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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Butler Badiy Beaten

Bloomington, Ili., October 2s.-In a one sided game here today Indiana de- feated Butler College 3s to 0. All of the scoring was done in the first half. after which the state school played a number of substitutes. King, halfback, and Roberts. end. did the best playing for Indiana. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
FOR RENT

Handsome home on Iroquois street, just off Highland ave- nue. Best location on South Highlands. Large lot; beauti- full elevation, overlooking tho city. Double garage and ser- wants house. Apply to
 F0WLKES BROS. & CO.,, z
 Brown Marx Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Personals

Mrs. George Perkins, worthy matrou of the Alma Seay chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, will leave Monday for Mobile as delegate to the grand chap- ter.
 pr. W. l.. Jones has suffered a re- lapse of typhoid fever and is in seri- ous condition.
 Rev Mir Mohns of Avondale wtl1 preach at the Presbyterian church at both services today.
 The protracted service at the Baptist church will continue all next week. The Rev Mir. Olive of Fairview is assisting the pastor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
winchester Dead

Memphis, Tenn. October 29.- -fSpe- cial.) 1.-The sudden drop in tempera- ture Is held responsible for the death of the crack pacer. Winchester, 2:11H, at the local track today.
 The horse was owned by c. B. James and was sister to Ardelle. 2.05lS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Pratt City News

At a recent meeting of the Young Mems Athletic club of Pratt City the following officers were elected: James Burkett. president; John McDonough. secretary, and Sam Foley, treasurer. A committee was appointed to improve the hall and to secure the proper equip- ment. The entertainment committee has arranged for wrestling match next week between J. K. Cutrer, middle weight champion of the south, and James Burkett Two boxing contests will be given prior to the wrestling match On motion 1t was agreed to re- ceive charter members until Decem- Der 10 without fee, after that date tho membership will be $2.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Honor Roll

The following pupils of St. Gathers ines school were placed on the honor roll for the past month:
 Senior: Misses Mary and Mamie Sullivan seventh grade. Cteven Mo- Ardle; fourth grade. Agnes McCann, Elizabeth and Stephen Bieletz, Cecelia Hannigan, Hugh Vallely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Pl,nIico Entries

Baltimore. october 2s.-Pimlico race en- tries;
 First race. s-yesr-olds. 6 furlouss-An-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-30
Ys, VI 
  
A Con Cold

If "Seventy-seve its1 s'e "first feeling"-the 4A5a PEI ..
 If treatment is Ast. pr takes longer, but the Cold yields to aSeventy-seven" at any stage.
 A small vial of pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket.
 At all dealers in medicine 25c or mailed,
 Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co.,, Cor. William and Ann Streets, New York.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19
\ POPULAR AND PROSPEROUS
NORMAL SCHOOL.

The State Normal School at
Kirksville has just completed its
most prosperous and successful
year with an enrolment of 1,40O
and an average daily attendance
of $50 students. OF the 1,4OO stu
dents enrolled during the past
year, 700 will teach in rural and
small village schools during the
ensuing year; 200 will teach in
high schools and superintendent
cies. Nearly 400 will continue their
school duties in various institu-
tions.
The Kirksville Normal School is
very ambitious 20 serve Missou-
ri and to help place the public
schools Of northeast Missouri
ahead of all other schools of the
Mississippi Valley. President Kirk
recently made some extensive
comparisons He says the rural
schools of northeast Missouri are
very much better than those of
our boastful neighbors in Iowa,
Minnesota and Wisconsin. He as
cribes this condition in part to
the fact that normal school and
college graduates in Missouri are
practical and sensible. Many of
them teach in rural schools and
draw better wages than the teach
ers in town schools. The high
schools and colleges of northeast
Missouri are not surpassed in the
Mississippi Valley.
The Kirksville institution has
recently organized a Model Rur-
al School with it's own independ-
ent hydrant water system, its own
Independent gasoline gas plant,
gasoline engine, water pump,
electrical generator, gas lights,
electric lights, gas range for cook
ing, Manual Training shop, laun-
dry, dark room, storage room for
plants, gymnasium, indoor toi-
let's, hot and cold water, shower
baths, stereopticon, telephone, adj
Unstable furniture and sanitary
heat and light. This Model Rural
School will teach reading, spell
ing, writing, arithmetic, geogra-
ply and home economics better
than any of the city schools can
do. The children are transported
from their farm homes in covered
wagons.
The institution has fine school
gardens, an experimental farm of
sixty acres, the very best Manu-
ual training shops, Laboratories and
libraries. 1t proposes to give prac-
tical instruction in all forms OF
agriculture, horticulture and gel.-
eral home economics. 1t intends
to furnish, for northeast Missou-
ri a whole generation Of school
teachers who are imbued with
sane and practical ideals and pos
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19
Stadters Skeptics.

