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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
BILL POSTERS IN SESSION.
while Reading the Minutes Secretary
Bernard Was Taken Violently III.

Atlanta, Ca, May 1s.-The Southeastern
at the Kimball house. about one hundred
delegates being present. The only busi-
ness transacted at the morning session
was the reading of the minutes of the
last meeting by the secretary. Charles
Bernard of Savannah.
Mr.. Bernard. who Is also the secretary
of the National Bill Posters association.
was overcome by illness when he had
nearly completed the reading of the min
utes and fell to the floor. Restoratives
were promptly applied and Mr.. Bernard
is not now thought to be In any danger.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
BOOTH HARRINGTON WORSE.
Noted Novelist and Playwright Is Now
In Serious Condition.

Indianapolis, May 18.-The condition of
Booth Harrington, who IS sunering with
typhoid fever is much more serious to-
night and his temperature is 1OS. He has
been unable to take solid food for sew
eral weeks, and is very weak
Before his illness Mr.. Harrington had
just completed four act literary play
entitled. THE Man on Horseback" a
play of the Napoleonic period.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Bank Wrecker Must Die.

Berlin. May ia special from Salon
lea announces that court martial has
sentenced to deat- the Bulgarian school,
master. Yorghi instigator or the de-
struction by dynamite on April 30 OF ~
Ottoman bank at Salonica. The Salons>
police have arrested Stojan. propriets@
Of the shop from which a tunnel VIE
dug to the Ottoman bank.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Asphalt sale Confirmed.

Trenton. ". j.. May 1S.-Judge Kirkpat-
rick in the United States Circuit court
today signed a decree corfi: ming the sale
of the assets of the National Asphalt
company and the Asphalt Company of
America to Henry c. EverdeIl. who. in
bidding, represented the reorganization
committee. The price bio was $6,006,00o.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
To Work Flying Machine.

Washington, May 1s.-Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell, in order TO work on
flying machine, has resigned the presi-
dency of the National Geographic So
ciety, and his resignation has been ac-
cepted by the board of directors to take
effect on the election of his successor,
which will not occur until next winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Former Postmaster Indicted.

Bowling Green, KY, May 1S.-Former
Postmaster e. U. Fordyce was indicted
here this afternoon by the federal grand
jury on a charge Of embezzlement In
office. During Postmaster Fordyce's ad-
ministration the Bowling Green postoffice
was robbed OF something over $4,000 In
money and stamps. Fordyce gave bail in
the sum Of $1,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
sam Jones Elected.

Boston, May 1S-All the officers OF the
American peace society today were re-
elected at the annual meeting and a num-
Der OF vice presidents were added. includ-
ing Samuel NJ. Jones. Toledo. and the Rev.
E. e. Hose. Nashville. Tenn. President
Robert Teat presided.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Charge Investigated.

London, May 1s.-The Daily Chronicles
Geneva correspondent learns that the
Congo state authorities are investigating
the charges Of committing atrocities on
the natives brought against the Congo
state officials. and have already apprised
the names Of many officials whose guilt
has been established.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
To Run the Boundary Line.

Washington, May 1s.-In the United
State Supreme court today. Attorney
General Charles T. Coles, of Tennessee,
submitted a motion to confirm the re-
port OF the commission appointed by
this court to run the boundary line be-
tween the states of Tennessee and Vir-
ginia and for a final decree in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Jeffries and corbett to FIaht.

San Francisco, May 1S.-James ]. JEFF
fries and James ]. Corbett today signed
articles for a match to take place in
San Francisco on or about August A.
The pugilists accepted the offer OF the
Yosemite club, which will allow the prin-
cipals to divide between them 70 per cent
of the gross receipts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
CARPENTERS JOIN HANDS.
Feud With the United Board of Build
ing Trades Is Ended.

New York. May 1s.-After a bitter fight
that lasted nearly two months. the Unit
ed Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers today made application for admis-
sion to the United Board of Building
Trades. which they left in hun at the
beginning of the feud with the Amalga-
mated Union.
The defeat of the brotherhood carpen-
tiers in their efforts to absorb or crush
the Amalgamated Union means a settle
ment of the carpenters war.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Holland Makes Successful Test.

