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ASHVILLE

Ashville, May S.-(Special.)-So far 29S voters have registered in the county, five of whom are colored voters. The regis trars will again begin their duties on May o6.
 MT M. M. Smith Is attending the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias at Montgom- cry this week os the representative from the lodge here.
 MT. J. W. Adams, district deputy of the Woodmen of the World. is here en- deavoring to establish a lodge.
 Miss Lou anc Miss Dadie Griffith of Pell City and Miss May Willingkam of Eden are visiting the family of MT. Thomas Nicely, Jr.
 Mrs. L. J. Morris, after a brief visit to her father, the Rev. N. A. Hood. left this week for her home at Morrisville, Ala.
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RqJ0aoze,.
ENSLEY.
New City Hall to Be Built at a Cost
 of $10,ooo.

Ensley, May S.-(SpeciaD-The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of Vivian held an important meeting last night at which 1t was decided to erect city hall. There was full attendance of the members of the board and their action was practical ly unanimous. The lot upon which the city hall will be built was given to the city by the Pratt Land and Improvement Company and is centrally located and the best situated for this purpose in the city. The funds with which the building will be erected have been provided and work will begin at once. The building will cost when completed, about s1oOOO.
 A committee was appointed with power to act, consisting of Messrs. Lambert, James Liddle and Luske, with Mayor Russell as ex-officio chairman.
 Vivian is one of the most beautiful and prosperous little cities in the valley and has population of honest. industrious and happy people. There are fewer vagrants and idlers In this town than any other of its size in the state
 Some excitement was caused in the neighborhood of the city hall this after noon by the discovery of a negro who was suffering with most malignant case of smallpox. He was driven out into nearby common and guarded until conveyed to the pest house beyond Red Mountain by the pest wagon.
 MT. and Mrs. J. I. Christopher of Ems ley are removing to Birmingham where they will reside in the future.
 Will Painter, colored, who, in February, shot George Washington, also colored, at the steel plant, was tried by the Mayor this morning and fined $50 and costs. He was hired by the city to a firm of con tractors where he will work out on a railroad grade the fine thus imposed.
 During the absence of C.. F. Camp, chief of police, W. B. Tatherow Is act ing as chief.
 MT. H. c. Killgan and MT. Will Kill gan returned today from Greensboro, Ala, where they went to attend the fun eral of their brother John, whose death occurred last week.
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Alabama Dentists Meet May IA.

Florence, May S.-(Special) )-Dr. John T. Cook of this city, secretary of the Ala bama Dental Association, is sending out the programmes for the thirty-third an- nual meeting in Tuscaloosa May 14-17. The clinics and papers promise to be un- usually interesting.
 The railroads have granted a one and one-third fare from all points in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida Mississippi, Louisiana and Ala bama on the certificate plan. The hotels have also granted very low rates.
 The state board of dental examiners will meet in Tuscaloosa May 13, the day preceding the meeting of the association.
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AUCTION SALE.
Of Very Desirable Seventh Avenue
 Corners.


 I will offer for sale. at public auction, to the highest bidder, in front of the Jefferson county court house, Birming- ham. Ala. on Friday, the ninth (9th) day of May, 1902, at 12 noon. the following real estate, situated in the city of Birming- ham, Ala, and belonging to the estate of Marianna Johnston, deceased, namely:
 1. Lot number three (3) and strip off eastern half of northern twenty feet of lot number two @ in block number thrty-one (3D, together forming a rect angle fronting fifty feet on the south side of Seventh avenue. north. and running back. southwardly, one hundred and twenty feet along the west side of Twen- ty-thrd street; subject to an easem ent or right of way In favor of Laura L. Mcconnell, eight feet wide and fifty feet long over the southern bart of the said twenty foot strip.
 This property Is exceptionally well To- cated. It has on 1t an eight-room dwell- ing, with servants house and coal house, and, by a moderate expenditure, can be modernized and made very attractive as a home. Possession on 30 days notice after July 1st Terms: Cash. but can ar. range time loan to suit up to 60 per cent st per cent interest payable semi-an- nually on note secured on the property and fire policy.
 2 Lot number twenty-two C2O and the east ten feet of lot number twenty-one (21), in block number twenty-seven C27l, together forming rectangle fronting six ty feet on the north side of Seventh ave- nue, North, and running back, northward- ly. one hundred feet along the west side of twenty-sixth street.
 This is a choice location for one or two residences. or for an uptown business house, with or without residence. Pos session immediate Terms as above.
 JOHN W. JOHNSTON, Executor of Marianna Johnston, deceased. May 8, 1902 5-4-gt-su fri
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they are competent to do, how to teach them, and he does 1t. He instructs them that they are made to work, and that they must do their work well to succeed He and his corps of instructors teach them the proper methods and turn them out thoroughly competent in the line which they have pursued at the college.
 The school is really deserving of much more support than 1t has received from the state at large.
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NOT A CHEAP FLOUR.

