It is understood that his eff fort to get away was part of the latest anti-royalist plot to dethrone the Shah and proclaim Abdule his successor. Abdul led the insurrection of 1907 at Reoristan, where he was governor.
 Mirza Abmed, the editor of a liberal paper, has been impaled for his political crimes. The same punishment. pursuant to sentence of the court, has been meted out to other political offenders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

that the swarm must be of totally in conceivable magnitude.
 Valuable observations of the meteor showers may be made by simply draw ing on start chart the apparent paths of the shooting stars across the sky When these paths are produced backward their intersection will show the point from which the meteors appear to come, and when this is known the path of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
NEW PRESIDENT CHOSEN.
pr. s. c. Mitchell Becomes Head of
 Richmond College.

Columbia, s. C., July 25.--Dr. S. C.. Mitchell. head of the department of history at Richmond college, Virginia was today elected president of the Uni versity of South Carolina, vice Mai Benjamin Sloan, resigned.
 The board of trustees of the Univer- sity of South Carolina met today Tn the governors office, and after a con- ference gave out the intelligence of Dr. Mitchell's election.
 Dr. Mitchell however, will not be able to assume the presidency until June of next year. Meantime, Prof. A. c. Moore will be acting president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
Their Game.

From Everybodys Magazine,
 A poor lady the other day hastened to the nursery and said to her little daugh- ter:
 Minnie, what do you mean by shouting and screaming? Play quietly. like Tom my. See, he doesn't make sound"
 "Of course he doesn't" said the little girl "That is our game. He is papa coming home late, and am you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
Doukhobors Plan March.
veresin (Cansda) Cor. Philadelphia Rec

Veregjn (Canada) Cor. Philadelphia Rec
 ord.
 Lady Godfva will be cast into the linn bo of insignificances when the big nude trek of 10,0oO Doukhobors. scheduled for warmer weather, begins next summer. without stitch or even a fig leaf, this spectacle of living statues, both stalwart and fair, will move out of Canada. across the border and down the Mississippi val ley in search of Land of Promise-un- less Anthony Comstoclc interferes and gets out an injunction
 The army, uniformed In innocence will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
PIANO OR ORGAN FREE!

We have a large stock of Square Pianos and good Or gans taken in trade that we will sell next week cheap on pay ment of $1.00 per week or $500 per month; and we will take them back any time within three years at what you pay for them in exchange for new in- struments. So, you see, you can have the use of them for three years and just have that much paid on a new one. Come or write at once, as they will not last long.
 E. E. FORBES PIANO CO.,,
 1909 Third Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

Buffalo for chairman of the national dem- oci tic committee meets genuiSe sat- isfactlon among his party friends in Washington MT. Mack is well known to most of the democratic senators and rep- resentatves. He has kept right in touch for years with the leading congress- men and they like him. Not only is he a pronounced success in his own business undertaking, but he has been democrat of the straightest sort. He is always at the front in every fight, He has made study of political conditions in New York, and is in thorough touch with the party workers all over the big state.
 When very young man MT. Mack com menced to print an advertising sheet that was circulated chiefly to boom excursions out of Buffalo. He made money from the start, and later conceived the idea of turn ing the sheet into a daily paper. which eventually became the Buffalo Times, one of the most prominent and prosperous journals in the land.
 Mack is regarded as fipe business man. and the general belief that he will make a good campaign manager. and IS certain of the hearty cooperation of dem ocrats in all sections, for they have been meeting him at the national conventions for 20 years or more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
The Southern Crown.

At tffis time of year the observer may succeed in tracing out the faint little known constellation of the Southern Crown. This lies on the edge of the Milky Way, very low down in the south, just below the stars at N, Fig. 1. It can only be seen when the air near the hori- zon is unusually clear. The little ring of stars forms a beautiful figure, scarcely inferior to our own Northern Crown, but somewhat less bright. It is a very an- cient constellation. known to the Arabi- ans as the Tortoise, and also as the Os- trich's Nest, the ostriches nearby being represented by the stars which now form the Archer and the Eagle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
A Promise Unfulfilled.

From Success Magazine.
 O. Henry, the well-known story-writer, once promised the editor of magazine that he would deliver a short story 10 him on the following Monday. Severai Mondays passed, but the Muse was re-. fractory and the story was not forthcom- ing. At last the wrathful editor wrote this note:
 My Dear o. Henry:-If I do not re- ceivel that story from you by F o'clock today, am going to put on my heaylest soled shoes, come down to your mousse and kick you down stairs. I always Keep my promises"
 Whereupon o. Henry sat down ana wrote this characteristic reply:
 Dear sir:-I, too, would keep my prom. ises If could fulfill them with my feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
American Car In Germany.

Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, July 25.~- The American Thomas car, in ths New York-to-Paris race, crossed the German border at this place shortly after 6 o'clock tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
stevenson for Governor.

Bloomington, H., July 25.-Adlai E. Stevenson, formerly vice president of the United States, tonight formally announced his candidacy for the nom ination for governor of Illinois on the democratic ticket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

swarm in space can be found. Fig. 4 shows in this way the paths of many shooting stars observed in November, near the constellation Leo. Most of these move outward from the point R; the two marked A and B, however, evidently come from a point in the Twins, and be- long to a totally different swarm from the others. From such observations, which are particularly suitable for the amateur observer. it has been found that there are at least 400 great streams of meteoric matter continually passing around our cIln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

too close to be observed this month; the former passes to the west of the sun on August 20 and the latter to the east on August 21. The brilliant planet Venus, however is now a conspicuous morning star It may be seen shining in the east for two or three hours before sunrise, greatly exceeding In brightness any other object in the heavens.
 The August Shooting Stars.
 The most interesting event of the month vii be the August showers of ~'-7ey r stars. These will be nui..-. -..-'
 evenings of August 10, Il and F. though for several days before and after these dates a large numebr may be seen. If the observer will face northwest, toward the constellation Perseus, he will every few minutes see bright yelowish star dart out from a point in this constella- ton and move swiftly across the sky. The point from which these stars seem to come changes slowly it's position; the occasional stars seen on August 1 will appear to come from A, Fig. 1; those seen on August 16 will appear at B, while those of August 10 and Il, when the shower is greatest, will dart outward In every direction from the point c.
 The whole account of the growth of our knowledge of these little bodies Is very interesting. It was first supposed that they revolved about the sun In nearly circular orbits. lying not far from the orbit of the earth When it was diseoy- ercl that they encounter the earth with too great a velocity for this to be possi- ble, 1t became evident that they must fall toward the sun from far greatey distance. A swarm of little particles so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
No slush fund. There will be no Cooper carriages.

E Ads AIustrated with good outs are
 tFade winnsrs--The 0awk ua1Eoe ssoo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26
The August Shooting Stars.

The most interesting event of the month vii be the August showers of e'-0HI r
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-11
Two Great Land Sales Coming
1000 Acres Of State Land to be Offered October 9Th
HALEY, and the Ideal Fruit Lands of King He'll Ready
for Formal Opening October 9TH.

While the two items here mentioned
are strictly speaking legal notices, they
have a news value that warrants d good
display The sale of state school lands,
in Blaine county, October 5th, when
about 1000 acres Of state land will be
offered for sale, VIII open some excel
lent lands to the public on the excep-
tionally easy terms of one-tenth down
and the balance (where the price is not
above S25 an acre. in IS years at s per
cent. Above S25, it is two-tenths cash
and the balance in l6 years. No resi-
dence on the land is required. The 9th
er sale, the opening of Carey Act lands
at King Hill, October y, is one of the
most notable land openings in Southern
Idaho for long time past. 1t com
prises IA, 600 acres Of the choicest fruit
land. down in the sheltered Snake river
valley. at s65 an acre, in 10 0annnal pay
ments 1t is a great opportunity to Sc
,ure a fruit farm that should be worth
$500 an acre
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-11
jolly CAMPING Party.

4 jolly camping party struck the
northern trail last Saturday for five
days outing intending to stop one day
at the Big Cottonwoods and then 90 on
to the Bowman Hot Springs for finish
ing touchdown. And the trip was we'll
planned or the fates We're favorable to
the junior members Of the crowd
for a nice rain on Monday was decidedly
suggestive Of crowding-just warmth
you know. and the full moon was not
a bit suggestive of early retiring even
the chaperone could not be SO hard
hearted as to deny them al extra hour
or two, and even the dust was laid in
the interests of the trip The members
Of the party were, Miss Hazel Fowler
and Ross Haddock, Miss Bessie Burn
side and Platt Williams. Miss Amy
StarTh and-well for some unavoidable
.eason he had to stay at home, and
Mrs. Leah Burnside acted as chaperane.
Any comments as to good time
would be superduous
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-11
More Town Lots On Sale.

Fred W Gooding has placed the last
Of the original Shoshone TownSite Co.
lots. about 200 in all, in the hands Of
the Haddock Land Co. for sale. The
Haddocks are starting out on vigor-
Gus campaign to sell off the lots and
give people a chance to own their own
homes. A number of sales have been
made this week, mostly in the south
west part of town, in the block recently
cleared of sage brush. Mr. Gooding
himself retained some Of the lots and is
preparing to build two or three houses
there, to help supply the urgent need
for more places to live here in town.