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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

t<Y AIRY" inquired the Hotel
Clerk of the House Detective
- of the ST. Reckless, Where
eould l find some old furniture?'
III you can wait long enough l could
et you have some myself. said the House
Detective. THE wife's been savin' up
trading stamps to get some new stun
Tor the sittin ROOM She's only been savin
for goin' on three year now and already
she's got enough to get a nice nichel-
plated patent stove litter. As soon as
she gets eight million OF the large green
kind. [ think it is, and couple OF pales
of the small purple kind, she'll nave
enough to get a nice golden oak morris
chair with plush cushions, worth eight
dollars and seventy-five cents. At least
that's wot I'm given to understand by
the talk that goes on around the fiat every
night; it's the principal subject of con-
yersation It's a sad thing when a
tradin' stamp comes between husband and
wife, and I'll be the happy man when
the turrible suspense is over, which II
ought to be in seven or eight years more
But If you don't want to wait that long
YOU might try second hand store
I'm afraid the second hand stores
wouldn't have any that's old enough,
said the Hotel Clerk. THE kind I'm
after must be furniture that's In It's sec
ond childhood, furniture that you'd have
to move in an ambulance and L you ever
tried to use it, 'twould fall into more
pieces than a jissaw puzz,e. What
want is the real genuine sick and dis
abled, aged and seniie furniture
you don't want It fur yourself, dc
your asked the House Detective
Heaven forbid that l s,lould ever make
a collection of debilitated junk" said this
Hotel Clerk TITS walters and his wife
that want 1t, not me. They had me VI
to dinner last night and both of then
asked me to help them get in touch with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
SPEAKERS ARRESTED.
Talk on Street Without Permission
Of Police.

Spokane, Wn. November 2.--More than
$50 members ~ the Industrial Workers
speaking upon the streets without police
permission
Among the leaders arrested are James
Wilson, editor of the 1. w. w. paper;
James P. Thompson. A. e. Cousins and
George Stark. They are charged with
making incendiary speeches
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
May Not Meet Again.

New Orleans, November 2.--Whether O
not there will ever be another conventio
of the Lakes-to-the-Guf Waterways as
ISOLATION depends upon what action con
gress takes at the next session. TIL
committee of 500, 1t is hoped, will Undue
the national assembly to provide fund
for the project. But IL it does not the
the executive committee of the associa
ton Is authorized to select the place @
the next convention and fix the dates
This was decided upon at the last sessio
of the association. st. Louis, st. Paul an
Chicago are the only cities which hav
made formal bid for the next conven
ton,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03

Boston. November 2.-Folowing Ere
Lakes resignation yesterday as manage
OF the Boston American league basebal
team, Patrick J. Donovan today signed
contract to manage the team next yeai
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
RemInIecent skinnlnos,

From the Baltimore American.
"Our old schoolmaster was tough as
leather"
mo wonder. His principal occupation.
If you remember. was Trimming hides"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
ARTESIAN HOTEL
LIVINGSTON. ALABAMA

L. A. MLDAN, ProD.
This hotel il under now management
has been thoroughly renovated. and
newly furnished Everything flrst
claps and up-to-date. Travelling publl(
and water drinkers PATRONAGE solao
tied. Rates $500 per dag.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-03
9. A. MoUNTJoY
ATTORNET-AT-LAW

10 Wall Street, New York CITY
VII, attend to ali legal business ent
will practice in all the courts OF New
York =
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
NOveIists and Love.

What do you think of an old rellow
of So having three fine women in love
with him at the same timer"
Il think it is absurd"
well, think so, too but then you
and 1, thank fortune, are young And
when Henry James was young he
agreed with us. When, in his youth,
Henry James was writing Daisy Miller
and The Portrait of a Lady he didn't
have his fine women falling in love with
some old grandfather, and he didn't
take old grandfathers for his heroes.
But he does so now. In his 'Ambassa-
doris there are three women in love
with the fascinating Strether, and two
of them propose. Yet Strether is 55.
James, you see, was a little over 50
when he wrote that book, and he there
fore believed that a man of that age
could inspire passionate love in a wom-
ans heart.
''This is a sad commentary on human
nature-that we never grow too old to
think we can still love and be loved.
Writers unconsciously prove this COM
mentary. The older they grow the
older they make their fascinating
heroes. Marion Crawford and all the
old hands now write books wherein the
lady killers far and away the most sue
cessful are invariably 60 or so-that
is to say, about the authors own age"
New York Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
Long Men Wanted.

