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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
SIX WEEKS INFANT
 DIES DURING NIGHT
Parents Shocked on Finding
 Body Cold and LifeleSs
CARDS AND DICE IN BIBLE
New Decatur Minister Is Treated To a Sensation at a Rural Church. Railroad Shops Will Close
 Down Four Days.

Decatur. March 7.-(Special. )-Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Smith, residing near Danville, this county, were shocked yesterday morning when they arose toa find their 6-weeks-old baby lying in theS bed dead. Inc little body was quite cold, showing that death had taken place some hours before.
 The cause of the childs death is un< known. When the parents retired at night the child seemed to be In the best of health and during the night it did not cry or make any noise to arouse it's parents.
 Mrs. Sarah Winton fell deal while doing her work about her home, near Priceville, this county. Heart disease, together with ,old ago.. is supposed to have been the cause of her death
 Mrs. Winton was about 70 years old and had lived in the Priceville neighbor- hood for helf century or more She was one of the best known and most high ly respected women of that community. She leaves six children. Her husband died some years ago.
 The Rev. J. A. Evans of New Decatur went to Priceville, this county, the other night to preach. When he entered the pulpit and opened his Bible to select his text he was greatly shocked and sur prised when deck of playing cards and four dice fell out of the bible and scat tered all over the floor.
 Notices are posed at the gate of the I,OuisvilIa and Nashville railroad shons in New Decatur saying that these shops will be closed on March il, IS, 20 and 31
 This Is done to cut expenses, the oom- pany claiming that this Is necessary on account of adverse legislation and the slackness of business. Some of the switch crews here have been laid off also on account of the falling off in business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08
HUNTING HEIRS IF
 WEALTHY MAN
Valuable Estate Is Left to Sons
 of an Old Printer
PONTOTOc CASE SETTLED
Frisco Files Another Big Equipment MoFtgage-Chancell Woods Re- nomination Has Not Yet
 Been Confirmed.

Jackson, Miss, March 7.--(Special )--E. l.. Kelly of Chicago was in Jackson to- day hunting heirs of Charles WinlSley, a printer who lived ia Jackson many years and sleeps the long sleep in Greenwood cemetery. Winkley left three sons who are entitled to $4O,0O0 each from the es- tate of their grandfather in England. They left here years ago and one is In the Klondyke, one in California and another is a printer in St. Louis.
 MT. Kelly, son of brother of Charles WinlSley, has been to England, proved his identity and Is now after signatures of members of the family, all of whom he has located except the three sons of Winkley. While here he visited the graves of Charles Winkley and wife and deposited sufficient money in bank to erect new monument. The family went from here to Birmingham and one of the sons, now dead, was police justice of that city.
 Attorney General Fletcher states he is satisfied the disagreements between the state and the Mobile, Jackson and Kan sas City railroad, pending in the United OtdtCS SuplSluo COurI, ana WHICH lHe state has won in all state courts, will be settled in few days satisfactorily to all concerned. The agreement is that the railroad shall build a spur track, standard gauge, from it's main line to the old depot site in Pontotoc and run or back all trains thereto. This has been agreed to the citizens of Pontotoc, and the negotiations are closed save for a few matters of detail which had to be referred by Superintendent Owens to headquarters in New York.
 The Frisco railroad company has filed another big equipment mortgage with the secretary of state of Mississippi all railroads are required to do when they purchase rolling stock on credit. This mortgage Is for s743,690 and covers a purchase of engines from Bernham, Williams & Company. There are 20 con soidation locomotives, ten 10-wheel pas- senger engines, ten 6-wheel freight or switch engines, 45 in all.
 Two or thee days since Governor Noel sent to the senate the name of Chancel- Tor T. A. Wood of Gulfport, as his own successor in the Eighth chancery district, but he has not yet been confirmed. Judge Wood admits a big fight being made on him by certain interests in his section, but is confident of defeating all opposition in due time. His is the only nomination that has not been confirmed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-08

