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presents itself is that of self-support There are w
who having lost all respect for and confidence in tb
husbands continue to live with them because thew nv
fer to suffer the loss Of their ideals to their weekly ~
Both these varieties Of wives would be bigb
scandalized If they heard themselves classified AZ nm
ideal. Yet they
The woman who becomes mans wife without ov,n,
him sells him gold brick What a man wants in
wife not to receive and out his laund
not even some to feed him his favore dishes and
give him appendicitis He wants sympathy and dsn
terested affection And the fact that a woman is wlin
to marry him he takes indication that she is will
ing to give them to him. Half the monsters of ncon
stancy" that tell each other much about or.
made by lack of understanding and sympathy at homo
The other half are not material for marriage.
Rightly interpreted and rightly lived by two peono
marriage is the noblest occupation in which woman
participate But contracted continued in merely
for living, it is about the well as the least
remunerative thing she do.
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sUPPosEs SUN Is CoLoRED.

Change the Aspects of Nature.
A German astronomer has recently
published some interesting observations
on the theoretical effects Of a change
in the color of the sun. 1t is amusing
to consider the possibilities if the sun
were green, blue or red instead of what
it is. If it were blue there would be
only two colOrs in the wOrld-blue and
black. If it were red then everything
would be red or black. If it were well
low everything would be yellow or
black. Everyone knows that the light
Of the sun consists Of six colors, and
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the reason things are different hues il
that some swallow up five of the colors
and reflect only one Thus primroses
are yellow because they absorb all but
the yellow, roses red because they alb
sOrb all but the red, violets purple be
cause they absorb everything but red
and blue, a mixture of which two col
ors forms purple.
In the event of the sun being red
roses, blood, red ink and all other
things that are now red would reflect
it. So also would snow, the lily and
all things that are now white, but these
would, Of course, be red. Everything
else would swallow up the red light
and appear quite black. Grass, fol-
instance, would be black as ink, and
so would the blue of the sky, but the
white clouds would be red. The same
kind of thing would happen if the sun
were blue. Everything now blue or
white would be blue. The grass this
time would be blue, not black, for II
reflects both blue and yellow. Hair
would be all black, the red of the lips
would be black and the rest of the face
would be cloudy blue.
If the sun were green there would
be little variety. Things that are
now yellow would still be yellow, things
that are blue would be blue and things
that are green would still be green but
there would be no reds, puppies, orange
pinks or any Of those CHEEKY hues that
make the world look so bright.
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Uncle SANS Best Customer.

1t was in the fall of 1888 that Thorn
as Jefferson wrote to James Monroe
then President:
''Great Britain is the nation which
can do us the most harm Of any one
or all OIL earth, and with her on our
side we need not fear the whole world
With her, then, we should most sedu
lousy cherish a cordial friendship
That's as sound advice In 1906 as ii
was in 1923. Witness certain figures
just sent out by the Department OF
Commerce. They show that we are
doing more business with Great Brit.
ain than with any other country. Our
trade with the United Kingdom in the
fiscal year 1905 was more than one.
fourth of our entire external trade; II
was in the close neighborhood Of $780,.
OOO, OOO-Hartford Courant-
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- Science
|ss;9eeeklnvention

The railroads OF the United States
used 1S,S55,691 barrels of oil for fuel
in 1907, an increase Of over 100000
barrels over the preceding year.
The United States produced 51,72O,-
619 long tons of iron ore, valued at
$131 ,966, 147 at the mines, last year.
according to the geological survey.
The addition of three drops of mer-
curry to each ounce of common solder
will make a solder fusing at low
temperature for united soft metals.
For the benefit of outdoor workers
who must have their hands free, q
German inventor has brought out q
tent-shaped umbrella that straps to the
shoulders.
A German chemist having found q
way to utilize the common potato in
stead Of wood for lead pencils, fac
tory in that country is turning out 49,
600 pencils daily.
A group of Pennsylvania capitalists
Is planning to operate trackless troll
ley line from Chattanooga, Tenn, to
the top of Welden's ridge, Tenn, a dis
lance of fifteen miles.
Washington is the only one of the
Pacific coast States in which coking
coal is known to occur. Its coke pro-
duction last year totaled 52O9S tons.
an increase over 1906 Of 6,3S8 tons.
For long time past scientific OBJ
servations~ in various parts of the
world have shown a tendency on the
part of glaciers to recede. This has
been particularly noted In the Alps.
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e South Side. What followed +

