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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

for him. past or no past-and not Mil dred.
 MT. Beach is gifted in his ability to write most exciting stories. Those stories which you know all along are faulty in many places. yet at the same time you continue from the beginning to the end of the book thrilled all the way. One too. must become accustomed to meeting in MT. Beach's Alaskan stories the most re- fined women with lovely faces. much more lovely characters, who drive dog teams, live in log huts, do all sorts, of strange things and while you may doubt seriously any such women being in Alas ka or any other wild place. you con- cIude that what difference does 1t make For the book is exciting, well worth reading and you are not likely to Lay the book aside until you have finished it. And that is saying a great deal, you know.
 "The Silver Horde" will please Mir. Beach's admirers of which there are a great many.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
Literary Lights and ShadOh7s
BY s. MAYS BALL

tba broo of butte that rises above the basin just north of Spirit mountain. 1t is decided to make the ascent Of the mountain They party find a hut in the depths of the forest where lies a man dead uuon his eot-the stranger Waring had met and Carrngton's uncle. The party now carrying the dead mans pos sessions. among them a diary. which in A letter strangely enough addressed to him. Waring has been asked 10 deliver to the hermits daughter 1da-returns to camp. Waring. accompanied by Car rington delivers the packet 1t develops that this sill. Ida, perfect stranger whose personality had attracted him, has been the object of Waring's secret adoration Circumstances prevent the party from returning until the following summer when in camp, the night before they reach the scene of their adventure, Waring relates the tale of the hermits life-and gets away with it, too. Strange things happen in California.
 The loss of his wife, it seems. has be- numbed the faculties of the uncle. The romance of the lost mine possesses him, Its location is the secret of the chief whose life Carrintgon saves. As a re- ward he is about to divulge it when, alas and a-lacll, half-breed kills him.
 Getting mixed up enough to suit you? Hold, When the chief is killed the white man is not moested Enough has been said to locate the spot. though the nine itself remains undiscovered In the quiet of the place (which place? Never you rnindD the faculties of the man re- vive and he develops clairvoyant powers ct just needed that, don't you thinkD Finally, the man passes away attended, so we are seriously informed by spirit friends while awaiting the arrival of Waring and his companions, whose ap- pearance is due to a suggestion of Rose. Who Is Rose? VIII you please be kind enough to permit the discussion of, this book For you see. strange eonvuson seizes the mountain that night tthe mountain had one coming) and on it's arrival at the site of the previous years adventure, the party finds it swept in a mighty avalanche into the canyon below.
 There is adventure, all right, very much all right in this book, and no doubt the volume will please those who care for such stories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

"rhe Lost Mine of the Mono" by c. II.
 B. Klette. fCochrane Publishing Co.)
 This is the story Of an adventure which befell a pleasure party in the high Sier- ras of California. It opens with the ap- pearance of Paul Darlington at the ranch of his friend Waring where the attrac- ton of q quartz specment leads to the relation of a meeting the later had in tho mountains some years before with stranger, who they find is Caring tons uncle The next morning the party starts. Its members have heard of the fabled mine; they listen with great in-
 terest to every detail. At the Deerhorn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
RCTLT HIS Own HOUSE.
Even Felied the Trees and Sawed the Logs
Recovered Health.
From the Boston Globe.

f'cf" wv 'O''of ''SO''
When Wilbrod Monogram OF ~ Sarah
avenue, Lowell, moves into his new home
he will have the satisfying distinction
of living In a house built by himself OF
lumber felled by himself in woods several
hundred miles away. He believes that II
ever q a xpayer came honestly by his real
estate he is the man.
Two years ago when Mr.. Monogram was
broken In health and spirits and his life
was ~despaired OF his doctor advised him to
live in the open as much as possible. Accord
ingly with his wife he went to Canada and
In his native town. st. Prosper. Cham
plain county. Province OF Quebec. he began
TO seek relief in the bracing air OF the Cana
dian countryside. lie was told by his
physicians that to continue working in
Lowell meant a lingering but sure death and
that life in the woods was his only hope.
The bracing air and the change Of en-
ylronment soon had effect, On arriving In
his native place he set about building a
camp in the woods, He felled trees OF
spruce and pine until he had enough to
build him q log cabin. Later the idea came
to mind to build himself a home in Lowell
with the logs he had h aped for his wood
land camp, and when his health returned
he took down the cabin and hauled the logs
to the st. Prosper sawmill. where he himself
sawed them into lumber and had II shipped
to Lowell.
When the material was being shipped
MIR. Monogram actually helped load 1t on
the cars, and when he returned to Lowell
last fall the open air habit had so gripped
him that he resolved to build the house
himself.
He says he feels twenty years younger
than when he left Lowell two years ago.
He is in excellent health and is justly proud
OF the work he has done.
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HUNTING WILD CATTLE.
1 North Carolina Herd That Became
Trouhlesome aud Had 10 BE Killed.

