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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
A PRAYER.

A PRAYER.
 When the shadows creep along the way; Tell me bout the sunshine in the hardest
 kind of rain
 When I'm sad predict a brighter day. Sing me songs of joy and promise when
 the bitter tears
 Well unnoticed to my dimming eyes; Point me to a purpose calling through
 the weary years,
 Lead me ever onward to the skies. Wrap me round with kindliness and
 shield me from the storm. Let me flee the worlds and heaven 5
 wrath;
 Grant me words of hope and cheer and
 love to keep me warm While I struggle on life's rugged path.
 SUGGESTIONS FOR SUMMER. ice man unless it happens to be the aft ernoon. Then act accordingly. Never sit in a hammock by yourself It shows a lack of enterprise and personal attraction.
 In mopping your face preface the oper- ation with a humorous remark, such as. q wouldn't be surprised to see it snow before tomorrow morning." If you are at a summer resort always refer to your salary as your income.  If you can't afford a vacation console yourself by boosting your town as a summer resort. Some people talk that way until they almost believe what they are saying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Wanted by the socialistlabor party a presidential candidate who will stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

National ticket No was put in the field yesterday, and Mo- will be due July 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

The Newport millionaires are begin ming to pay off their back grocery bills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Receive what cheer you may: The night Is long that never finds a day. Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Senator Jonathan Bourne and his second elective term have subsided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

The early election bet is party maneuvre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
THE MONoToNoUs RICH.
MONTHLY PAYMENTS.


 MONTHLY PAYMENTS. guess I must be easy
 For that's the way it looks. I've purchased on tn installment plan Another set of books. SURE ENOUGH ROUGH RIDING. 'The jokes about Rough Riders who got their training in trolley cars and rail- load trains don't have very much weight with me"
 Proceed"
 Mot when recall the first time tried to ride plantation mule without a ss dlel'
 DISCRETION.
 Though Do it Now
 Is good advice,
 Don't wed unless
 You have the price. John Hays Hammond is reported III. Politics?
 A Birmingham dentist sprained his back yesterday trying to sidestep a woman's hat.
 There are high-rolling young men In town who spend as much as $1.S0 in the course of an evening visiting the moving picture shows with their best girls. A lucky Massachusetts girl has married a plumber. She will have some fine clothes next winter, all right. When is a lady?" asks Rose McRae. When 1t isn't necessary for her to say so. At St. Louis man killed his wife for spending 90 cents. The poor woman prob ably saw something marked down from S1.00 PAUL COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

the following lines from the ''Funnybonc' man of the Louisville Courier Journal will explain matters:
 A SMALL PLEA. I'll admit that Burns and Poe could write
 better verse than mine. Hut I cannot spend, you know, hours in
 touching up a line. When the wares I have to vend do not
 please you much, I pray That you'll recollect, my friend, I must
 do this every day. Il admit that Pope and Keats make of
 me an also ran; But I have to earn my eats, and I do
 the best I can. When some fault you have to find, think
 I am outclassed by Gray, Kindly stop and bear in mind that I do
 this every day.
 THE MONoToNOUS RICH. "rhe most commonplace crowd I ever saw"
 You don't tell mel" Why every man on board was a mill lionairel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Kern at any rate is not an Indiana Kernel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
PROSE.

PROSE. T believe you," said the dear girl. 'T really do believe you" and her voic 2 trembled slightly. He had not declared his love. He had merely remarked that the weather was warm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

There are times when the daily rhyming bard perpetrates some fearful stuff. He knows it as well as you do. Perhaps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

Never sit in a hammock by yourself It shows a lack of enterprise and personal attraction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
SUGGESTIONS FOR SUMMER.

Always say Good morning" to the ice man unless it happens to be the aft ernoon. Then act accordingly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17

In mopping your face preface the oper- ation with a humorous remark, such as. q wouldn't be surprised to see it snow before tomorrow morning.,
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

seemed to lose ali annette for lions
and tigers In their wild state. for he
started for n tree and told mo TO
climb up. too. Well. II took Pm ouI,c
n while TO get up on n limb hut no
and I was RICH, with him. and PA
looked n, the animals crecpInp nm 10
the gas bag. and he said: "pub tho
success OF this expedition viii be act.
tied right here II that lion drinks nny
OF the gasoline"
v,.u ,... .. AL ,,
WI, . nav. 80. .".s craving
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
Tho Criminal Face.

