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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-08
Mrs. Geo. Wallace Spiritual
 Medium
22o1 4th Ave. N.
Bell Phone 17o4

Mediums are links in Gods immortal chain. Heirs to eternity spiritualists owe no allegiance to creed. books, man or council Only do they bow to the Di- vine Being called God. which means all power Mediumship is a holy gift and should be used as God designed 1t, bring ing messages from the departed spirits. We have in our community Mrs. George Wallace,
 This gifted lady has devoted two decades of her life to the unraYeling of human mysteries, to the softenlng of human sorrows, and to helping the troubled and unfortunate. Strangely fascinating are the words which come from the lips of this most interesting and cultured lady. It seems indeed as if her knowledge must come fYom that mysterious world which we all know. yet longing cannot know. She looks as far away into the din mys- terious future-the great beyond-across the dark chasm which separates the hu- man body from the fitting soul-and tells that which is to be told
 Mrs Wallace says; They are not dead The dead, so called, unseen, they come to those earthly friends. The medium, who is gifted with a gift from the Di- vine Being to converse with disembodied friends. who have lain down the body material and gone to realms above
 HER TESTIMONIALS
 
 visited Mrs. Wallace concerning rob bery at my home. She described the thief, how he entered, and articles stolen; told me he would be captured and articles returned by that evening. l received message from Sheriff Shipp about that afternoon corroborating her prediction Mrs John Twnmau, Chattanooga, Tenn.
 visited Mrs. Wallace some time ago on business advice. She told me the H. cense of my husband. Dr. Thomas B. Elder, would be taken away from him at Hot Springs, Ark. and restored 10 him in two months; that in meantime he would make a visit to Washington, D. c which came true. She also predicted that he would meet with an accident which came true, he having been stabbed in the abdomen by another doctor.-Mrs. Thomas B. Rider Hot Springs Ark.
 called on Mrs. Wallace and she told me I had come to consult her about the loss of a silver watch She told me to return home and it would be returned to me be- fore three weeks elapsed which came trre.-Nfrs. Caroline Newman Chattanoo- ga, Tenn.
 A marvellous test given last Tues day morning, when a wife was told that her husband, John, would not live till September, died at 6 o'clock of the same day, husband at the time of reading being in his usual health Call upon this wonderful woman who will advise and assist you in all oolhestlc and financial troubles.
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Domestic Economy.

From Harpers Weekly.
 Mollie, the Irish domestic in the service of Wilmington household, was one aft ernoon doing certain odd bits of work about the place when her mistress found occasion to rebuke her for one piece of carelessness.
 "You haven't wound the clock, Mollie" said she. T watched you closely, and vau gave it only a wind or two. Why didn't you complete the job?'
 ',sufe. mum, ye haven't forgot that I'm leavin tomorrer have ye?' asked Mol lie T aint goin to be doin' amy of the new gyurs workr'
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Or that the Present State of Higher Criticism" touches the nearest interest of woman's club of a hundred women in a medium sized Indiana town. There is no reason on earth. of course, why women, if they feel compelled to discuss these questions, should not do so. But it is difficult to believe that subjects like these are very close to the heart of the average
 woman
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days, had petted her as a child. Her first appearance at the French court was at grand ball at the Tuileries, where her reception was such as might well have turned a less well balanced head.
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TRAMP'S OPINION
 OF UNITED STATES Says Illinois Has the Finest MISSOURI THE WORST Oregon and Southern California Have the Prettiest Girls, Massachusetts
 the Best Roads and New York
 Gives the Best Treatment.
MISSOURI THE WORST
From the New York World.


