THE
GREAT
GAME
Br ACNE3 L PROVOST
r Sl.wrl Slurr rua. Co.l
IT WAS big day it th old Outten
burg trick before th anti-gam-bllng
amendment hud mid Gutteu
burg a stale nd profitless thing
nd la It was olio t holiday, there
were it least four thousand men
crowding ind pushing one another In
tin pool room.
There were tlirce men imong tin
four thousand who were vitally Inter
ested In rich otlii'r'i movements, but
It wii not until they In fruin tin
second heut tint Mr. William Lyman
address nt fuund In lite directory
discovered J. Urownley ' of tin Klin
Francisco detective fore itmidlng be
fore tin bourda, well In front of tin
crowd ind nirently itudytug tin
oddi with thoughtful eye. It oc
curred to Mr, I.yinitit tint J. Brown
ley's oilier eye wii keeping wutcli on
the reir ejlls,
Mr. Lyman melted iwiy Into tin
crowd like fog before the iiinihlne,
being by nulure ever modes! and re
tiring when in ofllclul apiieered on
tin landscape. He wriggled hli wiy
bik until be lighted hie friend ind
ropartucr, Mr. Colllui, ind retired
with blm from the range of Inquisitive
eiri.
"Mickey" he mumbled ciutlouilyt
"We're pinched."
"II 1 J" observed Mr. Colllni pro
finely, Hiring iround blm In in un
pleasantly auspicious nnniier.
I "Sure thing. Urownley' up In front
lle'l done up something greit, but you
ren't fool uie on Urownley, It'i hi in
lure."
Mr. Colllni eipressed I desire tint
the Immurtiil part of J. Urownley
Uilght be subjected to I routing
process for in Indefinite futurity. Un
der itreu of emotion, Mr, Colllni wii
pt to be vltuperstlve.
"lle'l fullered ui ill the wiy from
"Frisco." be gniiuhled wrutlifully, "in
three tluiei thli month we've Just got
off with our necks. The only wiy to
get rid of Urownley Is to kill hliu.
"And have the whole t'ultd Ktitei
know we did It T Not un your tintype,
Mickey, I don't throw my head iwiy
Ilk tint. Never kill l man unless
yuu hive to. S'pone you sneak iround
front ind lee If the roud'i clear for
a breuk."
' Mr. Colllni worked till wiy swiftly
lick to the front entnnrei ind ess-
' ually looked out One would hive
mid that be wii enjoying the beauty
f the cloudleie iky, 10 Innocently
dlatint ind ihitncted wii bll gaze
certainly no one would hive impeded
thit he iiw two men look quickly it
liliu ind iway. Mr. Colllni took out
clgir, lit It deliberately, cocked hll
.brown derby it trllle more pre-
Iclpltou ingle on the bick of bll
bead, ii)d launtered bick Into the
piMil room.
I The two men outilde looked it one
another, ind moved closer. They
were In no hurry. J. llmwnley's or
der were that unless these two thy
blrdi could be captured together It
the trick, they were to be quietly ind
rautluuily followed to their lair, and
thero Invited to take up their reil
denct In the nearest police union.
! The reasons why Messrs. Lyman and
Colllni were 10 greatly In demand
were nunieroua ind Interesting. These
were versatile gentlemen, ind If on
vocatlnn proved Irksome or unhealth-
ful from the legal point of view, they
could iIwhti pan on to another. At
one time they bad been Interfiled In
quiet little gumhllng tnatltutlon In
Ut. Louis, whose light bad gone out
suddenly under the police snuffers.
After tlill there bad been I period of
flinnclnl depreaalon, during which they
'appeared In new locality with little
scheme for Inveallgatlng the content
of life! without dUturblng the com
bination. The patent li not known to
'be Bled it Washington, and after one
eiperlinent In pnrtlcular, when they
dropped hastily through the back win
dow of banking eatuhllahiuent, leav
ing their tool i and taking with them
t bullet In Mr. Colllni' leg, the In
venlori retired Into oblivion and took
up the inmewhut biznrdoui profes
sion in which they had duhbled once
.before that of reproducing United
Mates local tender. Home of their
I work wai irtlatlc to degree, but
courts ind grand Juries have no soul
for irt, ind knowing tlila, thcae re
Isourceful gentlemen Hopped after
; floating goodly number of their ma
terpieces, and tripped away to new
del ill of enterprise, with the diligent
J, Urownley close upon their heel a.