The records in the war department
in Washington are as a rule very dry,
but occasionally an entry is found that
is humorous.
An officer of engineers in charge of
the construction of a road that was
to be built through a swamp, being
energetic himself and used to sur
mounting obstacles, was surprised when
one of his young lieutenants whom he
had ordered to take twenty men and
enter the swamp said that he could not
do 1.-THE mud was too deep. The
colonel ordered him to try. He did SO
and returned with his men covered
with mud.
Colonel, the mud is over my mems
heads. l can't do It."
The colonel insisted and told him to
make a requisition for anything that
was necessary for a safe passage. The
lieutenant made his requisition in
writing and on the spot. 1t was as
follows:
81 want twenty men eighteen feet
long to cross a swamp fifteen feet
deep."-Harper's Weekly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
LIKE FAIRY TALL HEROINE
Little Girl Befriends Aged Woman
and Ii Lett q Fortune.

Little Girl Befriends Aged Woman
and Is Left Fortune.
Like the heroine of a fairy tale,
Miss Elsie ]. Murphy, Of 1888 Hager-
man street, Wissinoming, has been re-
warded for a kind deed by the sudden
gift of riches, says the Philadelphia
Press. Several years ago, while living
at Horsham. Pa. Elsie befriended an
aged woman by defending her against
other children of the village who be-
lieved her to be mad and who accept
ed every opportunity to plague her
The Murphys moved to Wissinoming
and Elsie had forgotten even the name
Of the aged woman, when only a few
days ago she received a bulky enve-
lope stamped with the letterhead of a
Philadelphia lawyer. Inside was the
copy of the will of Mrs. Howard Frey
Irwin, who died in the city Of New
York early in July and who bequeath-
ed the bulk of her estate, amounting
to several thousand dollars, to Elsie
Johanna Murphy, ''in memory of her
great kIQuHeSS 10 stranger.
Inclosed with the will was a letter
from Charles Bowman, the lawyer, who
had forwarded it. The letter said that
several weeks had been required to
find Miss Murphy's residence, as the
only address given in the will was the
one at Horsham. The letter further
said that Identification was now COM
plete and that Miss Murphy was the
heir to small fortune.
The young heiress did not seem at
all overcome by her good fortune the
other day when a reporter called. She
was sitting on her front doorstep, a
very pretty girl in very much muss-
ed Bingham dress
Eyes, I'm Elsie Murphy" she said.
Eyes, I'm the one who had all the
money left to me, but l won't get it
for long time. I'm only - now and
they won't give it to me till I'm 81.
That's ages" she said, and seemed to
lose all interest in the matter.
Elsie's mother was more communi-
cative. II remember Mrs. Irwin very
WE'LL" she said. "The children used
to think she was crazy, and whenever
she would walk past the village school
they would run out to make fun of
her or even to throw stones. Elsie
never liked to see any one hurt, and
would take the old lady's part, often
walking home with her to see that she
was not molested. One day she called
at the school and asked the teacher
who Elsie was, and after that she call
ed to see us several times. That was
almost two years ago, and I'd forgot.
ten the old lady's name, but I'm sure
it must have been she who left Elsie
the money"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
walking stfcka.

