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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
GOOD PLACE GIVEN TO
 ALBERTVILLE MAN

Albertvflle, January 24.-(SpeciaL)- Capt. M. A. Espey of this place has been appointed one of the clerks in State Treasurer Purifoy's office. He is unusually fitted for the place. He fought through the war between the states and is an enthusiastic ConfedA crate Veteran, member of Camp Mill Ter of this place.
 T. B. McNaron of this place is travel ing for large fertilizer house.
 A number of millinery drummers have been here this week selling spring millinery to our merchants.
 Capt. John c. Coleman of this place captain of the Albertville Rifles of the state guard, has been appointed fcrtf- lizer inspector by Commissioner of Az riculture Kolb.
 The pipes are nearly all laid now fol Albertville's water works, and those managing it expect to have it in opera tion some time in February.
 Cotton Is still being brought in anc sold on the streets. Buyers from near by towns are here every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Dog Catcher Given Medal

New Orleans, January 24-The lowly dog catcher has at last come into his own. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has presented Frank McGinty, who claims the honor of being champion dog catcher of New Orleans, with gold medal for having caught more dogs and cats during 1910 than any of his associates. McGinty. although his name does not indicate 1t, is negro, and he is very proud of his medal, which is of crescent shape, with an open book engraved on the interior. His rec ord for the past year is 1175 dogs and 560 cats September, during which he cap tured 175 dogs and 39 cats, was his ban ner month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
mAPIRO TO SPEAK
Vnder Auspices of B'Nsi BRith Sunday
 Afternoon at 3:3O

0nAero Shapiro, the well-known young attorney, will deliver lecture at the Synagogue K'Nesseth Israel, corner Sew enth avenue and Seventeenth streets, Sunday afternoon at 3So o'clock. The lecture will be under the auspices of the order of B'Nai B Rith. The members of the local lodge, as well as the general public, are urged to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
FREE SAMPLE CURED OLD
 PERSONS BOWEL TROUBLE E

Pepsin several times week unt1l the syjtsp has settled to its future condition. Sft
 Among the strongest supporters of Dr. c.ld~eli.s Syrup Pspsin are MT. W. Q. zom of New sns-atuts Ala. and Mr. George s. spsuldins Of the NstioRsl soldIers' Home. Kansas. both sldwls hs4 ia Enc regular size bottles be uoushssef sny dtls3st at fifty cents and dollar but aTfrss sample bottle can bs had by sending your addrsss to ths doctor.
 Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the purchase of his remedy ends his obligation He has spesislised h sto,nach liver and bowel diseases for oyer forty and viii be pleased to give the reader auy adyies on ahe subject free of charge All are welcome so write him Whether for u,s medical advice or the free sample address him Dr. Y. l.. Caldwell. sal csidwsil building. Lonticsl!o. IL Fl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Box Car Thief Caught

Henry Friend, a negro man, was ar yosted on q charge of burglary and grand larceny last night by Detectives Ray, TulIy and Borreas. It is charged that the negro has been robbing cars on the Att lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. Considerable stolen property was recov- cred by the detectives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Points.

Referee, J. K. Miles.
 Between halves MT. Anderson and his class put on a very interesting exhibf- ton on the horiziontal bars.
 The B. A. c. team will begin practice again Wednesday night, as they will be pitted Thursday night against Missis- sippi. This will also be a good game, and with four straight victories to their credit they are going after everything in sight. On Saturday night the team will take to the road, playing in Atlanta Saturday night.
 Reserved tickets for the game Thurs day night go on sale this morning, and it is expected that there will be another cord-breaking crowd on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Ne,xs af Bay Minette

Bay Minette, January 24.-(Special) A postoffice inspector was in town yes- terday looking over the condition of the local postoffice. He found the books in good order and reports that the business of the office is increasing very nicely. and noted a large advance in the sale of stamps and cancellations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Will Have to Finish sentence

Leonard Ellis white man, wanted by
 the city authorities to serve out a sen tence, was arrested in Woodlawn last night and brought to the city jail. It was also found that he was wanted in Walker county and he will be taken there when he has served his sentence for the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Big Coal Land Purchase Made

Knoxville, Tenn, January 24.-The Rock Springs Coal company, headed by R. E. Miller of Atlanta, Ga., has purchased 700 acres of coal land near Jellico, Tenn, and will operate it at once. The company is capitalized at S150,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Arrested for Grand Larceny

J. w. Hearden, white man, was ar rested last night by Officer Carroll on a charge of grand larceny. It is charged that the man stole considerable sum of money from another man who had him arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25
Reward for Return of Purse

Officer Harry Goldstein has lost a purse containing $30 in money, and bundle or very valuable papers. The notice has 1 been posted on the bulletin and reward
 | of s10 offered for the return of the purse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-25

the score F to 10. In the second half both teams went in to do their "darndest" ard prettier. harder basketball has sell dom been seen. The lineup and score is as follows:
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
Ry e1FFoRp PINcHor0

