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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Promises Butter No Parsnips"

 confidence the 
 Railway Light Power Company always keeps its promises and contract it makes with the to thought negotiations between the city government and the 
 the Commissioners B satisfied equitable both the and for the people using this company' service The first which privileges the Eney ine 1912 Accordingly beginning trolley single five cent fare will collected this reduction will
  shall continue stand longas the a
  the stipulated time April 1912
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Palzer May Box Flynn

San Francisco, December 30.-Albert Palzer of New York, conqueror of Al Kaufman, and who is now considered to be promising pugilist. has practically agreed to box James Flynn. a Pueblo fireman, in this city late in January. Promoter James Coffroth will handle the match in all probability. A telegram from Thomas O'Rourke. Palzer's handler, said his protege was willing to box Flynn. Coffroth telegraphed his acceptance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
General Lee III

Richmond Va, December 30. -7Gen. D. w. E. Lee, son of Robert E. Lee, is seri- ously i'll at his home, near Burke Station{ Va His hip was broken some time ago. He is 30 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company
 A. H. FORD, President

This is Service Talk No. 1. No. will ap- pear in Tuesday mornings paper. It will be to YOUR interest to read these Talks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

New Years dance will be given at the Eagles hall on tomorrow night. The affair will be under the auspices of young men of the city.
 St. Margaret's Guild will meet with Mrs. Stacker, 23O3 Avenue F, on Wednes- day afternoon, January 3.
 Rev. L. A. Reagor and Mrs. Reagor are spending the holidays with friends and relatives at Gastonpurg.
 Mr. Charles w. Sanders of Fayette has located in Ensley and will make tnls his future home. MT. Sanders was the county solicitor for Fayette county for 10 years.
 Rev and Mrs. A. K. Wright have re- turned from a visit to friends and rela- tives in Kentucky, where they have been spending the holidays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-31

The police and the city detectives are making life miserable for violators of the liquor laws. During the past week a number of arrests have been made. or- ficers Wiggins and Granger have been especially active in the work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26
OREGON SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Full Text Published by Courtesy Of F. A. Turner RepOrte
Supreme Court

and the said party of the second part
is undertaking to secure a reduction
of such freight rates. Now, there
fore, the said parties of the first part
in consideration of the premises
hereinafter set forth to be kept and
performed by the said party of the
second part, hereby promise and
agree to pay in money to the said
party of the second part, one-half
the difference between the existing
rates and any reduction from present
rates of transportation upon each
ton of grain grown for sale by the
said parties of the first part during
the year in which said reduction in
existing rates shall become operative,
and they and each of them bind
themselves, their executors, and ad-
ministrators to make such payment
as soon as such reduction in existing
rates shall become operative wheth-
er the said reduction shall hereafter
be voluntarily made by the said
transportation lines conveying from
said territory, or the said reduction
in said rates shall result from the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26

the tax for the year 1896 and subse-
quent years was levied against plain
tiff or against defendant, the payment
thereof by plaintiff was a voluntary
payment, which imposed no obliga-
tion or liability upon defendant and
could not create a right in PLAINTIFF s
favor. "No man can make another
his debtor against his will; as If a
man pay my debt without my re-
quest, am not bound to repay him: "
Rohr " Baker, 13 Or. Glenn v. Saw
age, IA Or. 567; Forbis v. Inman, 23
Or. 6S, II; Meyer v. Livesley, -
Or. -; 107 Pac. 476.
To create a liability on the part of
defendant In favor Of plaintiff there
must have been an obligation on the
part of plaintiff to pay the money or
If it was voluntarily paid and 1t was
beneficial to the defendant, there
must have been also subsequent
promise by defendant to repay him.
But even II plaintiff has brought his
payment of the taxes, levied subse-
quent to 1896, within this rule, 1t
would not justify his possession Of
the lands so taxed. Defendant, by
his petition, contends that the suit
should not be dismissed, but that de-
fendant should have the relief sought
by the action Of ejectment This suit
is. In the nature of a cross-bill by
which plaintiff sought to avail him
self Of equitable defenses to the ac-
tion of ejectment within the provi-
sions Of Sec. 800 L. c. L., (which
shall stay the proceedings at law,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26