They found It convenient to change
their occupation frequently, it well
li their post olfice address; It diverted
the onVlitl mind, and kept It guessing,
Mr. Colllni found hli partner In
murveloualy ihort time; he wai used
to It lie iliook till head a trifle,
Which meant that their Immediate fu
lure waa not of n encouruglng na
ture. Mr. Lyman thrust out hie under
I Up In token of lili displeasure, ai they
I edged away from their neareet neigh-
bora.
"If we run for It when the crowd
goei out to the track, there'll be
million linart Alocka reudy to help 'em
catch ua," be mused discontentedly.
"1 think they mean to catch ui here
If they can, or truck m down to
good place and nub tie. Uut they don't
know that we're onto 'em. We'll fool
'em. We might raise a big row,
Mickey, and light out In the racket
We'll itiuipedo the crowd, tlnt'a it
Mr. Lyman radiated good nature
again, aa he thought of the mischief
at hli coiuuiund.
"Flrer" queried Mr. Colllni du
biously. '
"M'm, no, Mickey that's an old gag.
We'll do sousthlu' orlglnul. Brown-
ley'i In front of the whole bunch
wful reckteai to Hand In front of
crowd the other cbapi ire back of It,
and we'll keep about three-quarten
back, and aave our ihtni while we lose
the other fellow. Chase, Mickey ; It'l
moat' time for the atari."
Mr. Colllni waa not a man of many
wordi, but hli little eyei twinkled ae
Mr. Lymun huetlly told him whut to
do. lie wriggled iwlftly away, lost
himself In the thickest of the crowd
ndnauuged to get bla brown derby
nocked off. When he came up from
searching for It In the press, several
feet from where he bad been, tie had
In bll hand I large ind rakish light
felt, which he lilted well over one eye.
He wai now reudy for bualness, and If
there wer any Investigating gentle
men craning their neck a to aee a man
In a brown derby, they mlaaed him.
Then l.ymun caught Colllni' eye ever
the bead of a dozen or more men,
nd pulled out a huge roll of bllli
which ran Into the thousands, flutter
lug them over with the air of a man
who hie plenty more, and will rlak the
whole bualneai with all the pleasure
In the world. He turned hli bick de
liberately upon Colllni, who edged bll
wiy toward lilm, watching blm with
eharp but furtive eyes.
A awlft bind ihot toward the roll
of bills, but l.ymun wai ready for It
Hli revolver flashed out as he whirled
round and faced the dodging Colllne;
the hand with the bills wai crammed
lifely In bll pocket
Look out In front I" he yelled, lev
eling the weapon at Colllni head, ind
core of men In the line of hie aim
melted away with warning ahouti and
Jammed agelnet those In front Only
twenty, certainly no more, but the mla
chlef waa done. It la marvelous bow
alight a thing may let a greit crowd
In motion.
I'p it the front Urownley turned In
urprlae 11 he beard roar behind
him. tour thousand men, not more
than twenty of whom knew the cauae
for their flight were bearing down on
blm In bowling, fear-atrlcken mob,
weeping toward the rear exits. The
old Guttenburg pool room wai not n
lavishly provided with exits il the
more modern atructurea, and a mob
there waa a thing to flee from.
There waa but one thing to do, and
that wai to run for life or death In
the earn direction. Kven ae he ran
Urownley law mei piling on each oth
er In layera In their frantic efTorta to
Jump from the windows, but lie ahot
past them for the broader eilt ahead
and felt himself whla dizzily through
the air aa be took a flying Jump Into
the hack enclosure and landed on all
fours on something soft and atruggllng
a man of vast circumference, who
swore frightfully at the concussion.
A pain ahot through Itrownley's foot
but be rolled awlftly to one aide, Jual
aa the pushing, atruggllng muss poured
out on the ground.
It wi over In three minutes, and
men rushed from all aldea to disen
tangle the beeped up mass of human
ity. Many picked themselves up and
limped off, disheveled ind cursing, but
onie hid to be lifted carefully, with
broken rlbi ind leg, ind bleeding
faces, ind above and around there
was babel of excited questions.
Holla of money Ind disappeared In the
rush, witches were lost and bata gone,
but no one knew what had happened.
