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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Beautiful illustrated songs sweetly sung every night at the Aquatic Theatre. East Lake.
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Nothing moro romantic than a boat ride by moon- light at East Lake.
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So refreshing "a coo plunge in East Lake.
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TnIINke All grades lowest prices. sNS~, Magic City Trunk Factory,
 HhGS, 21b North goth street.
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IA HOME FOR SALE.

If you are in the market for a home we have one which Is finished in hard oil, cabinet mantels. porcelain bath tub. and in every way a complete and desirable home. which we are offering for sale at a very close figure; small cash payment and balance to suit purchases. It is to your interest to see us before 1t is sold.
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Take a ride on the chutes at East Lake
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FOR SALE.

days; come quick this is your opportu- nity. Dearborn Dc k company 1921 First avenue. S-5-5t FOR SALE-West End lots si00 to s250 Large lots. Each side of Powderly elec- tric car. You can not prevent the on- ward march of West End. It Is destin- ed to become the most attractive white settlement around Birmingham Wes- ley M Smith, care S. Bethea and com pany. S-S-2t FOR SALE-My cabinet grand upright Fisher piano for sale at a bargain Ad- dress w. J. Sleep. 734 N. Fist st.. Bir- mingham, Ala; breaking up housexeep- ing. s-s-2t FOR SALE-Beautiful building lot. south front 70 feet tip top neighborhood; choice location, near 20th street South Highlands. Cheap. Brown Bros and company. Woodward building. Phone (BelD 3S4
 LUMBER-5-room cottage must be sold 10 get 1t out of the way of new building Yours for a very low figure. Apply to George Bilbe. 223 N. Fist street S-5-7t FOR SALE-Iaot 112x172. Elm St.. the extension of 2Sd street South High lands. Groom cottage, No 1920. Inn proved lot. Price S25o0 Small cash payment. Balance long time, per cent. Location tip top. Wesley NJ Smith. care S. Bethea and company. S-s-2t SIGNS for sale chesp; suitable for req, estate ads. Hermicage. 2l6 North 20th street 4-4-tf
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MONEY TO LEND.

MONEY furnished salaried people with
 out security; easy payments Southern Discount Co. 302 Chaifoux. 4-lS-tf
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ONE GENT A WORD. RATEs-1c. a word a day: no ad taken for less than 25c for first ln. aertion. Cash must accompany every order.
SHAVED oR STOLEN.

Muscoda mines on July 2nd. one black mare mule. 151h hands high. weighing about HOO pounds.
 Has bad scar on left fore leg below knee. Suitable reward will be paid for return or information leading to re- eovery. Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail- road company, ore mines division, Readers, Ala. S-7-3t
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LOST.

in business portion of city one pendant bar pin set with five diamonds. Liberal reward if returned to Jttn p Till-r n. Hrs5lk tst ave
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NOTICE TO SEWER CONTRACTORS

Summer weakness can be avoided if the blood Is purified by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
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HELP WA rED-MALE.

>--s-~--~,-------------- A DRUMMER wanted for pants e-c- tory. References required. Address P. 0. Box 1925 New Orleans. La S-6- St WANTED-A first-class foreman familiar with laying sewer pipe; none but cap able, intelligent, energetic men with good reference need apply. Good pay for right man. Address Q, care Age-Herald S-S-2t
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WANT.L.
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Stenographer who has some knowledge of bookkeeping. Give ref erences. c. c. F.. care Herald
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HOTEL BELLEVUE,

Lookout Mountain, Gadsden. Ala, 1900 feet above sea level. Sulphur, ChaIy. beate and Freestone Llthla Waters. now open.
 IOTJI HART. Manager.
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hester,s Wee! y Statement.

and in Canada 19 against l9 last week. 19 in the preceding week and IA last year.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-New seven room cottage, Avenue F, near 20th street. P. J. Simon & Bro, 223 N. 18th street. S-6-5t
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FOR SALE-Special announcement. We have entire control of the sale of all the lots located in West End along the Powderly electric cars belonging to Steiner Bro. Just think of it. level. pretty lot 50x1e0 only $iOO Every man ought to secure home for his family. Wesley M. Smith, care S. Bethea and company. S-S-2t
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LoRlNG Springs, ILentone. Ala. LOOKOUT MOU1 AIN 25O0 feet above eea-level Health and pleasure resort Chalybeate and freestone water. All amusements Terms reasonable.
 CHARLES A. LORlNG. Proprietor.
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FOR SALE.

