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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--Bv Allen G2fiGfm Johnson

M l9sT D, hs's%es' i' f's% me n'sSs' 'a
 u N the current of your thoughts into
 unpleasant channels, but-New
 York is already playing the prelude to
 that annual aria entitled, Do Your
 Christmas Shopping Early" Evidences
 of approaching expenditures adorn the
 metropolitan shop windows, and the at
 mosphere of oncomng extravaganza is
 percolating perceptibly throughout the throngs.
 In spite of the fact that Wilson is
 elected, there is no indication of a post
 ponement of Christmas, no sign of a slump in Yuletide donations.
 Realizing all this it has occurred to me that some of you may be considering the advisability of doing some of your Christmas shopping-either in person or by proxy--in Manhattan. Not that you could not get all the necessities, luxu- |ries, oddities and assininities generally exchanged on Christmas, in the splendid Birmingham stores, but because a great many of you know that this, that or the |other. bearing direct-from-Gotha la bel has an added charm for many people When you say to your friend, as you hand her a Christmas gift, that you real ize it is nothing much, she may smile lat you and say, "Mais, cest la main qui He dome qui en fait tout le prix"-that lis, she may say something like that, pro- Fvided she speaks French fluently or has Ememorized few French phrases, as I have, and is brave enough to take a Echance. But just the same, if the gift lis direct-from- Gotham, or better still, from Paris, she will probably feel more sincerely grateful to you.
 So, in the event that you do undertake Ia bit of New York Christmas shopping fin search of -the-ordinary articles, eperhaps I may be of some assistance hereinafter Many people are as helpless Ehere in the shopping game, as they Ewould be trying to buy Christmas gifts Ion top of Shades mountain. One must Hknow something of the shops, and when Tone knows bit about them, Christmas Shopping becomes a pleasure, and is Burned partly into a regular sight seeing "trip as well.
 Of course. you know all about Tiffany's. EStern's, Wanamakers and the big places, land quite naturally you would drift into Eone of them, or maybe all of them. But Eoftcn you would miss better bargains in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12

plained, saying he wanted to go back to his cabin, and that he knew he could in some way earn enough to care for himself.
 The above story was told me by MT. L. T. Erwin, who is now chief of po- banks. Judge" Erwin c1me originally from a little town in Georgia, being born on the same street as Sam Jones. It is reported that Sam Jones was s years old at the time, and that he was anxious to see the new baby. When it was shown him, he remarked "Oh, my, ain't he red"
 Well, Marshal Erwin is still red, and he has red hot job in Alaska. He has to keep order in a district half again as large as either Germany or France, and he does this with the aid of a large number of deputies. In the number of assistants employed he tells me, his marshalship is second among the districts of the United States. The first is southern New York state. in- cluding New York city and Brooklyn. It's population is millions, and the mar shal there has 26 deputies. who aid him in spending the $265,000 required for his duties. The second has only 10000 population, but these are so scat tered that 20 deputies are required to watch over them, and the annual ex- penses are $2S5,000. The amount per capita is high, but as to area it is not a dollar per square mile. The deputies are scattered over the whole country running from the Canadian boundary near Eagle to the Russian mission on the lower Yukon and from the Arctic circle to the edge of the KuskolSwim region.
 I have already written how we'll the mounted police keep order in the Yu- kon territory adjoining Alaska. It's men have the right to arrest crimt- nals investigate crimes and settle dis- putes on the ground. Here in Alaska the marshals and their deputies have to refer almost everything to Wash ington before they can act. When a crime is committed not cent can be spent to detect the criminal without authority from the attorney general, 5000 or 5000 miles away. The other day terrible murder was committed just outside the city. No one knew who was the murderer, and it was important to SCOUT the neighborhood and begin the work of investigation at once. Be- fore he could proceed, the marshal had to send this cable to Washington:
 Attorney General, Washington, D. c.
 Woman foully murdered last night along the railroad track within five miles of Fairbanks. Authority re- quested to pay expenses of office depu- ties and make Investigations in the surrounding country.
 (Signed)
 UNITED STATES MARSHAL"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12

