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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Cameraderie

From the New York Tribune.
 Mayor Goetz of South Bend was dis cussing the sudden political cameraderie of two erstwhie hostile camps
 '.There is something weired about it, ' he said: "something ghastly and unreal. Tn fact, it reminds me of the insane asylum inmates
 What brings vol here?' an old in- mate asked of a newcomer one morning at breakfast
 "Fits,' was the reply: I take fits
 Why, so do I" cried the other lunatic, delightedly Come on out and we'll have one together!
 And in strange. weired cameraderie the two men hurried forth into the gar den''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
THE ADVENTURES OF BOBB,
 ORDE."

By Stewart Edward White. Illustrations
 by Worth Brehm. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York.
 Little 9-year-old Bobby Orde is not a
 type-but he is in class all to himself. He is not the book" boy we are wont
 to read about-smart and fresh and mis-
 chievous-but just an absorbed little fell
 low in his own affairs-not especially seeking to bo admired or accounted for,
 but just a boy who is having gloriously good time in a little saw mill town. with
 a printing press. Flobert rife. hunting
 and fishing with Mfr Kincaid." MT. White certainly knows how to write about "boys"-at least about this one Bobby Orde-and he infests the youngster with so much originality and so much irresistible charm that it would be dlffi- c'lt for even the most hardened to read
 about his adventures. without feeling very close to the little fellow and very
 much his debtor for an hours clever
 reading concerning him.
 "FLOWER OF THE NORTH" "A MODERN ROMANCE" By James
 Oliver Curwood Harper Brothers New York.
 An intriguing plot. with remarkable vlgor and directness of narrative style. are found in James Oliver Curwood' B
 story of the Hudson Bay country. Flow CT of the North" just published by the Harpers.
 MT, Curwood knows the scene of his story well. He has travelled and hunted biz game in the far north, and he is the only American ever employed by the Can adian government as an explorator and descriptive writer. Having the faculty of
 romantic imagination and gift of lucid
 energetic expression, he is able to con-
 bine the interest of strange story with
 &t, f.A and .f x,-s1l ,,t.,
 trresuue country. The hero of Flower of the North Is young American, Philip Whittemore, who goes to Hudson Bay to manage the field work of great com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
''TRUNK-ITIS"

"Trunk-itis," unlik e the hookworm, is 8 mental, rather than a physical malady. "Trunk-itis" is believing you can't get a good trunk any where excepting in maybe New York. The malady is prevalent among and afflicts 8 class of people who do not think and investigate. To do even the latter will cure the fal- lacy, for investigation will show that in Birmingham the best and highest grade trunks are made. Naturally, from maker direct to user, ' makes them cost less, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

pnched them. But that was no credit to either Runyan CT us. When you are 10. things easily turn into flesh and blood It doesn't matter much whether books are
 Illustrated or not. After you have shut them up once you can hardly remember whether the pictures were on the page or in NOur head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

dent of his own company, who has con- spired against him during his absence, is forced to capitulate. MT. Curwood has written a stirring and ingenious story in Flower of the North,' full of suspense and touched with a truly romantic spirit. OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. (RE-
 VIEWS LATER.)
 THE METHOD OF RACE REGEN- ERATION." By c. w. Salbeeby, NJ. D., F. R. S. E. Monat, Yard & Company, New York.
 THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS AND OTHER STORIES By Arnold Bennett. George II. Doran Com pany, New York.
 TN QUEST OF GoLD.e By Charles E. Knowles. Illustrated by Howard Ne smith, The John Lane Company, New York
 LEE. THE AMERICAN" By Gam aliel Bradford, Jr Houghton. Mifflin & Company, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Vi T@hEBO0K SHELF
By THE BIBLIoPHILE

nccted with the literary, social and po- litical interests of America during the past century and 1t contains a fund of information regarding these matters, which it's author presents in q most de- lightfully clever and vivacious manner calculated to interest any reader, however young or old
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
Desperate

