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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-12-26
BEAD CHRISTMAS TREES.
Novelty Invented by German Woman
Approved by Kaiser.

II natures supply OF Christmas trees
gives out as some people have feared
II might. there will still be Christmas
trees ms long as n German woman In
this city remains alive out Of green
beads. wire and tiny waxen ornaments
she constructs miniature trees which
have been thought pretty enough to
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-12-26

chsmherla;n's Collie, Cholera anu
SndAAtDCAioAu Diairhoea Rcfnesiy.
Never fails Buy IL now u may sase life
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Has Mortqaqe on a Graveyard.

From the Denver Post.
Is a mortgage on a cemetery or any
plot of ground wherein dead are purleo'
valid?
This is the question District Judge
shattuck is called upon to decide.
Morris Brown, an eastern capitalist
claims to hold a $4,000 mortgage on the
Catholic cemetery on Capitol Hill, direct
ly east of Cheesman park.
The Colorado Catholic Loan and Trust
association, owner of the cemetery,
claims that a mortgage cannot be exc
euted on a burial ground and, upon ap-
psication on the part of Attorney John
II. Reddin, for the cemetery owner,
Judge Shattuck directed Mr.. Brown to
show what virtue there IS in the $4,000
mortgage he holds. Attorney A. 3. Sui
Ivan, trustee of Brown, was given Is
DAYS in which to do this
In the papers filed Brown alleged that
back in 1892 he loaned Bishop Matz &c.
500, and took a mortgage on the eeme-
terry property.
Attorney Reddin, on behalf of the GEM
etery owners, claims that a cemetery or
burial ground cannot be mortgaged un-
der law and to settle the question Judge
shattuck has ordered Brown to show
what merit his mortgage holds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

brought up to feel that while they are
part of the household, 1t Is difficult mat
ter TO assign them any definite place in
1t. They are in the unclassified list, and
therefore it isn't an easy matter to locate
them satisfactorily.
Isn't there an attic that can be given
over to the boys for their own use? II
there is, propose the matter and see how
they will jump at the chance. They will
speedily convince the skeptical person
that boys do like place of their own,
and will gladly undertake the making of
1t when given a chance to do so.
II there isn't an attic, there may be
loft over some building, somewhere on the
premises. Location isn't very important
item to the boy. The dominant idea is
place where he can feel the same sense
OF ownership that his mother feels in the
Kitchen or his father in the barn.
II the room given over to the boys Is
large enough to serve as a workshop as
well as general rendezvous, all the bet
ter. Provide them with good TOOLS and
encourage them to familiarize themselves
with the use of them, and you are giving
them practical course in manual train
ing which will discount that taught in the
schools. If you want your boys to be
handy in the use of plane and saw and
hammer, set them about the doing of the
thousand and one jobs constantly crop
ping up about the country home. Nothing
will please them more than yolr recog-
milton Of their ability to do good work
along this line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
A Plea for the Boys.

From the Outing Magazine.
Every home in which there are boys
growing up is incomplete without place
which these boys can call their own. Most
boys care little how plainly room Is fur-
nished if it is comfortable. The main
thing is-the room, which the boys can
feel themselves to be sole proprietor of.
The ordinary boys room in the dwell
ing, in which they sleep, and where they
keep their Clothes never answers the pur-
pose. There they are on probation, as IL
were, because they ''have to be put some
where" and they are likely to be turned
out of these quarters at moments no.
tice under the mistaken notion that boys
don't care" and anything Is good enough
for a boy" The powers that be may not
put it in exactly those words, but the way
in which a good many boys are treated
means Just that. Now, the fact is, the
aoyerage boy Is delighted when he can
have a place all to himself for he feels
that sense of proprietorship which Is
average boy is delighted when he can
invite his boy friends to visit him, and
knows that mother isn't worrying over
the advancement of things which quite
naturally results when boys get together
and .'have a good time" Here he Is on
his own ground, therefore, he feels free
=, to act out the boy-nature in him without
constant dread of hearing an inquiry sent
I'D from below as to whats going on up
there?"
The place becomes a retreat in which
he can spend his time proftably and much
more pleasantly than the boy ever does
who doesn't know just where he belongs
| in the household economy, and who some-
times has serious doubts If he belongs
| anywhere, as he seems to be always In the
way. The fact is, that most boys are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Card From Third
Ward Citizens
Have No Further Feeling Against A. A
Gamble, Candidate for
Alderman.

