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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
LacOnic Letters

From Tit-Rits.
Victor Hugo, the great French poet
and novelist, could be very lengthy at
times. but he knew how to be laconic
also. Les Miserables" had Just issued
from the press. and Hugo, who was in
the Channel islands, was anxious 10
learn how it was selling. Being des
perately busy he contented himself
with. inscribing the note of interroga =
ton on ard-"?'-expecting that
his publisher would give him a full ac-
count of sales. But the publisher gave
tit-for-tat, the reply coming back sim
ply ""'
Disraeli could be brief and bitter. but
he could also be brief and diplomatic,
bore who claimed acquaintance with
him perpetrated a book. and straight
way sent copy to the statesman. hop
ing to get a criticism from him which
would boom 1t with the public. He was,
however, quite unable to determine
whether the reply was a compliment Or
an insult. 1t simply said, 81 shall waste
no time in reading the book which you
have so kindly sent me-"
|. model of brief correspondence
passed between two well known mem
bers of the aristocracy. The 1ady-for
there was lady In it-wrote to the
gentleman, "Will you dine with me on
Wednesday? and the lady was quite
satisfied with the reply. though it con-
sisted of but one word. Rather
certain man considered himself
deeply insulted because another man,
in reply to a business proposition, had
told him to go to certain individual
of whom the poet Milton writes some
very fine blank verse. He vowed he
would never do another stroke of busi-
ness with the writer unless he apollo
gized So being a man of humor, he did
so in these terms, Dear Jones-You
needn't go.'
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about Is seconds less than nothing and
you are growing enthusiastic. You be-
tray your partisan feeling when you an
athematize a hapleSs hucllster who is
driving in the middle of the track and is
seemingly oblivious of the fact that a car
is bearing down upon him. The motor
man finally has to stop his car, which he
does just in time to miss striking the
wagon, and he inquiries of the driver il
he does not want a new wagon, The
huckster innocently replies that he thinks
the one he has is very good and then
the motorman loses patience, though he
is still the very quintessence of courtesy,
and plainly tells the peddler that he must
remove his wagon from the car track;
that it is obstructing traffic and that the
wheels of progress cannot revolve unless
that car gets by. Then great light seems
to dawn upon the face of our huckster
friend and he cuts his horse sharply
around and we are off again.
Looking north from the car window you.
see accountless number of housetops and
in the far distance you get a glimpse of
blue mountains. Looking south. you see
the mountain and the green trees that
almost seem to assist in making your
ride cool and thoroughly delightful. In
some of the open. places farm is to be
seen and the corn already has a good
stand: snap beans are growing good and
three small melons on it.. And in these
days of listessness all this brings back a
snealSing longing to be ito hum on the
farm.
We have passed Woodlawn station ana
are now crossing the Gate City line.
Passing this we have a straight-away run
of more than eight blocks and the car
makes better time than it has been max
ing Now the conductor flags the car
across the Birmingham Mineral crossing
and soon we turn another sharp curve
and are on Underwood avenue with II
blocks before us and not curve. Now
is the time these cars really show how
much speed is in them. The motorman
starts off slowly at first and then begins
gradually to push up his lever until we
are surely exceeding the speed limit. In
about one minute and so seconds the car
turns the curge at Eighty-ffth
street, down to First avenue and then
swings majestically up to the gate of East
Lake park.
You get off the car, examine yourself
and find that you have accumulated no
dust on the trip and you are cool and
much more fresh than when you started.
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amount of natural fat and perspiration
is always escaping. This grease forms
layer on the surface of the skin, TO
which the particles of dust and dirt
adhere. To get the dirt away from the
skin it is necessary first of all to dis
solve or liquefy the grease cold water
cannot do this, for it has the effect Of
chilling the grease, and so making it
more solid. BY washing our hands in
cold water we can remove only that
superficial dirt which has not become
firmly embedded into the oily layer by
which the skin is covered
On the other hand, hot water has the
effect Of melting the grease upon the
surface Of the skin. so that the particles
of dirt which have adhered To 1t are
loosened and can be easily washed
away. Soap assists the loosening of
these dust PARTICLES
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Where Truth Pays