g(Copyright, 1916, by Frank G. Carpenter.) Fairbanks Alaska. EHH0NHE winter Is coming and w Monte Terrill will have to go to jail that the public may be able to take care of him. This remark gives in a nutshell one ! of the strange conditions that obtain lin the heart of Alaska. This country \ has no accommodations for vagrants and no laws for the needy poor. It has one pioneer home but that is at Sitka on Baranof Island, about 2Ooo miles from where Monte lives.
 Monte Terrill is a character. His whole life has been a fight against mis- ] fortune and now, although blind and \ lame, he is not willing to give up the battle. I do not know his age, but he has long passed threescore and ten. Wears ago when he first came to the ] I<londike he was one of the most ann bilious, determined and industrious of 1.-the sourdoughs. He underwent all sorts of hardships and one day when out trap |ping sank through some rotten ice he Lattempted to cross and was wet to the swaist. The thermometer was 25 degrees l below zero and his wet feet were frozen l ro such an extent that one had to be 6amputated to the ankle and the other ftaken off half way to the knee. He had A a pair of artificial feet made, and with 2 them again took up the battle of life. He got about so well on his wooden pins 3that but few knew of his troubles and he
 succeeded in obtaining job with gang
 working on the Copper River railroad. RAt that time he was quartered with a humber of other men in a bunkhouse. Nile did not want his state known for 5lfear he would lose his position. But one Knight when in his bunk, having taken off Shis false feet and laid them beside him, 1.-the string attached to one of them hung 8down and tickled the man in the bunk Nbelow The man gave the string a jerk Nand the wooden foot came down and Kicked him in the face. The man was a
 mean fellow and he reported Monte's con Edition < athe boss, and as a result he 8war cd.
 After that, Monte went about doing odd <jobs He worked at anything he could
 get, drifting from camp to camp. Finally,
 he settled in a cabin on the River Cheena
 mot far from Fairbanks, where he cut
 wood for the steamers For several years Shc earned his living in that way. Then This eyesght failed. and it was pitiful Ito see how he tried to keep the people Efrom knowing his misfortune. When he &heard man coming he would straighten
 up and start to walk about boldly. often Pruning into tree or fence. He was
 offered assistance, but would not take 1t.
 Last year he was known to be suffering flor lack of food and was arrested on a #charee of vagrancy and was sentenced Ito Jail for the winter. This was in order kthat the citizens might have legal right <to take care of him. Even then. he com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12
James J. Hills Business Method

From The Life of James J IIill" by
 Joseph Gilpin Pyle. in Worlds Work.
 One characteristic which was to dif- ferentiate James J. Hill from others and contribute to his remarkable achievements, the gift of the clear look forward. was in evidence even when he was a young man. Whenever Mir. Hill considered any enterprise in a practical way or contemplated taking any share in it whatever. he immedi- ately proceeded to throw mental stereopticon view of it upon the screen and study it's probable aspect after the lapse of half century Then he knew whether it contained for him any practical use or attractiv His mainsail was always trimmed to catch the breeze of tomorrow. First he plant ed himself firmly on facts: the exact facts. all the facts. Then he applied to them his powerful constructive im- agination. For example. he was one Of the first to appreciate the extent and value of the coal deposits of Iowa: and some years later the gentlemen who needed them were amazed to find 2300 acres of valuable coal lands in one county of the state held under lease by James J. Hill. He had read every book on the subject. visited every locality within reach where coal could be obtained. questioned travellers and prospectors. and commissioned others to get information for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12

To make canoeing safer, there has been invented an air-tight locker to add to a crafts buoyancy and at the samo tirne afford storage space for articles that arc to be kept dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12

It has been found that telegraph wires will last 10 years near the sea- shore. but in the manufacturing dis tricts the same wiress will last only 10 years, and sometimes less.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-12

It was my privilege to participate in the subway accident election night when a large number of people were overcome by smoke from the fire caused by a short circuit. I had al-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-13
HEADS OF ODD SHAPE.
The kiion, Laiton and Maqbon as De.
scribcd in the Talmud.

The kiion, Laiton and Maqbon as De-
scribcd in the Talmud.
It is a matter familiar. to every stu.
dent of the Bible that the Hebrew
priests were required to be physically
as we'll as morally rerfect-without a
bodily defect or blomish-in order to be
eligible to service in the temple The
Talmud, In the tractate Bechoroth,
says a writer in the Medical Record,
enumerates several defects which dis
qualify priest from ministering in his
holy office. Among these are the kilon.
the lafton and the maqbon.
The condition of kilon Is ascribed as
a person having peculiarly shaped
head, which is pointed at the top and
broad at the bottom. The lafton was
man with a head shaped exactly the
opposite Of the preceding. To use, the
expression Of the Talmud, he had
head very bread at the top and narrow
at the bottom, like a lefes-i. e., q
pumpkin.
The expression maqbon, derived from
the word hammer, refers to a hammer
shaped head or. as the Talmud de-
scribes it, one with prominent and
projecting forehead and occiput.
The terse descriptions OF the kilon
head and lafton head given BY the
Talmud could not be improved on by
any modern textbook In medicine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-13
Osman Pasha's Daring.

