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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
The Successful Plays.

Next in importance to the excellent per-
Torrance of 1.-The Devil by Mr.. George
AIDE, in New York, are Mr.. Arnold Daily
in 1.-THE Regeneration and Mr.. Joseph
Coyne and Miss Alexandra Carlisle in
1.-THE Mollusc''
In the former Mr.. Daily has perhaps
achieved the greatest success of his stage
career. Following the Shaw cult, as he
has for the last few years, playing every
thing from How He Lied To Her Hus-
band to Candida" Mr.. DAILY has be-
come so closely identified with the Shaw
play that he has given the public little
opportunity to see him in anything else.
Now, he steps forth in a sensational
melodramatic portrayal of the lower New
York life, study of the hopeless con-
dition that lie before the thug whose
latent nature has been awakened and
who yearns to struggle upward. 1t Is a
decided change from the Shaw problems,
but no less a problem, and Mr.. Daily has
done some beautiful character work as
Con-" the leader of his confederates on
the Bowery, and THE Regeneration" has
scored a wonderful success.
In The MolluSc,' all attempts previous
ly made in the direction OF p1aywrights
to reduce the caste of the modern drama
to as few people as possible, has been
eclipsed. Belasco presents Blanche Bates
In new play, 1.-THE Fighting Hope" with
only five characters, and no change of
scenery from beginning to end. Eugene
Walters great play, Paid in Full" con-
tains seven speaking parts. 1.-The Thief"
Bernstein's clever play, presents two
couples and two odd men.
But THE Mollusc" has exactly four
people in the caste-Mr. Joseph Coyne,
the original Prince Danilo of the Merry
Widow production in London; Miss Alex
andra Carlisle, Miss Beatrice Forbes Rob-
ertson and Mr.. Forrest Robinson.
1.-The Mollusc" Is considered by the crit
les to be one of the cleverest and most
important of the seasons theatrical pro-
auctions. Mr.. Coyne is not up to the
standard of his Merry Widow" success.
but he is being Congratulated for his
ambition to leave comic opera and do
something worth while in the legitimate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Some Delicate Candy Recipes

MOLASSES CANDY.-One cup molasses,
one cup sugar. an egg sized piece of but
ter (sweet and not salD, and tablespoon
full vinegar; boil but do not stir until it
hardens when dropped into cold water;
when done, stir in a teaspoonful of soda
and beat well; pour into buttered pans,
and when cool pull until white, cut into
sticks; flavor if desired just before pour
ing out to cool. 4,
MARSHMAL LOWS.-Dissolve one-half
pound of white gum arabic in one pint
of water strain and add one-half pound
fine sugar and place over the fire, stirring
constantly until the syrup is dissolved,
and all of the consistency of honey; add
gradually the whites of four eggs we'll
beaten; stir the mixture until it becomes
somewhat thin and does not adhere to the
finger flavor to taste with vanilla and
pour into tin slightly busted with pow
dered starch and when cool divide into
small squares
HIcKoRY-YT cANDY-one cup
hickory-nut meats two cups sugar, half
cup water; boil sugar and water without
stirring until thick enough to spin to a
thread flavor to suit taste with vanilla;
set in cold water; stir quickly until white,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
THREE MEN LOSE
LIVES ON STEAMER

Colon, September 1S.-The steamship
Colon half-masted and showing other evil
dences of distress, came slowly into port
this morning She had been badly bat
tered by the hurricane encountered Sun
day. Three members of her crew lost
sheir lives while engaged in the hold in
fairing a water tank.
Sray night passed with the ship la
borg through the storm and the pas
sengs huddled below in a state OF panic.
Ee Monday morning it was discov-
cred th salt water was making its way
forwarinto the fresh water tank. Fear
insnat the fresh water would give out,
second assistant engineer, William
sLiley, and the ships carpenter, ]. Olsen.
: were sent down into the hold Monday af-
ternoon to change the tank connections.
The men were below for an hour with
out giving any signs of returning.
Anxious for their safety, r. Barthl, a
water tender, and A. Sands, a junior en-
gineer. volunteered to go below and learn
what happened.
Barthl was the first to enter the hole
with Sands a few feet behind. Barthl
had walked but a few PAGES when he was
seen to drop. Sands staggered and fell,
but managed to make his way to the
hatch ladder, whence he was assisted to
the deck. He was partially unconscious.
1t was seen that the hold was filled
with deadly gases and all hope for the
three had to be given up.
When the storm abated the matches
were removed, and the foul air was
bumped out of the hold. The bodies of
Lilley Olsen and Barthl were then found.
fJust what caused the presence of these
deadly gases in the hold of the Colon has
mot been explained. The victims will be
buried in Colon.
The Colon brought Is saloon and 20
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
A Boston "'To Party.