 August Raddatz, German globe trotter, probably knows more about Amer lea than any American.
 He set out five years ago to acquire knowledge of this country. and in his search for knowledge he has walked 10000 miles and travelled by rail and water 5000 miles.
 Raddatz's journey ended in New York a few days ago. He set down his bundle, cleaned from his shoes the mud of the road and got a job.
 T am through travelling" he said, "I have seen thousands of cities. I like New York best"
 Raddatz had tramped over the greater part of Europe before he visited the United States five years ago. He began his journeyings in America from New York, exchanging farm work for food and lodging. He had no itinerary If fancy or a good road beckoned, he fol- lowed He took whatever work offered.
 He graded roads in Massachusetts. He raised tobacco in the Connecticut valley. He worked in an automobile factory in Syracuse. He shucked corn in Illinois and Iowa. He worked in the harvest fields of Nebraska and Kansas. He helped Uncle Sam irrigate in Oregon and Wash ington. He mined in Nevada. He punched cattle for Miller, the cattle king, in southern California. He picked cot ton in Texas. He worked in a sawmill in Louisiana. He was a railroad section hand in Arkansas Tennessee and Ken lucky He washed dishes in hotels in San Francisco Chicago and Boston. He laid cement sidewalks in Winnipeg. He was a longshoreman in Duluth and other lake ports.
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Count de Castiglione-young, handsome and rich, but of weak character and dis sipated habits. Such husband could never inspire respect, much less affec- tion, in the proud, strong -willed young beauty. She owed him no allegiance. and she never gave 1t. Even before the honeymoon had waned she set the count at defiance. In vain he implored her to pay the bridal visit, prescribed by cus- tom. to his mother She refused point blank.
 Seeing that appeals and commands were alike useless he determined to con quer by artifice. One day he invited his wife to accompany him on a drive. se- cretly bidding the coachman to take them to his mothers house. Virginie showed no sign of suspicion until the car riage was crossing the river and her des- tination became clear. Then, taking off one of her shoes, she flung it into the water, saying, triumphantly: Now take me back. I can't enter your mothers house barefoot" And back the count had to take the pretty rebel.
 A Picture of the Countess.
 NJ. Lollee paints a charming picture of Virginie at this period of her life Her blue eyes had a magic softness; her brown hair, rich and abundant, clustered round the pure lines of her brow; the arms and shoulders had an indescriba- ble grace in their exquisite curves; the dainty dimpled chin, the lovely parted lips, like an opening crimson flower ap- peared to invite a caress Even more beautiful, if possible, was her figure. which was faultless in it's symmetry and its grace of outline; while her arms and
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He investigated free barber shops by getting shaved in them. He investigated municipal wood yards by saving wood in them. He investigated public em- pleyment bureaus by asking them for jobs. When sick he investigated free dispensares and public hospitals.
 His adventures have been of the great est variety. He has been starved in the sums and the desert A Bowery crook picked his pocket. Two cowboys in a playful mood shot his hat off. A bear hugged him in the Rockies. He spent sleepess night on the prairie encircled by wolves.
 "Where," Raddatz was asked, "are the prettiest girls in American
 Tn Portland, Ore. and Southern Calf fornia," was the prompt reply. 'The perfect climate has something to do with 1t. I think
 Where are the ugliest girls?''
 Tn Massachusetts. They are white and cold and stiff. Now and then you will find one with a well-shaped nose, per haps, or a good mouth or a well-rounded chin. But good features do not make a pretty woman
 "Where do the Americans live who have the kindest hearts?"
 "The Mormons are the most hospitable people in the world. When I was in their country I never wanted for food or a bed. And they did not always like it when I insisted upon working in ex- change for a lodging"
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4 Wolnan's Poultry Profits.

Goodall's Farmer tells this little
story of a woman's success with poul-
try. Her way of not giving ner bust
ness away even to her husband is
quite unUsua' for her sex:
II confess I eve paid much at
tention to the hens my wife kept, and
indeed thought it rather beneath a.
mans dignity to look after chickens,
until 1 had my eyes opened to my
folly" remarked a farmer recently.
"Sic years ago the drought in our sec
ton cut my crops 30 close that when
l went into the winter found myself
short of ready cash after settling up
the seasons business. / don't like to
borrow from the banks and mad be-
gun to believe ! had 10 face q hard
situation. One night my wife said to
me: \ ca? let You have some of my
egg and chicken money to help you
out. Much obliged ! replied.
thinking she might have saved up
SIS or even $50. But when she gave
me her check for $500 l felt like
crawling under the barn. She had
actually cleared Up $500 from her
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Cotton Seed Meal For Swine.