One Of the most gallant generals that
ever surrendered to the enemy was
Osman Pasha, the immortal defender
of Plevna. Surrounded by an immeas-
urably superior army Of Russia. o.
man kept his flag flying for IA days,
inflicting a loss Of 10000 men on tho
snemy and losing $4,000 Of his own gar
rlson. It was only when both pro-
visions and ammunition failed that no
decided on that desperate attempt to
cut his way through the investing
army. The attempt, one Of the most
daring and resolute in history. failed,
and Osman was at last compelled to
admit defeat. So impressed. however.
were the enemy with his valor that ~
he was carried wounded through their
ranks they greeted him as conQueror
with cheers and presented aruR.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-10-13
, cars ana close to

on his death his body shall be con-
veyed to it's last resting place In one
of the machines with which his name
is associated.
Mclean county, Illinois, boasts of
having the oldest driver OF motor
car. Adam Waywright Of Downs town
able to handle a car.
The worlds best cork comes from
trees in Spain and Portugal that are
allowed to become forty years old be-
fore the bark is cut, and then it is re-
moved only every other eight or ten
years.
The use Of burning and asphyxiating
chemicals can be traced back to the
time of Greek writer Of 369 B. c., one
Anneas by name, says Medical Inspec-
tor George A. Lung. U. S. n.
For fifteen years Japan has had a
school for the study Of China. Recent
~ this school obtained land in Shang
hal for this purpose. Diplomas have
been granted to about 900 young
Japanese in all.
The Breslau Germany Consumers
Union closed its fftieth year in No
venber. The year was profitable.
The government OF India will ex-
tend its wireless system until every
army post has station in the charge
of a trained officer
Philadelphia has 900 charitable in
stltutions and organizations. OF these
forty eight are Endorsed as reliable by
Chamber Of Commerce investigators.
Among the students at the famous
English preparatory school, Eton. this
term, are eighteen Belgians, including
Prince Leopold, the eldest son of King
Albert.
Concrete as a material for gate
structures in American irrigation
canals is beginning to displace wood.
vantage Of higher cost.
One fourth of the worlds lead sup
ply comes from Great Britain.
The cost Of maintenance Of the bikes
of Holland is about S3.000,00O a year.
The worlds present potato crop is
approximately large enough to fill two
thirds Of the Panama canal
The government of India will extend
its wireless system until every army
post has a station in the charge of q
trained officer.
Toothed tongs of much power have
been patented by Washington In
ventor to pull weeds.
Joan of Arc could not read or write.
About 100 species of oysters have
been classified by scientists.
Lhassa has a population Of 5000, CT
whom 5000 are women.
In Asia tusks are possessed only by
the male elephants.
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SCOTS As FIGHTERS.
They Won Fame In Former Days UNs
der Many Different Fiaas.

They Won Fame In Former Days uWs
der Many Different Flags.
It would be difficult to find an army,
in Europe which did not ao,tain de.
scendants of the Scottish soldier Of
fortune. In Sweden Gustavus Adolf.
phus had four Neabenant ,geaera1s,
twenty-five colonies and many other
Inferior officers, all Scotemen, in his
service. He owned that his conquests
in Germany were due - IL valor Of
these gallant soldien
In Muscovy the Bruces, the Gerdoas
and the Douglases were famous.
Even in Germany the ubiquitous Scot
was 10 be found, and . General Ogilvy,
whose grandfather was . Scotsman.
was at one time field marshal Of the
empire.
It was In France, however, that the
Scot was rated most highly, and the
old saying ran, "Fidele CONNIE I'm Es-
cossais." Louis had such a respect for
these soldiers that he ordained that
his body should be guarded night and
day by twenty-four Scotsmen. This
Scots bodyguard was continued under
the reign Of nine kings without inter-
mission for $50 years.
King Charles WI. raised another CON-
pany Of Scots. called Gems dArms
fEscossc," consisting of 100 horses
and 200 archcrs This force had pre-
cedence CT all the French troops
London Chronicle.
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Classified
Ad Rates