T IOW UUEt.
\ little town in south TeSas does
its lazy best TO support three hotels.
Each sends a negro porter to meet the
diurnal train where they vie with ON.
another, as only dar<ies can. in their
who stop.
At the present time one Of the lis.
good natured negroes, who seems TO
know human nature. Is calling out,
Right dis way TO dc State House. ae
bes' secon' class hotel in town" rheI
with a broad grin, he adds. Lay an
no fust class
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eyerv corn, every time. as sure as the
s,,o rises. 1t takes about seconds
to amply it. Corn pains stop, you for,
get the corn the corn snr,yeis e up an9
Won never did There's no more fuss
ing with plasters and press on the
corn, no more salves that take off the
No more knives, files or razors that
make corns grow, and cause danger of
blood poison. "GETS-IT' is equally
harmless to healthy Oh irritated flesh;
bunien b, n's you've got.
'aitGETs-IT" is sold at all druggists
at 20 cents a bottle; or sent NJ on p receipt
Sold In Birmingham by Eugene
Jacobs' Drug Store. Gale Drug Co., (2
stores 3O7 First Avenue and Pratt
Station.
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What Hot Water Can Do

FTOn1 TIT BIlS,
We know by experience that when
our hands get dirty 1t is necessary to
wash them in warm water to thorough
ly cleanse the skin, though all do not
know why hot water cleanses better
than cold.
Through the pores of the skin an
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in many different directions. In the
'Compleat Bachelor he produced quite
charming Dolly Dialogues in "Ad-
miral Eddy he wrote some delightful
stories about children; in ''rhe Excep-
tion,'' problem novel; in "Tales of a
Far Riding and in "Pedlar's Pack he
brought together some powerful and pa
thetic short stories; Little Devil Doubt
was a ferocious attack on the yellow
press, and in ''Widdershins" he left little
to be desired in the way of shuddering
ghost stories. Lastly. Good Boy Sell
dom was brilliant indictment of mod
ern advertising methods. Mr.. onions is
as well an art critic of rare intelligence,
as he has proved in his penetrating study
of the work of the caricaturst, Ospovat,
recently published. His new book, In
Accordance With the Evidence" Is a
gripping story of modern city life. deal
ing with a stupendously difficult subject
with the most deXterous blending of del
icacy, dramatic strength and wholesome
candor.
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1.-THE GJOVED HAND -"

BY Burton E. Stevenson. With illustra-
tions by Thomas Fogarty. Dodd Mead
K Co, New York.
Write detective stories-t's such splen-
did SPORT" Moet of us will agree with
Mr. Barton f. Stevenson that at least
it is splendid sport to read them, par
ticularly "fhe Holiday Case and The
Gloved Hand" which latter has just
been published by Dodd, Mead & Co. But
most of us have difficulty in understand
ing the strenuous literary mind that
takes its recreation in writing what is
known as light literature. For Mr..
Stevenson's versatility is evident in other
lines than in the mystery story. As
librarian of the Chillicothe, Ohio. public
library. and as president of the Ohio
Library association. he is one of the
most prominent and active figures in
literary work in the Buckeye state, and
in addition ne has managed to place to
his credit more than 20 volumes, in
Guiding several stories of American his
torical events. an anthology designed to
assist librarians just completed after
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THE BOOK SHELF
(Continued from Page Thirty-six)

trancing story rich in sentiment and over
flowing with enobling human nature. Bar
nabas Barty, country bred youth, son of
the retired champion pugilist of England,
is left fortune; he sets forth for Lon
don to ''become a gentleman. has many
adventures, meets people of widely differ
ent types, and falls in love with fas-
cinating heroine. Many who have read
1.-THE Amateur Gentleman" as it appeared
serially pronounce it an even greater work
of fiction than "The Broad Highway,"
and it is likely to be the most popular
book of the year.
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Evidence
From Lie.


is she woman of cultufc?r
u think she must be. She says sll.,
prefers the movies and vaudeville 10.
the regular drama"
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THE sOJoURNER."

