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The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
Still Another-Who Has Got the
 Sand.

Fine house, veranda, farm 49 acres, 3 cows, poultry. farming tools, miles to good market; $2200.
 Farm 75 acres, room house, water in house, trout stream in rear, ideal duck and chicken farm, 1 mile from station, creamery and church, $3000: $10vU can remain on mortgage.
 House, barn, 35 acres fine land; $2500. Farm house and barn. 1O6 acres of land, l50O; two miles from railroad station.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

STATE OF CONNECTICUT. District of o Bridgeport. ss. Probate Court, Get. 10, 1902
 Estate Of Catherine Wison. late of the town of Monroe, in said District, deceased,
 The comt of Probate for the District of Bridgeport hath limited and al- lowed six months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims to theadmInistrator Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred recovery. All persons in' debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 Bryan Cassidy. Administrator.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

ATAC COURT OF PROBATE held at Wash 'a ington, within and for the District of Wash ington, on the 25th day of Oct. A. D. 1909.
 Present, Heman o. Averill, Esq, Judge.
 Estate of Araminta Black, late of Wash ington, in said District deceased.
 W. Frank Kinney. Executor.
 0rdered-That six months from the date hereof be, and the same are limited and al- lowed for the creditors to bring in theirc claims against said estate and the Executor is di- rected to give public notice to the creditors of said estate to bring in their claims within said time allowed, by posting copy of this order on the public sign-post nearest the place where the deceased lasta dwelt. within the same Town, and by publishing the same in some newspaper having circulation in said Probate District, and return make to this Court of the notice given.
 Heman o. Averill, Judge.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05

WANTED A two wheeled cart for hOrse W Must be in good condition. State price wanted. Harvey Pope. Hawleyville, Conn., Box 105.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
Here Is the Best One Yet.

Here Is the Best One Yet. House. large barn. 30 acres land. mile iron village, church. school and railroad station we'll watered; fine Quince and apple orchard 4extra nice young COWS, 800 horse 150 40 fowls. 30 3wagonS 100 3 set single harness. 9 set double harness 30 s tons hay 160 acres corn stalks 30 150 bushels ears corn 50 All farming tools on place. p
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The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
Heman O. Averill, Judge.

RESTRICT OF VIEWPOINT ss. Probate D Court, October 30. A. D., 1909.
 Estate of John Carmody, late of New town, in said district deceased.
 The Court of Probate for District of New town hath limited and allowed months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Es- tate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time will be de- barred recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 Margaret T. Carmody. Executrix.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
This Is a COrker.

Don't let it miss you. Farm of B acres, fine location, nice II room house. ? fire places. barn, hen houses. corn crib with 75 bushels of corn on the ear. 2 fine COWS, horse, 75 large field of corn and potatos, 10 cords wood in stove lengths, 1carriage, wagons. ? sleighs. farming utensils. all for s350O. CHARLES F BEARDSLEY. Newtown. Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
''Winana King
 Segis.

The best son of King Segis in New England whose seven nearest officially tested dams average over 27, lbs. butter in [ days and over 80 lbs. of milk a day, and whose Dam and Grandam and sire's Dam and Grandam have 30-day records that average over 1O8 lbs Butter, and over 80 lbs milk a day. Individually he is as good as his breeding. Stock for sale at all times. Write for terms of service to
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
Probate Notices.

nIsTRIoT OF WASHINGTON, ss, Probate U Court, October 23, 1909.
 Estate Of stephen s, Morehouse, late of Washington, in said district, deceased, Said Court has limited and allowed six of said Estate to exhibit their claims to the ESeeutor.
 Those who neglectto present their accounts properly attested, within said time. will be debarred recovery.
 All persons indebted to said Estate are re- quested to make immediate payment to
 IF, J, KilbOrn, Eyecutor
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
All for S2600 CASH. Several others not advertised.
 Water, Water, Water.

in Connecticut and located near city and ready sale for all you can furnish. Building, pumps and everything ready to start busi- ness. A fortune for live man, no dead one need apply. In connection is Broom house. fire places, large barn. sheds, hen houses. All for S450O, 5000 can remain on mortgage,
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-05
EsSobHsbsd 1857,

EOR SALE-My wood working plant at Branchviile. good business, established 6 years. Plant comprises about6 acres of land substantially constructed mill. 25 horse pow CT steam engine.' 35 horse power boiler and all necessary up to date machinery includ ing the circular saw mill for the business. Everything in good working order. R. O. Bennett, Branchville, Conn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
GOOD ROADS IN GERMANY.
Experiments In Surface Materials to
 Lessen Dust and Mud.