There is no sort of adultTation in Clifton four made at Bransford Mills. Owensboro. Ky. It is pure winter wheat flour, and cannot be sold at the cheap price of mixed goods
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old wives and Young Husbands.

We are not trained up yet to the mar
rage of the really old woman to the
young man. Probably fifty years from
now it will be quite the fashion and
grandmas of seventy will have the air of
being twenty-five. But there is such a
piteous side of it. The woman appears
so humiliatingly old and looks as if she
knew it.
One day in the Rue d Rivoli. in Paris.
encountered one Of these bedizened old
danes walking with a young and hand
some man, tall. very slim and well dress
ed. She was little woman and walked
stittiy, as though her boots were too tight.
She was radiantly dressed in white, and
white parasol was spread over her head,
on which was perchcd an elaborate light
hat. Her face was richly painted, with a
pair Of crimson lips as the deepest note of
color, and fringe of auburn curls was
on her forehead. She looked haggard
and aged.
There was something curiously familiar
about her face, and as she spoke | sud-
denly saw who it was-Adelina Patti and
her young husband! 1t was a shock.
This was what 1.-The last of the great
prima dOnnas" had come to.-Geraldine
Bonner in Argonaut.
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Rafael Corona is a New Mexico ranch
erO, but just now he refers to himself as
"a child Of misfortune" He went into
the City Of Mexico few days ago 20 see
the sights. He had only just alighted
from the train when he was mistaken for
an escaped criminal and dragged of to
Jail. The error rectifed. he went in
search Of hotel When he found it, he
found also that he had been touched"
for a ring which had been in his family
for long time and which he regarded as
a lucky talisman.
He was afraid for awhile to venture
out without it, and when he did he was
promptly knocked down by a runaway
horse and enc of his arms broken. He
started off in search of a doctor. and the
man who had offered to guide him to one
separated him from his watch in parting.
On his way back to the hotel a brick fell
upon Rafae'S head from the top of a tall
building. and when he recovered con
seriousness he found that some good Sa-
maritan had taken his pocketbook for
safe keeping and had neglected to leave
his address.
Rafael went home that night. and now
he says he's glad he got away alive.
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which all eyes will be directed. His
infancy having slept on pillow of
straw; all the hates of the Herodic
government planning for his assassi-
nation; in after time whipped as
though he were a criminal; asleep on
the cold mountains because no one Of
fered him lodging; though the great
est being who ever touched our earth,
derisively called this fellow" his last
hours writhing on spikes of infinite
torture; his lacerated form put in sep
ulcher, then terminated and assembled
to be the center of all heavenly admi-
ration-upOn that greatest martyr and
mightiest hero of all the centuries we
will be permitted to look Put that
among your heavenly anticipations.
Now take down your harp of ten
strings and sweep all the chords, max
ing all of them tremble with a great
gladuess. l have mentioned just ten
delightsome food. eyesight hearing.
healthful sleep. power of physical To-
comotion, illumined nights, mental fac
ulties in equipoise, friendships of life,
gospel advantages and heavenly antici-
pations. Let us make less complaint
and offer more thanks. render less
dirge and more cantata. Take paper
and pen and write down in long col
umns your blessings. | have recited
only ten. To express all the mercies
God has bestowed you would have to
use at least three. and think FIVE. nu-
merals, for surely they would run up
into the hundreds and the thousands.
"Oh, give thanks unto the Lord. for he
is good, for his mercy endureth fOrev
err" Get into the habit of rehearsal of
the brightnesses of life.
Notice how many more fair days
there are than foul, how many more
good people than bad you meet. Set
your misfOrtunes to music, as David
opened his dark sayings on a harp"
If it has been low tide heretofore, let
the surges Of mercy that are yet to roll
in upon you reach high water mark
All things will work together for your
good, and heaven is not far ahead
Wake up all the ten strings. Blessing
and honor and glory and power be un
to him that stitch upon the throne and
unto the Lamb forever. Amen!
Copyright 1902, Louis Klopsch, N. VI
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autOpsy and the eoroner's jury. whieh