J. w. Whorton, a prominent business man of this city, died at o'clock this morning. While not in robust heath for some years his last illness was of but d few days duration. The deceased came here some years ago from Cherokee coun- ty and together with his sons engaged in the drug business. The business has been prosperous from its inception. MT. Whorton was a lifelong member of the Baptist church and in every way an up- right, model citizen. He is survived by a wife and five children.
 F. R. Allison, local insurance man, has been honored with the position of general manager of the State Mutual Life Insurance company of Rome, Ga. MT. Allison will have his offices at Macon, Ga. He has been with the com pany since it began business as a field man and has made an enviable record as a producer of high-class business. In the 29 days of last month he wrote over $200,000 Of new business which has rarely, if ever, been equalled by any soliciting agent. He will remove his family to Macon next week.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
A TRICK OF MEMORY.
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Memory is one of the most useful
and least trustworthy of our faculties.
Il mind it weel, but haze ma doots o.
ma mindt' said a canny Scotehman in
the witness box. A wholesome charity
for the mistakes of others was learned
by certain woman from her own ex-
perience. She was about to cross the
continent for a three months visit.
On the day of her departure she went
to the safety deposit vault where she
kept her yaluables, and said to the
manager that she wanted to take her
box, with its contents, TO her lawyers
office for an hour. Could he arrange
that for her? The manager assented,
and wrapped the box In a newspaper.
that 1t might make an inconspicuous
bundle.
The day passed and the woman did
not return. The next morning, inquiry
revealed the fact that she had gone on
her journey. The manager was curious
enough to ask her lawyer If he knew
N%-S tNAAiS dOO0l lDG UOA
She left here intending to take it
directly to YOU" said the lawyer.
That was enough TO justify a tele-
gram, as soon as the woman had reach
ed her destination, six days later. Tel
egram: Where did you put your safe
ty deposit box?" Answer: SIN the
vault where it belonged" Telegram !:
1T is not there. Return at once"
Another week passed in wretched
suspense for everyone concerned. When
the woman arrived, she was in a state
of nervous rage, and ready to accuse
the officials of every crime in the cal
endar. She declared she had driven
straight from her lawyer to the vault.
The manager had himself let her in,
and talked with her. Her story was
complete in all its details But the
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records of the deposit company did not
slbstantiate 1t. That cast doubt enough
on it so that it seemed worth while
to look up the cabman who had driven
the woman on that fateful day.
He was found He remembered the
circumstance well.
Had he any recollection of stopping
anywhere else? Scratching his grizzled
head he slowly retraced the course,
and then said, why, yes! We stopped
at the 4bakeshop on the corner OF Sd
street, and you went i'm
Here was the clew. A hasty visit TO
the bakery revealed the newspaper bum
die tucked away on a high shelf, with
its precious contents undisturbed.
There it had stood for fortnight
while woman and a half-doZen men
were staying awake by night and fret
ting by day, accusing each other of
lying and stealing, all because one
woman's intention got ahead of her
performance and imprinted lie on
the tablets of her memory Youths
Companion.
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account of i'll health. While he was Ill
be did various things to while away
the time. One day he started to build
toy cathedral patterned after a pie
ture he saw in a magazine. His build
Ing materials were matches and glue
his tools a pocket knife and a glue
brush. The plan was laid out for
building IA feet high. IA feet long and
q feet wide, He worked with remark
able patience. oftentimes putting in al
his waking hours at his task. After
two years of almost continuous appli-
cation the job was finished.
The walls of the cathedral, the tow
ers and turrets, the galleries and slee-
pies, the ornaments are of match
es. 1t took more than 100000 match
es to build the church and more than
100 pounds of glue used in Fastening
the 100000 matches securely.-NeR
York Press
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Farm Hints.

