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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

1t was to remain away from the banquet hall on all occasions Pinko was one of them, and he obeyed the summons with some misgivings, although he held in his hand the little wand the fairy had given him, and he kept that hand hidden in the pocket of the ragged old coat.
 After all the servants had entered the banquet hall the master said;
 You are set of CUTS and shall each feel the masters whip this hour. I can read In your faces that you all hate and fear me. l shall make you love me Instead. or kill you. Let that trembling little dog there come first! Give him 30 lashesl" The princess order was given to the whipping man, and he alluded to Pinko. Pinko stepped forward and the prince asked: "Do you despise me. fish erman?" Whereupon PinkO said II do, sir" And at the same moment he waved the wand. As he did so the three Ash on the table came to life, leaped into the princes face. bit him, scratched his face with their sharp fins and disappeared through the window. The prince. so amazed at this, looked about on the as- tonished faces of his trembling servants. Not one dared to speak. What means this?" cried the prince, addressing Pinko. "Were those fish bewitched? Did you procure them from some old witch thas I might be poisoned by them2 Flog him, man. till he falls into a ft!'
 But during the last words addressed to Pinko he again waved his little wand and 6 great club came through the ceiling of the room and rendered heavy blow on the head of the prince almost stunning him. What does all this mean?" cried the cruel and enraged master. "Who cast that club! I shall have him killed at the whipping stakeP' But as no ono could answer the prince's question he again turned his attention to Pinko. "All this evil comes from that young whelp,' he cried, pointing towards Ptnko. Lash him till he drops before my eyes, then
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my, how will we ever get off this roofY'
 Tommy's eyes grew round as the idea came to him. How stupid he had been Well" he said, q guess we can't jump down, for we might break our legs"
 'Or our necks," said Nellie. "Yes, how shall we ever get downf'
 Lets call for help" said Tommy. Then, giving full vent to his lungs, he called out: Help! Helpi Help!' And Nellie added her voice to her brothers, and the cry for assistance rang through the meadow. For fully five minutes the
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yellow fruit Oh, it was all so delightful
 And then came dinner. Aud such q dinnerl Fresh garden truck from the old colored gardeners garden. And the desert was watermelon. And then 1t was that Tommy's mamma had to hold her little son in check. for he wanted to ask for "a second helping of desert T could eat whole melon, mamma" whis- pered Tommy to his mother. You might be able to do that. sonny" said his mother in Il low tone. Out you'd certainly suffer the consequences. You know what I have told you about the glutton and the gourmand."
 After dinner Nellie and Tommy went
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Anecdotes of Curran.

HN ORD CHANCELLOR CLARE, in a N discussion with Curran in court one kA day, on some point of law, ex- claimed: "Oh, if that be law, Mir. Cur ran, I'll burn my law books"
 ''You would better read them, my lord" drily replied Curran.
 On another occasion the Lord Chancel- Tor, while Curran was addressing him in a most important case, occupied himself with great Newfoundland dog that sat near him in court. Curran, having ceased speaking, through indignation, the Lord Chancellor looked at him and asked: Why don't you proceed, MT. Curran?"
 ''I thought your lordships were in con- sultation, sir,'' replied Curran.
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played with the ladder. Well, let's try calling again." said Nellie. So they raised their voices once more, calling for help.
 Still no one responded and the time went on, each minute seeming like hours to the poor suffering children. And to make the matter worse they were sitting on the sunny side of the shed roof. and the rays from old Sol were perfectly scorching Oh, why had they come to explore in the meadow Why had they not been content to remain on the lawnl Thus did they mentally question them selves.
 After nearly an hour had passed by and the children were beginning to think It meant to remain always on that roof there till starvation claimed them, or the breaking of legs and neeks jumping down-a wagon appeared on the road coming round the foot of the bill, going toward town. The road was some dis tance from the shed. but the children knew their voices could reach the occu- pant of the wagon, for the day was so still. Indeed, as the wagon came on nearer and nearer they could faintly hear
  ing of the horses hoofs on the hard earth. Then they called out Help Help!' And the wagoner turned his face in their direction and, hearing their cry, drew his horses to a standstill. "What's the mat ter, youngstersf" came the mans voice to Nellie and Tommy.
 We want to get down, please" called back Tommy We threw of our ladder and can't get off this roof"
 Within few minutes the man had reached the shed, had found the ladder and had placed 1t upright against the side of the shed so that the children-who had been held prisoners there so long could make their escape. And after get ting to the ground and thanking the good wagoner for coming to their rescue Nellie and Tommy hurried honeward as fast as their cramped legs would permit of. III never, never go exploring in an unknown place again." declared Nellie. Nor will l." acquiesced Tommy. ''The lawn and the garden are good enough for me after this. -
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him of the ladder. ''oh, I wonder if dog can go up a ladderf" he exclaimed.
 "Of course he can," said Nellie, flor don't you remembr the dogs in the cir GUS climbed ladders and shot off gunsT
 Then I'll just drop this end of the ladder to the ground said Tommy. And before Nellie could cry out to him not to do so, for he would be cutting off their means of descent Tommy had caught hold of the end of the ladder which rest ed against the cave and had thrown 1t to one side, and 1t fell crashing into the
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two children waited, hoping to see some one coming from the hill. The trees cut off all view of the farmhouse and there were no other houses near to the meadow, the nearest town houses being fully half a mile distant.
 As the dog had by this time disap- peared down the road the children wished they had not been so nasty In going up to the roof, and Tommy felt doubly re- gretful on account of the part he. had
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z 9OWPuZZle Corner $
PRIMAL. ACROSTIC