and the case thereafter shall proceed
as in a suit in equity, in which said
proceedings may be perpetually en-
Joined by final decree, or allowed to
proceed in accordance with such final
decree" The parties to the law ac-
ton are entitled to have the issues
therein tried by jury, and the
cross-bill in such a case is only for
the purpose Of establishing the plain
tins equitable defenses, and II valid
the law action may be perpetually en-
Joined; but If the right to such re-
lief is not established then the trial
of the action may proceed. This is
recognized as the proper procedure
In Catman " Epps, 10 Or. 437 and
In Finney v. Egan, 43 Or. /. In the
latter case Mr.. Chief Justice Moore
says: When the suit was terminate
ed without any restriction in the final
decree, the suspension of the action
at law was necessarily ended, thus
allowing the trial of the action to
proceed to final determination of the
remaining questions involved there
in"
The petitions for rehearing are de-
MED.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26

mines V. Vandecar, Baker County.
a. w. Gaines, appellant, V. Byron
andecar, respondent. Appeal from
le circuit court for Baker county.
he Hon. William Smith, judge. Ar
led and submitted at Pendleton, May
1911. o. B. Mount, for appellant.
HC. McColloch (McColloch & McCol-
|eh, on brief) for respondent. Eakin
j. Affirmed.
Plaintiff brings this action to re-
IFer judgment upon a contract
|ade between plaintiffs assignor,
eorge Peebler, and various grain
DIVERS of Baker County, Oregon, of
AOm defendant is one. The con-
act is in the following words, viz:
Khis agreement entered into this
Ith day Of May, 1908, between the
tdersigned grain growers of Baker
1nnty, Oregon, hereinafter desig-
ned as the parties of the first part,
"a George Peebler, party of the
4eond part, Witnesseth: That
'hereas the cost of shipping grain
Hom all points in said county to
ortland are excessive and unjust
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26

A man sometimes thinks he could
reform the town, only to find one
small boy more than his match.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-26

Exercise is a necessity; otherwise
many Of us wouldn't take 1t as a
gift.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
MUST FIT PROPERLY
MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN MAT
TER OF GLOVES.
Worn Too Tight, They VIII Spoil the
Look of Even the Most Dainty
Hand-Flrst Putting on
important.

Nothing makes a hand more unnat-
tractive than a glove that is too tight.
Yet how often one sees women with
their hands almost bursting from their
gloves, so tightly are they squeezed
into them,
A too tight glove will make even a
slender, graceful hand look common
place and pudgy and a hand inclined to
flesh almost repulsive. So In choosing
gloves one should be very careful to
get them large enough, and to have
the patience to have them properly
fitted in the FIRST place by a good glove
filter.
If they are not fitted properly at
first the tips OF the fingers never work
down and the hand Ia made ridiculous
and dowdy by the pointed tips. II the
fitting is properly done the gloves will
not twist and wrinkle, and will actual
ly wear longer than II hurried care
lessly over the fingers for the first
time
II one has to put on gloves without
the assistance of a filter the hands
should be warm and the gloves well
powdered then the fingers should be
lnsinuated into their receptacles, and
finally the thumb and the hand should
be fitted, but not until the fingers have
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

cabinet work. There are between 500
and 600 different species of the cac.
tus family and the actual number
probably greatly exceeds this. They
are without exception natives of Amer
lea and their extraordinary forms con.
stitute q remarkable feature in the
vegetation Of the warmer regions, All
of them have fleshy stems, often very
soft and juicy, and in numerous in.
stances suitable for good. Most of
them are leafess, only a few species
having true leaves. Instead of leaves
most of the cac,i have clusters OF hairs
or thorn.
The whole organization of the cac.
tus adapts It to Withstand long
droughts They yegetate vigorously
during a part of the year when mois.
ture is available and then rest for a
long time. Some Of the cacti family
grow OH high mountains reaching
nearly to the limit Of the snow, while
others thrive only in torrid districts.
The plants of this botanical order are
a great boon 10 the natives of the dis.
tricts in which they grow, generally
regions destitute Of water. The stems
OF many of the varieties contain a
wholesome juice of which both men
and livestock avail themselves, and
some species produce a pleasant fruit.
The cultivation OF edible cactus is
still in the experimental stage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
TRUE NOTE IN DECORATION
Fitness of Useful and Ornamental Ar
ticles in Room Must Be First
Consideration.

