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

the station when I had fares who wanted to be driven around the village or short distances into the country
 'Before this my earnings had averaged something more than $10 week-not much for the services of two horses and one woman, but enough to pay expenses and keep my children with me. had my fears about the wages Of the hired man, but as I had managed to put money aside I determined to make the trial. You see, I had taken my chances in be- ginning the business and my success, moderate as 1t had been, had given me courage.
 ''The first week had to call on my little fund of savings to tho amount of s3. The second week I was TO cents to the good. From then on I always had something for the savings bank at the end of every week. Not much at first. but now the amount runs into four figures at the end of each year.
 'I still drive one of my own hacks winter and summer, and l must say enjoy the life in the open air. My son is now large enough to help me little in my business and the baby is always at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
ONE WAY TO CATCH COYOTES. 1t Secured An Army Officer Pelts
 Enough to Make a Robe.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Coyotes and wolves were plentiful about the camp and I decided to get lot of skins and have an Indian woman tan them, leaving the tails on. and make a carriage robe for my sister," Brig. Gen. R. H. Pratt who was once stationed ir Oklahoma. wrote lately to an Okla homa acquaintance. "A Comanche nam ed Essatoyet and his wife agreed to get the skins and tan them for a consid- ation, if l would give them a beef and some poison. Thee beef contractor sold me a beef for q. We were then pay ing about $2.50 a hundred for the best of beef for army use. I got the poison and went with Essatoyet and his wife to see them set the bait. They drove the beef to glade a mile from camp, kill ed 1t. took the hide and reserved all the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
Collapsible Go-Carts

With hood. reclining back, adjust able footrest 5-S-inch rubber tires, one motion opening and clos ing, our $10.00 value, OO 1E
 Monday only ..... =. DOs O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
Verdict in Advance.
m tha Pittshilry Disnatch-

From the P1ttSbufg DIspatch.
 After facing jury for a couple of hours the judge was congratulating him. self that the case was about over, when he accidentally discovered there were only Il jurors present.
 Flows this?' he queried in surprise Where is the twelfth man?'
 He went to a funeral Your Honor answered the foreman innocently, ''but he left his verdict with me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
best meat for their own use, and then

best meat for their own use, and then sprinkled the poison over the carcass.
 'Essatoyet had cut thirty sticks a foot and half long and sharpeneed them at both ends. These he stuck in the ground In large circle enclosing the carcass and on each put chunk of liver or heart, saying, as he did so, Sugar, wolf heap like him.
 The next morning l went with them to see the results of our venture and we found twenty-seven coyotes and two large gray wolves dead about the car cass and vicinity So I got my robe and had skins to spare"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
Briaht Little Walter.

From Lippincotts
 s,x-year-old Walter just dotted on ''Alice Nin Wonderland" and seemed to live with the characters constantly. One day at inc table he said "Auntie, will you please give me some bread?"
 "Yes." said his auntie ''but don't stuff vour mouth so full. You look like a chipmunk."
 Walter leaned across the table, looking steadily at his auntie, and said very soberly. ''The latters only reply was. Butter me another slice.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

Take your pick of these, a S2O.O0 Suit for $13.35, an $500 Suit for $12.0O, and 5000 will get you a $15.00 Suit. Come now. Varley & Bauman Clo. Co.,, 1910 Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25

giving women a new field but it might force a number of able bodied men to go where they belong, working In the field.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
Madras Curtains

Some of this seasons choicest de- signs, all colors, our $1.25 nO4 values, Monday, per pair, only JO&
Evening star., 1909-07-18
SOCIALISTS OPPOSE GOMPERS
SPEECHES AROUSE LABOR CIR
Giles In PARIS.
Moderates Show Sympathy in His
Denunciation of Anti-Patriotic
Agitation.