The sixteenth century is that In
which the walking stick became not
merely a useful implement, but an ar
ticle of fashion, dignity and luxury
In the seventeenth century it was gold
headed and made of rare woods II
was a sign of leadership.
For a long period there was little
variety among Englishmen in the ma.
terial used for the majority Of walking
sticks. The 'oaken towel" as 1t was
pleasantly termed when an enemy was
to be rubbed down." shared popular
ity with the crab tree cudgel, which.
among rural folk especially, was much
valued and classic from the conflict In
"Hudibras," when
With many stiff thwack, many bang
Hard crab tree on old iron rang.
Classic, too, is that stout oaken stick
which sturdy DR.. Johnson, who, Ike
Knox, never feared the face Of living
man." provided himself with when he
went to the pit of the little theater In
the Haymarket in full view Of Foote'
who had announced his intention OF
taking him OFF, on the stage, an In
tention which in view of the stick 10
did not carry into ffect.-Gentlema
Magazine.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
CHAPTER XIII.

Constable's mind was slow to inform
this great concept. The day had left be-
hind In his brain a crowd of unassimilat-
ed acts, and into this dull, formless COM
pany swept the climacteric joy. Figura-
lively speaking, he had to grope about
until lantern and matches were brought
together, before he could adjust and meas
ure and proportion. He halted at last in
the empty street, seized the girl by her
shoulders, saying, as one would evoke
the heart out of a miracle:
Lara Stansbury! Lara Stansbury p
Eyes, Sir PeterW
Don't laugh at me; don't grow impa-
tent for / must ask questions"
Begin. l shall be very good"
Are you the little girl who handed
me a newspaper this morning?"
II am that little girl grown up, sir"
She revelled in the joy she was giving
him, and thrilled under the Tightening
pressure of his hands upon her shoulders.
"And when you grew up-you came to
met"
please, sir, you said you would take
me sailing"
Lara, as l looked down the fiery
throat of that dragon to-day, everything
grew black and still like a vacuum. |
thought 1t was death then. Tell me. did
l come back, or are we two hurrying
shapes In twilight land-in no mans
land'?"
"Tm sure you must have come back
sir, because l didn't die to-day, and we
can't be talking together on different
planes-with your fingers impaling my
shoulders !"
Lara Stansbury-are you mine?"
The huge fellow was lost in his laby-
rinth of happiness. The doubts that had
smothered her answer were lifted now.
and he heard his victory without a breath
of its expression hampered. The shop
had indicated her daring. With all the
eagerness of trimming womanhood, which
bursts the bonds of repression for the first
time, she gave him her heart of hearts.
She was like a queen who summons a
man of her people into her inner sane
tuary and bids him rule herself and her
kingdom. Resistless, trembling, whisper
ing, she was drawn into his arms.
To think l didn't know you when you
first came" she was saying family. "But
when l was little girl l knew you-used
to be frightened because you were so big
Always then 1 knew you would
come some time to take me away for
your lady, and 1 thought l would cry
when you came, because / would be so
happy. That part didn't come true, did
1t, Strongheart? They were all
dreams, baby dreams, as if left over from
some other betrothal with you'll And
when grew into big girl, Sir Peter, 1
was ashamed, and put them away, with
other baby thoughts and thingsl :
All, listen to old Pelee p
The volcano had lost his monstrous
rhythm and was ripping forth irregular
crashes. Rue Victor Hugo was alive
with voices, aroused by the hideous rat
! Ting In the throat of the mountain. The
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
ELEVATED HANDsHAKE.