In an address to the Ethnolosical
society OF England on the right
method OF dealing with crime and
criminals. Sir Robert Anderson, late
chief OF the criminal investigation de-
partment at Scotland Yard. referring
to the so-called criminal type Of face.
said that on one occasion when Max
Nordau visited him he put before him
two photographs which we're SO
covered that only the faces were Wis.
ible. One was that OF DR.. Temple,
then archbishop OF Canterbury, and
the other that of Raymond. the prince
OF criminals OF his time. The arch.
bishops face. said Sir Robert, when in
ropose had an expression which might
almost be termed sinister. Raymond
had remarkably kindly, intelligent
face. Max Nordau, who was told that
one OF the two photographs was that
OF q prominent English public man.
would not express any opinion a. 70
the types.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
Had Its ADVANTAGE.

Jefferson D. Thompson, the chair
man Of the Vanderbilt cup commission.
was criticizing at a dinner in New
York a new motor car of rather dubi-
ous type.
Even the advantages claimed for
this car" said Mr.. Thompson, appear
dubious to me. Take that vauntef
feature, for instance, Of excessive light
aeSs.
Mr. Thompson smiled.
"a young lady" he said, "once
showed me proudly very cheap, very
light Car that she had just bought.
lawfully light isn't it?' said 1.
YES said she. isn't it splendid!
Whenever it breaks down We can al
ways push 1t home"
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

make gas enough to more than half
fill it, and it wouldn't fly, but we got
some tigers and big lion, all right.
We took the airship out on an open
prairie and built a fire to make the
gas for the balloon, and Pa made
everybody stay away from it EXCEPT
me, and when We got it inflated we
were to blow horn, and the people
We wanted to go along could come,
but the crowd of workers and negroes
must stay back, so as not to scare
the animals, and be ready to bring
cages up when we blew the horn three
consecutive times.
We were not looking around much,
but just paying attention to our gas,
and steering it into the gas bag, and
we had got the bag about half full,
and it was lying on the grass like a
big whale that has died at sea and
foated ashore, and we were busy
thinking of how We would sail over
the veldt and have our cowboy rope
a few lions and choke them into sub.
mission. when | happened to look
around towards the jungle, and there
were two tigers crawling through the
grass towards the gas bag. and lion
walking right towards it as though
he was saying to the tigers: All,
g'wan, saw it first" and rhinoceros
was roofing along like big hog,
right towards us. told Pa to look
out, and when he saw the animals he
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
GLOW Of Health Speaks for Postum

II requires no scientific training TO
discover whether coffee disagrecs or
not.
Simply stop II for limo and uso
Postum In place OF Il. then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will appear.
six years ago | was In n very bad
condition." writes n Tenn. lady. Il sui.
sered from Indigestion. nervousness
and insomnia.
Il was then an invetcrate coffee
drinkcr. but 1t was long before could
be persuaded that It was coffee that
hurt me. Finally decided to leave Il
on few days and find out tho truth.
THE FIRST morning ! left OF coffee
had q raging headache. 80 l decided I
must have something to take tho place
OF coffee" tTho headache was caused
by tho reaction OF tho cotIco drug
caiYcInc.)
Having heard OF Postum through Q
friend who used Il. I bought q package
and tried II. did not like Il ut frst
but after l learned how 10 mako II
right. according TO directions on pkg,
! would not change back TO coffee for
anything.
when began TO usc Postum I
weighed only III lbs. Now weigh
ITO and NJ hnvo not taken any tonic
IN that time can only attribute my
recovery Of good health TO tho uso Of
Postum In place Of coffee.
my husband says I am . living id.
La 81 h...
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
HE SAILS WITH
THE EXPEDITION

don't know whether I like the eli.
mate Of South Africa or not, but you
can have any kind of climate you are
looking for. from the Alaska kind to
the tropical kind, the same day.
think 1t is the climate that makes
all the animals SO mad. One minute
= lion or tiger may be lolling with
his tongue out. fighting flies and
scratching fleas. and the next minute
there are icicles on his mustache,
and he has to crawl into a hole in the
ground to keep from freezing.
These natives beat me. They do
not wear any clothes except a dolly.
made of bark or grass, over their
loins, and from the dolly above and
below, their skin is bare, and they
ought to be arrested for disorderly
conduct and exposure, but their skin
is thick and w-rty like rhinoceros,
and when 1t freezes it looks like
picked pigs feet
One man We have hired to help cap.
ture animals is native chief with
80 wives, and he has brought them all
to camp with him, and We have to
feed them. and 1t Is rumored the
women all have their caps set for Pa,
II the husband dies, and Pa is afraid
they will kill their old man and select
Pa to fill the vacancy, that being the
unwritten law that mans wives can
select a husband.
Gee, II had to be a stepson to all
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

