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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 0UR contemporary, the Dundee Ad- vertiser, says that dew, which, O according to poets, has always been the beverage of fairies, is now be- ing utilized for the more prosaic pur- pose of slaking the thirst of British sol- diers at Gibraltar. The scarcity of water there has resulted in the collection of dew by a simple method. A large pit is covered with straw, which, in turn, is covered with sheet iron. The straw serves as heat insulator. The iron eools much more rapidly at night than the surrounding earth. Dew forms in such large quantities that it is drained off for drinking purposes.
 Dew should be the purest of drinks It has been held by health cranks that to rise in the morning and run about in the dew will cure nearly all of the modern fashionable diseases. So pure liquid has been recommended for bring ing the tint of the wild rose into the cheeks of pale or pimply- faced young girls It should have a marked effect upon Tommy Atkins if he sticks to it. East of Gibraltar drinking water rtsem- bles the mule, whose only faiings were that he was hard to catch and of no account after being caught Gunga Din brought to Tommy Atkins a very inferior water:
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FOUND A WAY
From the Argonaut.

From the Argonaut.
 Pedro, I owe about 5000 francs. said a Parisian grocer to his shop man.
 "Yes, sir
 q have 200o francs in the safe, but the shop is empty. I think 1t Is the right moment to faA"
 But I want a plausible pretext for my creditors. You have plenty of brains; think the matter over tonight and tomorrow morning"
 The clerk promised to think it care- fully over. On entering the shop next morning the grocer found the safe open, the money gone. and in its place note, which ran as follows: "I have taken the 200o france and am off to America. It Is the best excuse you can give to your creditors
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THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

By Thomas Moore. Iris the last rose of summer.
 Left blooming alone; ia All her lovely companions
 Are faded and gone; No flower of her kindred,
 No rosebud Is nigh, To reflect back her bushes 3
 Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee. thou lone ionei To pine on the stem; s Since the lovely are sleeping,
 Go. sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter
 Thy leaves OCT the bed, Where thy mates of the garden
 Lie scentless and dead TX So soon may I follow @
 When friendships decay, ~ And from Love's shining circle
 The gems drop away. When true hearts lie withered A. And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit
 This bleak world alone?
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THE KNOXVILLE WORLD

The Age-Herald has received a copy of the Knoxville Worlds Appalachian edi- tion, issued as souvenir of the Appa- lachian exposition, which opens Sep tember 12. This edition is finely illus trated and gives great deal of in teresting information regarding the re- sources Of the Appalachian region. which The World seeks to exploit Such enter prise is highly commendable and The Age-Hera1d extends its congratulations to The World on having gathered to- gether so much valuable data and pre- scented it in an attractive way. Gordon Nye, well known as an editor and car toonist, is editor and manager of Tho World. His paper seems to be meeting with great success
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traffic will bear will certainly be con

traffic will bear will certainly be con tested.
 The whole issue really turns upon the query, What are reasonable rates? It cannot be said to be this or that per centage on the common stock until it is determined whether that stock represents a real investment or any real value. Here again is the old physical valuation mat ter, but whether this matter will enter into the Chicago hearings has not been stated As things stand the commission must approve or disapprove~ the rates field. It cannot proclaim a compromise.
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REFLECTIONS oF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 dull trade makes steady work man.
 The reason everybody is a crank is every other crank judges him that way.
 A woman is afraid that her husband won't be worldly and that her boys will.
 When a boy comes out of college and can support himself it's sign he couldn't if his father would.
 A man always wants to know what he's going to get out of spending money on sensible things; never on foolish ones.
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ing to quit this town and go back to New York, where I can get some de- cent service. I want you to buy me two seats in parlor car on the 4 o'clock New Y0k train. Get me two seats now, and meet me at the sta tion with the tickets. I want one chair to sit in and one to put my feet in.'
 The seats were delivered at the train just before 1t pulled out. One of the seats was in car No. and the other was located in car No. 1.
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Corn In Lee County

Lee county will produce the largest crop of corn in its history" said Probate Judge J. B. Lyons of Opelika, who spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 "The farmers of Lee county will grow enough corn to do them and some to spare. The cotton crop is also in fine con- dition and will produce much more than was expected early in the season
 "The merchants and business men of OpeIika are very optimistic over the pros poets for the future"
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TOMMY ATKINS DRINKING DEW

