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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
DE- CASTELLANE
PUBLISHES A BOOK
On Social Conditions Under
the Second Empire
is NOTED AUTHORITY
Story About Sarah Bernhardt With a
Characteristic Ring Is Told in
Paris-Millerand Is
Busy Man.
BY PAUL VILLIERS.

Paris, October 16.-The MARQUIS de Cas-
tellane. father of Comte Boni de Castel-
lane. writes very interestingly of society
under the second empire in a book which
he has published today.
There is probably no Partisan, now
General de Galliffet is dead, better quail
fed to speak of the Paris under the
third Napoleon and IN the early days of
the republic when persons of real dis
tinction We're at the Elysee.
He remarks on the clericalism Of the
Faubourg of those times. Everybody was
desperately religious. The Pope was in
danger of becoming a Croesus because Of
Peters Pence from Paris.
NJ de la Rochefoucauld offered bat
terry fully. equipped at his own expense
to the Vatican. Every summer the
fashionable ladies went on pilgrimages
to the shrines of Catholic veneration.
This adherence to Rome did not how
ever. cause them to reject the world or
even the. flesh, If one is to Judge from
other parts of the book
There were five salons Membership
of one of them was the sine qua non of
social position No fixed etiquette was
observed in these drawing rooms, but
every one united in a hatred of the Bona
parties and the ministers of the day.
The seal of success was the ability to
say amusing things. Qualification was
not birth or manners but wit, added to
gaiety and high spirits No one took a
bath; tub was considered indecent,
the marquis says.
THE old social Glory IF Devils hoe 10
parted. There are no more salons. That
of the Princess Mathilde was the last
The routs and receptions of the republic
can court are of no account, being
merely inflated lat homes crowded to
an uncomfortable degree. The social pres
tige of Paris has passed to some extent,
no doubt to London.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

tan. Mr. Harris on a train one day
pointed to a typical colored couple, a
stout old uncle and stout old auntie.
He Nsaid he'd play joke on them. So
he pretended to be the conductor and
asked them for their tickets. The old
gentleman fished the tickets from his
ragged vest. One o. desc, sah,' he said.
is fob me, an 'tudder one is for her.
But which is yours and which is hers?'
demanded Mr.. Harris with pretended inn
patience. The old man began stammering
something, but the old lady shut him up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
BLACH'S DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN

WOMEN should not buy Soc
stockings till they see the Doc
goods we import and sell at 3
pairs for 81. Silk Isle, black or
colors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
NOW at all druggists in three
sizes 25c, soc and $500
per bottle

Uanderine enjoys greater sale than
any other one preparation regardless OF kind
or brand. and it has much greater sale than
all of the other hair preparations in the
world combined.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
Am unscientiflc Theorv.

From the Washington Evening Star.
Father" said little Rollo, what is
the aurora borealis?"
II don't know exactly, my son: but !
suspect it's some sort of an electric and
atmospheric disturbance that arises when
two explorers get within megaphoning
distance"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
The Bubble Reputation.

From the New York Sun.
Hudson has just discovered the stream.
whats the use?" he cried. half the
people will call it the North River"
Herewith he reflected on the bubble rep
utation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

are Blach's new line of mems shoes.
Blach s shoe man knows the innermost
construction-the outward value of
every good So line on the market (all
of them are sold in Birmingham and
because of this fact he says, "Go
ahead-advertise j B S as worth SOC
to 81 more than any other So shoe.
And furthermore, JBS have all the
good looks of any price footwear, any
where"
Look in window No. IL and see for
yourself that this is absolutely true
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17
Got the Law ON EN-.

From the Kansas City Star.
Joe Chandler Harris was only excelled
by Stephen Crane In his profound knowl-
edge of negro character" said an Allan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

Dab, now. yo' ign'ant skunk she cried,
I done told yuh you'd git us inter trouble,
an now you Sc yuh done got de law on
u.s."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