Later, aome of the few who had aeeo
It told how alight a matter had itarted
a great itampede, and J. Urownley
awore to himself as he went through
the streets In an ambulance, with a
leg and ankle that would lay hlin up
for weeks to come, snd ten thousand
brutsei distributed Impartially over his
person, but Messrs. William Lyman
and M. Colltna were far away, speed-
Ing through the land In a pullumn car
and drinking cool drinks. Kven J,
Urownley snd his exasperated aides
did not guesa that they had done this
thing.
"It waa great game," sighed Mr,
Colllni contentedly, tipping hli glial
with his fingers snd noting with
dreamy satisfaction that their nearest
fellow traveler was three chairs away.
"It waa the slickest thing I've seen
this season, and there was lots of
money dropped or pinched In th
shuttle. I went In with the crowd,
Illlly, and I made some futr pickings
myself."
"So did I." admitted Mr. Lyman with
a reminiscent chuckle. "We've made
the haul of our lives this day, and
If Urownley wasn't killed, It'll take
him all summer to piece himself to
gether again. It certainly was a great
game, Mickey. We'll work It again."
VilamtntM
The word "vitamins" was first used
by Dr. Cssmlr Kunk, when he fancied
he bad prepared a pure or nearly pure
form from rice pollshlngs by extract
ing them with alcohol and purifying
the extract which when applied even
In very Small doses wss capable of
curing polyneuritis In pigeons In
startling manner. The derivation of
the word Is obvious, from vita, life,
and amine, an ammonia derivative,
because It appeared to be t auhstance
necessary for the maintenance of lire
and health and waa thought to contain
nitrogen In amine form.
Chocolatti From th Air
friends and neighbors were making
merry at a birthday party at the home
of Andrew Lucas, Tarcntum, fa., when
a box of chocolates fell to the lawn
as the giant dirigible Los Angeles wss
passing over that district "Have
soma chocolates and be happy. Re
gards to all," read the note which wss
signed by I W. Llambley, eblp cook.
.3
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miotic
NIGHT VISIBILITY
IS OF IMPORTANCE
rounding through the night with
black darkness at your aides snd be
hind you, and only a ribbon of light
piercing the veil In front of you may
bring a thrill, or It may rlng disaster.
The narrow country road unfolds, to
be plunged again behind you. You
take the dips and curves, leup over
bridges snd culverts, flash paat sign
posts, the thrumming of your motor
drowning out nil other sounds. That's
the thrill of It Hut there's others
on the road besides yourself, snd that
may bring dimmer,
Any motorist who has driven on au
tomobile ut night has experienced an
uneasy feeling when meeting or psss-
Ing mother cur where the road-edge
Is blotted out by the darkness, and
there Is no way to tell how fur ons
can turn out In safety. Many a
fender has been tipped and bent be
cause the driver was afraid of rn'rt(
Into the ditch which he couldn't
see snd more than one serious acci
dent has been due to the Imiiilllty of
the driver to see the road-edge.
Even with the advantages of good
headlights and the nse of dimmers
the driver Is bsdly handicapped unless
be csn clearly distinguish the edge of
the road line, snd know st glsnce
Just bow far he can turn out Those
drivers who are fortunate enough to
have hard paved roads In their com
munities sre welt a wore of the advan
tages of such muds for night driving,
I'sved road edge sre easily seen In
the darkness. They act as a guide
line for the driver, showing Mm at a
glance Just where the road leaves off
snd the ditch begin. There Is no
straining of the eyes when one Is
driving. I lark objects are easily dis
tinguished, snd a horse-drawn vehicle
or any other occupant of the road can
be clearly seen from l distance.
Out In California, where over 2.500
miles of smooth roads sre In use, their
sdvsntsge for night driving so ap
pealed to the Is Angeles snd Bants
Usrbsrs Motor Kxpress company that
that a letter waa aent by the manager
of the company to the I.oe Angelee
county hoard of supervisors ssklng
that hard surface construction be used
In building new roada. Thla company
operates a fleet of trucks over num
ber of routes, many of the trips being
made at night In mountainous sec
tions the need for rlesr vision st night
Is even more pronounced than on flat
stretches of road, for If a driver
ahould turn out too far to the aide of
the road a bad split might result
The experience of this company and
the experiences of sll thoe who drive
st night csrry a lesson for the motor
ing public. The driver haa been told
time and again to be careful. His
motor club Is constantly working on
ptuns to assure the safety of the suto
owner. Anything that leans to sareiy
on the road should he given particular
attention, and when new roads are
to be built careful consideration
should be given to the feature of vis
ibility at night
Benefit of Motor Trucks
in Transportation Seen
"Marked progress In the methods of
handling shipments baa been made
during the Inat ten years," suld George
M. Uraham, chairman of the traffic
planning snd safety committee of the
National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, speaking before the traffic club
of New York. The Trafllc club Is com
posed ot railroad men snd shippers.