From The FdysHeriNe Obstrrer.
For the last several days a hunt for wild
cattle has been in progress within ten miles
of Fayetteville. A number OF years ago
Major J. b. Broadfoot turned several cows
loose on a stretch OF lane he owns between
Carver's Greek and Cross Creek.
There they have been ever since. multi
plying and growing wilder with each gen.
Grafton, until now the herd numbers fully
n hundred, all wild as zebras. These animals
ranged for a distance OF seven miles between
two creeks and along their banks ten or
twelve miles.
Finding 1t almost impossible to catch any
OF them nd hearing that certain parties
were hunting them with rifes, Major Broad
foot decided to take a hand In the matter
himself and enlisted the services OF j.. A..
Radcliffe, a crack rife shot. So for the last
several days, accompanied by a pilot, a man
in the nelghborhood. who knows the wild
cattle and their range. Mr., Radcliffe has been
having real sport.
so far he has been able TO get within rife
range OF six OF the animals and he has
brought them all to the ground. One Of
them, a great bull. after being shot twice.
made a dash for Mr.. Radcliffe. and 1t took
three more bullets in the head before the
animal dropped at the hunters feet. The
pilot, Sam Elliott, estimates the number
Of these wild animals at 100. having himself
seen Is many - se~venty-nve different
ones.
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SEA SERPENT RACED SHIPs
The Monster Gave Sailors h Greatess
Scare OF Their Lives.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston HeTdId.
Entered in the permanent log OF the
British steamship Incredible, Capt. Clark. v
. record Of a sea monster sighted while
the ship was on a passage between penartn
and Santos. Chief Officer Neil 8. Murray
was In charge OF the bridg . at the time and
q Greek QuartermRster was at the wheel.
The ouartermaster. who first sighted the
monster, was almost petrifed with Tear ana
was at the point of permitting the big
freiehter to take her W course.
1t was like this" explained the chief
officer when the Incredible docked at East
Boston yesterday. THE ship was 500 mi!es
from Santos. i saw the Greek acting
strangely and followed the direction he
was looking.
My hair nearly stood on end at the sight.
Swimming parallel to the ship was q monster
lizard. 1t was big as a whale. Tit ocean
fairly seethed as it propelled itself with
enormous dragons claws. A head as big
as a pilot house and one coil OF the beasts
neck were above water.
For a distance of nearly 800 feet the sea
heaved and was dashed into foam. ! think
the lizard was fully the Mereddio's length.
and l feared for the safety OF the steamship
as the creature. mailed in huge. bony scales
Of a dark green color, swerved as II 70 come
alongside. 1t hld a sawlike ridge on it,
back and its girth wssi fully as great ~
that of a whale.
After the serpent had raced the ship
several minutes 1t bumped its back and
sounded. The swash from its commotion
shook the ship and sent spray over the star
board rail.
Il have followed the sea many years and.
mind you, ] am not given TO fancies. That
creature so impressed me that entered the
incident in the scrap log. and later made q
permanent record OF It,
The Mereddio's crew s~ubstantiates Oficer
Murray, while the Greek quartermaster
admits he did not recover from the shook
for several days.
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Bitter-sgeet of Q A. N.

