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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
Lumberman Kills Farmer.

Piggott, Ark, October Exchanged by Ed Polsgrove, farmer, living near Pig gott, with aliehating tho directions of his pretty 2S-year-old wife Ollie Guin, g. wealthy lumberman. late yesterday, shot and killed the former on the streets of Gideon Mo. t2 miles from here Guin fled to Kennett. Mo. where he surrendered fo on1cefu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE AuTIrMN WIND.

THE AUTUMN WIND. What does the wind say? Harkl how 1t blowsl Up hill and down hill, Wearily 1t goes. Moans in the tree tops, Whirls the dead leaves, Screams on the ocean where The whiteeap heaves. Rattles the window blinds When the night is cold; Whispers to the pale stars, "Old-old-old."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Governor Deneen of Illinois is fight ing for a primary law, while Senator Lorimer of the Chicago machine is fighting against the proposition. The people will decide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Fourteen feet through the Missis- sippi valley means that the bottom of Uncle Sam's purse may be reached at last. St. Louis has but six feet at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

President Diaz put on no airs when he met President Taft, although the former holds his own elections and has been on the job almost third of A century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Thirty-f1ve million barrels of apples raised in this country this year! About half barrel for every man, woman and child, but there is no guaranty of an even distribution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

MT. Craigs seat in Congress will not go a-begging. The men on the trail in clude Attorney General Garber, c. c. Whitson and Fred l.. Blackmon. There may be others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Judge Gaynor should not mention Epictetus too often in his campaign speeches. His hearers cannot recall the man he mentions so glibly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

The Duke of the Abruzzi, after an exciting and romantic life, may decline to be shelved on one of the minor thrones of Yurrup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

The Chicago wheat pit marks up the price of grain and the consumer is taxed to meet the advance whenever he buys a loaf of bread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

It is calm and peaceful at the North Pole, and that neighborhood will con- tinue to decline to take heated inter- est in the ook-Peary ruction,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

If I-teok-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah come to this country they should sharpen their wits against the cross-examina- tions they will encounter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Dr. Wu should have asked that Washington medium to tell him who discovered the North Pole. It is his lost opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

EXERCISE. Now baseballs dead, How will the fan Still use the voice That lead the van? It will not rest, You bet your life: He'll practice now Upon his wife,
 Boston Herald. Some fans I know Will not do that, Unless they want To be knocked flat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
The comlnq of the President.

''It is to be hoped that the streets of the city will be cleared of the rubbish now so evident in many places before President Taft comes to visit us,' said a citizen who takes much pride in Birming- ham.
 -'sThe streets have been left in very bad shape in many prominent thorough fares and there is much rubbish from building and alterations in evidence that could be removed by November 3.
 Every citizen should enter into the spirit of the occasion and it would be a matter of graduation to all the people of Greater Birmingham if all the stores and office buildings could be made masses of colors with flags and drapings in every way to lend color and beauty to the days the President is with us"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

If the pie strike in New York had lasted longer the dyspepsia-cure sales would have dropped below zero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
A WORD OF ADVICE.

A WORD OF ADVICE. Before you start out to play the role of human dynamo" "well7"
 Ut isn't bad idea to put a sum of money in the bank to defray a future doctors bill."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

President Taft has a poor opinion of the Oklahoma constitution because it is full of police regulations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

St. Louis frankly calls itself the Fourth City, and it is content to hold that place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

MT. Taft refers all who want to know more about the Crane incident to Mir. Knox, who precipitated it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

In spite of the automobile and the aeroplane the price of a good team of mules continues to advance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Anatole France is "an immortar, but still he is about to hitch his wagon to star-to wed, in other words, an actress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Italy promptly changes the labels on the cotton seed oil bottles and sends them back bearing an Increased price mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

Enough gold is coming out of Tana- na valley, Alaska, to fill the teeth of all living Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
PROVED.

"Fhe average, man wants what he wanta when he wants it."
 T was deeply impressed with the truth of your statement one night recently when hunted high and low for cork screw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

President Taft saw no bull fight in Mexico and MT Knox got no chance to say he talked too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

I-took-a-shoo should be asked at the pier where he got his remarkable name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
A TERRIBLE SHOCK.

