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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
Signs of The
 Old Times :.

The London Pail Mall Gazette.
 Long before education was universal and when houses were unnumbered and many streets were unnamed. but took their cognomen from the wares vended therein, 1t was the custom for all traders, without exception, to hang out signs above their doorways in order to make their establishments and callings the bet ter known, and in the following lines we purpose citing some of the more curious and quaint in this connection, including some referring to houses for the refresh ment of man and beast, the proprletors of which are about the only traders who have kept green the memory of signs and signboards. Most persons are acquaint- ed with the quaint present-day sign of "The Case Is Altered" opposite thc gates of Kensal Green Cemetery, but it may not be so generally known that it was cobbler who adopted the following sign when he took to the calling of licensed victualer: Search all the town over and you'll find good ale at the Last" On the Hounslow Road in former times was to be seen this sign: Poor Jack striving to live" At the sign of the "Snail'' was to be found this inscrip- tion at house in the Kings Road:
 The snail Is slow,
 And I am low;
 What dye think?
 Pray stop and drink.
 In the days of Walpole, on the Green wich Road, an old house bore the sign:
 Stand fast, Sir Robert,
 showing little fat man straddlng upon two hogsheads. In Old Fish street was formerly a house bearing the sign of the Labor In Vain" the board showing two women trying to scrub a negro white and in Oxford street was the Load of Mischief" showing a man bearing on his back a woman and a monkey, the former with glass of gin in her hand This sign has been attributed to Hogarth, and certainly it Is painted In his style. The house is now known as the "Prim- rose" The 'Moonrakers' in the borough derives Its name from the term applied to the natives of Wiltshire, while the Bag O Nails" at Chelsea Is a cofrup- ton of the Bacchanals. the original sign board showing satyrs dancing and ca rousing around a figure of Baechus. In Clerkenwell was the "Pickled Egg" and near Knaresborough in Yorkshire the Ass fin a Bandbox," upon the sgr4ooard being shown a figure of Napoleon the Great, in full uniform, sitting on donkey, which stands on bandbox which is floating across the English Channel. and bearing this inscription: Me will make de Jean Bull trembit now l have found out de grande conveyance" The signboard is still in existence, but the establishment to which 1t belonged is no longer an inn. Nearly everyone knows the little public house at Lands End, the signboard of which bears on one side, "The Last Inn in England" and on the other, The First Inn in Eng land" but it may not be so generally known that at Witcombe. near Glouces- ter, there Is an inn at the bottom of a hill which also has a double signboard with these two inscriptions:
 Before the hill you do go up,
 Step In and have cheering cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
ST. VINCENT'S IS THE
 WORST SUFFERER
People of Martinique Are Fairly We'll Supplied and There Is No Danger
 of Further Eruptions.

New York, June S.-Capntain Barry Of the cruiser Dixie, just returned from be airing supplies to the volcano victims in the West Indies, said regarding condl- tons in the island:
 "Conditions are not as bad on Mar unique as on St. Vincent, because on Martinique the people are fairly well sup piled with everything, and there Is no danger in future eruptions Only a small area of twelve miles has been devastated, but on St. Vincent the destruction extends over a third of the island. Plantations, orchards and everything have been ruined and the means of subsistence has been taken away from the people, and thou sands have been left in need of some kind of support"
 Of the scientific results of the Dixie's expedition, Prof. I. c. Russell of the University of Michigan said:
 '"The overloaded rock bursting against the water near the base of the mountain caused the super-heated steam to burst the mountain open.
 '.I think Mont Pelee will smoke and re- main active for months,' said Professor Russell. Tt probably will be a case of Vesuvius again. I hardly think Mont Pelee will smolder and blow up in one gigantic explosion. believe 1t will quiet down and gradually die away. A new lake will form in the crater, tropical yer .dure will grow where there Is thing but black gray ashes
 The people will build new villages and towns at its foot and again hold their holiday picnics on its side and Mont Pelee will remain quiet for probably fifty or sixty years. There should be at least a seismograph in every volcano, an in strument which records the tremors of the earth. It was operated by the Chinese centuries ago.
 'The instrument would give the popu- lace timely warning. The seismograph at Vesuvius for thirty-f1ve years has done satisfactory and valuable work. There is absolutely no occasion for such tremen- deus loss of life as occurred at St Pierre
 ''I do not think Fort de France Is in much danger from the volcano, but do think she is in danger from a tidal wave ir volcanic districts These tidal waves are of frequent occurrence They are caused by a sudden upheaval of the sea bottom.
 Tn case of such an upheaval Fort de France woul1 surely be wiped out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