Groom cottage; lot lUOxl4O; 3 blocks from Lake Station. S-room house; lot 67ikx100; 14th st.; be- tween 9th and 6th avenues. 7-room house; perfect condition 18th st. between 1ith and l2th ave. S. 1O-room house; lot 11Ox2OO; Highland ave- me
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7-room modern house; lot 5sxi37; South
 18th street. near 12th avenue.
 All of the above are bargains. Call and let us tell you about them. We have many other attractive properties. Call on us. See North Haven before you buy,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-25
GENERAL Clay.

The death of General CasSius Mar
celluS Clay removes one of the most
picturesque characters in the history
Of this country. He was honored in
the North because Of his course In the
matter Of slavery and in Kentucky 10
spite Of it. General Clay was a back
woOdsman with a college education.
He belonged to one OF the old and
honored families Of America and in
herited great wealth 10 land. He was
in early days one Of the wealthiest
men in the South. But this did not
keep him from being a backwoodsman.
He could never see that in the social
state mai must give up to society
some Of his natural rights. He had no
respect for law so far as it relates to
the rights Of person, He did what was
right in his own sight and cared very
little whether it vas contrary to the
laws of the land or not. There was
never a feudist in Breathitt county
who was a more frequent and out.
rageous violator of the law than Gen.
Clay, yet his intensity Of moral con
victiOn was the cause of all his crimes
His testimony in his last murder
trial was simply that he had told the
mar two or three years before that
he woDld kill him if he ever saw him
on his place again, He could not see
that any further defense was neces-
sary He did not acknowledge the
right Of the court to NEEDLE in his
private quarrel.
The newspapers have had a great
deal to say of General Olay's senile
insanity. He was insane all his life.
In the days of his marvellous physical
vitality and strength one could not
look upon his leonine face and think
him a mailman, but he was. He held
nc conviction which he did not wish
to bring to an issue with some one
and fight for it with a knife In his
speeches he never sought to convince
the reason but to intimidate the will
He had what might be called a great
mind, but it was held in the tyrannoui
grasp of a greater animal nature.
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THE RIVER ROAD.

An object worthy Of the interest
and efforts of the Business Meas
Association Of Lexington is the mat
ter of securing increased passenger
service on the River Road, or at least
a change in the service. The service
we now have is probably Of more
harm to Lexington than good. The
morning train going east usually
carries passengers from within a few
miles Of Lexington away from their
own county town to do their shopping
and spend their money in Marshall.
A man from Dover or Waverly who
has business ia his county seat town
must either drive here.o spend a part
of three days and two nights on a
mission requiring probably only a few
hours.
1t is always foolish to make a re-
quest Of a railroad or other great
corporation which is not based upon
sound business considerations. If
the passenger patronage of the River
Road does not justly a double train
service, it might be possible to have
the present service reversed. Similar
connections at Myrick and Jefferson
City could be made by the reversed
service and several other very desira-
bic ends subserved. At present one
Of the worst trips 10 Missouri is the
night trip from Lexington to St.
Louis and return. This would be
entirely relieved by reversing the
service on the River Road. The
officials have all along said that the
service on this route is experimental
and that it is their purpose to afford
whatever seems to be needed and
justified by circumstances. Doubtless
the present arrangement is designed
for the convenience of Booonville,
which is a competitive point. But
the day passengers for Jefferson City
and st. Louis might be accommodated
via the Upton branch and the main
line, while the reversed service would
give Boonville a night train east in
competition with the NJ. X. s. T. AT
any rate no harm could come from
taking the matter up with the proper
authorities and seeing whether any
thing can be done. AS things now
stand the eastern part Of this county
might just as we'll be in Iowa or Kan
sas, as far as connection with the
county seat is concerned. The change
would do Marshall no harm, as Mar.
shall loses as much from the east as
it gains from the west by the present
arrangement.
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DEATH OF THE POPE.