M. Millerand, the new Minister of Pub
lie Works and Posts, is a busy man lust
now. He is considering a project for the
reorganization of the Paris telephone serv-
ice, another for saving the time Of the
public by cutting short certain formali-
ties with regard to the registrations of
letters, etc, and among other things he
intends to replace the copying clerks in
the postoffice by lady typists.
Another project of M. Millerand's which
if it comes to fruition will be of con-
siderable importance, is the establishment
of a sort of technical Institution An the
United States for young French engi-
neers.
The young men who leave the School
of Mines, Roads and Bridges are not suf-
fieiently equipped at present, thinks the
minister. His idea is to send them for a
period of eighteen months to two years
to the institution he is desirous of creata-
ing.
During this period they would pay Wis
its to the great Industrial towns SUCH as
Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York, Chi
cago, ETC., see with their own eyes the
methods of the big mines, railways and
factories and make the acquaintance Of
the American master and the American
workman.
They will only have to keep their ears
and eyes Open" says NJ. Milerand, ito
become, thanks to this great lesson, men
better armed for their futuV task, and
am certain that when these young men
return TO France to dispense themselves
among all the branches of our industry
and administration they will not regret,
nor will their compatriots, the few months
passed on the other side of the At
lantic."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

The Apache queen. "Casque DOR"
whose charms were the cause of many
desperate encounters with knives and re-
volvers, Is again to the fore after long
period of silence. The exploits in which
she figured were duly chronicied in the
newspapers, where she was represented
as a sort of heroine.
Today she is recalled as having played
an interesting If somewhat prosaie role.
She has ended her career by settling
down as q married woman. She has re-
turned to Paris and resides in the same
quarter as her father, a brave black
smith.
"Casoue dor" so called because of her
wealth of golden hair. has not married a
man of wealth Her husband has to per-
form many Times TO earn living He
Is q nan of many trades. among them
being that of dog clipper
The manager of the Mont de Piete. the
national pawnshop. has found IT neces-
sary to make arrangements for the hous-
ing of motor cars put In pawn
There are, IT seems. numerous people In
Paris. who, when they run short OF
money find II necessary to get advances
on their automobiles SO many advances
have been made on cars recently that the
Mont de Picte has had to consider the
question of erecting a huge garage to
hold them. There Is Talk or nnding the
necessary ground for the garage near the
Are de Triomphe.
Years ago when the cycle became pops
ular, a surprise WAS sprung upon the
pawnshop In a short time the Mont de
Piete had to make room for 1900 cycles
Tt Is humorously suggested that uncle"
may have to consider the contingency of
advancing money on aeroplanes.
They would take up a great deal of
room, these aeroplanes. 1t is recalled,
however, that It would not be the first
time that the Mont de Piete has had to
make room for cumbersome objects. FIJI
teen years ago an impresario had to
pawn theatre, with It's scenery, cos
tunes and accessories. Only small sum
of money had been lent to the impre-
sario. and as the theatre remained eight
months in pawn, he found that no had
warehoused his property on the cheap.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11

merchant has a population Of about
one to every acre. And SO, although
the Grand Valley Is small in area, con-
sidered from the eastern standpoint,
1t is a rich and populous territory
from the merchants point of view.
The Grand Valley is emily forty miles
in length, with an average width of six
miles. On either side loom high noun.
tains, which shut off cold winds and
from whence comes the precious water
which makes the wealth of the fertile
land. Approximately 1t has, 10000
acres Of fertile land adaptable to the
cultivation Of fruit.
All of the fruit land is irrigated, but
there is no lack OF water. The avail
able water supply can irrigate more
than 1,000,000 acres The Omitted
States government is now completing
the surveys on what Is known as the
High Line ditch and actual work has
started. This ditch alone will bring an
additional 10000 acres under irriga,
ton, and some of the land Is being
planted now, with the expectation of
getting water az 1t is needed.
Fruit is the poor mans harvest, SO
the people of the Grand Valley believe.
Five acres will support a family, ten
viii make a man independent for life.
They estimate that each acre Of fruit
will support one person. And acting
On that theory, the Grand Valley will
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11