From the Houston Post.
 You say she was desperate?'
 That Is putting it mildly"
 What did she do?"
 They were looking at some photo graphs of some ancient castles, and jus to be saving something he said: I jus love an old ruinl' and she got a straugl hold and yield, Oh, Harry. this is s sudden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

est. Our prices are LEoO because of our FACTORY. When 1Oe sell you trurak ,Ue make the usual factory profit (a,1d are satisfied ,uith that) 1ue do not need to make the usual retail profit-but the other stores have Go because that's the only profit they make. That clearly explains aohy Ue are able to saue you generally $500 on c trunk k-oft times $500.
 Being n1a1sufacturers ''aUe k71olU trunks" better than all merchants lUho 1aaue to ''buy then, on looks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

of it's load, rises, the weight arm aga actuates 9 controlling device, which clos, the discharge gate. starts the motor ar the operation is repeated. A register ( the hopper records the number of tim, theh OpDer operates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
THE FoRGER 1couPoN',

THE FORGER COUPON
 AND OTHER STORIES" By Leo Tol- stoy Edited by pr. Hasberg Wright.
 Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. ''The Forged Coupon and several other
 stories make up a volume from the pen of Count Leo Tolstoy the great Russian
 writer and is alive with a series of hor- rble happenings concerning Russian life, that actually make the blood congeal Tn ones veins, so dreadful and so dastardly
 are they in cause and effect
 It seems impossible to the ordinary
 mind, even with so many horrors taking place at our very doors every day, that such outrages could possibly take place in Russia or anywhere else. and yet such must be the case else the stories would
 ne.e" hn--o heen told.
 A school boy, young In years and ex- perienee furnishes the nucleus for se- ries of crimes that follow in logical se- quence upon criminal action of his when his father in an irritable and ungovern- able fit of anger refuses to furnish him monev. forges note in order to get the
 amount he needs.
 From this petty forgery there starts a series of crimes which embrace every sin
 in the category, before prison teacher, a convict shut up for some unorthodox shade of piety. converts the vilest crim- inal of the lot-a man who has murdered
 women in cold blood often by knocking
 them in the head with an ax, or merely
 cutting their throats.
 Then comes about a repentance-the murderer becoming a reformed man,
 doing good deeds and redeeming himself
 from the original forgery that started all the train of villainy.
 Naturally one wonders if one little crime can and does lead to such succession of things as are depicted in "The Forged
 Coupon,' just as one wonders if redemp-
 tions and converted sinners ever turn out to be the splendid men they are pictured, but at any rate the story is told in a most dramatic and harrassng manner. and if anybody could bring about conviction it would be the pen of Tolstoy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
or Of our cltston1eTs dpfy expressed 1t 7lOS stores have to bay them suspicion.

A S1250 Trunk for $10-made of three ply veneer, canvas covered, fibre bound, double sole leather straps, cloth lined brass fittings reinforced but light weight top tray, also sec ond tray
 A S5 Trunk for S3 350-Better made than us- ual S5 trunks fibre bound, substantial fit< tings, good size (28 inches).
 In suit cases, s5 bill buys an extra strong, genuine cowhide case, strapped all around; has a shirt compartment Got S7.5O look and will out live the ordinary 7.50 case.
 Feather weight Mating and Cane Club Bags, 50c to S750.
 Ladies "Over Night" Bags, completely fitted, .$750.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

Trunks From Factory to Users Is WhJ
 ve sell trunks less than 1Oho haUe pay thd jobber and n1a1ufacturer e profit.
 Trunks are not trust con;aodity-a anybody sell trks-the store that buys the cheapest sells the cheap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

