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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
ONE GENT A WORD

JILL UEUI H UUIkO taken for less than 25 cents for arst insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
 FOR SALE.
 TALK WITH ALAN JEMIsoN.
 BELL 100, PEOPLES 61 6-4-tf FOR sALE-orice furniture, typewriter. cabinets, tables, multigraph, cheap; practically new. "A Title Guarantee Bldg. 9-l5-St FURNITURE for sale, house for rent. close in. Address House, care Age-Her- sld 9-13-3t TOR SALE-A A fine residence lot front Ing east Virginia Ave, near Glen Iris; see this. Jackson Real Estate and Insurance Co.,, 211S 1st avenue.
 9-15-st FOR sALE-Two-pre cotton seed oil mill, in f1rst-class condition and In an excellent location in Alabama All meal heretofore made has easily been sold locally. Good superintendent will con- tinue with mill. Opportunity, care Age Herald. S-3O-14t BANKRUPT-North Birmingham Furnl-
 
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 s-15-8t FOR SALE-Beautifully finished modern, S-room, furnace-heated house on Foun- tain Heights, s5250, 5000 less than any thing near like it; on South Highlands: view unsurpassed; school and church near; don't fail to see this if wanting home H. J. McCafferty. 1226 North 18th street. 9-13-su-tu-t -th-sa If PRINTING outfit, good newspaper in a live town, for sale, lease or rent; write P. A. Jackson, Dadeville, Ala. 9-15-7t FOR SALE-Office fixtures. I have large safe Smith Premier typewriter, table and desk; l roll top, 1 standing, and 1 flat top desk; wheel chairs and office enclosure. Apply to W. A. Riley, 1913 Ave. A. 9-15-3t-eod FOR SALE-Two Chicago quick dump wagon boxes 11ayard capacity. James c. Long, Jr., 1421 Brown-Mrax bldg. Phone, Main 516. 9-15-3t FOR SALE-$6OO0, s1,000 cash, and s6O per month, will buy an elegant Broom, furnace heated house, hardwood floors, gas and electricity; lot 5Ox14o; South Highlands. w. B. Leedy & Go. 9-15-7t FOR SALE-Nice broom cottage; good repair; newly painted; fine neigh borhood high and drains well, terms easy. Jackson Real Estate and Insurance Co.,, 2113 1st avenue. 9-153t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT. rooms. modern, 1884 N. Fist street. ' rooms, modern, 21O9 9th avenue 8 rooms, modern, 313 N. 23d street. 6 rooms, modern, 620 N. 18th street I rooms, modern, 915 Bellevue avenue. 5 rooms, modern, 9o5 Sd avenue, West End. j. X. HElNEkE R. E. & MS CO. Phones 45. 214 N nst St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
ONE CENT A WORD.

HATES-One cent a word a dayj no nd. taken for less fhan 25 cents for hrst insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
ONE GENT A WORD

aATus-Oue cent n word . dayy no ad. taken for less than 25 cents for nrSt insertion. Cash nnat accompany every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-15
WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WANTED~Strong healthy woman to wait on invalid lady. Apply 14O7 1ath avenue, north. 9-l5-3t WANTED-Two lady solicitors at once. Birmingham Pressing Club and Eureka Tailoring Co.,, 101 South 20th street
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
HOLDING THE BABY.
Introducing Nice Point in Bah
Carriage Etiquette.

Introducing Nice Point in Baby
Carriage Etiquette.
THAT fellow doesn't know the first
thing about the etiquette Of the baby
carriage remarked one of a group of
men at Thirty-first and Main streets.
The comment was made to all In q
general way. One of the group, the
man with a frayed collar and look OF
patient resignation, gazed anxiously at
a couple about to board car. The
mother was sparring in a desperate sort
of way with one Of those baby car
riages which shop sa. wen can open
and close in a minute a. users in
from five to thirty minutes.
Don't see anything wrong nth
that" said the man with the frayed
collar. Hes got to hold the baby
even if she does have to wrestle with
the carriage. You don't think ne ought
to hold the baby and take care of the
carriage, too, do you?
well, there's one thing sure" re-
Joined the objector-"the man doesn't
know a thing about baby carriage eti-
quette. What you want to do is this
If the baby weighs more than the car
riage, it's the mans place to hold the
baby. If the carriage weighs more, he
should hand the baby to his wife"
"Oh, pifle!" interpolated the man
with the big black cigar. You're way
off, What he ought to do is to hand
the baby to his wife and the carriage
to the conductor. kansas City Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
BURMESE DOCTORS SECRETS.
Cures for Cobra Bite and for Hydro
DhObia They VIII NOT DiyuIue