1ngs and with gun in hand. about twenty i've years ago. Sportsmen were not slow to follow an example which combined fashion with comfort
 Many games and amusements owe their popularity to the King When a young man he never played cricket or football to any great extent; croquet he was expert at, but voted slow. Lawn tennis was invented by Major Wingfield thirty years ago, and the Prince-as he then was-immediately declared that if was the best game he had ever seen. He was so keen on 1t that he had a net fitted on board the Serapis when he voyaged to India. His approval went far to pop ularize the first outdoor game that has ever brought men and women together on terms of anything like equality.
 Both cycling and-more lately-motor- ing owe very much to his royal interest and favor, while for yachting no English man has ever done so much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
SOME THINGS POPULARIZED BY EDWARDvJ

When King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, made his famous tour to Egypt and the Holy Land some forty years ago, he found the usual form of dress coat too warm for comfort. He thereupon hit upon a compromise in the shape of dark blue. loose jacket with silk facings and gold buttons. All his suite adopted the same attire for infor- nal dinners, and when the royal tourist returned to Sandringham he did not give up this comfortable garment. It was from this beginning there sprang the dinner jacket of today, which, as all its wearers admit, is a great improvement upon the ordinary swallow-tail.
 To the Kings sound common sense in matters of everyday life his subjects. and indeed, the world in general owe more than most of us imagine. The soft Hamburg hat which is such a pleasant contrast to the hard felt, was brought to England from Germany by the King. and made fashionable in America. He noticed a hat of this description In Hamburg shop, bought 1t and found it so comfortable and becoming that 1t re- ceived the seal of his royal approval, and he has seldom since then been seen in the black bowler.
 Another practice of the middle of the nineteenth century was to sit over dinner for at least two hours, while the men usually remained in the dining room for still longer period, and frequently drank more port wine than was good for them. The King, although he was all ways blessed with an excellent appetite and enjoys a good dinner as well as any enc else, showed his disapproval of these ways as soon as he was settled at San dringham. He has always liked to smoke immediately after dinner, and so the long sitting over the meal soon became a thing of the past. Then, too, his prefer ence has always been for claret and light wines so heavy and unwholesome port has been generally reduced from bottle to glass a head.
 Speaking of smoking, 1t was the King who popularized cigarettes. He was all most the first person to smoke them reg ularly. He took to them in Egypt, and to this day smokes Egyptian ones only. which are specially made for him.
 Rough tweed Norfolks and knicker-l lockers for shooting are among the boons for which we have to thank the King. portrait was taken of him in thia castumss with rough worsted stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
KEPT Hls PROMISE.
Doctor Does Not Heed Warning and Is
 Shot.

Garden Grove Iowa, June S.-Because he returned to the village in spite of a threat that his life would be taken if he did so, Dr. Duff has been shot and killed by w. H. Clark farmer. Dr. Duff had formerly practiced medicine here, but recently moved to Stockton. III. Feeling had existed between the two men and when the doctor departed the farmer promised to kill him if he ever came back.
 When Clark learned that Duff had re- turned he borrowed shotgun and locat- ing the doctor in drug store he entered and fired two shots at him, both taking effect near the heart. Clark at once gave himself into custody, remarking that he had kept his promise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
A Few Rolls For Today

We find after looking over our Mating Stock that we have a few more rolls that we can sell at the prices here given, These are the figures we quoted for a special lot:
 CHINA MATTING-In Red, Blue, Green and Brown-full width; the kind that sells for 1S1ec; per yard TAG
 CHINA MATTING-In three pat terms of Reds and Blues, and always sells for 221ac; for this sale, per yard. =. -. -. -. ........ lo/2c
 JAPANESE MATING - Selected patterns in Green, Red and Blue, cot ton warp; regular price, 35c; per yard. u.... =. -. ... '~' /2~
 JAPANESE MATTING-Finest se- lected Damask and Inlaids, cotton warp, reversible; never sold for less than soc; for this sale only, per yard. =. -. -. -. ....... 5oc
 REMNANTS-Pieees from 3 to 15 yards-in China and Japanese Mat tings no pieces cut; the regular 20c, BOG and 40c kind; to close out, choice. per yard.... .............. JUG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
ANOTHER NEGRO LYNcHED.
Cane Ford Accused of Murderinq
 Woman Taken From Jal.

