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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Paul Iones,s unluckx Jest.

 From Ambassador Reid's Speech at the '. S. Navy League Dinner in London.
 To take a classic instance, and so avoid the awlkwardness of referring to possible occurrences within the last half century, look at the shining example Of the greatest man in our early navy, one of the very greatest men, in fact, our navy ever had, John Paul Jones.
 He was the author, you know. of our first navy, drew up the plan, furnished drawings and specifications for the first ships and their armament, and helped about the bill before the Continental Con- gress. Well. just as his plan was adopt ed and the bill passed. and after he had written the best summary of what a naval officer ought to be we have ever had-a letter that ought to hang now iu the messroom of every vessel that flies our f1ag-just about that time John Paul Jones happened to hear of one of the great colonial statesmen, member of the Continental Congress, talking French with some ladies. An imp of Satan asked him what sort of French the great states man spoke, and John Paul Jones was just ready enough, just glib enough and imprudent enough to answer promptly. "Oh, well, it's a great mercy to this country that Mir, Adams's politics are not as English as his French is."
 The story may have come in the lapse of time to be a little exaggerated. as Mark Twain said the story of his death was; and the sequel may have been merely a political coincidence, though again it may have been a cool estimate of this too ready and too witty sailor man from the James river tobacco plan tation away down in Virginia. At any rate, when the Continental Congress pro- ceeded to name the officers for the new navy it didn't name John Paul Jones commodore It didn't name him the first of the six captains. or the second, or the sixth. The author of the navy was put among its lieutenants; and John Paul Jones never got any further rank from the Continental Congress till he had brilliantly earned it in active ser vice.
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sles, smallpox and cerebro-spinal menin- gtis not infrequently carry off babies through the fatal bacilli of milk.
 Only few weeks ago the Koch theory that consumption cannot be transmitted from animal to man was disproved. Bo- vine tuberculosis is a serious menace to the human race. While experimenting at the government station at Bethesda, Md, with tubercular COWS. some children of the employees died. Autopsies on the ehil- dren and the cattle showed an absolute identity of disease
 The testing of milk as to whether it contains the legal 1215 per cent solids and 3.35 per cent butter fat Is not sufficient. The milk, in an ideal condition, necessary to immunity from infection, must come straight from an absolutely healthy COW to the consumer without the slightest chance for adulteratlon or impurity. The COW must be spotlessy clean. The milker whether artificial or human must be asep- tic and spotless. The chilling and ean- ming must be hygienic and modern.
 This means incessant care. Indeed, the milk supply of a great city should be in- spected at least once a month at Its source. Every COW should be subjected to the recognized test for tuberculosis. Ev- cry municipality should have its own farms for providing it's public institutions
  lutely pure milk. It Is not an exaggera- ton to say that one dirty cow and one filthy milking hand may endanger life on the other end.
 In connection with this vital subject 1t would be wise for the board of health to institute a street card catalogue of in- fants' conta gious diseases. This has been found to be a splendid means of stamping out epidemlcs. With such a card system, diseases have been traced to impure milk, which has been analysed and immediately shut off, with the resultant saving of much life.
 Pure milk does not require either ster- ilization or pasteurization. These make shifts, not adapted by nature to a child stomach, are often mere disguises of inn purity and adulteratlon. They are an in- suit to milk that is clean, sweet without dregs or sediment, that has no odor, and that comes from uncontaminated cattle. In steriized milk the spores of bacteria are to some extent merely dormant.
 The city cannot pay too much attention to this subject that affects the very life of its citizens. There cannot be too much time and money spent in devising safe guards. Our centers of industrial train guards. Our centers of industrial training should include the instruction of young women in these matters before they reach wifehood. Bostons supply of milk is not always of the best. But it can be made so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Clerk and Registers Sale.