Cures for Cobra Bite and for Hydro
phObia They VIII Not Divulge.
Every one knows, of course, that the
bite of the Indian cobra is fatal, says
the London Standard. But what Euro
peans do not actually know is whether
or not the natives Of India really pos
sess the cures they claim to have both
for cobra bite and for hydrophobfa.
A few years ago an Indian civilian
in Burma strolled out with his gun in
the evening. When scarcely hundred
yards from the zayat or shelter in
which he was camping s. was bit
ten in the leg by cobra, which he
promptly shot. He at once returned to
the zayat and scrawled pencil note to
be carried by his orderly to his chief,
the deputy commissioner, and then re-
signed himself to the attentions of a
couple Of Burmese medicine men who
happened TO te passing the night there
ana to the death which he accepted as
absolutely inevitable. Meantime his
superior officer proceeded direct to
headquarters on receipt Of the news to
seal up the unfortunate mans effects,
after which he set out for the zayat
to see to the burial Of his subordinate.
On the road he met the dead man"
comfortably jogging along toward head
quarters quite recovered. The Burmese
medicine men had scarified the wound
and rubbed a certain. paste into it.
They had also given the patient GER
tain infusions to drink and had cured
him. Nothing, however, would induce
them to give away the secret.
Our own medicine men have many
cures of hydrophobla to their credit
but cures Of cobra bites are almost I'M
known. An English officer in the Shan
states kept number of dogs, one of
which recently went mad and bit one Of
the sahib's servants. The station was
an isolated one. The services OF
Shan doctor were called in and the SER
want, after passing through all the Sc
we're stages of the terrible disease, was
absolutely and completely cured by the
Shan doctor.
The English officer offered 1000 ru-
pees for the secret Of the treatment
used and to a Shan this would, Of
course, be a large sum Of money. But
the secret was never dfvulged.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
POINTING THE BONE.
eueer Superstition of the Native
Blacks of Australia.

Gueer Superst1t1On OF the Natlve
Blacks of Australia.
The native blacks Of Australia are
stepped in superstition. A black fellow
will on no account go near the spot
where another black las been buried.
He has a deep rooted aversion to one
particular bird-the wagtail-because,
he says, him all day talk, talk along
a white teller, tellum all about black
feller," and no opportunity is lost Of
killing these little birds.
Many tribes bury" their dead by
sticking them up into the forks of trees
and there leaving them till the flesh
has either dropped or been taken, leav-
ing the bones clean. These bones are
then taken down, the larger ones buried
and the smallest handed round as keep
sakes TO those nearly related to the de-
ceased. Should one black fellow wish
the death Of rival or enemy he points
the bone at him. This means that he
takes one of his late relations bones
from his dilly bag and points it, in the
presence of witnesses, at the man he
wishes to get rid of. all the time pour
ing forth threats and curses.
Strange as it may seem, the one
pointed at will often languish and even
tually die, perhaps in month, perhaps
In a year, for no sooner is the bone
pointed than he makes up his mind TO
die, and there is no saving him.-Lon-
don Standard
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
FOUND NEEDLE IN NECK.
Entered Hand and Travelled Through
Body In Ten Weeks.