PARIS, July 1.-THE speeches of Sam
uel GomperS. president of the American
Federation of Labor. delivered this week
before the French labor organizations. are
arousinS intense interest in labor circles.
The extreme socialists bitterly condemn
him as reactionary and scoff at his big
salary, but the moderates have shown
much sympathy In his denunciation Of
the futile political role which the French
General Confederation of Labor is essay
ing in its revolutionary, socialistic and
anti-patriotic campaigns. The moderate
press of all shades of opinion expresses the
hope that the French labor organizations
will heed Mr.. tiompers' words, abandon
revolutionary agitation and devote them
selves, like the American organizations,
solely to the advancement of professional
interests.
Mr.. Gompers is expected to take an i'm
portant part in the International Trades
Union Congress, which is to be held in
Paris beginning August 30. where. it is
understood, he intends TO propose the ere
alton of an international bureau for the
Interchange of Intelligence and cooper
alton, when desirable, of the different
branches of industry.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Changes in the Human Form.
Boston Glob,

FROM tne bOStCu SiODe
The tailors and shoe dealers of Lon
don have accumulated some interesting
statictics on the change In the figures of
men and women. According to the tail
ors, there are two new types Of men
that Is, as regards their figures. One
Is the man who plays a great deal of
golf. or INDUCES largely in other forms
Of outdoor sport: this man is growing
taller and simmer. On the other hand.
the man who has given up walking and
horseback riding for the motor car is be-
coming prosaicalIy fat: during the last
two years there has been such q waist
development that the makers of ready
made clothing have been forcd to add
an extra half inch to the waists of
trousers. For the athletic type OF man
the average chest measurement Is thirty
eight inches with waist Of thirty-four.
while the motoring man, though shorter,
demands a tirty-six-inch waist.
AS for the ladies, II Is a delicate sub
ject. but the dealers feel the truth must
prevail. and they reluctantly admit that
their customers feet are much larger
than they used to be. Two years ago
the average was No. 4, and No. > was
kept in stock; this latter size has now
been given up and No. has appeared.
while the average has increased TO No.
5. Ii this has been accomplished in two
years. who can guess the changes to
come?
Evening star., 1909-07-18
The Function Of Imagination.

FROM the Oruu
Imagination is nothing more or less
than the faculty for realization-the fac
ulty by which the mind makes real unto
Itself such materials as are presented to
it. The full significance of this deflni-
ton may be made clear by a simple H.
Iustration.
Suppose that some morning at break
fast you pick up a newspaper and read
that a great earthquake has overwhelmed
Messina, killing countless thousands and
rendering an entire province desolate.
You say, How very terrible.'-after
which you go blithely about your bust
pose that your little girls pet pussy cat
window. If you chance to be an author
and have an article to write that morn
ing you will find the task of compost
ton heavy. Now, the reason why the
death of single pussy cat affects you
more than the death OF a hundred thou
sand human beings is merely that you
realize the one and do not realize the
other. You do not, by the action OF
imagination, make real unto yourself the
disaster at Messina; but when you see
your little daughters face you at once
and easily imagine woe. Similarly, on
the largest scale, We go through life re-
aliZing only very little part of all that
Is presented to our minds. Yet, finally.
we know of life only so much as we
have realized. To use the other word
for the same idea-We know of life only
so much as we have imagined.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