broad and 1900 feet high; that it is a British crown colony, a naval station and a great seaport, and that it was one of the charges jotted down by Great Britain in a bill of particulars sie rendered to China after whipping the Chinese be- cause they had the effrontery not to want to see the weak and the ignorant cor rupted with British opium. But every one who has travelled the route knows that the only important thing about ! Hong Kong is that 1t is the first place east of Port Said that boasts drinking water worthy of the name
 The island of Hong Kong was called Hian-Yiang by the Chinese, meaning "the place of sweet streams When it | is not raining in Hong Kong 1t is threat ening to do so, with the odds in favor of the threat being carried out. The place is so damp that if it does not rain it makes no difference except that ones clothes are soaked from a profuse per- spiration instead of a copious precipta- ton. But the water is cool and clear and credited by common report with be- ing free from the germs of amebic dysen- tery. tunnel-worm, cholera and many Olfer klnuS OI Ddcllil dDnOTTenI dllke 10 persons who are not prepared to die. and to persons who are but who dislike the idea of succumbing to the cruel and unusual punishments inflicted by the more deadly Asiatic diseases.
 Tommy Atkins has held himself fortu- nate when drinking pellucid and refresh ing water that has tumbled down from heaven into Hong Kong in germless puri- ty He will doubtless take on airs when drinking deep of the sparkling nectar of the fairies at Gibraltar. The news from Gibraltar, by the way, suggests the commercial possibilities of dew in America Why shouldn't some enterpris- ing person catch it and establish either trade in bottled dew or a fashionable dew-drinking resort. guaranteed to re- vivify and etherealize sojourners? And why shouldn't it be ladled out to our famous actresses or piped to their apart ments as a substitute for the obsolete milk or champagne bath that fourished in the press agency of the last decade?
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Tt was crawlin' and 1t sunk"

Kipling as being quite ready to lick the bloomin' boots of him as brought it. While the native water is not always that bad in the east, it Is always a more or less interesting menagerie of germs if 1t is not bottled water that tastes as
 if all of the germs had been killed in
 1t and disappeared by a slow process of decay and disntegration. Guide books whose authors lack a sense of proportion and know nothing about the relative im- portance of things solemnly inform the reader that Hong Kong is an island off the southeast coast of China, about ten miles long and seven and a half miles
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THE PROPER POSE

THE PROPER POSE His heart was sad, He could not sing; He'd lately felt
 A hornets sting. And so I say Please give me pause His solemn mood
 Befitting was.
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All are agreed that Mayor Gaynor can have the democratic nomination for gov ernor for the asking, but all are not agreed that he will ask for it.
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The colonel says he is for men and not for property In 1904 he wanted both men and Harriman's money.
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In one town in Missouri in which the colonel refused to wake up and show himself cheers for Taft were shouted. They simply had to play for even.
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New York is made up almost wholly of people-4, ,S33 of them. There canont be much room for houses or horses.
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Booker T. Washington has been lion ized in London end he refused innumer- able invitations to speak.
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Progressive insurgency is now popular in the middle west. Few out there are now content to be simply insurgents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

The national convention vbgkqjjj--
 The national conservation congress at St. Paul is now holding the center of the stage
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Henry Watterson thinks Teddy's eyes have the White House always before them. He proposes, in other words, to abolish the unwritten law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

Clifford Pinchot will aid the colonel in the throwing of bombs at the conserva- ton congress in St. Paul.
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The New Workers did not accept the back-to-the-land movement, and the city grew faster in the last decade than ever before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

If the express companies become de- liant parcels post Will become 'lneVlta- ble.
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The New York bosses now propose to nominate Roosevelt for governor to get rid of him. Politics in New York is lively game
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

The Ozarks stand alone in the booming of Sunny Jim for President No one lese seconds the motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

All teams will sooon accumulate pen nant hopes for 1911. The hopes of this year are confined at present to the Pelicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

The betting on Taft's successor does not run heavily in favor of Sunny Jim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

The towns that do show satisfactory increase in population have no automo- bile factories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

The picking of cotton is supplanting politics in the cotton belt.
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Collector Loeb does not seem to care how unpopular he becomes among the smugglers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

Glenn Curtiss outran an express train because he did not have to slow up at grade crossings.
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The Maine sunk deep in the mud of Havana harbor may yet feel the uplift movement.
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SHE CAN'T SKIP NOW.

I can't describe the sprightliness She used to have, sweet Cert; But that was fore she ever wore A dreadful hobble skirt.
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A CONVERT.

A CONVERT. JA
 What do you think of this back to the farm movement?" A successful financier was asked.
 "Its the greatest ever," answered the successful financier, as he carelessly Tipped the ashes from fifty-cent cigar. T turned my back on the farm 20 years ago and I've kept it that way ever since" a
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NOT SURPRISING

"A hat pin and hairpin once got into an argument
 What was the result?' E'Oh, the hairpin was badly out pointed"
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
EASY.

