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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
WHERE WILL TT END?

A return to the normal, as the years go by, Seems farther and farther away; We're now cutting capers aloft in the sky And the wisest of scientists say We're only beginning to learn few things The future holds wonders galore. While what we've accomplished astonish- ment brings Just wait till we've studied some morel
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
State Senator Henry Reese of Sell

State Senator Henry Reese of Selma is an amendment leader, and he re- gently regretfully said: Had framed the constitutional amendment myself I would have changed the second sec tion so as to have eliminated the home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Riches in ones children are deferred dividends.
 Women like to put money in the bank so as to take it right out again.
 How many different languages baby can understand depends on how many different aunts 1t has.
 When a man will go with his wife to an afternoon reception it's sign she has caught him doing something he doesn't want to talk about any more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Governor Conner: All men who do not vote for the amendment and thereby indorse my administration are skunks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Everybody should get on the deep waterways wagon to promote not one deep waterway but all that can be made navigable to the advantage Of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
Taking Notes on Prohibition.

Melville Levy of New York city, repre- senting a prominent manufacturer of textilte goods, Is registered at the Hill man.
 q have made an extended tour through the south and have taken notes on the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
ADRlFT WITH THE TIMES

any good?" asked the customer, suspI- ciously
 Why, sure" answered the druggist. That hair tonic would grow bristles on a hog"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Mrs. Pankhurst has explained the forceful feeding practiced in English jails Menus by the stomach pump route are something new in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
A MUDDY STREAM.

"The presidential Hotilla is putting up a poor exhibition of speed, coming down the Mississippi river"
 "No doubt stops have to be made at frequent intervals to scrape the mud off the paddle wheels"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Between the desire to maintain the sanctity of the home and the desire to get rid of a political machine the antl-amendment cause is coming right along
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
WHAT SHE MISSED

Its a pity the judge and Maud Muller didn't get married"
 Indeed, 1t is. I believe that girl would have cut a wide swath in village society,""
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Kansas City owns that $10,000 hen, and her eggs are corTespondingly high priced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt prefers life in Europe to life in politics. She is wholly sensible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
ONE QUALIFICATION.

DO you think he will ever amount to much?"
 q don't know, but he Is homely enough to be a truly great man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
Tho Iron Market.

The pig iron market Is quiet but rea- sonably firm. Matthew Addy 6 Co.'S re- port says,
 The distinguishing feature of the past weeks market has been the heavy sales of pipe-making iron and basic, and the continued demand for and shortage of Bessemer. Perhaps the buying of tho pipe interests has been the most general and their iron is being ordered out to all parts of the country. The south will use a large portion of it as well as the east, and Ohio has come in for a large share. Heavy consignments are moving to them in Virginia, also from local and southern furnaces.
 Remarkably large tonnages of basic have been placed in the St. Louis terri tory. and it Is interesting to note these have gone mostly to the southern and northern furnaces-Pittsburg and the val ley not being able to meet the competi- ton.
 ''rhere is very little Bessemer to be had for shipment in the near future, and quotations vary.
 "While there has been a slight falling off in the demand for ordinary foundry grades, prices are unquestionably firm. Inquiry Is mainly for delivery during the first half of next year, through which period most of the large furnaces are now willing to sell.
 '"The situation is distinctly gratifying in every way-both to the seller and pur- chaser. The buying is'good, sound, sane buying by careful and conservative men to cover actual requirements No attempt at the spectacular is being made and sound policies are governing the ad- vances."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

President Taft's flagship is called the Oleandor when it should be called the Record Breaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The loss of s25,OOO,Oo0 by the boil weevil is a loss not appreciated be- cause it is money that the people had never handled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The late Rufus W. Peckham was New York's seventh member of the great court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

We are approaching the shank of the year and all who are behind on their list of good resolutions for the year should work overtime to catch up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Even Senator Aldrich has been heard to admit that the Paine tariff can be improved upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Lombroso's last book was entitled, After Death-What?" He is in a po- sition to send by wireless an inter- esting answer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
AI.ARGE WOMAN.

"Can Binks get around his wife when ever he wants to?'
 "Yes; but it's a long walk"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Lady Cook says she will spend million dollars herself in the suffra- gette cause. She is entitled certainly to mention under such circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Speaker Cannon has been invited to join the society for the suppression Of profanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
A RoMANCER

''To hear him talk you'd think he had lost a million dollars at Monte Carlo" "Yes; and then committed suicide in the Casino gardens"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
WHEN.

Jeff is tickled, Jack is tielkled," Now we'd fain know whether Twill be this year or the next
 That they'll get together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

On the presidential boat there are Is poker tables, but the President never takes a hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The Christmas gifts purchased now will be real goods, instead cf some thing made to sell in rusa hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

A tourist hotel on top of Mount Me Kinley will be an international neces- sity next summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Halloween can be celebrated on Saturday or Sunday or both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
COMMENT.

