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Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
SHOOTING AT sEAeIRT
Major Martin Did Good Work at 1000
 Yards

sEAGIRT, N. J., Sept. 7,-Major William E. Martin of New Jersey to- day won both the Meany and the Rem ington trophies in the shooting tour nament, fifteen shots, at 1000 yards. Out of a possible 75, Martin scored g. Er. J. R. Hicks of New York won the all corners revolver match, fifteen shots at fifty yards. Hicks scored 136.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
IIncle Pennywise Says

As soon as a woman gets six fami- lies to wash for she feels that she needs a husband to manage her in terests.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
Tae Flls eeTTER eoLFERs

SHORTHiLLS. \. J., Sept. " ale defeated Harvard in the intercoiieg- fate golf match today, 9 up-
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08
FOUGHT 10 A DRAW

NEW YORK. Sept. Tommy Mur- phy and Pat Moore fought ten fast rounds to a draw tonight.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

Don't miss the opening tonight of the Pabst Bar told Turf standl plen- ty of lunch and drinks for all. AZ.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
MAX SCH|EMANGK WAS TOO SMOOTH Unable to Keep Him In Ger
 man Prisons LIKE THE LADIES Posed As Count and Obtained Ad- mission to Some of the Most
 Exclusive Places in
 the Empire

Berlin. Sept. 2.-(Special)-Max Schle- mangk. an international swindler, who, as Count Marcel de Passy, and under other high sounding aliases, has won his way into society and through cash-boXes in most capitals of Europe, has for the second time slipped through the fingers of the German police in manner which reflects higly on his ingenuity and resourcefulness.
 Scheimangk, came from America some years ago. with a uniform somewhat resembling that worn by United States officers. With this uniform he obtained
 access into society, where he began hu- merous adventures with matrimonaiiy- inclined ladies, whom he is alleged 10 have largely defrauded.
 The last of his long series of impos- lures had as its object a rich estate with a magnificent castle, in the neighborhood of Heilbroun. He was arrested before he had been able to realize his plans and lodged in the jail of the town. One morning, however his cell was found empty. He had somehow, possessed
 himself of a file and cut through the
  a letter addressed to the public prose- cutor In it he begged that officials par don for all the trouble he had caused, and expressed regret that important busi- ness in another part Of the country, made it impossible for him to accept any longer the hospitality of the state
 But like so many of his kind. Schie- mangk is vulnerable through his heart, in spite of the, undeniable soundness
 of his head. His susceptibility to femi- nine charms drew him to SpreeWald, that marshy region where remnant or the slov domination still wears it's ancient tribal costume, speaks the Slav dialect of it's forefathers. and makes a comfor- table living by bunting tourists about on it's canals and supplying Berlin with
 nursemaids Here he threw himself with
 great gusto into the merrymakings of
 the peasants, and with turned-up shirt sleeves to nlatch the bare arms of the local damsels, he danced and drank, with the best of them.
 But he grew careless as to where he showed himself, and was identified at a ball by a municipal official, who had seen his photograph on the Illustrated
 warrant circulated by the police. So he
 was caught and carried back to Heil- bron. During the journey he told his
 warders that the authorities were merely
 wasting the public money in shutting
 him up again. as prison walls had not
 yet been made that were thick enough and strong enough to keep him in. This
 hin was not ignored. He was chained
 h1 the legs to the walls of one of the safest cells in the prison. and every night his clothes were removed. so that if he did manage to escape he could only do so in state of nakedness that would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Individual China