Greenport. N. Y. May 1s.-The Holland
submarine torpedo boat Porpoise, in a
government trial In Peconic bay. off New
Suffolk, today fired torpedo at a fixed
point after a successful submerged run
Of a mile and a half The torpedo went
straight between two flags set $50 feet
apart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
Mueller Bill sIaned.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 1s.- Governor
Yates tonight signed the Mueller bill.
a Chicago traction measure. the threat
ened defeat of which by the alleged un-
warranted use Of speakers gavel, result
ed in riot recently in the house of rep
resentatiyes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-19
THE WEATHER.

|. Forecast for Alabama: Fair Tues Z
, day and Wednesday; light variable =
, winds. Z
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
TO DEVELOP THE CHEST.
Easy Way by which to Increase Bust
Measurement Two Inches
in Three Months.

The neck and chest can be developed
finely in three months by the following
rules:
AS you walk about raise the shoulders
quickly and then throw them back and
then down. Count quickly as you do it
1-2-3-raising them to / and so on
After going through this three times or
more, you are ready to walk properly.
Keep the chest out and be careful each
time not to let the shoulders come for.
ward at the last counts. They must
go down and back, If anything.
AS you walk, continually keep the
chest pushed out and the abdomen and
stomach forcibly drawn in. See how
long you can hold your breath, and, as
you hold it, raise the chest higher and
higher. This Is what singers do when
they wish to sustain long passages in
one breath.
When you find you must exhaust your
breath, do not let the chest fall, and take
the breath instantly and quietly through
the nose only and by pushing out the
Sides Then instantly begin slowly draw
ing in the sides and abdomen and raise
the chest higher and higher.
Any one who will try this will increase
in measure from shoulder to shoulder
and around bust two inches in three
months.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04

sight. You can make the hole more
readily before attaching the half bullet
The bullet must be covered neatly
with paper, SO that it will not be no.
ticed, and the whole device should be
painted, as this will serve to conceal the
trick
Now, you tell the onlookers that the
bottle will obey your commands, and
having ordered it to stand up, you
place it on the table without inserting the
wire, when nothing will keep it from an
upright position. but holding it down.
1t is the weight of the bullet, you see,
that keeps it standing.
Then you order it to lie fiat on the
table, and as you take it in your hands
to give the order you deftly insert the
wire in the hole, and lay the bottle down.
when the weight of the wire will keep
it in that position. AS the wire goes far
enough into the hole to be out of sight
no one will suspect it's presence.
This is neat and mystifying trick,
If skillfully performed. One minute the
bottle will insist on standing upright,
and the next minute it will tumble down
as often as it is set up.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04

too, for she always brings them truck
that mas been gathered but a few
hours.
Eleanor's farm is loaned to her by
the Philadelphia Vacant Lot Cultiva-
ton association, charity of an unusu-
ally beneficent kind. This association
has two hundred acres of vacant land
that certain wealthy Philadelphians
have intrusted to it until the time when
they shall need the land to build upon.
These two hundred acres are loaned
in patches to such people as are unable
to keep up the fierce struggle for an
existence in a great city.
The association lends one patch to
a shoemaker whose sight has failed;
another to laborer whom a blast has
ruined; third to an aged man and
woman who are childless; a fourth to
the Keefauvers.
And its poor pensioners cultivating
their patches under the eye of the as
ISOLATION acquire in this way enough
vegetables to supply their tables all
the year round.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
MELTED AWAY LIKE SNOW.
Rapid Disappearance Of the Pawnees
Who Were Once n Power
full Tribe.