A TERRIBLE SHOCK. Oh, what a jolt 1t is to dine, Not wisely but too well, And stuff yourself with dainties till Your tummy starts to swell, And then, when comes the time to pay, You tumble for the price And find you have 1t not-Oh, my! Your backbone feels like ice!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
EXERCISE.

opportune moment has kept a lot of peo pie out of trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
| WASTE OF TIME.

A WASTE OF TIME. When stocks have had a sinking spell And buying quickly halts, It does no good, so plungers tell, To get the smelling salts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
EVER BEEN THERn2

EVER BEEN THERE? He sneaked up to a dentists door, A sadly troubled man, But when he heard the buzzing drill He lost his nerve and ran.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
FAMILY CARES

FAMILY CARES. Mrs. Glider seems on the verge of nervous prostration this morning." And no wonder, poor thing! She was up all night with Fido"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

REMEMBER. Though some may say, When skies are gray, Lfes never what 1t seems Iris up to yo2. With purpose true, To win your goal of dreamsl NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. There is nothing dishonorable about taking in washing Certainly not; if the washing is re- turned to It's owners"
 FEMININE. With ethics pat My lady juggles; She hates a thief And yet she smuggles.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23

PARTICULAR. 'fIelIow 'sHellop ''Is that MT. stingum, the coal mer- chant?s 'Yes' ''Wel1, this is Mrs. Newed. I want you to send up ton of coal to 1864 Twenty twenty street, West" 'Yes, madam" ''Heilol Hellol'' ''WelI?'' ''Be sure it's fresh"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-23
10 RH s11Rn

'Here is pamphlet entitled, The Care of the Feet, which contains a great many footnotes."
 ''No doubt What dves it say?''
 'It says that getting cold feet at an
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

Cut GIass Fern DIshes-BeautifuIIy
cut designs, complete with lining.
regular $500 value; Monday 81. 9S
Cut Glass Bowls-Exquisitely cut,
brilliant, sparkling glass, s-inch size.
worth $3.50: on sale Monday at
only 800. SIZE
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22
White China for Decorating

Hand Painted China Creamers-5OO
Of them, Ransan shape, regularly sell
for 75c; Monday PKG
Jardineres-A very large lot and q
great assortment Of styles and sizes.
values up TO $3.50; closing out now
for -. CSC
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

rafting away with as much noise as II it
was on a Kansas ranch. Two men were
around the machine; the other hands were
women. In the dust and dirt beneath the
stacker two long lines~of women, twenty
in all, were taking care of the straw. A
merrier thTeshing party you couldn't have
found, for they laughed and chatted and
seemed glad of the honor of helping at
the first appearance Of the new tangled
machine.
The women, too, II was curious to OBJ
serve, have, the care Of the pigs. Pork is
an important item in the domestic econ
omy Of Sarzeau. and the women are not
inclined to entrust the treasures of the
house to the men. In one wagon that
passed four women squatted on the floor
iutently watching two small pigs resting
on the straw.
One old woman had easy control over a
big porker by having a rope tied around
its lame leg. Another had in charge a
lazy little pig that insisted upon lying
down at frequent intervals. When this
desire seized him hardest the old woman
would gather him up in her arms and labor
on until she was exhausted. In this way
they managed to reach the next village
together.
1t was evidently a weekly fair day, for
the street was filled with hogs and the
women who were watching them. The
bush that hangs invitIngly over the door
of every shop in Sarzeau whether the wine
be good or bad, had proved a magnet
strong enough to draw to the tables in the
shade all the men. and the bartering and
sale left 10 the wives and daughters, they
were fast forgetting their business wor.
ries.
At the tip Of the peninsula, where the
waters Of Morbihan bay rush out TO the
ocean, they found a little fishing village
Of rough stone houses and a quay lined
with small fishing smacks with dark red
sails. on the largest and neatest of the
houses they saw an inn sign and went in
for luncheon.
"The Man" Understood.
II wonder if we can ever make our
selves understood hereT' remarked one,
do you suppose they speak French or
Breton? Certainly no English speaking per
son ever came here"
Whether the man sitting next to them
overheard the words or not they did not
know. but in a few moments he turned 10
them and in genuine United States, with
an u~nmistaksbie southern accent, said;
From America, / believer
He introduced himself as DR.. Pannier Of
Paris and said his wife was an American,
the daughter of William Ransom Calhoun
Of Charleston. S. c. Calhoun was an off
Ger in the confederate army and had come
TO Paris as a representative OF the south.
In 1854 he went out OF the house on an
errsnd and was never s~fterward seen BY
his family.
Mrs. Calhoun had spent years in the
search for her husband and died from grief
The daughter had taken up the mission
as a family inheritance and had sought
everywhere for some tidings Of her father.
tn doctor had brought her here TO this
quiet village for rest and in the hope OF
divertins her mind from the all absorbing
subject
The sparkling waters Of the bay and its
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