The supposedly toxic or poisonous
effect of feeding cotton seed meal to
pigs comes from giving it in too large
amounts. Recent tests in Arkansas
show good results to all ages of pigs
If the amount is properly regulated.
For continuous feeding the following
allowances appear to be within the
danger limit: Pigs under fifty
pounds, one-quarter pound per day;
pigs from fifty to seventy-fve pounds,
one-third pound per day; pigs from
seventy-fve to one hundred pounds,
four pounds per day; pigs ron loo
to $50 pounds, four and one-halt
pounds per day.
Where the cotton seed meal forms
a part of the grain ration there
should always be an equal amount OF
wheat bran to supply bulk. Cotton
seed meal supplies the elements lack
ing in corn meal and may be fed
proftably in connection with it at
the rate of one part of the former to
four to seven parts of the latter. 1t
is never safe to allow hogs free &C.
cess to cotton seed meal, hence it
should always be mixed with the
grain ration and fed so they will not
get more than the amount stated.
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Poultry in the Garden.

In a bulletin from the Massachu-
sets station J. H. Robinson tells of
the many ways in which poultry may
be useful in cultivated lands. In the
cornfield until the ears are ripening;
they will keep the asparagus bed in
good filth and free from insects from
the time the cutting is discontinued:
raspberries and blackberries until
fruit is ripening. On grass land
where but n crop Of hay is cut each
year poultry may be kept on the land
from the time the hay is taken off.
Some of the best mowings I have seen
in this State r those that are cut
but once a year and poultry kept on
them with the second growth so
strong it really seemed a waste not to
cut it. Of course too much poultry
on grass land will ruin it. There is
a medium where the land and poultry
alike profit. An orchard furnishes
an ideal place for poultry. 1t gives
shade as well as a grass run, and the
birds destroy many insects. Whether
in field, orchard or garden the fowl
that has an opportunity to do some
thing for itself is saving labor for its
owner, saving on the feed bill, and
under proper restrictions is actually
doing work which otherwise he would
have to hire done. 1t is also keeping
in good physical condition, and thus
saving anxiety and extra care that
go with unthrifty stock, to say moth
ing of the losses steadily occurring
among such stock.
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Long Snake in q Tree.

While walking through the woods
neal his home and gazing into the
treetops for a sight of a squirrel,
Charles Battlefield, a farmer of Lib
erty township, lea Millville, was I'M
prepared for the sight that met his
gaze, and for a time was somewhat
startled.
Fifteen feet from the ground, pro-
truding from 4 hole in the tree, Mr..
Battlefield saw the head Of a snake,
with II. tongue iarting out of it's
mouth. Battlefield promptly killed
the snake. which measured seven feet
and eight inches long and was about
two inches in diameter At the largest
part Of the body. The color was
brown. with bars 4 short distance
apart of a lighter color.-Newcastle
Correspondence Indianapolis News.
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WHY JAP BABIES ARE GOOD.
They Escape the Ordeal of Wearing
Uncomfortable American Clothing.