EASY. ''The sucker list
 Is always long, Alas, alack,
 The human throng Seems ever ripe
 For plucking hands. Most any chap
 Who understands The gentle art
 Of telling lies And seeming 10
 Be wondrous wise, Can dupe the best Of us who think, With knowing nod
 And crafty wink, That we're too slick
 To be roped in By spacious talk
 And coaxing grin. Iris such a cinch,
 No wonder that So many chaps,
 Well dressed and fat, Go out for spins
 In auto cars And smoke the best
 Of good cigars, And guzzle wine
 And live so high. Forsooth, they don't
 Care what they buy. Cant blame them much How many fools Are found, both in
 And out of schools, Whose greed invites
 The gold brick man, Or ase whose pride
 Promotes his planl
 QUITE THE CONTRARY. Somebody told me that Figgs was a nan of quiet tastes" T It's all a mistake. You ought to ear him smack his lips when he tastes he likes..'
 HATES TO MOVE. "Pipps is a conservationist." "Of national resources?" NO; of personal energy"
 INDOMITABLE. 'tTinkum is bound to be a successful viator some day" Think so?" "Yes; he's one of those fellows who alls to rise again. MOTHER JAPANESE SCHOOL BOY. Doctor Cook of William Jewell college as received the following letter from a oung Jap who expects to attend school
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Autumn does not officially begin until September 23.
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POOR BILL

POOR BILL Bill Taft draws presidential pay, F. As every one should know, And yet 'tis sad to see the way T. Roosevelt hogs the show" f PAUL COOK.
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T. T. Ashford On Farming

T. T. Ashford came uoWn oaturudy from his country home, "The Planta- tion." in Limestone county. and will be in town a few days.
 North Alabama will produce bumper crop this year." said MT. Ashford yes- terday. Early in the season the farmers were a little blue over the heavy rains, but the last six weeks of hot, growing weather has brought corn, cotton and hay out in fine shape.
 "1he corn crop, and a mighty fine. one at that, is made, and with reasonably favorable fall the cotton crop will go beyond the average. The price will cer- tainly be a good one, so Alabama farm CTS are in mighty good circumstances. a heavy hay crop was grown Remark able improvements have come about in the farms and the farming methods in Alabama in ten years The average farm CT has seen the folly of one crop and shallow blowing policy. The Limestone farmer is raising hog, h9miny, hay and some cattle as well as the king crop of cotton, and he is turning the good red | clay hills with a two or three-mule blow. | We are getting good roads built through | the county and my community is netted with neighborhood telephones and this, with the rural delivery, is making the country much more pleasant to live in. i I'm going back to my plantation tomor- row and stay until frost anyhow. We've had some old-time Inequalities at The Pla>itation' this summer; in fact, have one now, and the country is the place Ffor me-
 Roosevelt In 1912
 "It is interesting to note the wide diff ference of opinion between the east and west regarding ex-President Roosevelt, said John S. Waring of Philadelphia.
 q spend a good deal of my time in New York, and two weeks ago l was in Boston am republican and have always felt friendly to MT. Roosevelt On his return from Africa I took favor ably to the idea of making him Presi- dent again and predicted that he would be nominated and elected in 1912. But l have withdrawn that prediction. Roose- welt is creating a mighty furor in the west. His cowboy ways make great hit, but I find that MT. Roosevelt is now as unpopular in the east as he is popu- lar in the wild and woody west If the democrats nominate a strong man in 1Jl. the republicans will lose New York should | Roosevelt be a candidate"
 | About Persons
 Scott Maxwell, agent for the Indian Head Mills at Cordova, spent yesterday | in Birmingham.
 |
 Jack Cranford of Jasper spent yes terday in Birmingham on business. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07
About Persons

Scott Maxwell, agent for the Indian Head Mills at Cordova, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-07

Jack Cranford of Jasper spent yes- terday in Birmingham on business. He has. just returned from trip of several weeks in the west and is looking much improved in health, though he is still
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QUITE THE CONTRARY

QUITE THE CONTRARY. Somebody told me that Figgs was man of quiet tastes.' 2 Its all a mistake. You ought to hear him smack his lips when he tastes something he likes.'
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PROBABLY EXAGGERATED. His trousers fringed, His hat unhinged,
 sorry sight to scan; The jokers say Pert fellows they Describes a married man.
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INDOMITABLE. "Tinkum is bound to be a successful aviator some day" Think so?'' 'Yes; he's one of those fellows who falls to rise again.
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HATES TO MOVE. "Pipps is a conservationist." '.Of national resources?' "No of personal energy
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ANOTHER JAPANESE SCHOOL BOY.
 Doctor Cook of William Jewell college has received the following letter from young Jap who expects to attend school
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-17
FRIENDS DEATH IS
TOLD BY WORLD )
Pete Haningsman Learned
of Accident to Partner
Through Friday World.