Abners Glass and Julia Glass, complain ants, vs Frank G. Daniels, ct als., de- fendants.
 By virtue of a decree rendered on the 9th day of February, 1909, of the city court of Birmingham. Jefferson county, Alabama, in said cause, I shall proceed to sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash. at public auction, at the court house door on Third avenue, in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, within the le- gal hours of sale. on Monday, the Sth day of March, 1909, the following de- scrihed real estate: The east half of the southwest quarter of section &, in township 1T, south of range 1 west of Huntsville meridian. containing 79 and s210o acres. in Jefferson county, Ala bGma. to satisfy said decree.
 Witness my hand this 9th day of Feb ruary, 1909. JOHN s. GILLESPY.
 Clerk and Register The above sale postponed until Monday, March IS, 1909 at 12 o'clock.
 JOHN s. GILLESPY
 Clerk and Register.
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week at the offices of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. The lessons were well attended by Birming ham women last week notwithstanding the rains, One afternoon there were so present and another day go. The demon- stration takes place at 2:3O. Those who have been in attendance pronounce them most interesting and instructive.
 Mrs. Antonette Werner West of Gin einnati, a distinguished dramatic soprano, will give a recital at Cable hall next Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock She was one of the solo artists at Cincinnati s last music festival Her Birmingham programme will include an aria from Mozart's opera. "The Marriage of Figaro Schubert's "Wohin" and Schuberts great song, "Omnipotence." Mrs. Werner West is a personal friend of Mrs. Glen O. Friermood and 1t was through the lat ter's effort that she was induced to come to Birmingham.
 Mrs. M. L. Sloss has returned to her home in Oxford, Miss, after a visit to Mrs. John Minge.
 Miss Annie Lou Dowdell has returned to her home in Lafayette after a visit to Mrs. Hoyt M. Dobbs and Mrs. John Jemi- son.
 Miss FloHenee Pebbles, who has been visiting her cousin, Miss Rosa Rains, re- turned to her home in Winona, Miss, yesterday.
 Miss Mae Belle Powell of Nashville is the guest of her aunt, Mrs Westbrook, on South Twenty-sixth street.
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Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until 12 o'clock, noon, Mon- day, the 9th day of April. 1909. for grad ing the West Point public road between the corporate limits of Lafayette, Ala, and the corporate limits of I4anett, Ala. Specifications may be obtained and plans examined at the office of A. J. Driver. Jr., Judge of Probate. Lafayette Ala. The right is reserved to reject any and all proposals A. J. DRIVER, JR,
 Chairman Court of County Commission
 CTS, Chambers county, Alabama.
 Lafayette, Ala 2-2S-4t-su
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SOUTHSIDE.
. BETHEA G GO
2027 Third Avenue.

FOR RENT-NORTHSIDE. rooms, cottage, 101s 21st street. rooms, 2-story, 1717 9th avenue. rooms, 2-story, TIP 18th street. rooms. 2-story, 2Si6 7th avenue. rooms. 2-story, 1905 7th avenue. , rooms, 2-story, SIS 2Sth street. { rooms, 2-story, 716 2eth street. rooms, 11k-story. 11tO 18th street. } rooms, cottage, 1907 Park avenue. , rooms, cottage, 241S 9th avenue.
 FOR NT-SOUTHSIDE. rooms, cottage. HIS Avenue H. rooms, cottage, 4S0 12th street. ; rooms, cottage, HOS Avenue F. rooms, cottage, 617 18th street. rooms, cottage, 1907 Avenue B. rooms, 2-story, 2518 Avenue E.
 rooms. 2-story. 1006 Central avenue. rooms, 2-story, 1901 18th street. rooms, 2-story 140S 10th avenue. |. H. HEINEkE R. E. & l. A. co. Agents, bbones 45. N4 N. 21st St
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Notice of Stockholders Annual Meet

By order of the president and directors of the Great Southern Life Insurance company, the annual meeting of the stockholders of said company will be held in the directors room of the Jefferson County Savings bank in Birmingham, Ala, on Thursday, April 1, 1909. for the election of officers and direc- tors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before and be considered at an annual meeting.
 A. D. SMITH, President.
 JOHN S. GILLESPY, Secretary.
 2-o2 Af- q m
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RYAN IS BARGAINS. $1650-New broom house on corner; lot 1OOx140; s4OO cash, balance like rent; at North Birmingham.
 $2S00-Seven-room house, hall and bath; beautiful home; nice lot on 20th avenue, near car line, North Birmingham $2750-Good groom house; first-class dairy; barn, two acres fine truck land; good road; near North Birmingham. $1S50-Six-room hall and bath; all plumb ing complete; lot 1o0x140; on corner 21s blocks from car, North Birmingham. S2600-F -Five-acres; Groom house; barn; on good road 2i9 miles from East Lake; near church and school; good truck farm; terms easy.
 ss0c-Five-room house, two lots two blocks from car line at East Lake; terms easy.
 -Five-room, bath, all conveniences; street Improvements two blocks car line Woodlawn; terms.
 RYAN REAL ESTATE co.
 oO2g Third Avenue, Bell Phone 835.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Bids Wanted.

