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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
NCE there was a lovely

NCE there was a lovely M Two-Stepper who went N to Swell Hop and W there met a Corkerina who had come to visit School Friend.
 He gavotted 8 few Lines with the Lily. They found it very easy to catch Step together and he did an expert Job of Piloting during the Waltz so as not to get her mussed up, and the consequence was that he made a Grand I'm pression.
 Whenever a Debutter goes away to visit a School Friend, she al- ways meets some Local Adonis who looks to her to be about 50 per cent better than the stock of Johnnies in her own Burg. And after a Nice Girl has had a long and prosperous Run on the Home Circuit and then begins to curl up on the Edges and show signs of Frost, she will find it very wise Shift to try new Territory and the Chances are that she will make a Ten-Strike.
 To prove that this is no Idle Jest it can be demonstrated that the marrying Girl usually goes on the Road while before she closes Contract.
 The Two-Stepper could not for get the Girl from Another Town. She pulled out next Day but he looked up the Address and sent her the Dance Programme that he had found in his Overcoat Pocket. She wrote back that it was Aw- fully Sweet of him to remember poor little Me and then she asked one or two Questions. That gave him Hunch, so he bought a new kind of Writing Paper, said to be the Latest Agony, and he wrote a nice Long Letter in which he told her that she was very easy to look at, and when it came to pick ing them up and setting them
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what Chumps they were and then let him draw his own Conclusions as to who was the real white haired Papa.
 Finally Harry took an Overdose of Nerve Food and asked her right out, would she? The answer came back by Wire and the same Day he sent sealed Express Package containing the Ring.
 After which they began to lay Plans to have a Wedding and be- come better acquainted.
 To be continued in our Next
 MORAL: Absence makes the Heart grow Foolish.
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SlSut OIuuJ Ol f1uuldu lNdIuIc can take a Grass Widow of 48 who Is troubled with Wild Hairs and other Excess Ornaments and by tampering with the Negative he can make her out to look some thing like Ethel Barrymore. Then she can send the Picture to her Relations who live long way off and they will never know the Difference.
 The Girl sent Harry High Art Panel of herself, in which she was looking at something in a Tree, and when he gazed at 1t he had Palpitation and said, This is better than thought it was."
 He told himself that 1t would be Pleasure and Privilege to walk up to something like that the 1st of every Month and hand 1t the Envelope.
 He got a clean Shave and put on his Other Clothes and went and had himself Taken by an Art ist who charged $8 a Dozen-$4 for the Pictures and $4 to square his Conscience. ~
 This Specialist could take any Set of Misfit Features and re- arrange them into a Work of Art. He put Harry in front of the Bull's-Eye and scrooged him around so as to blanket the White Wings as much as possible and then he told him to think of Money and look Pleasant.
 When the Pictures were deliv- cred, Harry realized for the first time that he was Beautiful Creature. He sent one to the Girl and wrote that 1t was a bum Likeness and did not do him Jus tice, and so on.
 In acknowledging Receipt, she cut out the Dear Mister" and came right at him with Dear Friend" which gave him such a Stroke of Joy that he did very lit tie Work that Day.
 Harry did not have Gumption enough to evolve any deep Sys- tenn for landing a Tid-Bit but he had accidentally hit upon the Cinch Method.
 oO lOnS dS OOuI lonlp COlolo lo of sending idealized Cabinets and exchanging Nice Long Letters, there is but little chance of mak- ing Miscues. He never drops in of an Afternoon to find her in a Blue Wrapper and drying her Hair and she never catches him smell ing of Cigarettes.
 When 1t comes down to close Work in Parlor there is always the Risk of having Herbert Butt insky on hand to make his Party Call. He who tells his Love by U. s. Mail never hears anything about the Third Party. He lives in the sweet Delusion that he has bought up the whole House.
 Harry's Letters to the Girl aAA the Girls Letters to Harry became more and more on that Order, un- til at last they began to burn holes in the Mail Bags.
 After comparing her Picture with all the Parlor Favorites that he met on his Social Rounds, he realized that she outclassed all other Representatives of her Sex.
 In her cosy Flat, far away, she had him propped up on the Piano in a Silver-Gilt Frame and feat ured to beat the Cars. Any one who dropped in to see her was made to understand that he was merely an Understudy, who was being used as Time-Killer.
 She used to write to Harry and tell him about her Callers and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
MerceriZed Etamine.