That clean, nice, fragrant COM
pound like Bucklin's Arnica Salve
will instantly relieve a bad burn,
cut, scald, wound or piles, stag
gers skeptics. But great cures
prove its a wonderful healer of the
worst sores, ulcers, boils, felons,
eczema, skin eruptions, as also
chapped hands, sprains and corns.
Try it. 25c. at Crump and Kid.
wells.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

Meet me or send your suit that
needs TO be pressed and repaired
just to your order. A. Lee has dis
continued the club work unless
you pay So per month. Phone 15O.
I am running first-class Snap
ping Turtle shop, first come first
served. 3augSt.
The annual Catholic picnic will
be held this year on Wednesday,
August II, at Reagan's Grove. Re-
member the date.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

sessed of skill sufficient to put
their ideals into execution in
the public schools of the state.
1t has just published the most
elaborate and best illustrated bull
letin ever issued by an education
al institution in Missouri. For
copy address John R. Kirk,
President.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

DR.. Davidson, Physician-Ocu-
list, will be in Montgomery City
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of chautauqua week at
Mrs. Caruthers' Hotel. l will ON
these dates make reduction OF
25 per cent on regular prices of
glasses. If your eyes need atten-
tion in any way, you are requested
to call.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19
FREE TO RURAL GRADUATES

The Chautauqua Co. has sent
free tickets for the Saturday af-
ternoon program to County Sup't
w. F. Hupe for each of the sew
enty-four rural graduates. We are
very grateful to the Chautauqua
people for this courtesy, and the
graduates will be proud to be
honored in this way. We hope not
graduate will be absent.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

"The best Painters, Contractors
and Architects of the country use
Mound City "Horse Shoe" brand
House Paint exclusively. Crump
& Kidwell.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

Jno. j. Martin came up from st.
Louis Tuesday night to attend
the Catholic picnic Wednesday.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

just received a car load OF the
best barrel salt made, at Hunter
* vandaveer's Grocery.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-19