"YAGABOND JOURNEYS" THE HUMAN COMEDY AT HOME
 AND ABROAD" By Percival Pollard.
 The Neale Publishing Company. New
 York.
 Nothing more pathetic could be i'm agined than the appearance of 8 clever book like MT. Percival Pollard's ''Yaga- bond Journeys" on the very day of the funeral of the author.
 One recalls "Everywoman,' and it's presentation in New York on the day of the death of it's author. MT. Walter Brown. a sad fate for one to encounter.
 With the publication of "Vagabond Journeys MT Pollard added another tri- umphant leaf in his life's history, which while unknown to him, made his readers cognizant of the fact that they are the benefciaries of a very delightful and charming account of travel abroad, that is told in a most unusual way-in a most unique manner.
 In the short Preface" to his book. MT. Pollard writes:
 "Distinction no longer adheres either to the art of travel or that of letters.
 But we rather disa gree with him in that his own "Vagabond Journeys are full of distinction from literary standpoint, as well as that of travel. We start out With the author tO eN- plore some places in Europe, as many another traveller had done, but not in the customary guide book"
 We make a slow journey, bound for the Mediterranean, and In the voyage we have time and a plenty to observe our fellow travellers.
 Mr Pollards discerning eye discovers for us all the "bores' and pests and queer people that go toward making up the human cargo'
 l He mixes with them-spars with them conversationally, even if at times they ex- asperate him-and yet withal he finds something interesting about them. :, As we journey forward on the vaga- bond route we head for Florence, where the author discourses fuently upon the restoration of art and all of it's accom- paniments.
 1 In Munich, which MT. Pollard calls "a city of arts ana artists" he gives us an l exhilarating time and after tarrying a | while at a German "cure," which gives the author an opportunity to recall other ''crres he has known" we move on to Paris Berlin and London.
 The chapters relating to these cities are by far the most interesting in the entire book, and the anecdotes and descriptions are very cleverly managed and well told in every particular. The concluding chapter of "Vagabond Journeys" is entitled Europe Comes to America" and is very clever. showing us how we are regarded through Flu ropean eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05
How Do You Size Up as a Man?

ITO MY HEAUERi
 Have you heard of the wonderful new slrugless method for the self-restoration of lost strenGths Use the free coupon and get fall and explicit information, sealed, In pl:.in envelope, by return mail. Over 12,00O men wrote to me privately for this free in- formation during last month. Everything you need to know about this new self-re- storation method Is contained in my little pocket-sizc S6 page illustrated book, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-05

-Sixty to e0 days ls sufficient 10 bniId up youF nerves and body. so thai you will probably looS better and feel better than you have ever looked or felt before. Your friends will soon commence to secretly marvel at the change in your ap- nesrancs while you VIII unconseiously answer Never felt better in my life" to their greetings
 As yeur system ahsorbs the new, strength rheumatism. kidney. liver and stomach troubles disappear.
 Please write call today
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
hl. Tribute to His Wife.

The following obituary notice was published in a German paper:
 To-day red, tomorrow dead. So 1t was with my wife, who only seven days ago was springing over bench and table, and was buried yesterday. During her life she was a live wo- man, who did not easily mistake an x for n U. For that reason every body can tell the extent of my sorrow; so young and so merry, and now Buried. What is human life? I have said to myself repeatedly within the past few days, and also yesterday in the church yard when paid the sex ton, who will also keep the grave mound in order. So cheerful wife shall certainly never, never find again, and therefore my sorrow is a righteous one. wish that heaven preserves any man from a similar sad fate, and thanks'for the flowers, as we'll as the Herr Cantor, the music master of the choir, for the grave hymn, which went through and through me, but was very we'll sung. Alderman, Master Lock smith"
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Not the Silent Pnrtnar-

"I want to telegraph $25 to Chica- go," said a man to the clerk in a Bos- ton telegraph office recently.
 'The name, please" asked the re- ceiving teller, a good looking young woman behind the counter, whose age might have been twenty-five.
 Its for Mrs. Mary K. Brown, 175 - avenue" answered the man.
 "Your name, too, please" again ques- toned the young woman.
 My name is Henry Brown; I'm the other half of the firm," answered the man.
 "The money goes to the silent part. ner, eh?" good naturedly remarked the young woman.
 Not on your life she isn'tP' answer ed the man. Nothing silent about her. She's made more noise for the last two weeks for this $25 than you can imag- inc. She's the noisy partner of the firm, and she makes good with the title too."-Boston Traveller.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
The Teazel.

