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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-27
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Friend-Was you ever lost in the
woods?
Batch-Almost.
Friend-Who rescued you?
Batch-Nature. s.
Friend-What DO you mean?
Batch-The wind was blowing so
hard that the girl didn't hear me when
I proposed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-27

/ saw your ad. in
the paper and as I
had tried everything I
could hear of ! wrote
you for q sample. and
1t helped me SO much
from the very iirst
dose that I bought d
bottle from our drug
. gist. / am now on my
second bottle and will
say 1t has done me
more good than all
the doctors and all the
other remedies I have
ever tried. / am past
60 years old and have
suffered with consti-
patton and stomach
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ut is problem with many old people how to keep them
selves in health Their prime trouble with the stomach
ard bowels When these become deranged bad health fol-
los because one be constipated and feel good
Keep the bowels open-no better advice be given
anyone especially in old age But i is well to know just
what to take to relieve the distress Those who speak from
long experience say that M
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Helps Bowels in Old Age; Sample Free

I viii tell you how well ]
am pleased with Syrup Pep
sin. l was down with diar-
rhoea for three months and
tried the doctor and he did
me no good. and I tried other
medicines without any re-
lief. ! then sent for q sam
pie Of your Syrup Pepsin.
used it, and bought 50-cent
bottle and used about half
OF 1t. 1t cured me and IL
also cured my little boy.
You may print this letter II
you like.-T. H. Marshall.
Nail, Okla.
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Z In a recent interview Mort H. Singer
the proprietor of, the Princess theatre,
Chicago, and of "The Prince of Tonight
which, will appear at the Jefferson on
March 7, says: II attribute 1t to the fact
that / try to give an honest entertain
ment and to have my road productions
just as good as the ones that remain in
Chicago In Mr. Henry Woodruff, my
latest star, who plays The. Prince Of To-
night, I think L have one of the best
leading men in the country, and shave
spared no expense in surrounding him
with everything that goes toward making
a successful piece. Mr.. Howard, who
wrote the music, seems to have been IN
one of his happiest moods and all the
musical numbers are great big hits.
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Or. caIdweII's Syrup Pepsin