among the boys and Bruce Webb. menu
hers OF the superintendent's staff, have
direct charge of the boys and watch them
carefully during the bathing to see that
no accidents happen. Woman attendants
accompany the girls to the creek, and a
member of the park police force is de-
tailed to the pool each day while the girls
bathe. to be on hand in case of accident
and to keep outsiders from intruding.
Each week both the boys and girls have
contests to decide who is the champion
swimmer of the camp. The records made
are proclaimed every Wednesday to the
newcomers. who strive to beat them. The
camp takes a trip to the Zoo every week
through the surrounding country.
Custodians of Camp.
Miss Martha Stewart is superintendent
of the camp. and besides Mr.. GiIfillan and
Mr.. Webb. has as assistants Miss Elenor
Keene. Miss Anna Began and two volun-
teer workers, Miss Haynes and Miss Mary
Golden.
Miss Stewart and her staff remain at
the camp all summer and have quarters
in the farmhouse. They greet each new
party of campers every Wednesday and
assign them to tents. according to fami-
lies or to the ages of the boys and girls.
\ mother is assigned to each tent where
there are small children. and the larger
boys and girls are divided up In groups OF
six.
The. newcomers are brought up from the
cars In a large wagon. After they have
been in camp but a short time they be-
come acquainted with the older campers.
who act as hosts and explain all arrange
ments to them.
The summer outings committee Of the
Associated Charities having charge OF
Camp Good VIII is made up of the fol-
lowing members: John Joy Edison, chair
man; Andrew Parker, treasurer; Walter
S. Ufford. general secretary T. Hubert
Jones, committee secretary: Byron S.
Adams, Charles ]. Bell, Col. Henry +.
Blount, William J. Boardman, Mrs. W. L.
Gift. Col. Spencer Cosby. Rev. Samuel II
Greene. Walter stilson Hutchins. Prof. B.
It. Janney. Maj. William V. Judson. Ru-
dolph Kaufman. Miss Bessie j. Kibbey.
Dr. George NJ. kober, A. Lisner, A. NJ
LothroD Commissioner H. B. F. Macfar-
land Charles F. Nesbit, Maj. f. II. Neu-
meyer, Andrew Parker, Cuno Fl. Rudolph
Frederick l.. sIddons. Maj. r. D. simms
John 3. Sleman. jr.: Mai. Richard Sylves-
ter. w. w. Tracy. Col. George Truesdell
Rev. John Van Schaick, jr.; Commissioner
Henry l.. West, George S. Wilson and s.
w. Woodward.
Last year 407 mothers and children were
taken to Camp Good Will for two weeks
and this year it is expected that the num-
ber will be much greater.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Brandy.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
Who in this country drinks brandy i?
1t is used incidentally. and. ostensibly.
whisky serves as well In mince pies and
the old-fashioned SAUCES of puddngs.
But the brandy smash, in this neighbor-
hood is obsolete, and brandy and soda
is practically non-existent in the age of
the high ball The liqueur brandy,
by the aged and constitutionally unpro-
Sressive, but surely a fun quarter of a
century, not wholly given to total abb
stinence from intoxicants, has elapsed
since the men one meets drank brandy.
Good brandy is expensive, while bad
brandy is too bad for even q confirmed
topper. About 100000 gallons of So
called brandy are produced annually in
several states OF this republic, from
grapes. apples and peaches. but this is
not the brandy of commerce.
Yet the effort of the long-established
French brandy houses, since the passage
of our pure food law. to prevent the use
OF Cognac on the labels of brandy ex-
ported To this country by many other
manufacturers, has directed attention to
the enormous consumption of brandy in
the United States. Cognac has generally
been regarded as d trade term in this
country, signifying a superior grade of
brandy. Ii is, however. the name of a
province. and the historic brandy houses
insist that they use all its admirab
grapes in their business. "CognaC' may
therefore be obliterated from the labels
of other brandies, even though they are
exported from that very province.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Birds as Scouts.
Sir Evelyn Wood. in London Gazette.