lie chateau de Sucinio," said the land
lady.
Who that has read Of knights and ladies
Of Brittany, of Duke John and his holy
crusade, of Charles de Blois or Du Cues
elm has not heard of Sucinio? And to
come thus unwarned face to face with a
treasure of your romantic age on a house
top.
They had always wanted to see a castle
by moonlight and here was the oppor-
tunity. They slipped down the dark,
narrow, deserted street and out into the
darker country. At the foot Of the path
that led up the hill they halted and looked
at the sheen Of the side walls and the
deep shadows OF the corner tower.
Trembling they tiptoed across the planks
where once had been the drawbridge and
peered in Though the great arch. The
moonlight played over the court and bats
flew about the crumbling masonry. In
the place Of all the splendor and glory of
the past was desolation and silence. It
was only a ghost and 1t was overpower-
ing. terrifying.
They ran down the hill and glanced
back again. The white neecy clouds
seemed the spirits Of those that had lived
within the walls, and they screamed and
ran as fast as they could and didn't stop
until they were in their rooms.
shocked the Natives.
"Only those strange American girls
they heard in French as they closed their
door.
The next morning when they looked out
OF the window the crumbling old walls
were down TO earth. cows grazed in their
shadows and around the foundation was
spread out to dry the days washing OF
Sarzeau.
Walking along the street the next morn
Ing they saw a tablet over the deep door
way OF a heavy walled two-stoTy house
saying that within lie Sage was born.
They had supposed that the author OF
"Gil Bias" had lived in this part OF the
world. for vannes had his statue IN the
public garden and a street and a hotel
named after him. They had read that his
parents died when he was very young and
that his guardian had stolen all his patri-
mouy, but they had not read where he had
been born.
OF course he had a birthplace, every
body has. But TO run up against It in an
obscure French town was a surprise. They
rang the bell at the high iron gate, and
two large women with arms akimbo APP
peared at the door Of the house and slared.
They did not know II the novelist was
born In the house or not. as the event was
said 10 have taken place in 1858 and they
were not living at the time. They had a
pudge against the society that put the
tablet on their house and they were not
going TO show the interior to any one.
while as for NJ. lie Sage's fame. It would
not be spread through any good words thai
they would say for him
Just think with such an attraction in q
little town and the persons In control SC
contrary minded that they refused TO make
a show place OF L.. No wonder the land
lady didn't have much good to say OF
those two women.
In this part OF the world women appear
10 be the workers and the principal visible
part OF the population. The girls eiscov-
cred this when they went out to explore
the country,
on one farm n American thrSshsF wa
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

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STRANDED IN BRITTANY
NAmerican Girls See an 0ut-of-the Way
l. Bit of France.
HISTORY AND MODERN MANNERS
breaking Auto Leaves Them An Town
Where lie sHEe Wa Born and
AbeIRrd Wrote Letters of
Lamentations 90 HeIOise.

