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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

self. and in his weariness with the functions of his own devising he fidgeted about on the thrcne at the splendid oere- monials. His anxious ehamberlains, like street car conductors, noisily endeavered to make the genuflecting procession "step livey,' and the women were com manded to carry their trains over their arms in order to move forward in closer ranks
 The gayer spirits reveled for time in the festivities they held about the Elm press after the Emperor had gone to bed, for he never oyercame his provin- cial habit of retiring early But all the walls In the empire having ears he dis liked some of the things that were said in his absence. The little playtime, therefore, was summarily suppressed and all the Parislans at court were ordered to bed at barrack hours.
 Paris had grown dizzy in the waltz. which Napoleons soldiers had discovered -or rediscovered-in the Jena campaign. when the conquering army saw the Ger mans forgetting their national woes In its dreamy whirl. Although Napoleon 5 old dancing teacher in Valence had put in an appedrahce and an application, say ing, Sire. it is I who once guided your steps," the pupil never was a credit to his instructor. When the Emperor tried his awkward feet in a gavotte at War saw he asked the Countess Potocka how he danced. The countess reply is a model Sire, for a great man, you dance perfectlyi" The great man, however was not a great fool and he knew bet ter.
 Good people in France were sorely out ragged by the strange dance from Ger many. But although it invaded even the frigid precincts of the Tuileries, the Enl- peror did not shock the prudes by taking 1t up, for whenever he tried to waltz that marvellous head of his grew dizzy and lost its balance.
 A Court Picture
 To give his people n change of scene, Napoleon at stated time stransferred his court to country palaces, preferably Fontainebleu. which Josephine detested On those occasions the vast pile was crowded with population equal to that of a town, requiring as many as lloO beds to be made in the chateau and as many as 5000 covers laid at dinner. The apartments were assigned to the guests as in a big hotel, while the duties of entertaining were divided among the members of the imperial family. If the Emperor gave reception this evening. another evening was marked by a card party under the hospitality of the Elm press, while on other evenings there were lays of musicalcs, followed by balls un- der the patronage of the princesses, The princes. the ministers, the grand marshal and the ladies of honor. each with dining table in his or her apartment once there was 52 tables to be served gave all the dinners, and thus left the Emperor at liberty to take refuge from the jaded mob of courtiers in private dinner with the Empress and whomso- ever else he chose.
 The social evolutions of each day were scheduled as in military training camp. Breakfast over at il o'clock. the ladies turned to tapestry work; at the men went hunting, returning at or g, where upon the Emperor was likely to tap his watch and say, T give the ladies 10 min utes to dress for dinner" Sometimes a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

)MEONE has made the discov-
 cry that Shakespeare. all
 though he had 15.000 words in his vocabulary, had to repeat
The Press., 1914-04-22
BALANCING BOWLDERS.
Two of. These Natural Curiosities
 Sway In the Berkshires.

Two of These Natural Curiosities
 Sway In the Berkshires.
 For many years one of the greatest natural curiosities in Berkshire county and which in earlier and later years has been visited by armies of the GU rious is Balance rock, four miles north of Pittstield and near the south line of LaneSbOrO.
 This great marble powder is now of a deep brown color and is scared and riven by the storms of centuries. It is thirty feet high, fifteen feet wide and is so wonderfully poised on few feet at it's base as to tremble at the slightest touch.
 It weighs many hundreds of tons and resembles from several points of view a huge egg. a blacksmith's forge and the back of an elephant. It resembles no rock to be found on the TacOnic mountain range or it's foothills, near which latter it stands in sphinxlike grandeur and silence.
 It is not generally known that there is another balance rock in Berkshire about of equal interest with that in LanesbOro. It is on the highest point of the Monument mountain, where it slopes toward the east, and is TOO feet above the river at the village of HOuSa- tonic. It's estimated weight is over 100 tons-Pittsfield (Mass.) Cor. New York Sun.
The Press., 1914-04-22
A Daring Skater.

