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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
The TrekkInx Wagon.

The South African wagon is long, heavy cart mounted on four wheels, as a rule. with sort of canvas tent over the back half, leaving the front clear to carry the miscellaneous furniture of its owner. drawn by sixteen, eighteen or twenty oxen, curiously fierce-look- ing with their immense spread of horn, sometimes as much as eight feet from tip to tip and rarely less than six, but in reality as patient and hard working beasts as one could wish to find Their mode of progression Is certainly slow, but there Is a strangeness and a fas- cination about 1t which may draw men to 1t almost as the Alps draw their devotees. Tn front there marches the ''yoorlooper." generally a small boy leading the two foremost oxen by a rein or rope passed through their nos trils. The driver walks alongside with the long and terrible whip he uses so unsparingly, or else sits on the front of the wagon and gets off occasionally to lash up the whole team with unfail- ing impartiality. The travelling Is all done at night, starting a little before sunset and marching until perhaps II or 12 o'clock; then there Is a halt till little before the first signs of dawn, when they go on again till the sun be- gins to get hot overhead. and then they lie for the day.-Gentleman' Maga- zine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
The Best Remeax For Flnx.

Mir. John Matthias, well known stock dealer of PnlasRi. Ky, says: After suffering for over q week with fux, and my physician having fail- ed to relieve me. l was advised to try Chamberlain COlic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. and have the pleasure of stating that the half of one bottleeured me- For sale by ". L. Dewoody < Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
STUB ENDS.

Good things go as easily as bad things come.
 Kind words never die-exeept when killed by ingratitude.
 Gossip is a cartridge fired from Che gun Of idle curiosity.
 The punch bowl is more dangerous than the pug:listic punch.
 The good die young and the other kind when they can't help 1t.
 The truth that occupies 8 nutshell finds some minds too narrow to give 1t room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
Eaeerfu

she-Ah how heaTealv I always love Wagner 50 much. Where is the band located?
 Madam, that is not a band. The machine shop and blaming mill around the corner are merely running night turns. owing to the revival or buai- ness
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
CAT ARRH

It clears the head of foul mucous; heals the sores and ulcers of the head and throat sweetens the breath, and perfectly restores the senses of the taste, smell and hearing Stops headache and dropping into the .Lroat. Also destroys the germ which causes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
To Encourase Sacred Art.

Some time ago the pope offered a prize of f400 for a well painted picture of the Holy Family. Consequently a large number of Italian painters who exhibited at the Exhibition of Sacred Arts, at Turin, chose this subject for their pictures. but none was judged to be good enough to deserve the prize. The pope has. therefore. decided to re- open the competition and to make it international. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
AUN hOM & Rem adies Have cured OA" many thousand cases
 ..nil il,It Inn hi faaa

days at least bwohhirds 0f all symptoms remoY- ed. Testimonials and TEN DAYS treatment free. DR. 9. H. GREENS SONS Box H. Atlanta. Ga
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
UNWISE LEGISLATION
 DEFINES CITY LIMITS
PopulouS Suburbs in Close Touch With Birmingham by Splendid
 Rapid Transit.