SARZEAU, France. Aug. l5,-How two
American girls on an entirely conVen-
tlonal tour happened to Ian at this TO
them unknown spot is a simple story II
was all on account of a stupid chauffeur.
The misadventure was not without it's
recompenses and the intimate acquain-
lance will the people of this little rocky
peninsula on the west coast OF France
that they picked up, the experiences that
they had and the knowledge not down
in the guide books that they acquired
may be worth the telling for the benefit
Of some one else who may have tired OF
the beaten paths on a summer vacation.
Instead OF going by railway to the next
stop they sent their trunks by train, took
with them their handbags and started
by motor car. This YVES really not such
an extravaganza at is appeared, for they
had dickered with the landlord OF the hotel
and got the mahine for sixty francs a
day, with ten francs additional as tip for
the chauffeur.
A chateau that arose superbly by the
roadside they discovered was the country
home Of u foreign nobleman who had
married an American heiress, and when
they said in their best French that they
would like 10 see il they were whirled up
in state to the imposing front entrance,
When the chauffeur alighted to help them
out they excitedly explained:
He had another idea and took them
around TO the rear OF the house, In des-
peratlon one OF them grabbed the wheel
and sent the machine at imminent peril
OF a wreck back down the drive. What
' heir countrywoman may have thought
as she looked from the window is left 10
The imagination.
The machine did not go well after that
and finally came to a dead stop at the
edge OF this little village. 1t may be
added that the girls saw It later in tow
of a team OF horses on the way to Vannes,
So there WAS nothing left for them but TO
go 10 the only inn in the town.
when the Evening Fell.
landlady that evening dragged them
Is che narrow, dark stairway and. lifting
a trap door, helped them out on the roof
She was large and she had hard work
climbing aud so had not wasted words IN
explanation.
"vola!" she said, and pointed out to-
ward the ocean that was a silver streak
far to The south. ,
Out over the tile roofs and across the
lowlands rose the great walls OF a castle.
AEss mist lay heavy over the lowlands and
be great building. flooded with moonlight,
slssmed raised above the earth into dream
lana
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hundreds of little islands suggested a sail
and they picked out tho best of the boats
and sent for the skipper, He was found
under a bush Of a wine shop near by. He
was voluble and when they showed hesita-
ton in jumping ten feet TO his craft he
showed how easy 1t was by lying down on
the pier and rolling off. The success of
this venture did not inspire confidence and
he brought his boat to a more favorable
position.
He unfurled a big brown sail and they
flew across the swift current and made
landings at several of the islands where
were megalithlc monuments, in which the
whole region abounds. Then they bargained
with the good natured master to take them
to the head Of the bay.
Out on the Bay.
Nothing could be easier, for did he not
have the fastest boat on the bay and was
he not the best sailor? The boat fairly
leaped when the sail was hoIsted and bore
down upon a point Of rocks with surprising
speed. They felt certain that the convivial
master was bent on a spectacular wreck
and held their breath, but just at the right
instant he tackled and SKINNED over The
fTothy current up the bay. After this stroke
OF -seamanship he patted the helm and
gathering the sail about him stood up and
called down the blessings of all the saints
In the shelter OF the next island the
craft stopped becalmed. Waiting for a
breeze that didn't come, he finally rowed
them TO an island. the largest in the bay,
to walk about until the breeze should come
The beauty Of the women that hey found
on the island, their cordially and kindli,
ness, charmed the girls, and they examined
treasures OF antique jewelry and peasant
dress and heard of strange customs.
These pretty women run the island to
suit themselves and also do most of the
work. They carry on the courtships to suit
themselves and make proposals OF mar
riage. But from the choice nat they made
the girls did not see that the system was
an Improvement over that OF most other
lands.
They Were ROyRlists.
These poor people were the strongest OF
the Royalists in the days OF the Revolution
and perhaps stIl are. 1t was only a little
further down the coast that the III fated
Royalist expedition with the returning emil
gres came to grief. The officers were taken
to a meadow near ARRAY and there all We're
put to death.
When the Bourbon power was restored
NAlAa AAANaaoh 10 1AAN NAAR a ANAA VI ma
tyTs. along its edge were planted rows Of
trees and at one end was erected a little
chapel, The bones Of the unfortunate Of
ficers were taken to q chapel or a convent
close by and reinterred with pomp.
In these days OF the republic the little
chapel stands neglected, shorn of all it,
beautiful fittings and the bones Of the
dead in a dark crypt can be viewed and
handIe by the curious upon payment Of
= small tip TO the sisters in charge Of the
place
This is st, Gildas country and the marks
OF the missionary's life are everywhere. A
little fountain shows where a spring mir
sculously burst from the rocks TO quench
his thirst and a big boulder still has the
imprint Of his horses hoof when the noble
beast leaped twenty miles out to sea carry
Ing his master beyond his pursuing enemies.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