See those Lemon Cling Peaches
at Hunter & vandaveer's Grocery
before buying. A crate Of "a 3-ib.
cans for only $3.75.
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pected wndfa He caught it by the tail and turned
plunge into the burrow with it.
But in that same instant the long beak of the Skua
caught it by the head. For second the two
tugged savagely at the prize with vast Tapping and
squawkng. Then the outraged owner, recovering him
SELF oundered up fixed his beak in the exposed belly of
the fish, and began pull and jerk like angry terrier.
Feathers and sand flew into the air the triangular
tug of war went on But frantic the turmoil of
scufng and tapping the nearby ranks of puffins paid
attention to it whatever except to turn their great
beaks, all at the angle, and stare solemnly like
many fantastic maskers The gulls overhead however,
gathered down with excited cries, seeking chance to
take part in the scuff1e.
But before they could get their greedy beaks into it,
it had come to end. The fish was torn apart. The
putin who had grabbed the tail fell backward with it,
ruf1ed but triumphant, into his burrow. The original
left with just much as his beak could hold
fortunately mouthful; while the too
cessu marauder bearing off by far the largest share of
the prize beat vigorously alot through the screaming
gus who would have tried to rob him had they dared
Rising strongly above them he headed for the fiat ledge
little inland where he and his dusky mate had made
their nest.
MEANWHILE on the neighboring cliff face had just
occurred one of those incidents which were forever
auks and the saddlebacks 1t began in the usual way
Each pair of auks it must be remembered has but
egg, which is laid, with no pretense OF nest on the
along the rock just far enough apart for the parents
to brood them and as they look amazingly alike some
times the owners themselves get mixed up as to the
identity of their speckled property In this instance
two mothers, crowded shelf some forty feet above
the sea, claimed the egg, and both insisted
brooding it at the time. With curious, strident
grumbngs deep in their throats they struggled over it.
Their mates CHANGING both from their fishing
at this moment, joined vigorously in the discussion.
The egg promptly rolled off the ledge and
smashed on the rocks below But in the excitement its
absence was not noticed. Meanwhile the combatants
making things most for their nearest
neighbours these presently dragged into the fight
The unfortunate eggs began dropping the ledge.
Instantly the great saddlebacks, from the noisy
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like wings crcling above him. staring down at him
with savage eyes.
lust moment or two before this the hen putin, fish
ing sea, had marked plump herring about foot
below the surface of transparent CLASSY roller Diving
into the water with violent splash, she had pursued
the fish in it's element, swimming at altogether
miraculous speed To gain this speed she used not only
her strong webbed feet, but also her short sturdy
WINGS Darling through the water in this fashion, just
below the surface she amazing figure some fam
tastic link as it were, between bird and fish. The her
ring overaken and clutched securely in the wise of
the great parrot beak. Them with much desperate
Tapping and splashng, she burst forth and rose into
the air. heading homeward, straight bullet with
her prize.
Flying close to the surface of the sea, she passed
through the high flung spray of the SURF At this mo-
ment some premoniton of her coming drew her mates
eyes, and he caught sight of her just mounting above
the lodges. Following his look the skua, whrng above
his head caught sight of her Also and marked the prey
she carried in her beak With one magnificent eortless
thrust of his long pnons he swooped to intercept her.
The pufin her great beak and the prize it cutched
looking much too big for her swiftly beating wings to
upbear, coming up over the Lodges at humming
pace, when she saw the dark robber descending upon
her. She swerved, and escaped the full force of the
blow; but she felt herself enveloped in whirlwnd of
wings and beaten down almost to the ground At the
time long, straight powerful beak, with the tip
hooked like vultures, snapped loudly at the side OF
her head, grasplng at the fish she carried Bewdered
and terrified she she at the time full of
fighting obstinacy Hanging doggedy to her prize she
recovered her wing balance and rocketed on toward the
burrow
Her mate, meanwhile had seen the attack One gro
tesque little bob of indecson then he had launched
himself down the slope to her succor He was not IN
time to interfere in the first encounter but as he came
slanting down like we'll aimed missile the robber
just about to swoop again. The indignant putin voeyed
into him from the rear turning him almost end over end
For instant his wings Topped franticaly and he al
down the rocks By the time he had recov
cred himself his aSsaant had struck the water and was
swimming comfortably great gray swell beyond the
SURF while the female with the herring still grpped IN
her absurd beak, just diving tumphantly into her
burrow to feed the ravenous and complaining chick.
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those who should have stayed by their charges to
guard them, whatever their consorts might be doing
were SeduCed from their too tame responsibilities
Standing up in their dizzy nests, most of which held
either two three muddy colored eggs, scrawled with
markings of dull maroon they stretched their fierce
yellow beaks over the brink and peered down with
predaceous eyes. For many of them the temptation
be resisted With hoarse cries they launched
themselves downward and joined deliriousy in the
scramble
A BOUT level with the crest of the cliff some half
dozen OF the dusky skuas were sailing leisurely
They their chance There was nothing in the
world to their taste than eggs, and particularly
the big rich eggs of the great saddeback gulls. Down
they swooped the unguarded nests, and in moment
plungng their long beaks through the Shells they
feasting greedy. All around them sat the other gus,
