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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

make : success Of yonr life BY fol.
lowing any Of the following occupa-
tions: Science, astronomy or BIZ
ology. Take care Of your throat,
for disease will attack you there.
Mr.. E. E. H., born April Is, 1877.
You were born under the sign
: Aries
You are positive in disposition.
theoretical in tastes, animal infeel-
ings, and bilious in temperament.
You are original, independent, and
a good reasoner and are natural
born leader and organizer Of men and
things in general.
You are difficult to control and
will not stand to be forced or driven.
You make your own ideas and have
your way about doing things, and
don't look to any one for help. You
are not quarrelsome fellow. You
do not NEEDLE with other peoples
affairs, neither will you allow others
to interfere with you. This is the
inside, to say, Of your makeup. In
order for you to make success in
life, and in order that you may get
from the same, all that it has in store
for you, you must conform to the
following: Be not too positive in
all you do. Be willing to accept
advice when given by some friend.
And above all, remember, that unless
you have full control of any trans
action, you are Liable to fail. As a
rule, all those born under Aries
make good teachers, journalists, law
yers, etc. But they must have SUI
preIne control.-A. f. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Jkinkb'r.ks
BIZ R. s.


Keep calm, but don't stagnate.
Don't stay forever on the fence;
it may sag.
All married men are heros, but
they cannot always prove it.
1t is not so important how fast
you can travel, as it is, to who you
travel with.
The average persons conscience
is always willing to stretch notch.
Wealth is a bubble that some peo-
pie try to enlarge by blowing.
Beware of the man who seems to
be too smart; chances are that he is.
Pulling ones leg sometimes de-
yelops the use Of his kicking power.
Men will nurse decisions just as
long as women will coddle pet dogs.
When a married woman prays
for new hat, the Lord may answer
her prayer, but it is her husband
who pays for it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Mirror Mail

Mr.. Editor: From time to time
quite few articles have appeared
in The Mirror relating to statesmen
and sSalesmanship''-here is a bit
Of poetry that has been widely
printed in trade journals all over
the country, and for the benefit of
those knights of the grip who are
temporarily taking the rest cure
at this retreat I ask you to print it
as it will be music to their ears.
T. j. w.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08
Shoe Trade Notes
By TT. W.

BY T.J. ~
Arizona and New Mexico will
soon become states. Buffalo Bill
wants to become one of the Sena-
tors from Arizona. Why not let
him lasso Lorimer9
Since we have neither time nor
money to attend cousin Georges
coronation. We must content our
selves with pleasant memories OF
the past when our association with
kings and queens were more inti-
mate than at the present time.
Reports from Berlin state that
German shoe manufacturers are
trying to reach an agreement limit
ing the number of styles and pro-
hibiting freak shapes. 1t was
thought that eight models Of shoes
for men and women were adequate.
Mr.. J. P. Harvey, of Lynn, In
Hide and Leather" says t Ia t
American shoe manufacturers must
come to some agreement as the
danger point has been reached.
Cincinnati Ohio was recently
shocked and startled when an En-
glish shoe salesman blew into town
and insisted on showing his sam
pies and quoting prices laid down
in Boston. Indeed the shoe men
in that Dutch berg are probably
still gasping with establishment
over their stems of suds, well they
may. For instances: the English
man produced a Mckay sewed
woman's kid Butcher Oxford, up
to date in style and finish, for Scots
pair; as the tariff is 10 per cent,
this makes the selling price 72cts.
The same kind of shoe is sold to
jobbars in Cincinnati for 929cts
pair. A woman's patent leather
Oxford of excellent style and work
manship was offered for $1.00 a
pair or 9Octs net. The same shoe
cannot be made in Cincinnati for
less than $1.15.
All who saw the Englishman's
line said it was good and very
dangerous for American manufac-
turers. Well, here's hoping we
can buy our tan Oxfords for 99cts
in the near future.
Many of the old shoemakers in
this little community will remem-
Der M. D. Wells & Co., of Chi
cago, who operated shoe factories
at Fond Du Lac, Waterfowl, Wis,
and DeKalb, Ill. At one time they
had the shoe contract at the Wis
consin penitentiary. By reason of
the death of Mr.. M. D. Wells the
company will be liquldated and re-
tire from business.
George w. Kibly & Co., of Chi
cago, are selling new steam va
porizer for overcoming the diff
Guilty of lasting high-toed shoes
All the leading shoe factories of
Chicago are equipped and several
manufacturers of the twin cities
are contemplating doing likewise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

marked about the shoes, and the
German said: i come near selling
desc shoes the other day. How
was thatr' asked the clerk. + had
'em half-soled," said the German, as
he walked out Of the office.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-06-08

