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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-11-21
To Be Rebuilt at Once.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 17.-C. w.
Armour of the Armour Packing com
pany, stated that the plant at Sioux
City, destroyed by fire last night,
would be rebuilt at once. The new
plant will be much larger and finer
than the one burned. The company
will, in the meantime, remain in the
market, the cattle purchased to be
distributed between Omaha, Kansas
City and Chicago. IL
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-11-21

When religion ceases to 60 to SER
vice it will run to superstition.
The oasis., 1902-05-31

George Harold, of this city, on in- formation furnished by the post office inspector. He was placed in jail at Parral and later taken to Juarez. w. T. Webb, a brother of the acused and prominent business man of Pima, Arizona, attended the trial yesterday, accompanied by three or four other reputable citi- zens of Pima, who gave their testi mony and established a complete alibi for the defendant. But before the prisoner can be released all the papers in the case will have to be sent to Mexico City for review
The oasis., 1902-05-31
What Thin Folks Need.

Is q greater power of digesting and assimilating food. For them Dr. Kings New Life Pills work wonders. They tone and regulate the digestive organs, gently expel all poisons from the system, enrich the blood, improve appetite, make healthy flesh. Only 25c at all drug stores
The oasis., 1902-05-31
ACROSS THE BORDER.

government.
 Mexican Herald: A new minin.
 company has been organized il
 Denver to develop a group of cop
 per claims near Guerrero, Chihua-
 hna.
 Mexican Herald: A large mum
 Der of claims in the Monterey dis
 trict, Mexico, are said to be in danger of forfeiture on account oi
 the non-payment of taxes.
 Mexican Herald: The new own CTS of the Watterson group of mines, Jesus Maria district, Chihuahua, have officially confirmed the report that they intend to build railroad
 from Minaca to Jesus Maria.
 Mexican Herald: The henequen growers of Yucatan have formel a company with a capital of $1,000,- 900 for the purpose of opposing the efforts of the combination which is trying to force down the prices of the product. If necessary another million will be added to the cap ital.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: Parral will soon be able to boast of as fine sidewalks as any city. Cement is the composition being used, and is being put in place rapidly. The entire business portion of the city will be thus paved. A list for pub lie subscription is being circulated for the purpose of placing the entire Plaza de Cinco de Mayo in cement walk, and it is understood it has met with general approval.
 Monterey News: The principal topic of conversation on the streets yesterday was the news of the "bringing in" of the first Mexican oil gusher at Ebano. Through an error in the telegraphic dispatch it was stated that the gusher was near Ebano station in the northern part of Tamaulipas. Instead, it is near a small village of that name about twenty-five miles from Tam pico. One of the most interested men in Monterrey is A. G. Hall, secretary of the Mexican Oil and Development Company. He tele- graphed to Tampico yesterday con corning the gusher, and received an answer stating that the "propo- sition is very hattering."
 Chihuahua Enterprise: George Hillery, who has charge of the assay office of the Tri-State Development Company of this city, returned this week from a trip over the Chihua- hua x Pacific road. This company, which is one of those organized by MT. Stillwell, has been very active since the establishment of it's head | quarters in this city, and has number of large deals on in this state. Mir. A. F. Nathan, the gen eral manager of the company, is an old mining man and has opened up some valuable mining properties in Colorado with the assistance of MT. Young, who is the assistant general manager of the Fri State Development Company.
 Chihuahua Enterprise: Leslie Webb had a hearing in Juarez on preliminary proceedings for his ex tradiction. Webb is charged with having robbed the U. $. mail near Houston, Idaho, on June Is, 1893, and he was arrested near Parral, a month ago by Detective
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-25

