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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

Longer and longer grew his hind legs.
and bigger and stronger and thicker.
until he certainly was queer, un-
calmly looking animal.
Faster! Make them grow faster,
please, pleasep he would cry out every
now and then.
''At last, with cry of joy, his
legs took a sudden final sprout and
his greedy jaws closed over the Sweet
umbite. Down to earth he came, all
excited and eager to begin his feast
But even as he bit into the luscious
fruit his jaws became fixed and a
queer, puzzled look came into his
eyes. Then I simply couldn't hold in
any longer and I rolled over and over
on the ground, laughing until
thought my sides would split.
THAT Sweetumbite-that beautiful.
luscious Northumberland you, was
nothing but sour old gourd that
the Laughing Hyena and that mis-
chievous Monkey had painted and
hung up in the bushes for the express
purpose of playing a practical joke
on poor Kangaroo
We'll. to make a long story short,
Kangaroo flew into a rage and then
wept bitter tears of disappointment
But the worst of it was that when
he started to walk sadly away. the
rear end of him was sticking SO high
up in the air and the front so close
to the ground that at every move he
would turn complete sommersault
He couldn't even hop along on his
hind legs. as Kangaroos do nowadays
for he had no long tail with which
to balance himself when he hoped!
Poor fellow! 1 almost felt sorry
for him. He begged and begged me
to make his legs short again. But
reminded him that he had agreed
not to object to them, and impressed
upon him the fact that his own greedy
appetite was responsible for his pre-
dicament-just as little boys and girls
often get into trouble. you know, Dom
aid, when they insist upon having
something that isn't good for them.
So / refused.
"Then he pleaded with me to make
mis- front legs long, so they would
balance with his hind ones But
again l refused; and I did SO because
| wanted him to be reminded there
after of his foolishness every time he
looked at those stubby little front
legs. But finally. when l simply
couldn't stand his weeping any longer,
/ relented and waved my Magic Wand
so that his tail grew long enough and
big enough to balance him when he
hoped along.
He was overjoyed and promised
never to be greedy again. And that,
Donald, is why kangaroos have such
long tails. 1t is true they have learned
to make excellent use of them and
would-whew! Donald. there's Nurse
calling you. Goodbye! l must be
off" aaa
"Donaldl Donald!" 1t was Nurses
voice. Wake up--it's time to be go
ing homel"
"Umm -m," mumbled Donald,
sitting up and rubbing his eyes, There
were Nurse and the blond Keeper
bending over him and smiling at him.
'Um-m -m-mm M" said Donald again.
My l thought you never would
wake up!" exclaimed Nurse
By now Donald was wide awake.
Mr.. Keeper" he asked presently.
do your kangaroos at the Zoo eat
Sweetumbites?"
claimed the Keeper. "Why. 1 never
heard of such thing! Where in the
world did you get the idea, Donald,
that"
'Pshaw! Don't mind him, Harry"
said Nurse, hes just been having an
other one of those foolish dreams of
his weetumbite-sounds like some-
thing good to eat. doesn't it?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

H
of the U. s. mint at Philadel-
phia, snugly enclosed in oiled
~ wrappings, are steel dies OF
medals bearing the likeness Of each Of
the twenty-six Presidents of the
United States? And President Will
sons medal is to be placed among
them very shortly.
Now, no doubt, you have seen many
pictures and likenesses of our various
Presidents; also, you may have no.
ticed, they are not all alike. Indeed,
some of them would be taken for like
nesses of entirely different persons.
Naturally, Uncle Sam wants to pre-
serve the features Of each OF the men
who have presided at the White
House. 90 that those who come after
us may see exactly what they looked
like. But, mark you. the likeness
ne keeps on file must be absolutely
accurate in every detail.
Hence, through all the years, he has
had a medal struck off of each Of
our Presidents very shortly after they
took the oath OF Office. The set Is
complete. Not one Is missing-from
George Washington clear down to ex-
President Taft.
Great pains were taken ir the maxi
ing of the dies for these medals, the
most expert engraver of the time be-
ing engaged to make them of each
of the successive presidents. When
the First Congress Of the United
States met 1t authorized the Secretary
of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
I Kneel And Try To IN