Those Cubs are back home after
q fairly successful invasion Of the
East. They failed to capture all
the games played but won enough
to put them in second place.
''Wahoo SAM Crawford is setting
his team mate Tyrus Cobb awhaling
fast pace both at the bat and on the
bases. Sam objects to being labeled
all in.''
The Athletics visited the tiger in
his lair and put two crimps IN his
caudal appendage. They will finish
the job when his Bengal Highness
returns the call at Quakeryille.
Russell Ford is the star attraction
for the Highlanders. He m W 8
down the best of them with his ia
nous saliyated sphere. Ford is a
Minneapolis boy and in these Dig
gings we take proper pride in his
fine work.
The White. Sox are developing
unexpected ginger and are fast los
ing their old title Of hitless won
ders." A glance at the scores shows
that Duffy does not hesitate to trot
out all his reserves in order to win.
Sometimes he plays seventeen men
in a game.
st. Louis certainly has hard luck
in it's ball teams. Yet with both
of them playing Indifferent b all
their patronage is better than could
be expected. This should stimulate
he owners to greater efforts in
gathering material for their teams.
There never was a better umpire
than Joe Cantillon. With all his
experience Joe knows that umpires
make many mistakes, and perhaps
that accounts for his warlike tactics
when on the coaching lines. Billy
Evans relates a story about Joe
when the latter was umpiring at the
American League park in Chicago.
Jos appeared at the ball park one
day accompanied by two men. The
man employed at the gate was
new employee, and he refused to
pass in the two Chicagoans.
L have orders not to let anyone
through the turnstiles without a
pass, Mr.. Cantillon. / am sorry,
but you will have to see Mr.. Comis-
key" was the gateman's none too
cheerful greeting.
Tell Comiskey that have two
friends with me and l would like to
pass them into the game" requested
the offended imp.
The gatekeeper wrote out the re-
quest and gave it to one of the at
tendants to take 1t to Comiskey.
The note read as follows: Um-
pire Cantillon has two friends with
him and wants to get them into the
game"
1t seems the day before Cantillon
had very tough game to umpire,
in which several close decisions
went against the home team, pre-
venting Chicago from scoring a pos
sible victory. While still a trife
sore over the outcome of the game,
Comiskey couldn't let chance slip
by to have little fun at Cantillon's
expense. Sitting down at his desk
he scrubbed off this reply: If there
are two men in Chicago brave
enough to pose as an umpire's friend,
especially Cantillon's, pass them in
and give 'em box seats"
HOROSCOPES
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
VOTES A LA HOT DOG"
Sufragettes Will Install Lunch Wa
 gOns in New York

From the Chicago Iter Ocean.
 New Yorlx-Suffrage has taken the ros- trum and taken to the lunch wagon. Hav- ing discovered mans vulnerable point of attack, the womans suffrage party will send out it's yellow buffet car-only yellow can satisfy the true suffragist-to ire quent those localities where Jimmie, the teamster takes his ease in the shade and Mamie, the pride of Canal street, slips out to gorge herself on ice cream brick and a 10-cent bank account. Can you the intelligent steed of honest toll slowing up as he scents sandwiches and pickles on the breeze, while a voice to match the smile above it calls out gayly:
 Here's your Ice cold tea with votes for woman suffrage! Free lunch with the drinks. gentlemen Step right up'
 Can you see Jimmie standing up against the bar chinning to one of the stars from the woman's suffrage party headquarters? Can you picture the conviction that will melt gently with the sugar into the soul Of James? Can you see the result of the polls when the voter gets a shot at the problem?
 Pure sponge cake-we deal with suf- frage buns only, chants the girl behind the bar. Your choice of milk shake or ginger ale'' catches Mayme. Sandwiches wrapped in yellow paper napkins, just as a reminder of the cause Cheese sticks adorned with suffrage bannerettes, and the girl behind the bar pinning a button of Jimmies shirt bosom. Can you see this? Now, the crowd begins to gather! An impromptu suffrage talk is tucked in between the buns that go with the coffee and the thing is easy, oh, so easy.
 The first wagon will be installed in the vicinity of Van Cortlandt park and an other will be in use at Coney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Geo. o. Mabry 2106 FIRST AVENUE,
 Phones 2572.
LEGAL NOTICES
Bankrupf Sale