The true method of making a room
beautiful is to make all the necessary
and useful things in it beautiful; so
much is this true that 1t becomes al
most impossible to design a really
beautiful room that is to have nc use
full work done in 1t or natural life
lived in 1t. An architect called upon
to design a room in which nothing
more earnest is to be done than to
gossip over afternoon teas has a sad
job.
For a room must always derive its
dignity or meanness from, and reflect
somewhat, the character and kind of
occupation which is carried on in it.
For instance, the studio of an artist
the study of a man of letters, the
workshop of a carpenter, or the
kitchen of a farmhouse, each il its 20.
sition and degree, derives a dignity
and interest from the work done in
it. And the things in the room bear
some relation to that work, and will
be the furniture and surroundings nat.
ural to 1t; as the bench and tools in
the carpenters shop; the easels and
canvases in the studio; the books and
papers in the study; and the bright
pans and crockery in the kitchen All
these lend a sense of active, useful,
human life to the room, which re-
deems it from vulgarity, though it be
the simplest possible; and no amount
of decoration or ornamentation can
give dignity or LONELINESS to a room
which is used as a show room, or in
which no regular useful life is lived.
For in the work room all things have
a place by reason of their usefulness,
which gives a sense of fitness and re-
pose entirely wanting in room where
place has obviously had to be found
for everything. as in a drawing room.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

been carefully worked In. To remove
the glove pull It over the hand and
do not drag it by the finger tips, for
this spoils the shape completely. After
removing the gloves and turning them
right side again they should have the
stretchers used 10 restore the shape
and should be sprlnkled again with
powdered French chalk
Fresh gloves are necessary ad-
iunct to the toilet Of the yoman seek
ing dalntiness, but when they are
cleaned they should be cleaned sew
eral days before they are 10 be worn,
so that the fumes Of gasoline, and no
odor is more Objectionable TO the sen
sitive nostril, may entirely disappear,
otherwise the whole effect of ones
personality may be marred by the dis.
agreeable fumes Of gasoline.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
CAT FINDS HIDDEN TREASURE

A cat chased a mouse under foot.
stool in the home of Henry Karg Of
New York. The cat squeezed part
way under the stool, then thrust It's
paw up into a hole in the bottom Of
the stool.
Presently down came the paw with
out the mouse, but with $50 bill
sticking to one of the claws. The
members Of the Karg family at once
suspended housekeeping to explore
the hole in the footstool.
In all 1915 was found slowed away
in the stool, which had been knocked
around the house ever since the death
of Grannie Karg. She was known to
have been Of a saving disposition, but
she died so suddenly that she got no
chance to reveal where she had stored
her hoard Part of the treasure trove
Is to be spent on a monument to Gran
ME, with a carved footstool on it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Rich Street Gowns.

With the exception Of a very few
costumes, street gowns in the present
season are matters Of such elaboration
as to make them particularly difficult
to describe in a class by themselves.
TO be sure, there are numbers Of two.
piece costumes composed Of a skirt
and a coat for which waist must be
designed unless the shirtwaist is re.
sorted to; but the majority of street
costumes Of today represent an under.
dress Of great richness, especially al
the top, with coat that is modifying
ly plain perhaps, but not necessarily
so. There are charming cotton waists
offered for use with the skirt-and-coat
costume, and novel chiffon waist topa
for the palmer complete underdresses
llarpers ilazar
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
PANIC AMONG IRISH BIRDS