That the red man is passing from the
face of the world has long been a
matter of common remark. The truth
of the saying never received more strik-
ing proof than in the case of the Paw
nees, who were removed to Oklahoma
from Nebraska in 1876, says the Chicago
Chronicle. At the time Of their removal
from Nebraska the tribe numbered $500
souls. To-day there are less than 500
The Pawnees were given exceptionally
good allotments in Oklahoma. The cli-
mate is practically the same as that Of
their former home, and, in fact, every
thing has been done by the government
to promote their welfare and happiness
For some unaccountable reason they
have sickened and died, until the day is
not far distant when the Pawnee tribe
will be extinct The mortality among
them has been growing steadily year by
year. In 1882, six years after their
removal to Oklahoma, the tribe had
shrunk to $40. and the census Of 1900
showed but 600 living Pawnees.
1t is curious thing that the children
OF these Indians appear most rugged, but
after passing their twenty-fifth birthday
a peculiar and unaccountable malady at
tacks them. and they apparently lose in
terest in life, and gradually waste away,
death overtaking them in their prime.
Scientists and professional men gen.
orally of the Indian Office have been at
tracted by this peculiar condition Of
things, but have not as yet been able to
ascertain what Nemesis pursues the
rugged Pawnee after his twenty-fifth
birthday.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
.C0LD-BLOODED PETS.
Some Amusing Experiences of Mr..
Dan Beard, Animal Painter
and Naturalist.

In an interesting article about Mr..
Dan Beard, the animal painter and nat
uralist, Guy T. Viskniski relates, among
other incidents, an experience with a
snake.
'Snakes?" Mr.. Beard laughed. Il
had many kinds, but one of my latter
DAY experiences with them will illus
trate how l treated them in my youth.
Il managed to secure baby ana
conda several years ago and kept him
for time in my studio, in New York
city. One day, however, l wanted to
remove him to my home in Long Island,
so l stuck the little fellow-he was
about three feet long-in an overcoat
pocket. put a soft glove over him and
made for the ferryboat.
"a short time after was seated and
engaged in reading my paper | noticed
a man by my side get up rather hur-
riedly and take seat in far corner.
Pretty soon another neighbor did the
same thing, and then the whole cabin
stared in my direction.
I'm attempting to discover what was
the matter l happened to swing hand
around to my side, and it struck against
something clammy. looked down and
there, waving from side to side. was a
foot of his body out of my pocket and
his tongue making lightning-like darts,
was the anaconda that had forgotten
all about.
But the sequel Of the incident was
quite as amusing.
"One of my neighbors had witnessed
the whole affair. and when he saw me
on the boat day or two later. he
started some pleasantly at my ex-
pense.
why, gentlemen he said to a
crowd around us, / daresay he has sew
eral snakes in his pockets this morn
ing And with that he dived hand
into the nearest pocket.
"a second later the man gave howl
that was heard all over the boat; and
then remembered that just before
left home l had put several crayfish
into that pocket. One of the fish had
nipped the mans hand, but it took me
some time to convince him that he had
not been bitten by an anaconda.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04

the department., Mr.. Garwood called out:
"All right. boys, I'll be down with you in
a second" and he slid down the pole into
the station. There he found that Prince
alone was holding the fort He had
pulled out the pin which secured his
stall chain. rang the gong and, leaping
from his stall, had backed himself be-
tween the shafts of the hose wagon ready
for a run.
Prince repeated this nocturnal joke so
often that Mr.. Garwood secured the stall
chain by means of a long, heavy iron pin.
Prince showed his disgust a few nights
later by withdrawing the pin with his
teeth, throwing it through large pane
of glass in front of his stall and making
another false alarm.
Prince obeys the orders of Chief Gar
wood or his assistant, but "all the
kings horses and all the kings men"
cannot hitch him to the hose wagon
when they are absent-Kansas City
Star
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
WONDERFUL FIRE HORSE.
Prince, Pet Of Olnnthe O<an) City
Omcials, Does Not Brook Neglect
of Any Sort.