Four lines Is words to a Iins)
or Is words or less cost l5e. tor
one issue, SOC. tor three and ope.
for week. Pro rata pr;es viii he
charged for advertisements Ok
eesdins four lines. In sending Joy
mail, enclose stamps with oreer'
a. charges are too small to open
accounts.
The journal does not knowingly
accept any fraudulent advert!ans
Of any kind. the Journal VIII m
vsstieats promptly and visoroye'y
every claim from any person no
has been in any way deeeiv or
misa'eated through answering -
Advertisement. Tho Journal th'
thank ito readers to bring 10
ATTENTION any failure on the par
Of an advertiser to make goo9 n.s
premises. y 10 tho belief OF itn.s
paper that an advertiser ssrve& ms
own interest best only whey ~
serves the public best. II yoY sr'
not satisfied tell the Journal.
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For Sale-Reai Estate
THIS is ONE OF THE BEST BAR.

sans IN a farm in the State today; 1t Is
q IarH OF % acres 80 acres in field, 20
a aor IN pasture and woodlot, good land
rive al crops, nice set Of buildings.
s.uinihg water in house and stable; house.
stao!e' shed and barn all connected, hen
mouse Tor 200 hens. blacksmith shop with
~ us, ~, an buildings In good repair inside
your door every day. nine miles from Au-
Eusta. four miles from Belgrade Depot,
i've from ReadfieId Depot. six miles Bel
n nLaoe s,.h LAKES; good market for crops.
hood; you cannot build these buildings
To-Day less than 5000 and am going to
sen this farm on account of sickness at
a very low price; all farming tools go
the balance on terms.
Also 40 not forget I have some good
bargains in farms and city homes See
me II you want fair and honest dealings
bon street; buy now. South State st. is
booming. Edward F. Rice, Real Estate,
Tel. lO6l-W. Augusta. octl2dlw
TWO LARGE LOTS ON CENTRAL
street, near city schools and electric
cars. Telephone, city water. gas, electric
lights available. Apply Dr.. Averill,
Patten Block. Gardiner octladlwk
$1,000 BUYS A COSY, PARTLY FUR
nished cottage with stable connected, sit
ated on main road. 2 minutes walk from
store and from school, hen house and
yard for 100 hens, woodshed and tool
house, acres of land with about 20 apple
trees IN bearing and in splendid neigh
borhood. Here is fine opportunity for II
working man with family to educate.
Very good condition. s409 down; balance
on easy terms. Here is the chance of a
lifetime. Move right in and go to house
keeping. Peacock, Readtieid. Phone 80.
Octl3d2t
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Painting Overhead.

dow or any object overhead the paint
or liquid usually runs off the handle
Of the brush and then over the work
er's hands. If you will take two pieces
Of tin soldcred ut the ends, says G. II.
Thomas in the Popular Science Month
ly and tack them OH either side of the
brush below the bristles, you will have
little cup which catches this over
flow paint. Each time the brush is
dipped into the paint can the shield is
automatically empued.
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ODD ITEMS OF INTEREST

Despite the war. the number of auto
mobiles licensed in Canada showed a
great advance In 1915 over the figures
for the previous year.
Union college claims the distinction
Of the oldest living graduate" for
Stephen X. Williams, of the class of
1887, living in Newark, \. J,
According to reports from Skagway,
Alaska, shipments are being made
from large deposits of magneste in
that locality as a result of the Euro
Lean war.
Count Zeppelin has given orders that
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Two Dave In One.

Chatham island, lying of the coast
Of New Zealand, In the south Pacific
ocean, Is peculiarly situated, as 1t Is
one Of the few habitable points Of the
globe where the day Of the week
changes. It Is just on the line Of the
demarcation between dates. There at
II noon on Sunday Sunday ceases and
instantly Monday meridian begins.
Sunday comes into mans house on
the east side and becomes Monday by
the time it passes out of the western
door, A man sits down to his MONDAY
dinner on Sunday, and 1t is Monday
noon before he finishes it.-London
Globe.
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For Sale--Horses, Cattle, Etc.