on the South Side What followed /
not an unusual occurrence in the NOV
ing business, especially when it ha,
been preceded by so many upheavals
One morning the wife sent call fol
a secret service wagon, with the Ordel
that the goods should be deposited
here and stored in the name Of third
party.
What is the secret service wagon
1t is just plain black wagon with NJ
name upon it which we send instead o.
van. We have from twenty-five t.
fifty Of these calls, generally for thu
same reason, in the course Of year
They are so common at times that w,
have to keep at least two or thre,
wagons always available. We keep al
ordinary single box wagon, the larg
black one, and an immense truck, al
Of them unlettered, ready for this pur
pose. If they are not all needed thu
truck has the firms sign hung over thu
side of it and it is pressed into service
in the ordinary way"
The whole appearance Of the litth
household outfit within made eloquen
protest against the use of the blacl
wagon. There was cozy dining room
table and serving table. There was al
artistic reading lamp with soft ros
shade. There was compact little re
frigerator, bright, new, tin wash boil
err, and next to it chair with pinl
satin upholstery. The pink satin par
ticularly, with it's delicate pOmpadou
wreath, seemed to appeal patheticall.
against the haste with which it hat
been hurried out and it's inglorious i'm
prisonment.
"Oh, yes, it is a common story
said the mover. "a week ago Saturda.
night we had request for Wagon
to be sent Sunday morning. 1t wa'
to come at half-past II, not a minute
earlier and not a minute later. 1t die
not make any difference what it cost
there must be enough men to have tn,
goods out before 1 o'clock. We SEN
six men, and the goods were loaded ant
the wagon was a mile away in an houl
and a quarter. The man or the woman
whichever it was, who came back from
church that day found an empty house
and a missing mate. There are few
Of them who play fair when it comes
to dividing up the goods"
foi, 1iri6inn fh.
goods-what was that about couple
who did play fair?-'You must TAKE
the lamp, Joe, and those were you
mothers spoons, you know No, !
couldn't take the spoons, after seeing
you with them, Alice, and Of course yot
must have the bookcases you will neet
them for all Of your books But Alic,
was crying, and it turned out that there
was no divorce. Perhaps if they woult
all play fair about dividing up the
goods there would not be so many
"What was that? 1 beg your par
don. You were saying"
THAT we take the name off thu
harness also. 1t is on little piece or
the top Of the collar. When this il
done there isn't sign or hint where
the wagon belongs. Sometimes, too
the men are not even allowed to know
where it is going until they get thu
order the last minute. Then it Is al
easy matter and means only little BIT
Of money to tell them to keep STILL
Chicago Tribune.
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I'll. In.unerable Anticipation.

A young Scotch emigrant was
brought before the magistrate OF O
Nova Scotia court, charged with hav'
ing deserted his work on q certain
farm without giving due notice to his
EMPLOYER. When asked what he had
to say in his defense, he replied, "Weel
they gied me nout but brakeshaw to
eat" Bradshaw, it may be explained
is the flesh Of animals which have died
a natural death.
"How was that?" asked the magis'
trate.
"Weel, it was this way. Ye ken. the
auld COO deed an we ate it, the auld
steg (gander) deed an we ate OF, the
auld 500 (sow) deed an we ate it, the
aud bubblejock deed an we ate it
Then the old woman deed-an' I left.
-Bellman.
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consecratng herself her children in their infancy and
the father supplementng the mothers vigilance soon
as their children out of the nursery both uniting
their efforts keep their children and undeled by
being left to the Of hired servants, tutors,
and teachers, who rarely worthy OF the
trusts that are constantly confded to them.
The mother who has no time for her social duties"
devotion to the rivoties Of society to
give to the honeer caring for her children and
training them for usefulness in life can blame no one
but herself if thew 90 astray Furthermore, a mother
should make conscientious duty to try far in
her the transmission Of evil propenses
idosyncracies that are destined act the offspring
probably through life.
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Determined to worry,