Prince is the horse upon which Olathe.
Kan, depends in cases OF local confia-
grafton. Prince was purchased from a
farmer living near Council Grove, Kan,
four years ago, and since he has been
on duty at the city fire department head
quarters day and night. He is superb
ly formed dark bay, weighs / $50 pounds
and pulls the 3,0OO-pound hose wagon
on gallop. Prince learned his A, B,
Cs, so to speak, under the tutelage of
ex-Chief Frank Nelson, of Olathe In
the past two years, however, his educa-
ton has progressed rapidly under the
care OF the present incumbent, Fire
Chief Fred Garwood.
Attached to the wall Immediately in
front of Princes stall is large gong,
to the lever of which two pull-cords are
attached-one passing upward along the
wall and across the ceiling to point
Immediately over the seat of the hose
wagon. the other suspended downward
from the gong SO as to be within easy
reach of a person standing upon the
fioor-the gong being used for ordinary
training and actual service alarms But
Prince has appropriated the gong to
other purposes, and these without any
preliminary training whatever, as will
appear.
One day Chief Garwood, who, Incl
dentally, is also city clerk, was so alb
sorbed with his books in his office i'm
mediately over the fire station that noon
passed unobserved by him. A sharp tap
OF the gong smote upon his ecr, but, be-
lieving it to be the prank of some mis-
chievous boy, he worked on At inter-
walls of minute or so the taps continued,
and Mr.. Garwood. in no peaceful state
OF mind, laid aside his books and tip
toed downstairs with grim determine
ton to spank the offender Scarcely had
he reached the foot of the stairway when
a succession Of loud rings greeted him.
Rushing into the station, now fully bent
on doing harm to the intruder, he found
to his establishment no boy there Prince
had the cord firmly grasped between
his teeth and was assiduously ringing
for his long-delayed midday meal. He
had worked out the solution of difficult
problem in procrastination
From that day Prince has utilized the
gong to call his chiefs attention to the
slightest delay in the serving of his pro-
vender, be it oats, hay or water.
Some time ago, in a season of ex-
tremely Indictment weather, the horse
kept up at intervals throughout each
day succession of gong taps which
were entirely unaccountable for, and
finally Mr.. Garwood secured the gong
cord in such manner that Prince could
not reach it. This action aroused the
ire Of the horse and stamping and kick
ing succeeded. 1t finally dawned upon
the mind Of Mr.. Garwood that the horse
was pining for exercise, which, being
given him, put an end to unreasonable
taps of the gong.
One cold night last winter as the chief
lay asleep he was suddenly awakened by
a succession of loud alarms from the
gong below, closely followed by the rap
i'd and heavy tramping of horses feet
upon the floor. With visions of the as
sembling of the volunteer members Of
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
PLUCKY LITTLE GIRL.
She Conducts a Small Truck Farm
and Takes Care of Family
of Seven People.

With the responsibility of a family
Of seven on her diminutive shoulders,
little Eleanor Keefauver, of 10 North
Fifty-seventh street, West Philadel-
phia, is making plucky fight for ex-
istence, and already she is known as
the youngest and one of the most sue
cessful farmers in America.
This small farmer is only twelve
years old, and yet she carries the re-
sponsibility in supporting her family
with the light-heartedness OF the
wealthiest and most care-free little
girl in America.
Little Eleanor operates an extensive
truck patch, and the product she gath
ers she sells from door to door, and by
this means earns, during the summer.
at least $40 week, besides supplying
enough to last all through the year.
the table at home with vegetables
enough to last all through the yetr.
Her father is a paralytic. and though
it is true that there is little Keefau-
yer boy who brings home every Satur-
day a few dollars from a stocking
factory where he works, and that Mrs.
Keefauver does an occasional job OF
laundering, still Eleanor is the main
support of this poor family.
Every morning she digs and hoes on
her small farm, and every afternoon
she pushes through the streets with
her little go-cart. selling her fresh and
excellent vegetables.
She has host of regular customers,
and these customers wait for her every
day. They do well to wait for her,
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04