from the Smart Set.
 A shop here in town which I discoV the other day is intended, to my way of thinking, for the woman who wishes in- idividual china. Here they import the iplain white china in the most delicate and beautiful shapes I have even seen and decorate it to suit the customers ideas lroom, table decorations or anything the customer chooses And the best roint IS that although this work is done beautiful fly in gold and coors which are lasting and in patterns which are of unusual beauty
 to say the least, the charge is very leason- able
 For instance, a dinner set of fine French
 china. consisting of 100 pieces (an1 the customer may choose these to a certain Iextent--that is one does not have to buy useless covered dishes and soup turesn. but may substitute other pieces) with a delicate coin gold border and a gold inono-
 gram of any style, sells for $50: and when
 compare it with the sets usually sold
 at that price I only wonder why every
 body who has $50 to spend doesn't order
 this china. For there is nothing in better
 taste than simple fine gold-bordered china, and the Individuality of one's mon cgram adds greatly to it's beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
ALI SURPRISED AT DEMOCRATIC UNITY Standpat Republicans Feel ing Some Alarm SENATE SNUFF BOX Senator Frye Was Last of the Old School Who Used Boxes
 Supplied by the
 Senate
By RALPH VI. wHITEsIDE

Washington, September 2.-(Special1- With Congress out of the way Washing ton has settled down to period of mush- needed rest It will be only short rest, for the statesmen will begin to come in again in November, and after the first Monday in December things will be doing all the time.
 The democratic leaders will be out for record with which to go before the peo- ple next year and are determined hat it should be as complete as it is possible for them to make it.
 1'he solidity of the democratic majority in the House during the extra session has been q source of astonishment 10 both democrats and republicans. It was not believed that it would be possible to bold them together when the tariff was taken up, but their programme was put through without break. The fact that it was possible to get some of this legislature through the Senate has thor 1ughly alarmed the standpatters on the republi- can side.
 The fact that President Taft promptly and efficiently put the veto knife into such tariff measures as were passed gives the standpatters scant comfort for il ls feared that when Congress conserVes in regular session even more drastic tariff legislation will be put up to the Presi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Suppressing Grandmother
From Success Magazine.

| Happy in having placed the fathers rn- the promoters of the automatic baby was the formation of the Society for the St D. pression of Grandmothers." The grand mother is the greatest enemy of the ster- ilized, unrocked. unkissed, uncuddled baby. The adamantine stubbornness Of the gra ndmother is almost beyond belief She will kiss the childi Regardless of germs microbes. infusoria and jules, she Twill take the little cuddly thing ;n her arms, hug it up tight with cooing words and kiss 1t. Right on the mouth. too. | The members of the society had to be exceedingly firm with the grandmothers
 Mother" the member would say please do not kiss that child on the mo uth,"
 Very well. Very we'll" the grand mother would say, just a little huffed sBut am sure, my dear, I kissed you or Ithe mouth million times when you were 2 baby, and you seem none the worse for 1t
 l 'I prefer mother, not to have my EapA kissed on the mouth!
 | Alright, title babyi'' the grandmorhei would say, batting the baby on the cheek grandma can kiss the pretty ittle foot sies!"
 Please. please. mother,'' the member would say appealingy, please do not kiss lbaby on the foot! Baby might put hei foot in her mouth afterwards.
 "Wellin the grandmother would say pulling her shawl over her shoulders. anc arising with tears in her foolish old eyes 1T see this is no place for grandmothei' Good-by. baby, I am not wanted herel'
 Goodness Goodness.'' the lneinhei would explain as she washed out the ibaby's mouth with an antiseptic after ths gra ndmother had gone, Mother is so old fashioIl sd.i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
HOW LITTLE WORD
 KISS WAS EVOLVED