When tho sun Is early comm
And the mornin' glortes peep,
And the mud wasp starts 70 hummin',
Then . kid d like 70 sleep:
Likes 10 kick the sheets 10 blllovS
when he rolls aroun the bed:
Burrowtn' beneath the pillows
When the flies buzz 'roun' his head.
But us always aggrsvaun'-
For there comes q gentle tap:
"Georgei Get up! George!
Como TO breakfast. Georgei-
Just breaks up that mornin' nap'
Then you holler -Yossuml- quickly.
Il am comm right sway!-
But the sleep webs gather thickly
And In bed you're sure TO stay,
And the next thing you are dreamin'
OF the woodlands green and cool
Where the silver trout arc Rlesmin'
In the deepest medder pool.
Then It's always aggravatin'-
For there sounds a mighty rap: %
"Georgel Breakfast Is gettin' coldl George'
Come down. DO como down George!'
Just breaks up your mornin' nap'
"Yessum. yessuml I'm a.comln!"
And you tumble 'roun' In bed:
Still that mnd wasp keeps
In his MID house overhead.
And the san mans red face 'peepln'
Through the cracked and papered glass
Laughs to md you s,ill q slecpin'
As the minutes swiftly pass.
And It's awful aggravatin'
When you hear mo gentle tap
"Georgel Come down this minatel
Don let me tell you az ain! Do you hear
Just breaks up your mornin' nap!
VICTOR A. HERMANN.
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three months Imprisonment. After he
had served his time he returned to Cant
catu and hastened the preparations for
the marriage in the municipality frat
and In church afterward. The day
Mulone married, when he was taking the
bride home late in the evening, he was
stopped by three policemen, who insisted
mat he should accompany them to the
station and explain why he, a criminal
Just released from prison, was out in the
evening. Mulone explained that 1t was
his marriage day and that he was
returning home, He begged to be al.
lowed to go on but the policemen insisted
that he should accompany them.
Then Mulone attacked the three men.
injured two and would have killed the
third had not a reinforcement arrived
on the scene and overpowered him.
The bride tainted, while her husband was
conveyed manacled to prison. Mean.
while two o three months passed and
Mulone hoped against hope to be soon
released and return to his wife. One
day he was told that his wife, tired OF
with a shoemaker. Mulone was furious.
He escaped from prison and returned to
the hills, his one object being to kill his
faithlees wife and her lover.
Meanwhile he became the terror OF
Sicily. He shot many Of the policemen
who were sent to capture him. killed en-
tire herds Of cattle belonging to persons
whom he suspected had furnished clues
to the police, set fire TO farms and crops.
levied blackmail. murdered all his enc
mics and swore hat he would kill his
wife and her lover. also the Mayor and
priest who married them. One day he sue
ceeded in finding the hiding place Of his
wife. He shot at her after taking good
aim, but missed her, az his hand trembled.
Il shall wait said Mulone and returned
to the hills.
Meanwhile the Mayor OF Canicatti had
fed in terror. and the priest followed
his example. Mulone still waited. Then
his wife and her lover fed too. Mulone
heard that they had gone TO America
and he followed them there.
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OF BORAx.
A Deposit OF Great Value In Heart -
Death Valley.
From the Detroit Ncrs,

From the Detroit Nens.
With the exception OF the Grand Canon
there is probably no more famous locality
in the West then Death Valley. known as
the vale below the sea- and although
there are a number Of Mount Blancos In
the Great American Desert. the Mount
Blanco of Death Valley is the greatest OF
its name.
IL rises like an enormous white breast
against the terra Gotta ridge OF Funeral
Range. close to Furnace Creek Canon. .
great rent that cleaves the east rampant
of Death Valley. Around 1t is a rolling waste
of bald yellow hills. lone Of which 10 . mere
knoll, and It towers a good 900 feet above
them. The lowland Of Death Valley. sink
ing for several miles westward. is probably
$500 feet lower.
No one ledge or series OF led ees anywhere
In the world contains the immense amount
of borate quartz shown In the surface OF
this mountain OF tolemanite. 1t Ia . body
Of ore measuring ZOO feet In width and
5000 feet In length. pitching into the
mountain range at a thirty-three degree
angle. it is a borax quarry whose ltmita-
tions cannot be even roughly conjectured,
but It must exceed by thousands OF tons
any known borate deposit,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-06
THE FALLING BIRTH RATE.
Decline In This Country in the Last Gen.
fury and Its Causes.