by the hundred, faithful who had resisted tempta
ton and stuck to their nests These screamed angrly;
but made no attempt to interfere. "Let each look
out for his own, frankly their policy. Before any
of the delinquent brooders back the skuas had
cleared out every unguarded nest and sailed off with
deriSive cries.
And SO itscame about that an unwonted number of
saddebacks freed from domestic ties until they should
be ready to lay new patches of eggs but very savage
and vndictve for all their release, came Tapping
inland the island the lookout for any possible
chance to avenge themselves.
At this moment the great skua who had robbed the
puttn OF its fish in sight of his nest. At his
approach the female, who had grown inpatient rose
from her handsome greenish brown, notified eggs,
sprang into the air. and sailed off toward the For
just about ten or a dozen seconds the precious eggs
were exposed, while the male swept down on them
long, swift glide.
But in those brief seconds Fate struck With an ex
ultant yep huge saddleback dropped out of the sky
directly upon the nest and plunged its beak into one
OF the eggs. The eggs were not far from Matching
He dragged forth the naked chick and swallowed it
ravenousy Before he could turn to another egg the
skua had fallen him. hurting him clear of the nest
and tearing at him with desperate beak.
Now the great gull, fully two feet and half in
the 5 Of ha of no g am {v yG e b to
his fearless and furious aSSalant. Moreover having
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The Skua was disguised. Had he been
what he in some ways so much re-
sembled, namely goshawk or falcon,
with a hawks deadly talons, the en-
counter would have had very different
result; but his handsome black feet
were armed with nothing more formid-
able than webs for swimming. His only
weapons were his hook tipped beak and
his long, powerful, buffeting wings.
Backed, however, by his pluck and his
audacity which were worthy of better
occupation, these weapons were usually
sufficient, and he was not used to being
baked as these two serious little house
holders had baked him.
With vicious yelp he went swooping
low along the sentinel ranks of the
puffins, followed by swapping of in
dignant beaks which cracked along the
lines as he went, curious, dry sound,
audible through the deep roar of the
surf and the high pitched clamor of
bird cries. Here and there a buffet of
his wing, as it dipped suddenly, would
knock over one of the grotesque but
dauntless doorkeepers, who would pick
himself up, ruff1e his feathers, and wad-
die back to his post with outraged
solemnity.
But revenge for his recent discom-
future was not the only or the chief
reason for this raid of the pirate skua
over the domain of the citizen puffins.
What he wanted above all was food,
whether fish, or eggs, or nestlings, it
was all the same to him. A fairly COM
petent fisherman himself, though not,
of course, in the same class with the
puffins, because of their power of swim
ming under water, he nevertheless pre-
ferred to make others do his fishing for
him and to take toll of their honest
gains by force. A hardy and fearless
highwayman, there was satisfaction for
him in the robbery itself AS he flew
thus close, and with the air of set pur-
pose, above the putin burrows, few
desultory saddlebacks who were circling
just above dipped lower to see what
happen. In case of scrimmage of any
always the possibility of a chance to sna
A S the skua skinned along, just abe;
- putin, volleying upward from the
ticularly fine fish in his beak. The l,
shot straight to his hole; but, by the fine
the robber got there before him. Thu
mix-up of wings. The putin was knocke
back, losing the fish, which fell just befol
row. Like flash the proprietor of tn;
bobbed his head forward and snatchet
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Just had his own nest destroyed, he was
in fighting mood. Ordinarily, being a
thorough bully, he would have covered
and fled before the skuas swift rage.
But now he turned and struck back
savage1y. More nimble than he, the
skua evaded the blow and caught him
by the neck. And promptly the two
became entangled into Tapping, tear
ing tumble of beaks and feathers.
1t was close beside the nest that the
struggle went on; but meanwhile the
two remaining eggs were lying un-
covered to the eyes of providers. They
did not lie there long. Two more big
saddlebacks straightway bounced upon
them, crushing them fiat in the scuff1e.
Engrossed though he was, the skua saw
them. He was only shameless robber:
but his mettle was of temper of the
finest, and he knew not fear. Tearing
himself free from his heavy foe, he
bounced frantically upon these new as
sailants of his home. Startled, they
hesitated whether to fight or flee.
Then, seeing the odds so far in their
favor, they turned to fight. The first
saddleback joining them, they presently
succeeded in pulling the skua down.
Then, against their great weight and
overpowering wings, his courage availed
him little. Smothered, beaten, trodden
upon, he disappeared from sight be-
meath the yelping turmoil. The odds
had been too great for him. In half
minute the battle was over, and his dark
body, with the throat completely torn
out, lay unresisting beneath the broad,
pink, heavy webbed feet of his con-
querorS.
SUDDENLY, as if at signal, all three
~ saddlebacks lifted their heads and
stared about them. They marked their
victims mate winging upward toward
them from the sea, swiftly, as if a
prescience of evil had summoned her.
They saw two other skuas sailing down
from the cliff top, as if to demand
n skua territory. They had no stomach
emand. They had no heart for a fight
preaching fair terms. Flapping heavily
hey flew off in haste, to lose themselves
of their screaming fellows.
skua, returning, lowered low; but she
In silence, her head thrust downward,
| circled endlessly on dark wings above
ruins of her nest, the bedraggled and
of her slain mate. And the stiff ranks
like fantastic toy birds carved in wood
tared down on her solemnly from the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-30
PITY THE UMPIRE