"Give yourself a treat once in a while. s says Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Fuller bill says "No," Ella.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The Atchison Globe innocently says that when a married man wants company for dinner he has to get his wifes permis- sion and she has to get the permission of the cook Go to! When married man wants company for dinner he phones home that he is detained at the office and tells the stenographer to do likewise Louisville Courier-Journal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

A western newspaper says Peary might butt into politics, He didn't accomplish much by putting into Dr. Cook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
ALWAYs

Life Is always
 Worth your while, If you'll face 1t
 With a smile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

A contemporary tells how men drink farms. Some men can drink quite a large farm in the course of a year or two, first dissolying 1t in whisky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Campaign statements are on the last legs except in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

WHAT DID HE MEAN? DO you think this hair tonic will do me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Leaves in Blaze of Fireworks. Baton Rouge. October 2s. President Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
SUCH DUPLIcITyi

The Sir Thomas Lipton smile is as brac- ing as salt sea gale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The Washington Herald discusses "Nut- Growing in the South" Asking your par don for the slang, a great many people seem to be growing nutty down this way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

Judge Lovett began life as A stump gruober Grubbing stumps always gives a man a firm jaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30
Eiohth District Against Amendmer

Eighth District Against Amendment.
 "The county of Madison will give not less than 800 majority against the amend ment" said Willis M. Garth, a we'll known planter and a breeder of fine horses. MT Garth is a member of the state campaign committee of the anti amendment forces.
 'T have just come from the fair at Montgomery said MT. Garth, 'and I talked with men from different sections of the state. I only met two men out of half hundred who were for the amendment. The news got was that the entire state is against the amendment.
 Tt is a mistake to think that all the Baptist churches are for the amendment The Baptist congregation in Huntsville is standing firm against going into poli- tics. r
 q feel sure that the Eighth Congress sional district will roll up a good ma jority against the amendment Marshall has been fighting ground, but Governor Comer's lieutenants are counting without their hosts this time. High Jackson is safely against the amendment. I have just had reliable information which leaves not shadow of doubt that it will give a good majority against the amendment" !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-30

The spirit of the time shall teach me sneed. king John.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

William stebbins. Battle Greek
printer. steadfastly refuses to aeoept
. 1900 legacy from his mother, but
will give no reason.
The spring weather Of the past
week has put a stop to numbering op-
erations The snow IL entirely gone
and all the camps are compelled to
let their men &c.
Claus Van Derwell, who Is afflicted
with q rare form OF insanity, was adj
mitted to the Kalamazoo asylum Tues
day. He refuses to eat. drink or
will stand for hours without moving.
He Is kept alive by forcing food and
drink into his mouth
To bring the United States forestry
products laboratory 10 Michigan, mp
to-date $4,000 has been subscribed.
or this amount $4,000 comes from
Saginaw. The goal Is $4,000. Dean
Cooley will go to Washington to con-
fer on the proposition, which must
be decided by Feb. 1.
The Escanaba Timber Land Co. sold
to the William Bonifas Lumber Co
33, 900 acres OF land In Gogebic and
Ontonagon counties for s425.0 900. This
is the largest timber land deal in up
per Michigan for years. The Bonifas
concern will now build a new town
near Watersmeet and erect mills.
N. w. Halsey & Co, OF Chicago.
who purchased $4,000 Pontiac armory
bonds at $500 premium, have notified
the city clerk that the bonds were
illegally issued. Their attorney de
clares that the legislature has not
power to authorize municipalities and
counties to issue armory bonds Such
action has been held unconstitutional
TN Ohio.
Oceana county authorities discov
cred conditions Of abject poverty In
the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hut
son, three miles from the village OF
Ferry. The family OF Is were living
in one room and four of them had
been stricken with typhoid fever. The
remaining nine were almost without
food when discovered. A temporary
hospital has been erected on their
little five-acre farm.
When the children assembled In the
village school at Ogdensburg and the
teacher, Miss Ella Preston, failed to
make her appearance, an investigar
ton was started. II resulted in the
discovery that Miss Preston was mar
RED at Cincinnati during the Christ
mas vacation to ]. p. Monroe, an In
structor in a Traverse City business
college. Yielding to the pleadings OF
her husband, she had quit her school
and gone to Traverse City TO live
with him.
Huge crowds attended the local op-
ton meetings in the Battle Creek
churches Sunday. Practically every
place Of worship In the city had a
meeting. At the Independent Consre-
gational church, noted for its conssr-
vativeness, Rev. George w. Morrow.
Of Detroit, president of the Michigan
Anti-Saleon League, spoke. In the
evening, Mrs. II. L. Callfins. state
chairman Of the w. G. T. u, addressed
several hundred women at the Presby-
terrain church.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
PAGE TWO


