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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
Personal and General.

Constable Lee White resumed his duties today, after an attack of la grippe
 Joe c. Lamont and Charlie Edwards continue to improve, much to the satis- faction of their many friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Out in Missouri lives Dam Lii, a Chinese laundryman, and yet he is not considered an undesirable citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

There are few nurses or school teach CTS at Panama because of its prevail ing marriage epidemic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

There is a demand for the products of our hints and they are being oper- ated up to full capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
THE soLIcIToUs EDITOR.

Here is a~ good joke" said the humor- ist.
 Are you sure it is a good joker" asked the editor.
 Yes"
 well if you are quite sure it is a good joke you had better keep it locked up in your desk. Don't turn it loose to be corrupted by this wicked world.',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Who says this is not the sunny south? Our winter passed without snow and June apples are now almost big enough to eat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

It will be 50 years on August IS next since the first cable message was sent under the Atlantic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

MT. Hartman not only knows how he got it. but also how he is going to keep it. Judge Farlin Ball knows also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Savannah Press: The Illinois Central will run through trains into Birmingham next week. hTnen it will be but step to through trains to Savannah via the same route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
4 BUSY MAN.

Do you do much reading, Mir. Hunl per2'
 No, madam. Only price lists and til tables"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

The submarine lobby is not the only congressional lobby. A tariff revision would bring out an army of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Japan and America are friendly, no matter how much St. Petersburg and Paris are displeased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

General Stoessel is popular in Japan, but not in court circles in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

The Pennsylvania grafters say they were convicted on Friday, the 18th day of the month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Magdalena bay should be excused if it suffers from nervous prostration this month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

The submarine scandal had to come to the surface, and it proved to be full of things that needed exposure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Armor belts cannot be fitted to our ships to suit all naval tastes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Both Chicago and Denver will post pone prohibition agitation until after the respective conventions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

The Big Stick is less active in trust busting, but it is potent in regulating delegates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Ashland Standard. Some of the newspa- per writers estimate that s30O,OO0 a month is being sent to Chattanooga from Atlanta and Birmingham alone in exchange for booze and beer Chattanooga is rated with Wall street as money center, and the dopesters predict that after more south goes dry next year, Chattanooga will have the advantage. The express business of the Chattanooga town has grown to unheard of proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Irish race. At the conclusion of his ad- dress he introduced Congressman Under- wood, who had just come into the audi ence in well-chosen words and compli- mentary manner. MT. Underwood re- sponded, expressing his pleasure at the privilege of addressing as distinguished a gathering. He paid high compliment to the Irish race, referring to the splen- did record made in the worlds history by Irishmen. MT. Underwood received quite an ovation when he entered the opera house and was enthusiastically applauded at the conclusion of his speech Altogether, the evening was most enjoy- able,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Chattanooga Star: Birmingham is mak- ing big preparations for the great Confed- crate reunion. The Alabama metropolis knows how to entertain when the occasion arises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
AFTERMATH.

St. Patrick was good old saint
 Who drove the snakes away. To paint the town they used green paint Upon St. Patrick's Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Captain Hobson was not tarred with the submarine stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

WHEN THEY SHOW IT MOST. Have you ever stopped to think what fools some people are?' Yes, often when they fail to agree with me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

MARRIED, MAYBE. Iris very sad
 To see a peach And realize
 She's out of reach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
OUR GEORGE.

"It has been stated that George Wash ington was a Dane"
 Tt doesn't make any difference whether he was a Dane or not. His greatness is due to the fact that he wasn't quitter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
THE BOSTON TRAMP.

THE BOSTON TRAMP.
 q beg pardon, sir, but the exigencies of hard life, superinduced by the pre- vailing desuetude, the paralysis of finance and the stagnation of business, force me to make a request of you which is re- pugnant to all my finer sensibilities. In short sir, have you as much as a quar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

Ashland Standard The statement of fruit vender of Birmingham that his sales have increased 100 per cent since prohibl- ton went into effect only proves that fruit and whisky do not mix. It is well known that drunllard cares nothing for apples nor does free user of apples ever become a drunkard. Let us have larger and better apple orchards from which we may have apples the whole year, and there will be much less de- mand for whisky and much better times generally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
JUDD LEWIS ILL.