If you find fault with any of these fig ures, you have only to wait a years time in order to have them made good. It is within the truth to say that the population without the pent-up city will within three years exceed 10000.
 Suburbanites.
 Practically the breadwinners of this con- siderable population are commuters, or roosters. That is to say, they roost at home, and in the morning ride into the city where the day Is spent, and ride out at night This goes on in hot weather when open cars are blessing; in cold weather when the stove is the center of attraction; in all weathers and under all circum- stances. The trolley current is oblivious to weather conditions, and so ds the com- muter. or holder of a book of tickets at a reduced rate. He comes and goes rain or shine And so does she. And so do the school children-toilers all.
 In midday hours one does not notice this great current. The cars are only moder- ately filled. There is comfortable space for all. The shopper can have a seat to sit in, and one for his bundles. There may be times when he could spread himself and his bundles over several seats; but in the rush hours 1t is different. Then he may have to steady himself by strap, or accept the accommodations offered by the bumper or platform. This Is the time dedicated to the humble trailer. The trailer is then bless ing, even a welcome necessity. The rush hours are from o'clock to o'clock in the morning, and from o'clock to o'clock in the evening. tapering off in each case after wards, until the trailer Is discarded. and the motor car holds the track unsupported, or rather unencumbered.
 Rush hours apply to all the suburban lines, but they are more acute on the East Lake and Fnsley lines There Is hurrying to and fro on those lines, a seek ing for seats that even a trailer can not satisfy. Each year sees this accentuated, for every new home means as rule an ad- dition to the demand for seats in the rush hours. The cunning old commuter comes to know what he must do on the East Lake line. for example in order to get good seat. If he lives at the extreme end Of the line this Is no small matter, especially after a hard days work, or in view of one.
 Rapid Transit.
 The truth Is, the business has grown to such proportions that the enterprising trolley company, which has furnished good rolling stock, strong current and smooth tracks, may be expected to give relief In the rush hours by adding express tralns'
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
TOMORROW CIRCUS DAY
Rigling's Great Shows the First on the
 Weeks Programmed Parade

Tomorrow is circus day in Birmingham But, then, this can scarcely be called a bit of news. Any one who has not known dur ing the past three weeks that Ringing Brothers famous big circus would exhibit in Birmingham Monday, November 6, has surely been suffering from the triple misfor- tune of being deaf dumb and blind. Ger tainly no other circus ever billed to exhibit in this city has ever been so lavish in it's advertising methods or has succeeded to such an extent in arousing popular inter- est and expectation. That the big show will make good," is a certainty. Every exchange that reaches this office from points where the show has exhibited, speaks in the most favorable way of the magni- tude of the exhibition and the wonderful novelty of the performance. Circus day will be inaugmated with a new street pa rade and open-air spectacle. Nothing to cc npare with this wonderful display has ever been seen in America. The procession leaves tfae show grounds promptly at 10 O clock, and the route is over the principal downstown streets. The parade Is divided into thirty sections, each of which is com- plete in itself, and yet so beautifully blend- ed as to form a continuous two.mile line of ever-changing color and brilliancy. Em- braced in the thirty sections are reSCesen- tations of the most famous military organi- zations of the world, all brilliantly uni- formed according to their nationality and
 
 cured from the governments of the several countries; a reproduction of the racing glo- ries of tCae ancient Circus Maximus and the modern Derby day meet; an .Indo-Brit- ish flying column, with more than score of huge war elephants drawing great can non: Bedouins, on their tireess camels crossing the desert; a complete children's parade with tiny cages and beautifully carved miniature tableua cars, and many other divisional features, including five hun dred handsomely caparsoned, high-bred horses over a hundred floats. dens and open cages of rare wild beasts, and ten bands of music, the whole forming the most bril- liantly artistic display ever seen upon the street of any city in the world The first performance will be given at o'clock, and the final one at 8 p. m. The doors will be open one hour before the performance to afford visitors an opportunity to examine the magnificent geological display. The ex- hibition opens with the gorgeous historical spectacle "The Last Days of the -Centu- ry," and closes with a revival of the thrill ing contests of the Roman hppodrome. The intervening performance engages the tal- ents of three hundred star performers, who present an exhibition that for novelty, bril- liancy and sensational interest has never been duplicated. For the accommodation of those who do not care to get caught in the great crowd at the ticket wagon on the
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
Souvenir Books

The Alabama State fair has issued a handsome souvenir book which contains ten admission tickets to the State fair. This book is now on sale. and the lady selling the greatest number will be presented by c, c. ElMs Buggy and Harness company with a handsome phaeton and horse, valued at $75O The book and tickets sell for s5 Of this amount the Womans club and the canyasser gets $1 on every book sold, Ladies desiring to sell books will please call at the State fair headquarters, POT Nine- teenth street, North, and confer with the mana cement. J. A. ROUNTREE,
 Secretary Alabama State Fair.
 10-27 If
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