The Mayor and Council of the City of Cedartown, Ga, will receive bids until T o'clock D. m., April 6, 1909, for laying approximately two miles of sewer. The right Is reserved to reject any and all bids submitted. Specifications are on file with the undersigned and with s. 8. Evans, City Engineer. Address all bids to J. B. LACY,
 Street Commissioner, Cedartown, Ga.
 2-7-Qt -sl1- wed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14
Thought He Knew.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Mrs. Gewgum-John, do you know what you said in your sleep last night?
 MT. Gewgum-O, yesl suppose l said: Maria, for heavens sake, let me get In a word edgewise!'
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FOR RENT.
NORTHSIDE

II NORTHSIDE. I SIS N. 18th street. rooms s20. N 1426 Sth avenue, rooms, s22. .50 " 813 N. 18th street, rooms, $1S
 s15 N. 18th street, rooms, SIS. II cos N. 18th street, g rooms, $40.
 12f2 Joseph street, 5 rooms. S1O. l 60a 10th avenue, 5 rooms, $12.5O l b52 2d avenue, rooms, $7 N l210 9th avenue, g rooms, s25. II 1905 N. 18th street, 8 rooms, s6. II 630 N. 44th street, rooms, s15. I e27 N. 3Sth street, roonis, s7.5O.~ II 4420 9th avenue. g rooms and large barn, H $20.
 M el0 2d avenue, south, rooms $20 I'M 7400 Sd avenue, north, rooms S15. H 1205 Sd avenue, West End. rooms, SIP. 50. M a019 Cotton avenue, West End, 5 rooms. M s20. |I 1880 Sd avenue, West End, rooms. s2O. VI i2SO 1st avenue, West End, 5 rooms, s21. o0S Hawkins street, West End, rooms, M $25.
 soUTHsIDE. |N1OOS South 2Oth street, Il rooms, S45. Il 1010 South 20th street, II rooms $45 = s Il 726 South 18th street, rooms, $15 II b26 South Beth stre 1t, rooms, $20 H no South 30th street. g rooms, $40 4 520 South 25th street, rooms. .$25. II 1900 South 20th street, rooms, $35. N 1894 South 2Oth street, rooms, $35. lQ17 South 23d street, 10 rooms, s75. e2s South 18th street, rooms, s35. II 2S04 Avenue F, rooms, s1O. 65l4 2d avenue, south, 6 rooms, $25. \ 2516 Avenue F. rooms, s15. X lbl0 10th avenue, south, rooms, $27 50. N 1sOo 10th avenue, south, 10 rooms. $50 asOS l2th avenue. south, rooms, $45.
 s. BETHEA 6 CO.,,
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Mrs. w. H. Stockham will be the hos tess for the Foreign Missionary society. which will meet tomorrow afternoon at O clock at her home in Norwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

Miss Annie Lou Dowdell has returned to her home in Lafayette after a visit to Mrs. Hoyt M. Dobbs and Mrs. John Jemi- son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

Miss Mary Moore Jones will continue her demonstration of cooking during next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

Mrs. M. l.. Sloss has returned to her home in Oxford. Miss, after a visit to Mrs. John Minge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

'Huhl Dye mean to tell me that you've only had this stun for one year,?
 another woman said to the wife and I with a tone and manner that plainly was intended to toss us into the Ananias club in heap. Well, of course folks seilina stuff in hurry like this have to say
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For MORTGAGE LOANS, Interest reasonable.
 See ,sser Real Estate 6 Ins. C.
RYAN'S BARGAINS.

oCI lICdI 1OUcuUC " 4115s V
 No. PA North 21st Street.
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The Joe Wheeler Chapter. Children of the Confederacy, will meet tomorrow aft ernoon at o'clock with Miss Sara Clay ton. The meeting planned for yesterday afternoon was postponed because or the rain Each member is urged to be in at tendance as the election of delegates to the convention in Huntsville will take place.
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The Study circle will meet with Mrs Vincent Ferguson Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at her home on Quinlan avenue Representatives from other literary clubs have been asked to meet with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-14

