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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
ADRIFT> WITH THE TIMES
BEHIND THE SCENES.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Chewing the tail of the cat;
His ma, who was dressing
With pushing and pressing,
Was deftly adjusting her rat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
DIR. stagg in City

DR.. John W. Stage, president Of the
Presbyterian college at Admission, was
Birmingham yesterday trying to secure
students for the school next term
I'VE Will have a large increase In
the number of students this year un-
less l am very much mistakcn,'' said
DIR. Stage yesterday I'VE have been
working very hard throughout this
and other states and 1 can foresee a
good attendance.
But the average prospect is not I'M
like the incubator's contents. One can
never tell how many eggs will be fruit
full"
DIR. Stage will he here several days
In the interest of his school II Bir-
ngham he is. receiving encourage
ment and this city will probably be
well represented at the Admission in
stitute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

From the Newark News.
1t is the open season for:
Fried chicken lin shoe box).
Deviled eggs (skewered with toothpicxs).
Peanut sandwiches. ono, Charles, you
remove the oiled paper before you eat
them.)
Potato salad Including few ants).
Sweet pickles and olives lin a butter
boat)
Chocolate cake (Smartboy calls it
fudge.
Watermelon (unripe and warm.
Lemonade (stirred with spade, In the
shade. by an old maid).
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FELL RESULTS.

A man whose last name was McClugg,
Drew most of his cheer from jug.
He drank till he thought
By snakes he was sought,
Then straight to a doctor he dug.
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About Persons

Frank II. Crockard. Erskine Ramsay
and P. G. Shook will leave Saturday for
a trip through the Great Lakes region
and Michigan. While on the jaunt the
local industrial leaders will be the guests
of the Steel corporation on one of the
large lake barges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Hiram B. Johnson, insurgent candidate
for governor of California. has Travelled
5000 miles by automobile and made 500
political addresses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

w. Murray Crane of the paper trust
and an United States senator. Is the
new political adviser of the administra-
ton, vice Aldrich, who is taking to the
tall timber
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
CAUSE FOR GRATITUDE.

When days are hot
And nights the same,
Our earthly lot
We're prone to blame,
And fret. Egad,
We shouldn't do it;
Let's all be glad
We're pulling through It'll
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

The Roosevelt popularity does not ex-
tend to nephews. At any rate the
nephew who wanted to go to Congress
was not the primary's choice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Mr.. Nick Longworth should not aspire
to the craftsmanship of the ways and
means committee, for he has already
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
LESE Majestic?

LESE Majestic?
Oh Teddy r.,
You're quite a star,
And yet your brand of silence
Your pardon, please,
For words like these
Is close akin to Whence!
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Delegates to the Pan-American con-
gress have kindly consented to approve
of the Panama canal. What else could
they do!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
ieldom indeed do you meet
She was a lady of fashion,
SECRET OF LONGEVITY.

ut must be fine to have a digestion
like goat and be able to eat tin
cans"
Perhaps the goats unimpaired diges-
ton is due to the fact that he merely
eats the cans and not the contents"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

The Penrose machine has d. Clarence
Gibboney on its hands again, and 1t has
small appetite for the task before it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Roosevelts nephew overestimated his
political weight and general popularity.
He was left far behind in the primary
race
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Some think the news from aviators
should be printed on fiypaper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

President Taft Sundayed at Beverly,
and this should insure him some votes
in the rural districts of Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Wall street lambs can better stand
shearing at this time of the year tnan
they could after Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Senator Aldrich is going to put the
salary he has saved into $5oo,ooo mouse
on the shore of Rhode Island.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

It is ''The Man with the Hose now
and the other man VINO mas noe Will
have to wait awhile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
A BAD START.