If one looks for the growth of Birming ham within its narrow corporate bounds he sees but small share of 1t. Legislative unwisdom can name corporate limits, but it cannot put restraints upon corporate growth.
 Birmingham proper extends as far as suburban facilities extend The trolley and the dummy, instead of Legislative acts, de- fine dts bounds, it's growth, its greatness. The legislature, for example, says the city shall not pass the Sdoss furnaces; tine troll ley says there shah be populous wards miles beyond those furnaces The wards without legislative lines will soon surpass in population the wards wruhin legislative lines. This condition win occur just as soon as Ensley is developed, If indeed 1t does not exist now.
 In some directions it Is town all the way to the end of the trolley current. It Is seven miles to East Lake, and a like distance to Gate Cty-fourteen miles of homes, stores and mills. The gaps in the fourteen miles are being rapidly filled. Cherted roads he parallel to the trolley, and the fourteen miles of people are not at all discontended with their condition. Out Powderly way there are homes, with elbow room only, as Tar as CloVelanu, ana Ule gap DGl W0eu Cleveland and Powderdy gives promise, be- cause of its beauty and hea1tfulness, of attracting home seekers. Down the Besse- n,er line there is still abundant room for expanslon and when the dummy gives place to the trolley doubt this space will be utilized. The hiM country that the Ems ley and the North Birmingham lines pass through ds very inviting, very beautiful dn al seasons, and very fula of commanding building sites. The location of factories along the Ensley Nine would soon place nelghbors in touch, filling present gaps. Al this Is easily possible. Mere overflow will soon annex in all respects but legisla- tive North Birmingham.
 In the face of an United States census 1t may be rash to estimate the suburban pop ulation of real Birmingham but by keep ing within reason an approximation is pos- sible. A table will best present the figures: East Lake and Gate City lines.. .15,O00 Besgemer ... ..............'.W'VVv Alore Ressemer line. ,,,,..,..... ], 900 Ensley, six months hence .............O,0oo Pratt City ........ ..'s'''''''''"Aov'o Ensley line, intermediate ............... loOo North Birmingham ....... .....''. 1'ovV West End line ...... ...........''' o'VVo
 Total ..,... zee. ....... ................4 .4SVVV
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

This can at present be done only the East Lake line, because 1t Is not feasible on 8 single track Do you say 1t is not possible on any line? Let us see. The headway on the East Lake line is fourteen minutes. When a fire occurred in the barns of Smithfield car was run from East Lake to the city fin sixteen minutes. In rush hours express trains could be run from East Lake to town or vice versa, in twenty minutes. By delaying the o'clock car. for instance, three or four minutes, and expediting the car or cars that went before 1t to the joy of the passenger, the track is clear from end to end for an ex- press train. This can be repeated ad libi- tum Imagine the joy of an East Laker or Woodlawnite who is whirled into town in from fifteeen to twenty minutes, instead of the customary forty-two minutes! It would double the population, and therefore the travel, and therefore the express trains. An express train from East Lake would stop at College avenue, Fulton station, and Woodlawn only. Avondale Is so close in It does not need expedition.
 IA similar schedule wiM be feasible on the Ensley line as soon as the circuit is com p1eted via Duckpond gap and Tuxedo, thus double4tracking that line. The new line will be little shorter than the present line. Express trains ito and from Ensley will De called for when that great hne of industry begins to develop itself, as it will in the course or anOtnGr year
 For that matter all suburban lines wild be double tra cked within five years. Rapid growth in prosperous times is tine normal condition of Birmingham, and the prosper 1ty of the next five years is to be the solid est and strongest and best uhait the city has ever known The growth will be large ly outward along trolley lines, and especi- ally along Hines that offer express trains. So marked will this be, that the prices of lots will be regulated by express trains. Lots will be marked up when express trains are put on, and marked down in tine buyers mind at least when they are taken off.
 The enterprise of the cltys consolidated electric railway company ds proverblal. It can be trusted to do whatever will promote travel. Travel Is what it wants It is be- cause of this that 1t gave the people ex- cellent cars to ride in, ballasted dts tracks to the point of smoothness, and filled it's wires with powerful currents. The express train will be added whenever and wherever it will promote and enlarge hravel-when- ever and wherever it will attract more homemakers.
 Express trains will also consolidate Jones valley, even to the point that is perceptible to a legislator from Wayback. When Ems ley and East Lake and Powderly and Gate Caty and North Birmingham are each and all within twenty minutes ride of the cen trad postoffice the Wayback member may be able Ito see that Jones valley Is one com munbty, possessing common interests, ani- mated by common desires, and governed by common circumstances. The tax shirker and the Waybaclx member will not then be able to keep dn a dozen municipalities the people -sewtnere would be organized into one
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
one on senator Depcw.