This perfect reproduction of the popular etamine cloth, more silky in appearance than it's wool prototype can be made and more appropriate with the approach of the summer sol stace, is one of the presentations of the coming season that aside from it's inexpensiveness will need no introduc- tion to the wearer. The choice and reasonable color display and the fault less web construction constitutes an offering that is above crit IOo icism. Price per yard.... .... IOO
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Pongee Silk Zephyr

A decided innovation that dwarfs in attractiyeness and value all former in. expensive dressy fabric which com pines the best features of zephyr and pongee cloth with the added embell. ishment ot effective silk figure work, the whole providing an ideal hot weather material. Price 1Qo per yard ..,. .... .... ... IOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
SEE
 THESE TOMORROW
nadras Kaye.

A superb composition of finest text ure from mercerized yarns, with del icate corded stripes in unison with quaint open work designs, and printed in small effects that are notably chaste and inconspicuous in expression and artistically beautiful. We introduce this new fabric which is manufactured in Scotland and one of the best wash fabrics before the trade. Price will only be, per OSo
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Fancy DuCatanS

The problem of weaving soft plia
 ble waist material of exceptional weight and durableness that would present at popular price the dressy, stylish appearance of costly foreign work of a highly mercerized, silky oyer-work appearance, has found Q solution in Fancy Decotares. OEo Price per yard is only. .... .. ~CS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Bates Seersucker

The best and strongest fabric man. ufactured. It is without a doubt the most durable and will stand more laundrying than any other fabric known. Specially adapted for Mems shirts shirts an. and Chi onildrens dresses De
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Drawers

Of cambric and muslin, tucked and hemstitched French bands ....... 19c
 Cambric, umbrella style, with tucked lawn ruffles. ..... .... 25c
 Extra fine cambric, torchon. lace and embroidery trimmings. ...... 39c
 Cambric, tucked lawn flounces, trim med with torchon faces. es.......... soc
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Muslin Underwear

The reductions we have made in the prices of muslin underwear will be greatly appreciated. Iris very true that we do not sell the hurriedly made, trashy underwear manufactured for special sale purposes, but you'll find underwear such as you would make at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Corset Covers

Square or V-shaped, lace or embroid- cry trimmed; special. ........ 15c
 Nainsook or cambric, tight fitting French front, lace embroidered. .. 39c
 Nainsook, full French style, fitted backs, waist long or short. ...... 4ec
 Nainsook, trimmed with point de Paris or Val. lace and ribbon. =. 98c
 Extra fine Nainsook, short, three rows of point de Paris lace. SIPS
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Red and Blue Leon Per-
 CaleS.

A wonderful texture, S4x8S threads to square inch, made of Sea Island long staple cotton, renders them safe from breaking and splitting; dyed with abstracted dyes, making colors absolutely fast. A gigantic assort- ment. Price per 1O1o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Silk Spot Zephyr

Just as beautiful as silk zephyr that cost double the money; highly mercer ized, finely finished texture, well
 adapted for swell shirt waist O5c suits. Price per yard only.... .s ~OC
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Egyptian Tissue

A texture made to wash and wear
 comprises all the new gingham and zephyr patterns In plain words, this texture is a tissue gingham. O5c Price per yard. =. .... .... =. ~OC
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Silk Novelty

Half silk in combination, it is al
 most counterpart of costly foreign work and supplies at limited expendi. ture most appropriate waist material or full costume fabric for dressy 0scasi0ns. 0sca Price per 49c
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Skirts

Muslin, with umbrella founces of cambric, extra dust ruffle. .... 45c
 Cambric, skirts, wide fiounces, tor chon lace and insertion. i. ....... 98c
 Extra quality cambric, cluster tucked, torchon lace trimmed. SIPS
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4e9c
Edinborough Zephyrs

Beautiful close texture, finely woven as smooth as imported goods of it's class-every conceivable color and pattern. Price per 1So yard... ..ss s.s 1VS
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The Common Failing.