Is requirements Of people of advancing
These like children need gentle nttasng
laxative catharc pill violent salt pugative
Dr. Caldwes mild but promptly effective and
chronic constipation indigestion drowsness
after eating trouble belchng stomach and the
other little ailments that follow dsorderd stomach liver bow
els To of its merits before buying bottle
of druggist Caldwell will sample bottle
free of charge receipt Of and address Try yourself in
the sample is the remedy you do all
Others do and buy druggist fifty and dollar
bottle The latter for family use and is bought by those who
always kq5p it in the house. which thousands do.
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trouble for several years. but have never round
anything to give me the relief your Syrup Pepsin
burden to me Now feel like a 1e-year-old boy.
any one suffering with stomach trouble and con-
s~.s JAS. W. MOORE.
Clerk. clother Hotel. Columbus. Neb.
Ii received yoursample Of Syrup Pepsn and liked
aaitrfflk9zsAm now buying OF the druggist here
Z ~ the cure Of stomach trouble IF
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Long Acre Square, "Claremont,' Drink
With Me- ST Want the World to Know
! Love YOU" and Gee, Amt Glad I'm
Home Again. ,-@
II is said that the size of the produce
ton and the big number of people re-
CURED to properly present this play ne
cessitates special train service on the ma
jority of railroad jumps made by The
Talk of New York"
Among THOSE supporting Mr.. Moore are
George ]. O'Donnell, Emma Littlefield
William A. Williams, May Phelps. 10
Smith Marba. Charlotte Lambert. John
Conroy. Arthur v. Gibson, Charlotte
"The Fatal Wedding at Bijou.
In the history of the stage there have
cesses, both artistically and financially,
than '"The Fatal Wedding, which comes
to the Bijou theatre all this week. CONF
rmencing Monday night when K1fmt 81
Gazzolos all star cast will be seen in one
of the most elaborate productions, of this
play which has been made.
The Fatal Wedding has been played
in every large city in the world, and
never failed to draw large houses, so
that those who are DESTROYS of seeing
this, which may be the last engagement
of the play in this city, should lose no
time in reserving seats The play was
adapted from the German by Theodore
Kramer, and has stood the test for ten
years and has played to enormous re-
ceipts everywhere. The play was staged
under the personal supervision of the
management, and a we'll known stage
director was also engaged to assist, that
there might be no flaw in the perform
ance. The finest scenic artist in the
country painted the scenery, and every
thing In the line of praise from press and
public all over the country goes to show
that this production is thoroughly good.
Everyone who has seen the play will
remember the delightful character of the
Little Mother, the child who looks after
the interests of all the good people in the
play, and raises particular hob with the
two villains, finally bringing them to
justice. You also want to see the trouble
that Mabel and Howard Wilson go
through before they finally reach the
happy conclusion of the play; the exceed
ingly funny comedy element for creating
laughs as presented by the Irish woman,
the French woman and the policeman.
They are screams from start to finish.
In all probability this is the last time
the play will be presented here.
There Is matinee Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday and a performance every
night.
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|
Taking it all in all I consider 1.-THE Prince
of Tonight one of my most pretentious
productions
| One of the biggest features in noted
| novelties before the American theatre
! going public today Is the "Billiken Man
song in the new Buster Brown The
pony dancing girls in the costumes of the
"Billiken Man." which consist of bodies
| and heads designed and made. especially
| for this big feature, and which are fully
protected by. .copyright-.e-are certainly
unique and funny, but fully represent
| their meaning, that of "Bil1iken Man, or
God of Luckiness and Good Fortune
| The girl feature, the Billiken, Is SO cute
| that half of the children In the audi
ence want to take them home for souven-
| irs, for they appear not much bigger than
the Biliken sold in the shops, but a
great deal more cunning. The song used
by the same name Is one of the whistling
| kind and has become very popular.
The engagement of j. E. Dodson in
| 1.-The House Next Door is a near book
ing for the Jefferson theatre. Mr. Dod-
son has enjoyed great success in this
l4comedy, which is one of the best plays
ever written by j. Hartley Manners. 1t
will be remembered that Mr. Manners
wrote "Zira'a, for Margaret Anglinz and
! eThe Patriot for William Collier, Mr.,
Dodson's success i'm his present play
appears to be due to his wonderful char
acterization of an English baronet of adj
yanced years The comic element is made
evident by clever treatment on the par,
of the author of the use of insult and its
corresponding useless effort upon the
person designed to receive these affronts.
Brilliant the comedy has been described
and reports foreshadows an enjoyable
play capitally acted. Mr.. Dodson APP
reared in 1.-The House Next Door for
the greater part of two seasons in New
York.
Henry Miller Jr., who plays in "A
Woman's Way with Grace George, and
who will be seen at the Jefferson theatre
March 30, declares that the untyng OF the
matrimonial knot is confined to civilized
races.
! "Among the Navajos of southern Arl-
IONA" says Mr.. Miller, when a sultor
bwishes to become a, husband he presents
the adored one with a blanket and a wa
ter Jug. this with an adobe hut, consti-
tutes the ceremony. Then, when what we
can a divorce is wanted, see how sim
nlv the Indian achieves it. Throw the
blanket out of the window, smash the
| water Jug, and all bets are declared OF,
without the aid of judge and jury.
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DR. CALDWELL PERSONALLY WILL he PLEASED TO
GIVE YOU ANY MEDICAL ADVICE YOU MAY DEsIRE
FOR YOURSELF OR FAMILY PERTAINING TO THE
CHARGE. EXPLAIN YOUR CASE IN LETTER AND HE
WILL. REPLY TO YOU IN DETAIL. FOR THE FREE
SAMPLE SIMPLY SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON
A POSTAL CARD Or OIHERWleE FOR ElxHERg RE;
QUEST THE D0GHoHe ADDRESS D. Bzke ~ Hi@04&HA
WELL Rbol CALDWELL BLDG. MONTICELLO. III.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18