In the Daily World last Friday
evening dispatch was printed in
which the news was flashed from
Seward, Alaska, of the drowning of
two men in Lake Kenai while hunt
ing moose. One of them was Alfred
Lowell and is one of the three part
ners associated with Haningsman in
the ownership of large mining prop
critics which fact was mentioned in
Thursdays World.
Lowell was an athlete of great en-
durance and especially clever in ham
ding himself in the rapid Alaska
streams. He was born in Seward 80
years ago; in fact, his father was
founder of that city. He has a sister
there now whose husband is bust
ness man of the mining town. Low
ell lived with this sister when he was
not out at the mine and Haningsman
thinks his interests will largely go
to her.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-17
IMPORTANT SALE
At EPHRATA

The Ephrata Record last week
printed a story to the effect that a
local real estate firm of that town
had made a sale of the Orchard
Home Tracts adjoining Ephrata for
$4,000. This is the project owned
and for sale in small tracts by the
Holm Wells-Nichols company of We
natchee. When told of the report
this afternoon, L. V. Wells denied it
in toto.
There has not even been a deal
OF the kind under consideration" he
said. I'VE have a selling organiza-
ton working in various parts of the
country and are selling tracts of var
ious sizes every day or so. Saturday
we transferred 80 acres at $500 per
acre to G. B. Hackett and Nels Nell
son of Aberdeen. This made the
purchase price s12,SOO. and they
paid one-fourth cash. The deal was
worked up by the company's local
agent at Aberdeen, j. A. Silkwood,
but was consummated in the main
office of the company in the Column
bia Valley Bank building.
The Mr. Hackett above referred
to is a prominent lumberman and
owns and operates several large
mills on the western coast. Nels
Nelson is a retired capitalist.
About ten days ago the company's
agent at Shelton brought over Mr..
Hotchkin to whom IS acres were sold
at $500 per acre.
Several more important deals for
tracts in this project are now pend
ing. r. F. Holm is in Seattle where
for several months he has been in ac-
tive charge of the selling campaign.
Within a few months more it is ex-
pected that the entire acreage will
be sold out.
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BRIEF CITY NEWS

A. E. Case. the Waterville banker
was in town last night en- route from
Seattle 10 the Big Bend metropolis
He states that the wheat crop at Wa.
terville will run from twelve tc
twenty-eight bushels to the acre.
Harrington's Best -four for sale by
all merchants. *ss
w R. Jaquish. formerly of this
city, has been appointed deputy hor.
ticultural inspector for the Omak
district. Mr.. Jaquish was formerly
in business here.
II you want to enjoy an evening,
try Box Ball. Both ladies and gen.
tlemen. at the Postoffice News Stand
ss*
Miss Martha Griffin, who was OPP
Grated on last Wednesday by DR.. T.
I. Grosvenor, for appendicitis, is rap
idly improving and it is expected she
will be out soon.
FOR TRADE-Good income bust
ness property for good ranch, to
the amount of twelve to twenty thou
sand dollars. For particulars ad-
dress Box 322, Snohomish, Wash. 80
John ". Berger, formerly of We
natchee, has sent the Daily World
a post card from jacksonville, Cali
fornia. This card bears the picture
of a large White Winter Pearmain
apple. Last week from October 10
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-17

to Is, the jacksonville Apple associ-
alton gave fair, and October IL was
"All California and Panama Pacific
Exposition Day." and in honor of the
event, there was served free an ap-
pie from the Pajara valley. The Pa
lara valley produces 1000 cars an
nually of apples and this section sup
plies large portion of the apples
used in the southern markets.
Box Ball alleys now open. Post
office News Stand. $50
Fred Wright, formerly from
Wayne, Nebraska, and more recent
ly a graduate of the law school OF
the University of Washington, is in
Wenatchee today, and expects to To-
cate here.
Chrysanthemums are now bloom
ing Phone your order 1895. Milot-
Mills-Florists. ***
Wall paper at less than cost, at
Russell-Johnson Co. ***
Among the new arrivals at the
business college are Wagner Conrad
of Farmer and Louis Klass Of Bridge
port.
For fashionable d omaking, see
Wilt & Hart. Evening gowns a spe-
cialty. 430 Kittitas. Phone 1928.
*#*
c. V. Savidge, grand instructor
and ex-vice grand chancellor, of
Olympia, Wash, will be attendance
at the K. of P. lodge this evening.
We have three patterns in white
and gold China, sc prices which can
not be duplicated in the Northwest.
Howard Thomas, the Jeweler. ***
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ORGANIZE CARPEN.
TIERS STRIKE
Wenatchee Had It's First
Touch of Trade Union
ism This Morning.

Wenatchee had it's first touch of
trade unionism this morning when
the members of the union working
on the Morton block struck and re-
fused TO work because non-union
men were employed on the building.
E. J. Delaney, the contractor in
charge, states that he is paying all
his men union wages and they are
working union time. The matter
will be taken up in the meeting of
the members of the union tonight.
The strike does not affect many
men and the work is about COM
pleted.