Palisade the reverse is true. Al mile
and a half from PaIisade is a big coun-
try school house with six rooms,
Three hundred students attend the
school, which may give an idea of the
density of the population.
The fruit industry In Grand Valley
Is conducted q a business basis. The
farmers early learned the advantages
OF cooperation.
The fruit growers organizations
market the entire crop. The usual fric.
ton between farmer and commission
man Is thus eliminated. The fruit
growers association arrauges for the
shipments east and west and to Eu.
rope. It takes entire charge OF. the
crop once it is ready for market. The
grower need not bother his head after
he gets his fruit packed. The associa.
ton does the rest, thus giving the
grower the advantage OF carload rates
in shipment, the profit OF the best
prices and also the assurance OF i
steady market.
Persons interested in visiting the
valley tor the purpose OF sightseeing
or with q view to settling there. are
furnished full information in the form
OF literature, together with names Of
reliable real estate firms, UPON appli.
cation to G. H. Speers, general !
ger agent. Colorado Midland Railway.
Denver. Colo.
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Phil0 Gubb IL one Of the tenderest
lhsarted men Ia BetzYille. He hasn't
the style necessary to mingle in our
best society, but he has g good heart,
and when his speckled hen died after
setting on a nest Of eggs for q week
Philo's heart bled with pity for the
poor motheriess eggs. The very min
ute he saw the dead hen he hurried
over to Aunt Rhinocolura Betz' and
asked If he could borrow one Of her
hens, but they were all engaged In
family business Of their own just then,
and Philo sat down on the edge Of
the porch and wept. After he had
went about q quart of tears he perked
up oil Of q sudden, and asked Aunt
Rhinoco1ura If she was using her hot
water bottle. When she said NO, that
her neuralgia wasn't giving her much
trouble that summer, Philo just
jumped up and down for joy.
As soon as Aunt Rhinocolura gave
him the hot.water bottle he hurried
home, hippity hopping with joy, and
nlled the hot-water bottle up to the
neck, and screwed the stopper In, and
laid II with gentle hand on top of the
eggs. During the day the eggs did
not worry him much after that, for
the sun kept the water in the hot-wa-
Ter bottle warn enough, but 1t was a
touching sight to see Philo at night.
He spent all his time at the edge OF
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11
BFTZVILIE TALES
Aunt Rhiinocolura Betz and the Alb
sent Treatment
SByE n15 DARKER BuHefa
sA Adhor.ofP8s i piqs Etc. W
ILLUSTRATED By PETER NEWELL

Omma, Mocha, Poppa, Toocha-Rick,
Stick, Stan, Staw-O-U-T, all Quit"
But the most gladdening thing to
the hard heart of mar was to see the
way in which Philo helped supply q
mothers care to those little chicks.
They seemed to right at first
that the hot-water bottle was the
only mother they had, and they would
run to 1t, chirping out their little joys
and sorrows, and PhiIo kept It full
of hot water, so 1t would feel cosy
and comfortable to the chicks. He
used to sneak away once in awhile
and dig a worm or two In the potato
garden, and come back and drape 1t
through the handle OF the stopper Of
the bottle. and then stand of behind
the door and cIuck like q hen does
when it has found a worm, and then
he would smile when the chicks 8
up and grabbed the worm. When the
chicks got large enough to venture
out a little Philo tied q string to the
hot-water bottle and dragged Il
around the yard after them.
He got SO thoroughly into the no
ton that the hot-water bottle was
really o hen that sometimes he would
drag it over into his vegetable gar.
den, and then shoe at it to drive II
out. He treated that auto-hen just
as a mother hen should be treated.
Probably he took to it more because
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11
Hen.

that as soon az the treatment began
the warts began to grow, until they
were so long he had to braid them
and do them ND I'm q coil to keep from
stepping on them. He said he hoped
it was part Of the cure, but that if
they got much longer he would write
to the man. He said no man could ex-
pect to remain indolent while his
warts were rapidly gaining the two.
yard post.
By that time Aunt R~hinocolura's
9 had shrunk until 1t was q mere
"Reminiscences, and she persuaded
Cousin Gildad that they ought to write
to the beauty doctor, SO they did.
Come to ind out, the ONCE help had
got the two Betx names mixed. and
had entered them wrong on the card
system, and the doctor had been vfv.
ing Cousin Gildad q growing treat
ment for his warts and Aunt Rhinoco-
lura an effacing treatment for her
Ros
But the doctor was q most accommo-
dating man. and he wrote that. al.
@AoSE GA
though their our of treatment had
expired in both cases, he would give
them a postgraduate course al onlv
half price. So the next Thursday al
10 Q. m. he began, and at 1918 Aunt
R~hinocolura had enough nose to see
with a microscope, but it was attn
more of a dent than a bump. And the
next Wednesday at Ais p. m. Cousin
Gildad measured his warts and fonnd
they had shrunk an inch. So he kent
on with the treatment until his warts
were all gone, but the very minute
Aunt Rhinocolura found her nose bs1K
to its old size and specifications she
turned her nose away from Philadel-
phia. But she will never be quite the
same again, for whenever her nose
happens to point in that direction ac.
cidently it begins to tremble and pal.
plate like a thing in distress.
CcOpyriEht. 1903. By ". G. chapmaa.1
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Stories Of Colorado and
The Rocky Mountains
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE WONDERFULLY RICH GRAND
VALLEY.

