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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
A Golden Wedding.

A golden wedding celebrated at Le Roy, N. M, recently was Tn more than usual ways an exception to the mutubil- ity of human things. The festivities were held in the house which John R. Olmstead built for the occupancy of him self and bride more than fifty years be- fore. It has been their home through out their married life. Shortly before his marriage, MT. Olmstead employed Annie connor as cook. She has been in the service of the family all these years. All six of the couples children are liv- ing and were present at the golden we'd ding. Mrs. Olmstead wore her bridal wreath, and her wedding gown was worn by one of her daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
AsToR BUYS HAvER CASTLE.
He Pays $1s5,ooo for Mansion in Which
 Anne BoIeyn Lived.

London, April 10.-The Telegraph says that William Waldorf Astor has bought Haver castle, the historic cas- tellated mansion in Kent which was whose furniture is still preserved there.
 Legend says that King Henry VIII. condemned her to die of starvation in the castle dungeon, and that the sen tence was so far carried out that her jailer removed her body, believing her to be dead, but she recovered.
 The castle was recently restored and exhibited to the public. 1t is reported that MT. Astor paid e37,000 for the place and intends to spend 94000 in improving 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
A Reckless culprit.

From Puck.
 Bertie (banished for misbehavior)-Don't you think they'll give us anything to eat, Arthur?
 Arthur-I don't know, and don't care
 Bertie-O, Arthur! How can you talk like that about fruit and cake and ice cream?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26

Chief of Staff, State Medical Institute trial packages to all who write. It Is a home treatment and all men who suffer from any form of sexual weakness, pre- mature loss of strength and memory. weak back, varicocele or emaciation or parts can now cure themselves at home
 The remedy has a peculiarly gratetul eI- feet of warmth and seems to act direct to the desired location, giving strength and development just where 1t is needeo' A request to the State Medical Institute 1886 Elektron Building, Ft. Wayne, mo- stating that you desire one of their free trial packages will be complied with promptly. Any man who writes will be sent free trial package, carefully seal ed in plain wrapper, so that It's recipient need have no fear of embarrassment or publicity. Readers are requested to write without delay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR
A Pleasant Lemon Drink.

Aozley Lemon Elixir prepared from the fresh juice of Lem  ants and purifiers.
   of
  chis Ladies' laton Elixir candS1 a bottle druggists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-26
AT THE CAPITOL.

Thaye bottles
  Elixir the greatest medicine used. " H. MENNICH, Attorney l225 F Street, Washin O.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

paper, containing an account of a wreck
near that place and stating that the en-
gineer had been killed. The name OF the
engineer was that-of the woman's husband.
For six years she mourned him. then mar
ried and moved West. finally locating In
Kansas City. Here she has lived since.
rearing her children.
Last year pension claim was submitted
TO the local office Of widow who proved
her marriage in 1857, and also the death OF
her husband in 1890 In a soldiers home In
South Dakota. The question of prior
marriage OF the husband had been raised
and the matter was sent here for invesu-
CATION 1t was another hard case, but little
by little il worked itself out. II developed
that the young Ohio engineer had tired
of the wife he had left at home. and want
itself to him was 10 make her think he was
dead. He caused 10 be inserted in the I'll
Paso paper the notice OF his own death
Then he calmly marked IL and mailed IL
himself TO his wife. The claim of his sec
ond wife for a pension brought the whole
sordid little story TO light. In order TO dis
prove fully the claims OF the second wife
IL was necessary 10 learn whether the first
thought had never entered her head. The
necessity for 1t had never suggested itself
! to her.
.'Why. of course, I thought he was dead"
is the clipping now. What shall We do?
My children are disgraced, and what will
my husband say? But he isn't my hus-
band is he? / am sixty-five years old and
l never had anything happen TO make me
hide my head. Do you think we had bet
ter be married again? Oh, what will the
children say?" So sincere was the distress
OF the poor soul, and so conscientious was
she that the agent had difficulty in per-
suading her that there was no occasion
for the children or anyone else to know
OF her predicament.
But the other woman did not get pen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

thing we'll That encourages them 10 40
otbaI things we'll and by and by their
errors are crowded out by multiplied perfec-
fionS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
A Scheme That Failed.
Washington Post.