whatever you do" said the CHEEKY
citizen, don't worry"
THAT sort of advice is nonsense,
answered Mr.. Sirius Barker. How car
a man help worrying when he lives
under conditions which render him LA
BILE at any time to be drawn as juror
In an unwritten law case."-Washing
ton STAR
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ton to her." the reply
"But think of his position his salary" urged the
tron Then she laughed "You afford such roman
tic notions. You independent But nine out
of ten live with that they don't love- What else
can you expect of them They incapable of making
q living for themselves"
course, the estimate Of the percentage of unovng
wives is greatly exaggerated Nevertheless there is
basis truth in the remark. There still who
marry without love- the only alternative that
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PARENTS SHOULD BE EVER wATCHFUL
BY Mrs. John A. Logan.

Parents should never relax their
watchful care Of their children from
their birth to their majority, by
which time such comradeship should
have been established between par
ents and children that no tempta-
ton would be strong enough to win
the children from their parents.
They should be bound together by
the strongest. possible ties, insep-
arabic in all of their aims and am
billions of life.
This can be done If parents would
look upon their children as the
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She Was Safe.

Su0 w IN SH1Ce
Little fOur-year-Old Mabel was run
ming downhill, holding her dress tightly
"Be careful" called her mother, "or
you will fall"
ooh, no, I WON'T" replied Mabel,
"'cause I'm holding tight to myself"
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MARRYING FOR MONEY.
BY NixOIa GreeIey-Sn1ifh.

Two women met on street corner the other
day. One was young, unmarried and self-sup-
porting; the other in the forties and wife.
Mrs Blank is getting a divorce" said the
older woman. Il didn't think she would be
so foolish
"Why foolish? He made her life unbear-
able She has never loved him. Every mo-
ment of their life together was a degrada-
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The fair thing to do with men who
lose mony by bank failure is to let
them take their turns at being the re-
ceiver.
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It's queer the way a girl can WINK
without getting caught at it.
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If man is honest you can always
tell 1t by the way he doesn't talk
about It.
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It's an easy matter for man to cut
down his living expenses. ALI he hal
to do is break into Jail.
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hundred feet Is moderate height and some shoot
up to above 3OO The fall Of Of the monsters when
the woodsmen have cut through its base something a
pang AS the tree begins to give the sawyers hustle
down from their perch and seek safe distance Then
they look upward along the giant column listen
"She's working all the time," says one.
EYES," agrees the other. you hear her talkn'"
and he gives loud cry Of Timber" to warn any fe.
low laborers who may be in the neighborhood
The creaking and swapping increases, and the tree
swings slowly at first but with tremendous rapdty
and crashes down through the forest earth There
is flying Of bark and broken branches and the air
is filed with slow settling dust The climb on the
PROSTATE giant and walk along the broad pathway of
the trunk to how it lies. What pigmies they seem
amid the mighty trees around The ancient and lofty
forest could we'll look down them and despise their
shortived sgnifcance yet their persistence and in.
genuity irresistible, and the woodland is doomed
The Outing Magazine
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We all have our opinions, but nona
Of us know much
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TELLING A GREAT TREE.
BY Clifton johnson.

In the wooded shores of Puget sound. Wash.
ington, the trees sometimes have diameto,
Of dozen feet. The cedars, in particular.
reach vast glrth, and in the valley by the
roadside was one with circumference at the
ground Of sixty-three feet, and near by was
another that had Gothic arch cut through #
affording easy passage for man on horse
back. But the tallest trees are the frs T,uo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Neoro Knocked Down.