Netherlands also appointed different
dates for public thanksgiving, from
time to time, and in some historical
works there is record of a dispute as
to which of these colonies deserved
the credit for having first inaugurated
the day. Most of the best founded
historians, however, give the credit to
the New England states.
The Dutch governors of New. Meth
erlands appointed occasional days of
thanksgiving In 1914, 1915, 1866 and
1864, and the English governors fol-
lowed their example in 1755 and 1850,
and the Protestant Episcopal church
in the United States in its prayer
book, ratified in 1889, recommends for
Thanksgiving day the first Thursday
in November, unless some other day
be appointed by the civil authorities.
There were also occasional recommen-
dations by other religious bodies, but
no regular annual recommendation by
the governor Of New York before 1917.
The struggle Of the colonies for in
dependence marks the beginning Of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON

my little son, when about a year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. 1 had a physi-
clan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then on other parts of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then 1
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about a
year and half of suffering he grew
so bad that I had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
my aunt advised me to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
sent to drug store and got cake Of
Cuticura Soap and box of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. AT the
end Of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores
of any kind since. can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. used only one cake Of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
of Ointment.
Il am nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
flies and it is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don. Litchfield. Conn, Oct. %, 1907
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Decorative Conceits and Fauors
For the Thanksgiving Festivities

ones in papier mache or tissue paper
which are candy boxes. Fruits and
vegetables of all kinds seem to be
suggestive Of the season of feasting,
and many good limitations are found
among the candy box collections.
Goblinesque little men are made Of
paper fruits and fixed up to have a
very grotesque appearance, and funny
little figures are made of peanuts, and
mounted on cards. Nuts are tied up
in ribbons and are found to be prize
packages for the receiver, for in them
are neatly packed little stick pins,
whistles, etc., all carefully concealed
within the paper shells.
The place cards allow of a great
many new designs, and an especially
new feature among these is soma
small mirrors. The chrysanthemum
is the leading flower among the paper
bowers, and those in yellow or orange
seem to be the most desired shades.
Other limitations which are especially
"life-like" are the painted piece of the
pumpkin pie, the tin of Boston baked
beans, the plum pudding and the eal
of corn.
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missed from the name, most of these tracts are
located adjacent to rivers or lakes or ponds,
so that they can be flooded in the late au-
tumn and kept under water until spring The
berries grow on vine which nestles close
to the ground in a perfect tangle, and save for
keeping out the weeds and battling with the
insect pests, which are numerous the cranber-
ries do not require very much cultivation or
attention until harvest time approaches in the
autumn. Then the cranberry grower must look
forward to period Of anxiety, careful SER
ious scrutiny of the weather. He must
keep close watch on the weather for If frost
comes ere the crop is harvested it will work
sad havoc unless the grower has been fore
warned and flooded his bog or built great bon
fires to keep up the temperature.
In years gone by the harvesting of cranber-
ries was done solely by the hand picking meth
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their stems and remain in the scoop whence
they are transferred to the tray which each pick
er has close at hand An expert picker with a
machine will do the work of from half dozen
to dozen hand pickers
The cranberries as picked on the boys are
placed in huge wooden boxes and transferred
to nearby frame building where they are
passed through machine known as "separa-
tor" which takes out all the leaves, twigs and
other foreign matter Then they are sorted for
the elimination of any bad or worm-eaten ber-
r1es and finally are placed in barrels, which are
hauled away to railroad yards to be loaded into
cars to the tune of from 22O to 24O barrels
to the car, refrigerator cars being used exclu-
sively Up to the present time cranberries have
been sold in bulk, but this year sees an innova-
ton in the appearance of evaporated cranberries,
for which are claimed all the advantages Of evap-
Grated peaches or apples, and in the introduction
of cranberries put up in pasteboard cartons
Bearing cranberry boys of the most desir.
able kind cost from $500 to $1,000 per acre,
but in bumper year a grower may get his
money back the first year, and during the worst
year the industry has known in decade most of
the growers made from 10 to Is per cent. on
their investment, and that, too in spite of the
fact that cranberries were so plentiful that they
brought only So barrel, whereas SIS to 81 bar
rel is accounted an average price, and there have
been years when famine of cranberries sent
the price up to $40 per barrel.
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reported and cranberry growers have been SO
increasing their productive areas that despite
the increase in demand, due to the countrys
Increase in population and otner nnuences
there continues to be year by year a pretty
lavish supply of the crimson berries, and most
seasons find them available at very reason
able prices.
Cranberries, like so many Of the other good
things of life, are dstinctively American deli
cacies To be sure, cranberries grow wild IN
some other quarters of the globe-for instance
in Europe, but it is only in the United States
that they have been cultivated as an article OF
food Even here the growing of cranberries is
confined largely to three states-Massachu-
setts New Jersey and Wisconsin. How impor-
tant an industry it is may be surmised, however,
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years, however, has witnessed a revolution.
Now almost all cranberries are picked by the
aid of machines, and because 1t is tiresome
work manipulating these machines it has come
about that most Of the women and children
have been forced out Of the industry and the
task is largely in the hands of men, the more
skillful Of whom receive from So to SIS per day.
The picking machine most extensively used
has the appearance of huge wooden SCOOP
the bottom of which is made up of row Of
metal bars. tipped with sharp prongs and set
close together. In operation this scoop is
showed with some considerable force into the
tangle of cranberry vines and then is drawn up
ward and backward with the result that the
vines which have been caught slip between the
metal bars but leave the berries, which are too
large to pass through the openings, as do the
vines. and in consequence are stripped from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
DRINK WATER TO CURE
KIDNEYS AND RHEUMATISM
The People Do Not Drink Enough
Water to Keep Healthy,
Says WeTI-knoWn
Authority.