autopsy and the coroner's jury, which
organized Sunday morning.
The verdict Of the jury was that Ed
Biddle came to his death by a revolver
shot fired from a 32-calibre revolver
by himself, and that John Biddle met
his death from a gunshot wound in
fiicted by the officers in the discharge
OF their lawful duty.
a lost love letter from Ed Biddle to
his sweetheart, Mrs. Kate Soffel
found in the snow near the bloody
scene OF their capture, reveals the
long and careful plot for their escape
from the Allegheny county Jail. The
letter clearly shows the hazardous un-
dertakings of the infatuated woman
to secure the escape of the Biddles.
Since December 2, 1901, they had been
making preparations to escape. The
discovered epistle tells how Mrs. Sof-
fel carried the saws to the cells of the
Biddles. 1t manifests the extreme
enumeration of Mrs. SOffeI for the
murderer and burglar. 1t clearly shows
the wonderful influence Ed Biddle had
over Mrs. SOffel.
Mrs. Soffel fell in love with Ed Bid
die in November. The burglar soon
realized his power over her. It was
not long until he started to write love
letters to her. Mrs. Soffel fell madly
in love with Ed Biddle, and about the
early part of December he proposed
a plan of escape to her. She concented
to lend him her aid. Between De.
cember IA and 16 they had completed
all arrangements to escape from the
jail Then they learned of the gov
ernor's respite. After this Ed Biddle
almost persuaded Mrs Soffel to fly
with him and his brother. The con
tents Of the letter show it was origi
nally agreed that Mrs. Soffel was tc
leave the city for Canada on the eve
| of the boys escape.
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PreYaIeney d Kidnev rrnuhIe.

So prevalent and deceptive is kidney
trouble that it very often becomes well
advanced before it is even suspected
therefore, it behooves all to be on tn
lookout. Should you be ll,orcot fee
ing well, it would be wise to pa
attention to the kidneys and ascertai
if they are the cause of your trouble.
A simple method Of finding out
your kidneys are at fault has Off
been called to the attention of OF
readers through DR.. Kilmer's Swami
Root advertising in the columns of tn
paper, and it is now repeated for t.
benefit Of those who may be intereste
Viz: Fill bottle with urine and
aside for twenty-four hours or so, al
if it shows a brick-dust sediment
cloudy appearance, or if the urine
scanty or profuse, OF if it is found ne
essary to go often through the day,
get up many times during the nigh
you may be sure your kidneys need at.
tention.
After careful inquiry we find DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney
liver and bladder remedy, is remarka-
bly, successful in the quick relief and
cure of the diseases for which it is rec
commended. There is hardly a drug
store in the land that does not keep,
and highly recommend this celebrated
preparation for kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
BY special arrangement every reader
of this paper may have a sample bottle
of DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root by mail,
free, (if they have not already had one)
by sending their address to DIR. Kilme1
4 Co., BinghamtOn, n. Y.
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EDWARD Riddle

Noon and Officers Frank Holiday and
Aaron Thompson. The officers were
certain that they were on the right
trail. It was only a question of time
when they would catch up to the es-
Gaping condemned murderers and their
guilty companion.
The Biddles and Mrs. Soffel ate din
ner at J. J. Stephens at Mount Chest
nut, five miles east of Butler. They
had made detour of the town of
Butler, and after going several miles
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.gtOn, Feb. AFTER a bri.