An ounce of reconciliation over 3
lire fence is better than a pound of law
suit
The horse is mans best friend, there
fore he is deserving of friends treat
ment.
Don't forget that the barnyard ma.
nure is the best all-round fertilizer you
can obtain.
Pasture makes the cheapest hog feed
on the farm and clover makes the best
hog pasture.
Don't let money act as a paddock or
your heart and shut in all the kindness
and happiness
The burning OF straw and stalks. ex.
cept in special cases, is n wasteful prac
tiee and has no place in judiclous farm
ing.
Every farm should have a pair Of
scales 1t is the only way for the
farmer to know exactly where ht
stands In his buying and selling,
Farm machinery put In repair before
the busy season opens means money il
the pocket. When 1t Is put away II
the fall Is a better time for repairing
The man who keeps his troubles t
himself is better thought of than ht
who burdens his nelghbors with them
The nelghbers have their own trouble,
to think about
Little things on the farm amount L
as much in the end as they do in any
other business, yet the farmer as a rul,
does not pay as much attention to de
tails as does the city business man.
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quite correct" she beamed, with def.
mite finality, ''and one might just as
well be out of the world as out of tba
style, you know. OF course they're
sweet and pretty ami fragrant. and all
that" she said, giving them a vigorous
shake, as though they needed a course
in gymnastics. 'But who wants any.
thing like that, indeed?
'0h. yes, sometimes some men. the
old-fashioned kind, that wear silk hats
and say thank you,' occasionally buv
them, and then. too, when a girl is in
mourning and can't wear anything
else, there is slight demand, but to
send yiolets to girl"-she held up her
hands in horror
"Why. I am sure she'd give them 70
the cook
.'Well, what do they like?" l asked.
For answer was treated to a glance
that would have been a credit to an
emigrant inspector.
"Like?'' echoed sharp-eyed Sybf
why, anything that stands out, shows
off; lets everybody know that you're
wearing them, speaks for themselves;
that's what they want"
She swept by bower of roses. dusky
with velvet beauty, and pointed to
great patch of gaudy orchids.
There! there! !" she exclaimed
That's the kind that makes the hit;
just look at them. There won't be one
left after the ball tonight. OF course
I'll have to fall back on the roses to
help out, but It'll be those bright ones
there" she pointed to crimson blot
staining some snow-white hyaclnths In
the case beyond 'You know" she con
fded. Il do believe some girls would
wear sunfiowers If they were only fash
ionable. Those chrysanthemums and
bright flowers do make an awful hit,
and as for orchids followed her
forefnger trying to find some mythical
meaning other than a loud plea for
dollars and cents. Those, of course,
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milk should not be left standing In this
sun a minute after the milkmar
leaves it.
New Farm Products.

new EaPm PEOnuEf8.
Alfalfa was an unknown crop a few
years ago. Now it is one of the most
reliable and profitable of Texas crops
1t has not been long since the onion
was produced only in few short row.
for family use. Now the onion crop Is
one of Texas best advertisements The
effort to raise for the market me
dicinal plants began with one enter.
prising citizen Of Grayson County only
few years ago. Now this line is be
ing taken up and will be carried on fol
all 1t Is worth The list is growing
longer, and the prices of cotton and
they used to be, and the man with the
hoe Is growing more independent. The
sugar beet is now being tested. Colo
RADIO holds first place in the production
of beet sugar in the United States
with 422, 1872, $50 pounds OF sugar from
13S, 366,3 500 acres, while Michigan and
California are closely matched for sec.
ond place, producing 165,000.000 and
164.o00.0OO pounds respectively. The
sugar beet crop In this country last
year brought $4,500,00O.
The present year will be an impor.
tant season for experiments with the
sugar beet in Texas. Let the tests be
made under as good conditions as pos.
sible. There Is really no doubt as tc
the results In localities where the sol
Is of the right density and quality
Lands that produce fine crops of beets
of the ordinary variety or the biggest
turnips in the world are quite sure to
break few records in sugar beets II
given fair test-Galveston News.
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Farm Labor.