Entered Hand and Travelled Through
Body In Ten Weeks.
Ten weeks after Miss Maggie Shields,
35 years old, ran a large needle into
her hand while washing some clothes,
and after her hand had swollen to such
proportions that four doctors told her
that amputatiOn was inevitable, the
needle was removed from the woman's
neck by DR.. John II. McCreary Of 116
North 50th street, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
DR.. McCreary considers the case to
be unique of it's kind In the history of
medical science. Despite the fact that
the needle gradually worked itself up
through her arm and body to the neck,
where it was found, an abscess formed
on Miss Shields hand which was so
serious that her hand at one time was
swollen to three times its natural size.
The accident happened in the early
part Of June. Miss Shields was rub
bling the clothes vigorously against the
dashboard in tub. Suddenly she felt
piercing pain and dropped the wash
ing, crying, II have run a needle into
my hand!"
The wound bled very little, but while
Miss Shields was on her way to a doc
tor TO have the needle removed, her
hand commenced to swell. When the
doctor probed for the needle he could
not find it. He told Miss Shields, she
says, that she had made a mistake
that she had struck her hand with the
needle, but that it was not in her body.
Satisfied with the explanation, she
returned home, but her arm and hand
continued to swell Three other doc
tors probed for the needle, failed to find
II and finally when the abscess on her
hand developed to serious proportions
advised In favor of amputation.
For ten weeks the abscess continued.
Finally, one day last week. Miss Shields
felt severe pain In the left side of her
neck. She went to DR.. McCreary and
told him that she felt pricking sensa-
ton, as though there was some me-
tallic body In her neck.
DR.. McCreary, who was aware of the
story OF the needle, made an examina-
ton and found that there was some for
eign body in the neck not far from the
surface. Knowing that many cases
have occurred Of metallic substances
travelling through the body, he told the
housekeeper that the pain which was
troubling her was probably caused by
the needle she ran into her finger.
Miss Shields was incredulous. but
DR.. McCreary performed slight ope,a-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13

$50 you want to marry my daugh-
teri" said the banker, eying the young
man steadily.
81 do, sir"
ado you love herr"
More than llfe." was the emphatic
reply.
The banker thought for while.
Let us see,' he finally said. What
are your prospects? You are poor. but
come OF a good family. You have In
tellIgence, honesty and ambition; and
you are now working at salary of
fifteen dollars per week as assistant
to Mr.. Stewart, the cashier How can
you expect to support woman who
has been used to luxury all her life on
a sum so small?"
81 didn't think Of marrying at once,
sir. would work hard, and be willing
TO wait until l could advance myself
to better position in the bank"
"And do you suppose a girl like
Gladys would engage herself to you,
and wait years for a husband. while
there are plenty Of eligible young men
among her acquaintances?
The rich man spoke mildly, but War
rem Lewis detected sheer in his tone.
He hastily arose.
'"Then you object, SIR" he said.
81 certainly do I may as well tell
you now that Gladys viii marry Mr..
Stewart. He is the man l have picked
out for her, and they think a good deal
Of each other. So return TO your work,
Mr.. Lewis. and let Ms hear no more
OF this presumptuous nonsense"
Warren went back TO his desk, IN
happy ana disappointed. He was sure
that Gladys loved him, and Mr. Wilson
had always treated him so cordially
when he called at his house that he
hoped no objections would be offered
TO his suit. But now all was suddenly
changed. Still he determined TO see
GLADYS, and ask her II she was aware
that her father wanted her to marry
Mr.. Stewart.
He called on her that evening. and
came at once TO the subject nearest his
heart.
GLADYS, do you know that your
father wishes you 10 marry Mr.. Stew
art?" he asked.
She colored and looked confused.
yes" she answered
.'But you don't intend to accep'
himf"
yes" she said again. THE matter
was settled by my father long ago"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
tfon and pulled out the missing needle
with a pair Of forceps.
DETROIT BOY KISSED BY QUEEN
offered Her His Pet Tortoise--Youns
Pfurree Also Met the. Pone