Judd Mortimer Lewis, poet and humor- ist of the Houston Post, whose work is copied and admired in every corner of the United States, has fallen a victim to appendicitis, necessitating the indefinite postponement of the meeting to be held by the American Association of Press Humorists at Houston in May. MT. Lewis takes a humorous view of his illness, but his friends trust that the divorce from his appendix will be accomplished without any serious results and that he will soon be well again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18
NEVER DID.

NEVER DID. 'Boys will be boys" "Pll bet you never heard of any who wanted to be girls!"
 MEANING H-S-ERY. Ere many days
 Please bear in mind, We shall observe
 The drop-stitch kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

SAVED.
 According to the latest reports the circus side-show will not be abandoned" "Ah, in that case the bearded lady, the osslfied man and the human skele- ton will continue to play engagements in the joke columnsv'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

IMPLIES. It certainly is annoying to hear that the price of diamonds remains high and firm. We hoped they would get down to a nicllle apiece
 When your troubles seem more than you can bear rejoice because you don't live in Syracuse, N Y.
 New Orleans policemen took two citi- zens from a street car and robbed them. What chance has a crook to make a iiv- ing in a town like that?
 The scout cruiser Birmingham is clip- per on the sea and Birmingham hen has laid an egg day for 69 consecutive days. You can't get ahead of Birmingham.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

AN OLD STORY. Graybeards laugh at lovers who Squeeze and hug and bill and coo. Yet, the gravest wigthts we know May have done that long ago, When the spring was in their blood And a spell was in the wood, When they strolled through twilight W In the unforgotten days!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-18

NO CHANGE. He swore his love On pended knee, The girl just laughed Like this: Tee, heen'
  He got right up From where he knelt. Her name the same Old way is spelt,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

ieney. Wandering through corridor
after corridor you get the notion that
only furriers and coatmakers were in
the, building and you were all ready
to give UP the hunt, especially when
YOU opened a door marked Booking
Office" and found that that wasn't
Il. Even the head of the detective
agency. which has Offices on the third
floor, couldn'tifnd the Correspondence
School of Matrimonial Education; but
at last, on the top floor. was door
marked mysteriously &c s. of VI. f..
Entrance" and you had It.
Busily engaged on the job were
Wack, Floch, Arnoldt and Rachel.
When the faculty heard what was
wanted there was a tense silence for
full minute, and then Mr.. Floch
spoke sofIlyin English, translated into
high German. Evidently his views
Of what should be done on so extra
ordinary an occasion met with ap-
proyal, because he straightway be-
gan fearlessly to be interviewed. lie
arose TO make his opening remarks.
"This school," he said, and he
backed against the wall, defantly
--is no for-damn swindles."
eve are going to start a maya
zine. too, which is much more than
the American Magazine. Munsey's
Magazine the Century, the Broadway
and things Ike that" began Col
onel Arnoldt, who is the brains of the
publishing department.
"And maybe we buy a entire
building with printing presses" sug-
gested Mr. Wack. INSTEAD of staying
in this pl-'
"And soon we build homes for the
widows and orphans that belong TO
our school of matrimonial education,
added Mr.. Floch.
"And this amt no for-damn swim
dies" interpolated the egtire faeul-
ty. eve show the opening pamphlet
to the Postmaster and he look it over
and ne say, This thing, she can go
through the mail bags We are
honest Eyefything is honest.'
First of all. to one who desires the
advantages Of the Correspondence
School Of Matrimonial Education, one
sends in $40 bill. After that.
Messrs; waek and Floch said yester-
day, You get educated steadily for
life on how to.get married
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

