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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
BACON FEARS WAR.

Senator Bacon, whose views are much
sought because he is one of the promi-
nent members of the senate committee
on foreign affairs, sees the possibility
Of the United States becoming involved
in war on account of present troubles
n Venezuela. Senator Bacon hopes
that nothing Of the kind will happen,
bat he firmly believes that some day
the United States will have to fight in
defense of the Monroe doctrine or
abandon it, and when such war comes
it will be the outcome of some such
event as that on which the attention of
the world is now focused. In express
ing his views recently, Senator Bacon
said:
Sooner or later the United States
viii have to fight for the Monroe doc
trine or abandon it. There is to my
mind nothing more certain than this.
1t stands in the way Of European de-
sire to dominate and parcel out South
America. 1t is not likely that the test,
when it comes, viii be the result of a
deliberately planned campaign by Eu-
ropean powers against the Monroe doc
trine as such, but it viii come as the
result or the upgrowth of some such
episode as that in Venezuela. We hope
that this particular difference between
the South American republics and the
governments of the old world will not
prove the one over which the test of
the Monroe doctrine will have to be
made, for am opposed to war, and
would deeply regret seeing this ooun-
try involved in such contest, but, in
my Judgment, there is trouble ahead.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
0eBargains.

At 75c. ChiIdren's shoes of black
kid, lace and button, regularly ST..
At 81. Children's Dongola Shoes,
lace and button, patent leather or kid
tips, regularly Sl.5O.
At csc. Ladies' glove and pebble
grain shoes, lace and button, sizes
to s, regularly $l.25.
At S1.20. Ladies fine Dongola
shoes, lace and button, patent leather
or kid tips, regularly sold at 81.
AtSl.25. Mems Satin Calf shoes,
light or heavy soles, lace or congress,
regularly sold at So.
At $3.50. Mems fine vici shoes in
five of the newest toes, light or medi-
Tim sole regularly sold at SIS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
MONEY ORDER RECORD BROKEN
One Days Transactions In New York
Postoffice $1,168,741.

One Days Transactions In new YORK
Postoffice $1,168,74t.
New York. Dec. 18.-Mail money or.
del. records have been broken in the
central postofice, Wednesdays trans
actions amounting to $1,168,741. This
included money orders issued, both
domestic and foreign, the certificates
of deposit issued to out-of-town post
masters, money orders paid, and
money order drafts.
European advices brought the infor-
nation that the incoming Christmas
mail would be much larger this year
than ever before. The Cymric, bound
for New York, is said to have on board
$500 bags of mail The Etruria is
also coming with 1906, the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse with 660 and the
ST. Louis with 300-a total of 5,415.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Roosevelt's intention, as expressed in
the dispatches, to go ahead with the
Panama canal and make treaty with
Colombia, sounds like more Mckinley
benevolent assimilation. Our advice
to Colombia is to make a bargain at
once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
Cures Cancer and slood Poison

If you have blood poison producing
eruptions. pimples, ulcers, swollen
glands bumps and risngs, b0rning,
itching skin, oopper.eoloIed spots or
rash On Ia skin, mucous patches in
mouth or throat, failing bafr, bone pains,
old rh~uDad>u ,r foul ca,arrb, take
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. It
kills the poison iu the blood; room all
sores, eruptions hea', bard swelling sub
sid,, aches anl paine ato !, and a perfect
cure is made Of the worst cases Of Blood
Poison.
For cancers, tum IRIS, swell ngs, eating
sores, ugly ulcers, persistent. pjmples of
all kinds, take B. B B. 1t destroys the
c ancer poison in the blood. heals cancer
of all kjafs cures the worst humors or
supper 11rq wellings, Thousands cured
bg B B after all else fails. B. B.
B. composed of pure bOntantc ingredi-
eDts. Improves the digestion, makes
the blood pure ana rich, stops the awful
itching and all harp, shooting,
pains. Thoroughly tested for thirty
years. Druggists, ST Fer bottle, with
complete directions for home cure
Sample free.aud prepaid by writing
Blood BaIm. Go. Att snta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice also
sent in sealed letter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Thrifty old John Bull can't see any
thing to be gained by whipping a
country that he would have to walIop
the whole United States to annex.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Under the penal code Of New York,
a property owner who rents house to
another for gambling purposes is guilty
of a felony, and subject to imprison-
ment for not more than two years and a
fine of 81 1000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

It is SAID that the object of Col.
Bryan's trip to Mexico is to make per
sonal investigation Of the existing con
ditions brought about there by the
great decline in the price of silver.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

The Shamrock III, now in course of
construction, has narrowly escaped
being burned, If she can narrowly es-
cape being beaten she'll be daisy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
Boys School Suits.