From the Chicago Record-IIerald.
The Philadelphia grand jury wound up
its business the other day by recommend
ing that the laws against swearing and
the use of blasphemous language by city
employees be rigidly enforced. Tho grand
jury found that profanity was not con-
fined 70 policemen and fremen, but that
it was INDUCED in by city officials and
police magistrates.
This is a shock to the entire country.
1t is the first intimation the public has
ever had that there was any swearing in
Philadelphia. Profanity Is a strenuous
vocal eruption. 1t is vile, disgusting,
ard indefensible-but mono the less siren
uous. 1t is a kind Of vocal dynamics
that calls for much physical and mental
energy. Even the man who swears like
the army in FLINDERS and who reels off
the oaths copiously and continuously
must feel some slight mental momen-
tum in order to join the expletiyes with
any ineligible coherency There must
be some temporary agitation of the
nerve ganglia.
But in quiet, peaceful and serene Phil
adelphia how can any ono get excited
enough to swear? And yet the Quaker
town must be suffering from a hot wave
of profanity or the grand jury would not
have been moved to expose it's wicked
nefs to the gaze of the woric.
Et tn, Philadelphia We are not sur
prjsed at blaspheny in Butte, Mont, or
in st. Louis. But the City of Brotherly
Love-if 1t were not in the report OF the
grand jury and was only in a New York
newspaper no one would believe 1t.
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POLICEMAN PUT
UNDER $500 BOND
OFFICER NIX Is CHARGED WITH
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MUIR
DER-REsULT OF FIRING PISTOL
DURING A RAID.

A warrant was sworn out last night
against Policeman Nix charging him
with assault with intent to murder A
number of policemen yesterday after
noon, supposing gambling to be going
on, surrounded room in the annex Of
prominent hotel with intent to make a
raid. They watched the fire escape, the
doors, a trap door and several other
places of possible escape. and thought
they had the inmates beyond a doubt.
Policeman Nix was stationed on the
ground under q window Of the room. He
was watching It closely when he SAYS
what appeared to be a ladder run from
the window to a window Of the hotel
proper. One man crossed 1t and he saw
that others could escape unless warning
WAS given to the other policemen who
We're scattered over the building, SO
he fired his pistol.
Policeman Jordan also saw the escape
and ran into a room in the hotel in
time to prevent all but one of the men
from leaving the room, He crossed the
ladder into the supposed gambling room
and found five men gathered there They
We're arrested and made bond.
1t was claimed that Policeman Nix
shot at the man who was crossing the
ladder to the hotel lie claims he shot
merely to warn the other policemen. He
made $500 bond.
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HEADQUARTERS TO
Be OPENED TODAY
CHAIRMAN B. A. THOMPSON OF
THE JELks COUNTY CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE WILL OCCUPY
ROOMS IN METROPOLITAN.

Headquarters Of he Jefferson county
Jelks campaign committee win be opened
this morning in rooms 2oz and 2o4 of the
Metropolitan Annex Telephones will be
placed there today, and active work will
be commenced.
Chairmsn b A. Thompson will an
nounce his campaign committee either to-
day or tomorrow.
Judge B. NJ. Allen. who is managing
Governor Johnston's campaign in Jeffar-
son county, is out of the city at present,
but is expected back in a day or two.
lie Will probably announce his campaign
committee when he returns and it is
said viii open separate headquarters from
these of the Johnston state committee.
In spite of the various state and county
headquarters and the excitement over
political matters, comparatively little in
teTest Is being taken in the legislative
race. jefferson county is entitled to seven
representatives in the next house. but
only four men are known TO be in the
race. They are w c. Cunningham and
James II. Leath, candidates from the
Trades Council and merchants; f. l.
Monks and d. r. Hay of Ensley. Several
others are expected to announce, among
them being A. j. Reilly of Pratt City, Mr.
Smith of Bessemer, and j. B. Arid of
Pratt City. Mayor Tate of Broolsside has
announced that ne would not run.
Paul Greene, brother Of Judge Sam
uel Greene, is In the race for county SUI
pervisor of roads.
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An Ancient Volume.