'What happened to Wilbur?
His automobile started yesterday"
1T thought that was what he was al
ways trying to make 1t do"
That's so, but yesterday he happened
to be under 1t when it started"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

DR.. Crippen did not really desire
warm reception at the pier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Few have had a warmer reception at
the dock than was accorded DR.. crlpp IN
and his stenographer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Nervous men should stay away from
India, which has 20,OOO.0OO widows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Sycamore Hill has not recovered its
full voice since the Ohio convention
met
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What scotland Yard Means

"A great many people who have watched
the chase of Inspector Dew of Scotland
Yard on the one hand and Dr. Crppen,
the fleeing murderer, on the other, have
very little conception of what is meant
by Scotland Yard" said a former res
ident of London yesterday. For instance,
l heard a man today state that he
thought the term was used for a yard
in Scotland, where all the English de-
.tectives were trained.
LAS a matter Of face, the word is the
official designation of the English ma
tjonal police. All the police, or as we call
land, work from a central bureau called
Scotland Yard. The headquarters is
gray old English building in the center
of London which Is surrounded by an
old-fashioned English wall. The detec-
tives of this department guard the royal
family, all English national guests and
distinguished visitors to London. Many
famous detectives have been attached to
Scotland Yard. DIR. A. Conan Doyle. per-
haps more than any other man, made the
place famous through his Sherlock Holmes
stories. Every day the long string of
English constables file from this place to
their work. The inspectors are shrewd
constables who have won promotion.
Inspector Dew, who recently won inter-
national fame for tracing down DR.. Grip
pen, Is one of the most widely known
inspectors OF the bureau. He has safe
ly guarded more royal personages than
any inspector attached to Scotland Yard.
In addition he is perhaps the smartest
Deceive in England, If not in Europe"
Prosperity Ahead
Business may seem somewhat quiet
just now" said E. Lesser, but consider
ing the fact that we are in the dullest
summer month, there is really no ground
for complaint. r
General conditions are exceptionally
good. The pay rolls in the Birmingham
district are larger than they were this
time last year. and they will increase
rather than diminish. Crops in the>north-
ern part of the state never looked better
and from different sections of Alabama !
hear that the corn crop will yield abund-
antly In fact, from all accounts we
will have the largest corn crop this veal
ever made in this state. Everything
points to great prosperity in Birmingham
| this fall"
| Nashville, Birmingham and Atlanta
Three cities in the south that will
make fine showings in the census are
Nashville, Birmingham and Atlanta,
said a man who takes an interest In
statistics.
II believe Nashville will lead with
$4,000 to 10000 Birmingham will come
next with $4,000 to 100000. Atlanta viii
come third with about 10000.
"The opinion seems to be in SOM
quarters that Atlanta has between l4O,0O'
and 10000 inhabitants. but the census
will make different showing. Nash
Vile is a modest city. The people there
do very little boosting, but y has
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Crippen could not outsail either his
conscience or the wireless.
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PERSONAL OPINION

lady whose figure was slim
Could never be coaxed for a swim.
She said. "Dearie mel
I'm afraid of the sea-"
But l think twas the size of her lin
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

Queen Wilhelmina is convinced the
coal lands of Alabama Will not peat .he
Dutch.
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MOTHERS VISIT

Uncle Sam cannot be a father to all
orphan banana republics
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A LADY OF FASHION.

Sne was lady OF fashion,
She was appareled in style;
Frigid her customed demeanor,
Icily cold was her smile.
Haughtily held she her head up
You would have thought that her fee
Scorned the mean earth-ball she walked
on.
Seldom indeed do you meet
One who more closely considers
That which pertains to herself,
Lending her hgh-toned complaisance
Only to birth or to pelf.
She was a lady of fashion,
Regal in matters of pride,
Fautless in dress and In bearing,
No one her beauty denied.
Courted by hundreds of climbers.
Thirsting for social prestige;
When she was playing the hostess
CONNIE il fault" .Noblesse oblige!'
Yet what a sordidly beating
Thing was the heart that she bore!
Love, who gilds novels with sunshine,
Never drew near to her door.
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COSTLY SIGNAL

when Biffkins was wooing the present
Mrs. Biffkins-you know her2'
Yes; a woman of indomitable will
power.
Just So Well, when Biffkins was WOO
ing the present Mrs. Biffkins. he whistled
under her window one night and she
eloped with him.
"Ah. Another man who has paid dear
for his whistle
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MOTHER is MAKING PRESERVES

