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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15

General Simon became President of Hayti without the aid of an electoral college or any other popular side play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15

By reading column a day of the Presidents message you can complete it and still have Happy Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15

President Roosevelt proposes to use almost as many porters in Africa as the Pullman company does in America.
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 NOT FOR A MINUTE When things went wrong He sang a song
 And didn't care a rap. He's wealthy now,
 Care glooms his brow
 He's not a cheerful chap And all his days
 He ponders ways
 To keep the robbers off. Think you I'd be
 As rich as he?
 Excuse me while I scoff 
 REPLIES. It is hard for a citizen of a dry town to keep from whooping when he lands in a town that isn't. "The difference between the quick and the dead is that the quick dodge the autos,' says Judge. The dead forgot to dodge.
 A Georgia man s2 years old, who has chewed tobacco since he was Ii years old, is the father of 25 children. Don't chew tobacco.
 The most tiresome proceeding in the world is a lady poet trying to eulogize a meerchaum pipe. Fashion says that it will be impossible to make over this years clothes for wo- men so they can be worn next spring The countrys leading optfmists have never thought for a moment that such a thing would be possible
 PATTI, COOK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15
A MOTHER, LOVE.

A tired little boy at the close of day Asked. Mother. what does the tick-tock
 say?s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15

ART AND THE AUTO. 1T once saw man gaze for an hour, lost in rapture, at a Corot." "Um, that's a new make to me. Steam or gasoline?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-15

The dark backward and abysm of Time. Tempest.
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MATTER FOR THE SCIENTISTS.
Theory 40 to Whether We Live inside
or Outside Earth.

There are number Of believers IN
the theory that we are living inside
the earth instead Of outside. THESE
unpleasant people want us to admit
that we are surrounded by a shell ike
a huge nut. Just what good 1t Will 40
us to admit this isn't clear. About the
only benefit to DO derived from the In
formation, as far as we can see at
present is the possibility that the bal
loonists may prepare themselves FOR
a hard bump against the inner side
Of the shell If they ever go up too
high.
We are also told that the accepta-
ton Of this kernel In the nut theory
will explain many things-none OF
which we remember.
It will also upset great many
things with which we are familiar and
which, on the whole, we like pretty
well.
This leads us to remark that we pre-
for to believe we are outs. AT the
same time II the inside facts are con-
vincins we are open to conviction
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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An ovsrvaunted Virtue.

Q. I. Kimball, general superintendent
Of the life saving service, said OF an
applicant for q certain post:
THE man was recommended for his
stsadinsss. New steadinsss 10 virtue,
especially In life saving, that gees
Aoas toe far Whenever I think Of 1t
I think q an old lady used to know.
"Mts. Maddsn,' gentleman eAce
sd To- his old lady, your neighbor,
herbert Bisbing, has applied to me
fos wefk. Ii he steady?'
MRS. Madden threw up her hands.
s'stsaay, ID iti' she said. Sure. II no
was Aay steadier he'd be dead"
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FORD ITEMS.

Mrs. Robert Rhodes Of Dodge City
visited her sister Mrs. @. p. Hsrzsl
Monday and Tuesday Of last week.
Hrs. Katherine sMeiia and her nsiss
Mis- Bursy Of Michigan yisited AEs.
Mslia's son, Prof o. B. Mslia Of the
CimarTon high school lest week.
Miss Goldie Cove retained home from
the northern part Of the state Wednesday.
L. @. Mann returned homo Wednesday
from Colorado.
Z. o. Shook returned homo Wsdnss.
day. He has been working for Fitz.
gerald & Locke Dry Goods Company d
Dodge City and Lakin.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. X. Van Horne re-
turned home from an extended visit In
Decatur, Illinois, last week. On tbeil
way home they visited in 81. Louis,
Kansas CITY and Topeka.
The Misses Gilpin and Watson Of
Dodge CITY gave an entertainment at thu
City Hall Friday evening.
Mrs. W. @. Van Horne, Of LakIn,
visited her parents Mr.. and Mrs. J.J.
Morrison last week.
hir. and Mrs. J. }, Morrison visited
their daughter Mrs. Il. B. Herzsr d
Dodge CIty The first Or The week.
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Miss Bessie Anders spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wear were Dodge City
visitors Friday.
Mr.. Kinkead has moved into bis new
house which has just been completed.
Mrs. Anders spent one afternoon last
week with Mrs. Miller.
Mr.. Dierking has moved his family to
Dodge City.
Chas. Wright delivered hay In Dodge
City Saturday.
L.O. Smith Of Albuquerque, New
Mexico spent few days last week visit
Ing at Mr.. Miller's home, leaving the
first of the week for Soldiers Grove, Wis
cousin, TO spend the summer.
James Cook, who spent the winter in
Indiana, returned nome recently.
Miss Rose Murphy Of Kansas City
spent several days at the Houser home.
James Wright and family spent Sunday
at Mr.. Snyder's.
Mr.. Anders 10 buildiBg an addition
to his house. 80
Mrs. George Partridge Of Dodge City
spent several days the past week with
Mrs. Chas. Wright.
James Cook is working for John
Merk.
Miss Della Anders spent Sunday with
homo folks.
Mr.. Grsgg was In Dodge City Monday.
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Letter to Mr.. Will Loman. Dodgy
CITY, Kansas. -

