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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
MascasnI's Opera Company.

''Mascagni continues to draw large au diences at the Metropolitan opera house in New York; said a Birmingham musi- clan, 'and the critics continue to praise the work of the composer-conductor but they are making unfavorable compari- sons between his singers and his orches- tra and the principals and the musicians of the Grau company.
 "rhe management made a mistake, ii seems, in insisting on Mascagni bring ing an orchestra from Italy. The New York musicians are far better than those of any country in Europe outside of Ger many and France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
CRUMBS FROM KANSAS.

From the Atchison Globe.
 When a baby Is named for a poor man, there is no higher compliment.
 A great trouble with new fashions is that the fat women are usually the wealthiest and most able to adopt them.
 When a man falls sick, his wife can't understand why he doesn't wish to im- prove his stay in bed by letting her read poetry to him.
 An Atchlson widow justifies. her rapid expenditure of her husbands life in- surance money by claiming that the first new thing she had had In her parlor in twenty years was her husbands coffin.
 A terrible disaster has befalen an Atchison girl. She rubbed her forehead a certain way every night to rub out wrinkles. and finds that she has mis- taken directions, and has rubbed three more in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

bed by the book trust when an uni- form text book law of the Tennessee sort would bring prices of school books h Alabama down to the level of Tennessee. a sister state. A state printing house cannot be economical ly conducted or well conducted. We do not want in Alabama a state book house. but we do want a law that will enable Alabama children to buy at reasonable prices school books. Alabama children are today paying forty per cent more for school books than Tennessee children pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
THE "BuRGoo."

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 The word "burgoo." the full meaning of which all Kentuckians will VOW they un- derstand,, is elucidated by MT. Young E. Allison. MT Allison digs down into the derivation of the noun and places a construction on the word which the most expert of burgoo connoisseurs may not have seized. MT. Allison says:
 "The announcement of the burgoo for the entertainment of logical agents at the national association meeting in Louisville has uncovered on the part of the press a state of innocence as to what a burgoo actually is. We had thought that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
AROUND EARTH
 TO ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA

Herded together in dilapidated box cars, we were transported to our destination without even the comforts usually given to animals.
 From the moment landed at Neit- chinsk I began to plan an escape. Firsts gained the confidence of the guards. but 1t was a tedious task. My efforts was rewarded, however. and after two years of exile I was placed in charge of crew working a few miles from Neitehinsk. We returned to the prison nightly, but as I was trusted no guards ever accompanied us.
 After several years of work and plan ming, four of the other prisoners and myself decided to make break for lib- erty. We felt at the time that 1t was sure death, but we were willing and anxious to meet any and all hardships, if we could but free ourselves from the misery of slavery. Death itself was pref erable to life at Neitchinsk. Since I reached the United States I have read George Kennans accounts of Russian cruelty. Those who say he exaggerates, know little of conditions in Sibera. In fact, he does not tell half of the truth.
 For the three years I was in exile I was starved, and although trusted l was beaten by barbarous officials. The off, cers In the Transbaikal region, really exiles themselves, feel that their posi- tons are due to the poor political unfor- tunates, and they hate the sight of a government exile so much that whenever we ran across their path it was to be clubbed and kicked.
 "The life was more than I could bear. Otter I contemplated suicide but finally decided to try for freedom before ending my life and my misery. As I said before four of us made a break for liberty Only two succeeded The others perished while crossing the Khingan mountains into Manchuria.
 When the other student exile and myself reached Tsitsikikai in 1899, the Boxer rebellion was at it's height. The few Europeans had been either mas- sacred or driven from the province. It was not a cheerful prospect after our tramp of hundreds of miles over moun- tain ranges and plateaus. But we made the best of a decidedly gloomy situation. We joined the Boxers. It was hard to enlist to fight Europeans. but it was also our only hope of safety. For four months we fought against the introduction into China of European ideas and customs, that is, we belonged to an army which was supposed to be opposed to these things. but in reality we never smelled powder. We were greatly mistrusted by the Manchurian soldiers, and several times we thought that our lives were to be sacrificed with the other foreigners. But for some reason we escaped.
 Our sojourn with the Boxer soldiers gained the desired end. We reached Corea, and from the Seoul secureud pas- sage on the tramp steamer Gretchen. For over year we sailed, and finally landed at New Orleans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
VITALITY.
From Life

From Life.
 Senator Clark. paying one-fourth mil- lion dollars for a dozen rugs to put in his new house leaves no reasonable doubt that it costs at least as much to break Into good society today as 1t ever cost.
 Further, 1t is authorltadvely given out that the Newport colony has succeeded in spending more money this season than it spent any previous season.
 Accordingly, one is puzzled to hear it claimed, in seeming seriousness that our leisure class is decadent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
Larne Cotton Mills.