offered Her His Pet Tortoise-Young
Pfngree Also Met the. Pope.
1t isn't often that a 6-year-old boy Is
permitted to enjoy an audience with
the Pope or hobnob with royalty and
receive from real Queen caresses and
words of commendation. Such, how
ever, was. the recent good fortune OF
Gilbert BisseR Pingree, son Of Mrs.
Alice Davis Pingree, who has been hav-
Ing many interesting and unusual ex-
periences abroad
Mrs. Pingree spent some time in the
Italian capital, and while there was
granted an audience with the Pope
Her son accompanied her, and, attract
ed by the manllness of the little fellow
and his engaging manner, Plus v. pat
ted him on the head and gave him bis
blessing.
The browning event came, later; how.
ever. While in Rome Mrs Pingree also
had an audience with Dowager Queen
Margherita, Master Gilbert being I'M
able to be present owing to the strict
rule permitting only one person 20 ap
pear in her presence at time.
One day the Queen motored out 20
Perugia, Italy, stopping at the Palace
Hotel, where Mrs. Pingree also had
apartments, Gilbert was DESTROYS of
seeing real Queen, and. accompanied
by his governess, repaired to the lobby
to wait the entrance Of the royal party.
Passionately fond Of animals, he had
with him at the time small pet tor
toise to which he was particularly at
tached. He conceived the idea OF pre-
senting this to the Queen as she passed
and without informing anyone else Of
. his determination stepped forth with
extended hand grasping the tortoise
beginning boyish speech appropriate
for the occasion.
He didn't get far. Fright took sud-
den hold and the speech became a
series of incoherent stutterings that
ended abruptly. The spirit displayed
could not be misunderstood, however,
and the gracious Queen was quick to
grasp the situation. Pausing for a mo-
ment, unmindful of onlookers> she
stopped down and planted a kiss
squarely on the upturned face of the
astonished youth, pattfng him kindly
on the head and inquiring his name.
Reassured, Gilbert proved himself
equal to the occasion. Taking the
Queens ungloved hand in both of his,
he kissed it with all the grace of a
trained courtier. A cheer went up from
the crowd which had been watching the
proceedings and again smiling on him
the Queen passed On.-Detroit News
Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
WAS A HooDoo HEALER.
Medieval Medical Praetices of won-
an Get Her Into Trouble.

MEDIEVAL Medical Practices of Wou-
i an Get Her Into Trouble.
/ For practicing medieval medicine and
obtaining money from him for failing
to cast out devils from his sick wife
Enoch Muller has obtained a warrant
for the arrest of Mrs George wunder.
Itch. says the st. Louis Dispatch. The
warrant specifies that Mrs. Wunderiich
practiced medicine without a license
and obtained $40 under false pre-
| lenses.
Muller, who IS now angry at what
he says was an imposition upon A man
who was desperate at the serious i'll
ness Of his wife. says he will have his
money back or prosecute Mrs. Wunder.
| Itch.
Il don't know how I could have beer
such fool as to have swallowed all
the stuff she told me or been fooled by
her monkey shines. But was like the
man whose life was at the bottom of n
well and was doing everything I could
to save her." he said.
"My wife is still suffering, and after
had fourteen doctors 1 was I'm despair.
Finally my sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ber-
| mel, said Mrs. Wmderlich knew of
Some herb which might cure her. We
sent for Mrs. Wunderlich. She came
to see my wife and said there was moth
ing the matter with her except that she
had been hoodooed by three women and
that she would cast the hoodoo out in
nine days.
The next day she brought an egg to
the house, and the day following eight
more. With strange words and passes
with her hands over the eggs she told
us to give them to my wife and they
would put new life into her.
Every day when she came she would
make passes with her hands over my
wife and throw something behind her
This she said was drawing the devils
out and casting them away.
"At the end Of the nine days my wife
was no better and I complained about
it. She then said that the hoodoo was
very stubborn and would not leave uu-
less we took desperate measures.
"She brought a piece of meat which
she said was from live dog. The dogs
spirit would enter into her and fight
the devils.
"Then she hid piece of meat under
a corner Of the carpet. Then she asked
me for money, saying it was necessary
to go out to cemetery.
Il have given her $110 in all up to
this time, and was just beginning to get
wise to the fact that I was being
fooled. l went to the Board Of Health
and told the doctors there what l had
done and they helped me swear out
warrant against Mrs. Wunderlich."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
what Might Have Been.