From Judge.
 "smithers says he doesn't believe in signs"
 T guess that's true No matter how many they put on any freshly painted job. he touches it to see if it Is dry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Comet Mercerized Zephyr

This Is a most beautiful texture in which, by the new method of scientific treatment of cloth, it is given appear ance of the finest zephyr manufac- tured. Price per 1So
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Gowns.

Muslin, square Hubbard yokes, em- broidered. .... .... .. -. 39c
 Cambric and muslin cluster tuck ed... .... .... ...... 49c
 Empire and Hubbard styles, cam prlc. ... .... .... .... .... Toe
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~1E Ss.6GAzS@W MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY
 FILLED. Samples Sent (out of Town only.)
Surprise MerCeriZed Ox-
 ford Cloth.

fitting appelation has been given
 to this offering which is new revela- tion of the wonderful ability of the makers to produce the finest quality of the celebrated Oxford Cloths, com parable only with the most advanced
 textures from foreign looms, and brings it within reach of the wearer at a price that absolutely defies all competition. The remarkably lus- trous appearance of this fabric as well as every shade of coloring remains unchanged under the most severe test of laundrying. Price Oko per yard. ... .... .... .... ... %IC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
Sale of Undermuslins.

Every woman who visits this department becomes purchaser. The dainty gar
 ments are simply irresistible at the low prices we are offer ing them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-25
MODERN FABLES BY GEORGE ADE.

The Modern Fable of Two Young People and Two Photographers T sE and the Correspondence School of Wocng. T SN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
FUNDS FOR MAcEDoNIANs.
Bulgarian Missionaries Coming to Sc.
cure Relief for Destitute.

VIENNA, Oct. 25.-Two Bulgarian
missionaries named Furnajieff and
PopoH are about to leave here for New
York for the purpose of making a tour
OF the United States to raise funds
for destitute Macedonians. They are
both graduates of American colleges,
Furnajieff having studied at Princeton
and Popoff at Hamilton, N. Y
According to reliable private reports
the condition Of internal affairs in
Bulgaria is alarming. All of the revo-
lutionary bands which were operating
In Eastern Macedonia have returned to
Bulgaria. The streets of Sofia are
thronged with insurgents who beg for
food and shelter. 1t is feared that
these insurgents will create serious
disturbances in the country before
long, unless a settlement is effected in
Macedonian affairs. The Bulgarian
government is said to be demobiliZing
its reserves with great reluctance and
apprehensions are expressed in many
quarters that the Turks will take ad-
vantage, of the situation and attack
Bulgaria about the time Of the ap-
preaching election, when the Bulgarian
government will be obliged to send the
reserves to their homes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
RUSSIA IS SENDING
TROOPS TO THE EAST
Seven Train Loads of Soldiers
Are Counted by United
States Agent.

ST. PETERSBURG Oct. "a. = The
United States commercial agent, NJ. NJ.
Langhorne, is at present here on his
way back from Port DaIny, the new
port On the eastern shore of the Lao
Tung peninsula, about twenty miles
from Port Arthur.
He says that on the railroad trim
from Port Dalny he counted seven
trains bearing Russian soldiers going
east. Port Dalny is not progressing
according to the commercial agent. the
traoe remaining at New Chwang and
Fort Arthur. The latter place is ia
Vored by Viceroy Alexieff
Signal Station Is Fort.
YOKOHAMA, Oct 25.-At the con-
terence held yesterday between cab
met ministers and the elder statesmen
OF Japan, when the far East crisis was
discussed, there were present, among
others, Privy Councillor Yamagata,
Marshal Oyama, Count Inouye, Priv
councillor Count Matsukata, Baron
Komura, the foreign minister, War
Minister Gen. Teranchi and Baron
Yamamoto, minister of marine, in adj
d1t1on to Premier Katsura and Mar
quis Ito.
1t is officially reported here that
Haghiwara Shuichi, secretary of the
Japanese legation at Seoul, Korea, and
his party, have been prevented by the
russians from landing at Yonghampo
and thereupon the party proceeded
and landed at VIII.
japanese reports of a visit to the all
legged signal station at Yonghampo are
TO the effect that there is a fort there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
AN UNFORTUNATE DIVISION.

