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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
LgAGUERS MEET
 IN PRATT CITY
PROGRAMME AS ANNOUNCED WAS CARRIED OUT AND MANY lN-
 TEREsTING DISCUSSIONS WERE
 ENGAGED IN-oTHER NEWS.

Pratt City, October H-(special.)-The Birmingham District Epworth league con- vened in the Southern Methodist church this morning at 10 o'clock. The pro- gramme as announced was carried out with interesting discussions of the various topics The attendance is large and much interest is manifested in league work.
 The programme follows:
 Devotional services.
 Practical work of the charity and help department. Mrs. W. J. Long. Bessemer. Miscellaneous business, collection. etc. Closing.
 Afternoon session, 2:30 D. m.
 Devotional exercises.
 "A Mission Study Class in Every League" Prof. L. M. Stevenson, Rcan- oke.
 ''rhe Holy Spirit as Lubricator of Epworth League Machinery the Rev l. F. Hawkins, Wesley chapel
 Miscellaneous business, collection, etc Closing.
 Evening service, 7:SO p. m.
 Devotional services.
 Mission" the Rev John D. Simpson presiding elder.
 Miscellaneous business, collection, etc.
 
 The track on the east side of the Bir- mingham Southern yard Is being ele- yated three feet for convenience in reach ing the scales on which coal is weighed.
 The miners union issued orders on the various grocerers in Pratt City today for the relief of those of their number who are in need. There are very few who are suffering as yet.
 Mrs. J. L. Merrell of Taylorsville Is visiting her mother at Pinson.
 The Ladies guild of the St. Johns Epis- copal church, Ensley, will meet at the home of Miss Fannie Webb. near Ida Station, Wednesday afternoon at clock. All the Episcopal ladies of the city are cordially invited.
 The city council did not meet last night on account of the serious illness of Mrs. T. T. Thaxton, who is closely related to the mayor and one of the aldermen. TT Sam Foley has returned from Milwau- kee where he attended the Embalmers' National Union association. He reports a very pleasant and profitable time.
 Miss Ethel Harrison of Birmingham, who teaches in the public school here, will make her home at the residence of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Woltersdorf
 Mrs. Marshall Lee of Blosburg is vis- iting relatives in the city. ss Alec Levy is suffering with typhoid fever 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
STARTLING FACTS
 ABOUT HOMICIDES
Judge W. H. Thomas Makes
 Strong Charge to Jury
ALABAMA SHOWS UP BADLY
Remarkably Interesting Facts Brought Out In Criminal Court of Mont gomery-TabIe Presented for
 Information of the Jury.

Montgomery. October A. = Especially = The fall term of the criminal branch of the city court began yesterday and Judge W. H. Thomas delivered a strong charge, a greater part of which was devoted to a discussion of the subject of homicides. The lamentable conditions Tn Alabama have induced him to especially study the subject, and ne has at great trouble and over a great period of time gathered data which Is of interest everywhere. He includes the following tables of figures collected from reports and from clipping bureaus and personal letters, and which he says show the comparative number of homicides in the United States:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
ATLANTA HAS HORSE SHOW.
Many Prominent Stock Owners anc StabIemen Have Entered Animals.

Atlanta, October 14.-Under the most favorable conditions and prophesying to surpass all previous seasons, Atlanta's third annual horse show was opened at the Coliseum tonight.
 Many prominent stock owners and stab1emen of the United States and Can ada have entered prize-winning horses in every event for the coveted blue rib- bon of honor.
 A detachment of the United States Sew enth cavalry, Custer's fighting Seventh, and a platoon of Grimes battery of the Third light artillery will nightly give ex- hibition drills during the performances.
 The show will last through Thursday night. a matinee being given Thursday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
MERGER BEING FORMED. H. E. Fries Says Success of the Plal
 e|s Fully Assured.

Raleigh. N. C.. October 14.-A News and Observer special from Winston Salem says
 to combine a number of cotton mills in the south. was shown report today that his committee had adjourned indef- intely He said:
 "Our progress Is in every respect satis- factory and the success of our plan is assured by the mill men south and the financiers north"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
LOSS OF ASSOCIATIONS.
M. Aynard Severely CrItlcizes the
 French Government.

Paris, October 1.-The chamber of depu- ties has decided to take up Immediately as a unit all the interpellations relating to the application of the law of associa- tions
 M. Aynard, progressive republican, opened the discussion by severely criti- cizing the action of the government in closing forcibly clerical schools and vio- lating the rights of parents to give their children religious education, thus inaugu- rating civil and religious war. Count Demun, conservative, followed Aynard and spoke in the same strain. Both speakers were frequently noisily inter- rupted
 Debate from there was postponed until next Thursday. The chamber then ad- tourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Pardons Wanted.