Euporean sisters. The American WON
an is recognized the world over. The
type is besides found in bewildering
variety, yet each is unmistakable. The
blending of many familiar types Of
American womanhood in the composite
photograph reproduced herewith af.
fords unique opportunity for Judging
the typical face.
Familiar as the type, or rather
types, are. few perhaps can call up q
definite mental picture of the general
type itself. The composite face OF
American women, therefore, fills long
felt want. A score or more of artists
have patronized the American girl
The drawings are almost always in
teresting many of them are charming
and all may be readily Unidentified as
the American girl. yet no two are alike
or even similar No other country in
the world, it is safe to say, affords
such an opportunity to it's artists. In
England, for instance. there is we'll
known type of beauty, somewhat pale
and expressionless, perhaps, but I'M
mistakable English. And there is only
one. In America there is often a single
family in which every daughter IL
Illustrates an entirely distinctive beau
ty, yet without losing the family re-
semblance.
The composite photograph combines
as far as possible the most character
istic types of American beauty as il
Illustrated by twenty we'll known New
York women. 1t is too much, of
course, to claim that the list is COM
plete, but it is at least fairly represen-
tative Nor can it be claimed for
such blending that the ideal type of
American beauty has been attained.
So varied and distinctive are the types
that hundreds of types would have to
be considered in such balance. The
composite face, however, is as general
and representative as it well can be.
Compare it with the typical beauties
of other countries, allowing for the
impressionistic effect inseparable from
such a picture, and the result to the
most critical eye cannot fail to be re-
assuring.
The American woman as portrayed
in her composite photograph contrasts
strikingly with the typical faces of
other countries. The face is perhaps.
less nervous than that of the typical
French woman, especially the young
French woman, but to the American
eye, at least, it seems better balanced.
in contrast with a characteristic Eng
fish face the difference is especially
marked. The two faces express an en-
tirely different mentality. The Amer
ican woman, set beside her English
cousin, suggests wider and more varied
interests and an unmistakable air of
dependence which strangely becomes
her. Compared with the typical
Teutonic face, the American woman
appears the more alert and
vivacious.
Among those whose photographs
make up the composite are Miss Helen
Morton, Mrs. Chauncey M. Depew.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Miss Alice Roose-
welt, Miss Nathalie Schenck, Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. and Mrs.
John Jacob Astor. - Kansas CITY
Star.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
A THOUGHT FOR EVERY DAY.

Ihere,s many thing for you to do.
My lad, IL you but knew 1t.
Ihat sent to you, and only you
Don't let another do it,
Don't let another lift the load
Your back was meant to carry;
Don think your task were done as well
by Tom or Dick or Harry.
Don't say Gods work can wait to-day
Twill do as well tomorrow;
Don't put your own will always first,
And count His service sorrow.
Don't wait till you are strong and wise
trust Him to gauge your burden;
AND then at last trust Him, nv lad,
TO give the well-earned guerdon.
Union Signal.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
A Composite Made of Photographs Of
Society Women Noted for Their
Attractiveness.

Both in it's modelling and compost
ton the typical American face is en-
tirely distinctive. A characteristic
style in architecture or literature in
the United States remains perhaps to
be developed. but the American char
acter, temperament, spirit, call it what
you will, has already stamped itself
indelibly on our physiognomy. The
American woman as a type is famous
for beauty touched with intelligence.
And although the type is comparative
ly new her character is indicated as
Enthusiastically as that of any of her
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
A MYSTIFYING TRICK.
How to Make n Bottle Stand Upright
One Minute and Have 1T Fall
Down the Next.

Get a piece of pith, paper pulp, or
some other light substance, three or
four inches in length, and about half
an inch in diameter and trim it into the
shape of bottle
Cut bullet in two and fasten the
bottom of the bottle to the fiat side of
one of the halves. Make hole down
through the center of the bottle, and
provide piece of heavy wire to slip
into the hole easily, with it's end out of
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
Hi. skuII Defied lightning.

The negro has q hard head, but it
seems incredible that it should be light
ning-proof. Yet a report from Lexing-
ton; KY, intimates as much. Charles
Messers, a colored inmate of the county
poorhouse, was caught in a storm and
sought refuge under large tree. A bolt
of lightning struck him on the top of
the head, and glancing OF, shattered
tree near by. The negro was stunned
for a few moments, but was quickly re-
stored to consciousness and inquired
If he had been struck with an ak.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-04
Raisin. Anord stimulu,.

Raisins are specially valuable in cases
where sustained physical exercise is nee
essary, affording both nourishment and
stimulus. A bunch of raisins eaten
when fatigued often serve the same
purpose as glass Of wine Figs and
dates are both valuable in certain con-
ditions, but should be thoroughly
washed and looked over before eating.
Green figs are an excellent food.