Recent access of confidence by the
Republicans in New York city in their
success at the polls in the coming mu-
nicipal election is due not to any addi-
ton to their own strength, but to the
development of an unfortunate and bit
ter difference in the Democratic ranks.
1t is upon this that they are relying
for the election of what we must call
the straight Republican ticket, and if
it is not composed they may possibly
pull through.
This dissension is at bottom merely
fight for local control In the Demo-
cratic organization. Charles E. Muir
ply is the recognized head and chief
of that organization in Greater New
York. For the best part Of a lifetime,
however, Democratic affairs in Kings
county have been managed by Hugh
Mclaughlin. He has been as supreme
in Brooklyn as the head Of Tammany
was in New York, and his authority
has never before been successfully
questioned.
Mclaughlin was bitterly opposed to
the nomination of Mcclellan. He was
opposed to the leadership of Murphy
and stood out against the Endorsement
of the ticket. This placed him in the
position of a practical boIter from the
party's decisions, which is something
that they are not very tolerant of down
in New York 1t is pretty certain that
he will lose his influence in the partys
councils, but that he will have a large
personal following is sure.
Whether or not this will be shown
against Mcclellan at the polls, for
there the personal differences between
leaders will probably be carried, or
composed before election day, and
whether this split is serious enough to
give success to the Republicans, re-
mains to be seen. Mayor Low and the
rest of the Republican ticket were un-
questionably beaten from the moment
that they forced nom partisan candi-
dates off the ticket and drew party
lines strictly in the campaign. They
have another chance in this fight with
In the Democratic ranks, and the party
may get another lesson in the value of
harmony. When its members all learn
that division and drubbing mean the
same thing politically, they may be-
come a little less intolerant and more
inclined to reasonable compromise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
APPLYING THE LANGUAGE.

Jolly, V. t.; to please by hattery; to
render malleable by appealing to vani-
ty; to con-"
In the wide circle wherein liberties
are taken with the mother tongue the
word jolly has long been used to indi-
cate the processes whereby the wise
ones of the earth have sought to sepa-
arate men and women from their
wealth, convictions or prejudices. The
jolly" is the stock in trade of the bun
co man. 1t is also of much use in the
social world-where the cant meaning
of the word was unknown. Mrs. Smith
has known for some time that Mrs. De
Coin was joIlying her when she told
her that her gown was lovely, but Mrs.
Smith did not know the process under
the title of jollying.
Now the term jolly, with its varia-
tons, has been given official and legal
recognition and may take a place
among those other words that have
been coined to fit the demand of a
progressive people who would not be
hampered by the limitations of the
language as they found it. Master
In Chancery Elijah B. Sherman, in a
report filed in the United States circuit
court, says that he finds one Of the
parties to suit in hearing INDUCED in
a little judfcious 'jollying" to accom-
plish his end. The court received the
report, thereby recognizing the Ian
guage in which it was couched and
the implication is that the learned
judge knew something of the jollying
process himself, having been in poll
ties, and appreciated the poverty of the
language in its dictionary definitions.
The thanks of his contemporaries
are due to Master in Chancery Sher-
man. 1t has not been regarded as nee
'essary that the counts should give the
cachet of official sanction to nany of
the terms and words which have grown
out Of the needs of the people who are
stronger IN their feelings and require
ments for means of expression than
they are in philolegy. but this introduce
ton of Jollying% to the courts and the
tac1t admission of it's meaning by
Judge Kohlsaat will serve to authorize
wider use of those words and terms
which have not yet been indorsed by
high society, but which are very nee
essary to the carrying on of conversa-
ton IN these later days when the purist
loses his job the instant he leaves his
study.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26