Shortly after the fight at Jena in 1906 Napoleon dispatched an officer to Marshal Mortier requiring him to seiz, certain important towns without de lay. When the officer arrived at the mouth of the Elbe. where the river is seven and one-half miles wide, he WaN threa tened with serious loss of time. The river was just covered with ice; therefore to row over was out of the question. He could not cross by the nearest bridge without going twenty miles out of his way on roads heavy with snow So he resolved to skate across the thin, freshly formed ice, Had he tried walking he would have sunk at once, but by skimming along on his skates at the top of his speed he got over the river both dry and un harmed. By this daring deed he saved six hours. did what Napoleon bade him do and won great credit for his bold and clever exploit.
The Press., 1914-04-22
ONE VIEW OF SLEEP.
Likened to the Freezing of Water In .
 Pond or Bowl

Likened to the Freezing of Water In a
 Pond or Bowl.
 The approach of sleep is much like inc freezing of water in pond or bowl. Faint spiculae dart from the sides; notes and dots, barely perceptible. swim in the midst. One might imagine the process not less grateful to the long lunsheltered mere than to the merely longing brain, for as the one desires for the time being to be defended from khat thought which is its own com Donent essence. so might the other seek a coat proof against the plunge of an icicle. formed of like element Slight agita tion, applied with judg- iment, will help the matter on. The in troductiOn of a finger will sometimes change bowl of congealing water to Il solid mass. A bit of ice slid in at the proper moment will help on the waters freezing. and so will thinking on your latest dream help to induce slumber.
 Transparent and cold as are ice and sleep nothing will keep brain and water safer and warmer. All glances from them and naught stirs up mud or mood. The parallel holds to the ast, for nothing can more resemble the rude awakening of slumber than the sudden breaking of ice, and nOth- Ing is more like gradual and pleasant widening than the melting t1law where beginning and end are alike in uiscernible.-C. B. D. Phelps in "A Farmers Notebook"
The Press., 1914-04-22
Why Nof2

Among the mOuntaineers of Carolina there is a strong feeling of resentment toward anything that savers of charity In illustration of their independence Miss Margaret W. Morley tells this story in "The Carolina Mountains"
 A stranger fed mountain woman who, having come to town to trade, stopped at the door, tired and hungry to sell her butter. The next day tn, woman came back with a chicken.
 "Why. mo-" said the lady. ''I cannot take your chicken. gave you the din ner"
 Say you didY'
 Yes"
 Say you gave me the dinner?"
 "Yes'
 Well if you can give me a dinner why can't give you chickenY
The Press., 1914-04-22
DOUBLY PROVEN
Stafford Springs Readers Can No Longer Doubt The Evidence.
 Th;c, csnnAoE,.l a:A:uo.. L..

StanOro springs KeaderS Gan Nc Longer Doubt The Evidence.
 This grateful citizen testified long ago. ..= .-s.
 Told, of quick relief-of undoubted benefit.
 The facts are now confirmed.
 Such testimony is complete-the evidence conclusive.
 If forms convincing proof of merit
 Dwight F. Lull, retired farmer, 355 St. Bernards Terrace, Rockville, Conn. says: "For three years I had dull, heavy. ache in the small of my back which came on by attacks. When l stopped or sat down for awhile, the trouble changed to sharp twinges My back tired easily and often I had headaches and dizzy spells. Doan s Kidney Pills proved to be just what I needed, and I had not taken them long before I was cured Several of my friends have also been benefited by this remedy. I verify all I said about Doan's Kidney Pills when I previously recommended them, for they are the best kidney medicine I ever used '
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster -Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan 's- and take no other.
The Press., 1914-04-22
ALuan.an. os a.inn Dull.

There is a quality in certain people which is above all advice, exposure or correction. Only let man or woman have dullness sufficient and they need bow to no extant authority. dullard recognizes no betters; dullard can't see that he iS in the wrong; a dullard has no ScrupIeS of conscience. no doubts of pleasing or succeeding or dO- ing right, no qualms for other peoples feelings. no respect but for the fool himself How can you make fool perceive that he is q fool? Such per son can no more see his own folly than he can see his own ears. And the great quality of dullness is to be unal- ternbIy contented with itself.-Thack- OrlN.
The Press., 1914-04-22
KILL THE CATARRH GERM--USE HYOMEI

It's the direct to -the-spot method - you breathe it. Do not delay and continue to suffer from catarrh, head colds, bronchitis or snifties. It is not only needless and annoys your friends, but dangerous to your general health.
 Begin the Hyomei treatment al once. It is one of the easiest, quick est, and surest ways to clear the head and quickly and permanently banisl catarrh.
 Hyomei being medicated air i'm mediately reaches the sore and irratet mem brane and tissues-its antiseptit and germicidal healing begins al once.
 You will surely like Hyomei-i it: relief is not only immediate but last ing. Money refunded by Ander' Jacobsen if you are not satisfied.
 Get the complete outfit -$l. % size. Druggists everywhere sell Hyomei.
The Press., 1914-04-22
A Scorpion.