In a family hotel over Seventeenth
street way lives an elderly gentleman who
is so well preserved that people do say
that he is in no small way indebted TO art.
He has hair of a most beautiful silvery
tint, and it grows abundantly on the part
of the head which is usually above TIMBER
line in men of his age. 1t has long been
said that he wears hair Wig, put IL ne
does ii is so wonderfully natural that his
next neighbor at table can never tell where
the toupee leaves off and the hair with
roots begins. The young women OF that
house have tried every means short or &C
tual pulling hair in their desire to find out
whether the glossy frontispiece is a toupee
or not. During holiday week the boldest
among them swore she d ind out or ole In
the attempt In the dead of night she was
to make a demonstration In the nan IN
front of his door, knowing well that so
gallant a gentleman would fly to the res
cue. forgetting all petty personal consider
atoms.
For" said she. "he can't possibly sleep
in his toupee and keep it as smooth as 1t
is. Well find out for sure whether he's
bald or not"
So that night, when everything was still.
she stole down to the front door, dressed
as one would naturally be returning from
a ball Her room was on the floor above
the unsuspecting gentleman. AS she
passed his door she overturned chair and
began to shrek:
"Oh, my ankle! Help. On, please some
body Help!
The faces of her fellow-conspirators ap-
peared over the upper stair rail, and in
stantly the door of their victims room
flew open>and he dashed out into the hall
He was simply but becomingly clad in Sill
pajamas, and-well, bright red fez was
cooked on one side of his head. The girls
haven't found out yet whether ne wears
toupee or not, and the arch-consplratol
had to spend three days in her room in the
height Of the festival season to make good
her Sprained ankle bluff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
GIRL SURPRISED ENGLISHMAN.


New York Mail and Express.
1.-The conversational versatility OF your
American girls astonishes me- said the
of his first month in New York. Not only
do | find that in society the young women
have quickness of perception and readiness
of repartee but / have found that In the
downtown restaurants where girls are en-
ployed as mattresses they are extremely
handy with their retorts.
Been trying TO jolly EN- bit, eh?" said
the college graduate, who was finishing on
in Uncle Jim's Wall-street office:
Not at all-not at alli' replied the Eng
lishman hastily. MY observations are
based on what hear them saying TO other
men. The girls are quite bright, Know:
What led you TO think them otherwiseY'
said the American citizen.
II did not look for the quality of glibness
in girls of that class" said the man from
London. I'm eating places on the other
side the mattresses never talk to you, not
even after you have been going to the
restaurant every day for months. Here in
New York 1t is vastly different. And they
seem to know where you are from, too,
II went to my usual restaurant to-day.
There was new girl at my table, and the
one who usually waits on me was a sort or
assistant head waitress. She came over 10
the girl at my table before ! had chance
to tell what wanted and said:
Bring the gent a rasher of bacon, two
eggs, underdone. toasted muffin and tea.
Is there anything else?' and she looked at
me. i said that would be all right, and re-
marked that the weather was changeaDle,
and what do you think she said?"
Something equally bright, l suppose,
remarked the college man.
The Englishman eyed him a moment Il
wonder if she was poking fur at meg he
said. well, she just answered.: we nave
so many foreigners in New York we have
to have all kinds OF Wfat 10 suit en-
This is not our day for English weather,
but hope you won't get tired waiting FOR
your turn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
The Professional Beggar.
American Medicine.