In the great valley Of the Grahi
River, on the Western Slope of Colo
RADIO, thousands of fruit growers are
getting rich off of five and ten.aere
tracts of land. They work a few
months each year real hard, and a ma
jority of them spend their winters in
CaIifornia-or go to Europe. Grand
Junction is the largest town la the val
ley, being located near the confluence
Of the Grand and Gunnison Rivers, only
a short distance from the Utah line.
Residents of the valley leave home at
400 o'clock in the afternoon over the
Colorado Midland and are in Denver
for breakfast. Palisade, twelve miles
east of Grand Junction, is the second
largest town in the valley.
One by the Eastern farmers are
learning of the advantages offered
them in Colorado, and once they are
convinced do not hesitate long ID sur.
rendering the big 160-acre farm back
East for the little peach and pear and
apple orchards of the Western Slope.
For Instance, II. J.. Box of Perry, Iowa,
came to Palisade a short time ago and
looked around. He saw and was CON
WINGED. A few days ago he bought d
~six-year-old orchard OF fifteen acres at
s2,250 per acre. Six years ago the
same land changed hands at SIS an
acre. The fruit trees made the differ
ence. Box's Iowa farm probably
brought $50 an acre, and his fifteen
acres will pay double that amount an
nGally on each acre.
A fruit country makes a good bust
ness town. Instead Of drawing trade
from big farms scattered over a wide
territory of $50 to $40 acres each. the
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sasageAn3sR

have a population Of $4,000 depending
upon fruit alone within a few years.
Chance for the Poor Man.
Ten acres, the fruit men say, will
make a man rich. This is all d man
can care for, and as the acreage under
one control is Increased, 1t is claimed,
the productiYeness must necessarily
be less from lack of Individual atten-
ton. OF course, all men do not hold
to the same theory. Werner q. Reed,
the Colorado Springs millionaire, put
out 1000 acres to fruit on the Western
Slope last year. w. B. Cross OF DEN
yer, who was and still is interested in
the shoe business there. has recently
moved to the Grand Valley, where he
has planted 240 acres In fruit-apples,
peaches, pears and cherries. He has
one of the most magnificent ranches
on the slope, on a high level stretch
of ground, commanding a view of miles,
and with an ideal home. His is a
new orchard-240 acres. In a few
years at the estimate usually INDUCED
in at Grand Junction, his farm will be
producing an income Of nearly $150,600
annually.
The poor man has the same chance
with the man who can buy hundreds
Of acres-better. For he can produce
more fruit to the acre than the man
or corporation with the big acreage.
Ten acres is the average sized fruit
ranch IN the valley. Many are but five
acres, while one acre suffices in many
cases for the man who lives in town.
In Palisade are many homes with the
average yard, where sufficient fruit is
produced to pay the living expenses Of
the family. In Grand Junction the
fruit trees within the city are few. In
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-lesnesbk