THE IoOJO R4NEft.
Ry Robert Dul Elder. Illustrated.
Harper Bros, New York
In "The Soiourner." by Robert Dull
Elder the reader has most interesting
story before him, one which will hold his
attention from the beginning to the end
of the book unf1aggingly
From college and the effects of wound
ed love, the hero enters upon a life of ad-
venture in the west, and after experiences
of fresh and dramatic interest. comes into
his own note of subtle mysticism and
singuIarly eloquent appeal runs
through this absorbing romance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

THE MAKING OF THOMAS BARTON
BY Anna Nicholas. The Bobbs Merrill
Co.. New York.
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"GETS-IT" for COrnS,
and Away They Go F!

"GETs-IT," the New-P1an Corn Cure,
Gets Any Corn Surely, Quickly
You'll say, ut does beat al how
ouick "GETS 1T" got rid of that corn.
It's almost magic" "GETS-IT' gets
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I'm ACCORDANCE WITH THE


BY oliver Onions. George II. Doran Co.,
New York.
Mr. Onions literary career mas been a
series of successes-the more remarkable
in consideration Of an adventurous ver-
satility, which leads him to experiment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

Sonnets by j. A. Chaloner. Palmetto
Press, Roanoke Rapids, n. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
''SCORPIO''

BY Harold Elsdale Goad. Frederick A
Stokes & Co, New York.
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three years work, and several successful
children's books But Mr.. Stevenson has
always written and always felt that lit
erature was to be his life work. As a boy
even he equipped press of his own
and began the publication of a monthly
magazine which he continued without
break for seven years, calling his paper
first. 1.-The Boys own and then
Light And later at Princeton he was
distinct literary success. How he first
came to discover his talent for detective
stories, he calls simply an accident and
the success of his first 'The Holiday
Case" has inspired the long list of enter
tanning mysteries that we have had from
his pen. And then" he says. what
weighs most with me, | think. is the fact
that it is such splendid SPORT
Mr.. Stevenson's distinct contribution to
detective literature is Jim Godfrey-ur-
bane. shrewd, level headed reporter, who
attacks each new mystery as eagerly as
if it were his first. This same Godfrey.
who helped to unsolve the Marathon
mystery and lay bare the mysterousness
of the Boue cabinet, is confronted with
a brand new battling enigma. "The
Gloved Hand is mystifying, thrilling
absorbng--in fact, Mr.. Stevensons latest
and best.
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
tReviews Later)
THE EFFICIENT AGE"
BY Herbert Kaufman. George II. Doran
Co., New York.
THE KINGDOM"
BY Harold Elsdale Goad. Frederick A
Stokes & Co, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
"THE KINGDOM

BY Herbert kaufman. George H. Doran
Co., New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-08

Really it's the Florida and
Now the time
building that wonderful A
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
TREAT POTATOES FOR scsB
deaux Mixture Applied to Seed
Gave Excellent Results.

At German experiment station,
experiments with potato scab have
been carried on for two years
Corrosive sublimate solution \of
0.05 per cent, and Bordeaux mixture
Of two per cent, both applied to the
seed potatoes for 1 " hours, gave ex-
cellent and about equal results in the
prevention of scab, as was also the
case with Bordeaux mixture of two
per cent. applied to two lots for
three and fourteen hours, respective
ly, and with two lots treated with four
kg. per acre 1856 pounds per acre. of
sulphur mixed with the soil, one lot
having been also thoroughly rubbed
with sulphur before planting. A peat
mold dressing of 35 en-. depth ap-
peared to give some protection
against the development of scab,
while a sand dressing of the same
depth afforded none On both the
plats treated with soil dressing the
next years crops were found tc be
healthy.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
TO KILL TENT CATERPILLARS
Single Spray Of Arsenate OF Lead
When Insects Are Observed
Would Stop Depredations.