few years ago there was unearthed in
a European city a mandatory of cripples.
For years children had been MANNED in
every diabolic way that would not bring
death. in order to produce the most CHASTITY
objects possible, TO be used for the purpose
of exciting the pity of the criminal aims
giver. The police in our cities are, to-day,
expert in not seeing the professional beg
gar and il forced to run him IN" they
allow him to return at once II is only by
carrying out the laws against mendicancy
that foolish selfish people can be taught
the folly OF their selfishness. and can be
shown how the Society for Organizing Char
ity can bring relief to the deserving poor.
Only thus also can the society expose such
atrocities as that OF Charles Berkowitz.
who has often been In the police courts of
New York for twenty years. This man had
accumulated a beggar's fortune. According
to his own story told the magistrate he
was brought to this country from Russia
by his parents when he was thirteen years
old, and was sent out by them on the streets
TO beg He said that his parents told him
to look at the sun. as this would give his
eyes the appearance of being blind Con-
slant looking at the sun, SO he declared,
had made him totally blind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
ENCOURAGEMENT.
How Little Of 1t Goes a Very Long
Way.
Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
little encouragement is so easy to give
and may be so blessed to receive. / don't
mean indiscriminate taffy-that is disgust
ing i mean honest encouragement of that
which seems good. You notice that the po-
liceman on your post is apparently trying
to do his duty. You mention IL to your
neighbor perhaps, but you never speak of it
knows you are no better pleased than you
would be if he took no pains. The natural
effect OF this is to discourage his efforts.
You ride with street car conductor who
does something better than the common run
of conductors do it-for instance, calls all
the streets plainly. Every person in the
car may inwardly commend him for IL, but
If nobody speaks to him about il he is apt
to think 1t is not appreciated. Just kind
~ word of encouragement might influence
him to try 10 excel not only in this par
ticular but in others.
Most of us are free enough with our ad-
verse criticisms. especially of persons who
occupy places in the public eye, but we sell
dom take the trouble to pat these persons
on the back even for those things of which
We most heartily approve. IL an author or
an editor offends even by the smallest slip
of the pen we are ready enough TO pounce
on him. but he may please us till the cows
come home without exciting us TO tell him
that We are pleased. The assertion that we
commend him sufficiently by reading his
book paper is no answer at all. If we
would occasionally take the trouble to tell
him what in our opinion he Is doing par
ticularly well we would be doing him and
society in general much more good.
/ once asked Prof. William Earl Brown.
of whom Lamperti says there Is no better
vocal instructor. how he managed to make
so many good voices from apparently i'm
possible material.
Why" said he with that quiet modesty
which marks all simple greatness. 1.-The pu-
pills do most OF IL themselves l merely
stand BY and tell them when they do q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
DOG-BLANKET TRADE.

New York Commercial.

New York Commercial.
Many dog blankets sold?" said a man
who deals in such things. well should
ing; thousands, literally There's a tidy
dog blanket right there, made of felt
and the dealer took it down and showed it
are more dog blankets of felt sold than any
other kind. They come in all sorts Of col
ors-black, red, blue yellow, tan, green, and
in every conceivable shade of color, and
all neatly trimmed with leather
How much? That depends on the size
The smallest sizes sell for 81, and from
that they go up little more for each added
inch. very. pretty dog blanket at very
moderate price.
Then there are velvet dog blankets. lined
with satin, these blankets being made in
various colors and variously trimmed, some
with down and some with ribbon trim
ming. What's that handkerchief pocket
for on the side of these velvet blankets T?
Why, for a handkerchief. TO be sure, and
you would find many pretty little lace
edged handkerchief thus carried in the
overcoat pocket of some small pet dog.
Cost of the velvet dog blankets? Eight
TO twelve dollars.
beaver cloth and of fancy stuffs of one sort
and another, more or less of these blankets
being very probably home made. And then
you come to dog blankets much more ex-
pensive-dog blankets made of fur, not kept
in stock, but made to order-the cost de-
pending again on the size of the dog. And
If the dog is big and the furs used costly
in character. the cost might run we'll into
three figures.
"A fine dog blanket of sealskin lined with
fine material might cost from $50 to $100
or considerably more than that. For such a
blanket the dog would be measured and q
pattern made for IL, and the dog would be
brought in to have the blanket tried or
and fitted, just as though it were human
being.
sold in these days not again, literally
in millions but really in thousands, are dog
whips and dog leads, whips at, say, *
cents to $3.50. and made in great variety
some having snap hook in the butt so that
on occasions the whip can be used as a lead
Dog leads which sell at from % cents tC
80 each made in almost endless assert
ment, of various kinds of leather. round
and fat, straight and braided, and in vari.
Gus coiors, and dog leads are made also in
hal in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
A Pointed story.
New York Times.