"a story. eh?" replied Mr.. East
wood. ''Oh, go along and play catch.
1t will do you a heap more good"
Jaw, we are tired playing catch.
dad" said James. "Now's just the
time to tell Stories"
Eyes, please do. Uncle David"
begged Max.
"You boys are nuisances," Mr.. East
wood said, and he pulled his chair
around so he could put mis- feet upon
the railing, threw his head back and
studied a moment. well. boys. what
shall it be about?"
Baseball" replied Max. who was a
devoted baseball fan.
Eyes, make i. baseball story"
said James.
"All right, boys. Then you must
give the closest attention"
Mr.. Eastwood scratched his head,
screwed his mouth out of shape and
WINGED as if undecided where to be-
gin.
"Ostriches," he commenced very
slowly, 'tcan kick powerfully hard.
They have very strong muscles. That's
WIldl IudhcS thClii WI idot. Luz liz
oueerest thing is that when pursued
they will stick their heads in the sand
and imagine that no one can see
them"
The boys looked at each other, dis
gusted.
Jaw, dad." protested James. I'VE
want to hear a baseball story. We
don't care for ostriches. We learn
III 4 -.l<<. <.,I1
''That's all right, son. replied Mr..
Eastwood Just hold your horses
This is a baseball story, and 1 just
want you to remember that fact about
the ostriches. 1t is necessary to my
story"
James and Max began to feel that
Mr.. Eastwood was playing a joke on
them, but said nothing and listened
attentively.
.Well, now, If you'll remember
what / said about ostriches.' con-
tinued Mr.. Eastwood. well proceed.
Lanky stone was pitcher on the
Hill City club. He was just an or
dinary pitcher and managed to win
about half his games. The season was
almost over when Lanky and some
other members of the club went out
to the city zoo one morning. To pass
away the time they stopped at each
of the cages, viewing the various anil
mails with much amusement and jest
ing, as characteristic of baseball play
ers.
When they came to the ostrich en-
closure and were watching the tall.
ungainly creatures, one of the players,
full of mischief, threw Lanky Stones
hat over the fence. Lanky. never re-
alizing the danger, leaped over the
fence into the enclosure, bent on res
cuing his hat. But he never reached
it. One of the ostriches took offense
at the Intrusion and kicked him a
good, hard rap. squarely on top OF
the head. Lanky keeled over, un-
conscious"
"Aw!" escaped from both boys in
voluntarily.
did it kill Lanky?" asked Max.
NO" replied his uncle. ut did
not. He was hustled to hospital, and
though the doctors called 1t a severe
case. he was out of the hospital with
in three days. When the players
asked him how he felt he replied that
he never felt better in his life. though
he admitted he did feel little queer
in his head sometimes
"Lanky returned to the ball yard
but did not pitch for a few days,
for the manager told him he wanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

Lanky TO be fully recovered before
he started a game. To keep his arm
in shape, Lanky pitched to the Sec
ond-string catcher, warming up in
case one of the pitchers should 'avi-
ate You boysN know what 'aviate
means. don't your"
Sure replied James. confidently.
1T means being pounded all over the
lot"
1t was evident that both boys knew
baseball to perfection.
THE queer part of it was con-
tinued Mr.. Eastwood, that the catch
er who did the receiving for Lanky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

about now and then-and at that
very nearly laughed right out loud.
Now understood it ALL But + made
up my mind to teach that foolish,
foolish Kangaroo a lesson.
so l let him beg and plead for a
while and then I agreed.
Kangaroo I said, you shall have
your wish-if you will stand the con-
sequences. I'll wave my Magic Wand
and your legs will grow, longer. But
1 can't make them short again, after
you have eaten that Sweetumbite.
They'll have to stay that way
I don't care! / don't carer he
cried, his mouth watering and a
greedy look coming into his eyes.
Please, please hurry'
$50 / waved my Wand and his legs
began to stretch and stretch. There
he stood, trying to balance himself
and reach up, with mouth open and
his little forelegs paving the air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
NO USE FOR IN.