The object of forestry is to discover and apply the principles according to which forests are best managed It is distinct from arboriculture. which deals with individual trees.
 Forestry has to do with single trees only as they stand together on some large area whose principal crop is trees, and which therefore forms part of a forest The forest is the most highly organized portion of the vegetable world. It takes it's i'm portance less from the individual trees which help to form it than from the qualities which belong to it as a whole.
 Although 1t is composed of trees. the forest is far more than a collec- tion of trees standing in one place. It has a population of animals and plants peculiar to itself, a soil largely of its own making, and a climate diff ferent in many ways from that of the open country. Its influence upon the streams alone makes farming possible in many regions, and everywhere it tends to prevent floods and droughts. It supplies fuel, one of the first nee essaries of life, and lumber, the raw material, without which cities. rail roads, and all the great achievements of material progress would have been either long delayed or wholly impos- sible.
 The forest is as beautiful as it is useful The old fairy tales which spoke of it as a terrible place are wrong. No one can really know the forest without feeling the gentle in- huence of one of the kindliest ad strongest parts of nature. From every point of view it is one of the most helpful friends of man. Perhaps no, other natural agent has done so much for the human race and has been so recklessly used and so little under stood.
 One of the points of deepest inter- est to the forester is the reproductive power of his trees. Except in the case of sprouts and other growth fed by old roots, this depends first of all on the quantity of the seed which each tree bears; but so many other considerations affect the result that a
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
FISH ROPES" MAN
BOSTON INHALER COMES TO
 PORT WITH WEIRD TALE.
Relates How an Enraeed Dolphin Dragged Him Through the Wa ter, After Pulling Him
 Of His Boat.

Boston, Mass.-John Haywood, able seaman and fisherman aboard the schooner Massasoit, which reached T wharf the other day, declared that he had undergone the very worst ex- perience at sea with which he had ever met in all his years before the mast, or that he had ever heard of. He was dragged through the sea at furious rate of speed by an enraged dolphin, narrowly escaping death at the tail of the monster.
 In relating this very unusual ad- venture of the deep, Haywood said:
 We had been out a matter of two weeks or more, had some fifteen swordflsh under the decks, and I was standing with the lily iron in the pull pit waiting for a chance at sword fish.
 The whole cruise was sort of funny one from my way of sighting 1t. You see, the water ought to be pretty cold on the banks. but, sink me if it was not warm enough clear to the Bay of Fundy from Georges Banks to douse an infant in. and we were out only a matter of day or so. or more. when we sighted a great school of flying fish.
 Those bird fish are some scarce in these waters, and never saw them so crazy-like. Why. sink me if they wouldn't even skim over the very poop. sometimes alighting on the quarter to wink at the skipper. and then flip into the water with sort of chuckle
 Ever hear a flying fish chuckle? No? We'll, it's some chuckle, sort of exasperating-like, and 1 once advised the skipper to spread few sheets of fly paper over the deck so as to trap a few. The skipper, he allowed as the scheme was a right smart one. only the lack of fly paper spoiled It.
 Anyway, I was there in the pulpit with the lily iron getting heavy in my hand when I sighted what looked like a big swordfish.
 'T signaled astern, and as we came closer I let fly with the iron and caught the beast fair It was no swordf1sh, though, worse luck; it was one of the dolphins that had played about the bows like puppy dogs for whole day or more, and when I was letting out the line from the iron to the keg buoy which we drop with it. the line went so fast it caught me amidships about three fathoms abaft the critters tail, and away I went. clean out of the pulpit.
 We must have gone a mile at least, and by the time the dolphin be- gan to get tired had brought up the keg and was hanging onto it for dear life with a load of sea water under my bulwarks- I was near dead when the schooner reached me and discov- cred that we had made that mile in just about 31-knot time. The fish had to be ironed again before 1t could be taken"
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
ASKS FOR A coURTsHIP ROOM
Pastor Would Establish Place for Boys to Woo and Girls to
 Be Wooed.

Hoboken, N. J.-The Rev. Joseph D. Peters, pastor of the First Reformed church of this place. suggests that a large public room be established and put in charge of a matron, so young persons may make love in it. In the pastors opinion, most of the young men and women in big city have no suitable place in which to woo and be wooed, and if such a place Is provid- ed, with restrictions. he is of the opin- ion the number of divorces will be lessened to a great degree.
 "The need of a proper place for courtship," said the pastor. has been responsible for many disastrous mar riages, I believe, and if such a place would be provided, in charge of a matron who would be sympathizer with heart affairs of the young. 1t would do wonders toward shaping courtship to a glorious end.
 There are so many young persons who have no place in which to make love. Many wooers and wooed never learn to know each other as they should before matrimony. Many think fascination is love because they have not had a sufficient opportunity to un- derstand what real love is."
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
AN OLD CRIME IS REVEALED
Bones of Long-Buried Woman Found Beneath the Brick Floor of
 House.

