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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-04

long-legs, SO he did; an you should
not try to kill him."
II amt KILN him." declared Tom
in self-defence. I'm studyin' him.
same as Teacher does with the big
scholars
Teacher never hurts the live bugs
an worms" said Bobby. AN she
mostly has dead ones. 1 know. You
stop hurtin' that gran daddy-long
legs, or I'll hit you good an hard"
stop it, Toni" 1t was little kind
hearted Hattie who commanded her
big brother. This made Tom angry,
to think that girl-even though she
was his sister-should dare to order
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- s XOLING EWXcS - s.

old gentleman with white hair and
beard who addressed the small fight
ers. He had suddenly appeared
round the curve in the bank and had
come upon the scene without any of
the children knowing of his presence
till he spoke.
Bobby let go Toms hair; Tom let
go Bobby's ear; they both rose to
their feet, shamefacedly. Tom hung
his guilty head, but Bobby. conscious
that he had been melting out Justice.
looked squarely into the eyes of the
old gentleman.
well, we'll, WE'LL Two fine look
ing young gentlemen, and fighting on
a glorious day like thisl And in the
presence of a lady. too" Here he
glanced at Hattie, who stood deeply
interested.
Ones my own brother, too, Mis-
ter" she said. AN he's to blame.
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shed had been too much for him and
he had expired during the night. Lit
tie Paul began to call to him, and to
caress him. and to beg of him to open
his eyes, but in vain. The good man
never opened his eyes again.
The childs cries reached the old
woman in the hut and she came scold-
ing towards the shed. When she saw
what had happened, her hideous face
looked pleased. She sent the child to
the hut for cup Of water and dur
ing his absence put her hand into the
strangers pockets and removed what
money he had there.
"Ah, he's dead. and I shall send for
the neighbors to, come and bury him. Z
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What We Would Bring If
Sold AT "Face Value"

N o YOU ever figure out what you
\ would bring in money If sold at
~ face value" that Is. IL the COM
ponent parts of your body were
weighed and measured a purchaser as
raw material?" Well, a patient Ger
man scientist has figured 1t all out.
and here Is the result:
"a man weighing 100 pounds
comes to about $3.50. He finds in
his body about two and half dollars
worth of fat; while of iron, so essen
tial to health and vigor, he discov-
ers hardly enough to make a nall an
inch long. But there Is plenty Of
lime. enough to whitewash a good
sized chicken house. or phosphorus
he finds enough to put the heads on
two thousand two hundred matches,
and there Is magnesia enough to
make good fire-works-piecef for the
Fourth of July. There Is enough al
bumen for one hundred hens eggs.
and a small teaspoonful of sugar and
a goodly sized pinch of salt"
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q Joke AT An Irish Groom's expense

III PARISH priest. being a great
IA favorite with his bishop. re-
- ceived from that dignitary a
beautiful horse as proof of his ad-
miration and gratitude. The priest
was so delighted with the gift that he
named the animal after the donor.
and his groom was instructed to al
ways call the horse THE Bishop" So,
the following might have been heard
most any morning between the priest
and the groom:
Pat. have you watered the Bish-
OPP"
Yes. yer reverence, an the Bishop
drank many bucketfuls."
did you feed the Bishop, also.
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Pat?"
Yer reverence. the Bishop has ct
an armful of hay an a peck of oats"
That's right. Pat. Always see that
the Bishop is well cared for" And so
on without end.
One day the real Bishop was visit
Ing his favorite priests parish and
was invited by his humble servant to
dine with him. 1t was a very hot day.
and just as the two were sitting down
to dinner the groom came to the din
ing-room door and peeped In. whis-
pering loudly to his master:
Yer reverence, It's very hot day!
Wouldn't better throw bucket Of
cold water over the Bishop7"
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as entertained. And poor Paul suf-
fered on and on. wondering what his
dear mother thought when she failed to
hear from him. His good uncle would
have sent letter to his sister. telling
of their safe arrival at his home, had
he lived to get there. But his death
had cut off all communication be-
tween Paul and his mother. He was
too young to know just how to go
about getting letter to his mother.
All he knew was that she lived in
the village of Haddentown, and that
she worked at carpet weaving.
One evening old Dame Roger fell
upon little Paul to give him terri
BILE beating. She raised the heavy
whip high over her head to let 1t
descend with force on the shoulders
of the orphan when something strange
happened. An unseen hand grabbed
the whip and struck the old dame a
blow which sent her laundering on
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sons. Teddy and Frank. and they
Tom and Glen-were warmly well
coined, and Mr.. Commers never said
word about that day on the banks
of the creek, for he saw by their
young faces that they were repentant.
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TOO.
well, well, Well" declared the old
gentleman. Let's have the story from
the young lady, for she'll be fair, I
know. Come. little lady of the sun
kissed curls, and tell me what these
. naughty youths were engaging in
fisticuffs about? l hope not over a
fish"
"Oh, no, sir; over a poor old gram
daddy-iong-legs." said Hattie.
TITS only a nasty gran dad." broke
In Tom, frowning. "They haven't any
right TO live"
There, go softly" warned the old
gentleman, raising a warning hand.
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! grand daddy-long-legs again.