Give the little folks a "T'' party and
let them enjoy the following contest. 1t
is amusing and entertaining, and prizes
could be awarded for the successful con-
testant:
before a girls name forms cat. Tabby
before beverage forms a story. Tale
before craft forms a small pie. Tart
before shower forms a line of
cars OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Train
before foolhardy forms rub
plSh ..-........s.......... ............ lraSn
before a request form labor, ....... Task
before a gun forms something
trivial Observation-Disclosures. Trifie
T before regret forms sincerity. True
q before everything forms height. =. Tall
before to rest forms a plague. Tease
T before a mistake forms fright. Terror
T before humor forms to blame. -. Twit
II before finish forms watchfuness. Tend
before competent forms a piece OF
furniture Observation-Disclosures. .IaDle
T before to embrace forms Grim
mai Observation-Disclosures. mug
T before useless plant forms
river in Scotland Tweed
7 before a contest of speed forms a
T before hard substance growing
on the heads of some animals
forms q spine ..........-............In Ofn
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Arkansas Election Contested.

Little Rock, Ark, September S.-The
republicans of Pulaski county have filed
protests on the results of the recent cleo
ton in congressional townships, claiming
that PA votes were cast for the repub-
lican candidates and only about half this
number was counted. Protests for old
townships are being prepared and the
republican leaders say the movement will
spread all over the state. The prohibit
tionists are raising fund to contest
counties which have gone for license and
will endeavor to have judges and clerks
who certified to the election returns In
dicted for perjury in swearing to the
count which they allege is incorrect
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
ABBOTT'S BODY GOES
TO PENNSYLVANIA
Prominent Selmian win Be
Buried At Warren
FUNERAL WELL ATTENDED
The Deceased Was President of Selma
Street and Suburban Railway.
The Largest Funeral Since
That of the Senators.

Selma, September 1S.-(SpeeialO-Th re-
mains of Francis Marion Abbott presi-
dent of the Selma Street and Suburban
railway, who died at an inarmary Thurs
day morning after an illness of about
two weeks, were shipped this afternoon
to Warren, Pa, his former home, where
the interment will take place Sunday
morning. The remains rested in state
in the Broad Street Presbyterian church
today and all during the morning and
until the funeral services at o'clock this
afternoon hundreds of Selmians viewed
the remains and the church was crowd
ed with It's largest congregation when
the services were held this afternoon.
DR.. A. A. Little, pastor of the West
minister Presbyterian church in Atlanta,
who formerly was pastor OF the Broad
Street Presbyterian church in this city,
and who was a great personal friend of
Colonel Abbott, conducted the services.
DR.. Little was assisted by the Rev. Par
ker of Marion, S. c., who is temporarily
filling the pulpit of the church.
The Abbott Rifles, Company C, Second
regiment, Alabama National Guards, act
ed as escort in the funeral procession
from the church to the union passenger
station, while the entire membership of
Camp Jones, United Confederate veterans
also turned out. Not since the funerals
of Senator Morgan and Senator Pettus
has a Selmian been honored as was the
memory of Colonel Abbott today The
number of floral offerings which filled
the church in which the remains of
Colonel Abbott lay were almost as nu-
merous as were those that were offered
in memory of the dead senators. Practi-
cally the majority of the business places
of the city closed during the funeral hour
this afternoon.
Colonel Abbott was Selmas most wide
awake. progressive and best-beloved cit
izen. President G. A. Wickersham of the
West Point route and the Western Rail-
way of Alabama and ]. P. Billups, gen.
eral traffic manager of the system both
of whom were great personal friends of
Colonel Abbott will accompany the be-
reaved wife and daughter to Warren, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
A Button Season.