Il took my first typescript-get that? -typeScript to manager who happens to be a friend of mine," said an aspir- ing dramatist. "I discovered that man. agers have an irreverent incredulity combined with a scorpions sarcasm.
 "'YOu wrote play? he marveled. Who told you tO?'
 "'I wrote it on my own initiative answered stiffiy. Nobody would ever write a play if people waited to be told.
 "'I would not do anything so diff cult as write play unless I was fOrced.' declared the manager.
 "'It is ei;Sy. not difficult, to write d play. l argued. 1t is as easy as fall ing off H log.
 He read the play and sent it back with q Scrlwl on the title page as fol- lows:
 "'Compared with writing such q play as this it would be totally impossible lo fall off log. "-New York Times
The Press., 1914-04-22
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. It was prescribed by one or the best physicians in this country for years and is regular prescription. It 1S com the best blood puriners acting directly on the mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such won derruI results In curing Catarrh. Send for testi. monials free
 F. J. CHENEY 6 CO, Props.I Toledo, 0.
 Sold by Druggists, price 75C.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1914-04-22

ITO the Sheriff of the County of Tol- \ land, his Deputy or either of the Constables of the town of Union within said County, By authority of the State of Connecticut you are hereby commanded 10 summon the town of Union to appear before the Superior Court to be holden at Holland, within and for the County of Holland, on the first Tuesday of May, 1914, to be heard on the petition hereinafter set forth. Hereof fail not but of this summons with your dongs thereon make due return according to law.
 D. 1914. EDWARD M. YEOMANS,
 Commissioner of the Superior Court To the Honorable Superior Court within and for the County of Holland, to be holden on the first Tuesday of May, 1914.
 E. G. Walker and C. A. Proulx, residents and aX-payers of the town of Union, County of Tol- land and State of Connecticut respectfully peti ton your Honorable Court to discontinue as a public way the highway within said town of Union, commonly termed the Steers road ;" the same being the highway leading from the four corners near the northwest school house, So-call- ed, in said Union continuing in SouthweSterly direction by and through the property formerly owned. used or occupied by one Daniel Steers, now owned, occupied, or used by Myron Heck, through to the intersection of the main travelled highway leading from the Massachusetts line to the town of Stafford said "SteerS road' being one-half mile in length, more or less.
 Your petitioners further represent that said road Is now open as public way under order Of land County Superior Court, records vol. 6, page 209.
 mat SalQ rOdQ, contrary to the COnnlLlOnS eX- isting at the time of the aforesaid order of the court, is not necessary as way of common con venience and necessity, but said road is now un used and wholly abandoned by the public as q travelled road.
 Wherefore your petitioners pray this Honora bIe ourt to discontinue said road as public way for the reasons and conditions stated afore said. E. C. WALKER. l pti,i,ror
 CIIAS A. PROULX 1 iS'i''o"'
 State of Connecticut, County of Holland:
 Union, Ap'i ,, 1914 The within is true copy of the original sum and Ihnfitinn
The Press., 1914-04-22
Fish Test.

The sure sign by which to tell fresh fish is the eye. If the eye is clear the fish is fresh, but If it is sunken and shrunken you may be certain that the fish is not fresh. even though the gilIs look red.
The Press., 1914-04-22
AnatomicaIIv Sneakino

Every one has some secret sorrow. ' Uaid the philosophic friend.
 ''Yes; even the fattest and jolliest of us has skeleton in his midst."- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1914-04-22
At the Wrono House.