The following day Bobby and Hat
hill. became acquainted with two
manly, kindly boys and had a delight
full visit, and when they were about
to depart, the old gentleman, whose
name was Mr.. Commers, led pair
of fine goats, harnessed and hitched
to cart, round to the door and pre-
sented them to Master Robert, friend
to the helpless and the harmless orea-
lures of the earth" And to Hattie
he gave the beautiful book he had
promised her. and together the chill
dren went homeward, their hearts full
of Joy and gratitude to their new
made old friend.
whenever you feel that you want
to be kind hearted and good" said
Hattie to her brothers that evening,
Mr.. Commers says he wants you to
pay him visit along with Bobby and
me some day."
"Then we can go tomorrow, Sis
ter" said Tom. rather embarrassed,
for we've took the pledge to never,
never harm a creature that will not
harm US. Haven't we. Glen?"
yep, we has," said Glen, nodding
his head vigorously. AN we are
ashamed of the way Tom treated the
poor old gran daddy-long-legs."
Yes. 1 was a mean, selfish boy,
said Tom. But l shall never be
mean again. indeed I won't"
And on the morrow the four chill
dren climbed the hill to sec old Mr..
Commers and his two fine grand
O~~~~~~>~~~~><
heard of old Dame Roger doing an
evil thing. Something seemed to
have changed her, for she was always
afraid to charge strangers who stop
ped with her over night, and took
what they could afford to give her In
payment. and she always fed them of
the best that she had, and gave to
them her best bed. For always in her
mind was that fiogging which the
fairy of the rag-bag had given her.
although she thought to her dying
day that 1t was the ghost of the poor
man who had died in the cow shed
back of her house on that cold. rainy
night.
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Nonsense Rhyme

n LITTLE old Injun
~ With a long knife
= Chasing the boy
To get his sweet life.
A little old soldier
With q long gun
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16

WHEN WIFE LEAVES
TOWN IN A HURRY

Frank Weber and his wife.
Mary Weber. former residents Of
North Fifth street, were parted
under rather peculiar circum-
stances yesterday.
Mrs. Weber came into Judge
McLoughlin's office yesterday
morning with her eye blackened
and her face bleeding and wanted
her husband arrested for giving
her a beating. A warrant was is
sued and the husband brought
into court and informed Of the
charge against him.
me beat Mary up?" he ex-
claimed. why. she beat me up
and I'm sore all over from the
thrashing," and it looked as
though the stories of both might
be true for the husband weighs
100 and the wife 220, while on the
other hand Mrs. Webber's face
was marked rather badly.
At the request of both the case
was continued until late in the af-
ternoon, when 1t developed that
Mrs. Weber had packed all her
effects in the meantime and taken
the first train out of town, fearing
charges Of %infidelity from her
husband.
Weber came into court at 4
o'clock. ready for trial, when he
was told by Judge Mclaughlin
that his wife had left town.
"Is 1t the truth ?" he asked, his
eyes lighting up and an animated
expression coming over his face.
"Oh. judge. 1t is too good to be
true" and Weber proceeded to
do a Jig on the court room floor
and fondly shook hands with
those present. while expressing
his Joy.
And the Judge shook his head
wisely an dhad nothing to .AaN
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
BIG
PLAN TO
COMBINE CAPITAL