Wilson Barker, well known in police clf- oles, and bearing the reputation or De- ing a most insolent character, was knocked down in the muddy street this morning by Wm. Benson, white man. whom he is said to have cursed. It seems that the negro walked into restauranc and picked up a cooked hog shoot, ant walked out without paying for 1t. Ben son rents a window in the restaurant, where he makes wire jewelry, and ar the time the negro came in the place, the proprietor of the restaurant was out The hog shoot must not have appeased Bar ker's hunger, for in a few minutes ne came back for something more, and when Benson spoke to him about paylns TOT what hs had taken, he became insolent, and not only cursed the white man, put threatened to go off and get his gun ana return.
 Benson followed him out of the place, picking up as he went out bottle or soda, and catching up with the negro Tn the middle of Nineteenth street, just be- low Second avenue, he struck him blow in the back of the head with 1t, that laid him out flat The negro was not serious ly hurt, but go up immediately and &C., companied a police officer to Jail.
 The incident attracted quite a crowd, and caused the little groups of men that were gathered about the corners to for get for a few minutes the all absorb ing topic of conversation, which was the Jones Valley club case decided in the city court yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
4. L. M'LEOD MEETS SENATOR BANKHEAD
THE GOOD ROADS AMENDMENT Is
 ARGUED PRO AND CON BEFORE
 AN APPREcIATIVE AUDIENCE AT SELMA-ANSWE COLEMAN

Selma, October s.-(Special.)- .)-Quite a well-filled courtroom heard Senator Bank head tonight on the overton good roads amendment. The senator divided time with A. L. Mcleod of this city, the dis cussion being on a high plane and lis tened to with deep interest.
 An effort was made by the local oppo- nents to the amendment to get Judge T. W. Coleman of Eutaw to come and de- bate the question with Senator Bankhead, but he wired he was unable to come.
 Mr McLeod's argument against the amendment was along the lines of the several letters of Judge Coleman, setting forth that there was danger in trusting any legislature to act under the amend ment He referred to conditions prior to the adoption of the 1875 constitution, and seemed to fear repetition.
 Senator Bankhead declared such condi- tions as existed under radical and carpet bagger rule could never exist again, and said that if the people could not be trust ed the end of popular government had come In Senator Bankhead's speech, without referring to them specifically, he answered number of interrogatories pro- pounded by Judge Coleman through the local afternoon paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10

ings banks which he said "have been in operation in Europe since the early CO.'S It has been in operation in the Domin- ion of Canada since 1868, and has always been very successfully managed.
 "The bill now pending in congress is known as the Carter bill, introduced by Senator Carter of Montana. It met the approval of the committee and was rec commended for passake. It was framed after the Canadian bill, but greatly sim plified. This branch of the postal ser vice has been wonderfully successful in Europe where the sayings banks are much more numerous than in this coun- try Even in the densely populated New England states the average distance be- tween the post offices and the savings banks is 16 miles. In the middle western states the distance is 25 miles, in the southern states the distance is 33 miles, and in the Pacific coast states the dis tance is 55 miles.
 "The foreigner who comes to our shores distrusts our savings banking institu- tions but is not wanting in faith as to the stability of our government It has been noted that many of them, in order to invest their savings, frequently pur- chased money orders payable to them selves and held them as long as the reg ulations permitted. The Postmaster Gen.
 