'WorK on the Pell City Manufacturing companys large cotton mills Is being pushed and the machinery will be in operation on or about the first of Feb ruary," said w. P. Kennedy. superin- tendent of construction.
 ''The building Is over 600 feet long. It will be equipped with 21,0O0 Draper spin dies. equal to 6S.ooO old style spindles. There will be over 600 new style looms. The plant will cost $120,OO0."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
NO DECISIVE RESULT.
Revolutionary Army Has Withdrawn
 from Near Victoria.

Washington, October 19.-In a telegram to the state department dated Caracas, October IS and received here at o'clock this afternoon Minister Bowen stated that the revolutionary army had with drawn from near Victoria and that is was believed the battle was not ended.
 It was stated that the government troops still held Valencia. A later dis patch dated 10:45 this (Sunday) forenoon. from the same source, stated that the battle had ended with no decisive result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
About Persons,

Milton H. Smith, Jr., of Anniston. was in the city yesterday. He is a son of Milton H. Smith, president of the Louis- vile and Nashville railroad.
 registered at the Hillman.
 The Rev. Father Benedict, O. s. B., of St. Bernard's Abbey. said mass at Blocton yesterday in the place of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
CHAIRMAN cAMPBELL's ADDRESS

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The address of Chairman Campbell of the democratic campaign committee is a splendid document and should be read by every voter in Alabama. Every paper in the state should publish 1t and aid in giving 1t the widest publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The trouble with Dowie is, he wants to be both Elijah and a Napoleon of finance at one whack, and the two mes do not work well together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Tn the effort to eliminate the mas culine element root and branch the Boston school board is employing female mattresses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Last week was the only one of the year in which a rumor was not un- earthed touching Captain Hobson's engagement to a society belle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Alabamians had a cinch at West End park Saturday. 1t was battle by Alabamians, of Alabamians, for Alabamians, although the spirit of A. Lincoln was not present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The apple growers of New York cannot turn their product into dried apples because they have no coal. Thus does the strike extend to the re- motest corners of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The growth of Jefferson in tax values this year is as if Winston, Clay and Cleburne's total values had been dropped into it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Trade and the factories are relieved of fuel strikes, and all will move for ward by leaps and bounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The underpinning Of David Bennett Hills naturalization plank is slipping out, carrying its designer and sup porter with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Richard Olney's law does not seem to agree with Deacon Baer's alleged knowledge of Providence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The coal business is protected by heavy duty because it is an infant industry. See.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Twenty-Five women will have racing stables at Saratoga next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The New York Suns attack upon MT. Olney renders his boom still boomier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Street Car Fare.

'fThe Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company has It's business re- duced to a science, and knows, as rule' what will pay and what will not pay" said prominent citizen of Birmingham but think 1t makes a mistake from the view point of it's own interests, in with drawing the sale of the four-dollar books It would pay the company in the long run. I believe. not only to resume the sale of the books, but to sell six tickets for 25 cents. as Is done in Washington and some other cities that I visit
 Tt is not every one who can invest s4 at one time in car tickets. but everybody who rides can raise the sum of 25 cents. Twenty-Five cent packages would increase the street car business very ma terially in the course of a year or two. The packaged tickets, whether in H or 9 cents lots. should be good for trans fers. As for that matter the school chil- dren at half-fare should be entitled to transfers.
 ''The East Lake idea which is said to be a practical plan for inducing the company to resume the sale of books bids fair to take as strong root in Birming- ham and the suburbs as the Iowa idea has taken In some parts of the nation. The East Lake idea originated with Al- derman T. Y. Prude. Already Woodlawn has taken the matter up in a concerted way A mass meeting will be held at Woodlawn tomorrow night to consider the East Lake plan. MT. Prude states his idea as follows:
 First, I would request all cities towns, commercial bodies and all other bodies having interest, to send delegates to meeting of a general committee to be formed by the representatives of the several bodies. this committee to or ganize by the election of officers.
 "second, I would suggest that sub committee be commissioned to wait upon the officials of the corporation and to re- quest that street car tickets be again put on sale.
 Third. anticipating a refusal on the companys part, I would then have this committee issue an address to the public. and also call upon the seevral cities and towns-ten or twelve in number-to in crease the privilege tax of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company.
 As to MT. Prude's third proposition, every city charter prescribes limit to the amount of the license and in the case of East Lake the limit is $l00. The street car people would not feel s100, but 1t is proposed to ask the legislature to increase the limit.
 Now my idea is that the officials of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company will soon come to the conclusion that the 25c packages would strike the public so favorably that the company will voluntarily put such pack ages on sale; also resume the sale of the s4 books for the convenience of those who can buy hundred tickets at a time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The manufacture of slates is an active industry in this district-slates for the use of the man in the White House
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

President Mitchell has summed up for the miners, and the case will no doubt go to the jury this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
AT TIE sTATE FAIR.