Another consolidation Of four
machine companies Is being plan
ned, according to the following
word from Minneapolis:
-Four Of the largest agricultural
implement and machinery manu-
featuring companies Of the
try. including the Gas Traction
company Of Minneapolis. are ne
gotiating for reorganization under
a plan which will consolidate the
management and sales depart
ments. and the deal, which was
reported near the closing point
today, involves $4,000, 900 or
more. The companies in the deal
are the Gas Traction company,
Minneapolis; Emerson & Brant-
fngham company, Rockford, ILL.,;
Gaiser Manufacturing company.
Waynesboro, Pa, and the Reeves
company, Columbus. Ind.
1T is reported that this new
combination Is a subsidiary to the
International Harvester company.
This report comes from Winni-
peg. The Gas Traction company
already has a plant in operation
in Winnipeg. which would indi-
cate that the International intends
to extend its operations to west
ern Canada. The International
already has a plant in Hamilton,
Canada. which employs $500
men.
Fred s. Glover. general mana
ger Of the Gas Traction company,
said today that negotiations are
pending, but have not been closed,
that he could not discuss the mat
ter further than to say that it is
true that such n plan is being
worked out"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
Human Top Makes His
Bow With Ringlings

Carlos Caesaro, known in Europe
as The Human Top" because of his
remarkable Recommendations in the
circus ring. has been engaged by
Ringing Brothers as of their TOP
liners for this season. Caesaro bal
ances a steel plate on his head. A
200-pound man mounts the plate
which is then set awhirl at the alarm
ing rate OF 800 revolutions per min
ute. Caesaro also hurls cannon balls
high into the air and catches them
on his bare head.
Another thriller with the show. the
beauty of which is inspiring. is known
as the Human Butterfly Act" 1t is
a sensation Of French o~rigination and
Is presented by the famous Ty-Bell
sisters. Holding by the teeth to al
most invisible strands of steel the
young women are lifted to the dome
of the tent and there by e a of
hidden mechanism are made to- circle.
dart and fly through space with the
grace of birds while multi-colored
spot lights are directed upon their
flowing robes. The act is the most
beautiful conception of a French
spectacle builder. Aside from its
beauty it is dangerous enough to be
intensely exciting.
The show this season is an organi-
cation of headliners. Among the
aerilists are the famous Klarkonians,
the greatest trapeze artists in the
world. the Aerial Wards, and the
Richards sisters. Principal among the
riders are the Rooney family, the best
Of the worlds equestrians: the Clark
family. HodEini. the original: the re-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
HOT WEATHER IS QUICK
TO AFFECT The BOWELS
Well Known Fast That Extreme
Heat Conduces to Chronic
COnStiDatiOn.

The disposition to eat cold food and
indulge in iced drinks is one reason
why constipation and diarrheoa is so
prevalent in summer, and there is no
time when people should more care
fully avoid bowel disturbances, as
much serious disease is directly trace
able to these conditions. We need all
Of our strength to Withstand the ener-
waiting effect of heat.
To regulate the bowels and quickly
relieve ven the most aggravated case
of constipation. h combination of
simple laxative herbs with pepsin,
sin. is highly recommended by all who
have ever used 1t. Unlike cathartics
and violent purgatives. DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin acts gently on the stom-
ach. liver and bowels. without gripping
or other discomfort. bringing relief in
an easy, natural manner. It can be
used with perfect safety by the most
delicate woman or child, and yet is
equally effective for the strongest con-
stitution. Mild. pleasant to take. and
inexpensive. 1t is the ideal family lax
alive. BY cleansing the bowel tract
thoroughly and eliminating the foreign
matter and poisons that irritate and
inflame. 1t will quickly check summer
diarrhoea and restore normal condi-
tons.
Druggists sell DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin for fifty cents q bottle
larger, family size costs one dollar.
Get a bottle and keep it in the house;
1t will ave many times its cost in doc
tor bills. A free trial bottle, postpaid,
can be obtained by writing to DR.. w.
B. Caldwell, 406 Washington st., Mon.
ttcello. Illinois.
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markable Costello family. and Dene
Curtis. Foremost among the aero
bats and gymnasts are Mijarez. wizard
of the tight-wire; the Castrillon ana
the Florence families. the Alpine
troupe n the Franks. the great Ia
Fayette. the four Roeders, the Miner.
va family. the Hinze-Kimball troupe
and Joseph La Fleur who does a dan
gerous backward dive from the top
of a high ladder.
The trained animals are especially
attractive. There are two troupes of
trained seals and sealions. new to this
country. the peerless Schuman horses.
the Taximeter mules INC three new
herds of trained elephants. In addi-
ton there are educated ponies, bears,
pigs and zebras.
Those who go to a circus to laugh
will be kept busy by the fifty funniest
clowns in the world. and those WIN
find their pleasure in the menagerie
will observe many animals they have
never seen before. The morning par
d Is a marvel Of beauty and novel;
ty and is three miles in length. OF
quite as much interest as the circus
itself is the new spectacle which be-
gins the regular performance. Moth
ing like it was ever een in this coun-
try. The subject OF the spectacle.
Joan Of Arc" IL n that is familiar
TO everyone. Historical facts have
been adhered to and the production
is mounted superbly. II employs
!, 200 people. 900 horses and a train
load OF special scenery and starr
properties. A ballet Of 800 dancing
girls are sea.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
GUARDSMEN CERTAIN
OF RECEIVING
Bill Making Allowance For
Militia Report Out of
Committee O. K.