One very important offering offer
ing of Fall school suits for boys. DOu-
bic breasted suits of handsome strip
ed and blue Cheviots. sizes 8 to 10,
Splendid values at SIS, now at 1915.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Castro is evidently figuring that
foreign peril viii unity the warning
factions of his country, and that he
will be a winner whatever his country
loses.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
AmeRICUs. Ca. DEC. 10, 1902.

All will agree that of the many types
of politicians the trimmer is the most
contemplate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

David said in his haste: "All men are
liars" If he had lived in this age of
the world he might have said it at his
leisure and been pretty nearly correct.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

The Germans arrested in Venezuela
have not even been allowed deck Of
cards with which to play pinochle.
This is h0rrible
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Tao T3,aes@R Recorder f. tbs
OmclaI organ OF the CIV CT America,
Ofncta Organ OF Sumter County.
Omcl-I Orean OF Webster County.
Oa,ia, Organ If Railroad Commission of
Georgia for the 81 Congressional District.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
New Waist Cloth.

800 yards of New Waistings in all
the new fall shades, 81 inches wide,
regularly sold at 2oc, here Monday
and Tuesday at 1211zc per yard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Cne thousand yards heavy grade
Canton Flannels, never before offered
for less than IOc. Will be sold here
Monday and Tuesday at oAc per
yard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

1000 Pairs White and Gray Blank
cts, full 1914 sixe; regularly sold at
81 here Monday and Tuesday only, at
40C pair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
The Embroidery Sale.

Hundreds of new pieces replenish
the Embroidery sale this week. The
selling has been greater than ever be-
fore, put we expect that--prOvided for
il, and have splendidly met the unus-
ual demands.
At &c. Edgings and Inserting, reg
ularly sold at 712c.
At &c. Edgings and Inserting regu-
larly sold at loo.
At 7hc, Edgings and Insertings,
regularly sold at l21aC.
At lOc. Edgings and Insertings,
y 5gularly sold at zoe.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

One hundred fine White Bed
Spreads, MarseiIIs pattern, full regu-
lar size, hemmed, ready for use' regu-
IarIy sold at $3.50; here rlonday ana
Tuesday at $50 eaCh'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

Monday we will place on sale about
five hundred yards Ladies' Cloth 81
inches wide, and worth 81 the world
over. We will sell it rlOnday and
Tuesday at 6OC.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19
Mems 5OCts NeCkties at Is Cts.

Reversible r-in-hand Ties of ex=
ceIlent quality of silks, and the pat
terms are neat, rich, distinctive and
in dignified colorings, Regularly sold
at soc, now at 25C, each,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

An epltaph on mans tombstone
never indicates that he was bore.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

SO dozen Children's Winter Under
vests, ribbed fleeced, sold regularly
at 25c, here Monday and Tuesday at
lOC each.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-12-19

One hundred gross fine white Pearl
Buttons, 10, Is and "A line. MOI
dozen that ever sold for less than IOC'
We will sell them in lots of six DOZEN
no more or less, to one customer a.
the price Monday and Tuesday SIX
dozen for 25C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
AUsTRIA's NOBILITY.
Neither Genius Nor Wealth Suffice to
 Break the Social Barriers.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
 The entree to English court society Is not difficult to obtain if one has money and ambition. The same statement ap- plies to almost all the. courts of Europe, but in Vienna things are different. Even the American girl. with her beauty and her fathers millions, has not the open sesame to court there. Some one wrote recently that she believed it would be easier to enter the Kingdom of heaven than the Niennese smart set. That was putting 1t forcbly, but the fact remains that the exclusive set in Vienna is a world apart. and holds no dealings with lower caste.
 Sixteen quarterings one must have to dwell In this rare atmosphere. As for marrying outside the charmed circle, per ish the thought. Austrian men have done it, but neither they nor their wives were afterward received A mesallance for an Austrian woman of the court cir cle is a thing almost unhcard of. The young girl is taught from babyhOod that she could not possibly marry outside Of her own class. and as she never meets men save those of her own circle. she has no temptation to violate the rules of her order
 In no other country of Europe are caste lines drawn as sharply as in Austria. In the court circle are the arlstocracy, the great statesmen. Then cones the haute bourgsoise. which includes the magis- trates, state functionaries, great com n ercial directors. scholars and the moro famous artists. After that there is the incons equential petite bourgeoise, which is the backbone of inc naticn.
 Court etiquette in Australia has always been rigid: but once past the barriers of formality and class one will find Vien- nese high society the gayest and most fascinating of Europe. In early days the fame and power of the Hapsburgs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
SMALL INVESTORS RIGHTS
BY PHINEAs FLETCHER.