Walterboro, s. C., June S.-Cane Ford, one of the four negroes implicated in the murder of the wife Of a railroad section master in Collenton county on April 21 last. and who has been confined in Wal terboro jail. was lynched yesterday.
 Last Wednesday Jim Black, who met death by a mob, named three negroes who aided him in the commission of the crime. The news of Blacks confession reached Walterboro and at o'clock this morning Sheriff Owens, apprehensive of trouble, endeavored to send Ford to the state penitentiary, but the posse with tha prisoner in charge were overpowered en route to the railway station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
$s5, ,ooo, ,ooo Combination.

Pittsburg June S.-The Post today says that a merger of the American Car and Foundry Company of St. Louis and New York with the Pressed Steel Car Company of Pittsburg Is said to be con templated. Should 1t be carried through 1t will bring into one compact organiza- ton business interests with a combined capital of $s5,0oo,0o0 controlling all the parts of railway cars, either freight or messenger or traction service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
FOR SALE.

S225 per acre for 10 acres land near Thom- as and new steel works. Will go to $500 in near future. S250O-5-room cottage and corner lot, 40x 100, 18th street, south, close in. $2O, O,0O0-Two-story brick store and lot, 25x 140; First avenue, near center; good rent; easy terms. $4550-Splendid two-story S-room house; lot 5OxI90 feet; 7th avenue. near 18th street. House alone cost 5000 to build. $60o-Beautiful lot, 50x125; Ina street, near 14th avenue, north. Can make easy terms; good location. $60O0-Lot 20x100 feet, 18th street, near pcstoffiee; offered s12oo rent if improved with two-story brick.
 SMITH & STILLMAN,
 200xA B1rst Avenua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
LOS
MISCELLANEOUS.

CREDIT to reliable parties. Diamonds and watches. jewelry. siiVerwaIe and clocks. Cn small weekly or monthly pay. ments: lowest prices; best quality. goods guaranteed: will call If desired J. Lowinsohn. 20Os First avenue. I1-24-tf
 COLD WATER PAINTS in every coiLr at Birmingham Paint Mills, 2017 Third avenue. cheap and durable paint for fences, barns and outhouses.
 6-1SfF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
REAL ESTATs,
FOR SALE

FOR SALE 150 feet on 9th avenue, renting for s4S per month; a corner; a bargain for cash. 20 acres on A. G. S. R. R. All in cultiva- ton, about 300 feet from dummy line; $100 per acre. Cabin on Morris avenue, at baseball park; rooms; rents for SS..J: lot 50x14o; S6O0 Lot 50x190 on Avenue F and 30th street.
 FOR RENT. No. 1131 North 17th St., large lot, fruit trees, etc: rooms. No. 1900 Avenue K, T rooms, gas, etc. {; servants house; 25.
 L. c. PETTYJoHN, Phone 465 182Gh Third Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
Mrs. WInsIow's soothino svr,,,.

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world.
 Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's s Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind.
 Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their WHILE TEErHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOC.HS the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYs all PAIN. CURES WIND COLO, and is cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
Yauul Trouble Settled.

Tucson, Ariz., June S.-Star advices from Hermosillo today say that the Yaqui trouble is practically settled and that travel Is perfectly safe throughout Sonora. Governor Torres Is in the field with a sufficient force to quell any rebellion that may arise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

The 2lst series of Matured Stock paE off March 9th, and in other way could small monthly savings have attained such results All those who would wish 10 have slOOO 900 S1O,0OO a definite time in life should join the series which is open The Asso special certificate that per cent payable annually and be withdrawn at time The local building and loan companies of the State of ono over SoO 900 paid in capital and popu lar successful than before The record of the "Alab Home institution, both in aiding Its members obtaining homes and in accommodating large money should the attention of all thought full people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
Hawaiian Volcanoes Active.