From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 The origin of common words is an in- teresting study for anyone curious to
 know why every vocal sound has it's own
 meaning. It is easy to understand that the word hawk" had its origin in the expression of an initiative vocable based
 on the actual screech of that bird. Then. too the idea of rock might be ex-
 pressed by a combination of sounds in tended in a crude way to reproduce the
 noise of a rock tumbing down hill or
 of a rock striking against the butt of a tree and so on indefinitely.
 All of this, and much more, is ex-
 plained by pr. Edward Sapir of the
 Canadian geological survey in the cur rent isue of the Popular Science Month . ly. 'In course of time." pr. Sapir says.
 ''as these initiative words by repeated use become more definitely fixed in pho
 netic form they would tend to take on more and more the character of the con- ventional sound symbols-that is of
 words, properly speaking.
 The exclamatory theory, as it's nane implies, would find the earliest form of speech in reflex cries of an emotional
 character.
 "A striking exampe is furnished by the history of the English that absolutely the same word, phonetcally speaking. may often, according to it's syntactic employ ment be construed as verb or as noun. Thus we not only love and kiss, but we also give our love or kiss. that is, the words love and kiss may be indifferently used to predicate or to denominate an ac- ltivity There are so many examples in
 English of the formal, though not sym Itaotic, identity of noun stem and verb | stem that it may well be said hat the English language is on the way to ne coale Cf purely analytic or isolating ,ype, more
 or less similar to that of Chinese. ''lf we examine the history of this truly | significant change of type in English. we :! shall find that 1t has been due at last
 analysis to the operation of merely pho ] netic laws. The original Anglo-Saxon | form of the infnitive of the verb kiss was cyssan. while the Anglo-Saxon form
 of the noun kiss was cyss. The forms | in early middle English times became | dulled to kissen and kiss. respectively 1 Finally unaccented m regularly dropped off so that the infinitely of the verb came | to be kisse. In Chaucer's day the verb
 and the noun were still kept apart as
 l5isse and kiss. respectively. later on as
 a final unaccented 'e' regularly dropped | off, kisse became kiss. so that there ceased 1 to be any formal difference between the verb and the noun. The history of the IAnglo-S Saxon verb lufian ''to love- tte
 noun. Mfu, "loVe,' has been quite para l. | Tel; the two finally became confused in
 a single form luv, modern slSngish, | love '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Why Actresses
 Never Grow Old
Theatrical World

Nothing concerning the profession seems more puzzling 10 the dear old public than the perpetual youth of our feminine members. How often we heal remarks like. Why l saw her as Juliet forty years ago and she doesn't lock a year older nowi' Of course allowance Is made for plake-un, but when they see us off the stage q close range they noed another explanation
 How strange women generally haven't learned the secret of keeping the face young How simple a mat ter to get an ounce of mercolized WaN at the drug store, apply 1t like cold cream and in the morning wash ii off We know how this gradually impef- cnntibly ahsorbs old cuticle keepina the complexion new and fresh, free from lines. saliowness of oYer-redness. w. know. too. that this mercolized wax is the reason actresses don't wear mott patches, liver spots. pimples and the like. Why don't our sisters on tho other side Of the footlights learn tho reason and profit by 1t?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Take q Peg

From the London Daily Chronicle.
 In the city of London in the time oi King John a special officer was appointed by the corporation to see that every vint- ner had hanging outside his shop an iron ve ssel with pegs marking the different quantities sold. And pegs were used fof convivial purposes, for the peg marked the amount of liquor which each of the party was to drink, and the unucky or greedy wight who did not drink 10 pegs" was fined a penny or sometimes pegs all round In some parts of the countrv principally the midlands and the north, A rough and ready reckoning of the nurr- ber of drinks indulged in during drink ing bout is made by unbuttoning the wastcoat, each button undone represent ing drink the most glorious topers being those who can unbutton and but ton up and go home sober.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

the reptiles head being completely smashed The bull had been bitten by the snake, but examination showed that it had not been poisoned, although inc anI- nal was suffering from fright.
 It is thought that the snake, which is IS feet long. forced it's way out nf it's house into the stock yard in which the Australian cattle are kept There the rep tile which weighed 55 pounds, probably fell foul of the bull. The bull, after being bitten. probably succeeded in tramplng on the snake or battering it with his head. The snake could not have possibly es- caped into the grounds, because of the high galvanized fencing which runs round the stocksyard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