Contrary to the recent optimistic sta
tistics of Commissioner Darlington re-
garding New York city, the chief clerk OF
the Census Bureau. W. s. Rossiter, reports
an extraordinary decline in the birth rate
during the last century.
At the census nearest to 1900 the ratio
OF children to each woman 10 years OF
age and over was a scant one, instead OF
two in 1890. In Great Britain the ratio
was one. in France 8, in the German EN-
pire IL and in Italy IL.
Since the United States. although
aided by large numbers Of immigrants
from all parts of the world, is now main
tanning a ratio of children to females 10
years Of age and over practically the same
as that shown by those Of the leading
nations Of Europe" he Gays, lit Is clear
that population conditions in the republic
are tending to become more like those
in other civilized countries.
The proportion shown for five OF the
New England States and for New York is
the same, or nearly the same as the low
est European ratio. that OF France. This
Is due to various causes. such as the ten
dency Of population toward the city from
the country. the gradual adoption OF apart
ments as homes. the more exhausting
struggle for existence in large cities. DC;
sOne-half Of the white population Of the
country is composed either OF foreign
born persons or the native born children
OF foreign parents. This class OF citizens
is found almost entirely in the New Eng
land States and the middle West. the South
having kept its individuality OF race. In
the middle and New England States the
foreign population formed in 1900 more
than half OF the whole white population.
or SIS in evey 1900. In h Southern
States foreign citizens, or children born
here Of foreign parents, were only 70 in
every 1000
In the early days. says the Post-Grddu-
| ate. the country was occupied almost en-
tirely by the English 1855 per cent? who
with the Irish and Scotch made more than
90 per cent, the Germans having less
than 9 per cent. and the Dutch only 2
per cent. There is little difference in the
population OF the sexes. In 1880 the male
population was 500 per cent. and the
female 49.l per cent. The figures in 1900
were 50.2 per cent. male and 4s.S per cent.
female.
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The Suffrage stamp.

Mere Man may tremble In his boots
And know his hour Is done,
For every day brings fresher proof
OF bis declining sun.
The women now are on the march.
HI hears their distant tramp,
And as the latest sign OF all
There comes the suffrage stamp.
Now when a billet douI he writes
Unto his turtle dove.
And covers nineteen pages close
To tell her Of his love.
VIII II not prove a shock 10 him,
His ardor hot TO damp.
When on the answer which she sends
He spies a suffrage stamp'
Now when his spouse a letter writes
Requesting wads OF cash
He win no longer put her on
Nor make excuses rash:
He will not let In further woe
Within his troubled camp,
nut send a check when on her note
She sticks a suffrage stamp.
McLASpBuRoH wnsos
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Art,ul Young barney Keho..

From the Caiholit Standard and Times.
VIII sc be for the Gap O. Dunloc,
dunnoF
Obi I'm glad O. that same!
All the tourists think shame
To be missln' the Gap o. Dunloe
They do so,
Now then whishperl Mayhap
When we come on the Gap
Yell be seein' a lass
On this side O. the pass
Thatn al for the toll.
Shes a daoint good soul.
Though the eyes OF her twinkle so droH.
Web. yen pay her the tax
An yen wink an yen Al:
Would we marry young Barney hehoe'-
IT'S a bit OF a Joke
That the folk love 10 poke
Al the lass O. the Gap o Dunloe.
ANTS where whln we've done Wid Dunloe
VIII ye gol
Vel be wise TO come back
BY this very same thracs K,
Fur there's little that's back o Dunloc
There Is SO.
sure, the hills are so bare
There's no scenery there
Like the Kind tina, ye ind
on this side. dye mind
SO. III watch for the day
Win we're pAssin' this way
list TO hear what the lass had 10 say.
When she made her reply
To the wink O. Yer eye
An yer joke at the Gan O. Dunloe-
Is II who may be-
Yell md me. dye see,
II yen az for young Barney kehoe.
T. \, DAILY.
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THE TANK SCRAP At PURDUE.
Wholesale wrestling Mntoh That Some
Times Lasts An Night.