Sir Evelyn Wood in London Gazette
During the night. July 2-3. before the
battle of Sadowa. division command
ed by the archduke. retreating before
the Prussian army. had bivouacked
near a town in Bohemia facing north.
At midnight the afchduke, when rest
ing in a peasants cottage. was awak-
ened by the arrival of a gypsy. who in
sisted on seeing him personally, having
come to report the advance of the
enemy.
The archduke. who spoke Romany
fiuently, asked How do you know?
Our outposts have not reported any
movement"
That. your highness. is because the
enemy is still some way off,"
Then how do you know"
The gypsy. pointing to. the dark SKY
lighted by the moon. observed: you
see those birds flying over the woods
from north to south?''
Yes; what of them
Those birds do not fly by night un-
less disturbed. and the direction OF
their flight indicates that the enemy is
coming this way"
The archduke put his division under
arms and reinforced the outposts.
which In two hours time were heavily
attacked.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
PRIMARY FIGHT TO Be BITTER
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY DEMO
: Gratis VERY BUSY.
Every District Except One Will
Have Organization and Anti-or-
ranization Men on Ballot.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, July II. 1909.
Democratic politicians in Prince George
county seem to think the primary fight
next Saturday will be the most bitter in
the history of the party. The orSaniZa-
ton forces are led by State Senator Will
liam B. Clagett, chairman of the county
central committee and the opposition by
Aquila T. Robinson. for many years chair
mon Of the committee. With the excep-
ton of Laurel every district in the county
will have organization and anti-organfza-
ton candidates on the ballot. Under the
new primary election law any democrat,
on paving the assessment levied by the
county central committee to defray the
expenses of the primary meetings. can
have his name placed on the official bal
lot. The time for filing these applica-
tions expired July 8.
The situation is complicated for the
reason that some of the candidates for
delegates are favorable to Fillmore Beall.
the representative of the anti-organiza-
tione forces, for judge, and would also
like to vote for DR.. Charles A. Wells OF
HyattsviIle for the nomination for the
state senate. The attempt to place q
Beall-Wells delegation on the ticket in
Hyattsville, DR.. Wells home district, has
partially failed, Thomas II. Lewis and
Thomas Fainter. who sent their applica-
tions to Marlboro. having declined to al
low their names to be printed on the
ballot for the reason. 1t Is said. that to
be for Beall for judge would weaken DR..
Wells chances with the Clagett people
Fight in Vansville District.
Recently q fight has been started in
yansville district, the home Of Fillmore
Beall, led by Harry Chant, representa-
tive of the young democracy Of the dis
trict. Mr.. Chant claims that his delega-
ton has at least an even chance to defeat
the Beall delegates. Should the latter
win. however, 1t is said that It Is not
unlikely that they will be for DR.. Wells
for the senate. The organization people
are claiming fourteen out of the seven
teen districts, the only ones conceded to
the ants being Laurel. Vansville and
Spauldng.
whose names will appear on the official
ballot in the several districts, the first
Ave or ten in each district. as the case
may be. being representatives OF the or
ganization forces:
Haney. r. e. Baker. Harry Chant and
A. NJ. Brock; G. w. Bryant. ]. c. Love-
less, J. c. Gaylor. DR.. c. A. Fox and
G. E. Charles.
Bladensburg-T II. Duckett. John r.
g. M. Mater; Jacob Watts. Joseph Fan
ming, William H. Beckett, Andrew Lynch
and B. D. Stephen.
Marlboro-Joseph Is. Roberts. NJ. Hamp-
ton Magrlder, j. A. Ridgeley. George W.
Wilson, James Bennett, J. v. Wyville.
T. w. Loveless. Joseph w. Wells, Upton
Jones and Thomas Berr: Harry Buck, DIR.
L. A. Griffith, Richard -Mullikin, Eugene
Sweeney and I. B. Traband.
Nottingham-Dr. r. +. Baden. Albert
Cross. John F. Richards, J. W. Waters
and r. Hugh. Perrie: jeremiah Sweeney.
w. f. Cross. w. NJ Baden and II. H.
Sasscer, jr.
Thorne, f. p. IKE, J. D.. Jenkins and
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Grass Widow.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Your note on the Australian sTasshop-
per suggests his relationship to the grass
widow, writes a correspondent. who goes
on to demand the derivation of this last
expression. Some would merely have 1t
as slang expression, but It's appearance
in the marriage register Of Halstead.
Essex. as early as 1854, suggests less
vulgar origin. 1t is said to be corrup
tion Of grace widow, and dates from the
days when divorces were granted only
by the authority Of the church. The wom-
an who was SO empowered to separate
from her husband was commonly called
grace widow. and from this the express
sion gradually gained its present meaning
and spelling.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
CHECK MAIL CAR ROBBER|ES
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT IN
SPECToRS MAKE PROGRESS.
Arrest Five Men for the Union Pa
cific Hold-Up at Omaha,
Nebraska.

