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Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
YOUR FACE

Shows the state of your feelings and the state of your health as well. Im- pure blood makes itself apparent in a pale and sallow complexion. Pimples and Skin Eruptions. If you are feel ing weak and worn out and do not have healthy appearance. you should try Ackers Blood Elixir. It cures all blood diseases where cheap Sarsapa- rillas and so-caIled purifiers fail; know ing this, we sell every bottle on a positive guarantee. Ben. l.. Bear. wholesale and retail druggist. Phoenix. Arizona
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

so that roller skates need not be prohi- bited. There should be chairs and ta- bles to suit the sizes of the different owners of the room and plenty of them So that if Jess wants to play tea" and Jack wants to draw, and Jenny wants to cut dolis' clothes, all may be accom- modated. A blackboard or two, some simple gymnastic apparatus, a desk or two. set basin and faucet. and if possible, typewriter, will add to the value of the children's room.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
BETTER THAN BELGIAN HAREs

"Tha other day D gan Black. "I read something about the he, sun hatching two chickens on the sidewalk in South Water stre,t. It reminded me of five years ago when I was aboard a river steamer on the Rio Grande. Among other freight exposed to the sun was a crate of eggs. About ncon, the pur- scr, passing lhe crate, heard a pecu- liar sound. He pulled off a board to in- ves,igate, when out popped an army of chicks. Then sported over the derk like penguins on an fee field. The sun had De.n the incubator. sir
 Blue la.surely removed the ashes
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

and was beginning to think that the trou- ble would run into consumption. didn't take any stock in patent medicines, but somehow or other I tried Acker's English Remedy. One bottle did the business for me-knocked that cough out completely and it has never come back again. There Is never a day passes that don't say a good word about this wonderful medicine. l d. most forgot to say that l am stronger and heshier now, since taking the remedy. than was before the cough began. I write this letter voluntarily and cheerfully and am glad to do it." (Signed) CHEIs HUMBLE, Baloon-keeper, Pocatello, Idaho.
 Sold at 25c.. soc. and $1 bottle, throughout the United States and Canada and in Eng land, at Is. 2d., 2s. 3d-, As. Cd. Ifyou aIenoi satisfied after buying, return the bottle t. your druggist, and get your money back. |! Bt authori=e the abors guarantee r Y. IT. HOOKER & O.. Fr0Rrietars. Ass PofE
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
HOW TO TREAT A TROUBLESOME
 CORN.

To remove a troublesome corn or bun ion: First soak the o-rn or bunion in warm water to soften M, then pare it down as closely as possible without drawing blood and apply Chamber lain's Pain Balm twice daily; rubbing vigorously for five minutes at each ap- plicatiOn. A corn plaster should be worn for few days to protect it from the shoe. As a gener Iiniment for sprains, bruises, lameness and rheu- matism, Pain Balm is unequaled. For sale by all druggists.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

"T have used Chamberlaln's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to be great medicine" says MT. E. s. Phipps of Poteau, Ark. Tt cured me of bloody fiux. I cannot speak too highly of it." This remedy always wins the good opinion, if not praise, of those who use 1t. The quick cures which 1t effects even in the most se- were cases make it a favorbte every where. For sale by all druggists.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

All druggists guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will refund the money to any one who is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best rem edy in the world for la grippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough and is pleasant and safe to take. It pre- vents any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

Sedlrnent or set ting indicates an unhealthy condi- ton of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it is
 evidence of kid ney trouble; too
 frequent desire to
 pass it or pain in
 the back is also
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

When a man is socially ambitious it means that other men wink al each other at his business methods down town.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
 and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours;
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

der are out of order.
 What to Do.
 There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that pr. Kilmer's Swamp Root the great kidney remedy fufills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it. or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. lfyou need medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in Soc. and $l. sizes.
 You may have sample bottle of this wonderful discovery EF
 and a book that tells 6siiTr,5e Eas !.x-h more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail -ssaslaEs:sssssJlssS9 4ssl ls9 Address pr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp Root Co.,. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
ONE NOTE WITHIN REACH.

Speaking of singing" exclaimed the nightingale, sneeringly, "of what earth ly use are you? you couldn't touch a high note in a thousand years"
 70 I don't know" replied the bird of Paradise I'm likely to be embalmed on a bonnet some day. and then rlt make a $50 no.e look like 30 cents.'' Moki Tea Positively Cures Sick Headache. indigestion and constipatioz A delightful herb drink. Removes all eruptions of the skin, producing a per feet complexion, or Inuney refunded. % cents and 50 cents. Ben L. Bear. wholesale and retail druggist. Phoe- nix, Arizona.
 The fisherman's wealth depends jon his net profits.
 Experience Is the Best Teacher. Use Acker's English Remedy in any cese of coughs, colds or croup. Should 1t fall to give immediate relief money re funded. 25 cents and 50 cents. Ben l.. Bear. wholesale and retail druggist. Phoenix, Arizona.
 The policeman who is compelled tn patrol a cemetery must expect to have references to dead beats" hurled at him.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
Knockout Drops
 "I am saloon-keeper. and used to think That rock and rye, or whiskey and quinine

were proper rem Al, edies for coughs M and colds. Most H
 of my acquaint- | ances were of the N same opinion. & Now l k n ow M 5onethingatleast
 a thousand times = better. It is AcE En ngllsh Remedy Coughs and Colds. good while ago I be to cough and found then that rock and
 was no good. I got W,
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
PLUCKY FERRY MAID.

Has the Most Popular Boat on the Riv-
 CT and She's but 16.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27

The fsherman's wealth depends Jor his net profits.
Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
'TQer.
 What to Do.

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad- der are out of order.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
Marching to the vaal River.

The relief of Mafeking is gratifying to all humanitarians; but as a military event it has no great bearing upon the course of the war Roberts and Butler will determine the course of the war, and that, too, soon, for both moving forward toward the two chief cities in the Transvaal.
 It should not be forgotten that it is S6 miles from Kroonstad to the Vaal river
 which is the southern boundary of the TransVaal. Possibly half of this distance has been secuted by French's cavalry, but the distance is a weeks march for the in fantry and the supply trains. The trek OK cannot travel far in day. He is a patient animal, but he is as slow in gait as he is patient in disposition. Until the railroad is repaired north of Kroonstad the OK must draw the supplies for Lord Roberts army
 Buffers advance in the neck of Natal de- bends largely upon the condition of the Boer fighting force. He could not force a way through the Drakensbergs if the Boers had the dash and heart of the early days of the war; but the indications are that they now have small appetite for stubborn and severe fighting. If Butler succeeds in crossing the Drakensbergs the war is prac- tically ended. It is scarcely probable that he can reach Pretoria before Lord Roberts does for he is nearly two hundred miles distant from the Boer capital and the coun- try he will have to traverse is full of diff ba to Pretoria along the railroad that Roberts is following is T miles-to Johannesburg the distance is about 50 miles.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
COULD NOT SPELL.

From the Chicago News.
 Great men are usually poor spoilers. The man who can spell perfectly is at sea when he tries to define words and the man with great flow of language and the power to get the best out of words is apt to be careless about orthography He has no time for trifies. It is the same as re- membering a date and not being able to recollect what happeifed on it. English spelling is arbitrary and accuracy in it is simply chance-a gift such as lightning calculation.
 Few of the great writers have been good spoilers. They have not concerned them selves with words except to use them as they would tools. The only scraps of writing of Shapespeare's in existence are two signatures, and these are spelled diff ferently. Scott, Byron, Tennyson and Dickens were wretched spoilers.
 It is said Browning was often in doubt as to the spelling of word and had to write it down in order to see if it looked right before he was sure. Many ordinary people are addicted to this little trick, and it is needless to say that the eye instead of memory is responsible for our knowledge of the correct spelling of many puzzling words in our complex language
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Florence Will Soon Have One of the
 Best Plants in South

Florence, May 19-(Special)-E. A. Schu- bert, representing a syndicate of capitalists, with headquarters at Fostoria, O., has just closed a contract with the city of Florence whereby the city will get an electric light system and electric cars. The city council has granted him the necessary franchises, and there is no possibility of a failure of the plans
 Mr. Schubert and associates came tc Flor ence a couple of days ago in response to a telegram from the merchants association, and the city council held a special session Thursday night to hear his plans discussed. He proposed to erect an electric ligAt plant if the city would contract for twenty-five lights at $60 per light for four years, at which time the present gas contract will expire He also agreed to have the plant in operation within six months from the date of the signing of the contract. He agreed to have an electric street car sys- tenn of three miles length in operation with in fifteen months, and to have six miles in operation within thirty months.
 The council held another session last night lasting for several hours, and by majority of six to one voted the franchise. The contract will be signed within the next few days MT. Schubert agrees to put up a bond of 5000 to carry out his part of the contract. This is the biggest thing Florence has secured in many years, and the whole town is today jubilating over the success. There was much enthusiasm on the streets last night and the merchants association is being congratulated on every hand over the share they had in securing the plant. MT. Schubert also stated, but not officially, that if he secured the contract for the elec- tric light and street car plant he would have the establishment of a big manufac- turing plant worth three-quarter of mill lion dollars, and which would increase the population of the city securing it from 5000 to 5000 souls. Not much is yet known of this part of the enterprise, but the railway and electric lights are a certainty. The street car line will begin with line to con meet the city proper with East Florence, where are located all of the factories that go to make the industrial life of the city.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20

American literature Is assured. Emerson will live in other countries if he does not In America, but he will live here, for time has brought no successor.
 And then in this present dearth of poetry three poets shine. each of whom appeals to small classes, but those three will con- tinue to appeal to small classes when the new century is half expended. The three are Whitman, Thoreau and Sidney Lanier- all poets, every one of them Thoreau ex- pressed his poetry as a rule in prose, but 1t was none the less poetry. He was both poet and philosopher Whitmans stalwart Amerieanism will keep him from the shelves that living authors will crowd. and Sidney Lanier will continue to sing to the elect as he does at present.
 We, therefore, have a list of thirteen. instead of four Here they are, not in prop CT order, for time will determine that point, but all present and accounted for: Emer- son, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Hawthorne, Poe, Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, Arte- mas Ward Cooper, Thoreau, Whitman, La nier. This number may be considered un- lucky, and perhaps time will add another name to it; it will not at any rate take one from if
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
MIME. sEAIBRICII

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
 Mime. Sembrich. the singer, came near missing sailing for Europe today. A thief temporarily interrupted her plans, and for time she and Mime. Lillian Nordica, Carrie Bridewell and Ben" Davis, with whom she was to sail on the steamer Columbia for Hamburg, were in a state of commotion Just before Mime. Sembrich sailed she sent two wagonloads of trunks, twenty-one pieces, from the Savoy hotel to the steamer Joseph Arnold of the West Sixteenth street drove of the wagons and while he stopped for a moment in Hoboken a case of pictures disappeared. When Mme. Sem brich heard of the loss of her pictures she wept and immediately went to the police. Search was made along the river front and on Washington street a man was found with the stolen property. He fought to get away, but was finally subdued, and gave his name as John Fitzgerald. The singer had to take the choice of remaining to pros- ecute the prisoner or leave her pictures as evidence. She finally decided on the latter course.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
RIrHLsINA Al RELIGIOus PLAY

New York Letter in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 General Lew Wallace made an independ- ent fortune out of the novel Ben Hur,
 and it appears likely that he will acquire another by the stage version of his book. I<law & Erlanger have just paid him $SO,O 900 in royalties for the six months the play has been running at the Broadway theater, the gross receipts for that period being $450,000. General Wallace was not required to write anything for this money. All that he did for it was to sign a contract giving William Young permission to dramatize it for the use of Klaw & Erlanger. It looks as if the play would last for several sea- sons, and it is possible that General Wal lace will receive least ten times $S0,000 before Ben Hur" is laid on the shelf.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
THE ONLY D4llY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Passino of the Church Fair.

In the ecumenical conference in New York disapproval of the church fair was ex- pressed The idea was not, however, acted upon but there was feeling in that great conference that the so-called oyster supper, the strawberry festival, the Rachels well, the grab bag, the bazaar and like features, a. known as the church fair or festival, had outlived their usefulness, and should be abolished.
 Years ago rum" in it's various forms was later still the lottery was a recognized means of gathering money for church pur poses. Rum" is no longer countenapced in any form, and the village postofice" and grab bag are the sole survivals of the lottery system. It is not claimed that the church fair as at present conducted is i'm moral On the contrary, it is harmless.
 But it is a waste of energy, or rather the pecuniary outcome is not equal to the ex pendtures of time, money, skill and energy upon it. It is not good in a business sense. It costs more than it "comes to-" It is not productive. It is no longer neded.
 Churches must still have money from time to time, but as the country becomes richer and more populous it is felt that the pass ing of the hat is the better method after all, and that the church fair should be relegated to church history as an outgrown survival of a crude and imperfect past
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
Porto Rico at Kansas City.

At Kansas City there will be a very in Hawaii and Porto Rico, as well as from Alaska and Arizona, will for the first time be seated in a convention of one of the great parties of the country The Age Herald assumes that they will be seated because the convention will be one that respects the constitution as 1t was written and this will necessarily lead to the seat ing of all the delegates from the new pos sessions that present credentials and apply for seats. If the delegates from war bought Arizona are seated, those from peaceful Hawaii certainly will be, and if the Hawaiian delegates are seated, the also accepted
 The country needs such object lesson It needs to be told that the party of the con- stitution will not countenance colonies and colonial system, which means of course an imperial system at home, and the prac- tical repeal of the most vital features of seated at Kansas City. Let them know that one party desires to extend to them not only the flag but the constitution. Let them know that one party considers them Americans, and not colohists reserved for exploitation by carpetbag looters.
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
Thirteen Instead of Four.

With some of Prof. William P. Trent's statements in the Dial no one will be likely to quarrel for no one can name an Ameri- can book written within twenty years that promises to be in demand or even known except to bookworms and historical stu dents in, say, 1850. But when Professor Trent says that Poe, Longfellow, Haw- thorne and Lowell only of previous gen. cration will live to that period-if he will permit the naming of a definite period-he puts himself outside of reason and known facts.
 Coopers stories have already stood the tests of seventy-five years. and today there are more of his volumes sold than there are Trents quartette. While a sentiment con- corning the American Indian remains in the breast of the American boy Coopers tales will be read. and they will probably be read bones to pick over MT. Trent's big four however. And so it will be. as to adults, in the cases of Bryant, Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Lines to Water Fowl will not be dead in 1850, and ''Thana- topsis' will hold its sombre place in the schoolboy's mind, and it will remain fixed in that same mind until 1t, too passes away. As to Whittiers lines, now fifty years old it is not too much to say that Maud Muller" or "Barbary Fietchie" or "The Barefoot Boy is better known than any other poem in the language. It is in- deed doubtful whether Maud Muller' has a popular rival within hailing distance. Each and every one of these poems will be very much alive in 1850. And is the "Au- tocrat of the Breakfast Table," or 'The Chambered Nautilus,'' or the wonderful "One floss Shay'' to be forgotten by 1850! Indeed. they will not be.
 Professor Trent asks us also to anticipate the early demise of Emerson's philosophy, and of Artemas Wards works that sprang direct from the American soil. We decline to accept his judgment. Artemas Ward was the first great exponent of American humor. national trait, and his place in
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer RaphaePs prophecies Tor tnis day, Sunday May 2o 1900:
 Visit thy friends before noon"
 .-Thou hast a good birthday. and thy money and business will increase; thou wilt travel, and with success; the young may court"
 "A child born on this day will be lucky in its undertakings. and will rise in life"
 s-Set chickens, ducks, geese. and turkeys"
 A man. born in Germany, reared in Phiia- delphia, and dwelling in Cuba, wrote to a missionary in the hills of northern Ala bama for a baptismal certificate to enable him to marry a Cuban woman he loved. He was born and baptized in the church or his faith, and was brought to America In his infancy. When he came 10 marry it was needfui that he give evidence in Cuba of his baptism; and he wrote to his priest of Germany who had also come across the sea, and was laboring here In Alabama. The good priest sent to Cuba the certificate desired and the marriage was formally celebrated The story is remarkable evidence of discipline in and fidelity to faith. The priest himself related the facts yesterday as a mere incident, the like of which he might be accustomed to in his work. He Is now the Right Rev. Father the Abbot of the Benedictine Mon- astery at Cullman, a noble institution of which he is himself the founder. A man of great learning and piety and zeal is this abbot He is one of the twelve abbots in tho United States. Shortly he will depart for Rome to do homage to the Pope; the law of the church requiring that abbots shall personally present themselves in the presence of the Pope once in seven years. Bishops must do so once in ten years. All the abbots of the world will be in Rome, and amongst themselves they will discourse in Latin, 'the unchanging language of the universal church." The Abbot of Cullman said that his reason for selecting Cullman as the place for building the monastery and college was the exceeding heaithful- ness of that locality. He acquired thous- and acres of primeval forest near the town few years ago. and now there Is a great monastery and college on the ground. This
The age-herald., 1900-05-20
AeJ0,u

is wonderful work, led by wonderful manl
 Judge James B. Head has recovered his health and strength, and has resumed the practice of law in Birmingham. He has associated with himself Romaine Boyd a young lawyer of ability. industry and rare promise. The people of the state, whom Judge Head has so long served in high sta- tion, will be glad to know that he is strong again, and has resumed his work at the bar. Many honors have been given him, and he has proved to be eminently worthy He left the circuit bench to become a jus tfce Of the supreme court of Alabama, and during all his years judge he was noted for his wisdom and his integrity. Mr. Mon- roe the veteran editor of the Eutaw Whig and Observer, and Judge Heads lifelong friend wrote of him: '-As a practitioner at the bar of this county he was a success, and in this assertion we are borne out by the court records of the county. As yer dict-winner we believe his record was never surpassed by any lawyer of the bar of Greene county
 Hon. William F. Hogue of Perry, a re- tiring state senator, and democratic nomi- nee for the lower house of the next general assembly, has been spending a day or two in Birmingham. MT Hogue verifies the re- port current in the press that he will be candidate for the speakershp He has made q tuosL SAcclieut as a legislator, and is man of ability and the highest character. He is younger brother of the late Cyrus D. Hogue of cherished memory, who was one of the best and truest men Alabama has produced.
 Supreme Court Justice H. A Sharpe has arrived from Montgomery and will spend week at his home in Fifth avenue. Yes- terday was the silver wedding anniversary of the marriage of Judge Sharpe and Mrs. Sharpe; and friends throughout the state will associate themselves with all the peo- pie of this valley in cordially wishing for the judge and Mrs. Sharpe fullest abund- ance of all good things through all their years that are comingi
 Hon. M. A. Porter. whose health has been for some time indifferent, has gone to Bal- timore for medical treatment.
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 Borden H. Burr of Taliadega was in town yesterday. 'as