Frem the Clarion (Pa.) Democrat.
here is an old German Bible In the
family Of Jacob Graft. in Beaver town.
ship. Clarion county, which is rare Gu
ricsity ard is doubtless the Oldest book
Of the kind In The country. The Bible is
about fifteen inches In length, twelve
inches in width and five or six inches in
thickness. The back or cover, is made
Of thin board covered with leather. The
print is in large German text letter, with
Almost every other page is illuminated
Wy a picture illustrating the authors
idea of some Biblical event, ard these
pictures are very good in conception and
execution and add greatly to the interest
of the reader. The work throughout is
vely excellently done; the mechanical
part is fine In all respects. One of the
peculiarites is that each chapter is COM
menced with an ornamental capital let
ter, and, again, the chapters are divided
differently from our st. James version.
The paper Is the old-fashioned kind,
very strcng and good. The imprint fur
rishes the information that the book
was pointed by George Raben, Sigmund
Fenerabend, and Weygand Haven Err
ben. MDLxV." When new $50 was paid
in cash fer this Bible. It has been in the
Graft family for many generations, and
is highly priced by all the members
thereof. 1t is a rere, valuable and
precious relic.
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The Appendix-What 1t Is.

From the London Chronicle
Peoule as a rule know nothing regard
ing the appendix. They talk about appen-
dicitis, but the organ affected ia to them
a profound mystery. Let me endeaver to
make plain the nature Of this cuhious YES
tge of human anatomical history The
digestive organ aGnut Vera rme .varlt 70
digestive system of man, and that of
other animals, is a canal tube whereof
the stomach Is simply a dilated part.
Now, beyond the stomach we find the in
testine (or bowes), which in man aver
ages twenty-six feet in length. It is d.
vided into small intestines, measuring
about twenty feet. and into the large in
testine, which makes up about six feet of
the total length Where the small intes-
tine-which is the part that Immediately
succeeds the stomach-joins the large we
find the caecum. This as its name indi-
Gates, Is cul de sac blind alley lying
below the point of Junction Attached to
the caecum we find the appendix a little
tube like vestige, averaging about three
inches in length. and of the diameter of
gose quill If the eaecum is blind alley
the appendix is a kind of a trap, lying as
1t does TO the back of the caecum. When
indigestible things find their way into the
appendix-cherry stones, grape seeds and
even the hairs of tooth-brushes-they
cause irritation, and when this irritation
goes the length of in-.ammotion we get
the ailment known as appendicitis The
removal of the appendix is an operation
of modern surgery which, under ordinary
conditions, is both safe and successful.
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Forecast for Alabama.
RECORD OF COURTS.

Damage suits aggregating $4,000 in
damages were yesterday filed in the city
court as follows:
Joseph H. Byers. administrator VS..
Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing COM
pany, $4,000 damages for alleged person.
al injuries.
Edward w. Fennell VS.. Southern Rail-
way. 5000 damages for alleged personal
injuries.
David L. Pugh VS.. Alabama Great
Southern Railway. $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries.
Charles W. Rice VS.. mayor and alder
men of Birmingham. $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries by falling into a
hole at Twenty-second street and Ave
nue. D.
Joshua Picket VS.. Western Union Tele-
graph company claims damages to the
amount of $500 by reason of the defend
ant companys failure to deliver prompt
ly certain telegram sent from Tusca-
loosa to Birmingham.
D. Crawford VS.. Nolan Mining company
$4,000 damages for alleged personal in
juries.
William Mallard VS.. Southern Railway,
$4,000 damages for alleged perxc1Al dam
ages
H. B. Barrett vs. Southern Railway,
$4,000 damages for alleged personal in
juries.
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old Age and Appetite.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Sis Henry Thompson deprecates in
creased eating as means of strength of
those who are advancing in years, and
particularly objects to the repeated and
general use of concentrated forms OF an
imal nourishment for the aged. Over
nourishment in old age is apt to lead to
pains and aches due to the impairment of
overlooking &C. nth -npr au ESCVHTAO
excretion. and a long protracted course
of overlooking will end in an attack of
govt. Even artificial teeth are not to be
considered an unmixed blessing, for by
provision Of nature the teeth begin to de-
cay and become useless just when the sys-
TEN begins to thrive without much ami
NAL food of course fibre. Indigestion, says
Sir Henry Thompson, is mostly not a dis
ease, but an admonition ut is the lam
guage of the stomach. and is mostly an
unknown tongue to these who are adj
dressed" 1t means Ia the individual
has not yet found his appetite diet.
There Is no food whatever which is
wholesome In Itself that food only is
wholesome which is so to the individual"
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Rustic Wedding in Russia.