From the Hartselle Inquirer
 We hope Morgan county will have a good exhibit at the state fair. This Is a most excellent way to let the resources of our country be known
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

King Edwards counterfeit goes on the coinage ofsthe realm baldheaded- something wholly new in British prac- tice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The Vienna hip surgeon is entitled to warm welcome, and he is getting 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The increase in tax values in lief ferson county is just about the total valuation of the average rural county in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The surgeons are all admirers of football except when it is unusually deadly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

Truck loads of hard coal will soon cease to be novelties in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
German Emperor and Catholics.


 According to the statements made in a number of the leading papers of Flu rope the sympathies of the German Elm peror are slowly but surely forming themselves in the direction of the Cath ollie church," remarked a German Cath olic residing in Alabama, who keeps him self closely informed about the politics and religion of the fatherland.
 "A Catholic movement Is definitely shaping itself in Germany, says a Der lin paper. My idea is that while Emperor William would join the Catholic church tomorrow If it were not for the anti Catholic feeling in Prussia. While there is no law against the King of Prussia being a member of the Catholic church as there is in Great Britain prohibiting the sovereign of that country from be- ing a member of the Church of Rome public sentiment in Prussia makes an unwritten law which would be practical ly prohibitory.
 "When 1 was in Germany a year ago found the Catholics and Protestants lv- ing side by side on terms as neighborly as the terms on which Catholics and tTDltSldHlb i've III Eikldn0 dllu III lue United States. But Emperor William does no. expect to see the day, in my opinion, when he can renounce Protest antism without causing great turmoil. He is believed to be a Catholic at heart, and l think it is a safe prediction that public sentiment will change in Prussia in the course of fifty years, so that the Emperors grand children will be free to embrace the Catholic religion.
 "Of the 55,0OO,oOO souls In the German empire the Catholic population is lit tie over 2O.OOo0oO. a gain of 100000 in the last ten or twelve years. But ther, are comparatively few Catholics in Prus- sia.
 Tt may be of interest to state that the increase in the Catholic population is due to the greater birth rate In Bavaria and other Catholic divisions of the empire than in Prussia. Neither Protestants nor Catholics are permitted to proselyte. There are no missions for non-Cathohos. and therefore there are no converts. But the Catholics of Germany are firmly uni ted in the bonds of religion and the Catholic or Centrist party in the Reisch- tag holds the balance of power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20

The sultan oI Bacalad is a grand stand player.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-20
THl ONLY DAIlr NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

Like a fair house built on another mans ground.
 -Merry Wives of Windsor.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

AT NEwELLToN, La, Friday,
December 10Th, in the Grange
Hall, the Guild of the Union
Church will give Bazaar, COM
mencing at II o'clock. There
will be for sale all kinds of fancy
work, suitable for Christmas pres
ents. Refreshments, consisting
OF oysters, raw and stewed, salads,
breads, chocolate, coffee, candy,
cakes and other dainties. In con-
nection with the Bazaar, the Sun
beam Society, composed of the
junior and primary Sunday School
pupils, will furnish a Christmas
booth with fancy work, dressed
dolls, candy and fruit. Proceeds
will be used to paint the
Union Church. All are cordially
invited to attend.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
THE WORLD.

NJ HEREAS the Citizens Bank OF
Louisiana has made application
to the undersigned Judge to grant n
monttion for the purpose of confirming
and hOmoligating ShcriG's sale made
TO the said Bank, at public auction, as
the last and highest bidder, for the
price OF One Thousand, eight hundred
and twenty five dollars, on the 18th day
February, 1870, OF the following de-
scribed property, situated in the Parish
OF Iensas. State of Louisiana. to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land to-
gether with the buildings and improve
ments thereon and all appurtenances
thereunto belonging, situated in this
parish and State, and composed of the
South half and Northwest quarter of
Section Fifteen. the Southwest ousrter
OF Section Twenty Three, all in Town
snip Twelve, Range Eleven East. in the
District OF lands North OF Red River.
containing SUO acres of land in the ag-
gregate. %
which said sale was made by author
ity of law.
Now, therefore, /, j. l.. Dagg. Judge
of the 10th Judicial District of Louis-
lana, IN and for the Parish of 1ensas.
State OF Louisiana, and under the seal
OF the said Court, do grant this mont
tloh, calling upon all persons who can
set up any right to che said propertv i'm
consequence Of informalitv in the order
decree or judgement of the Court. un-
der which the sale was made. or anv
lrreguIarity or ilIegality in the appraise-
meht or cvertisement. in time or man
her OF sale, or for any other defect
whatsoever, to show cause within thir-
" DAYS from the day this monition is
nrst inserted in the public papers. why
the said >herifi's sale SO made should
NOT De confirmed and homoIogated.
Given nnder my hand and the seal of
inc District Court in and for Tensas
parish. Louisiana, on this the 10th day
OF december, A. d. 1902, in open Court.
~ j. l.. DAGG.
Judge 10Th Judicial District of Touis-
lana in and for Tensas Parish.
ArrEsT:-E. F. NEWELL.
lsEAL by. Clerk of said Court.
81 JOSEPH, La, Dee. y, 1902.
decl2-30d
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

