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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-05
BY HELENA DAVIS.

BY HELENA DAVIS.
 RAA AY I go with you to market. HH0 Mamma?' asked Myrtle.
 ''Yes, dear, as 1t so cool and
 k nice I think the trip to the
 market would be very pleasant for you since your long illness. Do you think you feel quite strong enough to stand the long street-car ride:"
 .sOh, yes, Mamma; I'd so enjoy the ride on the open street car. And l don't feel as though had ever been sick at all. Let me see--it's been almost week since |. got up from my bed And I've gotten Very strong again. You know l practiced my plano lesson for an hour yesterday without feeling Dt ex- hausted."
 "All right, dear" said Myrtle's mamma, getting her hat and gloves. Well start right away while 1t is cool. And the vegetables and fruits are more choice early in the morning, for the crowds have not picked them over. While you get your hat I'll go to she kitchen and fetch the basket"
 few minutes later Myrtle and her mother were on their way to market riding on an open street car and enjoying the fresh morning air immensely. Myrtle h had a long illness. and this was her arst visit to market since her recovery. At the market place Myrtle and her mother went about among the vegetable and fruit stalls selecting all they wanted for the morrow, which was Sunday. Then Myrtle's mother found a seat beside a great pile of cabbages for her little daugh- ter anu told her to rest there, and keep an eye on the basket while she ran across the street to a poultry shop to buy a chicken. Don't leave here, dearie, lilf l return" said Myrtle's mother. q may De detained several minutes on account of the many customers who are ahead of me So you just sit here and wait for me. III place the. basket on the ground be- side you so that you may keep close watch of it." Then Myrtle's mother went out of the market-house and hurried across the street to the poultry shop. As she feared. she was obliged to wait some little time before a clerk could serve her. Then she selected fine chicken, and after 1t was dressed and wrapped for her hurried back across the street to the market-house. She soon sought out the place where she had left Myrtle but to her amazement the child was gone. The mother was a bit
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opened and In came several very large monkeys, the largest Frank haG ever seen. Some of them appeared to be almost as heavy as full-grown men. They circled about Frank and, before he realized what was transpiring, they had him gagged and bound, and were carrying him out of the room. In vain did Frank struggle, the monkeys held him secure.
 Within few minutes they had left the hotel and had wound their way down a dark street, still carrying the helpless Frank. To say that the poor captive boy was frightened would hardly express his feeling There was a sense of his great loss, the loss of home, father, mother, sister, brother and good Uncle Ben, who would never know what had become of his nephew. Oh, the anxiety of those dear ones!
 But Franks chain of thought was broken by hls being carried on board small ship which, he overheard a sailor say, was bound for Africa. But. as he
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had him send in the alarm to the station house that q little golden-haired girl of 10 years of age, wearing a pink frock and white shoes, white stockings, hat and collar, was lost. But before she did this she had phoned to her own home asking the housemaid whether or not Myrtle had arrived there, for she thought the time might have seemed long to Myrtle, wait ing In the market place, and that she might have become i'll or frightened and taken the basket and hurried home
 thinking that perhaps her mother was lost. and that she (Myrtle) would have to tell her papa so that he could instlgate search for the missing wife and mother.
 But the housemaid said Myrtle had
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the method we shall adopt in training you to perform for our monkey society in Africa