From the Denver News.
All of the members of the family
are being pressed into servise to help
ma make preserves. No matter how
many servants are employed in a house,
hold the preserves that mother makes
always take the prize and are the most
delicious which can be manufactured.
The preserve season has its draw
backs, but it is refreshing to think
that during the cold days of next win
(cold days, what pleasant
thought the family Will be amply re-
paid for its trouble. The debutantes
could not go to party IL anyone would
give one, they are so busy stoning cher
ries and asserting raspberries, cur
rants, ETC. 1t is not a job OF which
they are particularly fond. but It's a
case of everybody lending his assist
ance, and of helping the good cause.
Cooks are grand institutions and are
fine to have about. but once a year
mother puts on her biggest apron or
borrows one, rolls up her sleeves, Is
not at home to anyone" goes into the
kitchen and remains until rows of
glasses of jelly and jars of fruit are
placed on the shelves for future use.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03
WHEN o. HENRY LOST PRESTIGE

From Success.
Once, when exploring a factory dis
trict for story material, o. Henry In
vited BRIGHT little girl to dine with
him. She accepted on condition that
she might bring friend along. Dur
ing dinner the writer sought to make
his guests feel at ease by resting his
English to the extent of using ''ain't"
and hadn't oughter," and a few other
popular mutilations of the mother
tongue.
He saw the little girl few days
later.
II was awful mortified that night"
she said. You spoke SO ungrammat-
ical before my lady friend"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-03

He tires bctimes that spurs too fast
betimes. king Richard IL.
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Bow PENNSYLVANIA Voted In 1895

Pennsylvania elects governors every
four years. and the vote in 1906 shows
that the state is pretty evenly divided
between republicans and the opposition.
There were ten parties in the field in
that year. and the vote stood as follows:
Stuart, rep. ................... 501,SlS
Citizens ... 1900
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Critical Stage Of the Corn Crop

lature.
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CHAPTER XXI.
PIRATES!

T OR an instant Val thought of
 nothing but the heavenly sur
 prise of seeing the girl he loved. A wild impulse rushed over him to call her name, Lesley, LesleyT and spring from behind the curtain as if thssg two were alone together in a world of their own. But after the first luminous instant the joy of her pres ence was plotted out in darkness.
 He remembered every rything-remem- bered that he was Perceval Gordon, an actor of the submerged tenth. 8 wretched, penniless transformer, who for the moment came near to being an object of charity.
 When he had bidden Lesley goodby he was a splendid being who looked down from his heights and, though loving her, saw her impossible as wife. Their friendship had begun by being somewhat of a condescension on his part-from his own point of view at least-and she, half amused, half angry, had seen that point of view quite clearly, nor had she ever at tempted. 10 change it to the last.
 At the thought that the curtain would ring up and show him as he was now, to the astonished eyes or Lesley Dearmer, he could have run away, out of the theater, anywhere it mattered not where-if only she need not see him, need not know that the magnificent Lord Loveland and the miserable P. Gordon were one.
 His blood surged up to his head, throbbing in his temples and tingIing in his ears, but through the confusion of his senses penetrated the knowledge that he couId not go.
 Let him suffer as he might and must, be couldn't desert these people whom
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Continned1