GRATIor COUNTY, -
ORDER or HEARING, FOR GENERAL.
PURPOSES AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATORS.
At regular session of the Probate Court for
said county. held AZ the Probate Office In the
village of Ithaca, on the 9Th day OF January IN
the year one Thousand nine hundred and nine.
Present Isaac > Seavcr. Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate OF John HALEY
deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition duly .yeri-
fed Of Orlando II sly. a creditor OF said de.
ceased praying that the administration OF said
estate be granted 10 Orlando III Sly or some
other suitable person
Thereupon Il is ordered. That "Wednesday,
the roth day OF February next at ten o clock IN
the forenoon. be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition aud that the heirs at-law OF said de
ceased and all other persons Interested IN said
estate are required 10 appear at a session Of
said court, then TO be holden al the Probate
Office i'm the village of Ithaca and show cause. II
any there he. why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted.
And Il is Further ordered That said petitioner
give notice 10 the persons Interested IN SAID
estate of the tendency Of said petition, and the
hearing thereof 10y causing copy OF this order
70 be published in The Alma Record, news
paper published and circulated in said county
three successful weeks previous 10 said day OF
hearing
A true copy. ISAAC ;. SEANEk.
lSeail lsSs q
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
a Man Wanted.

Arthur Vissers, Grand Rapids most
married man. is on his way TO San
Antonio. with a bride said to be
worth $4,000 in her own right.
These are anxious to know his en-
act whereabouts:
A divorced wife, to whom he owes
alimony.
A girl who threatens TO sue for
breach OF promise.
officers with a bench warrant for
contempt OF court in failing to pay
alimony.
Other officers with bench warrants
for contempt In marrying again, de-
spite the courts orders.
"Vissers won't care for any OF them
guys" said William Devries, who
claims TO be his next friend.
"They can't make a monkey out of
him while that girl with $4,000 is
backing him"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

Officials of the Southern Michigan
railway have discovered a conspir-
acy among some of its linemen to
steal copper wire. Hundreds OF
pounds OF the wire which cost 10
cents a pound were found buried In
a brush heap near Berrien Springs.
II IL said that the stealing has been
going on for year.
The historical documents OF Henry
Willis, originator OF the project to
build canal from Lake Michigan 10
Lake Erie. have been unearthed. They
we're prepared during the '70s. The
cost OF the canal is estimated at 81
f54,ss0. The figures will be used by
those who are now pushing the pro-
feet.
A new record for the opening of the
swimming season was established
Tuesday when w. r. Burnham and
w. r. Leslie, athletes employed at the
Battle Creek sanitarium, went swim.
ming In Lake Goguac. They swan
for considerable distance. climbed
up on the ice and sat down to rest,
and then swan back. Both declared
that the water was fine.
The father OF Christian Bean, the
Young man from st. Joseph who was
murdered probably by hoboes, In
Hutchison. Kas., when the body ar
rived Wednesday, solemnly swore To
spend every cent necessary for the
tracking down OF his sons assailants
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
THE WOMAN WAS
A REAL HEROINE
FATHER JUMPED FROM BURNING
HOUSE, MOTHER RiskED LIFE
FOR CHILDREN.
ONE BURNS TO DEATH
Family Awoke to Find Homo In Flames
And All Avenues OF Escape, Save
Upper Windows, Cut OF.

The 6-year-old daughter OF Albert
Wanna, living on a farm near Gay
lord. burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the family home Sunday
night. Mrs Wanna who, with her
own clothing afame, threw two OF
her children through a window TO
safety is terribly burned. and the
doctors say that she has little chance
to live.
The family slept in the second story
OF their home. They awoke after mid
night TO find all means of escape. *
cept the windows. cut off. The father
seized his clothes and leaped TO safety.
He escaped without injury The
mother rushed to another room where
the children were sleeping. Her night
gown caught fire as she ran, but she
paid no heed to that
She seized the youngest child, a
boy, year old, wrapped a quilt about
him, and dropped him into a snow
hank, unframed. Then she threw her
4-year-old daughter from the window.
She made a heroic effort to reach the
6-year-old daughter, who was farthest
from the window, but the smoke and
flame and the agony she was enduring
drove her back With last effort she
leaped headlong through the window
after the rescued children.
The entire family, barefooted and
only partially clad, walked through the
deep snow In a temperature below
zero to the home OF the nearest neigh
bor half mile, where they were cared
for and medical assistance summoned.
The woman Is literally roasted from
waist to shoulders. She is inconsola-
Bile over the death of the child whom
she tried in vain to save The 4-year-
old girl was badly burned about the
hands, but her condition Is not serious.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Doas as poWrles.