Montgomery. October 14-(special.)- j. The pardoning board today considered the application of Adolphus and Walter Stevens, two white convicts from Walker county, for a pardon. Their crime is manslaughter. Capt. J. H. Bankhead and Senator Jones G. Moore were here repre- senting the applicants. The decision will not be made public until the governor acts on the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Escaped Convict Captured.

Montgomery. October H-(Special)- News has been received at the convict bureau of the capture in Lauderdale county. Mississippi, of one Joe King, who was convicted of assault to mur- der another white man in Henry coun- ty in 1899. On his way to the penitentiary King escaped from the guard at Abbe- vile junction and has been at large ever since. His sentence Is for four years, and he is now in the Sloss company's mines at Flat Top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

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 If your water when allowed to remain undisturbed in glass or bottle for twen- ty-four hours, forms a sediment or set. ting or has cloudy appearance. it Is ev~ idence that your kidneys and bladder need immediate attention.
 Swamp Root is the great discovery of Dr. I<ilmer, the eminent kidney and blad- der specialist. Hospitals use 1t with won derful success in both slight and severe cases Doctors recommend 1t to their patients and use it in their own fami- lies, because they recognize in Swamp Root the greatest and most successful remedy.
 Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is for sale the world over at druggists In bottles of two sizes and two prices-fifty cents and one dollar. Remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton. N. r.. on every oottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Notice to Railroad Contractors.

We have some very fine rock, scraper and culvert work to let on North Ala bama railroad (extension of L. and NJ near Birmingham, Ala. Fine winter work. We can pay good prices to reliable men.
 Apply at our office. Birmingham, Ala
 DUNN & IaALLANDE BROS, 10-15-7t-eod General Contractors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

positions. Judge Pickens. his nephew, was a circuit judge. J. P. Mcqueen of Eutaw and John Mcqueen of Birming- ham are grandsons of Colonel Pickens. and the former bears a most remarkable likeness to the picture now added to the rapidly growing picture gallery of the department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
NOTICE
Of Letting of Steel Bridge at cordova,
 Walker County, Alabama.

The county commissioners of Walker county will receive bids up to 3 o'clock Wednesday, November 5, at the court house in said coutny. to build a steel bridge over Cone Creek at Cordova
 Plans and specifications on file in the office of the judge of probate. the right to reject any or all bids reserved by the court, By order of commissioners court.
 J. W. SHEPHERD
 Judge of Probate october 3, 1902. 10-4-3Ot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Weak unhealthy kidneys responsible for sickness and sui
    attentOnbu kidneys most because do most, m   trial will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
WILCOX fAKsY PILLS

For 20 years the only safe and reliable Fe- within days. At druggists, or by mall. Price. e2. Free trial of 'Tansy" and aWomanis Safe Guard" for i0c Address
 Wilcox Specific Medicine Co.. s2s North 18th St.. Philadelphia, Pa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15


 Owing to the large number of invalids who have called upon the British Doc. tors at their office. corner Twenty-second street and Third avenue. and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlemen have. by request. consented to continue giving their services entirely free for three months (medicines ex- cepted) to all invalids who call upon them for treatment between now and October 13
 These services consist not only of con sultation, examination and advice but also of all minor surgical operations.
 The object In pursuing this course Is to become rapidly and personally acquaint- ed with the sick and afflicted, and under no conditions will any charge whatever be made for any services rendered for three months to all wno call perofe Oc- tober 13
 The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities. and guarantee to cure in evary case they undertake
 Male and female weakness catarrh and catarrhal deafness. also var;cocele, rup- ture. goitre, cancer, and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their new treatment.
 Hours. to 8. Sundays. 10 to l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
TIE OCTORS EXTEND THEIR THE

Owing to the Large Number Who Have Been Unable to See the British Doc. tors, These Eminent Gentlemen Have Extended tho Time for Giving TheIr Services Free for Three Months to All Who Call Upon Them Before October 18th.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

= if
  of In this offer in the Brmingha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

scribe a relaxed physical condi- ds Il, and all the terninology of medicine could not III ore ex- pressively de- scribe the actual condition than that every day phrase. It sug- gests the clock. perfect niechan- ically, but failing to record the passage of tins because 1t is run down.
 People who have that tired out, run . down feeling will find new life in the y.ee nf Doctor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
RgzN 1OvKM.