gas bag and acted as though he was
not going to let the tigers have all
the good stuff and pretty soon we
could see from up the tree that they
were being overcome by the fumes,
and Pa said in about four minutes we
would have a mess Of animals chloro-
formed good and plenty, and we would
60 down and hobble them and hog
them like they do cattle on the ranch
es. What bothered us about going
down the tree was the rhinoceros that
was coming roofing along, but after
a while he came up and smelled Of the
gasoline can, tipped 1t over, and as
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
Records for the Mile.

Electric locomotive, p seconds, 1903.
Automobile, 2Sla seconds. 1906.
Motor-paced cycle, l minute, 6 Is
seconds, 1904.
Bicycle, unpaced. l minute, 40 IS
seconds, 1904.
Running horse, l minute, 35la sec
onds, 1890.
Pacing horse. minute, So seconds,
1906
Trotting horse, | minute, 5Sia Sec
onds, 1905.
Man skating, minutes. Sc seconds.
1896.
Man running. 4 minutes, 1923. SEQ
onds, 1890.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
IL Reminded Him.

Nick Altrock, one Of the real funny
actors on the ball field. boarded at
the same hotel with "Jiggs" Donohue
last winter and one morning at tho
breakfast table in conversation with
"Jiggs," said:
The buclIwheat cakes at this hotel
rcminl me Of baseball game"
Flows that" asked Donohue.
THE batter doesn't always make a
Washington Star.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
More Proof Of His Wisdom

Homer Davenport, the cartoonist.
was talking at his Morris Plains stock
farm about Arabian horses. OF which
he makes a specially.
"They must be treated kindly" he
said. Never blow OF the whip.
That would drive them mad with rage
and humiliation.
Animals. like children. must BE-
kindly treated. blow spells all"
But as regards children. you
know" the reporter objected. didn't
Solomon say: Spare the rod and
spoil tho child?'"
"Ah. yes" said Mr.. Davenport. but
he didn't say II Till after he had grown
I'D"
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

those 60 senegambIans that look like
monkeys In the face and when on
dress parade like oxen. ! should die.
or they would. II ! could ind enough
ehloroform TO go around.
Well. Pa is trying his best to save
the life OF THAT husband OF the 60 wives
and every time one OF the wives pats
Pa on the back or chucks him under
the chin he has chill. aud I know
DO will do something desperate II they
get after him In fiocks.
suppose I ought not TO have done
Il, but I told one OF the wives who I'M
derstands = little English that PA
liked to be Rugged and squeezed. and
held on the girls laps. so when We
get through our work Mt night and
sit around tho camp fire they take
turns holding Pa on their laps. and
he thinks one Of the women broke one
Of bis ribs hugsing him. cause they
are strong ~ giants, and have ter
rible squeeze.
told one Of them she could make
herself solid with Pa n she could gel,
him Q nice long snake. 30 she went
OF into tho jungle alone and came
back dragging n snake more than 20
feet long. and put II In PAS tent when
he was asleep. When Pa woke up In
the morning and found the snake
coilsd upon his blanket he threw a
az and went to the doctor and got
some medicine for chills and fever.
and W put the snake into . cage to
sell 70 . menaserie.
The old airship got In its work the
erst time We tried Il. though We didn't
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

The kidney secretions passed irregu-
larly with pain, and bloated badly.
My head swan and spots fitted before
my eyes. One doctor said l was in
durable. However. found prompt re-
lief when l started using Doan's Kid
ney Pills, and the troubles I have re-
lated gradually disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. SOC box. Eos.
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
And Then Pa Told Me to Blow the
Horn for the Cages to Be Sent Out.