Dear Sir: You'd strike II rich Il you
could find way TO shave your customs
ers in less time for less cost, and make
the shave last twice or three times 40
long.
You wouldn't shave the same person
so many times, or get so much Of his
money, but the whole town would be-.
talking about you and everybody would
come to you for shave.
Devoe lead-and- zinc Is exactly that In
paints. It takes fewer gallons and wears
longer. Costs less for the job, and
you don't have to do 1t again for years
and years-six years at least.
"Fewer gallons; wears longer,
Takes fewer gallons to paint house
with Devoe lead-snd-zino than with
mixed paints; and 1t wears longer than
mixed paints or lead and oil.
Yours truly,
F. W. DEvoE & Co,
New York, Chicago and Kansas City.
p. s. Geo. d. Cochran Drug Go, sells
our paint.
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FLATrERY NOT IN HIS LINE
Where Mr.. spooner Lost Out for Ever
with Miss FIutterby.

"That's . portrait Of your grand
neither, as she looked when she was a
young lady, IL 1t How strongly 1t re-
ssmbles you, Miss Flutterby."
you say that only to fatter me, Mr..
Spooner. Grandma was quite q beauty
and everybody knows that make no
yrstersions Of that Kind"
II assure yeu that hattery II far
frsn NY thought, Miss Flutterby. The
family resemblance is striking. I've
often known eases Of that kind. There
were TIVE sisters I was acquainted
with when was q boy. They looked
wonderfully alike, Just as that portrait
looks like ysu. and yet one Of them
was Is beautiful % q poets dream
and the other was dreadfully-that is.
I mean. she wasH't At all--or rather
she was lacking in that-attractivs
quality, you know, that Constitutes
what 4 lovely frams this portrait has.
haso't itT-Illustrated Sunday Maya
nae.
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Letter Writing.

Writing intsrsstirs letters doesn't
ssns natural to me. and there are q
essl many people with whom I must
~, In touch through letters. II at
Nh. 30 l have got int the way Of
keeping . notebook and jotting down
II It hrief notes 10 remind nae Of little
hts Il news that will specially inter-
est ny diHsrsat osrrsspondsnts. !
even 3et down little joke sometimes,
-Ays Hsns Chat Then, whom spare
time comes to write my letters my
notes are ready to hand, and tho In
tsrestinS scraps Of news don't 80 n.y.
ing away directly put my pom to pa
per. AZ they used to do. Everybody
tells me my letters are much more In
teresting than they used to be. II
20, that 10 the secret.
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Fair Warning.

"John, DEAR said Mrs. Wedderly,
us it true that the average woman
has no sense Of humor?"
That's about the size Of It," replied
her husband.
But the average man's-yours. for
examples pretty we'll developed,
isn't III" continued her husbands
wife.
."Oh, yes" answered the unsuspect-
ing other half of the combine, mine
Is all right"
We'll, I'm glad Of It," said Mrs.
W, "as l have treat In store for
you. Next week am going to ask you
for new sealskin sack and / want
you to laugh and feel jolly, Just as
you do when you read of such things"
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BUCKLIN BREEzEs.

