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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
A BOY SETS A CORN RECORD
Jerry Moore. 13 Years Old, Raised
 22S Bushels on One Acre

From the Philadelphia North American.
 w. l.. Park, vice president of the Illi-
 nois Central Railway company and a
 member of the board of control of the Nineteenth National Irrigation Congress, which meets here this year, is directing the attention of men interested in the
 congress to what he declares is the best
 example he has yet found of the agri- cultural value of the soil deposits in the
 areas of swamp and overfiowed lands, of which there are practically S0,0o0,1O0 acres capable of reclamation.
 The case in point is that of the South
 Carolina boy. Jerry Moore. 13 years old, who harvested last fall 22S bushels of
 corn from one acre of ground, establish ing a record that made him the champion
 corn grower of the world.
 This is a record" Mr Park said, 'that will do more for agriculture than any other one accomplishment of similar na- ture during the last decade. But how did this boy obtain his enormous yield? Sim ply by going into the swamps near his
 farm and taking 200 wagon loads of the rich swamp dirt which he scattered over his field the first winter.
 'The second winter he made up his mind to go after the corn raising record, for which a good prize had been offered, so he took 300 wagon loads of swamp dirt the second winter and put 1t on his field.
 Following that in the spring, he put 40 wagon loads of manure on the field, then double plowed the field to depth of IA inches.
 "The simple method followed by young
 Moore makes easily apparent the crop growing possibilities of ocir swamp so~ and, what is far more important, the re- clamation possibilities of our swamp and overfiowed localities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
ORGANIZE A MONKEY TRUST

done by human hands, and their first
 cost is the greatest expense. They do
 not demand wages, and half dozen
 monkeys eat less than one man, while they require no housing whatever, sleep ing in the trees. They don't need any
 clothes, and they work from sun up to
 sun set without any time off for dinner,
 and work whether 1t rains or shines. We can get all the monkeys we want at s50 a head, train them for $50 more and se'l
 them for $10G0 apiece They will revo-
 lutionize the farming industry, and we ought to make S1,000,000 clear of all ex- penses the very first year
 Then he sat down with silence you could cut with knife None of moved
 or said a word. We all waited on Jack son. He looked at Musgroye a. minute as | if he thought the Colonel was crazy and | then looked around at us to see what we were going to do about it. At last one | of us-I think it was Colonel Bankhead- arose and began to denounce Musgrove as a fraud and demanded his money back.
 money had been paid him in good faith he had accepted 1t in the same way and hc had already expended the greater part of it for monkeys, which were then on board ship bound for America. If any | tody was dissatisfied he could take his money in monkeys, but In no other way. 'At this stage of the proceedings Jack son began to show sings of having fit I want my money back" he fairly snrieked T don't want any monkey farm | business This is all fraud. You're d robber! I'll have you arrested Give me my money and so on
 "Musgrove pretended to be highly of- l tended and got up and left the room, and 1 tine rest of us, who knew 1t was joke, | followed, with Jackson trailing and still
 denouncing Musgrove.
 The next day Musgrove sent for Jack | son anl told him he would give him his 1 rioney back that ne didn't want to be | connected in business with such squeal- | CT: that the day would soon come when 1 Jackson would beg him to sell him some stock in the monkey company, but that | he would never let him have q cent of it. l Jackson was almost ready then to let i Musgrove keep his money, and in order l to end the matter Musgrove told him the | whole thing was a joke and gave him | rack his check. Jackson turned on his l heel and walked away and didn't speak | to Musgrove again for year. But Jack | sen finally did make some good invest ments and is now a retired banker ir Birmingham. He and Musgrove are gooc ! friends. but they never talk about | monkeys when they meet'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
Queen Elizabeth's Ring
from the London Mirror.