One of the greatest problems con-
fronting agriculture is competent farm
help that can be secured at a compen-
satlon proportionate to the net earn
tngs for the farmer. Manufactures,
mining and railroads furnish employ
ment to a vast number of workers who
are under trained foremen and their
wages are graduated according to the
amount of product they can turn out
Manufacturers and transportation cor
porations are capitalized and the In
vestment is required to earn fixed
dividend for the stockholders. The
earnings are expected to exceed the
dividends, operating expenses and fixed
charges to create a surplus fund to
conduct affairs In emergencies and dur
ing panics without stopping dividends.
The farmer Is compelled to compete
In the open market for help to conduct
his agricultural operations. While the
farmer is delighted IL his investment
returns a reasonable profit, he has no
recourse If the seasons results are con-
times of financial stringency to protect
stockholders discharges a part of his
force, reduces their wages or runs his
plant on shorter hours. The farmer
can only protect himself from exorbl-
tant wages by the purchase of costly
labor-saving machinery.
The world moves forward and the
higher cost of living, the increase in
value Of farm lands and the higher
prices Of agricultural products will not
soon revert to old low standards. The
farmer will not find cheap labor Of
fered In the market except by ineffi-
Client employees
Agriculture is annually becoming
more Of business proposition and the
standard Of labor advanced on the
farm. The farm laborer must under
stand modern agricultural machinery
and how to operate 1t to obtain employ
1ent. Machinery Is too expensive to
be trusted with inexperienced opera
tors, and the man who can sklllfully
handle modern farm implements Is in
demand on the farm at a wage scale
that viii compare favorably with the
employees in Industrial enterprises.
Farmers are now practical business
men and the majority of them keep
books on farm operations and know the
amount of their profit and loss annual
ly. Farming as a profession is becom-
ing more attractive and diversified and
labor needs to be more skilled to meet
new conditions OF agriculture The In
ducements are potential for young men
to qualify as farm laborers and the
field offers as brilliant prospects as
any other profession. The farmer is
not so much In quest of cheap labor as
efficient help and is willing to pay
wage scale proportionate TO the ability
and proficiency Of the ln5orer as an up
to-date farm hand.-Goodalls Farmer.
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NO LONGER LOVED.
ViOIets Purchased Only by Old-Fash-
toned Men Who Say ''rhank You"


toned Men Who Say ''Thank You"
If a straw may show which way the
wind blows, says a well-known news
paper writer, then a violet may also
serve as vane to indicate the passing
zephyrs of society.
In the present vanishing of the violet
there is no better indicator of this radi-
cal change between the woman our
fathers used to call mother as she
stitched and sewed and smiled upon
her little brood, supremely happy with
the bouquet of violets that sometimes
graeed her gown, and the smart, up-to-
date Mrs. B.
Formerly when flowers were distinct
~ emblematic, deep with esoteric
meaning, there was no greater compli-
ment than to be presented with a bunch
Of violets. Poets the world over. since
Adam delved and Eve went violeting
have rhapsodied over the womanly sig
nifcance of its quiet fragrance. From
first reader ditties about the .'mossy
dell where the humble vlolets grew -
to Napoleon's eloquent tribute as he
plucked it as the springtime emblem of
his return from Elba, and also of To-
sephlne's devotion, everywhere from
garrett TO throne, it has nodded its low
ly head. with a success undreamed Of
by naughty garden beauties. Modestv.
sweetness, innate gentility - these
glowed in the deep blue of each fra
grant messenger. But, gracious alive.
who wants to be that nowadays?
"Violets? Dear me. Don't get those"
said the florist with president glance
like an up-to-date Sybil with a fat bank
account, They're way out of style.
No one ever buys violets any more
They're too little too modest" she
pointed to few meager bouquets that
looked very modest indeed, dropping on
their wilted stems.
They're not half snowy enough. not
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
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b c. This acts as a groove for the
door, a, to slide in. Thus you have S
sliding door, which opens and shuts
with the greatest ease. The front OF
the coop Is inclosed with lath. or mar.
row strips, placed az to inches
apart. The top should be covered with
a good grade of roofing paper to make
1t waterproof. A coop Of this sort
should be to 215 feet long, 16 inches
deep and not less than 20 inches high
while feet would be better.-Richard
Moncure, in Farm and Home.
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CATHEDRAL MADE OF MATCHES

coal miner named Wilhelm Lem
pertz arrived here few days ago with
Cathedral cathedral made of
matches. He came from Port Arthur.
Texas. where he had been employed
until recently. The cathedral repre-
sents two years of Lempertz's labor,
such painstaking labor as few men are
capable of performing.
For 20 years Lempertz has been a
coal miner. He worked in the mines
OF Germany and America, but a few
years ago he had to give up mining on
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
HYMNS you OUGHT TO KNOW