4 mysterious panic has caused ex-
traordinary phenomena among the
bird life of the south of Ireland. In
Carlow starlings and curlews have
made the night sleepless for the In
habitants with their discordant cries.
Judging by their wild, errati6 fight,
the birds appeared to be in d state Of
panic from some unknown cause. The
gtarlings showed an even stranger dis
quietude, dashing themselves to death
against church spires, house fronts
and telegraph poles and wire. Thou
sands of them filed the streets, and
large numbers entered the open win
dows Of houses, and, flying wildly
about, smashed fragile articles, such
as vases, on mantelpieces and side
boards. Many dropped into the River
Barrow and were drowned.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Speakers Of the House.

washington. following are
those who have held the position Of
speaker Of the national house Of rep
resentatiyes F. A. Muhlenburg, Jon.
athan Trumbull, r. A. Muhlenberg,
Jonathan Dayton, Theodore Sedwick
Nathaniel Macon, Joseph B. Yarnum,
Henry Clay, Langdon Cheves, Henry
clay, John W. Taylor, Philip P. Bar.
boun, Henry Clay, John w. Taylor,
Andrew Stevenson, John Bell, James
X. Polk, r. M. T. Hunter, John White,
John W. Jones, John w. Davis, Robert
G. Winthrop, Howell Cobb, Linn Boyd,
Nathaniel p Banks, James L. Orr, Will
liam Pennington, GaIusha A. Grow,
Schuyler Colfax, James G. Blaine,
Michael G. Kerr, Samuel ]. Randall,
Joseph w. Keifer, John G. Carlisle,
Thomas B. Reed, Charles F. Crisp,
Thomas B. Reed, David B. Henderson,
Joseph G. Cannon and Champ Clark.
The above were named IN the order
Of their terms.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

would indicate to him every Sunday
and holiday Of the year, though not
the day of the month Moreover, the
stone is an actual time record Of the
work done for long period in an
English coal mine.
The Sunday Stone" as it is called,
was removed from a colliery drain.
When the miners were at work the
water running through the drain left
a deposit colored black by the coal
dust, but when no work was being
done the water ran down clear and
left a white deposit. These deposits
in the course of time built up the
stone. Each day Of work left a
black streak, Immediately followed by
a white streak made during the night.
Wide white streaks indicate the holi-
days and Sundays.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
Small Girls HobbIe skirt.

There is apparently considerable d.
versity of opinion as regards the cor
rect position for the belt on the small
girls frock. Many Of the smartest lit
tie French dresses show the sash in
practically normal place, while on 9th
er frocks the belt is so far down as to
hamper the tiny wearer in her walk al
most as absurdly as does the hobble
skirt Of the moment inconvenience her
elders. The abnormally long-waisted
effect obtained by placing the belt al.
most at the hem of the frock is charm.
ingly quaint on some children, but is
not becoming to every type.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
LEARN TO WALK PROPERLY
Matter of Much Importance, Too FIRE.
quently Overlooked, Is Acquire
ment Of Correct Gait

Practically every woman walks far
too rapidly for anything like grace to
enter into her movements.
A tall woman for some reason walks
more slowly than short one. Her
elbows, shoulders and hips move from
side to side
If you want to be graceful, don't
look at your feet, but hold your head
well up in the air. Don't shuttle. A
little thoughtfulness and practice in
nigh stepping will soon break you OF
this ugly habit. Don't bend your
back at the waist, under the impress
sion that you are thereby walking
erectly. 1t throws the stomach for
ward. and is almost as inimical to
grace as round shoulders,
Finally, don't allow yourself to
walk "plgeon.toed"-that Is, with the
toes turned in or straight
It Is always hard TO tell what to
do with the hands The natural way
10 have them hanging Al the Sides, or
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
WELCOMED BY MEN WHO
SMOKE