II you turn southeast from old Mainz,
the city with a grand Romanesque cathe-
dral, It is only natural to pay a visit TO
Nuremberg, the q~uaintest. queerest, dear
est city imaginable. There too, you are
In the midst Of the ~easy-going and good
natured Bavarians, a people that you
learn TO love. What a sociable race they
are! Again and again II happened that
some one Of these Bavarians, with whom
we casually came to converse would ask
II they could Join company with as at
our meals at restaurants. But note, for
"a Dutch treat" They paid for their
goods, We TO- ours. So great, though, is
their love of fellowship that they 80 70
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European Impressions of a First Tripper
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parsons between Father Rhine and our
American rivers before / started the jour
ney at Cologne. In fact, ! temporarily al
most forgot the lofty, powerful, somewhat
cold, but compelling cathedral at Cologne,
where my love of Gothic architecture in its
sublimest form had been SO thoroughly
Toasted. The Rhine, the Rhine, and the
Mississippi, Columbia, Hudson and St. Law
renee had all my attention. The outcome?
I'll not state IL, for it is, perhaps, a mat
ter Of taste. But l am free to say that the
American who travels in Europe only be-
cause he finds, or thinks he finds, no
natural beauties in his own land compared
to those of Europe, has not Travelled in his
own country as a lover of nature, but has
sought what he had no right TO seek, his
toTical antiquity adjoining, and, as it were,
humanizing nature. The Rhine is beautiful,
and still more so from its old castles, the
romance and song and saga it has given
birth to, and the picturesque gardens and
sunny vineyard patches. A German lieu
tenant and two priests on board our SPLEEN
did steamer sat all afternoon a. their huge
wine TASKS, singing the old Rhine songs,
merry sad and gay, patriotic and amorous
tunes. 1t really seemed TO fit in perfectly
with a trip on the Rhine, the German
Rhine, the river OF wine and song. At least
as a picture. it was what you might ex-
pect on the Rhine. other considerations set
aside for the time being. Why do we
Americans sing so little? Why are we so
seldom heart-free TO carol as these Euro
A IN excursion with us
means so often mere hilarlty and rag-time
music. Here in Europe cultured or uncut
tured give expression TO their hearts JOY.
rapture, meditation or sorrow In lovely,
tuneful and often exquisite melodies that
echo on In memory for years. / feel
ashamed to feel this way about the trend
in our land. But 1 cannot deny the fact.
Oscillating between fretful gTasping for
money and explosive outbursts Of giddy en-
joyment we are losing the true art OF
beautiful recreation in songful simplicity
Of heart. Our Puritanism OF the seventeenth
century has become the license OF the
twentieth. But we are going to mend / am
quite sure. Some time the insane rush for
money, mere money, will be a secondary
ambition.
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the length of inviting themselves, IF
1t pleases you" to dine with you, at their
own expense. 1t seemed so charming and
so lovely, SO all out of the heart, the heart
which we in America put in a steel frame,
lest 1t expand too freely. Old Nuremburg
gives one a better conception of mediae-
val and sixteenth century Germany than
almost any place in the land. 1t is note
worthy, too. that in building new struc-
lures, the Nuremburgers try to preserve
the old styles. There is a strong sense
Of historical antiquity In the place, to
say nothing OF the wisdom of that policy,
as Nuremburg's old German quaintness
is a valuable financial asset, and the MUIR
emburgers know the worth OF a penny, IL
ever any people do. Nuremburg in Ger
many, as also Venice in Italy, repre-
sents the romantic of their respective
countries in a most bsautiful manner.
one of the Nuremburgers was kind enough
to say Of the more brusque north Germansi
They are more Intelligent than we Bav-
arians." Perhaps it is a case OF war be-
tween head North GERMANY and heart
(SOuth Germany carried out on q large
scale? 1 fancy there is some such diff
ference. German "Gemeithlichkeit' cele-
brates its perpetual anniversary in South
Germany. They are a quaint, CHEEKY,
pleasant people that you love to visit again
and again.