From the Daily Consular Reports.
 The construction and maintenance of streets and roads is a matter of great pub- lie interest in Germany. From every standpoint-m military, agricultural, com mercial, hygienic. economic-the question of good roads is deemed of the utmost importance. Every cement is given to those experimenting along these lines and many improvements originating here have been adopted in other parts of the world. One of the matters now receiving the special attention of German scientists. highway authorities and engineers is the treatment of streets and roads for the purpose of obviating dust and mud.
 While the modern paving of streets and the more solid construction of roads re- sulting from the use of macadam and other hard materials have largely elimi- mated the mud and the consequent clog gng of traffic in periods succeeding heavy rainfalls the dust has still remained to plague the traveller and to menace the public health by the absorption and dis tribution of bacteria
 l Various combinations of oil and salt have been used in Germany to sprinkle 1 the streets and roads, but as the effect was only transitory this method was not considered a solution of the problem of maintaining hard, clean and sanitary highways Experiments have also been made with coal tar. and some of these preparations applied to the surface of roads have kept the dust settled for longer periods of time than by former methods. Although recognized as an im- provement, the expense connected with the employment of these preparations has stood as an objection to their general use, and experiments were continued for the purpose of producing a more ideal and cheaper composition for treating roads.
 One of the results of these experiments is the preparation of the substance men toned apokonin, which has been pro- nounced by some technical observers the best and most lasting road covering yet brought out. The merits of this process were discussed at the recent convention of scientists and physicians held in Salz- burg, Germany. The process is secret, but it is known that coal tar oils are the main ingredients. The heavy, penetrating qualities of the oils give great binding power to the composition. This together with the pressure applied produces for nation ironlike in its consistency, mak- Ing the surfact of the road 1t is claimed, so smooth and hard that snow and rain water cannot penetrate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
GREATER BIRMINGHAM IN FACT.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Alabamians general rejoice that Bir- mingh am has passed her various trou- bles and is now in fact Greater Bir- mingham. The Advertiser congratu- lates the citizens of fine public spirit who made the fight and continued to make the fight for the greater city until victory had been achieved. Bir- mingham is a city in which the entire state feel a pride, and it's extension and development is a matter for con- gratulations by all citizens of Ala bama.
 We trust that when the census is taken next year that Birmingham will show up as having the largest popu- lation of any southern city with two possible exceptions. New Orleans and Louisville. Hopes for such high rank for the city are well founde dand tn Advertiser trusts that Greater Bir- mingham will show the full popula- tion claimed for, by her most san guine citizens.
 Montgomery in the midst of her growth and prosperity joins in the wishes for a bigger and a greater Bir- mingham, which will be in population not only the chief city of Alabama. but ultimately the chief city of thd south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Rise of the Negro from Slavery

Booker T. Washington, who had pre- viously published eight volumes relat- ing to the negro, has capped his liter ary work with two volumes that pre- sent the story of the negro in Africa, as slave in this country, and at last as freeman in the land of the free. The widely known head of Tuskegee institute does not attempt in these two volumes to present history of the en- tire negro race. He tells the story of the negroes he knows and has worked to elevate. He strives in the two volumes to inspire the members of his \ race with new desires of usefulness, while he hopes to win in new meas ure the sympathy and helping hand of the whites by whom they are sur rounded.
 After tracing the history of the American negro down to the present day the distinguished author reaches the conclusion that the negro is mak-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Economic Value of a Public Library

Good public schools no doubt rank first as an inducement to desirable citizens to come in and settle in com munity, and a free public library is a good second Both attract the intel ligent and the thoughtful, and especi- ally those who have children to edu- cate. The incoming of such citizens raises the value of property, creates business, and puts more money in cir culation. This is why public schools and a free public library are both worth dollars and cents to a com munity.
 In the building of a greater city free public library becomes almost public necessity. Certainly we can not build here a modern progressive city without one. We cannot attract hither some desirable citizens unless we provide free books for their chil- dren to read. The establishment of a free public library is, therefore, in this greater city a business matter, an economic necessity.
 Andrew Carnegie stands ready to put up a library building here as he has already done in Atlanta, Montgom- cry and Chattanooga, but he will not do this unless the people will pledge themselves to pay annually $10,000 for the support and extension of the library. If the library is organized to send circulating cases of books to every school district in the county, the county could we'll afford to pay one- half of this sum.
 Tie entire problem should be consid- cred from the viewpoint of the city's uplift and upbuilding. We can i'll af- ford to go further without an adequate free public library. Every citizen should consider the economic side of the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Science on the Farm
stevedore