Honolulu, May 31, via San Francisco, June 7.-Reports have been received from the island of Hawaii indicating that the volcanoes are showing more than usual activity. The captain of the schooner Eclipse reports that he saw a column of flame from the crater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
ALL TEXAS POINTS

quickly reached via Queen & Crescent Route (Ala. Ct. So. ) Through Fullmans direct to the Texas line at Shreve- port. Finest dining car service in the South.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

of Mokuweowi, which is near the sum. init of Maumelos, 15,000 feet above the sea, and has long been quiescent It is high above Kilaua, the active volcano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
SOUTHERN STUDENTS'
Conference V. M. c. A. and Annual Conference Y. w. c. A., AsheviIIe. N G.. June 1923. 1902

For the above occasion the Southern will sell tickets from all points on it's line to Asheville. N. C.. and return at one fare for the round trip; tickets on sale June IS and IA; final limit for re- turn passage June 25, 1902.
 For further information call on Agents Southern Railway or c. E. Jackson Travelling Passenger Agent Morris Hotel Building. Birmingham, Ala. 5-2a-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
ROOMS FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-To gentlemen. one nicely furnished front room. 704 North 20th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

FOR RENT-Three rooms over our sa- loon; suitable for offices etc. Snow and Rainbow, 11S, N. 2cth street. 6-8-tf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
ANNOUNCE MENTS.
E. l. Monks.

Is candidate for the State Legislature, and asks the votes of the electors of Jef- ferson County in the Democratic primary.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

WANTED-A hustler to sell speciality. Estes Hardware Company. 6-8-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
 FOR SALE.


 FOR SALE-5000 feet one-Incn black pipe. good threads and sleeves; 200 feet 5-inch spiral pipe; $50 feet A-inch galvanized wire rope (new); one crab; one over head telegraph for foundry use: one cupalo; 100 feet brand new Eureka fire hose, with brass couplings; 1000 feet new single ply leather belting to 6 inches heave wheels, pulleys, shaft ing. hangers, boxes. tackle blocks. jack screws. scales, boilers and engines. We buy everything in the shape of scrap metals and secondhand machinery. Write to us Both phones SIT. Birming- ham Iron and Supply Company, 1st ave- nue and 2,.h street. Birmingham. Ala.
 5-14-1mo. WE HAVE FOR SALE at par $50, 900 first mortgage, six per cent, bonds. These bonds are gilt-edge and their payment is guaranteed by a guaranty company, which is rated by Bradstreet and Dunn at one million dollars. This is your chance for safe and desirable investment. Will sell In lots of $500 and upward. Address Southern Industrial Co.,, Birmingham, Ala. 5-2S-tf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
5AlESMEN WANTED.

class shoe salesman to travel in Southern Alabama. Give ex- perience and references. No amateurs need apply. Address, Carruthers-Jon ones Shoe Co.,, Memphis. Tenn. 6-5-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

Apply to N. N. ROBERTSON, Prest.,
 W. ML ROBERTSON, Gen'l Mgr.
 2Ooo First Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

WE HAVE 52 miles fine earth and rock work to let at good prices. Apply to w. J. Oliver & Co.,, 159 North Cherry street. Nashville. Tenn. 6-S-7t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09

WANTED-At once competent foreman for small laundry. wages fifteen per week. Bigbee Steam Ldry. Co, Jack son, Ala. 6-S-3t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
HELP WANTED.
 BOARGE7o WANTED.
FOUND.

~@@~---@--~O~~~> WANTED-Boarders; large front room, 1920 9th avenue. 6-S-3t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
FOR SALE.