Spectacular end savors to seize the con- trol of corporations now and then startle the business communities. Those who are fin" strenuously resist the onslaughts of those who are "out"; and the champ Ions of each faction loom up as gladiators in the arena of finance. But there is something behind these fierce battles which Is not often considered. That something" is the small investor who has purchased with his savings, or the widow, who has invested the proceeds of her late husbands life insurance policy in the shares of the company.
 Great holdings dominate and the public soon applies the title of ownership to those who hold and control the largest number of shares In the railroad world certain roads are called Vanderbilt roads" others Gould roads, and still others Hartman roads" Examination of the stock ledgers of the great rail- road corporations would reveal the facts that thousands. nay tens of thousands of small investors have purchased small holdings. They have confidence in the large holders and as evidence of their trust and reliance seldom refuse the proxy on their shares when requested by those holders. Morally, therefore, the large holders become the trustees for the widow and the man who invests his savings. The Vanderbilt family, George J. Gold and Edward J. Hartman are widely recognized as wisely and conserv- atively administering the affairs of the properties they control for the best in- terests of all the stockholders.
 Bearing this in mind the bucaneering raids of John W. Gates become of pecu- liar interest. His exploits since his ad- vent in Wall street have been character ized by total disregard of property rights. He attempted to wrest the con- trol of Louisville and Nashville from August Belmont and Colorado Fuel and Iron from John Cleveland Osgood. The result was shown in the wild upward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
HIS SPECTACULAR TRIUMPH.
Says 1t Is Twin for the People," and
 FlttlngIy Celebrates.

From the New York Papers.
 For nearly an hour the belated returns has proved that Devery had been vic- torius, but the chief would not permit his anxious and excited lieutenants to set of fireworks until the last vestige of doubt had been removed
 The crowd surrounding the Pequod club had at that time melted away under the stress of acknowledgement of defeat, and hundreds of its members surged down tho avenue to join the madly yelling throng, which was hailing the chief as lead err and deriding the man they had sup ported as "the Buffalo"
 Surrounded by throng of his election district captains, a score of gamblers and a dozen friendly detective sergeants who had spent the day working in his behalf Devery heard the returns with a wearied but good-natured expression on his face and beads of precipitation standing on his brow. When victory was assured "the chief'' mopped his forehead. and Jerking his thumb over his shoulder at the crowd in the streets, exclaimed:
 ''This is a win for the people over the crookedest, smoothest and oiliest politi- clan iE the state of New York"
 He tried hard to get out to make speech but the mob at the door was too great, and he resignedly sank into his chair to wait until the police on guard could open a pathway.
 All day long the Big Chief had led a strenuous life in his headquart CTS, issuing orders to his captains. handing out money by hundreds of dollars, de- nouncing the activities of the McCullagh men in arresting his followers and mak- ing arrangements for their release from custody While "the chief was direct AL1 Ir.., t.I- tenants, in a constant stream, swarmed up the stairs with reports as to the pro- gross of the vote, and obtaining instruc tions as to how to act in emergencies that threatened.
 In front of the headquarters stood Ed ward F. Glennon, the convicted wardman of the Tenderloin station, with a roll of greenbacks that would choke a horse' from which he peeled off, from time to time, bills of large denomination and handed them to men who were there to place them where they would do the most good
 Anon Glennon would dash away in T cab visit several polling places and re- turn with a whispered message for the chief" his friend.
 Devery left his headquarters for a stroll along Eighth avenue just after o'clock He had gone on about block when he encountered John Jordan IT,. deupty superintendent of buildings, one of the Sheehan lieutenants, who was talking to Police Sergeant James E. Churchill. an avowed enemy of Devery.
 Addressing MT. Jordan, Devery applied an insulting epithet to him and threat ened him. Mir. Jordan. who is half Dew ery's size. replied in forcible language, while the Sergeant. whom Devery reviled from the stump. stood with an omlnous look on his face. Devery hesitated a minute and then plowed along.
 Returning to his headquarters, "the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
MYSTERIES OF THE CORSET
BY ALFRED CECIL.

sations can be substantiated, as I have no doubt they can Here Is one of them; '"rhe curying corsets just clasp around the middle of the waists, and the flesh has got to go somewhere. The result is that the chest is pushed up and the stom- ach Is pushed down." If this be true, 1t follows that the stomaeh--a new discov- cry, by the way-of the female form divine is in the wrong place from morn ing until midnight and. very often, long after that witching hour. What field for philosophic speculation this stom- aehic displacement opens up. Does 1t ac- count for the constant craving Tor choc- olates and creams on the part or all rem ininity between fifteen and fifty? Is 1t the secret of the sodawater fascination? Does 1t explain the garrulity Of the fe- male gossip? Is it the impelling motive of the mad struggle for social suprem- acy? Is misplaced stomach the main factor in the matrimonial marketf It. IS It. that makes a woman say no when she means veg and vice versa? If all this be so cursed, indeed, Is the curving corset; dire and dreadful are It's Works.
 The approved corsets of the future, Is to be, 1t seems what Is known as the "straight-front," whatever that may mean I infer that it is a machine won derful and intricate from the directions which are given with respect to getting into 1t. They are: First, you fasten 1t at the bottom-just to get 1t together. Then you fasten it at the top. Then loosen it at the bottom and button 1t from the top down. When you have got 1t all fastened lift the body upward inside the corset-not enough to be uncomfort- able. but just enough to get the stom- ach in and the chest loose and full and free" It IS evident from these minute directions that the "straight-front" is al- most as intricate machine to handle as a forty-power automobile. Possibly 1t may be equally dangerous. but that must be left to the future and to the dress makers to determine. But sufficient to the day. A corset curved or straight is from every point of view, to the male mind a thing of beauty and a joy forever and thanks to the corset convention the twentieth century man knows more about 1t than did all his progenitors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28
THE sEcRRT OF BIRD soARiNo.
A Naturalist Who Thlnks He Has
 Found lt Inside the Guile,
From chambers' Journal.