A rather funny story of which Repre-
 sentative Gudger was the hero amused
 bis friends during the closing days of Congress.
 Mir Gudger was seen to go over to a certain colleague and boon companion of his from one of the southern states and gravely collect 70 cents
 (Which one was it?" inquired the con- gressman who paid peso.
 "Heyburn.'' replied MT. Gudger, with our friend from Iowa showing strong
 symptoms of busting right In grabbing
 the floor at any moment"
 Wal, I'll be doggonedi8 calculated his colleague. This makes the 18th time hand runnin that you've taken the money. Seven dollars and fifty cents to the bad, and only 1.25 'come-back' for me. If HeYburn or Cummins are not stricken dumb or this session of Congress doesn't [ adjourn pretty soon, I'll have to go back to the practice of law instead If sittin'
 around here maxim fool bets with av;lri- cious gents from North Carolina
 To fellow congressman who mad over heard the dialogue, and had seen the
 passage of money right on the floor of the House, Congressman Gudger explained it l all. He and his friend had agreed that if either went to the Senate and found either Heyburn or Cummins speaking Gudger won. If any other senator had the floor the North Carolinain lost. Mir Gudger re- marked: Maybe he has the long-end of the bet, ordinarily speaking but for two weeks I have been getting the money. These two senators certainly are some speakers. |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Alpha and Omega

From the Kansas City star
 Good earning power on the husbands s part and good saving power in the wife
 this goes long way towards making the home happy. The speaker. Senator Heyburn of Ida ho, smiled and added-the occasion was a l. silver wedding in Wallace. Tn a word, the husband should make the money first and then the wife should make it last"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
render his early re-capture practically

render his early re-capture practically certain.
 Nevertheless, all preparations were in vain. When the cell was visited it was found that the bird had flown. Con- federates from the outside had obtained access to an adjoining building, in course of construction. thence made their way into the prison courtyard, cut through the bars of the cell with a jim my, and severed with a hack-saw the letters that bound their comrades legs The great mystery of the whole affair is. how Schemangk established the com munication with his friends. which it it is declared must have been absolutely necessary to the success of the enter prise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03


 With the recent death of Senator William P. Frye of Maine, who was almost the last of the old guard of the Senate, there passed out of that body not only an able and honest public servant, but ,tlso the last member of the Upper House vho used the Senate snuff.
 I Few citizens of the United States know that there is Senate snuff and that snuff is regularly provided for the use of the members of that digniied body, and l that to cut off the supply 1t would well Inigh require an act of Congress | To the right and left of the vice presi- dents chair are placed in niches in the wall mother pearl and ebony boxes They are the Senate snuff boxes. They | have been there since the early days of the republic. when it was fashionable to take snuff, and it was the boast of an aspirant to social position that ne had taken snuff with this or that senator or cabinet officer
 | The senate at that time adopted a reg olution providing for the snuff boxes and also for the snuff. And the snuff boxes. have hardened into barnacles on the Sen | ate. They are there to stay unless some senator is able to get through resolu- tion doing away with them. | Imagine today the ponderous Jeff Davis Iof Arkansas taking snuff with nifty little Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania, and the sneezes which would follow the one time oourtly operation
 | When Senator Frye with his many years of public service and his old school rlan- ner occasionally approached the snuff boxes and took a pinch there was nothing about the proceeding that offended the dramatic uuities; but there is no one left how except, perhaps old Senator Cullom of Illinois, who could properly attempt t. And a good sneeze would sadly shake the venerable senator
 [ Former Representative E. J. Bowers of | Gulfport. Miss. the famous John Allen district in Congress. was in Washingto., the other day. He declares he has no further interest in politics, anu .Ioesn know anything about political conditions | in his state. He has retired from politics. he says, and has not even thought about | who might be candidate for President next year.
 | When l quit Congress last session I gave up politics." said AIr. Bowers. 'I don't know anything about political con ditons in Mississippi or the sentiment Of the Mississippi democrats towards the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
. Volunteer Cooks
rnm | innincott's Magazine.