Hugh o. Pentecost. who fell out of ortho-
doxy several years ago, and since then has
been climbing laboriously and not very
effectually back again, told Of a story that
was sent to his Twentieth Century by a
contributor. Although the point was
against his atheistic opinions. Pentecost
was sufficiently liberal to see its force.
1t seems that certain Parson Goodloe,
of Kentucky was detained one wet night
at a small tavern In the wilds OF the West.
Among those who gathered about the stove
was a youth who greatly ''fancied himself,
and when the talk turned upon matters OF
religion. gave utterance to some very heret-
ical views.
why is it." said he pompously. why is
il that Jesus didn't answer some of the
honest, brainy fellows of His time-some
young thinker like me-?
s.My friend" said the dominic quietly,
you seem to have read the Bible to little
purpose"
How So" interrupted the young infidel
i've read the Bible. and there's nothing
in it like that"
'.Oh. yes, there is" answered the parson
you'll find the quotation in John, twelfth
chapter fourteenth verse"
"And what does 1t say?' asked the youth
scornfully.
ut says" replied Goodloe, calmly. land
Jesus, when he found young ass, sal
thereon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12
HIS FACE WAS FAMILIAR.
Treasury Agent Was Sure He Had
Seen Ii, and Was Right.
Washington Post.


"A couple OF weeks ago." said a treasury
special agent, Il had as a seatmste at the
dinner table on Fall River boat a man
whose countenance was baffiingly familiar
TO me. and yet / could not place him by
any effort of memory cudgeling. He was
man OF nifty or so, with very bald head
and very thick, grayish mustache. We
fell into conversation, as travellers will, dur
ing the progress of the dinner. but nothing
that he let fall in his talk gave me the
slightest clew as 70 his identity. Still was
absolutely positive that l had often and
often seen his lineaments before. but lust
where couldn't. for the life of me, i'm
agine
I'VE strolled TO the smoking room to-
gether and lit our cigars and went on with
our travellers talk. He was polished and
entertaining man. but his conversation was
of such general character that / was still
quite unable 10 place him. l believe that my
replies 10 him must have been absent-mind-
ed and vague. i was so busily engaged IN
trying TO figure out who he was / ran
sacked the cavities OF my memory in the
attempt to fetch before my mental vision
the faces of statesmen and politicians and
men OF affairs. but none OF them fitted
After about half an hour of this sort of
thing in the smoking room. could bear tire
uncertainty as TO my companions identity
no longer.
s = Sir. said to him, I ask your indui-
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gence IL I seem unduly curious; but hate
TO believe that my memory is trifiing with
me at this comparatively early stage or my
years. Your countenance Is so perfectly
and entirely familiar to me that II seems
simply absurd that / cannot place you, and
yet cannot. Pardon me IL ask to be en-
lightened.'
!" Don't mention it was the amiable re-
ply OF my companion. Not to be familiar
with my features would be TO argue that
you had been living in a cave for good
many years.
Then he stopped, smiled, leaned over in
his chair, and took a look at ny shoes,
much to my mystihcation.
'' Il perceive he went on. still smiling,
as he leaned back from his critical exam
ination of my foot covering, that you do
not wear my brand, but. nevertheless,
can assure you that for years past have
manufactured the best three-and-a-half
shoe
1T was not necessary for him to proceed
any further. ! identified him in flash"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

carrying loaded canes. Manufacturers found
their stocks exhausted as fast as they
were made, but the purchasers were almost
entirely ignorant of the fact they were
following fashion originated by a crime.
William Gunter. a jewelers. assistant, was
murdered and robbed of a quantity of jew
els he was carrying by two men in the
outskirts of Birmingham. But he hap
pened TO have in his hand loaded cane,
with which he struck one of his assailants
so severely that the man died. and in this
extraordinary manner the fashion of car
rying loaded canes came into being.
The Washington times., 1903-01-04