When it became known that Alderman
Eggleston would resign as a member Of
the city council and that majority Of
the aldermen had committed themselves
to vote for Mr.. A. A. Gambill to fill his
vacancy, without consulting the voters of
the Third ward, the undersigned had a
feeling of resentment and Endorsed a petit
ton requesting the election of Mr.. Asa
L. Hoyt. Not that we objected to Mr.
Gambill being our representative, but We
felt that the people of the ward should
be allowed to express themselves in q
matter of such Importance.
When Mr.. Gambll yielded to the wishes
of the voters and property owners of the
ward, to have democratic primary, he
evidenced a spirit of fairness and liber-
atty that stamped him as one who does
not seek any unfair advantage, hence
a man who can be trusted to carry out
the will and wishes of his constituents.
The council had the legal right to elect
Mr.. Eggleston's successor. A majority
of its members had pledged their votes to
Mr.. Gambll, so 1t must be conceded that
Mr.. Gambill showed a spirit of fairness
In requesting the primary.
The question now before the voters is
who will best represent the Third ward
In the city council? The man who can
get for our ward its full share of public
improvements and value received for the
taxes paid into the city treasury is the
man we need
Under the circumstances above outlined
we feel no further resentment In the
matter. nor do we feel in any way bound
by any seeming obligation heretofore
made and feel at perfect liberty to vote
for Mr.. Gambill. The conditions are now
very different from the conditions that
prompted us and many others to sign
the petition for the election of Mr.. Hoyt.
S. II. MORRIS.
w. B. COPELAND.
NORMAN MORRISON.
B. c. BYNUM.
ssT W. ]. G. WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

THE Interpreter talking about Cen
eral Grants personal habits, says, by way
of a depression, in the September Ameri-
can Magazine.
I'VE all overexpress ourselves when
called upon in public to discuss matters
that don't concern us. A few years ago
the only Henry James was present at
public dinner in Washington where a
number of statesmen were called upon to
declare before a company of artists their
devotion to a plan for the Identification
of Washington. 1t was a subject that
had not troubled the minds of the legis-
lators before that night. and the fervor of
the eloquence was enough to set fire to
the surrounding buildings. An enthusiast
tic politician leaned over and whispered
to Mr., James: Don't you think the
speeches are wonderful Sir said the
Great Ambiguist, If the Goths were ham,
mering at the walls of Washington, and
the liberties Of our people were threaten
ed, and it became necessary to arouse the
patriotism of our citizens to defend their
homes and their honor, these speeches
would SUFFICE"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
EDDIE BROWN, THE YOUNG
AMERICAN VIOLIN WONDER

indianapolis September 19.-(Special)-
Pluck. perseverance. talent and a devoted
mother are the weapons with which Ed
die Brown. little American boy, has
eoaQsersa the prejudice of the Old
worla Next north he will make his
formal pebdc appearance in London un-
der the naana cement of Karl Yunkerman.
wao kaga Kube!il TO the world. and for
the arst time in years and years an
American boy will be the violin wonder
Of the day.
Twelve years old last July and already
or the threshold of fame that is the rec
ord of Eddie Brown. His mastery of the
violin has been the 1mazement of the
music masters OF Europe. He is the ia
vorite Of Prof. Jeno Hubay, the wizard
CT Budapest, under whom his musical
proficiency has been achieved. II was
Hubay who guided young Franz von Nec-
sey 10 the point where he flashed across
conti2snts and seas as tire musical mar
vel of his tine. Only q youth, he accom-
plished feats with the violin which as
founded the critics. Yet, Eddie Brown
was Won Vecsey's equal a year ago ac-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