 Franks heart was breaking, and he bowed his head to the great, cruel mon- ster, tears trickling from his eyes the while. But at the moment a loud noise caused him to sit up quickly. He opened his eyes. There was Uncle Ben-and- apd-as sure as he was alive-he was again in the hotel bedroom just where Uncle Ben had left him half an hour before. He sat bolt upright in the chair, blinked at the gas light that shone from a jet on the side wall. Then, trembling in every nerve, he spoke:
 'Oh, Uncle Ben, are you really heref Am I really heref Or Is this a dreamP Come, tell me-am l asleep now or awake7'
 'Why, kid, you're awake, reckon, for I left you in that chair when I went down stairs to smoke. You must have fallen Into doze, and on waking your
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only half a mile of the road to town. they really had taken steps enough to have measured three times that distance. Thus, weary from his farm chores and the walk, Tom slept, not waking till wagoner came driving along. Hello! What are you sleepin here for, Tomy' It was the voice of q neighbor farmer that reused Tom from his dreams. Rising on his elbow Tom rubbed his eyes, speedily recovered consciousness and realized his whereabouts.
 "Oh, Pm on my way to town; am driv- ing my prize hog to the fair. Did you see him when you were over at our place the other day? Have a look at him there under the hedge. Gee, he's a dandy
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frocked child sat. Yes. it was Myrtle, and she was sitting quietly beside great bunch of cabbages, her basket of yege- tables and fruits beside her.
 Why dearle, where on earth have you been?" cried the happy mother excitedly. clasping Myrtle In her arms. "Oh. have been frightened almost to deathv'
 Why, Mamma, haven't left this spot" declared Myrtle. II have remained right here-on this chair-ever since you went across the street to get the chicken. But mercy me, how long you have been gone! It seems an hour. began to get very frightened about you.'
 But child, I came back here ever so long ago to find you, and you were gone,"
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not appeared, neither had she phoned. Then the poor mother was at her wits
 end as to what to do. She had tried get ting her husband at his office, but he had gone. Then she tried getting him by phone at their home, but the maid said he had not yet arrived there. What should she do? She walked up and down the long rows of booths, looking every where, stll hoping that she might see the little pink-robed figure she was seeking so yearningly. Suddenly her eyes fell on something pink. Yes, 1t was child's pink frock, and there was broad white hat and long golden curls. With a cry of joy the mother rushed madly through the crowd to the suot where the pink
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porker. I'll sure get the blue ribbon. Fact is, I've called the hog Blue-ribbon for name"
 The farmer not having noticed Blue ribbon on the day he had called at Toms home, got down from his high seat in the wagon and went to the spot desig mated by Tom as being the resting place of Blue-ribbon. But in vain he looked about under the hedge, no hog did he see.
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strange surroundings make you think you are dreaming. But you are awake and we are at the Hotel Sanderson. But it's after II o'clock, and farmers like you and l should have been in bed two mortal hours ago. It's bad habits we'd learn if we lived in the city long. Come, get out of your duds and into bed. Gee. you look scared!'
 Say, Uncle Ben. I've had a terrible nightmare confessed Frank. But I'll tell you about it tomorrow, for it's too late to stay awake any longer tonight. But this much I'll say: dreamed I was in captivity, and that monkeys were my captors. Ugh, the dream was terrible'' That's because you saw that poor trained monk at the show tonight" said Uncle Ben. "Well, 1t is a pity for one kind of creature to take another kind of creature into captivity and make 1t per- form foolish tricks to entertain more fool ish people. We've a lot to learn in thls world yet, my boy, lot to learn" And Uncle Ben drew off his boots, meditating on the wicked ways of men.
 -e>---------
 A LONG THINK.
 "There's a fellow of whom l think . great deal"
 "A good friend, ehr
 "eIo. He owes me ten dollara"
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Tom and His Prize Pig at the Fair.