Times Lasts AL Nghe
OF all the rushes and fights with which
freshmen and sophomores the country
over battle for supremacy perhaps the
most original Is the tank scrap at Purdue
University. 1t takes place at tho ope1s'
ing Of tho college year and is tho only
event OF ita kind INDUCED In by the two
classes. The one scrap Is decisive.
It always takes place at night. says TAs
Wide World Maoaxirs. and instead OF tbs
usual flag or color rush OF other oollegse.
this one takes the form OF tying contest
or mimic war. in which each army uteA
to make Q prisoner os tho othoS.
A better comparison would bs . NeaA
combined wrestling match. whsrs .
contestant tries to throw and bind biz
opponent, thus putting him out OF the
contest. 1t IL conducted in much the
same manner as the athletic games. there
being rules to govern every point OF the
contest
Tho scrap is for the honor Of painting
tho class numeral ON tho city water tank.
tho winning class being allowed TO paint
it's Sign manual on the tank. whore II
remains until the next year.
The tank is situated on q hill . mile
from the university. It Is q very promi-
nent feature OF tho landscape and II
visible for several miles. so thai when q
class places its numeral on the dde fac
ing the campus and city 1t can be seen BY
Thousands OF people.
field surrounding the tank; and although
the ground is on q hillside and very rough
and broken 1t seems to serve very ad
mirably for the purpose. h tank site
Is private property. but the company own
ing 1t has turned 1t over to the den
numeral Is left undisturbed.
In the autumn Of 1901 the struggle lasted
the entire night and both classes with.
drew lust before sunrise because many OF
the men were 70 completely. worn oue
that they were unable to stand; The
sophomores. however. already bad their
This alone would have given them yic-
tory, for according to the rules the class
having it's numeral on the tank at sunrise
is declared the winner. The freshmen,
knowing this, sent two Of their number
to change the figures. realizing that the
sophomores were TOO nearly worn OUT 70
o1er any resistance.
The two freshmen o O scaled b !
OF the graet tank and prepared to obit-
crate the sophomores' numeral q 70
bring lasting disgrace upon the olass.
The second year men,. enraged ~ tnis
insult. bitterly cursed their fate and tried
to think OF some means whereby tho two
freshmen might be dislodged and the
honor Of their class saved.
At last the leader OF the eophomores
conceived a great scheme. he ruehed
wildly to the pumping station and BY
brides and threats induced the engineer
in charge to overflow the tank. Tho idea
was a great success; the luckless fresh:
men were soon enveloped in a ernaA
Niagara and compelled to make hasty
descent.
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TOO Year Old Butter.
From Popular Mechanics

From PoNUTuT WtCHuHIc8'
Chez Ia used In India as is butter In Amer
lea and European countries. and In fact
butter, so prepared that it never grows
stale, instances being known OF Its preser-
walton for as long as 200 years, i,
In preparing ghce. butter is boiled until all
the watery particles and curds have been
thrown OF by repeated skimmings. When
the liquor is clear oil 1t is poured into . vesss
to cool. When cooled 1t IL In ~granulatsA
form, and will keep for years without De-
coming rancid or OF bad odor. Gnee mas
been found In deserted castles whefe u
must hive been left more than two cen.
turtles ago.
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Those Picture Puzzles.


oh. curfew shall not ring TO- night.
Unless we md the piece
That 1ts up In the belfry high:
Let 10 our Efforts cease!
There's Mary calling cattle home
Across the sands Of Dee;
In all these pieces, which are sands.
Which cows, and which are She
We have but part OF Bonspsrte
The skeleton at that!
We cannot md his sword and boots,
His forelock and his hat
Great Washington about 70 start
Seems wholly al . loss.
Because, you see. there Is as yet
No Delaware TO cross
Dupre's balloon should now ascend
The sky was done at noon:
But while We ave the bal all nght.
We canno md the loon.
A eoose girl, once q humble maid.
We view with manner awed.
To the four hundred tpiceeS she
Belongs since she was sawed.
BLANCHE ELzABErH WADi