abroad. Won Vecsey has played at Eng
lishs Opera House and Eddie, with his
father. heard him. The boy wished to
follow in Won Veesey's footsteps. The
next Gay he played for Won Neesey's IA
Their and mother. They We're delighted
and Insisted that he should go to Europe
and study under Francs old master HUI
bay. Within two months Mrs. Brown
was in Europe with Eddie. Although he
is only IL years old. Eddie now has rep
ertory equal to that Of any of the great
violinlsts lie plays with the feeling and
passion of a matured man and the ease
of the finished artist; and his technique
well, It is the wonder of the critics.
In the Magyarorzag Budapest, Jan "A
this year, Prof. Herzfeld wrote of HIM:
I'VE can well say a new star has risen
in the musical world. II was refreshing
to see and hear him. This little boy of
slender figure, neatly dressed, stood alb
solutely still. Not mannerism; not an
affectation. And in his little hands the
bow and violin became living things. So
calmly did he attack the Mendelssohn
concerto that at the end of the first
movement the audience broke into APP
plause. Recognizing that a great artist
stood before them, age, or the lack of 1t,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

Delaware whipping post? He would make
an excellent lord high executioner
A snake cannot bat his eye. He has
no eyelids. He can look you straight
in the face without blinking, which Is
more than the average man can do. His
optics, however, are at will cleaned OF
dust by film which rolls over them.
The chicken has much the same kind OF
eye Some men are called "snake-eyed"
because they can gaze, or stare. long
time without closing the lid. Washing
ton has an eminent lawyer Ga claim agent
before Congress) who can bat his eyes
300 times a minute when excited. Tom
Lawson says he never looks a man In
the eye during business TRANSACTION pc
cause he would be sure to give himselr
away; but as soon as the deal is made
he can look any one out of countenance'
In other words, he avoids the furtive
glance until the job is done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
WOMEN IN STREET CARS.
Their Different Ways of Compelling
Men to ReIinquish Seats.
rom the New York World.

From the New York World
Everyone has noticed them. | think
they may be classified in this way:
1.-The roly-poly babyish woman,
who fairly bristles with pretty little
nnspoken remonstrances when she IS
neglected in the matter of getting
seat, and who "smiles through her
tears" when her impotence is at last
rewarded.
.2-The reserved dignifed woman,
who takes things quietly, just as she
finds them, without even the culver of
an eyelash- She sometimes neglects co
say, Thank you SO intent is she on
preserving her dignity intact
3-The won an who almost demands
a seat: who forgets that there is one
place in the htman economy of things
where a demand does not create sup
My: that the av erage man resents COM
pulsion (mental optical or otherwise)
and seldom raoliates gallantry under
such conditions. This type of woman
sometimes frightens timid bachelors
out. of their seats against their better
Judgment. The tyrant woman.
4-The peculiarly radiant woman,
who has all the men in the car offer.
ing their seats to her at once Even
the man behind tn newspaper tidgets
1lneasiIv as one whose gallantry stlrs
in its sleep. The angelic woman.
5-The woman who thinks the en-
fire male half of humanity selfish and
expects nothing from them. She scorn-
fully ignores them in public and says
things about them in private. II a
nice kind man gives her seat she
merely wonders at it and does not
even feel penitent. She is always
tired and really needs seat most OF
all. Unfortunately for her, she seldom
gets more than she expects. The con-
sistent crabapple.
6-The dreamer of dreams, who
knows not whether she is standing or
sitting. and cares less. She feels no
fatigue. II a seat is offered to her she
is so long in getting back to earth that
some mundane woman has usually
usurped the throne intended for her.
THE stunningly dressed woman,
who overawes some types OF men into
relinouishing their seats.
S-The motherly woman, who is al
ways giving up her own seat to elderly
people and little children. She sell
dom stands, however, for men find her
example infectious.
9-The woman with surface sweet
ness always on hand, and by whom the
ndiscerning among mankind are often
smiled out of their seats
1O-The sweet hearted, sweet mind
ad woman. who stands pleasantly and
amiably or accepts a seat IN the same
spirit. .-.,.
woman who mentally demands and
who usually receives respect from all
mankind. regardless of age or social
standing.
12-The woman who believes that
man has just as much right to seat
he has paid for as she has. The inde,
pendent, self reliant, "gentlemanly
lust woman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Close Figuring.