Some savalierly eh? I told her that the stuff was only to be sold in one lot.
 !" 'Oh humbug and nonsense' she was good enough to chop back at me. You'll never sell 1t as lot. There's lotNof stuff here that nobody'd even look at. Come, now, and let's not waste any more time. What do you want for the pieces l have named?
 T executed disappearance again and permitted my wife to nudge her and her whipped male creature to the door, l was afraid of myselt. you know.
 '' Are these beds-er-well, they're not buggy or anything? another woman who came along a little later. also with a dismal man, asked my wife. My wife replied that if they were she had not noticed it.
 Oh, well, lots of folks can live with bedbugs and never notice 'em, you know the woman treasured my wife, Get sort O used to 'em, you know and then for the first time I observed that my wife's keen sense of humor was put to a strain I'd hate to say, for fear of not being believed. just how quickly she got that woman and her husband out of the hall door.
 'Huhl Dye mean to tell me that you've only had this stun for one year?' another woman said to the wife and I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-07
VICTORIA PARK

We invite people of discrimina,
ton who know values In Spokane
to inspect this addition if contem.
plating purchase for home or in.
vestment
Lots are so by 1875 feet with 16
foot alleys and command an ele
giant view in all directions.
$3.50 and upwards; payments So
month, without interest. We pipe
the best available water to every
lot. A. growth of young pines Gov
ers the addition, which is all level
and contains the best soil for gar.
den and lawns. Street cars are
close and will run past the addition
in q short time. This addition is
underpriced at least 500 a lot,
Take Hillyard cars to ball ground,
go five blocks north.
Office open on addition on Sun
days.
C. & C. INVESTMENT co.
s. r. Green, Sole Agent, 317 Hyde
Block. Phone, Main "A.
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WASHTUCNA VALLEY


Many of our sales are made after
comparison with old developed
high grade apple districts has
been made. The reason for this Is
that Washtucna Valley has per-
feet combination of conditions ne
cessary to winter apple growing
low prices and easy terms, togeth-
er with the finest transportation ia
cilities and irrigation system. The
soil, drainage, altitude and climate
are perfect; the three railroads
give splendid shipping facilities,
and the water supply for irrigating
and domestic use is inexhaustible.
These things all taken together
places Washtucna Valley so far
ahead of any other apple district
now under development that thor
Ough investigation always means
a sale, and our buyers are salts
fled that they decided wisely. Call
or write for full information ana
arrange to see this vaMey at once
while prices are within your reach
and the terms easy.
THE PALOUSE IRRIGATION &
POWER CO.
702 FIRST AVENUE
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land has been purchased for $780,
600, and sturdy Dutch families are
preparing to settle there. None OF
them are paupers. DR.. Van Eeden
has had his share of helping them.
For the most part they will be
mechanics who are willing to stake
their little boards against the char
ity workers word that they will
succeed.
DR.. Van Eeden is the most promi-
nent scientist in Holland. His re-
cent social experiments attracted
world attention. Van Eeden's lit
erary work has been remarkable.
AS poet, dramatist, writer of novels
and essays, he leads modern Dutch
literature.
In 1889 he bought a colony near
New Amsterdam that he called
Walden. Here alone individual
freedom was offered. But clashes
arose among the people he wanted
to help; there were more than 49,
goo members connected with Wal
den in the first year, and the col
ony grew so fast that no control
could be exercised over it. Then
the crash came.
Van Eeden paid his debts of
100000 and made himself poor.
. In his latest scheme he has done
what few philanthropists would
dare do-set about to do good for
others after his fortuneris gone.
New York business and literary
men have backed him. His work is
an effort to make the small farmer
his own landlord. The needed
money, 100000, will be raised by 5
per cent mortgage bonds. So in
this way, at least, business is ap-
piled to charity.
There will be. z per cent pre-
ferred stock for investors. and com.
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WILMINGTON, N. c.. Oct. s.
On the ruins of his 100000 for
tune, spent in helping the poor of
Holland, DR.. Fredk Van Eeden will
rear mighty colony scheme 80
miles north of here.
A l000 acre tract of rich farm
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ing the remainder of the time TO
rest and meals. The tent was quite
sufficient protection during sleep.
The temperature began to rise.
In many places the snow melted
entirely away, and great patches
or water appeared.
Hunting was not forgotten dur
ing the march, for fresh meat was
necessity. Altamont and Bell
kept their guns loaded, and shot
ptarmigans, guillemots, geese and
a few young hares.
Hatteras advised them not to go
more than mile away, as there
was not day, nor even an hour, to
lose, for three months of fine
weather was the utmost they could
count upon. Besides, the sledge
was often coming to difficult
places, when each man was needed
to lend helping hand.
For several days the expedition
had been attended with no fatigue.
The travellers had only suffered
from the intense glare of the sun
on the snow, which threatened
them with snow blindness.
At another time of the year they
might have avoided this by walk
ing during the night, but at present
there was no night at all. Happily
the snow was beginning to melt,
and the brilliancy would diminish
as the process of dissolution adj
vanced
On the Sth Of June the thermom-
eter rose to 45 degrees, and the
rain fell in torrents. Hatetras and
his companions, however, marched
stoically on, and even hailed the
downpour with delight, knowing
that it would hasten the disappear
ance of the snow.
AS they went along, the doctor
often picked up stones, both round
ones and the flat pebbles, as if
worn by the tide. He thought from
this they must be near the polar
basin, and yet far as the eye could
reach was one interminable plain.
There was not trace Of houses
or huts, or cairns visible. 1t was
evident that the Greenlanders had
not pushed their way so far north
and yet the famished tribes would
have found their account in com.
ing, for the country abounded in
game. Bears were frequently seen
and numerous herds of musk oxen
and deer.
On the goth Bell killed fox and
AltamOnt a musk OK. These sun.
plies of fresh food were very ac.
ceptable, and even the doctor sur.
veyed, with considerable satisfac.
ton, the launches of meat they
managed to procure from time to
time. Il
Don't let us stint ourselves" be
used to say on these occasions;
food is no unimportant matter ia
| expeditions like ours" ~
when a meal depends on a lucky
shot" II
you're right, Johnson; a man
does not think so much about din
ner when he knows the soup pot Is
simmering by the kitchen fire"
On the 30th, they came to dis
trict which seemed to have been
upturned by some volcanic convul.
sion, soscovered was it with cones
and sharp, lofty peaks.
A strong breeze from the south
east was blowing, which soon in.
creased = to hurricane, sweeping
over the rocks covered with snow
| and the huge masses of ice, which
took the forms of icebergs and
hummocks, though on dry land. 4
On all sides nothing could be
heard but the noise of cracking ice
and falling avalanches.
Ito be continued.)
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HOLLANDS POET PHILANTHROPIST
TO START NOVEL COLONY in AMERICA