All the words of this acrostic contain the same number of letters. If the words are rightly guessed. and written one be- low another, their initial letters will spell the name of well-known American illus trator of the present day. The cross words are l. A little maid. 2. heavy metal. " 8. To cook in an oven. 4. Some thing which comes only in the winter |. place where bread Is baked. G. A part of speech,
 ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES.
 BEHEADINGS = l1)Sprdtn- -rdin. (2D Bro,o-roD. (3) Shoe-hoe.
 A CURTAILINGS-u) Pitcher-pitch. @ Rin0let-rtn0. (3) Bearfng-bear.
 PRIMAL ACROS1IC-OIe Bull Cross ,cords are 1. Organ. 2. Lungs 8. Eagle. 4. Bdker. Q. Uncle. 6. Laickp !. Lecch
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LETTER ENIGMA.

My first Is in ten, but not in pins: My second is In evil, but not in sins: My third Is in vine, but not in tree: My fourth Is the same as you have in my three: My fifth is in ink, also In write: My sixth Is in sun, but not in light. My whole Is a game
 That all children love
 And you'll know what 1t Is
 If you solve the above.
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STALE BREAD.

Z7u HAT becomes of stale bread? It all goes back to the baker who " made 1t. The baker sells the bread by the wagon load to farmers who live on the outskirts of the city. These farmers use 1t for poultry feeding and often buy it for as low as 70 cents per load. The bread makes splendid food for chickens and it is corded like wood on the wagons.
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grass below. "Now. the dog can't reach us," he said, feeling easier in mind. NO, and neither can we get down." cried Nell lie, almost as much frightened at their present dilemma on the roof as she had been at the dog. And strangest part of all was that the dog had decided not to come to the shed at all, but had turned tail and was trotting off toward the dusty country road which ran through the meadow and into town. "Now, Tom
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CONUNDRUMs.

When are eyes like oil shafts? WheH svRkeB
 Why are dudes like sponges? They are great on the speH. Why Is a stick of candy like race horse?
 Because the moro you lick tt the foster t goes.
 Why does a duck come out of the water For sun-dry redsons. fitting dressf
 Becduse both are badly pf1akIed. What animal skin did Adam wearl 4 bear skin.
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ZIGZAG PUZZLE.

The words of this zigzag contain three letters each. If the words are rightly guessed and written one below another, their zigzag letters, beginning with the upper left-hand letter and ending with the lower left-hand letter, will spell the name of celebrated English writer who was contemporary with Shakespeare. The cross- words are 1. A rod of Iron. 2. Something toFbe worn on the head. 8. A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology. 4. A condl- tion of temperature. B. To bow the head
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BEHEADINGS,

1. Doubly behead to be mighty and leave to devour. 2. Doubly behead any person and leave a creature of the mas culine gender 3. Behead money and leave the name of a tree.
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Piggles and Wiggles.
BY ANNIE JAMES.