.
Captain Bell, aviator for the =
y Kenworthy Aeroplane Exhibition "
+ Co. of Grand Forks, will make a =
= flight for the militia this evening, Il
Is showing the different military sig +
= has done this for militia gather s.
= ings in the south M his demon y
. stration will be of much practical y
Il value to the soldiers. .
. . . . .
Grand Forks entertained two COM
panies of state militia for several
hours this morning, Company c Of
passing through to Devils Lake for
the annual encampment. Big truck
loads of tents. cooking utensils and
camping paraphernalia were taken
along by the party and the men look
forward to their term in camp with
considerable pleasure, especially those
who have attended before. they real
izing the ms and outs of camp life.
Pay Bill Reported Out.
National guardsmen. not only in
North Dakota, but throughout the
entire United States. are deeply in
terested in the federal pay bill. This
bill provides that the state troops
will be put upon quarter pay accord
ing to the scale of wages now paid
~ sAS ASL 4i
When Congressman Hanna was in
Bismarck he stated that if the bill
was reported out of the committee on
military affairs it would undoubtedly
pass. At the time of Mr.. Hanna's
visit there was some doubt as to
whether or not the bill would be re-
ported u of the committee.
The adjutant generals office re-
ceived the following communication
from General E. C. Young:
Chicago, July IL.
To the A%diutant General:
l am glad to advise you I have lust
received a telegram that our pay bill
as drawn by the house committee on
military affairs has been reported
favorably by a large majority of that
committee. We will also have the
support of the chairman of tina COM
mittee. AS soon as 1 receive further
details I will advise you as to action
desirable to be taken at this time.
Respectfully,
Edward C. Young.
At the present time it now appears
that the bill will pass. and that be-
yond a doubt it will be but a short
time before the members of the or.
ganized militia will receive pay for
their services.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
CAN RECOVER.


st. Paul, July 16.-A person who
attempts to rescue another in peril of
his life, if injured in the attempt NAV
ecove damages. This is the opinion
of the state supreme court in a case
carried up from Duluth. John Per-
pich and a %co-laborer in the Latonia
mine named Martinovich were en-
ployed as dynamiters. Five charges
were prepared to be exploded. Only
two of the fuses lighted. Martinovich
when Perpich noticed the danger and
ran toward him to pull him away.
Before he reached his side, however,
one of the charges exploded. killing
Martinovich and dangerously injuring
Perpich. Suit for damages was
brought by Perpich and a judgment
obtained in the lower court. The SUI
preme court afirms that judgment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
NO SERIOUS FROST
DAMAGE N
STATE
This Locality Has not Been
Touched-Othe LOCAL.
ties Feel Slight Nip.

North Dakotans have been watching
the thermometer anxiously the past
few days. feeling that the cool spell
might bring on frost, heavy enough to
do material damage.
Investigation, however, shows that
the cold spell has caused little or no
loss. The minimum temperature in
and around Grand Forks last night
was 3S, or six degrees warmer than
the freezing point. A light wind also
helped matters and probably kept the
threatened speel away. The minimum
temperature for the "a hours ending
yesterday morning was 38, or six de-
grees warmer than the frost point on
the register.
Word from Langdon indicates that
they have had a slight frost in that
vicinity. However the cold was not
serious enough to do any material
damage and outside Of a few delicate
nursery trees nothing was damaged to
any extent.
The weather man a y it is going to
warm up in a short time. Practically
every part of the country but a mar
row strip in this part of the northwest
has been suffering from heat in the
past few days and North Dakota and
vicinity Is due to get some of that
warm weather in the next 4S hours.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
BICE ACQUITTED
BY JUSTICE OF
BATTERY CHARGE