Pope Leo XIII died Monday after.
noon at 4 O'Clock, aged SO years, 4
months and IL days. His mother
was a noble. the countess OF Pecci,
and he was the fourth son. AT the
age Of twenty.seven he was ordained
TO the priesthood. A few years later
Gregory XVI appointed him governor
of Beneyento and later governor of
Perugia. The duties of these offices
were done with such tact, force and
ability that Gregory sent him to
Belgium On the difficult mission or
Strengthening out the disorders Of the
church in that country. On his
return the people of Perugia petition.
ed the pope to appoint him Bishop Of
Perugia, which office he held for
t~hirty-two years. On February 4,
1878, he was elected pope to succeed
Plus TX. He filled the office more
than twenty-five years.
There is no escape from ranking
Leo among the great popes. His
immediate predecessors had so antag-
onized the secular government that it
was the intention of Victor Emanuel
and the Italian ministry to prevent
the election of any more popes after
the death Of Plus TX. Plus outlived
Emanuel by about a week, and the
ministry neglected to execute the pre-
determined plan. Leo was quietly
elected by the college of cardinals.
The civil government has kept him
practically as a prisoner in the
Vatican ever since. But such was
the tact, the mild persistence and
the spiritual energy of the mar that
from his enforced seclusion he has
sent out influences which have restor.
ed to an incredible degree the spiritual
authority Of the Vatican. From his
eleventh year he has been an invalid
but in spite of a feeble body he was
q Of the most amiable Of men, He
has built up the influence and central
authority of the Catholic church aud
leaves it in a better state of organ.
ization than it had known for three
quarters Of century.
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criticism? And If so, is not the court
possessed of an autocratic power never
contemplated in this country?
The objections to this novel pro-
ceeding lie in the fact that the court
is thus plaintiff, judge and jury, and
not in the fact that the liberty Of
the press, in this particular case at
least, has been at ali abridged.
II Editor Shepherd knew that his
charges against the court were true,
be ought to have proved them at the
trial, and earned the gratitude Of
every good citizen OF the state. If
he did not know them to be true he
should never have made them. Ger
tain 1t is that Shepherd has the sym
pathy of the people Of Warrensburg.
He said little more than they believe
But this does not alter the fact that
newspapers r too reckless 10 max
ing charges. Newspaper libel should
be handled as a criminal offense as
promptly as any other form Of hreech
of the peace. There is no more rea-
son for allowing a mad dog editor to
u at large than a drunken cowboy
with horse pistols.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-07-25
LONGS HISTORY.

Ex.Secretary of the Navy John D..
Long has just published a history of
the Spanish war, and in the chapter
devoted to the Battle of Santiago he
does not mention the name Of Com
modore Schley. 1t matters very little
whether or not Schley made errors 10
the maneuverS before and during the
engagement. 1t seems to be pretty
we'll settled that he was there. And
il Secretary Long felt that Admiral
Schley deserved no recognition 10 the
distribution of the honorS he might
at least have mentioned him in the
lineup. This gratuitOus %precaution
on the part of a political historian
will go a long way toward confirming
the people in the belief that Schley is
a wronged man, that the trial was a
farce, and that the review of the
trial evidence by the fnal umpire was
the greatest farce of all.
There is hardly a doubt but that
there has been a great deal of white
washing and blackwashing 10 the
matter Of Spanish war records. What
ever may be the shortcomings Of
General Miles there can be no doubt
that he has been discredited and
mistreated by the present administra-
tiOn for purposes more or less perfectly
known. And as for Colonel Roose-
welt himself, good soldiers can be
found who will swear that he was cut
off and not in the fight at San Juan
Hill at all, and that the extraordinary
promotions of General Leonard Wood
are rewards for his faithfulness In
keeping a secret. In six years DR..
Wood, a civilian wholly without
military education, will be the nigh
est officer in the United States army
and cannot be retired before the year
1924.
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CIRCUS RINGS.
Are Of Exactly the Same Size All the
World Over.