| Mrs. N. A. Culver Of Fowler VISITED
with J. X. McBrayer over Sunday. Sh'
returned to her home Tuesday.
e. @. Gresham and wife have gone
to housekeeping. They are occupying
one Of Mrs. Kniss's house on Maple
street west OF main.
w. D. Cook has moved into the house
formerly occupied by J. T. Jones or
Ford Ave.
H. B. Taylor OF Wichita Is visiting hi
brother L. M. Taylor Of this place.
Spring, like Bob Evans fleet, is a little
a head Of Its schedule time. We hope
that 1t has not dropped stitch and will
have to 60 back and pick 1t up; II 1t does
have to retrace Its eteps and give US an.
other winter in May, we are afraid thai
we will have to 70 hungry for fruit anoth
tr year.
In addition to the warm weather
Bucklin has hot contest on her hands
at this time; there 10 move on foot To
incorporate our town and as usual In
such sesthere are knockers, the friction
between the parties Ia raisiDg the temp
erature some what.
W. D. Cook aud Roy Andrews are
manipulating steam well digging outfit
at thisswriting they are putting down a
we'll for Mr.. Andrewe.
Mrs. Ru.k and family have sold out
their dairy here and have moved to the
ranch OF D. Fisher, near Wilmore Kan
sas.
Mrs. S. s. Russell Of this place has
bought the dairy Of Mrs. Rnsk and 10 now
supplying Busklin with milk.
s. <. Stofer is improving his property
here in town by putting up some new
fence.
L. M. Taylor shipped two car load Of
hogs Monday and another Wednesday
and yet We have few porkers left In
this part Of the country.
GIT. Ellis,.who lives west and south
Of Bucklin about seven miles has lost
four oflbis best horses In the past few
weeks, It leaves him with but one good
horse on the farm; he has two or three
others that be thought had earned their
freedom, that were old enough to quit
work. These show no indication Of dying
and be may have to:put them to work
again. Several Of his neighbors have
lost one or more Of their horses. The
disc ase Of which these horses have died
seems to be something new to the farm
ers and theyldo not know how to treat
II.
C. Z. Smith Is the busiest man 10 town
now. II you don't believe 1t just watch
him and observe the amount Of hot air
he is expanding.
Judging from the amount Of seed po-
tatoes that is being sod here the farmers
are all counting on rsising all Of these
tubers that they need for themselves and
few for the other fellow.
W. C. Ray is able to be out on the
streets again but he says that his knees
feel as though there was sand in the
joints.
We had a conundrum handed to az
this morning, we have not worked 1t oui
vet, that 10 not all, we do not think we
ever shall, further we very much doubt
IL there eyer twill Ibe correct answer
% ade to It, but II this 10 possible and q
correct answer should be made and be
placed before the parties who promulgat'
ed this conEudrum. they would not reoog
nized 1t; It will be very expensive con-
undrum to the people Of Kansas. 1t ID
the assessment rolls that the deputy
assefsorsare handing out.
J. W. Tout is moving his hotel build
ing from over on the west side, to bill
lot near the depot.
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Ansnt Wisdom.

, It hath been said that wise men
ssy nothlng In dangerous times and
cwift; the greatest Of English satir.
lists, With prevision. remarked that
"wisdaaa Is hen, whose cackling we
must v6fue and consider because It Is
attended with an egg, but then, lastly,
It ID a nut which, unless you choose
with Judgment, may cost ysu a tooth
and pay you with nothing but a
worm
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All That Was Necessary.

! 4 man who bored ali his friends
wlh his incessant talking prided him
scif On being able to hypnotic people.
Ore. day while asserting this and per-
edving signs of incrsdulity on his
friends faces he turned to one Of them
and said:
I'm order to prove Il to you ! will
make you 60 to sleep II you like"
Certainly" replied the friend; you
have Only 10 speak"
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cHAH OF THE CAR
DIAMOND OF IMMENSE VALUE
Has TRAGIC HISTORY.
Originally Stolen From Eastern Mon
arch, Each Possessor Of Gem Met
Violent Death--Bouoht by Catherine
u for Large Sum.