How the Fashion Originated-Em.
press JOsephine's Handkerchief.
1t appears that some of the present
day fashions owe their origin to physi-
cal defects, says the London Globe. The
elevated handshaEe is one of these, and
a Paris contemporary throws an inter
esting light upon its origin. 1t appears
that a prince, leader of society in the
French capital, had a carbuncle or
some such inconvenient and painful
growth on his shoulder. Whenever a
friend gave him handshake the oper-
alton as far as the prince was coucern-
ed was most painful. To prevent this
he raised his hand horizontally to his
shoulder, and, if we may use the ex-
preston, had "the whip hand"
The new method of handshake was
the establishment and admiration of
certain persons always on the lookout
for the latest in society, who thought
that the prince had inaugurated a new
fashion which one sees daily in opera
ton in the Strand.
The dainty lace handkerchief which
ladies use owes it's origin also to the
defects of nature. The unhappy EN-
press Josephine introduced the fashion.
She suffered from bad teeth, and living
In the time when American dentistry
was unknown, she cast about her for
some means to hide the defect. The
cambria handkerchief with rich lace
was the outcome. If the empress wish
ed to laugh or had to open her mouth
widely the handkerchief was requisl-
toned.
Again, yellow lace has its origin in
sadness, according to tradition. A lady
of distinction had lost her husband by
shipwreck or some other cause. She
was impressed with the idea that he
would return and vowed to continue
wearing until he was restored to her
the lace which adorned her dress when
she said farewell. Like Josephine's
handkerchief, her intimates thought her
soiled lace was an innovation in fash
ion and adopted means to copy it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

hold In her brain. They lowered afar off,
like navies crippled in the roadstead.
Breen's ready answer was a sterling de-
tense.
"Let us hurry" she painted.
They turned and faced the empty cliff
To the left was an open door, and the
form of a woman was carved in the light.
The woman in the doorway spoke wocds
warmed and vitalized from her very heart,
and Breen answered and took her in his
arms. Lara brushed past the two and
into the shop.
The huge figure hunched forward upon
the table had not moved Lara stepped
forward and touched his shoulder. He
stirred uneasily, muttered as if in pain,
but did not lift his head. She pressed
her hand more heavily upon his soiled
coat
Eyes, yes-what is it? he said in a
quick, frightened way.
The haggard face turned up to her. The
jaw dropped a little. His eyes, though
fixed upon her own, seemed to have lost
their direction. He gained his feet slow
ly, clutching the table with his hands.
II have come to go with you-to your
shipp' she declared brokenly.
"Breen, come here to me-" he called
brushing his face roughly with his hand
tits not a dream, Peter" Breen an
swered cheerfully. Il found her waiting
for you at the plantation house"
mo. 1t is Lara %
He put his hand forth to touch her
She caught it in her own. Pere Rabeaul
entered the rear door.
"And now," Breen was saying, "you
two must not forget that Pelee is still
alive, and that my part is still undont
err" He spoke in English, which neither
Soronia nor her father understood.
But are you not going?" Lara asked
"Oh, no, Miss Stansbury. Peter un
derstands. | have told him that Nichola!
Stembridge ceases to compromise him af
ter this night. 1t really is the better, tn,
only way"
He turned to Pere Rabeaut and added
lightly in French: "Our guests are going
Let us all start a last sunrise of Eper
nay"
But you know that do not feel a
the others do, but-as your friend does
Really, am not afraid of you" she salt
unsteadily. There were tears in he
eyes.
ut is a beautiful ending" Breen an
swered.
81 want you to know that l shall al
ways remember your coming word
when would have failedv' she finished
There was a moment in which Breel
and Constable stood close together. Lar
and Soronia were whispering, and strang
it was, but out of their whispers wa
evolved kiss.
Look, Peter-the lily and the tiger ILL.,
bend together" said Breen.
The door was shut behind them. The
faced the harbor and started down tn
sloping way.
but YOU" she Whispered.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
The Insuferable AnticipatioD,

A young Scotch emigrant was
brought before the magistrate of a
Nova Scotia court, charged with hav-
ing deserted his work on a certain
farm without giving due notice to his
employer. When asked what he had
to say in his defense, he replied, "Weel.
they gied me nout but brakeshaw to
eat" Bradshaw, it may be explained,
is the flesh of animals which have died
a natural death
"How was that2" asked the magis-
trate.
'Weel, it was this way. Ye ken, the
auld coo deed an we ate it, the aud
steg (gander) deed an we ate OF, the
aud 500 (sow) deed an we ate it, the
aud bubblejock deed an we ate it.
Then the old woman deed-an' left"
-Bellman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