"The shift In population In our cities
from SO per cent In WW to 61.4 per
cent In WM has called for a reorgan
Itatlon of shipping facilities, with par
ticular need for big local terminal op
erations. "The rullmen In the face of great
obstacles have been meeting this sit
uation effectively. Fortunately the de
velopment of the motor vehicle has
come about In this period, providing
rspld transportation In the short-haul
local Held. In 1914 the country was
absorbing 23,000 motor trucks a year,
and today about 400,000 new trucks
sre being purchased annually.
"Tills new development means better
service for the public and more profits
for the railroads which are engnglng
In truck operation. From the public
standpoint the carrying of goods
iiro'mptly from the railroad terminal
ly motor truck means a great saving
of time. From the rati standpoint the
truck provides sn economical means
of carrying goods In lesa than carload
lots over short hauls."
Mr. Graham also emphasized the
need on the pnrt of alt transportation
authorities to safeguard the public,
lie pointed out that the motor world
Is demanding the severest punishment
for reckless drivers and Is seeking the
best methods of trafllc control
Off-Flavor3 From Turnips
Feeding turnips to .ta at tne rat
of IB pounds, on hour before milking,
produces object lonnhlt flavors and
odors In the milk a careful Invest!
gatlon recently conducted at tho ov-
eminent experimental farm found the
above true. It waa iiio round that In
creasing the allowance to a full feed
of 80 pounds greatly Incrcused the In
tensity of the objectionable odor and
flavors, Troper aeration greatly re
duced Ch Intensity of strong flavors
and odors In the milk.
iiVE STOCK
a. NEW5
IMPROVE METHODS
FOR RANGE SHEEP
Do you remerater when the only In
vestment a sheep man had wss In hli ;
camp outfit and in bis sheep? Buch a
business could bs managed to yield a
profit by methods which would spell
ruin If owosd by the range sheep man
today.
The sheep man of today must own
or lease land to stay In the business.
This land must be purchased or leased
to maintain watering places, to con
trol and be assured of sufficient
range, or produce feed for feeding. It
la even necessary to own Improved
ranch property before a permit will be
granted upon the national forests. In
vestments have also been made in dip
ping vats, warehouses, storehouses,
lambing sheds snd the like. All of
these mean increased capitalization.
A man with 800 to 1,000 breeding ewes
can easily hsve an Investment In his
rsnse business of 112,000 to 114.000.
Much an Investment rt-uutivS li,..n.i-
gerial ability, and the adoption of
modern and approved methods of
range sheep management, which was
not needed In tie old days.
Aside from an Increase In capitali
zation, there has been an Increase In
the operating expense!. The sheep
havs been crowded out of the land
which formerly afforded range, and
now they must be fed hay during the
winter. Labor charges have advanced,
due to advances In the wsge scale
and also becsuse the flocks have de
creased In alze.
In order to realise a profit from the
business It Is necessary to Increase
the per cent of lamha dropped. A
great loss of lambs Is suffered from
dropping to docking time. A range
sheep man on ths Colorado National
forest had 20 per cent lamb loss dur
ing this time. He plans a lambing
ahed to reduce this loss. Many range
heep men have found that the aavlng
In lambs soon psys for the cost of the
lambing abed. B. W. Falrbanka, Ex-
tenalon 8ervlce, Colorado Agricultural
College.
Hogs Require Shade and
Clean Water in Summer
Shade and clean water during the
summer months sre essential to suc
cessful pork production. All kinds of
hogs must have shade. Too much di
rect sunlight and heat Is a frequent
cause of hogs falling to thrive and la
often tlie cause of hogs dying. Dur
ing July and Angust email pigs often
blister on the barks snd about the
ear which csusea, In some cases, se
vere Infections and bad sores.