call "Fattie, Fattie. come to your slop l' and the fine fellow would come on the trot, as fast as his short legs could carry his huge body. If he were In the farthest corner of the lot he would hear his mas ter's voice, and knowing that it meant something good to eat. would come at once. And Tom saw to it that the other hogs and pigs were kept away from the private trough from which he fed his prize hog till the round-bellied fellow was so full that he went away from the trough of his own accord and lay down in the shade somewhere to digest his mucffenjoyed meal.
 And so 1t happened that with the ad- vent of September the well-fed hog was really a fit subject for the County Fair. He would easily weigh two hundred and fifty pounds, and that was pretty good weight for a hog of his age. And so 1t happened that Tom prepared to drive him to the County Seat" the town where
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When the Monkeys Trained the Boy.

as they sat In their room at the hotel.
 T tell you, Uncle Ben, that monkey was almost human," asserted Frank. "Did you notice his hands and the manner of his catching hold of the bicycle handle when he rode about the stage on the wheel7 And he rode better than half of the experts, too.''
 ''Yes, Frank; but I couldn't help feeling sorry for the poor monk" said Uncle Ben. .I knew that he was unhappy there in that unnatural place. He would much
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When Myrtle Was Lost in the
 Market Place.

anxious. and looked all about for her little daughter making inquiry of some of the keepers of stalls near to the place where she had left Myrtle. But as no one had seen the little girl, therefore, could give the uneasy mother no information regarding her, the poor half-distracted woman went on about the market-house, first up one long alley and then down an- other, searching In vain for her child.
 Growing more and more uneasy, Myr- ties mother sought out a policeman. and
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BY WILLIAM WALLACE, JR.

pr "fLIIAM w WALI1ACE, JH
 T was Frank Strong's first visit to
 the city. He went with his jolly
 fat Uncle Ben, who took him about
 to see the many and strange sights.
 Among the places of entertainment they visited was a roof-garden vaudeville performance. Frank was highly amused at the antics of a trained monkey that was the principal attraction of the show, and after the performance he and his uncle talked the monkeys turn" over,
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Solution of Last Weeks Shadow
 Patch Puzzle. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES. ZIGZAG PUZZLJ = Webster. Cross- toords, l. Wall. ?. Beet. 8. Robe. 4. Asss 5. Nuts. 6. Peat, T. Rdke LETTER PUzALE-Heot Words Con- tdtning letters, l. Hearf. ?. Ear. 8. Hdnd. 4. Foot.
 ~URTAILINGS - CD Counter-coant. t2) Combtne-comb. (3) Brigdde- brig. BEHEADINGS - CD Bredd-redd. (2) Block-lock
 PICTURE PUZZLE = Edison. LETTER ENIGhA-Rain
 PUZZLE PICTURE
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CURTAILINGS.

l. Curtail an Asiatic country and leave part of the human face. 9 Curtail large body of soldiers and leave a part of boys name and leave barnyard fowl
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BY MAUD WALKER.

M IL during the spring and summer @y& Tom had taken especial care of
 M fine pig his father had given him, y H telling him that if he fed 1t well
 it might develop into prize" pig for the County Fair, which was to be held in September And all during the spring and summer the pig had eaten and waxed fat and sleek, becoming an adult pig, so to speak, one that is usu- ally alluded to as a "hog" And after the pig had grown into a real hog Tom had the fondest hopes that he might go to the fair and carry home blue ribbon tied to the pigs ear or tall.
 But so fond had the pig-but I'll call him a hog after this, so big had he grown-become of Tom that he would fol- low him about the big hog lot where he spent most of his time in company with other pigs and hogs. And Tom had but to step over the stile into the lot and
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

prevent the enforcement of a new
city ordinance for prohibition Of the
sale of liquor. The decision is against
the Injunction and in favor OF the pro-
hibition.
The finding was made on the two
points brought out in the petition for
the injunction. The first point made
by the petitioners was that an incor-
porated village, like Portales, had nc
authority to prohibit the sale Of IL
quor, although admitting it might reg
ulate the sale of it. The second point
made by the petitioners was that the
ordinance conftcted with the territor.
torial law as to punishment. Judge
Pope decided against both OF these
points giving the town of Aztec as a
case in which a similad ordinance
was passed, and supported by Judge
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26
Dramatic cIub.

The Dramatic Club Is doing excel
lent work under the leadership OF MI.
Albert White. They practice at the
Institute three time a week, and al
though the cast is a large one, every
one Is taking great interest. The ca
diets and the young ladies' who r in
the play appreciate h ability. Of Mr..
White and realize that the produc-
ton will be An excellent one. It will
possibly be one of the best musical
comedies ever staked in Roswell. This
play is to De given in the new Ar
mory Building, during the Stockmen's
Convention. 1t will possibly be given
The evenings of the 9th and 9th. Many
| people have already made application
for reserved seats, and it Is probable
that 1t will be a record breaking
crowd for Roswell. 1t is a snappy,
| pleasing musical comedy, full of life
and vim, and Mr.. White has trained
the performers until everything is
done in perfect time and with musical
exactness. 1t is interspersed through
out with dialogues, which add greatly
to the interest and keep the audience
guessing as to what is going to happen
next.
The Institute band is arranging to
decorate the autobus and to lead the
auto parade in the Stockmen's Con
vention. The band has improved quite
a bit Of late.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26
BIG RED AP-
PIE LAND