If a grower is spraying his fruit
trees faithfully with arsenate Of lead
from tent caterpillars, or the tents
may be crushed with the gloved hand,
when they can be reached, at time
when the caterpillars are inside; or
burned by torch on the end of a pole,
twisted out of their place by means of
a wire brush, attached to the end Of a
long pole. These remedies are effect
ual only when the caterpillars are in
their tents, early in the morning, or
in stormy wet weather. A single
spraying Of arsenate Of lead, when
caterpillars are observed, would prob
ably stop their depredations.
The forest tent caterpillars can be
destroyed when they collect in bunch
es on the trunks of trees. Prune off
and destroy the twigs holding the
eggs.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that scienc has
been able to cure in all it's stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment
Halls Catarh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and the
mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient more
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing It's
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in it's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send fer
list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
(August)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
Canada Thistle.

through it. Really, the most practical
way of getting rid of small patch of
Canada thistles is to go over it every
week and cut off all leaves below the
surface Of the ground. If a conscien-
tious job of this is done for the sum-
mer the thistles will not bother much
the next year, although it is best to
keep an eye open for them and cut
them off regularly. A careful job
must be done, for if the leaves are
allowed to grow very long in the SUM-
shine enough energy will be stored up
in the roots to hold the pest over for
considerable length of time.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
Breeding Draft Horses.

The breeding Of heavy draft horses
Ia one of the most profitable branches
Of i've stock farming. Few farmers
realize the Importance Of size in a
draft horse, when put on the market,
either In public or private sale. A
horse that weighs less than 1900
pounds is not considered draft
horse in any Of the horse markets of
the country, yet the mares kept ON
the ordinary farms are usually light
er than that. This accounts for the
small, scrubby lot of horses that are
constantly being put on the market
at a loss to the breeder.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
NOT BECOM|NC
FOR YOUTH
Unsightly Grey and Faded Hair

Why not have beautiful, dark. glossy.
natural colored hair, full of life and
beauty-keep yourself young looking
and fascinating? It's so easy and
simple to do if you will get bottle of
Hays Hair Health today. You'll notice
a change after one or two applications
how quickly the grey hairs vanish
low glossy, full of life and vitality
Hays Hair Health will keep your hair.
Don't waste time, get bottle today.
Your druggist is selling more Hays
Hair Health than all others, because
he knows it's the most satisfactory.
the incest and cleanest to use and
really does restore color to grey hair.
Free: Sign this adv. and take it to the
following druggists and get a soc. bot
tie of Hays Hair Health and a 25c.
cake of Harfna Soap for 50c.; or 81. 90
bottle of Hays Hair Health and two
Csc. cakes of Harfina Soap Free, for 81.
L. oeERDoRFER, Druggist,
Paris, KY.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
KILL OUT CANADA THISTLES
Most Practical Way Of Getting Rid
of Patch Is to Cut Off All Leaves
Below Surface.

In response to a query as to the
best way of getting rid of a patch of
Canada thistles the Wallace's Farmer
makes the following reply:
Anything which keeps Canada this
tie leaves from getting to the sun
light for two or three months during
the growing season will give them a
severe setback, and in some cases
kill them. Putting heavy coating of
straw on the patch has in some cases
proved successful, but in other cases
the straw has become disarranged
and the thistles have grown up
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
Care Of Swine.

Two things which should be avoid
ed with swine in cold weather are,
first, do not let them sleep in or upon
heating manure, because they become
warm and then rush into the cold air,
frequently contracting colds. coughs
or severe pulmonary diseases that
are sometimes fatal; second, bed
them we'll In dry quarters where
there is no draft of air blowing across
them.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12

Manufacturers contend that the diff
ference in the hours of labor in many
States, varying from ffty-four hours
week in Massachusetts to sixty-six
hours in the Southern States, creates
an "unwGrranted discrimination" in
favor Of manufacturers located in
States where the long hours prevail.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12

The claim that radium can restore
the hardened articles of middle-aged
persons to a healthy condition and so
prolong life was made recently by Dr.
Saubermann, of Berlin, in a lecture in
London before the Roentgen Society.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