Expensive shelter Is not necessary
Shade tree provide ample protection.
Where no trees exist temporary ehade
may be t rorlded by th covering of a
frame with canvas, under which the
hogs mty go for protection. Some pro
ducers build Individual nogbouses
with sides that may be lifted to pro
vide an Increased amount of shade
during the summer months. This plsn
furnishes shade for hogs where only
a few are kept.
Clean fresh wster for drinking and
wallow la equally as Important aa, or
more Important than, aba do. Hi oid-
ttme wallow hole covered with scum.
which was one also the drinking foun
tain, I no longer In favor with the
aucceaaful bog bn-eder. Hogs must
have water to drink, and If they can
not get fresh, clenn water In the
trough or fountain, they will drink
where they can And It regardless of
Ita condition. This fact hs reused
some to believe tbst hogs prefer noth
ing better, but they do, snd will dem
onstrate the fact when they are able
to get fresh water from the well
W!V!AWAWsV!S3S
Live Stock Notes
Don't feed moldy, or apolled silage.
Don't Dut fresh feed In dirty or
sour troughs.
Don't forget to salt all animals reg
ularly.
Don't feed milk from tuberculous
cattls to your animals.
Keep the brood sows on the fnrm
hogs are going to he high the coming
year.
Supplement pasture with siifflcleut
grain to keep the hogs In good thrifty
condition.
Trotect cattle, horses, and mules
from the torment of the biting fly and
the horn fly by using fly repeilants.
s
About 02 per cent of pure-bred live
stock Is marketed directly for meat
purposes. . .
e
Low ceilings for hoglinuses save
beat and lumber, Dut don't overlook
the necessity of ventilation and sun
shine.
Two litters of not leu than seven
pigs each, raised to maturity each
year, more than double average
profit from hogs.
e
Tli ewe with twin lambs should
product much more milk and conse
quently needs more feed than I best
for th ewe that 1 feeding only ons
lamb.
11
PHPTI A TVin
VIV A Mm4JtXX ULX
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Got idea worth While. j
The saw Is said to lave been In-
vented In ancient Rome by a man
named Talus. He came upon the Jaw
bone of a large snake, and employed.
it to cut through piece of wood.
Ha then formed an Instrument of Iron!
similar to the snake's Jawbone and
this was the first metal saw. Sawmills
came Into existence In central Europe!
early In the Fifteenth century.
Fish That Climbs.
Scientific Investigation Into the hab
its of fishes has shown that many of
them are by no means helpless when
..ut r f "fi'er. There Is, for Instance, a
tropical l.s.U hnown as the climbing
perch, which lias the very curious
habit of scrambling by means of Ita
(ins, up slonus, roots, and even the
trunks ot trees, In search ot the In
sets on which It feeds.
Auction Ssles "In Reverse'
"Dutch" auctions. In which the
property Is offered at a certain price
and lowered by degreea until a bid la
forthcoming, were once common, and
still are In some countries. A law of
Henry VII's time, afterward confirm
ed by Charles I, prohibited the con
ducting of auction sales by all per
sons except certain licensed officials
known as outropers.
Jads Is Deceptive Gem.
Pearls and Jade are two precious
gems widely worn by women today,
and one cause of their popularity Is
the difficulty ot telling at a glance the
real from the artificial. This Is espe-
tally true of Jade, even when laid
ide by side. There Is no perceptible
difference, even to an expert, between
one piece that costs a few dollars and
one that costs hundreds.
Striking Effect of Diet.
Our Uncle Abner says that, as be
looks around among mankind In gen
eral and a few that be might mention
In particular, be Is more than ever
convinced that a man is what be eats
and that a large percentage ot them
eat prunes. Liberty (Ohio) Press.
First Playing Cards.
Our present-day cards at least
close resemblance to them were de
signed In 1392 by Jacques Grlngon
neur, court painter to Cbarlea VI of
France, who had loat bis reason.
Grlngonneur founded his pack on a
regular system.
Salt as a Symbol.
From earliest times salt bas stood
as a symbol of both the necessaries
and the savor of lite, and a present of
salt la to Indicate the kindly wish that
life may never lack and may never
lose Its test.
Accomplishments.
The fact Is that to do anythnig In
thla world that Is worth doing we
must not stand hack shivering and
thinking ot the cold and danger, but
Jump In and acramble through as well
as we can. Sidney Smith.