BankFupt Sale In the matter of Atlantic Furniture
 and Lumber company. Bankrupt; in
 Bankruptcy.
 The undersigned will sell, to the highest bidder for cash, in the town of Lineville, Alabama. at the office of the Atlantic Furniture and Lumber com pany, the entire plant, including houses, land and machinery formerly owned by the Atlantic Furniture and Lumber company, free from all liens and in- cumbrances and claims, between 12 m and p. m.. on Monday, the Sd day of July, 1911. This plant is fully equipped for manufacturing furniture, having machinery which cost some $12 2.00O to $15,000, and houses and land which cost $3000 to 5000, and is now in op- eration, which machinery and plant is in first class condition.
 The undersigned will also sell, either at private or public sale, at such time. 5000 or 35000 worth of furniture man ufactured at such plant, consisting of bedrooms suites and other. furniture.
 Full particulars in regard to said plant and furniture, including prices on said furniture,' can be had by writing me at Lineville. Alabama
 This 10th day of June. 1911.
 E. s. SWIFT, Trustee. 6-18-3t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Singular Radium Phenomenon

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A German experimenter describes sin gular electrical phenomenon exhibited by a glass tubeful of radium bromide The substance had been sealed up in Decem- Der, 1908. Six months later the expert menter was about to open the tube with file, but as soon as the metal touched the glass the tube was pierced by bril- liant electric spark, accompanied by. a sharp sound. It Is thought that the re- tention in the tube of the positively charged Alpha particles, which cannot penerate glass, and the continual escape of the negatively charged Beta particles, which do penetrate glass, set up a diff ference in the electric potential inside and outside the tube so great that at last a spark was able to pass through the glass wall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
POPPING ROWDY RHIN0
Lions Aren't So Difficult and Zebras
 Are Easy

From the New York Evening Post
 Col. c. J. Jones' popularity known as Buffalo Jones, with a number of cow boys, among whom was Ambrose Means went to East Africa a year ago to catch animals with lassos, and not to shoot them Colonel Jones had a moving pie ture outfit with him to show what was done, and to get pictures for lectures ne Intended to deliver. They caught mi noceros. lioness, cheetah, hartebeast zebra, warthog, striped hyena eland and giraffe, and the pictures show the Ameri- can rider chasing these animals, some times being chased by them, catching them with the lasso and then securing and tanning them. Ambrose Means, in talking of this expedition recently, said:
 That certainly was one fine trip, and there is nothing 1 would like better than to make another. We took with us ten horses, bronchos and four dogs, and when we got to Mombasa the residents there, and many of the hunters, were sure we would not succeed In capturing any lion or rhino. Even the Americans who had been shooting were doubtful. There was one Englishman, though, who was dandy. He remarked that, if we had come half way round the world to catch animals with lasso there must be something doing they did not know about. The resident offered bets against our sue ceeding and the odds varied from to to ' to 1, according to the animal named. This Englishman took all the bets, partly because he had some faith in us and part ly because of the odds, and he cleared nearly $5000.
 "The lioness was caught and the rhinoc- eros gave us the hardest work The rhinoceros was the worst animal there, because of his enormous strength. The one we caught broke the lasso, and broke loose, too, after he had been lashed to a tree. If rhino catches you 1t is all over; but with lion, think, a man has an equal chance with the animal, and may get away. After we had caught the animals and made the photographs we turned all loose again except the lioness. Once we caught a zebra, and in a very short time I rode him bareback. He is more like our mule than anything else, and he has not the cunning or spirit of the wild western horses. The giraffe we caught was IS feet high'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

means of the ''union'' feature. he will be able to locate volumes in other libraries which are not contained in this.
 Through the spacious halls, rich in tone and almost severe in lines, one is carried to the special artments-technical and artistic along corridors monastic in depth to reading rooms set aside for newspapers and periodicals; and into gall leries for pictures and prints. In the base ment is model children's departnent on the same floor provision has been made for training school, and for a printing plant for library publications. The mod ern conception of the library as a bus mess necessitates advertising in order to reach the various interests of a demo- cratic reading public. Book lists for free distribution are compiled, and by these suggestive means the library is able to indicate it's full resources
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
New York Library
From the Review of Reviews.

From the Review of Reviews.
 On the top floor of this four-storied l- brary is the main reading room. extend ing almost the length of two city blocks, and furnished with the latest devices in elevators, pneumatic tubes and tele- phones, for instant communication with the stacks and with rooms containing special collections.
 The main bookshelves are immediately beneath this sumptuous room-seven lev els, allowing of s miles of book space. Adjoining this reading room is the cata- log section, with it's 6000 card drawers This is the heart of the library as far as reference work Is concerned; not only will the reader be able to place his hand upon any book the library contains, but. by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
CATHOLICS PLAN
 ''CO-ED" COLLEGE

Chicago, July 1.-Follow'g announce ment that the Catholic uniVer- sity at Washington will henceforth open it's doors to women. it was stated here today that Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin have completed plans Tor big educational college ill this city.
 The new departure is said to be the most radical ever made by Catholic edu- cators. It is intended eventually 10 start many other colleges in various parts of the country By this means Catholic students are to be kept from fhe non-sectarian colleges 10 which they have been practically compelled 10 take refuge when seeking advanced in struction after leaving the parochial schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Invest nent
 a 