No woman can boast of having "a soul
above buttons this season, at least, for
everything smart will be trimmed with
some variety of button, from the plainest
tailor-made to the dressiest frocks. But
tons of all descriptions, all sizes, all
shapes, all qualities, will be in evidence
and a modish who can't boast of dozens
of buttons on all her gowns will be con-
sidered quite passe.
The ubiquitous button may be found
in wood, tin, carved embroidered, hand
painted, plain, gold, silver, pearl, or any
thing one wishes.
White silk or satin buttons, the size of
a dime, are used for silk and satin gowns
of light shades.
Embroidered or crocheted buttons are
worked and then covered over with
moulds, which make an effective trim
ming.
Hand-painted porcelain buttons and the
typography work on wood are both used,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Railroad Laws En- Joined.

St. Louis. September 1S.-A temporary
Injunction restraining the board of rail-
way and warehouse commissioners of Ar
kansas from enforcing the 2-cent passen-
ger fare and maximum freight rate laws
of that state. was granted on the appli-
cation of the Kansas City Southern Rail-
way company in the United States circuit
court here today. The writ was issued
by Judge Jacob Trieber of Little Rock,
Ark, who heard the case in chambers
w. F. Kirby. attorney general of Arkan-
sas and Samuel w. Moore, general coun-
sci of the railroad. were the chief at.
tOrneyS concerned
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
EAGLE MISSES HIS PREY.
In Attempt to Garry Off Child the
Bird Is Captured.

New York, September 1S-While
Blanche Crieber, 3 years of age, the
daughter of Fred Crieber, a summer res
ident of Helmetta, N. j., was at play
near her home, large eagle swooped
down and attempted to carry the child
away in its talons.
Crieber was nearby and the screams
of his daughter attracted his attention
He fought off the bird, and as it at
tempted to fly away his brother who
wounded the eagle. Its capture was then
an easy matter.
The child was found to be uninjured
except for a few scratches. The eagle
though peppered with shot, will live and
the Criebers intend to keep it in a cage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Amputation BY Court Order.

Chicago September 1s.-The order Of
the court that the arm of 14-year-old Jo-
seph Bolanda be amputated was carried
out at the County hospital today. The
boys last words as he lapsed into I'M
consciousness under the influence of ether
were to plead that the arm be spared.
The operation was necessitated by gan
creme, which had complicated with a
broken arm, but both the boy and his
father protested so vigorously that the
surgeons were compelled to go into court
to secure permission for an operation,
which they said was imperative to save
the lads life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE.

but mostly as miniature belt pins or cuff
and shirtwaist sets.
Cut glass buttons are among the novel
ties, and are not only pretty and will not
be commonly used, as they are expen-
sive.
Buttons in enameled mosaic patterns
are beautiful, and are like tiny pastels,
SO exquisite Is the work.
profusely in cloth gowns and give a very
smart finish to any costume.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

then stir in the nuts; turn into fat tin;
when cold cut into squares.
CREAM CANDY.-One pound white
sugar, one tablespoonful vinegar, one
teaspoonful extract of lemon, one
teaspoonful cream tartar; add lit
tie water to moisten sugar, boil
until brittle; put in extract, then turn
quickly out on buttered plates; when COOL
pull until white and cut in squares.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
BOY HANGS HIMSELF.
No Reason Can BE Given for His Awful
Deed.

New York, September 1S-For some in
applicable reason Silver WE'LL, 16-year-
old school boy, committed suicide by
hanging himself in the cellar of his home
In Mount Vernon. He is the youngest
suicide in the Mount Vernon police rec
ords.
Young WE'LL was sent to the cellar to
arrange the coal bin for a consignment
of coal yesterday He was in good spirits
and the last heard of him he was whist
ling. When he failed to come up stairs
his father went to the cellar and found
him hanging from a cross-beam. He had
used a clothes ling to hang himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Rhubarb Removes Rust.

White clothes which have rust spots on
them may be made as good as new by
using stewed rhubarb juice to remove the
spots. Sugar should be omitted in cook
ing the rhubarb, and when the juice is
applied let the garment soak In 1t for
quite awhile, then rinse in clean water
and dry in the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Labor Dispute NAV Be Settled.