Those who have never seen q teazcl can imagine n fir cone or swamp cat tail'' set all over with little stir hooks. It is the bur Cor tasscl or flower hcac or thistle topD of the plant dipsacus. However familiar to people who live in lands where the teazel k extensively grown, the fact may be that the prick ly heads of that plant are universally used to raise the nap on cloth. A null titude of persons in this country prob ably never heard of it and would be HSLOniShed to learn in what enormous quantities the plant Is cultivated. In France alone many thousands of acres of land are exclusively devoted to the cultivation of the teazel. French man. dfacturers use enormous numbers Of the prickly heads, and from France there are exported many millions of them. They are also raised in Austria England, Belgium. Poland and the Cri- mea. The prickles of the teaZel have a small knob at the end, and this, mount cd on an elastic stem and set with great precision on the central spindle. affords q little brush such as the ut most mechanical skill has never been able to rival, at all events at the same Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Black and White.

For many years large department store has spent thousands of dollars on placards with which almost every arti- cle of merchandise is ticketed through out the store, and only within q short time did they realize the amount of money that was wasted in using the white cardboard with black lettering These white cards soon become soiled and shop worn if allowed to remain in place any length of time. The cards which are handled by customers in bins, trays. etc, are even more so. By substituting the black cardboard with white lettering this store has overcome this difficulty to a very great extent The show cards are always clean, fresh and bright looking and they last many times as long. saving the firm several hundred dollars in the course of a year.-Business.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
The Giraffe anIt Eaada.

The singular shape of the giraffe is adapted to its habits of life. It feeds on the young branches and top shoots of the trees, and its long fore legs and neck enable 1t to browse at q far great CT height than any other animal, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. In feeding it stretches up It's neck and with it's long prehensile tongue, which it can protrude to surprising distance, hooks down the tender shoots and leaves into it's mouth. But the crea- ture's peculiar form, though enabling it to feed on what it likes best is sometimes the cause of its destruction. The fore legs are SO long that to reach the ground it has to stretch them wide apart and bend down it's neck in n semicircle, and while drinking in this defenseless attitude the lion or leopard springs upon it and overpowers it be- fore it can recover itself.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
anlintarn In the Elnasra.

When you get splinter in your hn- ger it Is sometimes possible to get at it by pressing the point of needle un- der it, but unless you have delft fin- gers or a pair of tweezers you may not be able to pull 1t out even then. A new pen nib Is a very good substitute for a pair of tweezers. Lay the nib over the splinter so as to hide it. Then press down hard enough to separate the nibs. If you now let the pen down level with the splinter and allow the nibs to close again they will take hold, and you can draw the splinter out. Remember that any metal thing that is to be applied to a wound, such as a needle, penknife or pen, should be passed lightly through flame first, so as to disinfect it. A gas jet or a match will do.-New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
ON TO WASHINGTON
(Continued from First Page.)

dist church and heard a good sermon from text from part of the 4th verse of the 9th chapter of the first Epistle Gen. eral of John.
 The 15 and 16 nothing of note. The 17th, Companies F ar K left for Burks. vile at 8. m., and marched to Sand River church and halted about II D. m, for the night. The 18th we started at a. m. for Burksville, reaching there at p. m. The balance of our regiment, preceding our FarmviIle contingent, left this evening for Richmond. via rail road, but Companies F, G and K remain ed at Burksville until the evening of May 22, when we took train on the Richmond & Danville Railroad arriving at Manchester, opposite Richmond, at sunrise. Went into camp with regiment in sight of Richmond had a chance to cross the James River into Richmond 1; visited Libby prison and Belle Isle-a hard looking city: the lower part had been burnt. A chance to see some of the defences of Richmond and miugle with tho Johnnies, for the city was we'll filed with them. but they were dependent on the United States now for food. as N ell as we, and were, as a rule, jolly go 'd set and glad the war was ended.
 In my next we begin our overland march Tor Washington.
 TTo ha routinuad
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Tea Testers In Formosa.