From the Philadelphia Press
Doctor" said the shrewd looking man,
how many feet of gas does it take to
kill a man?'
That's rather queer question: re-
piled the doctor. "Why do you wish to
Know 2, I
well, you see, one of the guests at my
hotel used enough of it to kill himself,
and I want to send a proper bill to his
executors "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
BIG BARGAIN.

Lot 50x140, 2 houses occu-
pied by white tenants, rents SIS
per month; close in to center
and good city property; price
only $1400; cash $500. A lead
pipe cinch.
w. A. SHERRILL, Sales Agt.,
Phones 80. 21O7 Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

of a large set of rattles gives a sort of
clicking sound, but when the snake is
thoroughly aroused the spiteful whirr
sounds like meat frying--according to
Hornaday.
The rattles of a snake are composed
of little pieces of crinkled horn hooked
to one another in a kind of telescope
developed in year until the snake
reaches maturity. He has rattlers three
The coach whip snake Is so called be-
cause of It's resemblance to what Is known
to the trade as a snake whip 1t grows
to a length of or feet I have heard
oldest inhabitants" tell the most incred-
years old, which have already from sew
en- to nine rattles. 1t is a simple matter
to extend a snakes rattles by adding
sections taken from other snakes, as they
if of the right size, snap on easily, like
socket fasteners for a glove.
Snakes and Their Young.
Some snakes lay eggs, some give birth
to their young. The small .inhabitant Of
tooth which is used as a pick and saw
for cutting open the shell when he is
ready to be "borned' And as soon as
he energies from the shell this tooth falls
out of his head. being of no further use
to his serpentine career. Do snakes
swallow their young in time of danger?
l say Yes" DR.. Hornaday says MOI
/ killed a very large female moccasin
that was summing herself on a broad,
fiat, very hot rock in sluggish southern
stream When / first saw her she was
surrounded by a litter of young, about
10 in number, and from to IL inches long
The moment she awoke, as the batteau
~ Ill - oCr
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
Appropriate.

From the Philadelphia Press.
He has started publishing monthly
paper for BARRIERS, you know
Indeed? I suppose it's very appro-
priatey illustrated with cuts"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

The one place that has no
equal in the world, its attrac-
tiveness is beyond any COM
parison, Post Card Exchange,
1922 Second avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20
New Story on Henry James.

did not figure. Five times the wonderfl
little artist was recalled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

LET us WORRY FOR YOU.
Buy a Burglary and Theft
policy and protect your prop
erty. It never sleeps.
r. A. BROWN & co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

cording to Hubay. Patience and great
ambition kept Eddie Brown in retire
ment during the succeeding year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-20

1t was xgung Won Vecsey himself who
started idle Brown on his career
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-15
The Misses Fulsersou Entertain.

One of the most enjoyable social
events of the season was the party
given by Misses Lillian and Blanche
Fulkerson in honor of their guests,
Misses Bess and Hazel Bell of St.
Louis, at their beautiful suburban
home, the "Wayside,n Tuesday
evening. Seventy guests thronged
the spacious rooms OF the lower aoor
or enjoyed the cool air Of the lawn
from eight until y o'clock. The
evening was spent in progressive CON
versation and various other amuse-
ments. Miss Katharine Todhunter
favored the guests with several class
ical selections on the piano.
In the receiving iue we're Misses
Lillian and Blanche Fulkerson, Bess
and Hazel Bell, Elliott Todhunter
and Eva Frick. The refreshments
consisted of peach ice cream and sew
eral kinds of cake.
The Fulkerson home has long been
noted for its hospitality and Tuesday
evenings entertainment fully sus-
tained its reputation. 1t was indeed
one Of the most delightful affairs OF
the year.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-15
County Court.