81 declare, l d'know wat to make Of
ma wife. She'll ruin me a-spendin' all
de money there is" declared Jim, when
his old employer inquired for Mrs. Jim.
"She do seem reckless about money"
continued Jim, with a sober face. al
ways askin' me for a dollar, or fifty
cents, wantin' money all de time, like
I could pick 1t up in de streets"
well, well, that is hard" responded
his ouestloner; "but what does she do
with so much money!?
"I dunno. l amt give her any yet"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13

menc1ng fires, and thus continuously
afforsling projections TO life and prop-
ertE.
Only when great blaze occurs does
the public have am opportunity to real
ize the usefulness of the firemen. It
knows little or nothing Of the thou
sands of cases where fires are prevent
ed or subdued with slight losses. The
same is true In the case Of friendly
insects Their work IN keeping down
the numbers of dangerous bugs and in
preventing destructive outbreaks of
crop pests is virtually unknown and
unappreciated by the farmers though
it goes on everywhere and all the time.
saving in the aggregate hundreds of
millions of dollars every year.-St
Louis Globe-Demoerat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
GRANDMOTHER.

Oh! when a grandmother is sweet
How very sweet she is
Three generations blending meet:
A triple grace in this;
For all we feel and all we know,
She too has felt and known.
And to the heights where we must grow
She long ago has grown.
Mothers are lovely, dear, and good
. AS ever good can be;
And yet it seems they never could
Be quite as quick as she
To find the good and miss the i'll
In all the children do;
But then, perhaps, at last they will
When they're grandmothers too.
x
Comparisons how can we make,
Since equal love we give
To each for others darling sake
We'd gladly die-or live.
Yet one sweet truth is very clear
And by it we will stand:
Mothers are lovely. good, and dear,
But grandmothers are Grand
Sunday Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13

that which the moment the popular general
ly held to be the wisest This confusion is the chief
danger to which democracy Is exposed What want
often contradcts what ought to have and bring
into harmony is the supreme alike of
cation and craftsmanship
Not the camor of the crowd, however angry or how
emphatic but what Sir Thomas Browne quantity
called 1.-The judgment Of the judcous Is the stand
ard of merit. To it must constantly hopefully
resolutely repair We should for any reason
tempted cajoled frightened into deserving it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13

treacherous woman she appeared to be
repaid the young man for all he had
suffered
Warren's money saved the bank.
When the panic-stricken depositors
found their claims paid as promptly as
their books were presented they re-
covered from their fright, and many
put their money back again, using their
influence to quiet the fears of others
Warren now has a position in the
bank second only to Mr. Wilson him
self, and Gladys has been his wife for
more than a year.-Pennsylvania Grit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
A RetroErnde Movement.

Hal" remarked the stern parent as
he fiercely confronted the trembling
young man. THE day you lay 100000
ON this desk my daughter is yours.
What! do you back out?"
81 do" replied the unnerved youth,
81 certainly do"
And he backed all the way across
the apartment with both eyes keeping
a close watch on the fiery old mans
heavy shoes.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
A Great Invention.

But that umbrella looks so awfully
cheap and common" said the customer.
The price you ask for it Is preposter-
GUS"
"That's the beauty Of that umbrella.
It's really the very best quality, out it's
made TO appear cheap and common SO
no one viii steal it."--Philadelphi
Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
Different Opinions.

'sI see man intends TO let rattle
snake bite him and depend on prayer
for a cure. / call that faith"
81 call it cruelty TO animals unless
somebody's going TO pray for the snake
after it's bitten such a fool as that
PHILADELPHIA Ledger,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
Serene Impudence.

THAT offended government threat
ems to make a naval demonstration"
said the South American official
send word Immediately" answered
the. president # the republic, sharply,
that it must not do anything Of the
sort without first paying tie license
fee usually collected from travelling ex.
hibitions. "--Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13
ReasauFeI.

"G-g-good evening"" said the
young man who had come to speak to
the girls father.
Good EVENING"" replied the old gen.
tleman. you look little nervous
How do you feelT'
"Flattered," replied the young man.
81 was afraid looked scared to
death. philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-13

lions army navy exclusive of pensions have
aggregated $626OOO0OO excess over the prior ten
years of ST. 119OO0O0O This is why have not paid
the national this nation any better off, with it's
magnificent fleet of roncads and its larger army, than
would have been if it had paid its national debt and
stood day the great nation the face Of the
earth not owing dollar!
The surplus of military and naval expend
for the last years would have reclaimed every
arid within the limits of This country, and would
given magnificent canals, stretching from the
North to the South. Every school in the country has
its military company. We all craving for war; and
cannot be craving for and not have war
contend that the principles Of right and Justice are
eternal and can be depended If trust God