Origin of Name.
How many people know that serge
takes It name from China, when It
was introduced Into England In 1660?
The Latin name for China Is Sellcum,
which gradually bas changed Into the
modern word serge.
Happiness for All.
Happiness Is a wayside flower, tree
to all who will pluck it not rare
orchard to be purchased by the rich.
M. O. W'oodhull.
South African Mines.
The mining Industry spends 9150,-
000,000 a year In South Africa and pro
vides directly or Indirectly 40 per
cent ot the union and provincial rev
enues. Camphor for 8talns.
Camphor removes many stains.
Fruit juice will often disappear when
rubbed with a dampened bit ot cam
phor; and a few drops ot camphor
on a soft duster remove coma marks
from a mirror.
You Want Good Position
Very well Take ths Aeeeuntseey an
Sualnsss Msnsgsmsnt, Prints) f so stars
U, Calculator, CemstamsUr, ataaavra
phle, Psnmanshls, tar Ossass artel Tssvssv
us' Course s4
Behnke-Walker
The fersmaat Busints ColUr f the
Northwaat which has wsa mere A course.
Awards ani Oeld Medals than any eihse
fr-hool In Amnrlcs, Dans far eur Buecsns
Cstalos. Fourth Slraat noar Morrl
Portland, Or. Issao M. WsJSof,
P. N. U.
No. 35, 1925
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Old German Industry.
Moat Germans wear spectacles or
eyeglasses and Germany is the center
of the optical Industry. The quality
ot Its crystal lenses is very high.
Nurnlerg, Augburg and Ratlabon early
had their optical factories. The eye
glass faotory In Ratheuau, founded by
the Prussian government, has cele
brated Its ono hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary.
Beginning of Printing
John Fust establish) d printing of
fice at Mentx or Mains, In Hesse, Ger
many, and printed a book with the
Latin title Tractatus I' trl Hispanl."
In the year 1442. John Cuttenberg In
vented cut metal types ai.J used them
in printing the earliest edition of Hie
Latin Bible between the ears 1450
and 1455.
Shsdes of Mark Twain I
A patron ot the Boston public li
brary writes this to the editor of a
Boston newspaper: "The other day
I while In the Boston library I had oc
casion to ask an attendant there
where on the ahelves could be found
a copy of "Tom Sawyer." Imagine, my
surprise when she replied, 'Who Is It
'ht ln.l IMa la Ttnatnn Inn"
Strange Death Pact.
A atrange death pact of lovers was
revealed at a corner's inquiry at Jo
hannesburg. A nurse was found stab
bed with a pair of scissors. Before
she died, the coroner said, she stab
bed ber lover with a hatpin, which
penetrated his heart
First to Foresee Eclipse.
The first man, so far as historical
records show, to calculate the time ot
an eclipse In advance was Tbales ot
Miletus, who lived S40 to 568 ft C.
He prophesied an eclipse which, ac
cording to niodorn reckoning, took
place March 28, CSS B. C.
First Drilled Needles.
The first drilled eye needles were
made In 1326. It was not until 1S70
that needles were made entirely by
mechanical process and not until 1SS5
that they were finished by machine.
Odd German Custom.
On "Polte Abend," or the night bo
fore the wedding, Germans break
crockery outside the door of the brldo-to-be,
and both she and the groom
must sweep It up.
Patching Wsll Paper.
When mending wall paper, never cut
a regular patch, but tear off a atutfl
cently large piece and paste It over
the pluce, carefully matching the put-
tern. This patch will show far less
than it the edges are cut square.
Hsr Observations.
Bystander "Did you get the num
ber ot the car that knocked you down,
madam?" Victim ''No, but the hussy
that was driving It wore a three-piece
tweed suit, lined with canton crepe,
and aha had on a periwinkle hat,
trimmed with artificial cherries."
Everybody's Magazine.
' Birmingham Weather.
Only once In the history of Birming
ham, Ala., bas the thermometer full
en below sero.
New Fluff Rugs
Made From Old Carpets "Wear Like
Irort"
Daal Dlrart with tho Manufoetun. Abooluta
Ratlafortlon Uuarmntaad. good la Haw Ma
terial of Write (or PricM.
WESTERN FLUFF RUQ COMPANY.
M-M Union Annua Nor. Portland, Onega