Elkton, Md.-Bones of a woman. with several faded bits of red silk. two remnants of what were once side combs and a gold-plated pin. appar- ently evidence of a murder which probably never will be unraveled, were unearthed from beneath the brick flooring in the kitchen of the Thompson property at Centerville Landing, by William J. Ellers, car penter, who was removing the bricks preparatory to laying a wooden floor.
 When the bricks were removed FL lers noticed a black subsoil. Digging down he unearthed decayed pieces of wood and old handmade nails. then pieces of bones began to make their appearance. The condition of the bones indicated that they had been buried half century or more. but the eldest residents of the locality can re- call no mysterious disappearance of a woman
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
rhrse Good soIIIna Crops.

Any dairy farmer can have at least three good soiling crops in succession for his COWS. These are rye. oats, and early maturing corn, maturing in the order given. Early planted early maturing corn may be followed by later planted corn. thus supplying green feed from the time rye will do to use in May till the corn is killed by frost in the fall By growing few acres of soiling crops. there is no dan ger of decreased flow of milk from short pastures In fact. where these are fed the cows will eat less of the pasture grass so that 1t will not be- come short.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
BEST PRODUCING DAIRY COW
Farmer Should Select Animal Giving Most MIIk-HoIstelns, Jerseys
 and Guernseys Popular.

The impartial and most authentic records seem to show that the Hol- steins produce milk more cheaply than the others, and that Jerseys and Guernseys produce butter at less cost for feed; but 1t is within the observa- ton of almost every practical dairy man that the most profitable COWS in almost any breed are Infinitely better than the poorest in other breeds.
 It is our opinion based on long ex- perience in the dairy business that there Is quite as much room for choice within any breed as there is between breeds, and hence. that it is not enough to adopt a particular breed, says a writer in the Baltimore Ameri- can. An authority says: Be sure to have animals of a distinctive dairy form and temperament. see that they have the in-curving thigh. the high arching flank, the rising pelvic arch. the clear eye and general makeup that denotes high courage and endur- ance. The dairy COW should be deep through the flank. with square udder running well forward under the stom-
  with teats good length and squarely placed. In the flank just above the udder IS what is known as the milk gland. which is easily found in every good COW.
 The real test. however. is the quan- tity and quality of milk she will give in a year; hence if you would know your COWS, better test them and know for a certainty which are paying profit and which are being kept at loss. Weigh and test the milk of each COW. Practical dairymen weigh the milk of each COW daily and keep a record of her yield. The foundation of a dairy herd is the sire. Select one that has been bred with reference to milk production. Such have power to transmit their characteristics to their offspring with almost increasing cer- tainty.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
CYCLONE GIVES WOMAN RIDE
Interrupted Washing In South Da- kota Shack and Demolished
 the Building.

Rapid City, s. D.-While washing dishes in her homestead shack near Oakton. village near here. Mrs. George Summer was picked up with the building by a sudden funnel shaped cloud and carried 700 feet in the structure.
 The cyclone, which came out of an almost clear sky. completely wrecked the building when 1t deposited it upon the ground, but the woman, aside from a few minor injuries. was not harmed.
 At the end of the air journey Mrs. Summer tainted. Neighbors who saw the incident from distant points say the building was shattered against a cliff and reduced to kindling wood.
 The cloud touched no other dwelling in that locality and there was no indi- cation of storm except in the precise spot hit The shack is said to have been carried 50 feet in the air.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
PROPER FOOD FOR THE DUCKS
Correct Selection Is Extremely Inn portant to Secure Rapid Growth
 Pure Water Is Essential.

The food of the duck is both vege- table and animal in nature. In the wild state the duck gets its food from the brooks and marshes. This con sists of small fish. water insects, etc. When the birds are raised in confine- ment this diet must in a measure be initiated to get the most satisfactory results. The duck has no crop. Its food passes directly from the throat to the gizzard As a consequence the food must be in a soft, mushy state. Too much hard food, such as grain does not agree with ducks, which cannot be made to thrive when so fed While some raisers use small allowance of grain, others do not, and it has not ebeen proved to be of any advantage to feed grain. Soft food is the natural diet. It may be imi- tated with grasses. vegetables and animal food.
 The proper selection of food is ex- tremely important to secure the rapid growth of the duck and the ingre- dients must be such as will form well-balanced and substantial ration. As a whole it may be said that the rations used by the largest duck rais- CTS are essentially the same. differing only in proportions used in mixing. Investigation shows the real value of food to be the same for producing rapid growth and early development The ducklings grow twice as rapidly and are much heavier eaters than the ducks. and to produce best results the food must be such as may be easily assimilated.
 Pure water Is of the greatest i'm portance for ducklings. It is often a good p.an to give water before feeding. Let the ducklings find water fountains as soon as they are placed in the brooder. Water to drink should be kept before the little birds all the time. as they will drink and waste good deal. It Is absolutely necessary to their digestion that they have wa ter close at hand. Unless ducklings have an opportunity to rinse their bills and nostrils thoroughly and frequently they may suffer from having these openings clogged.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
KEEPING FENCES IN REPAIR
It Will Keep the Live Stock Out and May Be Used as Support for
 Some Ornamental Vine.