Americans Wonder at the amiable
temper of our Japanese babies; the
real marvel is the measure of good
nature which the American baby
manages to retain after all he is called
upon to go through in dressing" says
Adachi Kinnosuke, in The Delineator.
How on earth can the most perfect
of saints, let alone a baby, be expected
to retain his Christian virtues! His
legs and necks are twisted into all sorts
of double knots three, four times a
day, that they may be squeezed
through a tight-ftting shirt. When
! saw, for the first time, an American
baby dressed, I thought that, COM
pared to it, the Anglican and Catholic
Church ceremonies were of a mere
'r~ing-a-rosy' simplicity, Our baby
clothes are certainly simpler. Incl
dentally they are wide minded and
wide sleeved enough to let a baby
grow in them. without it's putting up
a ring fight.
Baby dresses are cut, along gen.
eral lines, the same as the klmono or
the grown-ups. Only for the baby
the sleeves and skirts are longer and
wider in proportion, so that they will
cover the bare feet; besides protect
ing the bare hands, the long sleeves
say faces from heartless scratch
ings.
After the first bath, the nurse
takes out an undergarment, fits it
into the inner side of an outer gar
ment and then lays the dresses, thus
fitted, upon the soft padded mat floor
and simply and naturally puts the
baby into the open folds. No screams.
What excuse can the baby. have to
yell? Simply a matter OF dress
nothing ore But see what a differ
ence it makes i'll life! To the Ameri-
can mother the century old hysterieal
fit of screaming SO terrifying to her;
to the Japanese mother, perhaps, the
sweetest melody on earth-the mel
low cooling of content"
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+ utilized either for the gymnasium OF
in the home. In the illustration 1t Is
made of light weight serge, but all
the materials that are used for suits
of the sort are appropriate. The
knickerbockers or boomers are COM
fortably full, yet simple, and the
blouse portion is made in conformity
with the-latest style. The three-quar"
ter sleeves are those in most general
use, but long ones a be substituted,
if preferred. >.
The suit consists of blouse and
knickerbockers. The blouse Is made
with fronts and back and is finished
with a belt at the waist line. The
knickerbockers are laid in pleats at
their upper edges and are Joined to
Wristbands, and these Wristbands are
buttoned onto the band of the blouse,
so that there is no possible danger
of parting, no matter how active an
hour may be enjoyed.
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Stationery.

Fashionable correspondence paper
is of various textures and shades.
There is the kid finished paper in
oak grained effect, which comes in
sheets and envelopes of two sizes and
is exceptionally smartsthe cross
barred weave with a whiteRor colored
border resembling the finishing of a
hemstitched handkerchief; what is
known as French dimity, white. gray,
blue and buff linen; a thin, fine quail
ity of lawn, which appears in maize,
mauve and dawn pink. and linen and
glace fabrics which have envelopes
daintily embossed in embroidery pat
terms.
Herringbone weaves, showing cor
duroy and pique effects, are steadily
gaining ground, Is they come in all
the fashionable shades and in the
three customary sizes. Satin, bond
finished and linen fabric stationery
Of note, letter and commercial size
may be conveniently purchased in the
form of a writing tablet which is pro-
vided with an envelope drawer.
Among stationery novelties ~"
small sheets of crossed barred weave
engraved with the frs: uame Of ;Er
writer and intended only for cnrrr-
Spundencc with intimate friends:
featherweicht sheets, accompanied BY
gray lined tissue envelopes. for for
eign correspondence, and "haSty
note" paper, with pcrfumed summcG
edges, which provides An enrelnIa
when properly Folded. - Now You
Herald.
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Saving Manure.

Referring to the loss of manure re-
sulting from careless or thoughtless
handling, H. Leigh Hunt tells Coun-
try Gentleman readers to bed cattle
and horses, calves and pigs abundant
ly with straw, leaves or sawdust, both
for the comfort of the animals, clean
illness, and for the absorption of man
urial elements. For S directly in
the cellars, muck, leaf mold from the
woods, turf or dry earth are excel
lent. Sawdust is often the most cas-
lily obtained, but on land where root
crops are to be raised it will, If very
freely used, cause a fungus blight, or
scab. Of itself it has little value,
being usually of soft wood, but will
absorb the liquids readily when dry,
and this makes excellent bedding.
Liquid manure is available at once.
and the more quickly it is applied
to the land the better; but the solids
must go through a process OF decay
before they are ready for the plant.
Manure on which hogs have run all
winter is so valuable, largely on &C
count Of the working yer that the
hogs give it, when it is plentifully
mixed with straw or other bedding
material or a quantity of corn is
thrown amongst it, its dinintegration
into particles is much fastened. Much
handling improves manure, but it
should never be allowed to dry in the
sun After being applied to the land,
it should be narrowed in at once and
thoroughly mixed with the soil to
prevent loss. If left for days after
spreading, as it often is, 1t dries and
cakes and loses half its value. One
who has never tried it will be sur
prised at the first trial to see the
amount of manure wasted by turning
the COWS out at night during the
summer. Knowing that they fed lit
tie during the night, 1 had my COWS
turned into a small, dry yard, where
they could be in the fresh air, but
could not wander. Each morning a
man goes over the yard with a shovel
and throws the droppings IN a pile.
A shelter of old boards on four green
posts protects them from rain and
sun. AS often as needed, the heap
is drawn out and used. This daily
chore keeps the yard clean for the
cattle to lie in at night, and saves
many loads of fertilizer. 1t takes
only a few moments of time each day.
No manure loses more from expo
sure than that of poultry. 1t is very
rich in ammonia, and this escapes
into the air and goes to waste. Alb
sorbents under the perches, and fire.
quent. even daily, cleaning Of the
dropping boards, storing the manure
in receptacles that largely exclude
air, will insure a fertilizer Of much
more value than when the droppings
are allowed to lie on the floor from
month to month, as occurs in many
henhouses.
If farming is 20 be made profitable,
all these little leaks must be stopped.
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Good Copy.