From the Paducah, (Ky.) Sun.
81 don't believe God ever planted
loan fifteen feet deep in another val
ley $500 feet above the sea level,
where the sun shines 800 days in ev
cry year between ranges Of snow
crowned mountains, and the water
bubbles up a thousand feet to the top
OF the ground"
This Is not the foreword OF a land
agents prospectus, but the statement
Of a raw-boned Iowa farmer, on his
way back home to pack up his house
hold effects and move to the Pecos
Valley Of New Mexico.
When a man rides with b fresh
plucked stem of a full blown peach
blossom prozSAing from his lips on
the fourth day of March, over a dirt
road that rings like metal under the
horses hoofs, and gazes through the
superrelned atmosphere at an alti'
tude of $500 feet toward the glisten.
ing top OF a snowclad range of noun.
tains 125 miles away, he pronounces
the climate nothing short OF glorious
n If he happens to be a pale face
from the city and attains a complex
ION OF cowboy red in "a hours, he
admits he is in the valley OF SUI
shine.
So much for the aspect Of Pecos
Vslley, New Mexico, as 1t applies to
personal conditions of the indi
vidua1; but as he rides past modern
bungalows, with trees bordering the
highways and sparkling water playing
from ron yard fountains, past herds
of fat herefords, fields of alfalfa, and
apple orchards embracing from 10 te
900 acre. rpecomes convinced that
prosperity unites with the
esthetic setting Of the valley to temp
the visitor to hnger aud grow rich and
healthy.
That's what 1t does boys, says
the retired Cownan, as he points tc
artesian wells hat gush foot-thicl
streams of water high into the air
without irrigation this Land isn't
worth much"
But the artesfan belt is well de
fined by government survey, and the
underground stream is fed by melting
snow and rain ON the eternal hill.
that surround this plain. So there i:
no lack. The advantage the vale!
enjoys, is that the population has
plenty of sunshine and a regulate
the water supply. In those countries
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26
Bismark Pickles
and Preserves
The Kansas City stock Market.

Kansas City, March 26.-Cattle re-
ceipts, 1000, including 800 sourherns;
market strong. Native steers, 5000
SIS; southern steers, 4.S0@6.10; SOU
thern cows. 3.20@5.00; native COWS
and heifers, 2.60@6.20; stockers and
feeders, 3.75@5.60: bulls, 3.2O@5.00;
calves, 3.75@7.70; western steers. s.
00@6.30; western lows, 3.25@5.50.
Hog receipts. 5000; market 5 to 10c
higher; Bulk, 6.60Q6.90; heavy. 6.S5
@7.00; packers and butchers, 6.70@
6.95; light, 6.30@6.75; pigs. 5.0O@5.-
80.
Sheep receipts. 5000; market stea-
dy. Mrttons, 5.O0@6.25; lambs, 6.25@
IT'S; range wethers, 4.40@7.20; fed
| ewes, 3.50@5.S5.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

We are probably not as genteel and
fine looking or as slick tongued as the
other fellows, but we are selling our
pianos all the sane. Quality" talks
in selling pianos.-Pecos Valley Music
Company. 21t2.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

McFie and citing the az to show that
punishment provided in the Portales
ordinance does not exceed the limit
established In the territorial law. The
petitioners have not yet decided whe-
Their they will appeal the case.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

Juan Rubio left on the auto today
for Santa Fe, to drive back the horse
of ]. M. Hervey, along with his buggy
and some OF his chattels, which have
been at Santa Fe during his term Of
office as Attorney General.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

WANTED:-Work for a boy of thir-
teen years.-Federated Charities
: Miss Nell R. Moore. 21t2.
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Bio Crowd at eaullieur Dance.

The quarters of the Gaullieur Club
were taxed to their utmost at the reg.
ular monthly dance last night. About
fifty couples were in attendance and
the dancing was continued until 9
late hour.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

THE AUTHORIZATION
INJUNCTION Is DENIED.
Judge VIM. H. Pope has rendered
his decision in the Injunction suit OF
the saloon men of Portales against
the officials of that town, brought to
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

We just delivered another fine Pack
ard piano, making three Shumann and
Packard Pianos sold and delivered the
past ew days.-Pecos Valley Music
Company. 21t2
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

We don't at all times buy and ship
our pianos in carload lots, however,
we manage to sell the people a bet
ter piano for less money. than the 9TH
.er fellow.-Pecos Valley Music Com
pany. 21t2.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Mckay, Of Dex
ter came in yesterday for a short visit
with friends.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

A Wright came up from Hagerman
this morning.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

G. H. Totten, of Ell Paso is spend.
ing several days in Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-26

WANTED:-Pantry woman at Grand
Central Hotel. 21tf.
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WANTED:-Pantry woman at Grand
Central Hotel. 21tf
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Result bringers-Record ads.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-21
HESsvILLE.