Particular men who smoke reanze
how offensive TO people Of refinement
is a strong tobacco breath, and how
Objectionable 10 themselves is lhat
dark brown taste" in the mouth
after smoking.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is worth
its weight in gold for this purpose
alone. Just a little in a glass Of water
rinse the mouth and brush the teeth.
The mouth is thoroughly deodoriAed,
the breath becomes pure and sweet
and a delightful sense of mouth clean
Illness replaces that dark brown to-
bacco taste.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics and Peroxide for all toilet
and hygienic uses and may be obtain,
ed at any drug store 25 and 500 box
or sent postpaid upon receipt OF price
by The Paxton Toilet Co. Boston,
Mass. Send for a free sample.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

more than 400 years old; and
not only are they in fourishing
condition, but they bid fair to bear
fruit for another century or two. The
Syrians have learned much about car
ing for trees from Europeans, Form
erly their olive trees were not expected
to produce fruit oftener than once in
three years, but with improved meth
DDS Of culture they now bear abun-
dantly each season. In ancient times
the olives were thrashed from the trees
with sticks, but now the Syrians pick
them by hand, thereby preserving their
trees and also improving the quality
Of the fruit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

car. He says he heard a tapping Of
wings behind him and saw his hen
flying up from the ground. She light
ed on his shoulder and just then he
dropped his nickel with which he was
going to pay his fare. The hen few
from his shoulder, picked up the coin
with her beak and flew back to him.
After she had seen him give the coin
to the conductor and had heard the
fare rung up, she flew away in the
direction of ner coop. And Grohan
heretofore has borne the reputation of
a truthful man.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

body which include the typhoid and
adrenolin glands and portion of the
pancreas. The juices secreted by this
gland, according to Chicago physi
clans, largely control the growth OF
the bones of the body. When the Sc.
cretion is plentiful the bones grow to
an abnormal size, but when it is com.
paratively small in quantity the
growth of the bones is retarded. When
the secretion is caused to flow freely
say physicians, rapid development OF
the bones is the result. Thus, when a
boy or girl is i'll for some time with
a fever, the diseased condition Of the
body causes the pituitary gland to be
come unusually active, with the result
that the sick person grows like a
weed"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
TO REGULATE HUMAN GROWTH
English Scientist Says Gland Located
in the Skull Controls Our
Stature and Weight.

Chicago.-Auyone who wishes to
regulate his natural altitude above sea
level needs only to have his pituitary
gland attended to. At least that is
what Prof. Arthur Keith Of London
says, and his statements have been
cop-oborated by a number of Chica'
gos foremost physicians. The pitui
tary gland is the first in Importance
Of the principal ductless glands of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09

about the farm very much like a bird.
but only rises about Ave feet from
the ground. Many times she is seen
on one of the larger limbs at the top
Of a tree. On several different occa.
5ions she has laid an egg in a small
box, which was put in the tree some
years ago by children who hoped that
birds might pre-empt It for their home
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
CRIMINAL NEGLECT
OF SKIN AND HAIR

Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so
much for poor compilations, red,
rough hands, and dry, thin and fall
ing hair, and cost so little that it is
almost criminal not to use them.
Think of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles-mental be.
cause Of fguration-physical be.
cause Of pain. Think Of the pleasure
Of a clear skin, soft white hands and
good hair These blessings are often
only a matter of a little thoughtful,
timely care, viz.:-warm baths with
Cuticura Soap, assisted when neces-
Eary by gentle anointings with Cuti.
cura Ointment, The latest Cuticura
book, an invaluable guide to skin and
hair health, will be mailed free, on
application to the Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Boston, Mass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
RECEIVER AS DARNING BALL

The Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company has purchased for an
aged woman a brand new darning ball.
For months complaints came in thick
and fast about the farmers lines being
dead on Fridays. Manager Garliner
sent to San Francisco for a gumshoe
man. He was out a day and then sent
back to San Francisco for the darning
ball. He had discovered that a
woman on the Ceres road had been in
the habit of taking the receiver off her
telephone every Friday morning and
all that day and the next using 1t
for a darning ball in meIding socks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
ROYAL BLUE AMAZON CLOTH
Effective Costume for the Street TO Be
Made Up In This Most
Popular Material.

Royal blue Amazon cloth is en-
ployed for this costume.
The skirt, which measures just over
two yards round, is trimmed at the
foot with a deep band of soft black
satin with narrower band above;
buttons trim side of wide band.
The smart little coat has the revers
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-06-09
HEN THAT NEVER WALKS

A man residing near Thomaston,
Conn, has a hen he claims is the only
one Of its kind in existence. In ap-
pearance she is very much like any
hen, but the owner claims he has
never seen her walk; instead she flies