Clarksville, Tenn, May 15.-The
night riders, who scraped the plant
beds of Hadley Allen, Charley Jack
son and Bailey Hunt, near Palmyra,
seem to have made clean job. The
farmers are independent tobacco
growers and prominent citizens OF
that community. All of the plants
on the three farms, with the excep-
ton of two small beds on Jackson's
farm, which were doubtless over
looked, were completely destroyde.
The riders went to Aliens field.
where he had about three acres OF to
bacco. and pulled it up. Allen and
Jackson did not know of the raid
until daylight, but Hunt was called
up at 2 O'Clock and held a prisoner
for some time, while the men were
scraping his plants.
The plants were near his house,
and 1t is supposed the raiders feared
detection, and thought II safer to
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
THE PROBLEM or LONG LIFE.
Anxiety 10 Live To BE ~ Hundred
Years Old Appears 10 BE
Increasing.

Certain New Workers again are
stirred with the laudable ambition 20
live to be 100 years old. and more II
possible. These New Workers. who
are under the leadership of a ply
stefan. have mapped out courses To
follow which they believe will result
in long life. While one will eat no
meat, another eats nothing else.
one believes in gorging on fruit.
while another declares II lis 'spolson"
to him. One woman member OF the
Hundred Year Club drinks many tum-
b.ers OF water during meals and be-
tween, while her husband never
drinks clear water. And so IL goes.
No ono has ever been able to give
reasons for remarkably long lives.
DR.. William, George Meade. a celebrat-
ed physician in his day, died at his
home I'm Turnbrldge Wells. England.
in t642, at the age of las years and
two months. His birth and death are
matters of record, so there is no mis-
take about his age.
This extraordinary man was asked
scores Of times how he prolonged his
life and he was never able to tel.
but answered vaguely that IL prob
ably was because he never worried
Dr. Meade smoked pipe. which will
crafty tobacco users, and practiced
as physician after he was 40 years
old Meade's methods were simple
and are followed by many doctors at
this day. He believed In diet, open
air exercise and cleanliness.
In his day few Britons bothered
themselves about taking Baths. A
fat. lazy squire would gorge himself
with meat and drink and go unbathed
for many months. He would swell
up until he had almost reached the
bursting point, then with red and
bloated face and body and short
breath he would have himself taken
to DR.. Meade at Turnbridge Wells.
Meade made him take a bath night
and morning. He forced him to go
to bed at sunset and arise with the
lark, spend all his time walking over
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
NIGHT RIDERS HOLD MAN PRISONER
WHILE HIS PLANT BED IS SCRAPED

keep him under guard. Guns were
exhibited in his presence, but no yio-
lence was offered.
One of his ,kuards asked him why
he had never joined the association,
and Hunt gave his reasons. No
threats were made, and when the
party was ready to leave he was re-
leased.
The telephone wires leading to
Clarksviile and Palmyra were cut and
communication to outside points was
cut of. Who they were. where they
came from. or where they went. is a
mystery, but II is not believed they
were neighbors of the men who SUI
fered at their hands
Mr.. Allen sold about $500 worth
of tobacco last year, and his crop this
year would have amounted to the
same. Jackson and Hunts crops
would have been about the same, but
all three men will not attempt to
raise a crop this season.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
SCHOOL COURSE IN MATRIMONY
What Makes the Baby Wiggie? May
be It's Pin.