sion yesterday the senate passed
me bill providing for a 25 per cent.
increase in the salaries of United
States judges. All amendments were
voted down, including one to increase
the salaries Of cabinet officers from
$4,000 to $12,5OO a year.
BY the terms Of the bill the follow
ing salaries are to be paid United
States judges: Chief justice supreme
court of the United States, $4,000;
each associate justice, sl2.5OO; circuit
judges, $500; district judga ss6.25e.
chief justice cont of claims, S6,125;
each associate justice, $5,625; chief
justice court of appeals. District of
Columbia, $4,000; each associate il
tice, $500; chief justice supre
court, District of Columbia, $6,7g
each associate justice, $6,250.
During the remainder of the day
session the urgency deficiency bill
was under discussion, the principal
tariff measure being laid aside tenn
porarily
Mr.. Hansbrough, of North Dakota,
made spirited defense of Judge Ar
thur n Moves, of the district court
of Alaska. and Alexander Mckenzie,
upon whom an attack was made in
the senate. This precipitated a long
discussion of the Noyes case, legal and
technical rather than personal. No
action could be taken on this sub
ject, but the discussion was continued
today under the latitude allowed.
John F. Dryden was indicted into
Office as the successor of the late
9"~e+or William ]. Sewell, Of New
n was presented to
erday by Senator
mpanied by a
-vark.
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WIN RuIe In FAVOR Of schIey.

Washington, Feb 5.-The president
will decide in the Schley case that
Rear Admiral Sehley was in command
under orders" Of the American squad
ron during the battle of Santiago. This
can be said on the authority of a sena-
tor with whom President Roosevelt
has discussed the case. The phrase
under orders" is intended to let tie
navy department down easily, but ii
is believed that even such a gentle
turning down viii force Sec y
Longs resignation and result
reorganization of that departm
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First Name BESTOWED When He Is a
Month Old.

The naming of a japanese baby Is not
simply the bestowing a name upon it soon
after its birth by which it shall be known
during its lifetime. The name of a Japa-
nese is changed at various periods of his
life.
When a Japanese child is month old,
he is given his first name with national
religious ceremonies. The child is taken
in state to the family temple. Servants
carry the entire infantile wardrobe, the
extent of which indicates the degree of
wealth and the social position of the IA
Their. At the end of the procession a serv-
ant walks, carrying a box which contains
money to be given to the officiating
priest and a slip Of paper on which the
three names are written.
On entering the temple the father
hands the paper containing the names to
the priest, who copies them on three sep
arate sheets, which he mixes and shakes
up at random, while pronouncing in a
loud voice a sacramental invocation to
the god to whom the temple is dedicated
He then losses them in the air, and the
first one that touches the holy floor is Sc
lected as the choice of the presiding de
Vinity. This name is written on a piece
of paper by the priest and is given to the
child's father as a talisman. During the
ceremony sacred songs, with instrument
tai Accomplishments, are chanted. Visits
to relatives and friends of the parents
follow the christening, in celebration Of
which festivities of various kinds are in
dulged in and presents given to the child.
The Japanese child wears loose gar
ments until he is three years of age. At
that time they are discarded, and his
clothes are bound around his waist with
a girdle. The girdle ceremonies are pub
lie and are accompanied by very elabo-
rate religious rites. On that occasion he
receives a new name. His education be-
gins at this period and is considered fin
ished at fifteen, at which time he attains
his majority. He assumes the response
bilities of a man and takes his place in
society with a new name.
Entering upon the duties of a public
function, he takes another name, which is
changed upon every advancement in rank
c. dignity in his official positc~7 His
name is changed anon the Sigh pre-
text. If his sulcaior Ofies = as to
have the same name, the subaitd J s must
be changed, for it detracts from tae dig
nifty of a chief for subaltern to possess
the same name. He receives a new name
upon his marriage. His last and only per
manent name is the one given after his
death, which is inscribed upon his tomb
Ledger Monthly.
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unanimous. II
Mr.. Briggs
Old Man Perlehed on Mountain.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. John
Sagelman, a well-known and respected
resident of Red Rock, this county, has
been missing from home since Jan
uary IA, and It is feared that he died
on the mountain. Sagelman was the
sole survivor Of a social organization
composed of eight men, the members
of which climbed to the top of the
mountain on the anniversary of the
club each year, which was on jan
uary IA, and fired three shots from a
gun. It is believed the old man lost
his way and has persisted from the
cold.
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BIDDLE BROTHERS DEAD
After Desperate Battle Murderers
Are Reoaptured Near Butler.
MRS. soFFEL SHOOTS HERSELF
The Brothers Fought Desperately, am