Among the possessions OF the
emperor Of Russia IL diamond Of
great, value. the history. Of which T.
as romantic az that Of the famous.
Kohinoor. It Is an irregular prism I'm
shape, Of the size and nearly the
length Of the finger. and IL called the
Chah.
This stone. which formerly belonged.
to the Sophi, was one of two enor /,
nous diamonds which adorned the.i
throne Of Nadirchah and was called
by the Persians Moon of the Noun
tains." When Nadir was assassinat-
ed his treasures were pillaged and his,
precious stones were divided between,
some soldiers. who concealed them.
An Armenian named Ehafras. who.
lived with his brothers In the town or
Bassora. was one day accosted by an,
Afghan, who offered for sale o large.
diamond, with hundred other pieces
" less value, for small sum. Saying
he had not the necessary funds for
the purchase. Shafras asked the AZ.
CHAN to call again. The diamond SELL
er was evidently suspicious of Shafras,
for he disappeared from the town and
could not be found for years. At last
the elder Of Shafras' brothers came.
across him at Bagdad Just after he
had disposed Of his gems. The pur-
chaser, who was Hebrew, refused
double the amount he had paid for the
stones. 30 the three brothers consplredl
to kill him for the possession Of them.
When this had been accomplished
they followed the Afghan. poisoned
him and threw the bodies Of their
two victims into the Euphrates. Next:
the brothers disagreed among them:
selves. and the eldest disposed Of the.
others in the same way they had rid
themselves Of the Hebrew and the Af-
CHAN.
Shafrss next appeared at the courts.
Of Europe. offering his great diamond
ior sale. Catherine Of Russia (Cath-
crime ~ had the man invited to court
and put into communication with the
court jsweler. The conditions offered
Shafras were: Letters Of nobility, an
.nnu:ty Of ten thousand rubles, I'VE
hundred thousand rubles, parable Ia
tenths from year to year. ghafrs6
held out for SIX hundred thousand m
5les In cash. Count Pancin, who was
minister at the time. launched the
Armsnaan 10 . style Of LIE which
Obliged nlm % contract large debts.
and when No knew that Shafras had
no longer . sou with which 70 meet
them ne broke on negotiations. Ac-
cording 70 the laws Of the country,
Shafrae could not leave fhs empire Or
sven the town wathout paying Ms
debts, 80 ms position was painfully
embarrassing. Inc Jeweler OK the
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Their Point 81 vlew.

"Don't YOU think" asked one sheep
IN the flock Of another, that II Is alb
surd for humans to be cutting off our
wool in the way they do?"
n should Say CO., answered the
athsn Y call L shear nonaensa,r
The Globe-republican., 1908-03-19

The Farmers Elevator & Supply Co.
will pay the highest market price for
corn, oats, kaffir corn and sorghum
seed. II
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For Sale or Rent.

Southwest quarter Of southeast quarter,
section 81, township %, range "a.
Address owner, Peter Brown, 81.
JOSEPH, Illinois. q
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Shoemaker Shop under Beehive. All
kinds Of repairing done BY competent
workmen at reasonable prices.
St JAMES SLACK, Proprietor
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FOR SALE - Team, spring wagon,
buggy and harness. Sturgeon Bros. 81
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The man with note
That was coming due,
Explained to bis Broker
And it was true
AsNow am perfectly square
But I'm short, for fair"
As my currency isn't
ELASTIC"
The Booker then 10
His landlord went
(You see he was slightly
Behind 10 bis remit
With pent-up feelings and pent-up purae
ssmy collections, he said, they couldn't
be worse"
Would you mind, just being
ELASTIC"
But the landlords wife
Could not understand,
When her husband cut ont
Her weekly stipend.
"You see, dear, lite this way-the|
currency's fixed
And all Of US more or less slightly mixed"
Because IL Isn't
"ELASTIC"
And then at the Bridge
Club the very next day,
(She too was owing fine, BY the way
"You see my husband
Says money is tight,
But things, he believes, will work out
all right
II keep on using
ELASTIC
Her maid who was busting
The books next morn,
And making her rounds
With face forlorn
mutt re'' Oh! the devil himself couldn't
shove this case,
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Call up phone $3.50, Transfer and n
storage. All kinds Of moving. piano.
moving q speciality. II
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Globe
Wernicke
HHizssSs ~,
Fer Sale by the Hene
Furnishing Co.

80, whoever you sec
Oh, wherever you 60,
The password now
That seems to grow
In popular favor, Is one we coined.
But we don't mind, II 1t is purloined,
From our own trademark
"ELASTIC"
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new LIBRARY BOOKS.
Librarian Gives An Excellent Report
Of the Library Work.