AS ADMINISTRATOR OF j. ii. LlnVllIo,
deceased, l will offer for sale at public
auction, on the home farm, at Millers-
burg, KY, on
Sept. 8, 1918, at 10 A. NJ.
the following property:
2 full bed room suites;
l chamber set and lot of other fur
niture, such as carpets, rugs, tables,
chairs, mattresses and bed steads and
mating, kitchen and dining room fur
niture;
Lot of enameled ware;
Lot of milk crooks and pans;
2 clocks;
/ sewing machine;
Lot of bedding, blankets, pillows,
etc.;
Half dozen brooms;
1 lot stone jars;
1 lot glass jars;
1 wash machine;
Lot old iron;
1 step ladder;
l iron kettle;
l lawn mower;
/ lot tools;
2 breaking plows;
l double-shovel plow;
l tobacco plOw;
l nO-top buggy;
l rubber tire buggy;
l two-horse wagons;
1 sled and 1 log chain;
l roller;
1 Frazier cart;
3 hog troughs;>
4 hog houses;
1 gasoline engine and corn mill;
l clipping machine;
5000 tobacco sticks;
l transplanter;
l seed sower;
1 one-hOrse drill;
] grind stone;
1 saddle and bride;
1 set cart harness;
1 post-hole digger;
A tooth harrow;
l disc harrow;
3 sows and Is pigs;
red sows in pig;
1 three-year old mare;
1 yearling colt;
1 aged mare;
1 two year old gelding;
l Jersey COW and calf;
1 siX-year old Jersey COW;
1 spotted Jersey COW;
l COW and Weanling calf;
l lot old corn;
1 red calf;
yearling steers;
heifers;
10 ewes and one buck;
/ reaper;
l corn cruSher;
l Ross cutting box;
1 acre COW peas;
One-half interest in 6 acres tobacco;
IA acres of corn;
One-half interest in 20 acres corn;
A lot of clover and timothy hay;
A lot of other farming implements.
TERMS-All amounts under $4,000
| cash; over that amount negotiable
| note, with interest at rate of 6 per
| cent. payable in six months.
w. V. HUFFMAN,
Administrator
| GEO. d. SPEAKES, Auct. (5-td)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12
Whatever They Say.

And music, whatever people say, is
not universal language; the bow Of
words is necessary to send the arrow
of sound into the hearts of men.-Ro-
main ROLAND.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12

At the close of last yesar about 10
per cent. of the railroads of the United
States could be classed as improved, a
gain of 1 - per cent. in three years.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-08-12

Smiths and Joneses occupy thirty
one columns in the new st. Louis city
directory.
The Harlowton news., 1913-06-20

4 7tsAG $
A number 81 the Barber young
people enjoyed ! good time and
some ice cream with MI. Schmolke
last Tuesday evening. Z
A surprise was rendered Mr.. E.5
A. Simkins last Saturday evening,
the occasion being Mr.. Simkin's
birthday. About 80 were present.
a small gift was lett as . memory
of the occasion. We AT wish MI.
s!mkins many happy returns Of
the day.
Missrs. Hanson and Eklund went
to shawmut "Wednesday on bust
ness.
Mrs. N. G. Fcklnnd entertained
the Ladies Aid last Thursday.
Mrs. I. Liebe went to Harlowton
last Monday.
The Harlowton news., 1913-06-20

own folly, for if they had not had
a gun they would have fought shy
Of trouble and many Of them would
be alive today to tell Of the stirring
times when might was right and
life depended upon agility in un-
limbering ones battery. But those
good old days have gone, thank
God, and now the habit has come
to be looked upon as matter OF
cowardice rather than bravery, and
the laws Of our land are tending to
make it greater and greater mis-
demeanor. A few penitentiary
sentences would cause the would. be
bad men to stop and reflect before
they buckle on a big revolver to
go forth and slay.
Human life has always been
looked upon as infinitely precious.
The public is shocked to conster-
nation at the report Of an accident
attended with loss of life as in the
case Of the Titanic. But the aw-
full temper Of some hot young blood
seems to think no more of taking a
human life than of killing . veno-
nous snake. Even the law looks
after the life of a prisoner with
great carefulnes and the minutia of
detail surrounding the prosecution
of a murderer makes his conviction
a difficult matter. And in many
states capital punishment, has been
thrown in the discard and ere many
years have passed there will be but
a few states, if any, left that will
punish capital crimes with death.
The giving of life and its taking
away are in the hand of an allwise
i Creator and no man, not even the
majestic law, has a right to take
from man what God has given him
Instead of losing ones temper
and killing in blind rage we need
to educate the masses that there
are but two fundamental Biblical
reasons for taking life, and one o.
! these is being questioned BY many