!
 small gold ring the famous jewel given by Queen Elizabeth to her favorte, the Earl of Essex-was sold at Christie s recently for eS,4t2 1Os-3,250 guineas. or about $17,0G0.
 It was bought by Lord Michelham, son of the late Baron Hermann de Stern, the famous banker millionaire, and the pos- sesor of one of the finest art collections, against the bidding of another millionaire -J Pierpont Morgan-who was exceed ingly anxious to acquire it.
 Lord Michelham, however, determined to prevent it leaving this country, and instructed Messrs. Duveen Bros, the well-known art dealers, who carried out the buying, to secure the relic at any price.
 The result was some rapid and exciting bidding From the first bid of 150 guineas the price rose by hundreds to 1000 guin- eas: finally the sum of f34t2 10s reached by 100 guinea bids, was unchallenged and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23

the ring was knocked down to Lord Michelham.
 The ring was given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Essex and had strange and tragic history.
 This is its romantic story-Queen Elizabeth gave to her favorite, the Earl of Essex, a ring with the promise that whatsoever crimes his enimies might &C., cuse him of, a return of the ring would act as a pledge that she would pardon him. or at least admit of him giving an exclamation to justify himself in her presence.
 Essex fell into dsfavor and was con- demned. He intrusted the ring, so the story goes, to the Countess of Noting ham, a relative, but no keen friend of the earl. to be sent to Elizabeth. Through some female caprice the message was not sent and Essex lost his head.
 Later the countess showed Elizabeth the ring and craved her forgivness. Ex- claiming that God might forgive her, but she never could, Elizabeth flung her self out of the chamber" and surrendered herself to the despair which seized her heart and died.
 For all it's sentimental associations, the Essex ring is small, unpretentious ob- ject, made of finely chased pure gold engraved with arabesque foliage and with a black and white medallion DOT trait of Queen Elizabeth. It formed part of the Thyme heirlooms.
 At the sale it was enclosed in smal blask ring case. and, to the average ob server. might have seemed worth bu two or three guineas.
 Lord Michelham. who married a daugh ter of MT. Octavius Bradshaw in 1898. i' equally well known for his phianthropi' schemes.
 In the earlier part of the year he gen erously offered to contribute G10.000 tow ard the national purchase of Lord Lans downe's Rembrandt picture "The Mill High prices were obtained for mum Der of other Thyme heirlooms. In tho porcelain section a set of three Sevre' vases and covers of an inverted pea shape realized 4S00 guineas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23

proprietors sent cordial replies in response to preliminary inquiries from the secreta- " of the society. Some os the smaller hotels have required only 50 copies, but generally requests have come for hun dreds. Several hotels of notably smart class have asked for three or four hum dred volumes. The most fashionable ho- tells of the city have gladly accepted the Bibles; 100 leather bound volumes went to the Hotel Savoy. 600 to the Belmont, TOO to the Plaza and 800 to the Hotel As tor That the Bibles really serve some purpose is attested by comments in sev eral letters to the effect that i've have some of those sent us some years ago still left, but they are worn from long usage"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
A Shock to Vanity
rom the Indianapolis Star


 My wife gave me a Christmas present this year that has a tendency to take the conceit out of any man who thinks he's good looking. said the man who slaves himself. "I confess that I have all along had a sort of sneaking idea that had a little mofe than my share of manly beauty. I was there with the goods. But not any more. I'm cured. And my wife's Christmas present did 1t.
 What was it? Why. simply one of those shaving glasses that magnify three times. The first time used 1t I got a view of my face that rather startled me- Every blemish. every wild hair under the skin. every open pore, all i. the minute ugliness that isn't apparent to the naked eye. these things confronted me in all their magnified repulsiveness.
 T used the glass just once, and then accidentally dropped 1t down the air shaft to the basement below. don't want to look like a monstrosity every time I shave myself. @ s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23

ing disregard for her lovers devotion as manifested at that interview was un- favorably commented upon in the press Since the meeting she became nervous and uneasy, and sought to forget her worries in a round of gaiety in Mont martre Returning home about o'clock one moring with a friend she went into the bed room while her friend remained in the sitting room. There was re- port and a moment after the girl stag gered into the room. She fell dead in her friends arms, having shot herself in the heart with a revolver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
A Product, of Old Gungy
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 Hank Stubbs-Jed Martin is ruther throwin' out his chest. .over the fact that his boy, who is downito Moo York hez done somethin' great.
 Bige Miller-How so?
 Hank Stubbs-Said las night down to the store thet his son he'd broke the rec ord fur craftsmanship an thet he knowed Jonas would distinguish himself some day. Says it's ithe result uv early trainin'.
 Bige Miller-What's he done so great? !?
 Hank Stubbs-Jed says he's writ home thet he's shot ev'ry chute on Coney Isl- and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
Treir First Election