Thecircus ofthe present day differs
in many ways from that of so wears
ago, but there is no change in the
ring. Go where you will-from
China to Peru, from the Caucasus
to the Desert of Sahara-you will
find the ring always of the same d.
ameter, AZ feet 8 inches, and made in
the same way.
There is a reason for this that not
many persons stop to think about,
says the Detroit Free Press. Circus
riders and circus horses go all over
the world; they belong to no one
country, and they must have the
same ring wherever they 60, or fail
In their performance
Rider and horses are both trained
to the exact angle of inclination to.
wards the center that is required b,
a radius Of RI feet Az inches. and
any variation would be like a sneak.
or losing his recollection in the midi
die Of a memOrized GRAFTON. And il
Is the same with the speed Of tbe
horse, which, soon after starting. set.
ties down to a steady rate, and neve,
varies until the act is finished.
Not only must the ring have Al.
ways the same diameter, but the in.
ner circumference must be graded a
. level to correspond exactly with
the inclination produced BY the 70.
dlus and She speed. The horse i :,
well trained that he moves as steoS
ny as the hands of a clock, but as =
additional precaution a stran hold.
his head so that a certain nacs !,
maintained. =
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will increase the amount Of property
for taxation and likewise increase the
city's obligations aud responsibilities.
The proposition seems to be about as
broad as it is long. From the tax
standpoint the inclusion of the rail.
road and depot seems to be a matter
OF considerable importance, and from
the standpoint Of expense college
place aud Estill Heights will require
light aud fire protection.
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EXnED.
n. Sad and Lonely Condition of Many
an Aged Mother.

The q anQ LVhV'J
an Aged Mother.
One sad and very striking feature
Of life in the foreign colonies IN our
large cities is the complete isolation
of many o fthe old women 4,o
The man, when he comes to 'ne
new country, is forced to learn some,
thing of its speech in order to make
q living; the children, through the
public schools, rapidly absorb mol
only the new language but the new
atmosphere. They become often az
gressiyely American as they under
Stand the word. But the woman
naturally conservative in the flF't
place, and in her home duties Gay
after day seeing only her own peO,
pie, is not compelled as husband
and children are, to acquire new
fashions of speech and thought.
Frequently the more the Others
change. the more %stubbornly she
clings to her old life, till suddenly
she wakes some. day to find herself an
exile in her own family.
One who has devoted years to
work among the poor tells Of one such
instance, typical of many Others
The speaker was a sweet, motherly
old German woman.
q am so lonely" she said. "Some
days | never talk at all. | cannot
speak English never learn it.
sit in my daughters house, where
German is not used. The children all
want to be Americans; they Will not
talk German. When we sit at the
table they all talk, but l do not I'M
derstand. Sometimes l ask the chill
dren, and they say they have not the
time to tell me. They buy only Eng
lish papers, and so | cannot read. |
wish | had learned English when |
first came, but l had eight children,
and l did everything for them, and |
thought | had not time. | see now
the children could have taught me;
now they have not the time"
So, day after day, she sat an exile
in her daughters house, her constant
plant: 81 am SO lonely"
1t is a pitiful picture, but does it
not sometimes sadly happen, asks the
Youths Companion, that even
American mothers become strangers
in their own families? The parents,
forgetting their distant youth, grow
critical and exacting; the children, ia
whom cage" is a word in an un.
known tongue, are thoughtless and
selfish. And so, day after day, the
rift Widens. till the narents find
themselves at last exiled from theil
children's world.
But the other mothers, what a Joy
it is to meet them-happy women, SC
proud of their body guard of tall
boys and girls! They are not afraid
Of exile! They know too well that
through the years that they have
been their children's comrades
friends of their friends, encouragerl
of their ambitions, they have beer
knitting a bond that neither chance
nor circumstance can break. Tt
these mother" is a word to whose
rich content each year has added anC
each new year will add, so long a,
life shall last.
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EXTENSION OF CITY LIMITS.