That the Post Office Department has ef-
fectually checked IT, not finally stopped a
series of daring mail car robberies in the
west is set forth In an official report sub
mitted yesterday to Postmaster General
Hitchcock by Post Office Inspectors Hal
B. Mosby and C. NJ. Perkins.
Since the Northern Pacific hold-up at
Hilliard Wash, in September. 1907. in
which the bandits secured $4,000 from a
registered mail car, six train robberies
have been committed between Spokane,
WASH and Omaha, Neb. In all of these
robberies mail rather than express cars
were attacked or seized. Recognizing that
valuable registered mail was the prize
sought in all of the recent hold-ups, Post
master General Hitchcock issued an or
der in May calling for vigorous action.
INSPECTORS Mosby and Perkins were de-
tailed to proceed to Spokane the scene OF
most of the hold-ups. but while en- route
the fast Overland Limited on the Union
Pacific was held up and robbed near
Omaha. Neb.. and their assignment was
changed to that point. As a result OF
their work. in connection with Inspectors
c. L. Patterson and Ralph Smith and the
Omaha police and Union Pacific secret
service officials. there is said to be little
doubt of the capture of four OF the Dand
of train robbers responsible for the nu-
nerouS depredatiOnS since the hOld-up at
Hifliard.
Names of Men in Arrest.
Those charged with the Union Pacific
robbery at Omaha are. Bill Matthews.
alias G. W. Marvin, the alleged ringlead-
er; Lawrence Golden. alias Jack Shelton,
alias J. c. Kelly; Dan Dover, alias D.
W. Wood Fred Torgensen, alias F.. W.
Derf, and Frank Grigware. alias James
Gordon. The suspects have lived in the
vicinity of Spokane all their lives. They
are held in the Douglass county jail at
Omaha. S25.OOO being the amount of bond.
AS they are charged with having jeopar-
dized the lives of eight mail clerks In the
Omaha hold-up. if convicted the penalty
may be life Imprisonment.
Since the discovery of reyolvers, masks,
cartridges and caps buried in hillside
on the campus of Brown Park school
house in South Omaha and the finding of
empty mail pouches and dynamite In the
attic of that schoolhouse, the post office
inspectors say they have traced the sus-
poets to Denver and connected them with
the hold-up of a Denver snu Rio Grande
train near Denver February IL.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Aquasco and Other Districts.