When w. c. H. Vaun of Abbeville grew this year 142 bushels of shelled corn on a single acre; when T. C.. Acree of Dadeville grew 148 bushels of oats on a single acre; when Henry Havard of Perdido grew 453 bushels of potatoes on a single acre; when D. C.. Case of Lebanon grew six and one half tons of clover hay on single acre-when these productions are pos sible in this state let no man doubt the possibilities of Alabama soil and climate.
 These examples of high and scien- tific culture should be repeated next year. The more prizes the greater and more numerous the efforts to win them. The commissioner of agricul- ture could not we'll expend money to better advantage.
 After while between soil surveys, demonstration farms and prize con tests the farmers of Alabama will come to see that the old methods of shall low ploughing and careless cultivation will no longer answer. They will see after while that there is no money in slovenly farming, and new scientific methods will be adopted Rome was rot built in day, and agriculture In a broad state cannot be reformed in one season, but it will be reformed if demonstration farms can be multiplied as the boil weevil advances and prize contests started in every county. Ala bama needs w. c. H. Vaun in every one of her 67 counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

ing progress at the present time as he made progress in slavery times. There Is, however, this difference: In slavery the progress of the negro was menace to the white man. The se- curity of the white master depended upon the ignorance of the black slave. In freedom the security and happiness of one depends, to a large extent, on the education and progress of the other The problem of slavery was to keep the negro down; the problem of freedom is to raise him up. The story of the negro. in the last analysis, is simply the story of the man who is farthest down; as he raises himself he raises every other man who is above him."
 Interesting and delicate questions are treated in the two volumes with rare tact and sound judgment and at the end of them the author tells the fellow members of his race that they are face to face with difficult prob lens. He is glad that this is the case, for 'it is only" he says, ''by meeting and manfully facing hard, stubborn and difficult problems that races, like Individuals are in the highest degree made strong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE EFFECT
 OF JUDGE GARY'S VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM

with a grievance and pick flaws in the upbuilder who passes by.
 But compare the two typesi
 Judge Gary-the head of the great Steel corporation, the concern with the greatest capitalization of any one company upon this globe, or the world, as we know it. was here for several days last week. He met the wholesome ones. He never saw nor heard from a kicker. He was pleased. and in his sturdy and legal language ex- pressed himself. The manufacturing field was here, and as long as the people wanted the concern and upheld it's poli- cies of upbuilding and development the corporation which he represented would do it's part.
 Judge Gary is a man of conservative optimism. He is not afraid to chunk money in carload lots into 8 section he believes In.
 Only few years ago we grew ecstatic over a million-dollar steel plant. Now we have people among us who have within two years spent six and half million dollars and who are building other im- provements and plants to cost seven mill lion dollars more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
DEDICATED TO LONELY HEARTS.

These festal days! These festal days With all their dear, familiar ways How hard to bear How hard to uear. For in each home some vacant chair Seems reading out to find and fold Some form 1t has been wont to hold. And when the days dear joys are done And round the hearth-stone warm and and wide We gather close, and shut outside The world with all it's clamoring rush, There grows 8 soft and tender hush That seems to sooth the hurt and smart Of all the glad and garnish day And to a sweet place set apart Within each lovely. longing heart Each soul may find and fold its own, Nor feel no more bereft. alone. Little things come back to bring Healing with remembering: A look, word, a tender touch Cor ah! These mean so much, so muchD Some times the tears will start. will fall-- That they are gone beyond the call Of these poor senses that are ours; The sick soul shr hrinks and shudders, covers From all the lonely. longing hours, From all the weary. weary way! But courage. heat! Oh, soul, be strong! For at the end and close of day Comes evening and sweet even -sonxl A fair Good-night to earthly sorrows: To all our loved ones There-0ood-
 morrowl
 December. 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
The map of honour, truth and loyalty
 -2 King Henry VI.
SWeden's Royal SteYedOre

Jacob Riis, who was also a Scandi- nayian, did not tramp with tramps, but he did mingle freely with the peo- pie in the congested districts of New York until he better understood their conditions and their needs, and then he went bravely at work to uplift the metropolitan poor Perhaps no one has accomplished more in that direc- ton than Jacob RHs outside of the Sal vation Army. The work of Jacob Riis supplements the far-reaching and we'll organized work of the Salvation Army, and between the two living conditions in the copgested districts of American cities are certainly being bettered.
 Another Scandinavian, King Gustaye of Sweden, has adopted the Riis methods and theories. and he is work ing his way through the various classes of wage-earners in his king dom. He has carried coal all day Tn sacks from a lighter to a merchant vessel, and he will no doubt be heard from in other occupations. He pro- poses to discover in word the sources of discontent among day laborers in various trades and industries. He is studying industrial conditions, and these conditions are as complicated and troublesome in Sweden as they are in England or any other country. England has, however, more unem- ployed and dependent persons than Sweden.
 King Gustave will certainly have better and more trustworthy knowl- edge of conditions if he carries out his present plans, and unless publicity prevents he has no intention, it Is said, of being content with his service as a stevedore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Lambs In Alabama.