BY ANNIE JAMES.
 NH N HEN Mays grandmamma and grandpapa came to pay visit IA they brought to her the dearest ~ little doggie, so fat and woolly
 that he could hardly walk. In fact, he didn't walk, he waddled. And because of his being so round-and grow ing rounder-May called him Piggles And week later there came to the door one morning the sweetest wee bit of a white kitten you ever saw. And it mewed and seemed to say to May, who had seen it first: "Mew, I want home and something to eat" And May brought the kitten in, and when she held 1t in her arms 1t wiggled so to get down that May decided to call it Wiggles. And, more than that, she decided to keep Wig gles as a pet, making pair of pets. namely. Piggles and Wiggles.
 Well, the first day of Wiggles' arrival she, was introduced to Pigges, but they
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San Diego, Cal, has wonderful clock with 20 dials which tell simultaneously the time in all parts of the world, also the days of the week, and the date anI month It stands 21 feet high and four of its dlals are each four feet in diam. eter.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
TIE BssEE REVIEW BsBEE MORNING.

Class A-Cuthbert 2, J. Suppl 2: r. stupps. Thomas. Holden, Robin son, {.
 Glass B-Charles Scott. c. l. Smith, Speed. Reno. R. Scott, 5; Kirk land. z; French. koIhadka. Packard Sexton. Todd, Badger, g: T. M. Smith. Forth. Drake. Atterbury, Hooper. 10,
 Class C-Foster. Cass, Rae, .12; spicer. simonson, Butler, Houle. Dow. ell. McMullen, strodthoff. Chase. IA.
 Class D-Hunter. Ellis. Futile. Nc Gee. Downs, Thornton, Gallagher, Rutherford. Erickson, Scott. Barclay, 16; Rice, H. J. Wright, Hill. Henry, LeGrand. Adamson, Dixon. McKean. Lawhon. Kone, IS.
 Class E-Best. H. N Reno. Fisher, Dr. Adamson. Savicki. Webster, Halli. burton. Wood. Murphy, Dave. Mich ols. Whipple. Daley. Huxtable, Col ley, Lund, Bonsell. Windham. Calvert. Dowell. Lockwood. Lutz. Kelly. Pirtle Curry, Stacy. Davis. Cary. Arthur Eichbaum, Hanks, Hotchkiss. King Paul. Mustain. Meguire. Wright. Sparks. Stonehouse. Knowles.
 French Cup Play Sunday.
 The monthly play for the French cup will be held Sunday and the op- eration of the new system of handi capping win be observed for the first time. The French cup competition started in February. 1908, and Carl Smith is the only man who has won the competition twice. It require three wins to become the permanent possessor of the cup. In addition to Smith. the cup competition has been won by the following: Romadka, Flickinger. J. Suppl, Strodthoff. Dow ell, Drake. Andy Scott. Kone. Hill, Speed. Robinson, McDermotte, Eos ter.
 Ladies Contest Postponed.
 On account of the preparations for the entertainment of Governor and Mrs. Sloan and others of the guber. material party, who will be here to- morrow. the ladies cup contest has been postponed until June 5.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
SAYS ALEY ISLANDERS
 TOWN 0f fROATERAS