When phrase is coined out of world wide human experience it is ap. to be brief and expressive. We are "rur- down we say in tho crdeayor to de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Republican rally at Elks' Hall, Wednesday night. 8 o'clock. Everybody invited.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
GOOD COLOR WORK.
Children Love Color IS They Love Birds
and Flowers.

and Flowers.
The amount of time devoted to WO,k
with color varies somewhat as the
course of study varies in subject In
the spring and fail we do a large
amount of work directly from nature.
We begin with the landscape, we take
landscape in the middle and We end
with landscape. We draw in color
from flowers and fruits, from bright
foliage, seed berries, etc; we watch the
sunset and the sunrise, the play OF
color in various forms of water-in
clouds. in lake, in river, in rainbow and
in dewdrop: we are interested In the
cold and somber hues of winter, as well
as in the freshness and viyidness Of the
green of returning spriug-and We re-
cord these observations and impress
sions as they come to us, no matter
what the season or the proportion Of
time consumed by so doing. AS an
average however. if l were Obliged to
estimate, should say that about half
of the time devoted to drawing work
had been used this year in the study OF
color, perhaps more, as we have doubt
less been carried to an extreme by the
novelty of the work and the fact that
III order to make a strong beginning
overemphasis was necessary under the
conditions in which we work. If /
were to answer in one statement the
question, What is the value of a knowi-
edge of the color to the child? l
should say: 1t helps him to be hap
pier. and being happy, he is good;
and being good he is benefit and
blessing to his community and his
race. Children are emotional in their
thoughts and feelings Color appeals
directly to the emotions and feelings.
Good work in color is so largely a
question of feeling-if we do not feel
the beauty of the landscape, we can
never adequately express it. Children
love color, as naturally as they love
birds and flowers. kittens and puppies,
babies and playmates. There are ply
| sical reasons, also, why the brush ~
better tool for children to use than
a pencil, or even a stick of dry color.
That medium is best for them which
offers the least resistance, that af-
fords the thinnest barrier between
themselves and their expression. They
think in mass, they see in mass, they
should express in nass. An apple is
round to the young child, but after
it is red. How overwhelming has been
! the response from the children as to
their delight in drawing with color!
| 1t is right and natural for them to love
| it and to use it. 1t is unjust and
wicked to deprive them Of fuller ac-
| quaintance with it. With the older
children, also, the study of color has
been of immense disciplinary value.
A much larger percentage of the pupils
| have been greatly interested in color
than have been interested in any other
one study in the entire course.-School
Education.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10

"The grind of going over examina-
tion papers" said the principal of
downtown school yesterday, has its
compensation If one has a sense of
humor. Some of the answers are stu
pidly funny, while others are uncon-
sciously witty. One of the questions
In the papers l went over this morn
ing was: Name some of the causes of
dyspepsia One boys answer was
Eating green apples and drinking beer
between meals Another answered:
Drinking ice water and after-dinner
speaking. Isn't that delicious? A
third boy said dyspepsia was caused
by going in swimming on an empty
stomach. Another question was:
Name some of the vital organs of the
human body One answer was;
Heart, liver, lungs and lights. These
are the eternal organs, "-Philadel.
phia Record.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
SEVEN MILLIONS IN GOLD.
Greatest Amount of Bullion Ever Car
ried In "a single Vessel


ried In "a Single Vessel
"T notice that the newspapers have
recently spoken of the carrying of ST.
100000 of bullion to a foreign country
by one of the ocean liners as the
greatest amount ever transported,
said a man who has been with the
navy for years to a reporter 1T is
entirely wrong. In 1885 there was
brought from the mint in New Orleans
to the treasury in Washington SILL
100000 and let was brought in al
steamer.
"The government decided to trans
port $15 ,000,0 900 from New Orleans. 1t
was first thought best TO bring it by
rail, but this was assuming great
risk. The cabinet discussed the mat:
ter carefully and it was finally decided
that the safest way would be by water.
The members of the cabinet saw that
there was chance for hold-up If the
money was brought by train.
The United States ship Swatara
was first designated to carry the
money, but it was found that she
would be inadequate to transport the
whole amount so the wooden sailing
steamer Yantic was pressed into SER
vice to help out. We removed from
the Swatara her magazines. The shells
from the shellroom were removed, as
were also the sails from the sailroom,
so that all available space was utilized
for packing the coin. The only weap-
on of defense was a Gatling gun.
The money was conveyed from the
mint to the vessels in wagons. A
squad of secret service officers watch
ed the work. The two vessels were
in tow and the trip from New Orleans
to the Washington hayward occupied
little more than four days. Consid-
cradle wind was encountered off Hat
teras, but otherwise the trip was
without incident. The money was car
ried from the navy yard to the treas
ury by an express company.
The money was in boxes of $4,000
each and in bags. My recollection is
that the money was in silver dollars,
or the greater part of it, for, while
unloading at the navyyard, one Of the
bags, rotten from being in storage so
long, gave way, and large number OF
silver dollars were scattered about the
wharf.
The Swatara was historic craft.
John Surratt was brought back from
Malta in the Swartara. The prince of
Wales, now King Edward, paid her a
visit once when she was with the
American squadron at Villefranche in
the Mediterranean. She was then
the flagship. The prince, when he saw
! her. asked
Is this yacht or man of war;
THE Swatara is now in rotten row
in the navyyard at San Francisco
waiting to be surveyed. The Sll,OOO,-
600 carried by the Swatara from New
Orleans to Washington was the great
est amount of money ever carried by
a single craft"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
DEATH OF A VETERAN IRON
WORKER.