Dan T. Gray and 2. W. Ridegway of the Alabama agricultural experimental station at Auburn have just compiled and sent out most valuable bulletin on the raising of sheep in Alabama" said market man yesterday.
 This bulletin contains 2s pages and every page is full of valuable informa- tion. It is shown that S5 per cent of the lands in the state is lying idle and it is argued that this waste land could be used with profit in the raising of sheep.
 The raising of spring lambs for the home market is especially commended. The winters are mild and well adapted to the enterprise. These experts declare that Alabama presents every advantage for the growing of sheep. Green pastures may be provided in the early spring and even during the winter, as to that mat ter, and without encroachment on the cultivated lands.
 'sThe bulletin declares that a ready home demand would follow the raising of lambs in Alabama. J. s. Kernaehan of Florence sold 16 lambs last spring in Birmingham at 10 cents per pound, live weight. Other instances of profit able lamb raising are shown.
 Every farmer in Alabama should se- cure a copy of this bulletin and study it carefully"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

And they do it in a cheerful spirit, believing in the approval and the indorse- ment of not only the good people of the Birmingham district, but of the leading people of the entire state of Alabama. They are confident that the wave of antagonism to corporate investments in Alabama has receded and that the people of this state believe in those concerns which are upbuilding developing and seeking to make profits which will lead to much greater development
 Judge Gary's visit has had most wholesome effect upon the business men of the Birmingham district. Each and every one of these is now imbued with the spirit that he should go ahead with his business on the same proportionate plane that Judge Gary and his able assistants in this district are developing the mineral and manufacturing interests which they control.
 I like the spirit in the air. There IS an exuberance about 1t, and a feeling on the part of every man of business that we are doing something and that which we are doing is to be of lasting quality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
MRS. sIDDoNs.
Que of the Greatest Actresses, Despite
 Her Nothing and Ranting.

From the London Saturday Review.
 Mrs Siddons had all the physical at tributes necessary for success-a won derful voice. great physical strength. and especially that striking beauty which lives for us in the portraits by Rom ney, Reynolds and Gainsborough. She had had years of hard work and good training in the provinces. Such woman could hardly fail.
 But her success was quite extrardi- nary and 1t is clear that in terms of great actress indeed. In spite of the mass of contemporary evidences. it is little difficult to appreciate where in the strength of her acting lay, for her critics praised her indtscriminately for her "naturalness" and the classic gran deur of her style. We know that her elocution was that of the ranting school of Quinn rather than of the natural school of Garrick. But the truth prob ably is that when her moutbing manner of speech allowed it she was natural actress. Her tears were real tears and her madness did not wear white satin. Her deaths on the stake were very real istio. and the tragic expressions of her features and especially of her eyes not only reduced her audience to state of delicious terror but frequently alarmed her fellow actors and actresses as well. The unnatural tones of her voice would tend to heighten the intense realism of her acting and at the same time would help to conceal the extreme absurdity of the contemporary drama.
 Her limitations are easier to fix and are such as might bs deduced from a study of her life. Her comedy was forced though she was rot readily per suaded of its infeiority, and sexual passion, if she did not ignore 1t. she at least regarded with marked mistrust She would not play Cleopatra in "An- tony and Cleopatra" because she said that she would hate herself if she played the part as 1t ought to be played, and her Rosamond in "As You Like Itt' disguised herself in 'an ambiguous vest msnt that seemed neither male nor fe- male" She was. we might venture to say, as careful of her reputation In act ing as she was in life, and she conceived Lady Macbeth as a "fraSile blonde"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Greater City Pr0blemS

Mayor O'Brien and the Board of AL dermen certainly have their hands full of public work of the most important nature. About 50 square miles of terri tory holding 125,000 or more people is to be transformed into one harmonious and satisfactory city. It is task that would stagger the strongest and best equipped legislators, but the Mayor and Board of Aldermen are facing the task manfully, and so long as they work with an eye single to the public good all should get behind them.
 Mayor O'Brien favors reapportion- ment of the entire territory into wards, after the number of them has been agreed upon. This would be an ideal plan, for then all could be served impartially and justly. But as soon as it is attempted men would arise here and there with selfish schemes up their sleeves, and it might prove diff cult to create new wards throughout for the greater good of the greater number.
 This is an hour when a great deal of patriotism and altruism is needed in the city hall, especially in the Board of Aldermen, and the eyes of the peo- pie are in this period of change alert and critical Publicity and referendums are excellent policies in this period of reorganization and assimilation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Birmingham's 500 club is practically

Birmingham's 500 club is practically an assured success. There has been a great deal of talk about the best way to increase the number of small industries in and around this city. The solution is in the 800 club. Pru- dent capitalists and business men think well of the proejct as paying investment. It will certainly build up payrolls and indirectly attract popula- ton.