~ OUISE was a blue-eyed, golden
haired child seeing her fourth
- summer. Her grandpa was a
churchman and a Bible reader, SO
the child had been told who sends the
flowers, the sunshine. the rains, etc.
God. AS is the custom, during dry
weather the grandpa would put the
hose on and sprinkle the lawn and
even the street. but at this particular
time there had been many days Of
rain.
One morning her mother pushed
up the shade of a window in their
bedroom and said, "Oh, Louise, the
sun is shining. and the day will be
fine," whereupon Louise remarked in
her slow, serious manner, Den bod
won't have his hose out today,
mamma"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

~ ELL us a stors, Uncle David
II James and Max Eastwood
cousins. had been playing catch.
- Max, with his mamma. was Wis.,
iting his cousin James. Mr.. East
wood, James father, had been sitting
on the porch reading a newspaper,
but the fast-gathering twilight had
caused him to throw it down and
watch the boys as they tossed a twine
ball to and fro. Growing tired of
the game of catch, the boys threw
down their mits and approached the
veranda. 1t was Max who voiced the
plea for story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Why the Kangaroo Has Such Long Tail

II thought I would simply burst
with laughter, Donald, at that silly
Kangaroo; but I managed to keep
straight face. The ideal Poor Kan
garoo And that mischievous Mon
key! Then the thought occurred to
me that. after all, the Laughing Hy-
ena has to have something to laugh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

There he cried triumphantly.
there it is. Mr.. Old Man of the
NoodsI Look-isn't it lusciousl And,
oh, do so want to eat it! My mouth
is fairly watering for it!
Il was almost dumbfounded. So,
then, a Sweetumbite was something
20 eatl I looked up in the direction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Who sleeps outside beneath the trees
Where he can smell the healthy breeze.
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SCATTERED PETALS.

SCATTERED PETALS.
The petals (letters) of these fiow-
ers are scattered Can you put them
together correctly?
l. Ylli. 2. Soer. 8. Psyan. 4.
Ysdai. s. Arcnantio. 6. Mumanthy-
rhcse. z. Turnasimtu. s. Niumrega..
A BUNDLE OF TEASE (Ts).
Example: A wigwam. Answer
Teepee -
l. A see-saw. ~
2. Two horses. ~
8. To instruct.
A. Chewers and biters
s. 13 to 10 years old. as
s. Wearisome.
ANSWERS.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
SOLUTION TO BOY BLUE PUZzLN.

SOLUTION TO BOY Blue PUZZLE.
A Bundle Of Tease (T's): /. Teeter.
totter. 2. Team. 8. Teach. I. Teeth.
5. Teens. s. Tedious.
Scattered Petals: l. Lily. 2. Rose,,
8. Pdnsy. l. Daisy. S. C0rndtion. q
Chrysdnthensxns. Z. NostNrtjSsk
Ger0sj1Ns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

. o you know that in the vaults
of the U. s. mint at Philadel-
phia, snugly enclosed in oiled
~ wrappings, are steel dies of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

He always lets me dress him
Up in most anything.
And lies still in the cradle
While | rock him and sing.
fie never tries to scratch me
Or act the least bit bad;
I'm sure no better kitty
A girl has ever had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28

~ ONALD and Nurse were seated
under the big oak tree at the
Zoo. Nurse was waiting for the
IL big, blond Keeper to come along
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-01-16
Butcher Knives

Beechwood handles, hand-forged
blades, fully warranted, only zoe.
Boning. skinning, luncheon, Cooks
bread knives, knives of all descrip-
tions, only zoe. each while they last
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Chauffeurs Strike.

New York, Nov THE Chauf
feurs employed in tran sporting
United States mail on motor trucks
l25 in number, went on strike re-
Gently. The entire section South
of Forty fifth Street was affected,
this district including the general
post 3ffice and branches al railroad
terminals and steamship piers. The
drivers complained that they were
compelled to drive through the
streets at high speed i'll order to
make ira MS, aud asserted that they
understood that the police commits
sioner, as result of recent acci
dents, had issued instructions to
arrest mail automobile drivers for
speeding The Mayor of tn city
has recommended to the Board of
Aldermen the passage of city or
dinance regulating the speed of
mail trucks. Eight persons have
oeen killed by these vehicles this
year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Meant What he Said.

Flint, Mich, Nov. That sec
retary Redfeld of the Department
of Commerce meant what he said
some months ago in reference to
reductions in wages by employers.
when these reductions are claimed
to be necessary following acts of
Congress, was emphasized recently.
As a matter of fact, notice was
again served on the employers OF
labor that the Department of COM
merce had not abandoned its inten~
ton, under certain conditions, to
investigate general reductions in
wages under the plea that changes
in revenue laws compelled such
acts. When it was suggested
some months ago that the inquiry
powers of the Department might,
under certain conditions, be used to
learn whether conditions in any
general industry were scch as to
justify a reduction in wages, when
alleged to be made because of rev.
enue changes, there appeared very
general comments, which comments
were chiefly remarkable for their
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Suggest Postal Changes.