TrOm IIpplHCUIt MdEdHIIIe
 Or camping trip of young persons two Of the girls volunteered to get breakfast the first morning while the rest of the party went off to find a spring. When the soarchers returned with the water they found nothing ready but the coffee. which. being in mperature-retaining bottles, re- quired no preparation S+
 "Where's the bacon?' asked one of tie men 'Didn the fire burn well enough?''
 'The fires all right said the would-be cook, but we'd like to know how you expected us to fry bacon without any lard" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

dent which he may feel impelled to per- init to become law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Bull and Snake in Battle

F rom the London Standard.
 A furious fight apparently took place during Tuesday night in the Wild Aus tralia'' enclosure at the Festival of Ern- pire, at the Crystal Palace. for yesterday morning one of the attendants found n va aIuahla narnat snake daad mar q bull.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

candidates for President, except that the names of Speaker Clark, Governor Wilson and Governor Harmon are about the only ones that have been mentioned in iny state. Whom the setate delegation from Mississippi to the national convention may favor I certainly am at loss to say
 About the only thing l have an opinion about in politics Is that the democratic party will win in the election next year if the members of the party play good roli- tics, and part of the playing, of course, will be in the naming of the candidate. do not think Bryan will have any strength as a candidate. He certainly could not in my opinion, hope to be nom- mated, much less to win in the election. What his influence may be in the naming of the democratic candidate of course re- mains to be seen.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03
Miss Minnie Walden At Louis Saks Store

Miss Walden will be pleased to have her many friends call on her here having connected herself with the Saks, Store after an absence of many months spent in Washington, D. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-03

Three-fourths of the voters of CanIda are in favor of ratifying the reciprocity trade agreement with the United States, if the opinions of the delegation of Can adians who were here recently are an in dex 10 the voting population of the domn- ion. The delegation was headed by Ferdi- hand J. Brousseau. mayor of Sault aux Recolets, village a few miles from Montreal The delegation is visiting the principal cities of the United States to In spect the public Improvements, especially
 waterworks and sewers.
 "Reciprocity?' Mir. Brosseau smiled.
 We shall know all about that in Septem- Der. There are some who favor it. and
 some who don't, and there may be a good deal to be said on both sides. We were discussing this question this afternoon my companions and myself. and three or us voted for reciprocity and the other
 against it. believe a large majority or voters in Canada want close commercial relations with the United States. We are lneighbors, only an ina ginary line sepa- rates us. and are the same kind of people. We ought to have reciprocity. believe Sir Wilfrid will win when it comes Ito a vote. but then, as I said, there is a good deal to be said on both sides and doubt not that there will be quite lot said in the campaign"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

It's the bargain time of the whole year
at Abbotts.
Blankets, 45x72, in gray, an excellent
value At Perry's on Saturday.
Guy L. johnson of Littleton, N. IL.
visited friends in the city yesterday
A. A. Lamorey Of Cliff street is ex,
pected home tonight, after passing a
few days in Boston on business.
Did you ever try Mentholette for
your cough If not, do so. They are the
best ever. Sc package at Davis drug
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gale of Bridge
port, Conn.,, returned home last night,
after weeks visit with relatives IN
the city.
A small lot of tray cloths, lunch
cloths and towels, balance of drummers'
samples, at one-halr price Henry w.
Knight, successor to yeale & Knight.
If ii is nice canary you wish to
give some friend for Christmas, you will
find nice singers, also females to raise
from, either singly or in pairs, at Mrs.
George r. G. Wheaton's. Tel. 396-ll.
Twenty-Five members of Vincitia
lodge, No. 10, X of p, went last night
to Bethel, where they assisted in the
institution of 3 new lodge. Local mem
beers of the K ?. minstrel show, held
recently, furnished entertainment after
the regular work of the evening was
completed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-30
TALK OF THE TOWN

Auction this evening, City Auction
Rooms.
Arthur Mailer of Troy, n. VI, is in
the city for few days on business.
William Park, vino has been passing
several months in Orleans and Toronto
Ont, has returned to his home in this
city.
Warren Cummings. who is employed in
Hendricks drug store, left to-day for
his home in Lancaster, N. H., to remain
over New Years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Wood, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. II.
Cutler of jefferson street, returned to
their home in Lowell, Mass, last even
ing.
Herman L. Douglas, former clerk in
the Moore 4 Owens store, and at the
present time engaged in business in
Malone, n. Y, is passing the holidays
with Mrs. Douglas in this city.