From The Cincinnati Enquirer.
The wedding feasts which are given in
some agricultural districts of Prussia are
on an enormous scale
banquet shared by 200 or 300 guests Is
an every day affair, and the number
sometimes rises to 800 or 900 all of whom
are not only fed, but lodged, for the fes-
tivities continue for three days. The
brides father erects a number of large
tents and engages bands of music, and
the rustic beauties appear in costumes
which only wealthy city women would
think they could afford.
But the main thing. in accordance with
good old German custom, is the eating
and drinking. An idea of the liberality
and Of the labors of the brides parents
may be gathered from the statement that
at recent wedding two oxen, nine
calves. nine sheep, three or four fat
hogs, $50 chickens and 500 pounds of fish
were provided. Nine hundred pounds of
flour were used in making bread and
cake. The beverages included 1900 bot
ties of wine, twenty casks of beer, and
twenty-five bottles of brandy. A feast
like this must cost small fortune, and
it would be a rich man who could marry
off many daughters In this way.
Despite all this prodigiality there is one
thing, which at first sight, appears parsi-
mcnius-each guest is expected to bring
his own knife and fork.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-25
Executive Board Held a Meet
ing on Yesterday
DIFFERENCES PASSED ON
Session Was Executlve-some Miners
Were Ordered Not to Return to
Work at Present-Falrley
Goes to Virginia.

The executive board of Alabama district
number 20. United Mine Workers of Am
erica, was in session yesterday in the
miners headquarters in the Chalifoux
building All differences and grievances
existing in the district were taken up
and passed on.
The men who are out in the Warrior
fields pending the settlement Of local diff
ferences with the operators were ordered
to remain out until certain demands were
acceded to.
The miners In the Belle Ellen district
numbering about 700, were ordered to
return to work.
At the Piper mines in Bibb county, the
miners were ordered not to return to
work. About 100 men are idle at these
mines.
Prominent miners when seen last night
expressed confidence that all differences
would be satisfactorily adjusted in few
days and all idle miners at work by Au-
gust !.
Those present at the meeting yesterday
were President Flynn, e-President b.
L. Greer colored; Secretary and Treasur-
er B. L. Clemo. Eugene Sullivan of Belle
Ellen; George Barbour of Pratt City;
Adam Stewart of Cardiff; N. s. Pringle,
colored, of Johns; r. II. Statham of
Stouts' Mountain; Henry Byrd, colored of
Brookwood.
w. R. Farley. member OF the national
executive committee Of the United Mine
Workers of America, has returned from
the meeting of the national convention
held at Indianapolis last week. Yesterday
morning Mr.. Farley and a delegation Of
miners from the Tracy City and White
well mines in Tennessee, were in consult
tation with the Tennessee company, which
operate these mines, looking to the adj
justment of the differences existing be-
tween them. No settlement was reached.
however, the Tennessee company submit
ting the same scale previously offered It
is expected, however, that an agreement
will be reached satisfactory to all in a
few days.
Mr. Farley leaves Sunday for the
West Virginia coal fields to look after the
strike now on in that section, and ex-
poets to remain there several weeks.
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ton City, and the degree of Ii. D. from
Richmond college, Richmond, Va. From
1875 to 1897 he was instructor. professor
and dean Of the Columbia university,
and for the five following years was
president Of Furman university.
DR.. Montague was a member of the
Cosmos club of Washington, OF the An
thropological society of Washington, the
American Pathological association, and
the National Geographic society. He is
the author of Cicero's Letters and
Pliny's Letters. He is now president of
the South Carolina Association of Col
lege presidents. and acting president of
the American Baptist Educational So
ciety
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-25
Shot at the kIno.

Probably Prince Nicholas, Of Greece,
who is one of King Georges five sons,
inherits his wit from his father for the
Kings most prominent quality after his
sound common sense, is his unfailing
good humor.
The antedote IS related that the King
was proyyling Calph-like about the milf
tary quays one dark night when he was
challenged by sentry. King George,
who did not wish to be recognized, took
to his heels, whereupon the sentry fired
upon him. He was a good shot, and the
bullet literally grazed the royal fugitive,
cutting a piece out of his cloak.
Next day the sentry dis commanded
to present himself at the palace where
the King received him, and after compli-
menting him both on the vigilance of his
watch and the accuracy OF his aim, pin
ned the Order of the Redemption on his
breast.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-25
CITY ITEMS.