Everywhere is the dog the friend Of
man. but in Manchuria he is more
strictly the friend OF woman. There
the dowry OF young woman does not
consist of hard cash. but In certain
number of sleek dogs with thick fur
or siIken hair. The girls status may
almost be guessed by her wedding porS
ton OF dogs II she receive six she
is poor: If a dozen. her parents are In
easy circumstances. and IL twelve
dozen Il may be taken that she comes
from a rich family. They are careful
~ fattened for their savory flesh, their
skins after death become coverlets,
pelisses. vests for hunters or bed
side carpets which scarcely ever wear
out
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Seek Proper companionshIp.

LIES best school is living with poo
pie. Living alone nourishes much
that is not good and beautiful in hui
man nature. II promotes selfishness.
1t gives self-conceit an undue oppor-
tunity for growth and development.
II permits us to do too much as we
please. which Is bad training for any
one Of US. One can never grow into
true nobleness Of character, sweetness
Of disposition and beauty Of life living
In solitude.--J. X. Miller
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
The Forest servIc. Laboratory.

The campaign TO land the forest
service laboratory for Michigan was
carried to the White House.
Chase s. Osborn explained to Presi.
dent Roosevelt how anxious Michigan
is. and told him OF the advantages
which the University Of Michigan of
fers Senator Smith and Congress
man Townsend called on Forester Pin
chot to make an appointment for a
committee OF regents to present their
case
Townsend has taken MeLeushlin's
place on the committee from the Mich
lgan delegation, so that Mclaughlin
part in boosting forestry legislation
In congress may be properly impressed
on Pinchot. Prof. Hilbert Roth. OF
the university, is here to help in the
campaign.
Wisconsin's delegation IN congress
has written a letter to Pinchot asking
him 10 reserve decision until Presi-
dent Van Hise can arrive to present
the case OF Wisconsin's university.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
STATE OF MICHIGAN,

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF GRATIOr -
AT a session OF the Prsbate Court OF said
county. held at the Probate office in the village
of Ithaca on the t4th day of January in the year
one thousand nine hundred nine.
Present-Isaac =. Seaver. Judge OF Probate
In the matter of the estate OF Nicholas Whit.
craft, late of the township of Pine River IN said
county. deceased.
on reading and filing the petition duly veri-
fed OF Patrick Whitcraft son and heir al law
of said deceased, praying that the administfa-
ton of said estate be granted TO Eliza Whit
craft or TO some other suitable person.
Thereupon il j. Ordered. That Monday, the
18th day of February next, at ten O'Clock IN the
forenoon be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition and that the widow and heirs at law
of said deceased, and all other persons interest
ed in said estate are required to appear at a
session of said court then TO be holden at the
Probate Office in the village of Ithaca and show
cause il any there be why the prayer OF the
petitioner should not he granted.
And il is further ordered That said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said
estate, of the tendency OF said petition, and
the hearing thereof, .by causing copy of this
order TO be published in The Alma Record,
newspaper published and circulating in said
county three successive weeks previous TO said
day OF hearing.
A true copy ISAAC ). SEWER
lSRAL.I Judge of Probate
r5S9-5t
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

The fat dweller ought not to keep a
dog. prefers not to keep cat, cannot
have a garden. has no chance OF keep
ing house, has no possible place for
memories and. most emphatically of
all, has no use or accommodation for
babies. Although IL may be possible
TO make homes without kittens, or
babies. or flowers. or memories, or
cupboards, the spirit of home is hard
to WOO and win without any of them.
--Fortnightly Review.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
India,s Many lanauaaes.

One hundred and fifty different Ian
guages are spoken In India, most Of
them unwritten, and this fact fire.
quently leads to trouble In the courts
of that oriental country. Strangely
enough. Indians frequently drift into
that capital who can find no one able
to understand their vernacular. Meth
er the court nor the court interpreters
understand some OF the litigants and
witnesses involved in some of the law.
suits.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
|. c. S. Scholarship For Sale.

Your choice of any scholarship offered
by the International Correspondence
School of Scranton, Pa Thousands of
young men and women have fitted
themselves for lucrative and responsible
positions though these courses. You
may do as well. Here is your chance.
Call at this Office for particulars.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

The visitor was trying TO be genial.
and asked the small maiden at his
side: shall peel your pear for you.
little one?" But the child replisds
mo. flank you; it's quite small enough
Home Chat.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

Judge Wright OF the District OF
Columbia supreme coart has assessed
the $500 costs in the recent con-
tempt case against Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of
the Federation Of Labor, against the
labor leaders. The trio received fail
sentences out OF the case