The'principal additions to the city Of
Lexington included in the extension
Of limits voted upon today are Gen.
trial College and college place, Estill
Heights and a strip along the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, varying in width
from a few feet to as much as a hun
dred yards and extending from the
brick yard to neal the foot Of Irish
town hill. The extension Of limits
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ONE NUISANCE.
The Woman Who Is Over-P Particular
Concerning Sanitary Matters.

Concerning Sanitary Matters.
Have you come across the over
particular sanitary woman YETI
Heaven help you if you have, for it
means peace of mind and comfort Of
body all gone forever. She is gen.
orally to be found in hotels and
boarding houses, and she says in hOr.
ror-struck tones.
My dear, surely you're not using
the towels herel Just think Of the
germs Of disease they contain. Ial-
ways take my own wherever go"
You casually mention putting
some field flowers in your toothglass
says the New York Times.
Gracious, child, that's very dan
gerous; there might be something
polsonouS-but then, of course, you
DO not use it for your teeth. Think
OF the number Of false sets that have
been put in it. / always carry my
own glass with me-"
At table you sit down with a fine
appetite, when close to your ear
comes a warming voice:
DO not eat the oysters; they have
a peculiar taste, and there is 50 much
typhoid hereabouts. The peas are
canned and taste of the lead-moss
injurious, The beef, too, is slightly
tainted, and I'm 50 afraid Of this new
disease the cattle have, aren't your
BY the way, | saw the waiter drop
your fork and neglect to give you
another"
a few days Of this and you are con-
WINGED that Iigs is hardly worth the
living.
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FARM MACHINERY.
Does Everything But the Thinking,
and Almost Does That.

and Almost Does That.
Human control is reduced to A
minimum in all the latest examples
of improved farm machinery. The
machine performs its various opera.
tions automatically, almost as if it
had a mind Of its own. All the o.
orator has to do is to feed and steer
it. Says the American Exporter, in
describing some Of these ingenious
devices:
For planting grain and grass the
@broadcast seeder" is attached to an
ordinary wagon, and the only human
cooperation it requires is keeping its
hopper full. 1t will also distribute
all kinds of dry commercial fertile.
ers, and put them just were they will
do the most good.
A mechanical grain drill is pro.
vided for such grains as need to be
planted Systematically in rows or
hills. Among other attachments It
has a land measurer, something like
a cyclometer, which records the acre.
age planted. To cover the seed it
has planted it is provided with a sys-
tenn of hoes which are adjusted to
work straight or zigzag. A variant
of this apparatus weeds as well as
sows.
The b~ean-planter is quite remark.
able in its intelligence. 1t drills the
hole in the ground, plants the beans,
covers them, and marks the position
of the next row at one operation. 1t
will even alternate corn with beans,
turn and turn about, or plant corn in
place Of beans, distribute fertilizer,
and cover everything impartially.
The potato-planter picks up the
potato and looks it over-or seems
to-cuts it into halves, quarters or
any number of parts, separates the
eyes and removes the seed ends. II
plants whole potatoes or parts Of
them as near together or as far apart
as the judgment of the farmer on the
driving seat suggests, Having
dropped the seed it covers it, fertiliz-
es it, tucks it in like a child put to
bed, and measures off the next row
with mathematical accuracy.
Certain vegetables, notably to-
matoes, cabbages, caulihower, celery,
lettuce and some others, need to be
started in cold frames, and trans
planted for the practical business Of
growing. For this purpose there is
a plant-setting machine, which will
handle a sprout as if it loved it, e.
tabliSh it in its new environment,
gather the earth tenderly about its
roots and give it a copious drink Of
water from 9 tank it carries. 1t will
cover from four to six acres in q
day.
The various operations generically
known as "cultiwting'' were once
the bane Of the farmers existence
Now he has a machine for each op,
Grafton of crop tending, with a driv.
er's seat as comfortable as that of a
blackboard. The machines seem t.
know a weed from a crop plant, and
while they will snatch the weed out
by the roots, they pass the plant IN.
harmed-provided, of course, it il
growing in its proper place.
When the crop is ready for gather
ing, American mechanism is seen a
its best. The perfection of the mod
ern reaper and binder needs no dem
0~nstration.