Only on@ @an was made Of dust
So ea b blessing Gal GA all tia raa.
IhA4 6eV9@ las hope END Joy and faNh anS 49,
And memory Of what was girhk anT go
For to 80 ali then came the beaten aoiS
OF Ch4phcod days. that we un2r1hA ches4.A
We shoqA eL -enptyhanded, bent and 49,
But cream the dreams Of ether days asSr
Only on9 man was made OF earth.
To hh4a alone the BLESSING was dan,~3
OF knowing 6@lda that xAng with rnaaSs m4sn
OF ~S06&h1g over meadows fair ans $780,
O. sns$A& 90 the birds that Ia return
Gh1ctSh pfpngs That but chIcnsh 49,
May understand and little hearts rnav &c.,
And Cdheaxts Know when come the 6esser va.z
Only one man was made of dust
And 50 we had cur fellowship with haaa
And hn9yR the secret OF the stsafna ausf
That 8h0oh the hon9Y@d blossoms f-nm ~
And we AneWg where the fairies dancad s9 SsEs
And vs heard fairy hcgns blew blfae ~ s
And W9 h9ard spear On shield fn Warfsya smHe
All through tie suSrrner regiments az com.
Only one man was nade cf earth.
And 50 we knew the days that yFara. 4ha ba
The days that made all else of little ygrYsn-
Their sunshine fingers yet within fhe hraaa
Then CloudsY An. had they Cloucs9 Wa us 80 rs.s
For Ia those golden days we Knew.
Those WOndrOuS dRys IN that fat9 long aac
u seems the sFy was always clasr and hma
Only enc man was made cf dust
So we when worm and weary cg our niav
HAD father axrnS IN whose strength ~ cnRfa 4s@f
And mother lips to Kiss The hurts avgay.
Else, now that we ere old. yga could ncs amd
The rnarvel-tafngs CUR memory has freed
And 10 th@ childhood days all deaf and bEn6.
THIS life OF Ours were very dust. indeed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-09-11

could 10 help the beauty-waves by
keeping her nose well vaselined and
by massaging it with the fiat of her
thumb to render IL soft aud sympa-
thetic. At the eighth treatment, how.
ever, she gave this up, for she was
startled to ind that, as she supposed,
the m~assaging was gradually pushing
her nose into her face. But when, aft
er two more treatments, she found
that her nose would no longer hold
her eyeglasses, abe knew the beauty
doctor was really having some effect
At FIRST Aunt Rhinocolura was sur
prised TO and her nose lessening In
this way, and 1t was quite an annoy
Ance not to be able TO wear her nose
glasses, but she got q pair OF lorg-
nettes, which she could hold In her
hand, and got along very wen. AS
for her nose ~retreating a little, she
looked at 1t logically. She knew she
had q very stubborn case OF nose, and
that IL would be quite q feat to turn,
IL into an ar~istocratie nose, with q
Decline profile, and she knew that
when q jumper IL going TO make anj
extraordinarily hard jump he usually !
steps back . few feet 20 get a good
start, and she thought that probably
her nose was Just backing up q little
Il get . good ready for a big squirt.
So Aunt Rhinocolura rested peace
fully, and every Thursday at 10 q. m.''
she would turn her nose toward Phil |
adelphia and assume 8 Q~uiescent state
Of mind, and the beauty waves would
come hurting along and impinge On
her nose. So many citizens wanted to
be present at the occasions when the .
waves arrived that she had to issue
admission cards, and 1t was indeed
affecting to see our best society nit
ting around Aunt Rhinocolura waiting
for her nose to wiggle. 1t affected her
nos that way. Exactly at 10 a. n.
the waves would arrive, and for is
minutes, while they continued, Aunt ,
R~hinocolura's nose would tremble ike
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~TheTeSore the Lord God cent him soFth from the aatdsH gtssa
The Book Of Genesis a H

TXHGFHfQT@ ID GT0 XYCn @NF RNu NlH4 WlWa kHS &MAAsA N%&
The Book Of eeussa 49,
"A breeze signs out rom Eden
When day draws On to night
"A gentle breeze that sways the uess
Upon each distant height
It whispers. Whispers whispers
Or lonely Edenland.
But there be- few save / and yoN
Who hear and understand
The breeze comes perf1nne-ladsn
From appIe-bIoorn and rose
And honey-wtnes from lowering yns@
In fields where no man goes
And on tato The sunset
Is Eden breeze wal drMa
To faint and crosWse shout ths akS
That wearfly upift
1t brtnas the grooming echoes
OF huxnmtng Of the besst
Across tlna hi1 II bears the trim
or bfrds' fair melodies
It chants OF reaching meadoW@
IT speaks OF laughtns stxesznss ssass
The woncrous saade the 5000
10 6snRs above cur dreams
q. you and / we know IT.
h breeze that comes ax eps zsN
When mint end musk hoeI uzOaeA
And fantasies we WeaYet
The breeze that seems to mNfm1s
When all about ts STILL
OF all we lost-th@ bows uAsEs
Their welcome from ths NJ
rha dark groyys close end closer
And once again we starr aaya
To thread the ways OF thosS oM
That lager In the heart
The breeze It whispers, WhAsPS
OF lonely Edeniand
But there be few save I en1
Who hear and hnds1SpaA