There passed away in Allegheny, Pa.
the other day, a man whose career has
embraced an epitome of the develop
ment and progress Of railroad build
ing-Philip James. The chief fame of
this extraordinary old man was that
he puddled the iron for the first Trail.
This great innovation in iron manu-
featuring was produced in 1881. at the
Dowlias Iron Works, Dowlias, Gla-
morganshire, Wales, owned by Josiah
John Guest and Rev. Thomas Guest.
Mr.. James was born in Wales in
1913. At the age of he began work
in the iron mill, sweeping plates,
Young James was later placed in charge
of furnace, and was not yet 10 when
he assisted in making the first Trail.
He came TO this country in 1887, locat-
ing as puddler at Haverstraw. N. Y.
Later he moved to Reading, Pa, and
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
BARK and stone as Food.

In very unusual season like that
through which the province of Paipu-
tana, India, recently passed, it is not
uncommon for the people to grind the
bark of trees and even stones 10 mix
with their scanty supply of meal or
-four in order to increase the bulk and
thereby stay the pangs of hunger for
a longer period. A small quantity of
well-ground bark, or of soft stone
found there, does not seem to be in
furious. If used to excess, however,
the diseases incident to starvation be-
come apparent.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
He RULES HIS STATE.
tERE is AN AUTOCRAT WHO
RULES AS HE PLEASES.
fOung Potentate Who Is as Absolute as
Gar or sultan, He Is Frederick Francis
~ Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-
Schwcrln.

Frederick Francis ". Grand Duke
Of Mecklenburg-S -Schwerin, who recent
ly upon attaining his majority as
sumed the reins of government. shares
with the Czar of Russia and the Sultan
Of Turkey the distinction of being one
Of the three only absolute monarchs
left in Europe. He rules his little
principality without any restriction of
constitution of Parliament. His word
Is law. He appoints all officials, levies
iust what taxes he chooses. and spends
them as he wills, and there Is no
one to question his right. He has the
power of life and death over his sub
iects; may fine them, imprison them
draft them into his army, cut off their
heads or burn them, decorate them, en-
noble them, or dover their daughters,
just as the mood strikes him.
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin has been
ruled thus ever since the days Of
Prince Niklot, who died in 1850. The
family claims to be the oldest reigning
house in Europe, though there are sew
eral that dispute this distinction-no-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
Natives Keen tho Secret.

The Antaimoro, one of the oldest
tribes of Madagascar, possess the se'
cret of making from the pulp of ma
tive shrub, very beautiful and en-
during kind OF paper. resembling
parchment. Each family possesses a
few sheets of this paper, on which its
chronicles and traditions are recorded
and the same paper is used for tran.
scribing the laws of Mohammedanism.
The paper is said to have been invent.
ed in the middle of the ninth century
by a Mohammedan shipwrecked on
the coast. who desired to transcribs
his torn and water-soaked copy OF the
Koran in an enduring form, says
Youths Companion. The Antaimora
will only make the paper for sale when
some pressing necessity arises.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
ourlou. sumatran Custom.

In Sumatra the wind decides the
length of time a widow should remain
single. Just after her husbands death
she plantsa Flagstaff at her door. While
the flag remains untorn by the wind the
stiquette of Sumatra forbids her to
marry, but al the first rent, however
tiny. she Is flee to wed
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10
HIrhest Telegraph Poles.

The highest telegraph poles in the
United States have just been put up
In Beaumont, Texas. So far as known
they are the highest of any in the
world, the top being $50 feet above
the ground. They were erected on the
opposite banks of the Neches river by
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany in order to string its cable across
the stream. The span is 144 feet in
length. This height is necessary to
admit the passage of ships through
the drawbridge, their masts being 100
feet tall and more This aerial span
was preferred to laying a submarine
cable, for it is expected that Congress
may at some future day have the
Neches river dredged, and this would
ruin the cable. 1t is also much the
cheaper.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-10

Siberia is the birthplace OF new
religious sect, the members of which
style themselves Slaves Of Christ"
They teach that the earth is fiat and
stands on three whales and that in
the middle Of the ocean there is a gi-
gantic chanticleer which crows at cum
rise. Railways. telegraphs and tele-
phones are attributed 10 anti-Christ.