A few well though plainly dressed ladies and gentlemen were in the front seats, and all seemed to know each other, laughing and talking together between the acts, and among them, through a peephole in the curtain, Loveland recognized the nice looking girl and old man he had seen staring at his homemade poster in the morn ing.
 The profits of the first performance and the next were not what Val had expected, though the acting of the company improved, but on the last night Loveland tried to hope that Ash vile would turn out in full force:
 Having set the first scene himself in default of a stage manager or com petent stage hands, he applied an anxious eye to a small ftspy hole'' in the curtain and peeped out.
 His heart sank. The house was half empty. But it was early still. There was hope yet. People were coming in. There were the old gentleman and the girl he had seen before, finding their way once more to the front seats. With them were Lesley Dearmer and her aunt, Mrs. Loveland.
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 soft, bright eyes and long curled eye lashes!
 Involuntarily he put out his hand, but she seemed not to see the gesture, and the hand dropped.
 q used the name. Thought it was better. and it really is my name," he went on, ''one of my names" You have so many?"
 My sponsors in baptism"- 'The newspapers accused you of be- Ing your own sponsor.''
 The newspapers accused me? What do you meane''
 Surely you know. I told you should read about you, but I expected to read very different things. How ever, We won't talk of that now But we must For a moment he was the old, masterful I4oveland. "We must. I want to know what you mean.''
 That can wait awhile. I came to ask what you mean. Though I did read the newspapers, I was surprised to find you here I am acting for my friend Sidney Cremer. A cousin of Sidney's andxz mine, who lives a few miles out Of Ashville, saw Lord Bob advertisee for performance and tele- graphed- Sidney couldn't come, but my aunt brought me tonight, as Sld- ney Cremer's interests and mine are rather closely allied And you know nobody has right to produce the play without the authors permission" :" "Yes, l know" answered Loveland 1 dejectedly. Cremer's interests and hers were closely a1lfedr' She had blushed and even faItered q little as she made the statement and Val x0xang instantly to the conclusion that me was efRgaged to marry Cremer And he stood convicted of defraudinG ] the man whom she intended to marry i Was there any depth of wretchedness l or or humiliation which the thirteenth Marquis of LovelAnd had not plumbed at last?
 "You admit that you knew ard yet l you produced and Iaayed in the piece?'
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he had undertaken to help out of the trouble in which by his inexperience
 he had landed them.
 He was responsible for putting on Lord Bob,'' and his was the principal part. Crudely as he knew that he played it, the performance could not go on without him. If he refused to act the curtain could not ring up, and the money in the theater would have to be refunded to the disappointed
 audience.
 tLoveIand felt that it would have
 been almost easier to shoot himself than to give the signal for the curtain to ring up, yet the moment came when
 he could delay no longer. He was not actor enough to forget in his acting the world beyond the stage. He did not lose his lines; but, conscious of Lesley's eyes upon him, he felt as stiff and as jerl1y in every movement as a mechanical doll. The curtain went down on the third act, and Loveland was making 'ebo1t' for his dressing room when one of the stage hands in- tercepted him, holding out an envelope.
 ''To the Manager of the Company Producing Lord Bob'" was the ad- dress penciled in an attractive hand writing, which might be that of man or a woman.
 On sheet of the AshviIle theater paper were written the words. "A friend and agent of Sidney Cremer will be obliged by few words with the 1 manager of the company in the private room of the manager of the opera house kindly lent for the occasion
 Loveland read the communicat ton and handed it to Ed Binney, who was passing. Ed gave a long, low whistle, which set him coughing again and said: "Whew! This is the last straw, isn't it? Some ones put the author on to us. You know we're pirates-regu- lar play snatchers-don't you? There's big fine for the offense.''
 Loveland laughed. q wish MT. Cremer joy of it.''
 ''Oh, that's all very well, but if he 1 cuts up rough he can make us a lot of ] trouble. I'm afraid, though I don't know much about such things. I be- | lieve Jacobus was never caught. But we're copped this time sure enough. I | wouldn't go into the lions den if were you. Let the lion come to us at the hotel if he doesn't find out before hand that we wouldn't make a meal worth eating"
 "Meanwhile, perhaps, he'll have the police attach the luggage or some l thing,' argued Loveland. ''No; I'll go and face the music. Perhaps when Cremer's agent understands the fix we're in he'll let us down easy.''
 "Well, maybe you're right" Binney greed But it seems q shame you should have to stand up aud be shot at
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ELECTORS, ATTENTION