The county court Monday ap.
pointed Henry Kordes road overseer
in District IL.
A bridge was ordered built over
the south fork of Tabo near the
Wheatley schoolhouse.
In the matter Of new road petitioned
for by G. A. Campbell ct al the court
granted the prayer of petitioners.
The vacation of road petitioned for
by same parties was taken under adj
visement.
The court ordered a voting pre-
cinct established at Hickory Grove
school house in Davis township.
The voting precinct in West Lex
ington also was re-established. En-
gineer, B. D. Weedin was ordered to
survey, view and mark out road
petitioned for by Geo. S. Hudson.
The county court Tuesday ordered
that the road petitioned for by Alf
Bishop ct al be received as a county
road and the overseer notified to
work same.
The county highway engineer was
ordered to view road petitioned for
by G. H. Pogue ct al and report on
same at September term. He was
also ordered to inspect the bridge
over James branch between secs. 80
and 81, Twp As, Ran q and report on
same at Sept. term.
The court adjourned until the
September term.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-15

Robert Bush went to Warreusburg
Thursday morning for short visit.
Mrs. Evan Young went to Kansas
City Wednesday to yisitrelatiyes.
Mrs. Mary Graham and daughter,
Miss Maude, returned Wednesday
evening from trip to Colorado.
Misses Stella Baudon and Florence
Barron left Wednesday for a trip to
Kansas City and Excelsior Springs.
Mrs. 7. B, Grimes and daughter,
Miss Jennie, went to Breckenridge,
Mo- Wednesday to visit Mrs Crimes
daughter, Mrs Joseph Scarlett.
Mrs. G. b, Sexton with her little
daughter, Mary Ellen, arrived from
Chicago yesterday to visit her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. I. Stramcke,
John P, Gordon took his son, Nor
ris, to Kansas City Thursday morning.
Morris has recovered from his recent
attack of appendicitis and will prob
ably be operated on.
Misses Nellie Shotliff and Roxie
Crum returned Monday evening
from a trip to Neosho, Mo Miss
Shotlif's brother Frank, ACCOM-
panied them home for visit.
Miss Eva McBee, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Tced Camp
bell, in this city for the past few
weeks, lett Sunday nibruiog for her
home in Muskogee, Okla.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-15
Hagenbeck and WaIlace'S
Show Had Thriving
Business Here.
ABOVE THE ORDINARY
Went With a Snap-The Ami.
mails Were the Best Ever Exhibited
Here-Many Out of Town Visitors.

1t is estimated that 1900 persons,
almost the entire population of Lex.
ington and the small towns in its
vicinity, witnessed the after
noon or evening performance of
the great Hagenbeck & Wallace cir
Gus, which was the attraction in this
city Saturday and whose glaring
posters have been startling the small
fry for the past few weeks. And
there never was a more contented
well-satisfed and wondering crowd
81 81 people turned out OF a show
in Lexington for many a year than
the audiences which attended the
Hagenbeck & Wallace shows satur-
day.
To begin with, the people of this
county we're intensely interested
and expectant from the first day the
highly-colored posters were pasted on
the bill boards. All people as a rule
would rather see real good circus
than eat, and as this inimitable form
of amusement has not visited Lexing-
ton for about years, the entire pop
ulace was keyed up to high pitch of
excitement.
Breathing space was alta premium
in Lexington Saturday. The street
parade, ten blocks long, was wit
messed by swarms of people lining the
streets and sidewalks. The after
noon performance was attended by
crowd, estimated to be about 9OOO
The perfcgnance was excellent,
modern ana original and vas CON
tiuual delight from beginning to end.
The trained animal stunts by lions,
tigers, lsopards aud polar bears, were
original, amusing and exciting
The clowns were care-curers for
true, the aerialists and acrobats we're
daring and graceful, the bareback
riders displayed astonishing skill and
consummate grace and the animals,
while few in number, were all rare
and magnificent specimens The
huge and bulky "hippopotermus"
seemed to be the most popular with
the small boy. The side-show and
other subordinate attractions did a
thriving business.
All in all it was irst class circus
and the people IN general would be
much happier if few more Of its
kind would visit our city every year,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-08-15
Barber Shop Changes Hands.

Monday morning arrangements we're
completed whereby the barber shop
of Daniel Ruebel was sold to Russell
Harding. The business will continne
without interruption
Fourteen years ago Mr. Ruebel es-
tablished his shop here and has ever
since enjoyed a continuous good
trade, His strict attention to busi-
ness, genial manner and insistence
on cleanliness have made his work a
success, He has accepted the pos
ition of general agent Of the Nation
al Life Insurance company.
The new proprietor has for some
time been an employee in the shop
and is young gentleman Of pleasing
personality and business ability.
Without doubt he win keep the shop
fully up to its former standard.