professor has made, or has endeavored
would have been infinitely better, of
course, had he discovered no spots at
all, but having had the misfortune to
shake the faith of the world in what
has always heretofore represented the
highest card in the solar deck, it was
manifestly up to him to do the best he
could in the matter of spots.
1t is possible, of course, that Prof.
Ira r. Hicks represents some newly
discovered or invented preparation that
10 calculated to remove spots which
would account for the persistency with
which his telescope sweeps the sun.
But even If such happens to be the
case, the removal of spots should begin,
like charity, at home. Moreover, we
have only his word that the sun spots
are there. We would have only his
word that they have been removed.
Nothing is impossible in this age of
unique advertising and it is possible
that the world might believe his asser-
ton as to the efficacy of the prepara-
ton; but a demonstration nearer home
would be more appropriate and would
have the additional merit of repre-
senting visible accomplishment. But
after all this preparation" theory is
hardly tenable, else why would Prof.
Hicks have added a spot?
Nobody has yet discovered that it
makes the slightest difference, so far
as its work is concerned, whether there
are spots on the sun or not Even
when accused by the professor Of be-
Ing nine spot, it did royal work. And
now that it has risen to the dignity of a
ten spot, it is hardly probable that
there will be any appreciate difference
in the value of it's work. Having dis
covered that 1t really represents "the
game" it is to be hoped that Prof
Hicks will be content and turn his
telescope in another direction. For
countless aeons now the sun has work.
ed for man. Discovering spots on it at
this late day seems to be a poor re-
turn for its labor. We suggest the AS
tronomer Hicks desist.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
Mad MuIIah Is Chased Back.

ROME, Oct. 25.-The government has
received the following information con-
corning the engagement between the ItaI-
ian cruiser Lombardia and forces of the
Mao Mullah near Hlig, in italian Somili-
=, Owing to the close watch kept on the
SoInlllland coast by British and Italian
ships, the Mad MuIlah was unable to GET
arms and ammunition by sea as previous
~ He decided to make a desperate at
Tempt to take possession of a point on
the coast with 500 men. which, on the
14th instant. attacked the Italian boats
and killed several men The following
day the Lombardia bombarded the Null
Iah,s position and obliged his followers to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26
TODAY'S WEATHER.

Minnesota-Fair Monday, with cooler in
south and eastern portions; fresh north,
shifting to east winds Tuesday fair and
warmer.
Upper Michigan-Fair and cooler Mon
day; fresh northwest winds Tuesday
fair.
Wisconsin-Fair and cooler Monday;
brisk northwest winds; Tuesday fair.
North Dakota-Fair and warmer Mon
day and Tuesday.
South Dakota-Fair Monday and Tues
day. Warmer Tuesday.
Montana-Fair Monday and Tuesday;
warmer Monday.
warmer Tuesday.
st. Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather sbu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer, for
the twenty hours ended at z O'Clock
last night-BaEometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, Sc; lowest temperature, Al; average
temperature, 4S; daily range, Is; baron
eter. 80. &c; humidity, Sc; precipitation.
%: D. m. temperature, 4S; D. m wind,
northwest; weather, clear.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-26

nearing spoken around him the Venetian
I REMINDED him of his entire life from child
nooo 10 the patriarchate in Venice HYMNS
were sung and addresses Were delivered
nnt ehe ovation given to the pontiff was
after II the pope admitted the leading
Personages of the Venetian colony TO the
hall of inscriptions. " 'i1e
Inc pope sent his apostolic benediction
10 woman 104 years old, who lives in
snaH village in the department of
Fenet1a. who is supposed to be the onIv
rieS. &C OeiIu-
Mr. and Mrs w. E. Curtis. of Washing
ton d: C., have been received by the
pope with marks of especial consideration.