You ought TO know in the first place
that this Correspondence School of
Matrimonial Education. which is just
getting under way on the top floor of
the old building at the corner of
Broadway and Thirteenth street, Is
above all else, no for-damn swindle
Messrs. Floch and Wack, who are the
brains of the institution, said that in
Just those words the first thing yes
terday afternoon when kindly asked
to tell all. Their full names are
julius Wack and Hugo Floch. and as
they told them yesterday Rachel,
their typewriter girl, sneezed. She
Said she has la grippe.
This Correspondence School of Mat
rimonial Education aims to educate
you up to the point of getting married,
so that once you get away with 1t
you'll have sense enough to stay mar
ried. That, at least, Is one of the
many things the school Is going to
do when it really gets into It's stride.
Just at present It is merely a baby
first reader school, as 1t were, mas
much as the equipment consists prin-
cipally of Messrs. Wack, Flock, RAJ
chel and Colonel Arnoldt and an Of
fee simply decorated with a pink edi-
ton of the Long Island Railroad time
table posted fat to the east wall. The
dimensions of the Office are so planned
that no matter which part of the
school one sits in, one
may read the entire list of fine print
On the time table Sitting in the
northwest corner Of the school, say,
you can tell that the 1907 stops at
Sayville on signal just as we'll as you
can see 1t. from that side of the eduA
cational institution not occupied by
the modest rolltop desk. Even II You
choose the other chair, the one far
thost from the window, there staring
you in the face is the information that
No. drops the club smoker at Pat
chogue.
When the building on Broadway
was entered yesterday no one seemed
ever to have heard OF the Correspond
ence School OF Matrimonial Educa-
ton; but that is because. Il has been
limited, the Institution is In Its incip-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
One
Hundred
Dollar Prize

A PRIZE of One Hun
L \ dred Dollars will be
given away at the perform
ance Monday night. May Is,
to the person holding the
lucky number. the numbers
having been previously dis
tributed to all purchasers of
tickets bought before s 80 p.
m. Monday.
No free list.
Ticket sale begins Mon
day, 1000 a. m.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

the hills or resting under an avn
ing.
The patient was allowed two meals
a day, at : in the morning and In
the afternoon. No liquor was al
lowed him, but he was permitted to
smoke a certain brand OF tobacco
which Or. Meade himself used. The
result Of this treatment was to make
new men and women ont OF the pa
tionts OF Meado.-New York Tele-
gfaph.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

NO" answered Mr. Sirius Barker.
I can't say care for the books that
are constantly being turned out"
"What literature do you PREFER"
Inquired the supercllious girl.
well, give me the Egyptian Hero
glyphics
"But you can't read them"
That's what | like about them.
I'm not expected 20. Washington
Star.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

Mrs Heu-"Jest look here John,
I've found ten-cent piece In this
chickens craw."
Mr. lIen-"Wa'al. thet makes one
authentic case. an the fust ever
knowed. whar there wuZ money in
chickens. Judge.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
4 Pet Alligator.

DR.. Ed ellison. the druggist. OF
Ninth and Broadway has received a
pet alligator from friend IN Florida.
The saurian Is five feet IN length.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15

Any virtue dies as soon as 1t yaunts
Itself .~
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-05-15
Thrilling
Auto Drive

MARQUIS, the worlds
4V1 greatest Mind Reader
will make Tuesday, May 10
at 4 p. IN. one of his famous
and dangerous blindfolded
automobile drive mind read
ing tests, in the execution of
which he will, while blind
folded, drive an automobile
through the crowded thor
oughfares of Paducah and
find a pin, previously hidden
e. by a prominent citizen of
UNREASONABLE integrity.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-07

feed to prevent flooding and the tubes frequently be-
came clogged at the valves.
BY our system of vacuum reguation-the utilization
OF one OF the simplest principles in are able
to use large tubes, 3s inch This absolutely insures
free flow OF oil from the reservoir constant level
IN the crank use. Radius filling of oil reser.
vor, goo to 500 miles according to road conditions.
IGNITION Double system, consisting of (a) mag
neto, 90 quadrupe coil, commutator and battery The
magnetic is not an extra special equipment 1t as
much part of the EMF motor the valves and il
included in the list price of the Nor it attached
to bracket on the outside with the gears running in
the open 1t is part of the design and all
ing parts enclosed in oil tight dust and water proof
case. In this regard the EMF car sets pace for the
world, high priced included.
SPARK COIL. Quadrupe vibrator coil Enclosed in
handsome mahogany box dash. No exposed wires--
high tension cables connection through coil box
under Enthusiastically water proof-an EN- innova-
ton
COOLING. Is by thermo-syphon princple-no pump
Bet driven stamped steel fan mounted engine-not
CARBUREToR. Type, improved simple float feed
single jet-our own design Adjustable from drivers
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-07
SPECIFICATIONS
MOTOR