Very many persons here and elsewhere have sur plus money, and what to do with it is a burden on their minds. Some have more and some have less. The first idea that occurs to them is to lend it out on mortgages, and so get 8 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

The mortgage comes due, and suppose it is paidg Your money again lies idle and earns nothing while another loan is hunt ed up. And until the mort gage does fall due, you cant realize the cash on it, however much you may need 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

But then comes the trou- ble of finding the loan that is just right. A great many depend on friends and agents to do this for them. In the meanwhile, till a loan is found, they get no interest whatever. After the loan is made, it is easy enough for the man in the business to keep up with the insurance and taxes. But how about you?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

You have the mortgage and the notes. But how are you to know when the in- surance has run out or the taxes neglected? Have you the time to look after these things or would you know how to attend to them if you tried?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Easily Shared

From the Housekeeper.
 A German in sleeping car was unable to rest on account of the snoring of fellow travellers on each side of him. Fin ally one of them gave a voeiferous snort and stopped still.
 'Tanks!' exclaimed the wakeful Ger man. won is det!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

ing to build np-to make things grow
 The merchant the banker the engineer have the same creative instinct the painter the sculptor and the writer
 and that is what keeps them in the game As for our selves expect to be repaid financially for the thought and expenditure have given to NORWOOD PLACE be- know the property going to sell, but our higher pleasure will be in the realization of the fact that have created for Birmingham residential district with the no- by breadth and beauty that her future greatness will demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
"Helpings Things
 To GrOW'

"There is money to be made in my business" said a visitor in the city this week whose call ing is intimately related with the public, "but, l do not get so much inspiration from mon- etarv returns as I do from the consciousness that 1 am help
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
NOrWOOd

Here I have several very fine new, two-story homes-they are modern, have furnace heat. tile baths, finished in oak and birch-in fact right. up to the latest ideas in building. From my list l have selected few special bargains that I can sell from $6250 and up. Terms $500 and up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Bungalows

Don't forget that when an owner has to sell and that ouickly-he makes a bee line for me-down comes his price-I make another easy sale and get another satisfied customer-now I have a few bungalows that must be sold almost at once. one is in Norwood; 1t has five rooms. hall and bath, could not think of any improve ment that is not round in 1t. The price has been cut all to pieces, the cash payment Is only $560. Also have two on the South Highlands and one in West End. See them if you do not like them I have a complete list of others that are priced right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

Ten acres level, fertile truck farm, Shades valley, fronting pike road. good house and barn, s3750.
 s25 per acre-250 acres, 200 acres level, fertile Tennessee valley farm, blocks from depot. 5. miles city of 10000; good cottage, three tenant houses and barn, two wells, two springs, watered by creek on back side. An ideal farm home and bargain. Four-room cottage, hall and porch. sewer connections. water, bath, all in good re- pair; one block of two car lines; stores, church, schools and all other city con- veniences; $500; terms. Lot with all city improvements paid for, one block of car line, well, drained, $4OO If interested in buying, selling or ex- changing Birmingham property for farms, see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
GET os IN GEIGER!
It's Late, But Not Too Late

This is the last call Only few con- tracts left now, and these. are being snap ; ped up right along. A days delay may leave you out. The Geiger Home Contract -$lOO, cash or on terms, with its bedrock cerainties and grand possibilities is the surest safest land proposition put up to the people. That's why it sells itself
 Get In On Geiger One hundred farms in the heart of the Black Belt the Egypt of the South. Ninety three business lots and 1907 residence lots in the vest most solidy buitup town of its age in America. Get In On Geiger Monday. Call at my office and when explain our colonization pan you'll thank your lucky stars for having read this advertisement If you can't come Monday, make the Fourth of July, Tuesday, the biggest day your personal history the day from which you date prosperity will be in my of flee all of the National Holiday ready to go into all details with you.
 Get in on Geiger! It's late, but not too late
 Charles B. Tarr
 General Agent for Pinson & Geger 534 Bown-Max Building Birmingham Bell Phone Main 851
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
Summer Time Offerings

THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR MY GETTING so MANY REAL bAH- GAINS. THE EFFECT OF THE HOT WIT ATHER ON NERVOUS PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUILDERS IS ONE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02
High Class Homes
West End

Yes Sir--I have some of the prettiest homes you ever saw right in West End, and they have every conven- fence, some have furnace heat, all are brand new, built like South Highland homes and prettily located. Prices less than you would expect after sec ing the houses. Terms the easiest to he had in the city. Sust ask for my West End salesman--he will tell you about them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-12-05
Stops a Deep-Seated
Cough in a Hurry
A Family supply Of UnequsIed
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Refunded " II Fails.

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