Frank Sanders of Altar. Mexico on Fronteras written by Frank Alley, writes the following letter in reply: Altar Mexico. May 24, l909.--Edi.
 tor Review, Bisbee. Arizona Dear Sir: In your valuable issue of a recent date I read an article under the head of "Fronteras in Historic Sonora" by Frank Alley. As said arti' cle is full of islander and misstate. ments beg to correct same as I owe a debt of gratitude to the people of said town, and Frank Alley. who. by | the way. 1 do not know. has filled his article with nothing but rotten islander. The only truth in the whole article is to be found in his assertion Ithat the Fronteras valley is beautiful and that the town, in the long ago, was military presidio, guarding DO litical prisoners.
 Tn 1878 I was at Fronteras for the first time, and as prospected in the mountains east of there, my visits Ito the town were frequent and for days at a time I camped there. In 1880. having had bad luck. I was taken sick. and, having no money. was obliged to accept the hospitality of the good people in the town men. tioned: and in justice l must state that nowhere have I found a more hospit- able or a kinder people than those of Fronteras who took care of me during four months.
 What nonsense is contained in the statement that there never lived at Fronteras a single white man, There must live at Bisbee and Douglas many people who can readily dis prove this statement. and those that have resided there have always been treated well. Upon my first visit to Fronteras. in 1878. found stationed there Capt. Kosterlitzsky with de tachment of soldiers. and afterwards I met there quite often such staunch and business men as John Slaughter, Col. Greene, Ed Roberts. Tom Cutler and many others who never had need for an officer to accompany them: and all of them, whenever they went to Fronteras, carried lots of money and often remained in or around the town for weeks at time.
 The trouble seems to be that Mir. Alley went too much on the informa. ton furnished him by Mir. Avila {: Nhitt, ptEsoHdiis, | nave notHius whatevsoever against Senor Avila, I know from facts that he has no standing and no clear record in his own country. and If Mir. Alley desires to verify my statement. he can easily obtain data from the judicial authori- ties at Arispe or from the honorable governor of Sonora, which will great. ly change his opinion of Mir. Mariana Avila, and, incidentally. may infiu- ence Mir. Alley to retract his slander- ous statements affecting the people of a whole town.
 You will confer great favor up on me by publishing this letter.
 Very truly yours.
 FRANK SANDERS"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
SHOES FOR ALASKAN DOGS

The dogsmith win soon be busy in Alaska" said miner of the Yukon. He'll have his work cut out for him too. The winter promises to be very severe.
 The dogsmitb.' the miner went on. shoes, of course. dogs. or he wouldn't have such name. The sledge dogs Of Alaska have day by day to run over miles of rough ice that is as hard on the feet as broken glass, and hence were they not shod they would soon grow so incurably lame that they'd have to be killed
 Yes, there is need for the dog. smith up there. He shoes the dogs very neatly in a shoe made of wad. ding and leather. ."-Exchange.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
HOW MONEY VOTED AT SCHOOL BOND ELECTION WILL BE SPENT.

erected and additions made will come the expense of furnishing them--a nc inconsiderable item. Desks and eth CT equipment are to be bought and heating provided. For the Seventh street school heating plant is be ing considered and probably will be installed
 The work thus outlined will be started at as early date as possible Under the law, the board must wait one week after the bond issue before they can even canvass the result oi the election. It is proposed to have all the work completed by the next school session except the high school which. however. will be put under way as soon as preliminary details shall have been completed.
 Bonds Had Narrow Escape.
 A margin of six votes was what the friends of the school bond issue secured at the special election held yesterday. which insures the numer ous and healthy improvements in the local school system which have been outlined in the foregoing A whole. some majority of citizens wanted the bonds 10 carry. but there was an op. position vote that was within6 ballots of preventing the necessary two thirds. When the ballots were can. yassed the vote was found to be IFS for and S1 against.
 This victory for the bonds was not secured without work. Finding that the opposition was even stronger than had been anticipated, those who desired that the bonds cary be stirred themselves to get out a large vote among those known to be friend. ly. Automobiles were chartered and these, together with liberal use of tel ephones, bought out many voters Douglas International.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
GOVERNMENT AIDS
 GOOD ROADS IDEA