DARK BAY HORSE, ABOUT 100
lbs. Sound and willing worker. Cheap
If sold at once f. A. Fuller. Augusta.
Tel. 3l7-42 octl3d3t
MUST SELL AT ONCE, GRAY
horse weighing 1850, work single or dou
BILE. Full booded Jersey COW years old.
One horse jigger wagon A two-horse
dump cart and a set OF logging sleds Call
or address ID. S. Young at Malcolm &
Dyers. oCtl2dtf
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Sure.

sure.
Mrs. Smiley-Here we've been mar
lled ten years, and my husband still
lays I'm an angel. Her Friend-But
does he really mean 1t, my dear? Mrs.
S.-Perhaps not. But don't you think
I'm lucky to have husband who pre-
tends to mean it?-Pittsburgh Chroni-
Gle Telegraph.
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Architecture,

Architecture.
A distinguished philosopher spoke Of
architecture as frozen music, and his
assertion caused many to shake their
heads. We believe this really besuti-
full idea could not be better reintro-
duced than by calling architecture d.
lent music.-Goethe.
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HORSES

Direct from the farms of Indiana In the
lot are some four-year-old mares family
broken. You can take them home. If
you don't like them, don't want one dol
lar of Your money. They will weight 1909
to 1450 lbs. There is one pair of dapple
gray mares weighing 32e0 lbs, 8 years old
Some odd ones will weigh from 1860 to
1860 lbs. They have got the shape ana
style that everyone likes who wants a
tirst-class horse. You can trust your
folks to come to the city with them. They
are the Innr mans friend. ! will have
them at my home l.! Main Ave, one-half
mile from my old stable on the electric
car lire CHARLES +. TRASk, Gardi-
ner Maine octedtf
4 WEEKS GID PIGS, PRICE $500,
also some and 8 weeks old. Route II.
q. {. Sandford, Litchfield, Me. Near
Rings Corner. oct11d3ts
ONE VERY FAST PACING HORSE.
yrs. OLD. sound and kind. Can be seen
at Connors' stable. Richmond. Maine.
DAPPLE GREY HORSE, YEARS
old, weighs 1900 sound and kind, stand
without hitching. Reason for selling, 60
ing to have auto truck. Tracy & Metcaif
lla Oak St. Augusta, Me. octSd2w
ONE 8 YEAR OLD DRAFT COLT
and sucking colts Sired by imported
Belgian stallion. Dams are large mares
j. S. Gray. Wndsorville, Me. oct3d2w-
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Cards. Notices. Etc.

JULIA A. ER-SPIRITUALIST
Medium, is located at 249 South State on
Grand ST. Readings daily except Sunday
Stop at Glenwood Springs. on Gardiner
car line. octl2d1w-
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Warted,--Situations

An ALL ROUND BAKER DESIRES
a position In a clean bakery. Address r.
b Lancaster, Main St, Skowhegan, Me-
octlldlw*
WORK BY GOOD, REL A 3 L e
nurse Any case accepted and can fur
nish reference. Mrs John B. True, Itch
field, Me, r. F. .. Is. sept6dtf
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Wanted-Female Help

LADiES-A FASCINATING HOME
businesses supplying tinted POSTCARDS, r nc
lures, etc, snare time Make $500 on loo
No canvassinz: samples 10c.; particulars
free. Artint 1s9-N. 1870 Manhtn ST.. Ne New
York. octIooot
GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSEWORk.
Only experienced help need apply. Re1ei,
ences required. Mrs Paul d. Sargent, ~
Court St Phone 867. octloo1W
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KIND OF

0Nn JUST THE KIND OF
ID / ZCV farm for one man, cuts
about II tons hay. buildings In eX-
ira fine condition, on State road, a
little way out from Gardiner. Place is
worth $17(R. The owner wants to sell this
week. Make offer.
AMOS H. HIGGINS
Oepo; Square, Gardiner
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Agents Wanted

AGENTS WANTED-$5 TO 81 DAILY
selling New Fibre Brooms; every woman
will buy. Sample by Parcel Post. 81
cents. Wynne Broom Co. Elmlra, \. Y.
sept30d2w%
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New Advertisements Toda!

For Sale-Farm.
Found-Hound.
For SaIe-Bay Horse.
Lost-Male foxhound.
Lost-Rear skid chain.
ForSale-Two large lots.
TO let-Furnished rooms.
For sale-Wood furnace.
For sale-Parior coal stove.
For Sale-Portable saw mill
For 6ale-Retatl shoe business.
For saie-Sewing machine. etc. "
For sale-Huskinh machine, ETC.
For sa!e-Morris & Ireland safe.
For sale-Cottage, stable and land.
For sale-Pants, overalls and frocks.
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Found

BLACK, WHITE AND TAN HOUND.
owner can have same by proving proper
ty and paying charges. Chas. b. Trott
South Gardiner. Me. oct13d3ts