"The numerous cases Of kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism are
mainly due to the fact that the drink
Ing Of water, natures greatest medi-
cine, has been neglected.
Stop loading your system with med
icines and cure-alls; but get on the
water wagon. If you are really sick,
why, Of course, take the proper medi-
cines-plain, common vegetable treat
ment, which will not shatter the
nerves or ruin the stomach"
To cure Rheumatism you must make
the kidneys do their work; they are
the filters Of the blood. They must
be made to strain out of the blood the
waste matter and acids that cause
rheumatfsm;. the urine must be neu-
tralized so 1t viii no longer be a
source Of irritation to the bladder, and,
most Of all, you must keep these acids
from forming In the stomach. This
is the cause Of stomach trouble and
poor digestion. For these conditions
you can do no better than take the
following prescription: Fluid Extract
Dandehon. one-half ounce; Compound
Kargon. one ounce: Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by
shaking well in bottle and take in
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
at bedtime. but don't forget the
water. Drink plenty and often.
This valuable information and sim
pie prescription should be posted VI
in each household and used at the
first sign Of an attack OF rheumatism
backache or urinary trouble. no mat
ter how slight.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18

The pious, hard-driven, WORKOUT, but
thankful Puritans who sat down at
their tables one November, few CEN
turtles ago, and made the first Thanks
giving Day, never knew to what
lengths they were to drive the In
genuity of their poor descendants.
But it wasn't their fault after all, that
the preparer of the Thanksgiving feast
today has to attend just as much to
the turkeys surroundings as to the
turkey itself. 1t was good enough for
them to have a well-stocked larder
from which could come the turkey, the
celery, the pumpkin pie, the cranber-
ries and all the other goodies which
history puts down to their credit.
Even the comparatively recent New
Englanders were content with all
these as long as they looked tempting
and tasted good But today, even the
important fowl itself is hardly more
important than the ribbons, the can
dies, the favors, the adornments Of
all kinds, which must appear on the
Thanksgiving table.
Don't bother about having too
much to eat" an up-to-date daughter
was heard to say to her New England
mother the other day. II want plenty
of room for the ribbons and the candy
boxes"
It's the same way with other daugh-
tiers of an esthetic turn of mind, rath-
er than practical one, and it looks
as If their ambitions to make things
look pretty may be realized this year,
for there is goodly array of Thanks
giving favors and table decorations of
all kinds.
OF course the turkey reigns SUI
preme, even if 1t is in paper, and is
seen in all sizes, all kinds, roasted to
beautiful dark brown as the cook
book says, or standing important and
majestic with its big fan-shaped feath-
er tail high in the air. In most cases
the favor turkey is meant for candy,
but certain new china turkeys are
mustard cups.
The pumpkin is next in Importance
and Is seen in many of the novelties.
There are large paper pumpkins for
centerpieces and all sorts Of small
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attention on this solemn occasion, our
exemption from a foreign war" and
next proposes, as IAN object of graft.
tude" the increasing prospect of the
continuance of our exemptions from a
foreign war" Which propositions evil