From the New England Home Magazine.
 Nothing is more incomprehensible to European writers than the American cus- tom of breaking eggs in glass. Chauncey M. Depew likes to follow the American cus- tom, and one day the waiter at the Hotel de Russo, in Paris, told him he mustn't do it. There was dispute, and the head wait CT was called. "The glasses cannot be properly washed" it was explained. "They are ruined"
 Nonsense" said Mir Depew, "my serv- ants at home do 1t every day in the year. Use a little more elbow grease"
 Then Mir. Depew broke his egg into the glass, as usual, and the waiter watched him. When the glass was set aside he
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

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The age-herald., 1899-11-05
No Reason to Specify
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

They were dancing. The music was heavenly. The swish of her sllken skirts was delightful. The frangrance of the roses upon her bosom was almost intoxi- eating.
 "Ah," she said, looking up into his face and smiling sweetly, "you remind me of one of Whitmans poems."
 A sudden dizziness seemed to seize him. 1t was as If he were floating along in Q dream When he could catch his breath to speak, he asked:
 (Which one?"
 ''Oh, any one," she replied. '"rhe feet are all mixed In all of them"
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

came with a dustpan, cracked the glass on his boot heel and disappeared with the fragments The charge for the glass was on MT. Depew's bill, and he refused to pay 1t. He was too good a customer to make angry, so the hotel people smiled. They knew that Mrs. Depew was going to remain week longer. broken egg glass was in- geniously worked into her bill, and she paid for it, but MT. Depew didn't know 1t for many months afterward, when he was tell ing the story as an instance of his success in counteracting the extortions of European hotel keepers
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
The Tribulationso of Thomas

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Lawyer Reed-Good morning, sir. Have a chair over, sir And now what can r."
 The Caller-Mr. Reed, want to interview you"
 Lawyer Reed-What! another reporteri Say, this is too much. By gravyi You're the seventy-fourth! How do you suppose a client can crowd in here with you fellows sitting all over the stairs and filling the vestibue. Confound it do you think I can earn $5oO0o a year chatting with re- popters? Good morning, sir
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
ExecutIx Sale

I will dispose of the stock of liquors of the late Henry Cassin at private sale for cash. Will sell the stock as a whole or hl less quantities as may be most advantage4 ous. Store house for sale or rent. In- spection of stock solicited Address Hen- rietta Cassin, Executrix, Selma, Ala.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
A Desperate Case

From the Detroit Journal.
 AS he was about to sink for the third time he, of course, recalled everything in his past life.
 His countenance radated with joy.
 "Ah." he exclaimed, "since l now re- member why it was my wife told me 10 get down today I have no occasion 10 drown!"
 Accordingly he swam ashore.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
His Sales

Hi Stackpile-What was that feller sellin, that was hollerin' up on the corner by the town pump last night, Squire? was sick and couldn't git downtown.
 The Kohack philosopher (promptly)-Pat- ent medicine and prominent citizens.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

show grounds, there will be special down. town ticket office at D. B. Nortons drug store, corner Second avenue and Twenti- eth street. There will be no advance in price for tickets purchased at the city office.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

If you have rooms for rent, with or without board, send with price and location at once to the Bureau of Infor- mation," State Fair, Birming- ham, Ala.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

Godden's Drug Store sells bulbs cheapeH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-19
COUNTY TEMPLE.
Transfers.