From Judge.
 Didn't 1t give you thrill to realize that you were exercising the glorious privilege of the franchise"
 "Yes. wasn't it just lovely? You know Tom is on the ticket and I just had to giggle when I put that kiss after his name"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-23
Bibles for New York's Millions

Ten thousand Bibles have recently been placed in the hotels of New York city by the New York Bible society The books are ha andsomely bound in leather or cloth, with the name of the hotel stamped in gold on the cover. Over seventy hotel
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Succession Sale.

Succession Of Nollic w. Bundy, decd.
In District Court, Bossier Parrish, La.
DY virtue of commission issued to
ID me from the Second District Court
of Bossier Parish, La, in the above en-
titled succession, will offer for sale, on
terms hereinafter stated, and according
to law, at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, at the Court House door,
in the town of Benton, La, during the
legal hours Of sale on Saturday, January
29th, 1911, the following described
property, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of northeast
quarter Of section 1, township 20, range
IL; also acres, being certain strip or
parcel of land lying west of Shreveport
and Concord road, and situated on west
side of southwest quarter of southwest
quarter, section 81, township 81, range
II, and southeast quarter Of southeast
quarter Of section 36, township q, range
II, containing 81 acres in all, more or
less, with all buildings and improvements
thereon, and appraised at So per acre,
making total of S252.
Terms Of Sale-For cash, if the ap-
praisement or two thirds thereof be bid,
else on credic, according to law.
B. A. KELLY,
Administrator of said Succession.
December %, 1910. 51-6
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Made Him Doubt His Own Name.

1t was the quality of sympathy that
made Mrs. Cleveland's life in the
White House so rich il memory, writes
Dr. W. ii. Crook in the Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post. ! never knew
her t. make mistake of social ma
ture but once, and then it was shared
by so many others that l may be par,
doned for repeating it in public print.
] know the little story is true. for
w;ls present at the time and heard it
all AT one of the presidents formal
receptions a man named Decker ap-
peared, and as he drew near the re-
ceiving line he told Colonel Wilson in
confidence that his name was such an
easy one it could not be mistaken or
mispronounced. whereupon Colonel Will
son presented him.
Happy to meet you. Mr. Cracker"
said he president.
Happy to meet you, Mr.. Baker,
said Mrs Cleveland.
MIR. Sacker," murmured Miss Bay
ard doubtfully.
Happy to meet you, Mr.. Black"
Mrs. Whitney remarked with conf
dence.
1t is said that few minutes later
Mr.. Decker was seen looking at one of
his visiting cards to see what his name
really was.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
The Kidnapped Brides.

In the year 902. according to old GUS
tom. all the brides for the year at
Venice assembled on ST. Mary's eve at
the cathedral. taking with them their
dowries in small chests. There they
awaited their bridegrooms. who fol
lowed them, and after mass they were
married and received the bishops
blessing. In this year the sen rovcrS
of Triest burst in upon the expectant
maidens. who were all dressed in
white. with hair loosely flowing and
interviewer with threads of gold, car
ried them off to their barks and hoisted
sail. The doge of Venice summoned
his men to arms, pursued the rovers.
overlook them in creek still known
as the Port of the Damsels and brought
the brides back in triumph In men,
ory of this event solemn procession
of twelve young women took place
yearly, and the Marian games were OBJ
served with great splendor until the
year 1879, when they We're discontin-
ued in time Of disastrous war
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
The Baby Stare.

Have you ever sat opposite In bus
or train to baby, say. from one to
two years old? II you have you have
been compelled to notice it. And un-
less you are misanthropical person
/ guess you have caught yourself feel
ing uncomfortable under its wide eyed
scrutiny of you. I think there is moth
ing more disconcerting than to be re-
jected by baby after full and open
cross examination. Babies and very
young children have no humbug about
them. believe they see more than
grownups. believe they read our
characters down to the very ground.
While the young mother is interested
to find that her baby is being admired
that baby is reckoning up both the
mother and the admirer, and when the
jerky turn of the head comes the man
that has music in his soul feels small
London Scraps.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Friction Matches.