 would encourage the spirit of saving and thrift if introduced among our own peo- pie.
 Postal deposits would be received from 10 cents upwards in multiples of 10 cents, entered on their pass books, and an in terest of 2 per cent allowed on these deposits. The pass book would be for warded from time to time to the depart ment at Washington in order that the in- fAac ha it. Withdrawals may be made at any time on application, and pass books sent in whereupon warrants would be sent to the postmaster for delivery on identi- fication.
 "It Is believed that as the small inves- tors deposits increase he would not be content with 2 per cent, but would pres ently withdraw his money for greater re- turns A $500 limit is set on which any deposit may draw interest, although a man may hold deposits to the amount of $1Oo0.
 Moneys received from this source are to be loaned to banks over the country, not being sent into money centers but to be loaned in localities from which the money comes. The banks to which such loans are made would pay the govern ment 2A per cent per annum, the one fourth to cover the cost of handling by the government It is believed that this measure would have the effect of bring ing into use for the benefit of the com munity the money that hitherto has taken flight in stockings in times of financial straits. Funds so deposited are exempt from taxation by federal or state govern ments, and are likewise exempt from ex- cautions
 This has been the result in countries | where it has been given a fair trial. have set out the above salient features of the two bills which are proposed and I do not doubt but that they will both l be found to operate to the benefit of the l American people, and can be successfully operated by the post office department" i"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
ENGINE AND CARS GO THROUGH DRAW Engineer Frank Kelley Is Killed
 In Wreck GOES DOWN WITH ENGINE Train Breaks, and Conductor John W. Cobb Is Uninjured-Accident at
 Jackson on Southern
 Railroad.

Thomasville, October 9.-(Special. "A part of southbound freight train No. 122, running extra, with John V. Cobb in charge and Frank Kelley at the throttle, went into the river at Jackson at o'clock this morning through the open draw. En- gineer Kelley went down with his en- zine. No one knows how the accident came about, but it is supposed that he misread the signals.
 The engine and eight cars went into tho river, two of which were loaded with cotton and six with lumber. The fireman saved his life by jumping In time and swinging to a rod on the side of the bridge.
 One of the piers is damaged, but 1t is thought that traffic will not be delayed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
PAY DAY EXPECT TED
 ID BE VERY HEAVY BesS9mer Merchants Look For
 ward to Good Trade ROLLING MILLS TO START Day and Night Turns Will Be Put On Monday-Neero Knocked Down
 for nsolence-Personal and
 General News of City.
ROLLING MILLS TO START

Bessemer. October Especial. .)-Tomor- TOW being pay day at all the ore mines on Red mountain, and at the coal mines in the Blue Creek region the merchants are looking forward to good trade next week
 It is believed that the men from the blue Creek region will have more money to spend this pay day than on the last, owing to the fact that most of their earnings of last pay day had to go for debts contracted during the strike. The cold snap should also have tendency 10 make trade brisker as winter clothing and light overcoats were being worn on the streets today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Why
 Suffer-?

If you suffer pain from any cause, Dr. Miles Anti Pain Pills will relieve 1t and leave no bad after effects. That's the impor- tant thing. Neither do they create a habit. More often the attacks become less frequent, or disappear altogether. Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills have no other effect except to re- lieve pain and quiet nerv- ous irritation.
 "We are never without Dr. Miles Anti Pain Pills My husband and son, aged 15 were always subject to sick headache until we began using them up entirely Don't fh'nk tney have had to use them for sis months. I recommend them to every one, A few weeks ago I heard an old iady friend was sick I went to see her; She was down with LaGrippe. ana nearly crazy with awful backache. I gave her one of the Anti-Pain Pills and left another for her to take m a short time They helped her right away and she says she will never pc without them again. Last winter my husband was taken with pluerisy on both sides. and know he would have died if 1t. hadn't been for the Pills; In less than half an hour he, was sweating, and went to bed and slept"
 MRS. G. H. WEBB.
 Austinburg, Ohio. Your druggist sells Dr. Miles, Anti Pain Pills, and we authorize him to return the price of first package (oniy) If 1t falls to benefit you.
 Miles Medical Co.,, Elkhart. Ind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-10
Rolling Mill Starts Monday.

The Bessemer rolling mill, which has been down for several weeks, will start up again Monday morning, and has or dered out both the day and night turn. It is believed that the trade on plates and bars will give them orders sufficient to keep the mill going continuously now until February.
 While the work of repairing Nos. ana blast furnaces is nearing completion, nothing definite has been given out as to when either one of the stacks will be blown in, but it is hoped that at least one of them will go on within the next b days.