1TOH &naInDefb JOuTnhl.
 What Is the motive power of a quiea- cent bird that moves 1t through air re- sistanee and keeps It's heavy body from falling7 We are absolutely baffled when confronted with the problem of a soar ing bird.
 It does not move its wings when 1t has once got well started; its moving parts seem to be of use merely to get infinite capacity for taking advantage of balance; and all this is done while vio- lating every known mechanical law, holding up a heavy body in the air, and overcoming strong atmospheric resist ance at a rapid rate without discover able expenditure of energy.
 Aet weight Is absolutely necessary for flight, and the relative area of wing ex- panse diminishes as the weight of the bird increases. For example gnat which possesses a very light, fairy-like body, has about eleven times the wing area of a swallow in proportion to the weight of each.
 I have been trying to discover the ex- act structure of a birds surfaces, which enables it to get the soaring force from the air pressure under its wings for the past fifteen years. The task seemed hopeless until accident settled the case. I had located In the foot hills of the Flat Top mountains of colorado, in the dry air of that region to prosecute my task, where the yellow-tailed hawks that were admirable soaring birds were abund- ant.
 A precipitous cliff 1000 feet high was near, from which I floated all sorts of surfaces, and year after year the quest went on. A furious forest fire had fill ed the air with smoke and ashes and the odor of burning wood was in evil dence for months.
 I had killed large hawk and was ex- amining It's feathers when a stain was detected on the sides of the quill, be- tween the spieules, that was not before seen. A small magnifier gave 1t the ap- pearance of discolorations about the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

At the national convention of the "Dressmakers Protective Union Of Ameri- ca" which was held recently in the city Of New York. the main subject of discussion during several days was that interesting article of female apparel known as the corset, to gaze on which is vigorously prohibited to masculine eyes. and of even the existence of which the sterner sex is supposed to be in a condition of primeval ignorance. This, however. Is eminently a reading age and sooner or later, the reporters and the newspapers lay bare for us the sec rets of the earth beneath. and the heav- ems above. Beyond doubt the dressmak CTS intended that their deliberations on this article of utility, adornment, or whatever else it may be, should remain a profound secret so far as the fathers, husbands and future sons-in-law of the republic are concerned but the dress making vow of secrecy has been broken, and the corset has at last passed from the realm of mystery into the cold. glar- ing light of universal publicity No more may 1t nestle and hide Itself away be- heath wavy lines of ruches and furbe- lows, entrench itself behind gores and gussets hems and pleats and other con- trfvances of feminine sartorial equip ment and establishment; 1t has been dragged Into public view, in a word found our, and we now know all about 1t.
 From many points of view, the revela- tion is a shocking one. Tn the house of it's friends it has been assailed and de- nounced, as irate dressmakers only can denounce, and all manner of accusations preferred against it-that is the old-fash- toned contrivance, which has elasped within it's folds both the fat and the fairy forms of so many generations. One of the counts in the dressmalSers' indict- ment is that the corset with "a curv- ing front is an abomination. which should be driven from the holy of holies of female beauty forever The sentence of accommodation Is just If the accu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-28

chief handed out few hundred dollars more. and then jumped into a cab and went to his polling place.
 Deverys victory was the occasion for an outburst on Eighth avenue the like of which had never before been seen in that part of the city. A crowd of fully 10000 people gathered on the two blocks from Twenty-third to Twenty-fifth street and yelled its approval of Big Bill" All that could do so got around the entrance to the William s. Devery association at 264 Eighth avenue. where Devery had been receiving the returns, and endeavored to make themselves heard above the hiss and roar of the fireworks and the discordant crashing of half a dozen Devery baiIds.
 Long after midnight the celebration was still going on. and 1t was estimated that in the crowds on Eighth avenue there were at least three men from outside the district to every one in it.
 Devery took his victory coolly. Occa- sionally he stopped chewing his cigar long enough to hurl some choice express sion of opinion at his rivals for the edi- fication of the friends who surrounded him