WV
the gasoline trickled ont on the ground
he laid down and rolled in II lilo a
big pig, and after he had got well
soaked in gasoline he rolled near tho
fire. and in a minute he was all
ablaze and about the scaredest rbino.
ceros that ever roamed the nrairie
When the fire began to scorch his
hide he let out a below that could
be heard a mile and started towards
the camp on a gallon. looking like a
barn afire, and Pa said now was the
time to capture our sleeping animals.
so we Skinned down the tree and found
the lion dead to the world and we
tied his feet together and nut a bag
over his head. and then climbed over
the gas bag and found the two tigers
sleeping as sweetly as babes, and I
held their legs together while Pa tied
all four legs SO tight they couldn't
move a muscle. and then Pa told mo
to blow the horn for the cages to be
sent ont.
Gee. but was proud OF that morn.
ing's work. two tigers and n lion with
no more danger than shooting cats
on n back fence with n bean snapper.
and Pa and I shook hands and patted
each other on the hack told Pa ho
was n wonder. and that Mr., Hagen.
bach would probably make him n gen.
eral In the Prussian army hut pa
looked modest and said. IAN 4, needs
is brain and sand to overcome the ter.
rors of the Jungle" and inst then wa
saw the cages coming across the yeldt
and Pa said: Now, when the boys
come up with the cages you nut one
foot on the lion and strike an attitude
like a lion tanner. and l will play with
the tigers"
When the cages came IN I was on
to my Job all right. and the boys gave
me three cheers. and they asked
where Pa was. and pointed to tho
center OF the gas bag and said Pa
was in there having little fun with
mess OF tigers. and when they
walked over the bIlowy gas bag they
found Pa with one OF the tigers that
had partly come to playing with him
and chewing his pants. but they res.
cued PA. and In few minutes they
had our three animals In the cages,
and We started for camp. Pa walking
behind tho cages with his coat over
his arm. telling young Hagcnbach tho
confoundcdcs, story about how he
subducd the animals by lust HYPNOTIC.
Ing them. and never said word. A
boy that will not stand up for his
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
Hiuh Diplomacy,

Mrs. Gramercy-You look all tired
out.
Mrs. Park-lt's no wonder. It's SO
trying to find out from your friends
what they'd like to have for Christ
mas without conveying the impression
that they may expect 1t from you
Smart Set.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
Work Does II,

"Contentment is not good thing"
said Mrs. Wilkins Freeman at a dinner
in New York. mot contentLlent, but
dissatisfaction is what causes prog
ress in the world"
She smiled
III We look for the contented man."
she said, 1--WE usually find him asleep
when he ought to be at work"
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

ago l contracted Sc
we're kidney trouble
and my back began
to ache continually.
Every day it seemed
worse. The least
pressure on my back
tortured me, and l
could not stoop with
out a bad twinge.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
A Scientific Theory.

Now they claim that the human
body contains sulphur"
an what amount"
"Oh, in varying Quantities"
well, that may account for some
girls making better matches than 9th
ers."
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
A Schenc2

"a certain girl agreed to marry n
man in case Taft was nominated.
Now, OF course. she has to make good.
What do you think of that?"
81 think that girl was playing very
safe"
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

You'll never catch on II YOU don't
try: and after catching on. don't be
afraid TO let go. II necessary.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05
sEEMED WORSE EVERY DAY.
A Dangerous Case Of Kidney Com
plant and How II Was Checked.

Mrs. Lucy Quebeck, Mechanic ST.,
Hope Valley. R. l., says: Eight years
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-12-05

Fortune Teller-This line here
shows that you will die in a year
Client-Good heavens, In year?
"Hm-yes-but in which year I
can't quite tell you"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-03
BIG GAME IN ZAMRESI.
Sportsmans Paradise, Says a Man
Who Crossed the Country.