The garden fence may well serve two distinct purposes. It may keep out stock and support useful ornamental vines. The winter Is a good time to plan the boundaries of the new gar den, secure the fencing material, and do the work.
 The fence for the garden should not only be high and tight, sufficient to turn poultry and other small animals. but strong enough to turn hogs, cattle. and all other large farm animals. Poul- try netting is largely used for the pur- pose and serves it well when nothing but poultry is to be turned. But pouI- try netting Is very frail fencing ma terial and when 1t is once mashed down or gotten out of shape in any way 1t is difficult to mend and be- comes practically worthless, says a writer in an exchange. Once the hogs start to get under or the COW to get over it you might as well throw it away, for mosquito netting would af- ford just as much protection to the garden.
 There are several makes of heavy but chicken and pig tight stock fences. with No. wire at the top and bot tom. These heavy fences are not much more expensive than poultry netting, will last much longer, and are much more efficient in every way.
 By the use of heavy grade woven wire fencing and strong, well set, and well braced posts ten to fifteen feet apart the garden fence may serve as a support for grape vines. climbing beans, other ustSa1l fruits and vegeta- bles, and a whole list of ornamental towering plans. By planting these useful or ornamental vines along the garden fence they are out of the way of other l.l-ntings, thes- support re quires no extra material, and they form a pretty frame to the garden pie ture.
 In our garden we allow the garden fence to support grapevines, butter beans and lima beans. ornamental gourds, wild grapes. morning glories. and sweet psas. One year the entire fence was covered with sweet peas, and what . beautiful sight they were from July till frost. No better perma- nent ornamental vine can be had for the garden fence than the wild grape vine. It seems to be exactly at home on wire fence. The young vine will run from the ground to the top wire of the fence. and there branch into two divisions, one following to the right and the other to the left along the top wire. The vine is light and graceful. the foliage Is bright, attrac- tive, and refreshing, and the whole plant from early summer till very late in the fall possesses charm, individu- ality, and grace that few cultivated plants possess. The blossom of the wild grape has the sweetest and most enchanting odor of any flower that blooms. To smell 1t in its natural haunts of the thicket and wood in May or June, to the nature lover makes life almost complete. To smell it in ones garden or grove makes him feel that the best of nature Is near at hand.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
TO FERTTLIZE
 YOUNG PLANTS
LiqI1id Manure, Usually Wasted, Contains All Elements Of Commercial Fer
 tA1azer.
Ry w. MILTON KELLYO


 We frequently read or hear of the relative merits of liquid and solid manures discussed. Some make the assertion that liquid manure Is the best and base their claims upon the fact that 1t promotes more rapid growth to plants when young than the solid manure.
 On the other hand it is claimed by a number of excellent authorities that the solid manure is the best on ac- count of its lasting benefits by supply ing humus, or partially decomposed vegetable matter, to the soil, which increase the capacity of conserving moisture and also improves the tex ture.
 We believe that the best and most satisfactory results are made when both liquids and solids are used in the same relative proportions as when made.
 According to our best informed men in soil culture and fertilizers, liquid manure contains approximately the same amount of fertilizing ma terial as the solid, but the fertilizing elements present in the liquid portion are in condition to render them i'm mediately ready for the growing plants.
 The liquid portion of manure which Is usually lost, or rather wasted, through imperfect. methods of hand ling and saving, contains the same expensive fertilizing elements that
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-01
MANY BENEFITS ARE DERIVED
 FROM MUCH ABUSED FOREST
From Point of View One of Friends - Upon Makes Farming Possible In Many Re-
 Sions-Other Advantages.

tree which bears seed abundantly may not reproduce itself very well. A part of the seed Is always unsound, and sometimes much the larger part. But even a great abundance of sound seed does not always insure good re- production. The seeds may not find the right surroundings for successful germination, or the infant trees may perish for want of water, light, or suitable soil. Where there is a thick layer of dry leaves or needles on the ground, seedlings often perish in great numbers because their delicate root lets cannot reach the fertile soil be- meath. The same thing happens when
 there is no humus at all and the sur face Is hard and dry. The weight or the seed also has powerful influence