Arthur Kohler has returned from
Georgetown, Ky. His wife will return
next week and they will live on the
Chick farm.
A surprise party was rendered Dora
Kansheld Wednesday evening by her
school mates. Games were played and
refreshments served.
Messrs. Ed and william Dedelow
were Hammond visitors yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Rhode is on the sick list.
Jacob and Frieda Fullgraf were
Hammond visitors yesterday.
Mrs. Grapp spent Thursday in Chi
cago.
Mrs. Lanerty of Chicago spent yes
terday here.
Mrs John Ldnola and son, Eddie
spent Thursday in Chicago.
Richard and Bertha Van linen OF
Highlands visited Henry schoon here
yesterday.
Mrs. NJ Eversole of Hammond wa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-21
HOBART.

The class play by the graduates of
'09 will take place this evening in
STATIONS Opera House, beginning at
o'clock sharp. The play is called
"Qeen Esther" The following is the
cast of characters:
King Ahasuerus. .... Fred Frank
Queen Esther. Lille Rose
Mordecaf (Esthers uncle). ..
.-...-..-......... Deering Melin
Haman (favorite of Ahasuerus) -
Theresa Butts
Zaresh (Haman's wife)
.....-....-..... Margaret Bullock
Leach (Esther's friend) -
Lena Peddicord
SaIome and Sara CJewish attendants
of queen) Gladys East & Eta Harms
Harbona chamberlain of the palace
Attack (king's scribe) Helen Mackey
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beltzhoover have
moved into the f. Thompson fiat on
South Main street
DR.. Maokey transacted business at
Gary yesterday.
Frank Beltzhoover of South chica-
go has purchased the Tyler grocery
store, and will be opened for BUSH
ness about next Monday
The H B. is will operate on new
victim Saturday evening at the sana-
torium.
A son was born yesterday to Mr..
and Mrs Oscar Meyers
Miss Edith Bride visited at Gary
j yesterday.
Mrs E. sohn and son, Ernest. are
visiting relatives in the city.
Miss Lizzie Niksch spent yesterday
with her sister at Gary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Quinlan and G.
Barnes left yesterday for Alva. Okla
The NJ. E. church Aid society will
meet next week Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. George Roper
The Foresters held their regular
meeting last evening. Several eandi-
dates We're initiated into the lodge
Miss Wilson of Valparaiso visited
with Miss Eva ODen yesterday.
Mrs H. scholler was in Chicago or
business yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-21
HEGEWISCH.

The Epworth League of the NJ. E.
church will hold their public installa-
ton of new officers next Sunday even
ing. A special program has been ar
ranged for. Services will commence as
usual at $50 o'clock. All who are in
terested are cordially invited to attend.
Charles Malmstone of Pullman was
in town on business yesterday.
A good way to improve the looks of
your property is to give your house
new coat of paint. Mr. V. A. Beck
man has just finished the painting of
his residence on Superior avenue.
Mrs. A. c. Mcdonnell and Mrs. Ed.
Jacobson spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs B. A Anderson of CONNER
ciaI avenue
Mrs Ben Fogeli formerly of Hege-
wisch, visited friends here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N Hurd have re-
Gently moved into their new float at
1866 Howard avenue which has just
been completed.
Mrs. Lunn, who has been an inmate
of one of the west side hospitals for
the past three weeks, is reported to be
getting along nicely at present.
Mrs. A Moehlring of Hammond
spent Wednesday with her aunt Mrs
Daniel Jordan, of Ontario avenue
C. Lylkke of South Chicago was in
town transacting business yesterda
Mrs. Johnson of Ontario avenue who
was left a widow several months ago
moved her family to Englewood yes
terday morning.
Some stores claim to be the Iarg-
est furniture store in this section; we
know we are. Spiegel, South Chicago:
leading furniture store. Il