The Brothers Fought Desperately, and
Were Only Taken After One Was
MortalIy Wounded and the other
RiddIed With Shot.
Butler, Pa, Feb. Edward and
John Biddle, who escaped from the
Allegheny county Jail last Thursday,
aided and accompanied by Mrs. Peter
H. Soffel, wife of the warden, was
recaptured last Friday by a posse of
officers. They were traced to near
this place and the authorities at Pitts
bug were notified.
The Pittsburg officers were met at
Butler by Deputy Sheriffs Rainey and
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he FEARED He HAD LOST

When WI Ting Fang, the famous Chin
ese Minister to Washington, irritable and
somewhat forgetful from severe cold,
missed one day from the front of his cap the
immense diamond he always wears there,
he was dreadfully frightened. A friend
pointed out that the statesman had mad
yertently donned his turban wrong side
before, and that the diamond was safe in
the rear. Had WI Ting Fang been wear
ing Benson's Porous Plaster on his chest
or back to cure his cold, he never would
have doubted its location. He would have
felt it doing its work, warming and max
ing flexible the torpid muscles, extracting
the pain and soreness, promoting the free
circulation of the blood, stimulating the
skin and lungs to proper action, and so
dtss0l0ing and banishing the malady. Thus
we perceive, beloved friends, that
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The world has never seen such a
rapid accumulation of vast fortunes as
are amassed in this country every year.
1t is a shame and a disgrace that in
the midst Of all this excessive opulence
any worthy person should suffer from
unrertv kansas CITY Star.
NAMING A JAPANESE BABY.
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N. LIE COLONEL BRYAN.
Silver Bill, the Dead Shot and Half
Civilized Cowboy.

Civilized Cowboy.
In a paper published in the south OF
France is found an amusing account Of
the early life and exploits of William J.
Bryan. The story, it appears, was writ
ten by the Paris correspondent of the
provincial paper and is based, so the
writer AYERS, on information furnished by
friends of the candidate who have been
prominent at the French capital.
The western wag who filed the French
man so full of new and sta rtling informa-
ton must have smiled to himself as he
read in cold print the statement that IN.
lie Colonel Bryan first came into fame as
one Of the strange, half savage bands Of
cowboys who r1amed over the far west
fighting the Indians and wild beasts. I'M
itating perhaps the custom of the Indian
chiefs, each of the cowboys bole a nick
name based on some Of his exploits as a
hunter OF fighter. Fhus NJ, lie Colonel
Bryan's title among his rough bus brave
and sturdy comrades was Silver BIZ and
Dead Shot. After the treaty Of peace was
signed with the Indians at Chicago in
1896 Colonel Bryan went out Of the cat
tie business and became one Of the bonan-
"a farmers Of the west. He can now sit
called in America and look over his fields
Of corn stretching farther than eyes can
reach in eve-y direction. As a result Of
his early training on the plains, where he
spent months at a time without an OPP
portunity of talking to another human
being, the candidate for president (the
article was published in the 1900 cam
paign) is extremely taciturn and can
hardly be persuaded TO express an opin-
ion on the issues of the campaign He is
the author of book of adventures called
The First Battle in which some of his
encounters with the Indians of the Tam
many and other tribes are described at
length.
I'm the effort to partially neutralize the
strength of NJ. lie Colonel among the cow
boys and Indians who make up the lar
gest part Of the voting population west Of
the Allegheny mountains, the Republic
ans have nominated NJ. lie Roosevelt for
vice president. NJ lie Roosevelt y
the leading cowboys in Amo
especially famous for ono
| quished grizzly bear ir
| During the present ca"
mel Roosevelt has
horses all over the
tions of rough ridi
! Paris a year ag
/ another Amer
change.