would rather trim hundred hats
than settle one dispute between MI
pills." said the milliner. Those
clashes are frequent, and when they
reach a critical stage the pupil seeks
confederation in the opinion of a pro.
fessional trimmer.
Usually she has my sympatbv
The teachers ideas are safe and sane.
out there are lots of girls who need
more than safety and sanity in a hat
to make it becoming.
Yesterday was asked to pass ND
on hat that a teacher had insisted
upon a 15-year-old girl making herself.
The hat was shaped and trimmed in
excellent taste, but it made the girl
look like fright.
'She had ideas and eyes of her
own. She had suggested bending
the trimming in one place, launching
up the brim in another, and pinning
the bow at jaunty angle, but the
| teacher had vetoed all these sugges-
lions on the ground that they were
! bad art and would spoil the classical
outline. So they did, but what the
girl needed was dash and go. not
classic simplicity.
1T must be easier to umpire a ball
game than settle a question of hats.
If l decide against the girls I outrage
my own artistic conscience and lose
the trade of her family, and if I go
against the teacher am execrated by
her and all her friends"
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y y y Woman's World y y y
A MATTER OF PLANES.

The lives of men and women are
doubtless on quite different planes;
they are not apt to feel strongly about
the same things, and thus each is in
dulgent toward the others convic.
tons, not being deeply touched by
them. Have you ever noticed at a
dinner party, when one of the men
is telling a good story, the difference
between the attitudes of the other
men and of the women? The women,
except, perhaps, the wife of the speak
er, lisen easily, receptively; the men
listen restlessly, each alert for a
chance to follow up with a tale of his
own. For it is perfectly well under.
stood that women are not required to
tell good stories at dinner. and so a
woman can enjoy them all irrespon-
siblv, while man feels in each some.
thing like a challenge.
On the other hand when either
sex invades the others sphere. there
a woman-the ordinary, normal wo-
man-feels when man attempts to
interfere in the household, and
mantle ordinary, normal man-has
a similar objection to woman's in
vading his province. In Germany. at
a University function some years
ago, an old professor in conversation
with a young American woman express
sed himself rather forciblv on SCI e
economic problem. She, being fairly
well grounded in economics, ventured
to differ, and began to give her rea-
sons for so doing, when he interrupt
ed her with gesture of surprise and
irritation, and the remark, Il am not
accustomed to hear myself contra
dicted by young women"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-30
Raisin Pie.

One cup seeded raisins, one cup
sugar, one cup water, one tablespoon
full cornstarch, juice of one-half lem
on, pinch salt. Boil about five min
utes. Put between two crusts and
bake. l use patent measuring cup
and spoon.
Another: To one package of rais'ns
add one cup boiling water, one tea
spoonful cinnamon, one tablespoonful
vinegar, a few drops lemon extract.
Boil these until raisins are soft, then
put between crusts and bake.
Cake.
One cup sugar, one-half cup melted
butter, one-half cup milk, one round
ed teaspoonful baking powder, one
and one-half cups -four. Bake in
three layers or loaf.
Chocolate Pie.
One cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls
chocolate Il use cocoa with vanilla
extract, unsteady. Two heaping table.
spoonfuls cornstarch, yolks two eggs.
one cup water, butter the size of an
egg. Cook until thick and pour into
pastry shell previously baked. Use