True Worship.
Behold US, Lord, little space
From daily tasks set free,
And met within thy holy place
To rest awhile with thee
Around US rolls the ceaseless tide
OF business, toll and care,
And scarcely can we turn aside
For one brief hour of prayer.
Yet these are not the only walls
Wherein thou mayst be sought;
On homeliest work thy blessing falls
In truth and patience wrought.
Thine is the loom, the forge, the mart,
The wealth of land and sea;
The worlds of science and of art,
Revealed and ruled by thee
Then let us prove our heavenly birth
In all we do and know,
And claim the kingdom of the earth
For thee, and not thy foe.
Work shall be prayer. If all be wrought
As thou wouldst have it done;
And prayer, by thee inspired and taught.
Itself with work be one.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
The Connmmer,r Errnr.

The consumer is often to he blamed
for the milk sourlng quickly. First
class milk left at his house in a clean
bottle and at low temperature may
be sour or or flavor twelve hours later
because it was left standing In warm
kitchen for a few minutes or was
poured into pan that had been
washed IN the dishpan and wiped on
towel that had done service for aI
kinds Of dishes for several days. Also
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15

The Judge and 81 Wheat.
Maud Miller, in the summers heat,
Raked the meadow thick with wheat.
The judge rode slowly down the lane,
Smoothing his horses chestnut name.
with wheat at dollar per-" said he,
This maid is about the size for me-"
Then he smiled at her and she blushed al
him,
And over the meadow fence he elm.
"Will you marry me- sweet maid?" he
said,
And she told him YES" and they were
wed.
Alas for maiden, alas for judge.
For old designer and wheat-feld drudge
Lord pity them both and pity us ALL
For Maud didn't own the wheat at all.
And the judge remarked when he learned
the cheat:
Don't talk to me about dollar wheat"
San Francisco Argonaut
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
HOW Animals Doctor Tn.

How Animals Doctor Themselves.
Man might often take from the lower
animals lesson as to the cure of him
self when Ill, All sorts of animals suf-
fering from fever eat little, lie quiet in
dark, airy places and drink quantities
OF water. When a dog loses his appe-
lite he knows where to lind chiendent
dog grass--which acts as purgative
and emetic. Sheep and cows, when i'll,
seek certain herbs Any animal suffer
ing from chronic rheumatism keeps as
far as possible in the sun. II chin
panzee be wounded he has been seen
to stop the bleeding by plaster OF
chawed up leaves and grass.
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MAN SHOULD DISCOVER.
BY Rev. John R. N

BY Kew. john r. Mackay, Phi. d.
What is written in the lawg How
readest thou?-Luke 1926
Macaulay in one of his reviews says ::
THE deeper and more complex parts
Of human nature can be exhibited by
means of words alone"
To many OF us they are mirrors. his
tories, Every new science adds many
new words to our language. Every
new discovery every war adds few
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in \ of the accompanying illustration
Place the free ends beneath the seat
and under the foot rest In front, letting
the frame extend behiud the buggy. The
trunk or box. explains Prairie Farmer,
can then be placed on the end of the
frame behind the seat of the buggy 1t
should be tied on.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
Improyed Chicken c.op.

The diagram shows convenient way
to make coop for the poultry yard
Of which the special feature is its door
Procure a box of the right dimensions
and saw a hole, d, In one end. Their
strengthen the box with narrow strips
of wood, b c, on each side of the hole
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-05-15
Carrying a Trunk In buggy.

To carry trunk or any bulky ar
ticle In small buggy, make frame
out of two pieces of one and one-half
by two-inch scantlings eight feet long.
Nail board across the ends as shown
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are most expensive, and therefore best
of all.'
"Violets." she shook her head s'beau-
tiful and fragrant and tenderly sincere,
If you like, but old-fashioned, dread
fully old-fashioned, and not even to be
considered, you know"
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CoMBING THE HAIR PICKING IT. AND PACKING FOR MARKET
quality cloth like silk and the skin by
cared for the longer finer and thicker
pleasant
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After an affecting scene at Play
the men all blow their noses Vigorous
Is, and the women pat their eyeS ,
mans way Of crying is TO blow IL
nose.