mon stock for settlers. The cost of
making farm colony out of the
land has been figured out carefully.
No one can lose, DR.. Van Eeden
thinks, if the colonists work.
This state will welcome the col
onists. People here believe they
will make better citizens than the
Italians at st. Helena, near here,
who have prospered.
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the high point for months. Consid

the high point for months. Consid.
cradle curb trading in Idora on
news Of increased activity at the
mine. Rex weaker. sales taking
place at s cents. Idaho S. & r.
strong and little stock offered for
sale. At the annual meeting of the
Hecla, held yesterday, the same
officers were elected. Directors
Frank Kipp and Carl Landsee of
Milwaukee attended, and expressed
themselves well pleased not only
with the mine. but with the lead
outlook. Stocks of lead are report.
ed low by the International metal
houses.
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|C1131E
|iS?43!;zt5i
CURES PERMANENTLY

Mr.. A. H. Powell, Manufacturing
Chemist, Spokane, Wash.
Dear Sir-After suffering with
stomach trouble for the past four
years and doctoring with doctors
and paying out over $500 for
patent medicines, the first perma-
nent relief l received was from
Powell's Stomach Remedy. The
first bottle gave me great relief
and after using three bottles |
have no more stomach trouble and
feel that l am permanently cured
This / write you in hopes you
may publish it so my friends, IL
any of them are SO afflicted, may
hear of it and be benefited by it's
use. Yours truly, w. A. BAKER
Furniture Dealer, 2128 East
Sprague Avenue.
For sale at all first class drug
stores.
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Good Farm Bargains


For Sale or Trade
$50 per acre-262 acres nine
miles from Spokane; good six
room house, barn 50x50, chicken
house, good hog house, good well
and spring, 20 fruit trees bearing,
small fruit, go acres cultivated, bal
ance saw and wood timber; four
horses, wagon, buggy, all farm
tools and implements, IL cows, 10
pigs; will take $4,000 in city prop
erty or will sell 100 acres II pre-
ferred.
$50 per acre-S00 acres in Adams
county; new, seven-room house;
72O acres in cultivation; all
fenced; on county road. four miles
to town; well, windmill, water
piped to house; will take some city
property.
A. r. MOORE CO.,
Room 16. Curtis Block.
Phone Main 2043.
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Business Chances

If You want to go into business see
Mearow, SIC Main avenue. We
have rooming houses, hotels, gro
Gerry stores, cigar stores, pool
rooms, confestionary and fruit
stores, etc. Also few chances for
good live partner with small cap
ital. Remember the place: Mearow,
516 Main avenue.