five horses | lost forty four, and thirty
out of thirty-nine camels left their
bones in these terrible attitudes My
only safety lay in the fact that I never
left the saddle for a single moment
from morning till we pitched camp in
the evening. Had done so, my heart,
too. would probably have given way
During this one Tibetan journey of a
thousand miles icy gales blew in our
faces the whole way. Bad as my former
experiences of the sand wastes OF the
Takhia Makan Desert were, I would
sooner endure them ten times over than
again cross Tibet.
Three Weeks TO Go 80 Miles.
The most difficult desert journey was
from Yangikul to the Cherchen Daria.
The distance was only $50 miles. but ii
was one vast sea of sand, with dunes
from 300 feet to 400 feet high. and Il
took us three weeks The distance was
double that which was covered in my 1895
expedition, when ! lost the whole of nv
caravan. except two men and one camel
During this last journey the mercury al
most Iroze, the thermometer registering
81 degrees below zero. but on the whole
the weather conditions were favorable
! entirely recognize the gravity OF this
trip, and so 1 only had with me four No
hammedan companions, seven cameIs.
and one horse. and We all came through
except one camel OF course. we never
met a single soul for we were the first
living beings to cross this desert waste.
Four Of my camels were laden with blocks
of ice-for there was no water-and two
caUels carried our supply Of wood Had
either one or the other given out we
should never have survived My men
were 9IucIsy and would have followed
me anywhere, but as day after day the
sand dunes grew higher and higher, and
the camels sank foot or more into the
The Washington times., 1903-01-04

of the existing charts of Central Asia
The vexed question Of the ancient Lake
Lob has also been finally disposed OF.
as shall show later. On its shores
have discovered ruined cities and tenn
pies. and manuscripts which will shed
much light on the political and physical
conditions Of the region in the third
century. l have determined the astro-
nomieaI position OF 113 places, To deal
with the whole Of the journey in the
limits of an interview is quite impos-
sible. but I viii give some of the most
striking incidents Of my travels.
Could Not Breathe.
The hardest part Of the expedition
was my. experiences in Tibet. During
my second journey from Charkiik TO
Ladakh, which lasted eight months, I
lost nearly the whole OF my caravan, ow-
ing TO the enormous attitudes at which
we were travelling. Some vague idea of
this may be gathered when 1 tell you
that even in the valleys We were higher
than the summit Of Mont Blanc. The
mere act OF breathing was most difficult
and on this one trip four Of my com
panions died. simply for this reason
they could not breathe When we came
10 our evening camping ground two Of
these devoted followers We're found stark
dead on their cameIs. The others died
gradually from their feet upward, re-
tanning their senses to the end the
brain befro the Ia ST 70 he attacked The
experience was weird and awful, and
certainly the worst have ever had !
was not affected TO the same degree. but
I was quite unable to march, and had to
remain immovabIe in the saddle the
whole day. Even 10 unbutton ones coat
meant acute pain and tension 10 an
overweight heart, which literally was
al the point Of breaking. The poor ami
mails, too, suffered much. Out of forty
The Washington times., 1903-01-04

soil at every step, my companions began
to lose heart. We were but half through
when they said we should never come
out alive. Secretly I was of the same
opinion, especially as our ice and wood
had almost gone. Suddenly change
came and We were overjoyed at the ap-
proaeh Of heavy snowstorms. This en-
tailed hardship of another character, as
We had no tent with US, and on waking
in the morning. we had 20 dig ourselves
out of the snow, but 1t supplied us With
water, and so enabled US to cross this
part Of the Cobb desert. never before
trodden by man"
Captured in Tibet.
Speaking Of his experiences near
Lhassa. Dr. Sven Hedin said: In the
summer I made two attempts to reach
Lhassa. Leaving the bulk of my caravan
behind, on the first occasion started off
with only two companions. four horses.
and five mules. We did not deceive our
selves as 10 the risk We ran Il we were
caught. One OF my companions had been
in Lhassa, and from him learned some
thing Of the place, and HEN fact, all
Of us-had quite made up our minds that
discovery meant death. The city itself
which is not very extensive and con-
sists mostly of temples. would at that
period of the year be very full, owing
to the pilgrim caravans which go there
during the summer. The Dalai Lama.
was informed, was a man OF great stat
ure, twenty-seven years of age, who
never leaves his house, where he is con
tinually engaged in his devotions. We
disguised ourselves as Monaghan Pill
grims and our get up was perfect. but
in this mysterious land it seems that
everything is known. We jouTneyed
along quietly. little thinking that the
isolated shepherds and yak hunters we
passed were watching US keenly, and