Have you Charles Dickens in your homer" asked the polite book agent. No" she snapped.
 "Or a Robert Louis Stevenson?"
 No"
 "Or Gene Field?"
 No. We ain't. an, what's more, we don't run boarding house here either If you're looking for them fellows you might try the house across the street. I understand they keep roomers. ."- De trOit Free Press
The Press., 1914-04-22
The Age of Cosmetics.

York. uttered neat epigram on the modern woman.
 '"The modern wOman," she said. "carely weeps. Her complexion won't stand it."
The Press., 1914-04-22

"Doan's Ointment cured me of eczema that had annoyed me for 8 long time, The result was lasting "-Hon. s. w. Matthews, Commissioner, Labor Statis- tics, Augusta, Me.
The Press., 1914-04-22
Her Size.

Lady tin shoe shop)-These shoes pinch terribly. Haven't you anything larger? Salesman You arked for No 2'S. na'am. can give you No 3'S or No. I'S ur- Lndy-The idcaI 1 want something larger in No. 2's.
The Press., 1914-04-22

Mans great fault is that he has so many small ones. Richter.
The Press., 1914-04-22
-PERKERE5

ENGRAVED CARDS furnished at The 1L Press ofice-60 cards and script plate po cents 50 cards and old English plate from sl .EO to e2.b0. T
The Press., 1914-04-22
State of Connecticut, County of TolIan,

The within is a true copy of the original sun, mons and petition.
 Attest PIE FER THOMPSON, Constable.
The Press., 1914-04-22

storrs College Experimental, Pen White Leghorns, (not in the contest), (5O)-S55.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-16
SPORT.

Aviator Lincoln Beacfiey made three
successful flights at Grand Junction,
Colo. He was in the air fifty minutes
and looped the loop five times.
With a whirlwind attack that daz-
%led their heavier opponents, the Uni
versity of Minnesota at Minneapolis
defeated the State College of Ames,
Iowa, &c to 0.
In what is said to be the first fatal
accident of its kind on record, AL
phonse Huth, mechanician, was
killed on the Cicero flying field at Chi
cago by being run over by an aero
plane.
The University OF Wisconsin. foot
ball team, aided by Mucks, the 26o.
FOUNDER from Oshkosh, had a walk
away against the lighter Marquette
University team at Madison, with a
score of AS to 0.
In pitchers battle, with a dramatic
climax usually reserved for baseball
fiction, the> Boston Nationals defeated
the Philadelphia Americans at Phila.
delphia Saturday In the second game
of the worlds series. by a score Of
to O.
[ A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Paris says that
through the capsizing Of an aeroplane
in which they were making a recon
Nuisance, Lieutenant Noel and a pas
senger named Emmer lost their lives.
They were flying at an altitude of
1000 feet when the machine, for some
unknown reason, turned turtle and fell.
Another aviator, Gariex, holder of
many worlds aviation records, has
been taken prisoner and is now In
Berlin.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-16
GENERAL.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company intends to issue blanket
mortgage covering all existing issues
of bonds, and providing for refunding
purposes. The amount of the mort.
gage probably will not exceed $60O,-
100000.
The British consul general in New
York declined a present OF several
dozen White handkerchiefs for the use
of the soldiers at the front. "The
British soldiers are not allowed to
carry white hAnkerchiefs," he said.
An enemy seeing them might mistake
them for signal of truce or surren-
der"
The Columbia University gymna-
SUM building in New York, a two.
story brown stone structure. rs by 175
feet, designed by the late Stanford
White and built twelve years ago, was
a charred water-soaked ruin, with all
but the walls and the electric power
plant in the basement destroyed by
fire.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-16
FOREIGN.