Manchester, Engs. September 1S.-Un-
less the long-standiAg wage dispute is
settled today 100000 cotton operatives will
be locked out tomorrow. The employers
proposed to reduce wages 8 per cent, bur
they finally consented to postpone this
reduction until January l of next year.
The operatives today are voting as to
whether or not they will accept this
offer and they probably will.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

deck passengers. Her officers declare that
the hurricane of Sunday was the worst
storm they had ever experienced in all
their lives.
The steamer Colon is in the regular
Panama service between Colon and New
York She was formerly the Mexico of
the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
comnanY.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19
Railroad Man Found Dead.

Washington, September 1s.-Carroll w.
Ashby, cashier of the Southern Railway
company, for 80 years an employee of the
system, was today found dead In Turk
ish bath house in this city. He died of
apoplexy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

An optimistic thought for today:
II am not the rose, but I have lived
near the rose"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19


Dr. Courtney u. Shropshire left yes
terday afternoon for Jefersonville, Ind.
His marriage to Miss Leta Mary Duffy
of that city will occur Monday after
noon at o'clock. DR.. Shropshire's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Shropshire.
and his brother, Mr.. Will Shropshire,
will go to Jeffersonville this afternoon,
Miss Leta Will Goldsmith has returned
from Nauvoo.
Mrs. Charles M. Nice has returned
after visit of some length, spent with
relatives in Knoxville and Rogersville,
Tenn.
Mrs. D. M. Malone.
Mrs. Sidney Jones, after visit to
her brother, Prof. Alexander Fall. in
Nashville, is now with Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Smith, in Louisville.
Miss Margaretta Williams has returned
after her European tour followed with a
stay of several weeks in Nashville. She
will reopen her kindergarten at the Mar
garet Allen school on Monday.
Mrs. r. 7. Taliaferro has been removed
from the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Chiles Clifton Terrell, to st. Vincent S
hospital, where she yesterday underwent
a critical operation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

ity. contribution will be appreciated.
Make all checks payable to Y. w. C. A.,
Watts building
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Lowry returned this
week from New York, after an absence
of two weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. James Carroll Long have
returned from Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

Sometimes the rock
in which they lie en-
bedded splits up into
thin LAYERS like the
leaves of a book
great ancient book of
stone. written, illus
trated. and bound by
no human agency. amid
the pages of which are
to be found revelations
of an antiquity COM
pared with which the
oldest records of man
are as Yesterday.
1t was in this book
of Nature that a direc-
tor of the Palentine
Museum at Mannheim
beheld the first fossil
lied remains of a ptero-
dactyl ever seen by
man. He thought that
it was the skeleton of
a marine animal. Gu
vier. the great natural
ist, obtained the speci-
men afterward. and
saw at once that it was
the skeleton of a crea-
ture entirely new to
science that had
never entered into the
mind of man to imag-
inc. He called it a
pterodactyl from the
Greek pteron (wing)
and ddctpios Ginger.
because. unlike any
other creature of which
he had had anyprevious
knowledge. the animal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

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ts the only oil for sewing, machines, )use
I. WON'T turn rancid. wa2sKum. collect dirt.
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"3-m-One" will bring back to life and
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Out machine. HAnd Il adds .XeaIAHA}p pc life
Of; Of any new F. ~ a. 9ss;:
rs, GMyA u al metal parts
Write Immediately to 3-IN-ONE OIL
CO.. "a Broadway, New York City, for
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q 1I s. H s'sZ :: ii! P :; :; :::s
TNsbeGts out the gum and dirt and old
eticky oil. Then wipe all parts carefully
and put :3-ip-Oue" on all afti9n( points as a
lubricant. Can be cleaned I'D kDeCY day
and run six months ,1aAfr aS@oL and
out. Ordinary 0lis do in less than Q wee6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

TT was not many years
Il ago, at a time when
W i n G e d dragons
were ranked with CEN
taurs. hippogritfs. uni
corns. and mermaids as
impossible monsters, to
be looked for only in
fairy tales and heraldic
devices, that to every
ones astonishment fos-
sill remains of these
same winged dragons
were actually discov-
cred in limestone in
the vicirity of the vii
lage of Solnhofen. Ba-
varia. Speaking of
these fossils. Charles
Kingsley facetiously re-
marked, People call
them pterodactyls. on
ly because they are
ashamed to call them
flying dragons after
denying SO long that
flying dragons could
exist"
But folks, and espe-
cially scientific folks.
before these fossils were
found. were not entire
ly without excuse for
doubling the existence
of such creatures The
fact is that the only
animals now living.
barring insects. that
can really fly are birds
and bats. Many ami
mails said to fly. as, for
instance hyinp sot1ir-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
A Narrow Escape.

This morning while n. R. Wood
was riding on a track speeder near
the steel bridge this side OF Perry, he
was startled to discover that he was
about to come in collision with an
eastbound freight train, says the La
Grande Observer. He saw the train
just in time to jump from his little
car, but not in time to either save the
speeder or the load OF fresh batter
les. In fact, he only escaped being
struck, by fraction OF second. The
car was wrecked and the batteries
demolished. The engineer saw that
he was about to run down the speeder
and attempted to bring his train to
stop, but the distance was too short.
AS it was, the train stopped so sud
denly that Conductor W. A. Wade
was nearly thrown through the ca
boose window and sustained several
severe cuts upon the arms and shoul-
ders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25

At Vancouver. B. c., Mrs. Charles
Gordon, Of Los Angeles, Cal, COM
mitted suicide by shooting herself.
III health is said to have been the
cause,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25

only carried off the honors. for the
team, but won the silver medal for
the highest aggregate score in slow
fire over all competitors. Drake made
a remarkable score on all the slow
ranges, making an average of over
40 on all the ranges The same score
also entitled him to the bronze medal
for winning the eighth place on the
highest aggregate score on all ranges.
All five members OF the team won
national marksman's button for
their scores on the 200, 800 and 500
yard ranges. which entities them to
enrolment in the adjutant generals
office in Washington as reserve
marksmen.
Sergeant Drake was offered the op-
portunity Of trying out for the ma
tional team, which shoots in August
at Camp Perry, Ohio, for national
supremacy, but was unable to take
advantage of the opportunity on ac-
count of business demands here.
Twelve men are selected for this
team from the entire state, and
place on 1t is eagerly sought by the
entire guard. That Drake could not
remain at Salem and try out for the
national team is regretted by all the
Company L members, as a place on
that team would have been an. honor
to the company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-25
HIGH SALARIES
FOR TEACHERS
UMATILLA COUNTY
PAID MOST LAST YEAR.
Average Pay for Men Teachers Dur
ing the Year Was SOFAS, and for
Women Was $51.87 -Pendleton
District Paid Much More-Re.
ceipts and Expenditures.

During the past year Umatilla
county paid higher salaries to teach
ers than ever in the past. The aver
age pay for male teachers during the
year was $69.45 per month, while the
average monthly salary for females
was $55S5. For 1907 the average fol-
males was s66.0S and that for fe.
males s51.S7. The average pay for
the Pendleton district alone Is much
higher than that for the entire county
The following statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures. Of the coun-
ty's schools for the past year is con-
tanned in the annual report of the
superintendent:
Receipts-Balance, June, 1907
From district taxes, $53,641.46; from
county school fund, $43,246.64; from
state school fund, $9,SS6.07; from
rate bills and tuitions. $4s1.03; from
sale of bands and warrants, $10,-
O7O.67; from library fund, $31.s7;
other sources, S2,212,25; total, $142,-
04S.37.
Expended-Teachers' salaries, $67,'
941.13; rents, $1S7.S0; fuel and sup
plies, s7,S5S.5S; repairs and improv-
ing grounds, $7,135.7S; new houses
and sites, $5,378.7S; interest on bonds
and warrants, $6,645.92; insurance,
sS49.15; salaries of clerks, $1,2S5.S0;
library books, $228.92; other purpos-
es, $6,199.70; total $1O3,711.O6. Bal
ance on hand at present, $SS,337.31.
The school houses and grounds of
the county are valued at $19S4S2, and
insurance to the extent of $82,950 is
carried by the different districts.