Washington, Nov. Removal
of the deposit limit on postal saw
ings and changes in the parcel post
regulations were recommendations
made to the post-otfice department
by the National Association of
Third and Fourth-C Class Post
masters assembled IN annual con-
vention recently in this city. In
crease in the weight limit in the
parcel post from twenty pounds to
at least 100 pounds; decrease in the
pound rates, especially those for
the longer distances; a simplifed
system of zones; reformation In the
packing conditions to make the
exections very stringent, and re-
establishment of insurance and
c. o. D. rates to make them cor
respond with quantative s,andai DIS
with the changes in the parcel
post regulations suggested; the es-
tablishment also of first zone of
100 miles with other zones cores
ponding was also urged.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
966Nc M6HS AMR SUITS AND OvERC0AT ss ST.
KREBS Clothing Department IL" $%f xS$ $$$&S f&i

vigor in dealing with an assumed
state of facts that did not exist.
An attitude of courteous candor,
which was not for a moment mis-
understood by the gentlemen who
were directly concerned, were so
altered in the telling of it as to put
the Department in the position of
menacing individuals and estab-
lishments with hostile intrusion if
excuse could be found for so do
ing. When the Gireful results,
which prophets of evil foretold, did
not occur the facile Imagination of
some editors led them to say that
the Secretary of Commerce had
withdrawn from his attitude. The
Secretary of Commerce has done
no such thing" The Secretary
declares that the threats of reduc-
ton in wages as result of the new
Tariff Law had become few of late
This fact he attributed directly to
the declaration Of the administra-
tion that it would act promptly
where such threats were carried
out
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Statesmen and Smiles.

'The smile is one Of the greatest as
sets Of the successful salesman or
saleswoman." says the manager of a
department store linen department
1T makes friends for the store as read
lily as do moderate prices and good
goods
The ability to smile for eight hours
day is a trait hard to acquire and
possessed by few store help Yet it
can be gained by constant practice
the watching OF oneself and not per-
hitting at any time the slightest indi-
cation OF a frown
II recall my first purchase in a New
York department store. was directed
to the counter whore | could end the
special article Of my choice / was met
by a gruff What is it, from the sales-
man. | recall | said Nothing. aud
haven't been in that store since. -
New York Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Fighting High Prices.

Philadelphia Nov. TT h e
housewives and retail butchers
have organized to cut the high
cost of living by eliminating the
middle mans profits. The leaders
in the movement assert that the
price of meat, butter. and eggs,
will be reduced from 10 TO 20 per
cent below current rates. An or
ganized movement, consisting of
the housewives, is conducting a
crusade and has agreed to give
their patronage to butchers who
are organized to buy direct from
the producers. Efforts are being
made to enroll the 6000 butchers
in the organization for the purpose
of buying beef directly from Ar
gentina and eggs and butter from
Western dairies and creameries.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Colorado Situation.

Denver, Nov. 7.-The situation
in the coal camps of this STATE re-
main about the same. Efforts are
being made by the coal operators
to induce the Governor to call out
the State militia to assist in win
uing the strike for the operators.
The state, however, is confronted
by an empty treasury aud by an
OH r eXpe- fence in u ars gone by
that IS not happily referred to.
During the regime OF G " Peabody
the state contracted large III litary
indebtedne S in interfering in the
Cripple Greek strike. After many
years this debt has finally been
liquid tied The coal operators are
seeking TO have the Governor issue
1 per cent Ger i6cates 10 raise mon
ey to send the state militia into the
affec,ed camps, but the sentiment
Of the state is against this pro-
cedure. Added to this, Congress
man Keating has introduced reso-
luton calling for a Congressional
investigation of the strike in South
ern Colorado. Congress is asked
to send a committee to this state to
determine whether the coal COM
panies have combined in restraint
of interstate trade and TO advance
prices, and whether the companies
control state and county officials
aud whether firearms and ammuni-
ton have oeen imported to be used
by the mine guards End strike
breakers The Miners are putting
up a sp,eudid defense, and very
few strike breakers are entering
the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
Workers Burn.