DIVINE TO AN ERROR which ap-
peafed in the following resolution
of the Police Jury, as it appeared
last week, we reproduce:
s On motion of Mr.. Nichols, the
following ordinance was adopted:
Be it Ordained -byth Police
Jury0f the Pa Tensas, That
the license for the sale Mt retail,
of distilled alcaholic or malt liq-
uors i'll the Parish of Tensas, for
The year 1903, be and the same Is
hereby fixed at Three Hundred
Dollars, the same to be due and
collectible on January 1st, 1908,
aud to expire on January LIST, 1904
Be it further Ordained, That no
reduction in amount of license
shall be made for the reason that
same is taken out for less period
than one year.
JOHN MURDOCH, Prest.
r. H. Whitney, Clerk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
Tfsnsient advertisements s1.OO D,

Ttsnsient advertisements s1.OO per
square for first inscrtson; so cents per
Square for each subsequent one.
Editorial notices 10 cents per line for
hrst Insertions cents per line for each
Subsequent one. Monthly rates cents
q line for for not less than six months
Cards Of six lines or less in Business
Directory" s. 90 per annum.
Brief communications on subjects of
public interest solicited. bit no attention
oil. be paid to anonymous communi-
cations.
Address TENsAs GAZETTE, St. Joseph,
fl.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
PAY Your Poll Tax.

Running like mad down the
street dumping the occupants, or
a hundred other accidents, are
every day occurrances. 1t be-
hooves everybody to have a reli-
able Salve handy and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve
b rms, Cuts, Sores. Eczema and
Piles, disappear quickly under its
soothing EJECT. PIiee 25c, at ST.
Joseph Drug Co., Ltd.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
Buckltn,s Arnica SalYe.

Has worldwide fame for mar
velous cures it surpasses any
other salve, lotionr ointment for
balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Boils, Sores, Felons. Ulcers, Tet-
ter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions;
iufallible for Piles. Cure guar
anttd. Only 25c at St. Joseph
Co. Ltd.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

Mr.. VIM. c. You've, JR., an
nounces that he has consented to
represent Mr.. James w. Miller,
the popular grocer of Natchez, in
Tensas parish aud solicits the
patronage of his friends and the
public generally. He will make
periodical visits to various Sec
tions of the parish and display
his line of samples. His house
is we'll known and Mr.. Miller is
universally esteemed by our peo-
pie. We wish William success.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12

DR. CLAUDE CLARKE, of Mount
Pleasant, Tenn, is here, visiting
his relatives at Crimea. He has
come down to attend the wedding
of his sister, Miss Annie Clarke.
DR.. Clarke is permanently located
in Mt. Pleasant, aud has a pros
porous practice. We are glad to
see the doctor in his former home
aud wish him continued success.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
Tire spass Notice

NOTICE is Hereby Gircn, That
all trespassing on and passing
through the "PECANO" and
g GURTNA M0IRA" places, in
this parish, is forbidden, and vi
olators will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law. Peddlers
aud vendors are specially warned.
DWIGHT STONE, JR.
aprlS-6lno
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1902-12-12
Help the Orphans.

NATCHEz, Mss, Dec. s, 1902.
Editor Tensds Gazette,
ST. Joseph, La.
The Board of Managers of this
Orphans and Helpless Children's
Home (Natchez Protestant Or
phan Asylum asks you to solicit
IN card i'll your newspaper, con-
tributions to this Asylum, and
any donations, be it ever so small
will lie, assuredly, most grateful
ly appreciated.
Any money, please send to Mrs.
James Flemming, Treasurer, and
food or groceries, address TO Miss
Koontz, the Manager for Deem
Der.