r. v. Bice, county auditor of
Ramsey county. and residing in
Devils Lake, was this morning ac-
Quilted of the charge of assault
and battery in justice court. Bice
vas arrested on complaint of an
1nter-Ocean reporter, the news
paper man alleging that the audi
tor took exception to some state
ments the paper had made about
Bice. and taking his revenge" in
beating the reporter up.
The case has attracted unusual
attention because of the fact that
practically all the justices Of the
peace in the vicinity. states attor-
ney and several other lawyers
e mixed up in it one way or
the other. 1t was said that sew
eral Justices refused to try the
case and that the proper officials
refused to take Ear to prose-
cute Bice. Politics was mixed up
quite freely in the action. 1t is
probable some further action will
be taken although it is not known
just what 1t will be.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
BAD RLAZE

Rolette, N. D., July 16.-About 8
o'clock last Sunday morning a very
disastrous fire occurred here when
two pool rooms and one restaurant
were completely destroyed. A strong
carried for a considerable distance.
The blaze was fiercely fought and as
a result the fire vas kept from spread
ing to any other buildings. Nearly
every building on Main street was in
danger of taking fire. The reason for
The blaze has not been ascertained.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
NORTH DAKOTA FARMS
HAVE SOME GOOD BARNS
(By w. C.

(By W.. c. Palmer.)
Few states have as good barns as
North Dakota. Many farmers have
not yet built their big barn. For such
the bulletin. barn plans" will be most
valuable. 1t contains assertions and
drawings of different kinds of harms
for the farm. 1t is by r. Nj. Dolve,
professor of agricultural engineering.
North Dakota agricultural college.
Quite complete data is given for:
Four horse and cattle barns.
One horse barn.
Three dairy barns.
Two beef cattle barns.
One hog house.
One sheep barn.
One feeding shed.
The discussions also include such
subjects as foundations. floors. stalls.
ventilation, windows. etc.
This bulletin is issued by the North
Dakota experiment station. Fargo, and
H. Free
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16
CAVALIER STREETS
PACKED WITH
VISITORS
Barbecue and Laying Of Cor
rerstone Attracts over
5000.

Cavalier today is entertaining the
biggest crowd in its history. Word
from h new county seat of Pembina
brings the information that the jam of
humanity is so dense that Roadway up
' the streets is made with difficulty.
a royal entertainer and there is sport
galore ahead for everybody. The
streets are prettily decorated with
flags. bunting. pennants and decora-
lions and the holiday appearance,
coupled with the get-together feeling
of visitors and townspeople Is making
the event enjoyable to say the least.
Langdon and Cavalier played a fast
game, despite the mob of spectators
that surrounded the diamond and
field, the Langdon team finally win
ming out by a ga score.
At 1880 Judge Bruce of the SUI
preme court commenced the Grafton
of the day Inc his talk was decidedly
laying of the cornerstone was COM
pleted, Joseph" Moran, chairman of
the board of county commissioners.
celebrating the event, an epoch maker
in Pembina county history.
Eight Bands.
Eight bands are in the city making
music for the festive occasion. Garder.
svold, Neche, st. Thomas, Cavalier.
Walhalla, Mountain and Drayton each
have a musical organization on hand
and concerts and pieces are being
played to the enthusiastic crowd.
The big barbecue starts at 4:30
and everybody has ar appetite stored
away ready for 1.-The unusual and
wholesome meal. Four big steers are
roasting and two hogs. four sheep and
1000 loaves Of bread are being pre-
pared in addition to the steers to feed
the visitors.
!, Late this evening Drayton and Cav
alier will battle in a ball game and all
day and until a late hour this evening
various amusements are being pro-
vided for the entertainment of those
who attended the ceremonies.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-16

made pending word from the mans
at Gilmore City. Iowa. yester-
day. however. the brother wired that
would be unable to come here. and
he gave instructions for the burial of
the body at Riverside.
Griffin was about 81 years of age.
and had been employed as a lahorer
in and about Fargo for many years.
He has a homestead near Williston.