Friction matches are comparative
ly modern invention. They were first
made by John Walker in England in
1927, but were rather crude affairs.
He improved them somewhat in 1883
by using phosphorus. The first really
practical friction match was made in
The United States In 1886 by L. c. Al
lei of Springfield. Mass. Before this
time clumsy form of match was i'm
ported from France. which had to be
dipped into bottle of sulphuric acid
before it could be lighted. This took il
great deal of time and trouble, and
Allen. seeing the necessity for friction
matches. set about to make them and
succeeded. He neglected to patent
them, however. and on finally apply
ing for letters patent found that a
man named Alonzo Phillips. who was
Il peddler. had discovered through a
third person the secret of making the
matches and had already obtained a
patent. Thus Allen. though the real
inventor. was forced to become a mere
manufacturer under another mans pat
ent.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
How Thev Eioht Fire IN Turkev-


This is the method of fighting fire in
Turkey. In the center of CONSTANT
nople high watchtower has been
erected. When the man in the tower
sees blaze the alarm is sounded anu
the tiremen are called to their posts
If they have horses they proceed very
leisurely to hitch them to the engines
or carts and trot to the fire but in
most cases they have no horses. and
the men drag the engines through the
streets at walk They do not hurry
TO attach the hose to the hydrant. The
captain first finds the owner of the
building that is in danger of destruc.
tion and finds out how much he will
pay to have the fire put out. If the
blaze is beyond control the captain ap
prOaches the owners of surrounding
property and bargains with them for
their protection. and of course they
pay him iberally.-New York Post.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
The POSTAGE Stamp.

Consider the postage stamp 1t says
nothing regarding the difficulty of the
task assigned to 1t. but by dint of close
application it usually gets there; also
il delivers the goods.
Again. if one isn't enough to carry
the thing through. two or more by
working harmoniously together see the
thing to finish
No matter if the (maiD matter be
weishty. it puts good face (of Wash
iu-fom on it and goes directly to the
point. 1t gets licked and stamped
upon. and men besmirch its fair fea-
lures and ofttimes give it more to
carry than the postaD union allows.
But. in spite of all this. 1t sticks un-
finehingly to the matter in hand by
virtue Of the fact that 1t knows that it
has good backing
It's stick-to-it-ivity is worthy Of en-
uiation by you.-.Iudge's Library.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Couldn't Hear Them.

1--WE been worried about my hearing
for some time." said local banker.
who tells the story on himself. land
finally the fear of getting deaf became
sort Of obsession to me, and de-
cided to so over to New York to con-
suit a specialist. got over there and
went to see the doctor. and he looked
so grave l was more scared than ever,
and was feeling pretty blue as
walked down Fifth avenue with a
friend.
suddenly l saw two special troll
leys' coming down a cross street filled
with children waving flags and appar-
emily having an awfully good time.
but couldn't hear sound. 10 an in
slant. without stopping to realize that
l could hear all the other noises of the
traffic and my friends voice. turned
around and seized him by the arm and
shouted:
"'Heavens. 10. I'm deaf! can't
hear those children at ALL
"'Neither can L. said my friend.
with a roar of laughter They're
mutes' "-Philadelphia Times.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
When Dreams Came True.

An English magazine records two
dream stories. In one lady. having
lost an important key while walking
in a wood near her house IN Ireland.
dreamed that she saw 1t lying at the
root of a certain tree. Next day she
found It there. She supposed her eye
must have seen it after it dropped.
though her conscious mind had not In
staDtly noted it.
Just the same was the theory of a
barrister who went out late at night
to post his letters and upon undressing
missed a check for large amount re-
ceived during the day. He dreamed
he saw it curled round an area railing
not far from his door, woke up.
dressed. went out and found 1t exactly
as be had dreamed. The mind regis
ters at times what it does not instantly
report
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Ouida Out of Sorts.

Ouida in decidedly pessimisti.-
mood appears in Lady Dorothy Nevill's
"reminiscences. In 1887 Ouida sent tc
Lady Dorothy card bearing the fol
lowing Jubilee epitaph:"
Full half century of measures small.
Weak wits. weak words. weak wars, and
that is all.
1t is amazing that Ouida could
even for moment have lal,sed into
such dull snappishness. Lady Doro
thy's ascription Of the foolish courlct
to feelings of depression" is Doubt
less just.-New York Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
SomethinQ Wrona.