John G. Johnson, Philadelphia to
nous lawyer, was talking in the smoke
room Of liner about work.
"In my youth" said Mr.. johnson
II was ambitious. Ambitious In an
aimless and desultory way. In early
youth, Of course, one understands
neither life nor ones self.
IAN aged millionaire questioned me
one day good-humoredly.
"'You are ambitious he said.
a. I am ] agreed.
"'Why,' said the millionaire, do you
want to riser
$50 that 1 can do as like an
swered.
''The millionaire smiled and shook
his head.
"'Ah, my boy, he said, 1T is onv
when we do as we don't like that =
succeed"
When a husband is mean, patience
his wife is never regarded by any ="
the neighbors as a virtue
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
Old Favorites
~~~~~~~~oN~


Down in Coal Mine.
[ am a jovial collier lad, and blithe a.
blithe can be,
For let the times be good or bad. thev'ra
all the same to me.
'Tis little of the world l know. and cara
less for its ways,
For where the dog star never CLOVIS, /
wear away my days.
Chorus:
Down In a coal mine, underneath the
ground,
Where a CLEAN of sunshine never can he
found
Digging dusky diamonds all the season
round,
Down in a coal mine, underneath the
ground.
My hands are horny, hard and black, with
working in the vein,
And, like the clothes upon my back. nv
speech Is rough and plain;
Well, If l stumble with my tongue, I've
one excuse to say,
'Tis not the Golfers heart that's wrong
tits the head that goes astray.
At every shift, bet soon or late, haste
my bread to earn,
And anxiously my kindred wait and watch
for my return;
For Death that levels all alike, whateer
their rank may be,
Amid the fire and damp, may strike, and
fling his darts at me.
How little do the great ones care, who
sit at home secure,
What hidden dangers Golfers dare, what
hardships they endure;
The very fires their mansions boast, to
cheer themselves and wives,
Mayhap were kindled at the cost of jovial
GOLFERS lives.
Then cheer up, lads, and make We much
of every Joy We can,
But let your mirth be always such as best
| becomes a man.
! However Fortune turns about, we'll still
be jovial souls,
What would our country be without th
lads who look for Goals?
old English Song.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

The fair thing to do with men who
lose mony by bank failure is to let
them take their turns at being the re-
ceiver.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

If man is honest you can always
tell 1t by the way he doesn't talk
about It
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
True GaIlantry,

She (voyly)-Can you guess my agef
He-No, indeed, but whatever it is
you don't look It.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

"Begorra," said Patsy, "Ol couldn't
pay me five shillin's foine and OF had
to go to jail for six days"
"An' how much did yez spend to get
drunkT' asked Mike, rather sarcastic
ally.
''Oh, about five shillins"
"Yez fool, If yez had not spent yez
five shillin's for drink yez'd had yer
five shillin's to pay yer foine Wild
EVerybody's.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

In Coolidge. a pastor is talking of
putting slot machine in his church. so
that members may occasionally ret
"E'edit for dime Nkea tsev p,> =
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
Jeanette and Jeannot.

You are going far away,
Far away from poor Jeanette,
There is no one left to love me now,
And you too may forget;
But my heart will be with you,
Wherever you may go.
Can you look me in the face
And say the same, Jeannot?
When you wear the jacket red,
And the beautiful cockade,
Oh! fear you will forget
All the promises you've made;
With your gun upon your shoulder,
And your bayonet by your side,
You'll be taking some proud lady
And be making her your bride;
You'll be taking some proud lady
And be making her your bride.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05
Or when glory leads the way,

You'll be madly rushing on,
Never thinking if they kill you that
My happiness is gone
If you win the day, perhaps,
A general you'll be.
Tho I'm proud to think of that,
What will become of me2
Oh if were Queen of France,
Or still better, Pope of Rome,
would have no fighting men abroad,
No weeping maids at home.
All the world should be at peace,
Or if kings must show their might,
Why let them who make the quarrelS
Be the only men to fight;
Yes, let them who make the Quarrels
Be the only men to fight.
Charles Jefferies.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-05

London's net municipal debt amounts
TO S22S lR1y $50.