 ss75O-New South Highland home strictly modern and elegant sS15O-Seven-room house on Avenue L 1iL blocks of 20th street; liberal terms. $5OOo-New South Highland home. near Bealer station; $500 cash, balance monthly $275O-Beautiful new North Fist street home. s42oO-Elegant new house; North 2sd street. s1SOO-Lovely lot, sOx17o; Twelfth street. near l1th avenue and new city park. $14, SO0-Good investment in a North 21st street store. $sOo to $1OO0-Nice lots, waverly Place.
 FOR RENT New South Highland home; $40 211s Avenue I; rooms; $25. New cottage; 21st street, North High lands; s22.5O.
 R. M'coNNELL 6 CO, Bell phone 46. 220 Fist st
 FOR SALE. S2G6o-Southsi6e residence, paying l5 per cent on purchase price. S6tG0-Resdence property on the north side, paying T. per cent or purchase price. s12C0-Splendid residence lot on 18th av- enue south; cheap. at slSoO $RO0-Lalge northside residence. 10 rooms good location. $2s60-A North Highland reeiderce: good location and neigh5orhcod; cheap at this price.
 Vacant and improved residence and business property throughout tho city and suburbs. Our list Is too extensive to enumerate heie specifically. Call or phone 600.
 c. L. STicKNEY & CO,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-09
HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTED-A young man as collector; must be of good address polite and hard worker. Salary small to begin with. Ad- vancement if merited. Address Collector, care Age Herald. 6-7-3t DO YOU WRITE ADS?-Scnd Address today on your business stationery for invaluable information free. Harper Syndicate, Columbus. Ohio.
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The daily Republican., 1902-12-05
OHO1R-BOY'S CHRISTMAS
0elightfuI Concer.- Sometimes GIven
by Them in the Cathedral
Cities of Europe.

| Dean Farrar, writing in the Ouiyef
OF The Great Social Festival" says.
l know of more than one cathedral
| city in which at Christmas time thu
little choir boys-often boys who
| come from very humble homes-gjyo
delightful concert, during which
they act with hearty fun some verr
trlght and humorous scenes. Thei
take real interest in the special
music of the services and anthems
and carols of the season, and then
are invited to spend an evening oil
genial amusement at the deanery
'and in the houses of some of Tx
kindly canons. Here they enter ioE
Gusly into all the time honorcd fcss
tlvities. In the dim light of soma
"l1 Varnrd room or corridor TIM
great bowl of the snapdragon sheds
ITS blue lllstre, while, with shrieks Of 4
laughter, the boys snatch out Tho
Burning raisinS. Then they hunt foS
the little presents in the large brand
PIE, and carefully put them in cornl
ers TIL the games are over, wheu .
they carry them home to their paN
cntS; or they have a fishing rod, and |
each in turn throws the line over n
curtain behind which someone is cens
cealed, who fastens on the line an
appropriate gift for each boy in turn
Then follows the Christmas supDeri
with. its flaming plum pudding, end1
less crackers. and unrest raiucd mirthj
The evening usually ends after supt
per with one or two carols, and
"Anld Lang Syne' sung in the most
correct and traditional fashion; afteH
homes in high glce, and with tho
memory of an unusually pleasant
evening to make the sacred season !.
more and more dear to them.
The daily Republican., 1902-12-05
CHRISTMAS SERMON.
ness of Little Bcd-Ridden Girl
in Her Letter to Santa Claus,

When We are prone to think that
Christmas has degenerated into a
date for the payment of obligations
as regards gifts, il is pleasant to en-
counter genuine unseltishncss, writes
Katherine L. Smith, in Youths Com
panion. true incident of this kind
occurred last year in large western
city.
The day before Christmas the clerk
OF a large hotel, while sorting over
the mail, came upon letter ad-
dressed to"Mr,Santa Claus,-Hotcl."
AS no such gentleman had registered
there, the clerk showed the letter to
two or three of the guests, and they
decided to open it,
1t proved to be from a little girl,
who signed merely her given name:
she had added, however, the street
and number, which were in one of
the poorer parts of the city.
What most impressed the readers
was the fact that although the child
had asked Santa Claus for many
things,-"a doll for Susie, dress for
mamma and dog for Tommie"--not
one thing in the long list was to be
for herself.
Two Of the business men who had
read the letter determined to seek
out the little, unselfsh being, and see
now she was situated. They found
in a humble home which lacked many
OF the comforts of life a poor bed.
ridden little girl who had written to
Santa Claus with the supreme faith
OF childhood, and asked for gifts. not
for herself, but for those she loved.
The visitors, touched by the child's
pathos, consulted physician, and
ascertained that with proper treat
ment she could be cured. She was
sent to hospital; and in that city
now there is a well child who can
thank not only the generosity of
Others. but her own sweet nature for
her new strength and happiness.