Il consider Central Africa to be the
sportsman's paradise" said J. J. Eey-
nard of the Cape to Carlo telegraph
construction staff. Mr.. Raynard, who
had come down to Cape Town for a
short visit has been for 10 years N the
various British portions Of Central
Africa south and north Of the Zamh"si.
Game is 50 PLENTIFUL" he said, that
in passing VIII lands, have seen Gland.
zebra, hartebecste, reedbuck and rhino
grazing together while hippo are p'fSl-
tlIll in almost all rivers. / have my
self shot six Of these in one hunt. all
the meat being saved for the camp by
tile natives, who dry what they do not
eat.
Lions are as common as lackaiS,
and thcir roaring at night around the
hunters camp is constant, but they arc
not Frequently sccn, and it is far safer
to travel through the weld than by riN-
er. where luri the dreaded crocodile.
If the sportsman takes the train IN the
dry season to Broken Hill, the present
terminus II the line. he will find all
the sport he requires.
Mr.. Heynard himself q striking ad-
vcrtisIncnt Of the salubrity of the eli
mate. is strongly Of opinion that the
elevated portions Of the vast inland
territory will carry Europeans.
Eur poan children. in the country.
he said, are very healthy, and though
there are not many European women
those who are there appear to thrive.
You must understand, however, that
the stations are 100 miles apart, and
that all travelling is done with the help
Of native rCrteTs. The travellers loads
are carried on the heads Of tn porters
shoulders in the machila." \ manchil-
la. it may bn explained. is kind OF
litter. A lady traveller who recently
! published book on her journAyings
! between lie Cape and Cairo was sc
carried nearly all the way.
! Note .hat Mr.. Reynard referred tc
I the 'elevatcd parts Of the country
not the. river valleys. in his remark up
| Oh the saubrity of the climate.
| THE natives" he says, "are' ex-
cecdingly loyal people. more especially
! in the British portions Of Central Afri-
! ca known as Northeastern Rhodesia
/ and Nyassaland Proctectorate. During
many years residence in the country
! during which / have Travelled many
thousands Of miles, / have never me-
with ninsolent chief. The European
traveller on approaching a kraal is me
a, the village by the chief and is point
ell out the best site for his camp, while
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-03
Rust Proof Coating for Iron.

For several years past scientific papers
throughout thr county have contained
articles commenting upon the inability Of
zinc a. coating to protect modern steel
anC ir"n prnd1lcts fcr any lcngth Of time
from rust Agricultural papers have been
"ondcmnng Zimc-coVercd or galvanized
fenc" Wire. and the trade is ready for
something to take It's place.
A process has recently been discovered
~ 2 Mirneapnlis inventor for producing
coating which has the characteristics of
lcaC in resisting acids. and tie character
isiics Of zinc in resisting r1lsting action.
H found that his electrical process en-
ables him to make an alloy Of lead and
zirc which is decidedly positive to iron.
Only fraction of one per cent. Of zinc
VIII permanently alloy with lead when
employing methods hitherto in use, and
such a small fraction of zinc does not al
ter the negative potential in the lead His
method provides q sufficiently large per
cert. Of lsad in the alloy.
The process consists of passing heavy
electric current through comparatively
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-03
THE TRANSMISSION LINE.

The transmission line is about 40
mile, in length and is erected on the
same poles as the trolley wire for about
2S miles of it's entire length. the re-
mainder passing over highways and
nrivate lands around cities and towns.
The line consists of three strand aluml-
mum wire arranged in the form of an
eol1ilateraI triangle with 4S-inch sides,
and snpported on Thomas porcelain in
sulators.
To prevent induction troubles in ad
iacent telephone lines the transmission
line was transposcd every one-tourtn
mile. Four -by-flve-inch spruce cross
arms. treated with carbOlincum. We're
used throughout for the two bottom
wires and a galvanized iron ridge iron
fer the top wire.
The insulators, which screw on WOOD
en- pins. are secured to the cross arms
ana ridge iron by a 5-S-inch steel bolt
which passes through short wooden
pin and porcelain base. 1t may pc no.
ted in passing that each Of the lnsuia-
tore carrying rhe wires Of the trans
mission line costs the lewiston Angus
ia e Watervile Street Railway just
81 80 AS there are three of them on a
pole. the public can form slight con-
| Ception Of the cost of erecting the line
nefore a wheel has turned in the power
station to send the precious Juice" tc
| thc transformer stations. where ii Is
made available for use on the trolley
wire. Cedar poles. varying in heigh;
| from So to 50 feet, were used for the en-
| tire Zine. These poles cost from 81 tc
| sl Zach in the rough and about $. when
erected.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-03

chelsea. Windsor. Whitefeld Jefferson
and Wadoboro to Warren, is roughly
% miles, and the country that would
be traversed is some of the richest
farming land in the state.
While the proposed line from Bangor
to Watervllle is still far-aWay
proposition. yet a single turn of affairs
might make it matter Of Immediate
ConCc m.
The dreams" of the Graham syndl-
cate are in no sense visionary. They
are the outcome of great far-sighted
n,ss and constructive imagination, and
from the plans and enterprises Of these
great road builders depends much OF
the prosperity of Maine for years te
rNnC.