Aquasco district-James E. Gibbons,
Fred Connick. ]. j. Fowler, Charles r.
Dale and Francis E. Grimes; w. r. c.
Connick. A. Amos Davis. Henry B. Brady
and D. M. Bowen.
Surratts-George W. Hardy, c. W.
Stephenson, William E. Mudd, Benjamin
E. White and Lemuel I. Allen; G. C.
Hibbard, W. j. Ogden, H. Lyon, B. A.
Mudd and E. f. Pumphrey.
Laurel-W. NJ. Wooten, r. NJ. Moore, ].
G.. Boss. jr., s. L. Aitcheson and Ogle
Marbury.
Brandywine-Alan Bowie, ]. A. Rich
ards. w. E. Bowie, J. H. Grimes, j. H.
Murray; G. A. Aist, l.. NJ. Naylor. A. T.
Robinson. j. H. Early and h. II. Robin
son.
Oxon Hills. s. Adams. r. W. Brooke.
G. NJ. Book. ". NJ. Grimes. T. H. Mar
tin, S. B. Cox, w Morden, J. A. Jeiskell,
w. I'll. Yoe and ]. II. Kerby.
Kent. c. Sheriff, Jackson Suit, j. E.
Weast. E. Magruder, T.. n. Magruder:
c. E. Bean. c. n Beckett. C. a. Roberts.
G. A. Palmer and w. +. Homead.
Bowie-George NJ. Smith, H. B. Kali
baugh. B. Maener. j. E. Mullikin and K
Lee MullilSin: J. NJ. Carrick, J. NJ. Dubal,
Melwood-Frank p. Hurd. William B.
Ciagett. G. w. Richardson, ]. +.
Sweeney and H. NJ. Ryon: J. L. Pum-
phrey. w. E. Norfolk, F. E. Loveless, Z.
c. Sasscer and James Harrison.
Hyattsville-R. w. Wells. j. II. Ralston.
w. Brooke Hunter. j. Frank Rushe, Alex
ander Sakers, G. p. Hickey, ]. Dallas
Erwin. Thomas II. Garrison. l.. L. Gray
and G. Hodges Carr: William P. Ma
gruder. Brice Bowie and Milton E. Smith
Chillum-R. A. Van Horn, s. f. Miller
Q. H. Stickell. w. s. Rogers. jr.. A. J.
Plummer, Robert McChesney, A. r.
Chrismond. c. H. Piggott, julius Reiners.
Walter Dutton; b. F.. HOFFMAN. n. j.
Keys. ]. Enos Ray, jr, George A. GUIDE
and Thomas Brown.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

kean Kemble-Have you seen my
Hamlet" me boy?
Scribb-I am glad to hear you character
lie it in that way.
Kean KembIe-What do you mean?
Scribb-I am glad to hear you call it Your
Hamlet" knew 1t wasn't Shake
Plain Dealer.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
House Where Cromwell Was Born.

rFVH tne LUnuOn CHRONICLE.
The Huntingdonshire county council yes
terday decided to purchase as the site for
county buildings Cromwell House. Hunt
ingdon, which contains the remains OF
the house In which the Protector was
born.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
w r Over. T. r. Edelin,, w NJ. Edelin,,

W. r. Dyer; ]. r. Edelin,, W. NJ. Edelin,
G.. II. Edelin, and W. A. Dixon.
Spaulding district-W. A. Harrison,
George A. Havener, Charles Repp. Z. ID.
Hooe and George w. Gray; |. W. Beall.
A. L. Latsmer, A. B. Suit. r. j. Swami
and John E. Sansbury.
Queen Anne district-Carter Lee Bowie,
S. NJ Peach, Henry Jones. J. T. McMa-
hon and ]. II. Hamilton: r. ]. Nelson, E.
J. Waller and w. J. Belt.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Belated.

The sting of the bee IS behind
Just the way with my repartee-I
never think of it till the next day.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Smith Fathered German.

1t may be mentioned here that Senator
Smith looked with favor upon the ambi
ton of young German and doubtless
would have given his support to the
Howard countian had not the exigencies
of the political situation demanded other
wise.
With the disfranchisement amendment
fight ahead Senator Smith realized that
he dare not oppose Senator Rayner in his
candidacy for reelection. Had Senator
Smith turned his influence against Ray
ner it would have cost the party thou
sands of votes in the coming election
And in the event Of being opposed by
Smith it is hardly likely that Rayner
would have taken the stump In advocacy
of the amendment
Young German, it is said. cannot be
brought to view the situation through
the glasses Of the state leaders, and is
said to be biding his time to square
things with Smith. 1t will be recalled
that young German supported Smith as
against Wartield In the primaries ,Wo
yeaVs ago and was most bitter against
Warfield in all his speeches. Hence it is
said that he had every reason to believe
that Smith would support him this year
for the United States Senate.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

Prof Of Sociology-If this alarming in
crease in the divorce rate continues.
twenty years from now the institution of
the home will no longer exist in America
Practical Student-How IS that, pro-
fessor? They all marry again, don't
they?-Puck