Dec. 15-F. NJ. Sinnet to A. q. Kim.
ball. lots Q and 10. and CO., feet OF
lot II, block l, Sinnet's add, Rock
Island. 81 600.
George S. MCGEE to David o. Rocks
part lot IL and II. block o, Thomp-
son & Wells add, Rock Island, 81.
David o. Rocks to TO Mary f. Nc
Gee. part lot l l and ~, block 8, Thomp-
son & Wells add, Rock Island, 81.
Edward II. Guyer to F. NJ. Sinnet,
lots 10 and 20, block 3, and lot IL. ,
block 4. College Heights add, Rock
Island. 5000.
A. H. Guyer ct al to F. NJ. Sinnet.
lots 4, 5 and 8, Guyer's add, Rock
Island, $1,000.
Z. c. Stilfeld to Jane f. Walker, W
40 feet lot +, block s, Hulda Thomas
add, Moline. 81, 600.
Lizzie Can't to NJ. August Okerlund,
W. lot Z. Eklund's subdiv., WI sci 6.
Il. 1w. 81. 100.
George Wagner to David King. s!
lot 1, block 4, Osborn's first add, Mo-
line, 81 400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-19
TAKES A HIGH PLACE.
Stands Well In the Estimation Of
the People.
Attention Is Naturally Excited When
Anything Is Praised by People
Whom We Know.

A thing that stands high in the es'i.
nation OF the public, and which is
especially recommended by Rock ISL
and people. naturally excites our at
tention more than il our own people
did not praise the article. Such q
thing is going on right here in Rock
Island every day, people are praising
Morrow's Kid-ne-Oids because they
cure. There is no deception, no hum
bug, they do positively cure, and we
furnish the evidence.
Mrs. Agnes Mcdonald, 523 Eighth
street, Rock Island, SAYS: Il was at
tackled with a severe pain across the
small of my back caused from disor-
cred kidneys. also with spells of nerv-
business. Learning about Morrow's
kid-re-oids procured a package and
took them according to directions.
and was soon entirely relieved of all
my troubles
Morrow Kid-ne-oids are not pills,
but yellow tablets, and sell at 80
cents a box at all drug stores and at
Bahnsen's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
featured by John Morrow & Co.,
Chemists, Springfield. Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-19
We should have had no loss of

war. We should have had no loss of
life.
I'VE should have had no larger eN-
penditure of money. We should not
have trampled on the doctrines
founded. We should not have con-
tradicted the pledges of our fathers.
We should not have dishonored our
own great history. We should not have
incurred the undying hatred of the
people OF the Philippine islands. We
should not have received from their
gratitude everything in the way of
military or naval station that their
gratitude would bestow. We should
have the glory-with which the glory
of no other country in history could
be compared-of being the great lib
orator in both hemispheres.
Terrible mischief has been already
accomplished through the blunder of
last winters treaty. But it is not
too late to retrace our steps. Con-
gress has not yet committed itself
to the policy of imperialism. Still
less are the American people so COM
mitted.
1T j. not too late to assure the
people of the Philippine islands that
we will not trample them under foot
or compel them to obey US against
their will; that we will not protect
them against foreign cupidity: that
we will aid them in every way in our
power to establish for themselves
such government as they may de-
sire; that thereafter oul relations to
them should be only those of friends
and equals. If that were done peace
could be restored in an hour. Order
and prosperity and happiness would
prevail instead of war and devasta-
tion The flag of the United States,
which it is sought TO make the sym
Dol of conquest and oppression, would
be as it has ever been till now, a sym
hol of liberty and of hope to all the
nations of the earth. Withdrawn
only from territory over which it
waves without right. it would con-
tinue to wave over that moral field
over which it is its rightful su-
premacy. and from which it could
never be hauled down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-12-19
spaIn.s Creates. Eeed.

K. p. Olivia, of Barcelona
Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S.
c. Weak nerves had caused severe
pains in the back of the head. On
using Electric Bitters, Americas
greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all
pain soon left him. He says this
grand medicine is what his country
needs. All America knows that it
cures liver and kidney trouble puri-
fies the blood. tones up the stomach,
strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor
and new life into every muscle. nerve
and organ of the body. If weak, tired
or ailing you need it. Every bottle
guaranteed. only so cents Sold by
Hartz & Unemeyer, druggists.