Including tho fltty.six new volumes
Of fiction plased in the library last
Saturday afternoon, there are now LOGS
books, fiction, historical and many
volumes for reference on the shelves. A
large number Of juvenile books are also
being added to the library. The child
ren's reading table, which is well sup
piled with the latest magazines and
comic picture books and papers is be-
coming very popular The children
are made to feel hearty welcome and
are not backward in showing their
appreciation. A number Of new maya
zines have been placed on the other
tables In the reading room and besides
the new encyclopedia and the books 70.
ceived last Saturday, two or three sets
more including the works OF Whitcomb
Riley and Eugene Field have been order.
ed by the library board. The librarian,
Mrs. I've Nelson reports that since the
first Of the year there has been eighty.
seven visitors to the library here.
A list Of the new books received last
Saturday Is given below.
Port Of Missing Men.
Dri and /.
Captain 10 the Rank
First Violin.
Millionaire Baby.
Her Mountain Lover.
An Apache Princess
Aust Diana.
Jane Cable.
Courier Of Fortune.
Lady of the Decoration.
Tie Pit.
Adventures Of Captain Horn.
Whispering Smith.
Fortunes OF Oliver Horn.
History Of David Grieve.
Carpet Bagger,
Pink Marsh.
Narcella.
The Blazed Trail
The Masqueradsr.
The Spenders.
Singular Life.
The Grafters,
The Spoilsmen.
The Great Mogul.
Audrey.
The One Woman.
The Cabin on the Prairie.
Miss Petticoats.
the Sunset Trail.
The Younger Bet.
Barbara.
The Adventures Of Gerard.
The Two vanrevela
JUVENILE
Strive and Success.
The Adventures Of Joel Pepper.
Five Little Peppers; Ben Pepper.
Five Little Peppers d School.
Five Little Peppers and their Friends,
Five Little Peppers Abroad.
The Young Outlaw.
Sink or Swim.
Brave and Bold.
Young Acrobat.
The Young vcysgers.
Rollo on the Rhine.
Rollo 10 Scotland.
Proud and Lazy.
Rich and Humble.
Try Again.
| Watch and Walt.
Little Merchant.
AColony Of Girls.
/ An Old Fashioned Boy.
The Magic Forrest.
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For Sale Or Rent.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-13
Why Keep a Horse {?

When you can have a Holsman, that
costs less to maintain than horse, and
Is SO much more satisfactory?
The Holsman only costs cent mile
to operate, and less than So month for
repairs. Can you keep horse as cheap
as that? Will the horse go as fast as
The Holsman? Is it always ready for
instant use?
The Holsman neither eats, sleeps,
gets sick, nor requires currying, or
stable-cleaning.
The Holsman never tires out, gets
overheated or goes lame.
The Holsman does not get balky or
run away-when danger threatens it is
always under control-one hand on the
lever-the other hand free to operate
the brake.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-13

Work is in progress on the dredg-
ing of Turtle Cove between Corpus
Christi and Arkansas Pass.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-13
LOCAL ITEMS

I
The street sprinkler is taking
rest today
For Csc and 35c lodgings apply t.
Mccain, fronting the depot. 6-27-tt
Big shipment Huylers Candies just
received at Eagle Drug Store. 5-25-tt
A good rain is reported at Mercedes
yesterday.
Go to the Eagle Drug Store for a
box of Huyler's choicest candies for
your best girl. 5-25-tf
A good shower fell here yesterday
morning, and was followed by a
heavier one this morning.
FOR SALE = Yznaga residence,
Levee and Sth street. Also Furniture
sold separately. Address Yznaga
Bros, P. o. Box $50. 7-1O-Sd g. 1w
The electric theaters both had fine
audiences Saturday and Sunday
night. The views were excellent.
A much appreciated improvement
on Elizabeth street is a brand new
sidewalk in front of the "66'' barber
shop.
Brownsville didn't do thing to Cor
pus Christi but capture the manager
of her team, Billy Bowles, who has
decided to remain-in Brownsville and
go into business.
WANTED-A good boy to take ex-
elusive agency for the Saturday Ev-
ening Post for this town and vicinity.
Address Gerald A. Eubank, 1851
Congress Ave, Houston, Texas 7-1O-3
Whenever it rains, the people of
Brownsville are forcibly reminded of
the fact that until we have a sewer
system, the streets of this city can
not be well drained. The sewers must
be built as quickly as possible
About the hungriest and at the |
same time the busiest individual in
Brownsville lately is the tiny green |
bug, which has been devouring the
foliage on many garden plants about
town.
FOR SALE-New 3O-horse power
Platform Bed Motor Truck, solid rub
Der tires, carrying capacity 5000 |
to 1000 pounds. Speed one to fif-
teen miles per hour. Owens Pack
ing Co.. Corpus Christi, Texas.
7-4-1m-dw |
The Corpus Christi team left for
home this morning. The locals hope
to meet them again on the diamond,
in order to even up the score with |
them as Corpus still has one more
game than Brownsville in the inter
urban war which has been waged by
the two teams this year.
The following liquor and malt
dealers of Cameron county have had
their licenses renewed during the |
past few days: Jose G. Trevino, T.
and ]. L. Crixell, H. Martinez, T. Con
zalez, Jose Manzano, Nicolas S. Lo-
zano, V. L. Crixell, Jno. Simo, Jr., H.
H. Weller, A. H. Weller, Hugh Rob-
inson and Jose Saenz.