TYPE. Four cylinder, vertical 4 cycle Cylinders
cast in pairs with water Jackets integral Water space
between cylinders ensuring uniform expansion and con
traction Valves all SIDE Mechanically operated
Interchangeable.
CYLINDERS. Bore inch. Stroke 1-2 inch. Com
pression-moderate All experience has nroyen These
cylinder dimensions to be nearly ideal for ali kinds Of
service. These dimensions give a motor of moderate
% means long life Cooling lubrcatng and
sive bcre small exhaust valves short bearings are
entirely G4 ayt sli n nat in the EMF go"
CRANK CASE Cast from highest grade aluminium
HAND mole covers, stamped steel. Instead usual
cast aluminium arms for supporting frame the
q. secuon-no heavier-three times strong-more
flexible and absolutely safe.
VALVES Are extra large-21-S inch-made from
special steel drop forged. Stems and seats ground
Valve guides machned pressed into place instead
OF being cast integral with cynders-easily replaced
when
All engineers that large valves not only make
Tor efficiency but also for economy. cylinder
motor of AKA 12 inch may by scientific design accur
ate workmanship and large valves be made to deyeop
30 to IS horse 1000 revolutions per minute or
It develop 16- valves are under-sze or the design
faulty in other ways.
CRANK SHAFT. Is offset a-4 inch from center line
OF cyhnder-stil another increase in power efficiency
with minimum of wear cylinder walls and pisons
crank shaft, drop forged from special steel. Three
main bearings-an large and extra long. All bearing
shaft carries fly wheelground ensure perfect cen
ter Fly wheel Is also given running balance at
maximum motor speed to ensure accuracy and absence
CRANK Ks, SHAFT BEARINGS; Special babbit ("whtte
metal alloy in accordance with best modern practice
Camshaft bearings phosphor-bronze.
LUBRICATlON. splash-automatic vacuum fed
reliable and economical Oil reservoir cast integral
aluminium crank case. After having tried countless
mechanical positive feed" oiling devices and found
them all wanting in some particular, foremost engineers
have decided that the only really positive feed is by
gravity and experience that amount of pip
Ing to cylinders and bearings will ensure the same
liberal oiling all moving parts as the old original
splash system, by which the entire mechanism is kept
constantly bathed in oil The one shortcomng of the
gravity reed system was the necessity for hrotling the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-07

seat Very flexible and economical. Carburetor is To-
Gated on drivers side of motor from hot exhaust
pipes and other parts-readily accessible.
CLUTCH. Improved expanding-ring type Leather
faced Contained in fywheel. Oil groove in hy-wheel
with holes drilled for escape of oil obtiates all liability
of clutch slipping from this Takes hold gently
and holds when engaged Tension adjustment access
sible and easy. =
TRANSMISSION. Type-selective sliding gear Gear
integral with diferential housing in axle
the unit power transmission system generally ap
proved by engineers of late. Gears made from EMF
formula special steel Accurately and oil treated
Instead of squared shaft for sliding round shaft
VIII four Keys integral mas been
ground perfect alignment shaft
running-detas Of construction heretofore known only
to the highest priced cars.
SPEEDS. Three forward and reverse-direct on third
GEAR RATIO. Standard, 31-4 to 1; special, 8 to
and to 1. Speed of car, so miles an hour down to A.
high. ~s9
DRIVE. Direct through universal jointed propeller
shaft to bevel dierental Two universal joints
Pressed steel torque shaft Gears large
atey cut and made from special alloy steel.