IDENTIFY relate to the settlement,
through special envoy, John Jay, of
our serious troubles with Great Brit
ain, growing out of the continued &C.
cupation by the British of the western
forts on Lake Erie, contrary to the
treaty Of 1888; and the seizure of
American vessels bound for French
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general observances of days Of thanks
giving in this country. The congress
Of 1777, the one which prepared the
articles of confederation for adoption
by the colonies, adopted a resolution
setting apart the eighteenth day of
December, 1777, to be observed as a
day Of solemn thanksgiving and
praise throughout the United States.
Washington, during his administra-
ton, issued two thanksgiving procla-
nations, one in 1889 and the other In
1895, just after the suppression Of
the whisky rebellion" which had
threatened the peace Of the country,
and President Madison issued enc
upon the declaration of peace in
1915. However, in the early years
of the nation the rule was for the CO.
lonial custom to be followed and the
proclamation made emanated from
the governors. The western states,
largely people from New England or
New York, early followed the lead Of
these portions OF the country. AS we
have seen. the annual recommends
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itude to the Great Disposer of all
events, for the seasonable control
which has been given in a spirit of
disorder in the suppression of the late
instruction" What the president
had in mind In this allusion was the
great whisky insurrection". in Penn.
sylvania in 1894, caused by the pas
sage by congress of acts imposing du.
ties upon spirits distilled and upon
stills. It was finally suppressed by
Governor Lee of Maryland, with 16Ooa
troops. acting under orders aS thu
president.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-11-18
LENT INSPIRATION.

IT am gratifed," said the first prom.
inent citizen, ito observe the under
current of joy in the. Thanksgiving
proclamation of the governor. Hith-
erto the proclamations have been along
the old cut and dried, stilted forms,
but in this instance there is a certain
tone of joyousness,of thankfulness. Of
pure gratefulness that is really in
spring"
YES" agrees the second prominent
citizen, "but it's no wonder the govern
or felt good when he wrote that proc
lamation."
mo. He has started on what seems
destined to be good administration,
already there is talk of promoting
him to some higher Office In the gift
of the peo-"
"And BESIDES" interrupts the second
man, "the governor owns one of the
largest turkey farms in the state.
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Supreme Test.

'T thought you said this bathing
suit was in fast colors," said Binks,
Indignantly, to the bathing master Of
whom he had bought his dollar suit
that morning.
Eyes, that's what I said," returned
the bathing master.
well, every blessed stripe on the
blooming thing has come off on my
back" retorted Binks.
"Ah, but wait until you try to get
em off your back" smiled the bath
Ing master, suavely. Then you'll
see.'-Harpers Weekly.
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ton by the governors of New York
began in 1917. From that time the
observance gradually crept southwark
and westward, and In 1885 Governor
Johnson of Virginia adopteds it, and
though in 1857 Governor Wise of Vir-
ginia declined to make the proclama-
ton on the ground that he was unau-
thorized to interfere in religious mat
tiers, in 1858 Thanksgiving day was
proclaimed in eight of the southern
states.