"Ill give ye-two a week. said the
country merchant.
. 81 can't live on less than four" de-
clared the ambitious boy.
"Ye don't know what We can do til
ye try, John. Try it on two for
awhile. 1t will make better reading
fer your biography when ye git ricL."
Louisville Cou%rief-Journal.
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Rottinp of Tomatoes.

There has been a great deal OF
complaint about tomatoes rotting this
year. It is a dry, black rot that at
tacks the blossom end about the time
or just before the tomato begins to
get ripe. Some people think it is
caused by too much dampness when
the tomatoes are close to the ground;
or by vines being too thick. My ex-
perience is that it is dry weather and
hot sunshine that III them to rot.
instead of the wet weather. When l
trimmed my tomatoes to a single
stem and tied them up to stakes.
they rotted a great deal worse thai
they did when I let the vines run and
fall down to shade the tomatoes. II
you have noticed, those that come up
volunteer" around the fence where
they are shaded from the u are gen.
orally the first ones to get ripe and
rot the least. So you see it is not
because they are shaded that they
rot. =
What caused the tomatoes to rot so
bad this year, 1 think, was on ac-
count of the hot sun. and dry weather
when they first began to ripen and be-
fore the vines had gotten thick
enough to shade them. AS o as
the rains came and the vines got rank
enough to shade the tomatoes and
keep them damp they quit rotting.
Nature knows what is best and has
given the tomato a vine to cover her
fruit from the burning sun. When
we try to improve on nature by cut
ting away part of the vine to let in
the sunshine we ruin the fruit if the
weather is hot and dry. And the
vines that are not trimmed will bear
fruit of a better flavor, the tomatoes
not being so strong and SOU as they
are when the sun shines directly on
them. ,
This is my experience and we new
er fail to have plenty of tomatoes
even when our neighbors have none.
Il. O. H., in Indiana Farmer.
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terials of the sort are appropriate.

terials of the sort are appropriate.
The waist is made over a fitted
lining and consists, of fronts and back
with the chemisette. The lining is
closed at the centre front, the waist
invisibly at the left of the front. The
sleeves are tucked to give a novel and
becoming effect and arranged over
the Innings, which are faced to form
the under sleeves.
The quantity of material required
for the. medium size is three and
seven-eighth yards tw%enty-one, twen-
sy-four or twenty-seven, or two yards
forty-four inches wide, with three
fourth yard eighteen inches wide for
the chemisette and under sleeves and
two and on%e-fourth yards of banding.
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Fever in Sheep.

A foundered sheep will be in a
high state of fever and stiff all over,
1t will stand up but little and seem
in great pain. Ordinarily sheep do
not become foundered except when FED
from a self-feeder and they are diff
cult animals to treat when they do
overeat. The only remedy is to phys
ic with Epson salts or pure raw lin
seed.-Farmers' Home Journal.
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Pinkhams Vegetable Compound made
me a we'll woman and have no more
backache. / hope I can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me."-MRs. EMMA IMsE, 1888 First ST.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one Of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company Of Lynn,
Mass, whichproye beyond a doubtthat
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope Of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
F
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Exercise Suit.

The exercise suit makes an i'm.
portant feature Of the modern ward.
robe, for women long ago learned thaa
a few moments given over to system.
attic exercise is one of the greatest OF
all aids to perfect health and sym
metry. This suit is simple and prac'
tical, yet smart withal and can be