Prof. Richard Meyer of Berlin uni
al Berlin.
Mrs. Winston Spencer Churchill,
wife of the first lord of the admiralty,
gave birth to daughter in London.
Seven trains bringing refugees from
Antwerp arrived in London and were
met by representatives of the war
refugees committee.
The government gave notice that the
collection duties on corn, flour and
vegetables entering Austria had been
temporarily suspended.
Nisccunt Acheson, lieutenant in
the Cold Stream guards, is among
those named in the list of wounded
made public in London.
There was a rumor in London that
the Kaiser had offered as a reward
to the first man to enter Antwerp the
decoration of the iron cross and S.,
900 in money.
Cardinal Dominic Ferrata, papal Sec
retary OF state. died at Rome. The
immediate cause of the death Of Car
dinal Ferrata was peritonitis, an out.
come OF his protracted illness.
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from The Hague says that
the second chamber has approved .
credit of fifty million florins ($20, 0,OOO,.
O00) to cover the expenses of mobiliza-
ticn.
Dispatches from Berlin deny the
charge Of the Belgian government
that the populace OF Brussels has been
reduced to state of famine by the
Germans who have Communicated all
the food supplies.
The French authorities have seized
food supplies valued at between ST.
100000 and 100000 which had been
deposited on the docks at Havre by
a German firm. The action was TAX
Ell to prevent the supplies being sent
abroad.
According to reports received at the
vatican, more than $4,000 ecclesiastics
are now serving in different capacities
with the armies in the field, especially
with the Belgian, French and Austrian
forces. Most Of these clergymen are
engaged in hospital work
F. C. Selous, the English big-gam
hunter, is inclined to scout the
charges made by the warning Euro.
pean powers that each is using tho
dum-dum bullet. Ragged wounds that
have been inflicted, he believes, were
done by the steel-jacketed bullets turn
ing sidewise.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-16
CONFER ON STRIKE SITUATION.
President and Secretary Wilson Dis.
cuss Conditions In Colorado.

Washington-Folo the return
of Secretary Wilson Of the Depart.
ment, of Labor, President Wilson con-
ferred with him on the Colorado strike
situation, which is causing the Presi-
dent much concern.
The President still is seeking to
have the mine operators accept the
basis Of agreement already accepted
by the miners.
The operators have adopted the at
titude that most Of their mines are
now running at almost full time, but
the President is determined to bring
an end to the situation. which neces-
states the presence Of federal troops
IN the mine district.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-10-16
A BIG CORN CROP
OCTOBER ESTIMATES INDICATES
AN iNcREAsE OF 7s,ooo, 900
DUeHELS.
Oats Crop Shows Gain of 21,oOo, 900
Bushels, Apples 10000, 900 and Po-
tatoes 100000 6usheis-other
crops Make Gain.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. = Greater corn crop
prospects by 100000 bushels and
great improvement in tobacco, in
creasing the prospects of that crop
over the forecast in September by
92,0OO,0OO pounds. were the features of
the Department Of Agriculture's Octo-
Der crop report.
An increase Of 100000 bushels in
the potato crop. 21.oOO,OO0 bushels in
the oats crop and 100000 bushels
in the apple crop also were fore
casted.
Spring wheat showed a slight de-
crease. being 100000 bushels under
the September forecast, yet the COM
bined crop Of winter wheat and spring
wheat makes this years harvest Of
that grain record one.
The estimate follows:
Spring wheat, 217,OOO,OO0 bushels
All wheat. 1872 100000 bushels.
Corn. 2,676,0O0,000 bushels.
Oats. 1,137,O00.000 bushels.
Barley. 197,0O0.00O bushels.
Buckwheat, 100000 bushels.
White potatoes, 3S2,OO0,OOO bushels
Sweet potatoes. 55,OO0,0OO bushels.
Tobacco. 954,000,000 pounds.
Flax. 100000 bushels.
Rice. 24,OOO,0o0 bushels.
Other details announced were:
Spring wheat. indicated acre yield.
12.1 bushels.
Condition, 729 per cent;
yield, 25.5 bushels.
Oats-Yield, 29.6 bushels.
Barley-Yield, 26.1 bushels.
Buckwheat-Conditi S33 per
cent; yield, 21.3 bushels.
White Potatoes-Condltion, Is per
cent; yield, 1898 bushels.
Sweet Potatoes-Condition, s0.7 per
cent; yield, "a bushels.
Condition, SIS per cent:
yield, s21.3 pounds.
Flax - Condition, ia per cent;
yield. 81 bushels.
Rice-Condition, IS per cent; yield,
34.5 bushels.
Hay-Yield, LAP tons.
Apples-Condition, 691 per cent.
The condition and estimated total
| production lin thousands) based on
condition. figured on the various
crops, with the preliminary forecasts
OF production lin thousands of bush
els) of oats and spring wheat, fol-
lows: