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The age-herald., 1901-05-09
CAsT o7T A. Beara tho 4 Tho Kind You Have Always Bought ''s.a'''' Q, &A2zzMx
Have you seen our NEW BRANCH STORE AT 2OO4 2d AVENUEP Hillside.
BALE OF DAMAGED COTTON
 FOR WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Atlanta, Ga, May 6, 1901.
 Will be offered for sale by sealed bids on Saturday, fifth of May, a cer- lain number of bales and packages of cotton saved in damaged condition from the recent fire at the Birmingham Compress, Birmingham, Ala, 700 pack ages, more or less. Bids will be opened at 12 m. at the office of the compress. Owners reserving the right to reject any and all bids. 5-9-2t
The age-herald., 1901-05-09
CAPTAIN o'sRIEN's CONDITION.
He Is Not Dangerously III and Is Some
 what Improved.

The condition of Hon. Frank P. O'Brien, who is i'll at the Davis inf1rm- ary, Is somewhat better. Contrary to various rumors, Captain O'Brien is not dangerously i'll, and he will soon be able to receive his friends.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09
Games Today

Birmingham at Chattanooga
 Selma at Nashville.
 Memphis at Shreveport.
 Little Rock at New Orleans.
 Birmingham gives way to Shreveport this morning and takes third place in the championship, Nashville increasing her lead at the top of the column. By win ming yesterdays game Selma goes above little Rock and Memphis and lands in fifth place. Chattanooga lost again, thus increasing her hold on last place. Today the clubs change, Birmingham going 10 Chattanooga, Selma to Nashville, Little Rock to New Orleans and Memphis to Shreveport.
 Yesterdays games were the best played so far this season, each. with the excep- tion of the New Orleans Memphis, be- ing close from the time the umpire called play ball until the last man was out in the ninth inning.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09
Diamond Notes.

The Birmingham team arrived from Selma on the Louisville and Nashville train at 9:12 last night and will leave at 6;45 this morning for Nashville. Manager Mills and all the men were in good spirits, though disappointed at having lost yes- terday's game.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

Assault Is Charged.-Officer Nix ar. rested and locked in the city jail John Morrow on the charge If assault with pistol on Sam Means. A charge of carrying concealed weapons was also entered against Morrow, he having a pistol when arrested.
 Still Destroyed.-Deputy Collector c. s. Tutwiler reports the seizure and destruction of forty-gallon illicit still near Chistiana in Randolph County, said to belong to J. w. Dunseith and William Potts, both of whom were arrested and bound over.
 For Stealing a Bicycle.-Ed Combs, a young negro man, was yesterday ar rested on the charge of larceny of a bicycle by Officers Eagen and Vandi- yer. It is claimed that the stolen bicy- cle, about which Combs was arrested, had been missing for more than three weeks from its rightful owner. The negro was locked in the city prison.
 Gaming Is Ailcged.-Will McPher- son and Allen Henry, two young ne groes, were yesterday arrested by Officer Phillips on the charge of gam ing. The negroes were placed in one of the coolest cells of the city prison although it was claimed for them that they were very warm with the bones They will be given trial this morning
 Jasper Gree AssauIted.-Yesterda Jasper Gree. a negro man. truthfully inclined to be better than some other negroes in the world, sought to ex- hibit his good nature, but it is claimed that Alphonso Mason took exceptions to his actions and made an assault upon him. In fact, 1t is claimed that Mason assaulted and battered Gree. Consequently, the former was arrested by Officers Mcdonald and McKinzie, and he is now in the city jail troubling himself trying to get out of the prison. He will be given trial on the charge today in Judge Feagin's court, and it is possible that he may worry his way from be hind the bars.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

The ONLY CREAM BUT- TERMILK at both of our stores-2OO4 2d avenue and 2l9 N. 10th St. Hillside.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

The Selma team passed through Bir- mingham on the Louisville and Nashville train at 9:12 o'clock last night en route to Nashville, where they will open up this afternoon.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09
Let the Umpires Alone.


 The Little Rock Gazette gives the fol- lowing advice to the fans who are dis- posed to jump on the umpire:
 Dispatches from Shreveport last night state that Umpire McNamara was mob bed because of his decision in the eighth. If these are the tactics to be pursued by the fans In the cities in the Southern League this season, we may as well call the whole thing off. An umpire is a man, just the same as his critic, and 1t is safe to say that not a man of the mob that assaulted McNamara at Shreveport yes terday would have umpired the game under any but forced circumstances It Is claimed Shreveport would have won but for this decision. Let's not be too sure about this. Little Rock had one run, and if ORourke had been allowed to score he would have but tied the score, and there was every chance that Little Rock would have scored in the next in- ming Let the umpire alone so far as bodily harm is concerned, and take 1t out in "roasting'' The incident at Memphis Sunday was as much uncalled for, for Mauch did much worse here, and no one attempted to lay finger on him-that is, except Beecher, and he seems to think he's the whole Southern League, Ma tional League and President Nick Young, so we put it down to pure love of wrangling and let it go. Had Mauck put Beecher on the bench when he be- came so obstreperous here Saturday he would have made friend of every man of the grounds But he allowed Beecher to run over and dictate to him so much that at Memphis the shortstop tried to knock him down. Give a COW too much rope and she'll trip herself up. So did Beeche:.
 Tt seems as if President Kent will have -~-~-----------~--->--~ >--~~~-~>---->--->-~--~-- ---~~
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The age-herald., 1901-05-09
PURE BLOOD.

There Is no health possible without pure blood. Purify and enrich this life-current, and good health will re- suit. Hostetter's ..omacn Bitters is the best medicine in the world to do this. It cures Indigestion, constipation, dyspepsia, biIiousness, inactive liver, weak kidneys, and prevents malaria, fever and aeue. See that our private revenue stamp covers the necA of the bottle.
 improves the HOSTETTER,S Appetite and olOMANH Induces Sleep. bIIIEKc.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

Manager Mills will pitch Gillen in to- days game at Chattanooga. He stated to an Age-Herald reporter last night that he felt confident of Gillen winning his game, as he has rounded into good form In the last few days and is now in condition to pitch as good ball as he ever did.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

Chief Austin will leave the city for New York on May 24. and will probably meet many of the Southern. officers while en route.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

yesterday were $130,545.84.
 EIwyn Ballard Graduates.-A. Elwyn Ballard of this city has graduated from the Pulti Medical College, Cincinnati, with the highest honors, and has been elected dispensary physician. He is a son of Dr. and Mrs. A. N. Ballard of this city.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09
THE CITY

Bank clearances.--Bank clearances yesterday were $130,545.84.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

The Nashville team Is liable to lose one of their best players in few days. Marl- ager Fisher said yesterday that Abba ticchio. the big second baseman, and the best in the league, had been advised Ey a physician that he would have to give up ball playing on account of his health. The news will be received by the many friends that he has made during his short stay here with regret.
 There are seven native southerners in the Memphis team and four among the Pelicans.
 To save wear and tear of brain, pro- nounce the name of the Memphis right fielder, Gfroerer "Frear."
 Manager Fisher of the Nashville team was presented with bouquet of flowers when he went to bat in the opening game at Nashville, and responded with home run driven over the center field fence.
The age-herald., 1901-05-09

Brandt twirled in magnificent form at Selma yesterday and had fine control of the ball. It was hard luck that he could not land a victory
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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
Sensations OF Parach vta
Jumpers In Dropping
From Flying Balloons.

while the outfit is mounting heaven
ward This is nerve-racking to the
spectator, but not disconcerting to the
performer. II must be remembered
that he feels no sensation OF the rush
through the air. To him everything
appears stationary, save the earth
which is dropping away from him. II
he holds by one hand he knows,
though the crowd doesn't, that the
web bandage which grips him by the
wrist will hold him secure, and II he
hangs head downward he ksows that
a pair OF horses could not pull him
away from a trapeze into the corRers
OF which he has planted his toes.
Withal it is a hard profession. The
man who faces danger daily may claim
that he becomes so accustomed to its
mien that he fears 1t no longer. Ex-
ternally this may be true, but the
nervous system has its lin. tations, and
II the warnings 1t sometimes sends
out are not needed death may come
In horrible shape.
Thus the ranks are swelled today by
the young and daring; depleted to-
morrow by the tried and wise. Few
men grow old in the profession. They
marry and their wives will not hear
to another ascent They become Grip
pied or frightened into something that
promises longer life. even though the
price is a humdrum youth.
II. T. DOBBINS.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
ELEPHANTS ~ AFRICA.
In the Lake Rudolph Country Hunters
Encounter Elephant Herd.


On December 10 we reached the
h-talked-of Hawash river, a fine,
broad stream of ninety yards in width,
deep, with a fast-howing current; this
river is another which Is said to run
out and disappear some seventy miles
further northeast; such a volume OF
water, one could hardly believe 1t, says
writer in the Geographical Journal.
Here our Berthon boat became decid-
edly popular, especially as crocodiles
abounded. We found at this camp our
first fresh elephant spoor, and, being
keen to procure some ivory to take up
as a present to the emperor, we all
separated and entered three-mile
patch of dense African jungle, huge
prickly aloes. enormous cactus with
long, sharp points, and tall, feathery
plant like privet made up a safe
asylum from ordinary mortals. Very
few minutes sufficed to turn hunters
into hunted. No. /, cow, charged
down on us. Jumping aside. / killed
her as she rushed on my shikaree, not
four feet from him. Hardly had we
struck the spoor OF another lot when
a young bull suddenly bore down on
me; however, a lucky forehead shot
laid him low. While skinning one OF
these heads, the whole place seemed
alive with elephant crashing toward
us. Seizing my rife, | ran ahead to
try and cut off the troop, when sud-
denly a line of over forty elephants
broke cover, about twenty-five in the
first line jammed together like cav
airy regiment charging. Being over
twenty yards from me when they ap-
peared, with the center bearing d.
rectly down on me, / own to feeling
they had the best OF me. | saw my
only chance was killing the flank one.
In a second | dropped the left-hand
one, which, falling inwardly, inclined
the whole troop a little to the right.
Within ten yards | fired my remaining
barrel. dropping another, causing still
further DETECTION to the right; another
second the flank one on the left rushed
past almost knocking me down. / felt
thankful for such lucky escape, and
blessed my new .450 cordite rifle by
Rigby, which had done such good
work, five elephants in six shots un-
questionably proving its value.
found, on returning to camp, White
house and Butter had both undergone
similar experiences, and | felt bound
to apologize for introducing them to
their first elephant-such elephants.
and in such a jungle.
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riage of the same flimsy material.
painted black TO resemble iron. This
was attached to the parachute. Then
the performer crawled in. He had
concealed in the breast of his leotard.
the half coat used by all tumblers and
trapeze artists. pistol. provided with
blank cartridges. The balloon was re-
leased in the ordinary manner. and
when 1t reached a proper height the
aeronaut exploded his cartridge and
"the human cannon ball" dropped into
view. Down in an Indiana town an
aeronaut with gas balloon success
fully made an ascension with a big
farm wagon attached. To add to the
realism. the performer sat on the front
seat and piled a long whip. Then
came the gang chute" Four men,
each with a little chute of his own,
went up with the balloon. A big bar
like a whihletree was attached to the
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
PresIdents of One Name.

The accession OF Vice-Presidene
Roosevelt to the chief magistry adds
another to the list OF presidents who
had but one Christian name. or the
twenty-five presidents. but six, the
younger Adams. the elder Harrison,
Polk, Grant, Hayes and Arthur had
two. Mr.. Cleveland since the death
OF ex-President Harrison is the only
living ex-presldent There have been
but three other instances where there
was but one surviving. In 1886 when
Madison died, John Quincy Adams
alone survived: in 1874, when Fill
more died, Andrew Johnson, and In
1885, when Arthur died, Hayes. There
have been but two occasions when
there was none surviving-during the
term OF John Adams. when Washing
ton died. and during the second term
OF Grant IN 1875, when Johnson died.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
A S7,OOO,OOO BABY.
Inheritor of Estate of Lady william
Beresford's First Husband.

Inheritor of Estate Of Lady william
Beresford's First Husband.
James Hooker Hamersley, for many
years a prominent figure in the fash
ionable life of the city, died of heart
failure recently at his country home
at Garr.son's-on-the-H Hudson. Mr..
Hamersley was the c5usin of Louis G.
Hamersley, the first husband OF Lady
William BeresforG. Lady Beresford's
second husband was the Duke OF Marl-
borough. She is now a widow. Louis
C. Hamersley left an extraordinary
will when he died in February, 1888.
He provided that his widow should
have the income of his estate during
her life, but upon her death the whole
property, valued at s7,000000, was to
go to the male issue of his cousin j.
Hooker Hamersley. In event Of the
latter having no male issue the es-
tate was to go to such charities as his
widow should name in her will. At
the time of Louis c. Hamersley's
death ]. Hooker Hamersley was re-
garded as a confirmed bachelor. But
soon after he married Miss Catherine
Chisholm a noted southern beauty.
One baby daughter and then another
baby daughter was born to the couple.
But on July 2, 1892. baby boy was
born, and since then he has been
called the s7.0OO000 Hamersley
baby" although he is now sturdy
boy OF nine years. The boy is named
Louis Gordon Hamersley, and his
health has been guarded as carefully
as II he were the heir to a kingdom.
New York World.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28

tied to the same bar. When the dog
arrived on the scene he was given a
chute Of his own. IL was tled to the
bar, and when the signal came all that
was necessary was to unloose 1t. Then
came the man riding a bicycle in mid
air. When he left the ground he was
pedaling at a great rate. This he kept
up as long as he was in sight. IL
looked very risky. but 1t wasn't. The
machine was tied stoutly to the para
chute, with the cutoff rope dangling
down within reach, while the rider
himself was secured by hidden safety
appliances to the wheel
The Common Act.
Later came the man who nred him
self out of cannon in midair. This
was spectacular and taking but
great deal of fake. The folded chute
was first placed inside a big tube of
tin mounted on stanchiOns and car
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
Berlin's Chaotic Tranlc.

The management of the Berlin traf-
fic is becoming more and more diff
cult every day, writes a Berlin cor
respondent. The chief cause of this
is the sudden increase during the last
year of electric trans At every street
corner, down the center of the thor
oughfares, whether broad or narrow.
on every bridge. along every suburban
road, and at every point in the dan
gerous ubiquitous tram. So that cow
catchers have now been affixed to
them. The police have had photo
graphs OF the chief tram centers ta-
ken all over Berlin in the hope that
by their help they will be better able
to cope with the traffic. How the
photographs will help them they
themselves only know.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
Big Orders for wild Animals.

Carl Hagenbeck, the we'll known
animal dealer. was a passenger on the
Hamburg American steamship Penn
sylvania, which sailed from Hoboken
recently. Herr Hagenbeck said that
in the course Of his two weeks stay
in this country he had received larger
orders for animals than he could fill.
There is a scarcity" he said, "of such
animals as camels. giraffes, sable an
telopes. big horns, babiroussa and ar
gals in the market and their price has
almost doubled in the past year. ]
have only few Of them in my me-
nagerie at Berlin and | would not sell
them at any price. However, | shall
make large shipments OF elephants,
lions, bears, leopards and other ami
mails within the next few weeks.
enough, In fact. to start several me.
nageries. New York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
ElectrIcians' Gloves.

The Electric Laboratory of Paris has
been carrying out recently a series of
experiments bearing on the insulating
qualities OF electricians gloves. AS a
result the members having the matter
in charge have arrived at the conclu-
sion that insulating gloves cannot be
considered as affording efficient pro-
lection against the dangers connected
with high-tension currents. and state
that in their judgment it would even
be better to prescribe their use alto
gether rather than to rely upon their
efficiency In contact with dangerous
connections. 1t Is prudent, they say,
TO consider them useful only for work
ing with those parts already insulated
from the lines. such for example as
the metallic hands Of switches
Philadelphia Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28

is also deterring the pot shooters"
from spending as much time in the
lakes and marshes as they would wish
to do. However the Sabine market is
being supplied with ducks, and they
are plump and Juicy. having fed and
fattened in the rice fields along the
bayous to the north and west of the
city. Several years ago. when driving
the mail and passenger stage between
Sabine and Galveston, on his return
home one afternoon, Joe Marty killed
263 ducks in one OF the lakes along
the route In two hours and fifteen
minutes from the time he began
shooting A. II. Best, who is In the
hunting business at Sabine, last sea-
son killed sixty-eight ducks in one
hour and twenty minutes. all being
wing shots. Ben F. Johnson. coun-
ty commissioner from that precinct,
killed like number at one discharge
of a double-barrelled gun. Henry
Townsend killed sixty-three mallards
that he got at the discharge OF a
double-barrelled gun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
MARvELous FEAr or THn TIN cANNoN AND roy PISTOL.

one has ever compiled an accurate list
of tn number of men who depend up
on the parachute jumping as a means
of livelihood, but estimates range from
800 to 500. with no basis of guessing
how many local performers there are.
Startling Novelties Devised.
The public craze for novelty, com
bined with the desire to excel, caused
number of startling innovations.
First came the man and woman, then
later the dog was added, First the
man and women rode on the same bar,
Later they hal separate parachutes.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28

balloon. To this the chutes We're tied
In a row. One by one they were drop
ped safely to the earth.
Animals Sent Up.
Baboons, roosters, cats and other
domestic animals have beea among
those harnessed to lite parachutes and
set free to ride down to earth Others
have taken pigeons, ducks, doves aad
other good fliers and let them loose in
midair. Advertising matter was set
adrift In the same manner.
The spectacular part OF the ascension
is to be found in the acrobatic faats
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28

Killed slxty-Eight Ducks at One Shot.
The duck shooting season has
opened up in this portion of the coast
country, says the Galveston Daily
News, but the prevalence of mosqui-
toes is making the sport less attrac-
tive than it otherwise would be, and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
Not Much Danger In Ice.

The Boston board of health has been
considering for some time the Ques-
ton OF whether typhoid fever turks
In ice, and is prepared to report that
there is little danger. In natural ice
the bacteria are thrown out by frcez-
ing, and in artificial Ice they are
killed in sterilizing.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
First Modern woman Missionary.

The first of all women missionaries
in modern times was Hannah Marsh
man. She was born in England in
1857 and spent forty-seven years in
missionary work in India.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1901-10-28
LEAP FROM CLOUDS

The parachute jumper is a compar-
atlvely recent product In the profess
sion OF blllooning. The first parachute
Jumper, the first man literally to make
the leap from the clouds, was Sam
Baldwin. now successful manufac-
turer Of balloons at Quincy, Ill. Bald
win, his brother and Prof. Van Tassel,
three gas balloon men, happened to
meet I'm a Los Angeles hotel I'm the
summer OF 1887. Each had a hard
luck story to tell and It was unani-
mously agreed that the business had
gone to the dogs. AS a means OF re-
suscitating II and rescuing 1t from the
canine grasp Baldwin suggested the
parachute leap. The others did not
believe It possible for man to make
the jump and live.
Out Of the chafiing came a determin-
alton to make the experiment. None
of them was willing to offer himself up
as a sacrifice. so a bag of sand was
substituted The balloon was sent up
from the commons with long string
attached to the parachute rope. When
the bag had risen in height OF three
quarters of mile the cord was pulled
and the chute cut loose. II dropped
like a log for a hundred feet, tnen
opened and came slowly down to earth
Repeated experiments convinced each
that 1t was safe trick with a man In
place OF the bag Of sand. Van Tassel
then went to Frisco TO interview the
newspapers and get them to send spe-
cials to Los Angeles. but while he was
away the impatient Baldwins expert
mented themselves and Sam made the
first jump in history safely and easily.
The Baldwins were quick to realize
the money value of being first In the
field and they started east to inaugur-
ate the sport there. The greatly in
censed Van Tassel broke with them
and getting an outfit began making as
cents himself.