When J. c. Goodwin of Phoenix re- gently urged that an attempt be made to enlist the support of the govern. ment in the building of territorial roads in Arizona, not even Goodwin himself hoped for such a prompt re sponse as he has received.
 Goodwin suggested that in several western states part of the money ap- propriated for the forest reserves was used on public highways. and that if the proper effort was made in Arizona something along the same line might be done.
 While several have given the terri. toriai highway movement their hearty support. Goodwin can properly be classed as the pioneer of the project. and the following letter received by him from Erie H. Clapp. acting dis trict forester with headquarters at Albuquerque. N. M., indicates what Goodwin is accomplishing:
 Albuquerque, N. M., May I9, '09. "J, c. Goodwin. Tempe. Ariz.
 Dear Sir: My attention has been called to a number of articles in which you are quoted as strongly fav- oripg. for the purpose of constructing public roads. the use of a portion of the s6e0.0c0 appropriated by congress for improvements within the nation al forests. l am very glad to note the interest you take in this work, and wish to assure you the forest ser vice Is extremely desirous of assist ing in every way the building and maintenance of a system of good roads in the national forests. The money appropriated for permanent improvements must, however, be made to cover all expenditures of this nature on all of the national forests, with a total acreage of approximately 200. 900 600 acres. In order that the foresters may receive the maximum benefits it is extremely essential to first make improvements necessary for administration. such as houses for the rangers. telephone lines. trails ing purposes, etc. You will readily see that there will be no large surplus which can be devoted to road work. In cooperation, however. with the counties, territories and states this will be undertaken as fast as funds are available.
 'I am glad to inform you that the county of Coconino received last year about s25000 from the receipts of the forest service. and all states and ter ritories which contain national for ests receive annually 25 per cent of the gross receipts of the forests with in their boundaries This money is turned over 10 the state or territorial auditor. who in turn distributes it among the counties concerned, where it is finally used for the improvement Of roads and for educational purposes
 ''I regret that nothing can be done during the coming fiscal year along the lines you suggest. but l strongly hope that something can be under taken in the future. I wish to assure you that the forest service welcomes suggestions and will be glad to take up specific cases of cooperation at any time.
 Very truly yours.
 ''ERI.E H. CIApP"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
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In considering these figures 1t should be borne in mind that they are but rough approximate estimates. subject to change by the trustees as they shall see fit before authorizing the expenditure of the money that will be realized from the school bonds. And especially is this true of the high school One site, consider ed especially desirable. is being con sidered by the board. but at this time negotiations have not sufficiently pro gressed that there is anything of a definite character to be said on that score. The estimated cost of the high school building was made with little or no adequate information upon which to base 1t. It is known, though, that separate high school will not cost near so much as the Twelfth street building. and reasoning along that line the board has placed s3o,000 as about the proper price.
 Won't Enlarge Seventh St. School. After further consideration, 1t was deemed inexpedient to double the Seventh street building, for the req sons that the enlarged building would not properly distribute the school
 
 ing does not lend itself we'll to en- largement. However. some rather ex- tensive repairs must be made on this structure and it is estimated these repairs will cost at least 5000. Owing to the necessity of giving the negro school children adequate accommodations and to the public's desire that the races be segregated. a separate building for the negroes will be provided. the cost of which is es- timated at $500. If this is not done the parents of negro children may properly demand that their children he admitted to the other schools. Building in sunnyside. The already large and continually growing settlement of Sunnyside and other residential additions in that section need school. There are any number of children out that way, and q special school for them will mean better conditions at the Fifteenth street building which they now at tend. four-room building Is planned for that section. and the estimated cost is 5000.
 Pirtleville will also get its share out of the bond issue. for the con gestion in the four rooms of the school has been lamentable in the past and many children have been unable to attend for want of sufficient room The plans call for two more rooms and s2000 is the estimated cost of this work.
 Desks and Equipment.
 After all these buildings have been
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
DOUGLAS LOCAL
Adopts Handieappina System.

The sports and pastimes commit- tee of the Country club has adopted system of handicapping that is sig nally different from the one hereto fore in vogue and one which will draw the classifications to a finer point. In each of the classes except the lowest. F. certain players have been placed, with their supposed comparative strength indicated by numbers, as follows:
 Class A, 2 to 4; class B, to 10; class c, 12 to II; class D, 16 to IS; class E. 24.
 Classifying all the golf players in this manner. members of the com mittee, guided by their estimation of the comparative strength of the play CTS have arrived at this result:
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
May 29.

1790-The Rhode Island conv entior accepted the federal constitution.
 1Sl3-British defeated the Ameri cans at battle of Sackett's Harbor.
 1S4S-Wisconsin admitted to the union as the thirtieth state.
 1S62-Confederates under Gen Beauregard evacuated Corinth. Miss 1s64-Maxmilian arrived at Vera Cruz. Mexico.
 1SeS-Gen. Grant formally accept ed the nomination for the presidency
 1S90-State of Gen eral Robert E Lee unveiled in Richmond.
 1904-Celebration of the bicenten ary of the founding of St. Petersburg
 190S-International Polar congres; met at Brussels.