For information concern ing approaching election, Democratic HeaG15 G15aarters, Lincoln Building, Cannon street,will remain open from ' to 9 o'clock each evening. Thomas F. White in charge. Voters whose names are not on the list will please report it. Telephone call 3999.
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tu0 pd1IIL OA "y face and go tell the fellow to aim straight and have done with it."
 Three minutes Ia t CT Loveland was at the door of the local man ager's room. He O p e n e d it and f o u n d himself face to face with Lesley Dearmer, who was stand ing there alone.
 '' NJ i s S Dear mer!" he Stam- mereG.
 "Mr. Gordon, l believe ?" she said pr ly. How sweet how dear
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Gro be conttnued.)
SWISS PROFESSOR SAYS DRUNKARDS LIVE LONGER
 THAN TOTAL ABSTAINERS
Especial from United Press.)

E
 Berne. Switzerland. Oct. 27-That drunkards live longer than total ab- stainers, is the startling statement made by Professor Isenbart, Swiss physician, who has issued a long list of statistics to prove his assertions. The average drunkard, the statistics moderate drunkard to 57 and mod crate drinker to 63. But the teetotal- Ter has hard time reaching the age of 50 his average, according to Doc tor Isenbart.
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BANKS

THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK, of Bridgeport, corner Main and Wall Streets. s. w Baldwin. President; H. s. Shelton. Vice Pres idert; L. B. Powe. Cashier; T. C.. Cumming, Assistant Cashier. Cap ital, $332.10O; Surplus and Profits, $335.0OO
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NOTICE

THE FARMER can be obtained by NEWS BOYS and DEALERS after 6 o'clock evenings of Joseph Simone at the Herald News Stand, FAIRFIELD AVE.
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS

BARGAINS in Building Lots. 5oti' sides of Washington bridge; Welles Place, one block south of Hard Corner; south of new car barn near St. Mfchael's cemetery. City lots very reasona ble. Desirable one. two and four family houses steam ship tickets to and from Europe Drafts payable in foreign lands James Feeley. |? P. o. Arcade.
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AS WE'LL AND AS MUCH

No merchant ever failed if he advertised as WE'LL and as MUCH as he could.
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LADIES' ATTENTION - Ladies will avoId worry by using our remedy only reliable monthly remedy for sale. Thousands of testlmonsala we have from our patrons to proVG matter what they claim: trial sent free. Paris Chemical Co.,. 1ilWaus kee, Wis. T g "tt
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SWELL CAFES

LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS with yo1l Weep and you weep alone. Stop at the Eagles Nest for smile Corner East Washington Ave. and North Main St. J. J. Ra- leigh. Prop
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Loveland laughed dubiously. 'T'm riddIed with bullets already. I'll wipe
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SHOE REPAIRING

GOODYEAR SHOE REPAIRING co. Shoes repaired right same system as used in making them. Goods called for and delivered. Open evenings. 76 John Street. Tele- phone. R2 eff
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MONEY TO LOAN

CALL AT OUR OFFTCE-We will ad- vance you money on your own T.ote if you own property no matter how much your property is mOrtRaged at. Bridgeport Realty Co.,. Room 1O9-110, Warner Bldg. L1S "tf MONEY ADVANCED TO CONDUCT ORS. engin eers. firem en, trainmen. clerks. letter carriers. mall clerks. school teachers, bookeepers, cash icrs, mechanics and others strict ly confidential. F1efron O.. Room 3O1 Meigs Bldg. GlI HtI
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Farmer want Ads. Cent Word
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Note the Splendid Values In These Sale Lots

Women's cloth top gun metal but ton shoes, Cuban heels and latest style toe. We have always sold these at $2.00. Now they will go at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-27

MI M5ERCHANTS- your window olsplay cards with ser of our sign 1.aAers Call and see our stock. Al the latest styles. The Schwerd- 'ie stamp Co.. fl Cannon St.
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