MARRIAGE DEMONSTRATING IL
eenses We're yesterday issued TO Samuel
Faust Nabers and Nathalie Koenig. Hippo
p. Davis and Alice Payne; Oscar Lewis
keiser and Lucy Irene Johnston.
GOOD BOWLING sCoRE-I. w. Au-
STEELE, of Avondale. broke all local rec
ords in bowling last night at East Lake.
He made a score of 207 points which Is
near the worlds record in the sport.
SALVATION ARMY-A ten days spec
ial service Is being conducted by Staff
Captain Mrs Widgery in the Salvation
Army. tent on Secord avenue between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets She
is assisted by captain and Mrs. Payne.
CHARGED. WITH BURGLARY.-John
Lewis and Sam Hudson, two negroes,
We're bound over to the Criminal Court
yenterday by Judge Feagin on charges of
burglary and grand larceny. The bonds
were $500 and $500 respectively.
RAN SPLINTER IN FOOT-William
McCary, the young son of j. H. McCary,
who ran splinter through his foot while
at play Wednesday rested easier last
night and is improving. 1t was necessary
for the surgeons in order to remove the
splinter, to split the foot.
FIRE DESTROYS A ROoF-Fire
yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock
partially destroyed the roof of the resi-
dence Of q. j. Dunn, Eighteenth street,
between Tenth and Eleventh avenues,
South Highlands. The loss amounted to
about $500, covered by insurance.
INSPECTING DAIRIEs.-Meat and
Milk Inspector Fleming is push
ing the work of inspecting the
diaries in this district. He states that he
finds the general conditions or the dairies
in good condition, and that 10 complaint
can be lodged against them on this score.
STONECIPHER WILL RECOVER
The physicians now believe w. A Stone
cipher. who was shot last week by Dep
nty Constable borough, will recover. He
has been placed in charge of two deputy
sherifTs and will be watched. AS soon as
he is we'll enough to be moved he will be
brought to Birmingham
CHARGED WITH MURDER Lee
Jones, negro, was arrested last night
on Eighth avenue between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets and a charge of MUIR
der placed against him. Two negro women
were arrested with him charged with
harboring a criminal. Chief Austin,
Lieutenant Johnson, Policemen Waldrop,
Culpepper, Jordan and Eagan surrounded
the house when the arrest took place.
WILL, NEED FOUR SLEEPERS-It
will probably take four sleeping cars to
carry the Elks of Alabama to the grand
lodge meeting to be held next month in
Salt Lake City. Two cars have already
been taken, and Travelling Passenger
Agent c. o. Jackson of the Frisco expects
he will have to reserve two more. He
will accompany the Elks the entire way,
and will oe with them in Salt Lake City
during the meeting.
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Nolseless Warfare.
From the New York American.

From the New York American.
Colonel Humbert of the French Colon
ial Artillery has just announced his dis
covery OF a means of making a conflict
with guns noiseless as well as smokeless.
He even asserts that by mis- discovery
the flash of the discharge is done away
with, thus making the execution done by
the shot the only evidence that one has
been fired.
Colonel Humbert's invention takes tho
form of an apparatus which he asserts
can be attached and adapted to all ex-
listing firearms of whatever calibre. He
declares that the adoption of his appa-
ratus will end by making war impossible.
The announcement has caused much
comment in military circles.
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EyeIess Fish In Oil We'll.

Los Angeles Calm one of the wells
of the Crude OIL Company now being
drilled at Whittier. a flow of water was
recently encountered and the bailer
brought to the surface a hundred or more
eyeless fish These fish are pure white
and from five TO six inches long The
fish were found at a depth of 1740 feet.
They are transparent and their blood is
blue.
Another strange fish story is told by
DIR. Stephen Bowers, a mineralogist in
the field for the State Mining Bureau He
reports that during his recent examina-
tion OF the formation of the Malibu ranch
and the coast country west Of Santa
Monica he unearthed fossilized fish Of
considerable size.