New York, Nov. Six persons
were burned to death and three
others fatally injured in fire which
destroyed six-story loft building
on Canal Street. Three of the dead
are women. The FIRE resulted from
the explosion of gas oven on the
third floor. occupied by the Royal
Manufacturing Company. Forty
men and women narrowly escaped
death when they ere trapped on
the loof and found the fire escape
blocked with scores of others who
were unable to reach the sidewalk
because the drop ladders at the
lower ends of the escape had rusted
in their holders and could NOT be
moved. There Is a lack Of atten-
ton paid to matters Of this kind
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
The Answer.

II just found ont last night be said.
looking nervously at his watch. that
a mans Il fool to allow himself to be
henpecked"
There was a general roar of laugh
ter, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Then one OF the men asked
And how did You come to make that
startling discovery"
We'll it was this way My wife
was jumping on me something fierce
and couldn't figure out how de.
served it. SO | spunked up and said
Look here why do you always pick
on me when you're sore? Why don't
you raise thunder with Albert once in
awhile? lAlbert's our youngest boyJ
Why. she says. Albert wouldn't stand
for 1t. that's Why"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
AUCTION SALES.
Elisha Yale Held the First One In
England In 170O

Elisha Yale Held the First One In
England In 1900.
The first auction sale In England
was held in 100 by Elisha Yale, who
had been governor OF Madras and who
adopted that plan for selling the East
Indian wares he had brought home
The sale attracted wide attention and
was so successful that others immedi
ately adopted the plan.
Before the close of the eighteenth
century England began to place q tax
on auction sales. and at times these
duties have ranged as high as per
cent In 1915 the tax was repealed,
but a charge imposed on the license to
be taken out by all auctioneers. The
abuses at auctions, caused by combi-
nations Of brokers to bid up the offer
ings, led to the adoption Of stringent
regulation
In America auctioneers of a certain
class have also been guilty Of many
lmpositions on the public Fake "auc-
ton sales" of alleged bankrupt stocks
of merchandise fire sales and simi-
lar schemes have long been used to
impose on the credulous. At many
such sales the auctioneer has confed-
crates I'm the crowd who start the bid
ding and continue Ii until some legiti-
mate bidder has offered price that
affords the promoters n handsome
profit. The imposition Of heavy fines
and prison sentences has discouraged
this class of auctioneers In most sec
tions.-Milwaukee Sentinel
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-11-07
SWARMING WITH INSECTS.
The Pests Are VertabIe Plague In
Bolivia and Brazil.


Bolivia and Brazil.
Insect pests are a plague on the
boundary of Bolivia and Brazil "In
the forests and on the smaller rivers,'
writes Commander Herbert A. Ed
wards, r. n r., in the Geographical
Journal, "life is made almost unbear-
able. Ants are met with everywhere;
they swarm over ones person in hun
dreds. and most of them bite most saw
agely. There is one kind of red ant
which lives in trees followed out by
themselves, whose bite is like a touch
with q red hot iron. If person mad
yertently touches or leans up against
one Of these trees the ants swarm out
upon him instantly. and his life for
hours afterward is a long drawn out
misery. Then there are the huge ants,
called tucanderas, one and a half inch
es in length; they live in the forks Of
trees Their bite is particularly pain
full. and causes the part affected TO
swell up as if poisoned. One of our
soldiers was incapacitated for several
days by a bite Of a tucandera. Red
ants; black ants which make broad
straight roads of their own and move
about in battalions; grayish white ants,
living in red colored mounds, six feet
high: yellow ants each and every one
has It's own particular way of making
unwelcome the intruder into its habi-
tat.
Butterflies during bright sunshine
settled on the surveyors and the instru-
ments they were using in such mum
bers that survey work became an inn
possibility Nor is this all Wasrs Of
many colors. but always with a sting;
hornets. which give no mercy to man
or beast; bees Of MI sizes some Of
which swarm in ones shirt. eyes. hair,
ears. mouth and nostris seeking mois-
ture. Every blade Of grass has tick
Of some sort, waiting opportunity to
bury itself in some ones flesh
Spiders. horrid hairy creatures with
bodies six inches long, are sometimes
met. One of our men was stune or
bitten by one Of these when ont shoot
ing; his foot where he was bitten be-
came very inGamed and broke ont into
raw patches He had 10 be left behind
as we Were on the march, and when
we sent for him three weeks later ne
was still limping."