An Australian auctioneer who was
reputed to have more education than
professional ability was endeavoring to
sell some cattle to an audience OF farm
hands. 'G<ntlemen.' he began. Il
have particularly nice lot OF heifers
and bullocks. and / may say that the
heifers predominant"
He was interrupted by very agri-
cultura! voice from the crowd. Il
thort there was something wrong with
EN-" it said. "or you wouldn't have 10
sell 'em."
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Realism,

when was in London" said Miss
Warner to the little group of friends
round the dinner table who were lis
tening to her account of some anus
ing experiences she had abroad last
summer. II tried to be as British as
could. but | was constantly getting
mixed in my English phrases
You know one of the underground
railroads In London IL always spoken
OF as the 'tu'penny tube so one day
when wished to be transported in Il
hurry from one side of the city to the
other | astonished big. pleasant faced
bobby by asking where was the near
est station OF the 'twopenny tub
Every Que at the table laughed ex-
cept the young Scotch guest. He lean
ed across the board and said. very Sc
riously. I'VE know ye caan get bawth
in LunDon for tu'pence."
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Notice to TreSpasserS.

THlS notice is to warn the public that
= hunting and other trespassing will
not be permitted on my lands. Wild rice
has been planted in Clear Lake and i'm
ported game birds will be released in my
pastures. The wild rice is to attract
ducks and there is already ample food
stuff for the other birds. They should do
well II not molested and positively will
not permit them to be hunted or trapped.
The place has been posted and the law
complied with in other respects, and all
trespassers will be prosecuted. Please
DO not ask permission to shoot on the
lake or in my fields or pastures.
T. w. w. STINSON.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Eindino Him Out.

Indignant Constituent-Thi is the
senator by appointment and found him
out every time. Private Secretary tot
eminent statcsman)- Oh. well. would
not make fuss about that. Accord
ing to what the papers say: everybody
is finding him out.-Chirago Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
Water Colors.

Water color painting was gradually
raised from the hard. dry style Of the
essh'eenth century to its present bril-
liancy by the efforts of Nicholson. Cop
ley. Sanley and others The Water
Color society's exhibitions began In
1905 and may be said to mark the real
beginning of modern water color paint
ing. The great master. If not creator.
of the art was the celebrated Turner.
Of whom we read SO much in the
works of John Ruskin.-E Exchange.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
The Rod and the Child,

! do not believe In the government
Of the lash Ii any one of you ever ex-
poets to whip your children again
want you to have photograph taken
of yourself when you are In the act.
with your face red With vulgar anger
and the face OF the little child. with
eyes swimming in tears and the little
chin dimpled with fear. like piece Of
water struck by sudden cold wind.
Have the picture taken. II that little
child should die | cannot think of a
sweeter way to spend an autumn aft
ernoon than to so out to the cemetery
when the naples are clad In tender
gold and little scarlet runners are com.
ing. like poems of regret. from the sad
heart of the earth and sit down upon
the grave and look at that photograph
and think of the flesh. now dust. that
you beat. tell you it is wrong: it is
no way to raise children. Make your
home happy. Be honest with them,
Divide fairly with them in everything
Robert q. Ingersoll.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12
DEFINING the Difference.

Madam" said one French gentle
man introducing another, this is the
Marquis de Blank. and | assure you
he is not such a fool as he looks
Madam" quietly remarked the
marquis, with bow. my friend has
just stated the exact difference Ge-
tween himself and me-
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A Timeiv Trim.

Little Brother (who has just been
given some candy,-If were you
shouldn't take sister yachting this
afternoon.
Ardent Suitor- Why do you say that.
Tommy:
"Weli, | heard her tell mother this
morning that she feared she'd have to
throw you over.-Lippincott's.
The Bossier banner., 1911-01-12

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is not
a common, everyday cough mixture.
1t is a meritorious remedy for all the
troublesome and dangerous complica-
tions resulting from cold in the head,
throat, chest or lungs. Sold by all
dealers.