In the Formosan tea trade the most important man Is the cha si. or taster He inspects and tests samples of all teas offered to his firm, and his judg- ment determines the price to be paid. In a room admitting light only from the north the cha .si does his work. He first examines the leaf, then its fusion In hot water and lastly It's odor and taste, Practically all the faculties are exercised in making this test. It requires the services of an expert. and the tea tester receives a good salary, though relatively not so large as ob- taining twenty years ago. A tea tester never uses any perfume which would destroy the tea odor. He must not allow the acuteness of his taste to be- come dull. He never drinks domestic tea. Constant tea testing, 1t Is said. will injure the health. In Formosa the tea testers are Americans or English men.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
An Economical Mother.

Small Katherine, who had been for bidden to touch the ink bottle, had ac- cidentally spilled its contents not only all over her mothers desk, but on the rug. Her mother, on discovering the state of affairs, had expressed more surprise than pleasure. When the fa- ther of the family returned at night his little daughter met him at the door and asked:
 Papa, how much does bottle of ink cost?"
 "Oh, about 5 cents"
 Five centsw exclaimed the aggriev- ed youngster in tone of deep disgust. And to think that mamma would make all that fuss about one little bot tie of ink"
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Love and the Drama.

A periodical devoted to the drama pleads for plays based on some emo ton other than love. The difficulty in producing such plays is that every play must have a hero, and in making a hero the playwright as we'll as his audience almost inevitably adopts the view expressed 2,o0o years ago by a scribbler on one of the dead walls of Pompeii, He who has never loved a woman is not a gentleman. ."-Ex- change
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
To, on a narrow neck of land 'Twixt two unbounded seas stand
 Secure, insensible!
PuIIino an EIephant's Tooth.

Perhaps the greatest dental operation on record was performed upon an ele- phant in the City of Mexico. The ach- Yng tooth was twelve inches long and measured fourteen inches round the root. After the animal had been se- curely fasten with chains his mouth was pried open and a quantity of CO., caine applied to deaden the pain. When this was done a hole was bored through the tooth and an iron bar in- serted. Then rope was twisted around the bar. and four horses were attached thereto to drag the offending molar out.-London Tit-Bits.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Sneak to the Horse.

The huaan voice has more or less marked Influence on all animals. In managing horses especially the voice is of the greatest use It should be quiet and, though confident and mas terfuL not loud and boisterous. No one should ever touch a horse without at the same time speaking to it.-Ex- change.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Before.

"You useo to say" she complained, that was your sunlight; that the world was gloomy when you were not in my presence"
 "I know" he sadly replied; that was before you had acquired the habit of telling me candidly every few min utes what you thought of me,"-Chi- cago Record Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
Lucky Bessie.

Having need of some small change, the mistress of the house stepped to the top of the back stairs.
 Bessie" she called to the maid be- low, have you any coppers down thereT"
 "Yes'm-two," faltered Bessie, ''but they're both my cousins, please, naturalization Punch.
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
An Accepted Story.

"Quills has really had a story accept ed at last" remarked a. journalist to a colleague.
 Surely Rot," was the rejoinder.
 "Yes. He went home at 2 o'clock this morning with an awful yarn, and his wife believed it."
Connecticut western news., 1912-02-29
ws.Isy,s "NarrOw Neck of Land"


 The actual first and last house fin England is a shed where a woman sells specimens of rock. Just below this, as one goes down the zigzag path between the rocks, on the neck of the peninsular is a fat stone about two feet square and rising six inches above the ground. This, tradition asserts, is that upon which John Wesley sat when he composed the hymn
 To, on a narrow neck of land
 'Twixt two unbounded seas stand
 Secure, insensible!
 It is also stated that Wesley wrote other hymns there. Apparently he had at this time (July 30, 1743) experienced a bad spell of weather at Lands End, for he writes. "I saw a strange sight the sun shining in Cornwall. ."-English Illustrated Magazine.