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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Raced With Liner.
om the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Mrs. Robert Graham, wife of a come dian in a "Florodora' company, and who had engaged passed to London by the steamship MinnetonKa. of the Att lantic Transport line. yesterday, so timed her arrival at the pier as to get glimpse of the vessel as she swung down. stream on her way to sea
 Mrs. Graham was accompanied by her husband and party of friends. They all hastily scrambled out or the car riages which had brought them, and Mrs. Graham's hysterical protestatlons that every bit of her baggage was on board and her screams for some one to stop the ship brought a small-sized crowd to the scene of commotion.
 MT. Franklin the general manager of the lipe, happened to be near, and hear ing what the trouble was about, he hur- ried Mrs. Graham on board the tug Ku- per. and then. swinging himself on board. gave orders to the tug to set out in pur- suit of the Minnetonka. of the Battery the tug overlook the liner. The captain saw MT. Franklin signaling from the deck. stopped his vessel and the tug ranging alongside, the belated and much excited passenger was taken over the side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
WOMEN AND WOOD CARVING.
Some as a Pastime, Some as a Means
 of Livelihood.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Just at present there is fad for wood carving, and women have dipped into that difficult art with the same enthusiasm that they carried into painting upon china once upon a time, and into the pop ular typography, which has it's multitude of followers today. When women go in for wood carving all they know about the work is that 1t is beautiful. When they come to take a lesson they find out that wood-carving Is an exacting art and takes years to learn. Only a superficial knowl- edge of it can be obtained in a school, and then a pupil must work from three to six years in workshops if she would attain any degree of perfection.
 There is no modern school of wood carving. All the examples of the art and all the rules for It's execution date back for centuries. Wood-carving today is, with very few exceptions, neither creative nor spontaneous. It is the following of certain set rules which all earvers under stand and follow with more or less exact ness. Of course there are small ways in which the individuality of the carver may be expressed; where wood-carving is done with regard for the quantity rather than the quality of the work turned out there is little individual taste in designing dis played In France and England the best specimens of wood-carving are being made and e art has been carried to it's highest degree of modern perfection in these countries.
 "Women's work In wood-earving?' re- peated an artist-carver with an indulgent smile. Well, the women make some very pretty things, but they have no real ization of the amount of work necessary to learn wood-carving. and few of them take up the study of 1t seriously. It is hard upon their soft hands and tedious to be standing for hours driving chisels and gougers into the hard wood. Then they have little idea of designing for wood or of the slow, weary years in which a student must work who would achieve any degree of success. They are good patRonesses, however, and their adoption of the fashion of carved articles Is doing much to add to the beauty of modern homes. Wood-carving is lux ury and it is a good sign, when nation begins to adorn its houses in this endur- ing form of art, both of general prosper ity and of a growing art sentiment
 '"rhe wood used in carving depends upon the articles to be manufactured and the uses to which they will be put. For minute work requiring care and much detail in the execution boxwood is nearly always used, but where bold effects are desired nothing equals oak. This wood is used almost entirely for exterior decora- tions. It's color is good, it wears well and lends itself to the sort of designs used in such cases. One needs to go among the beautiful homes of New York to realize the extent of the fashion of carved wood. The society maids and matrons will point proudly to hall rack or ornament and tell you how they carved that coat of arms of their family upon 1t with their very own hands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

the small boy of twenty years ago. are identical with those of Laughing Sam Carey. It was his band that rode into Spearfsh, 8. D., about ten years ago and robbed the bank, while fighting al- most the entire town. So desperate was the battle that every man in the gang with the exception of Carey himsef was killed. Carey was wounded but sue ceeded, after adventures rivaling those of Tracy. in reaching the Hole-in-the-WalI His claim to the leadership of the out laws was soon recognized. and he has kept the position since.
 Among the other notorious desperadoes who are hiding in the Hole are the Fay Tor brothers who were under sentence of death for murdering the Meek's family at Carrollton, Mo, and broke jail; Hank Wilcox and Bud Denslow, who are want ed for a train robbery on the Union Pa chc line, where the engineer of the train was shot. and many other desperate crim- inals who are wanted for every crime in the calendar, from larceny to ripple murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

as IueSe never come to tue pOOr Tap"
 T will let you use my Bank Ac- count and then you won't be Yap," explained the Millionaire. Go and revel in the Life that you read about in the Weekly Papers. All that ask in return is the Use for one blissful Month of this sequestered Snuggery, here among the Morning-Glories and the blith- some Chickadees.
 The Financier gave the Rube all the Credentials needed and shipped him to the roaring Me tropolis. Then he sat down under the whispering Trees with noth- ing to superintend except the ris- ing and setting of the Sun.
 Two weeks later, as the Finan- cier was emerging from the Deep Woods he met the Rupe coming in with Pullman Car Towel around his Head.
 What, so soon?" asked the City Man. I've been against it for 25 Years. Why should you pass it up after two brief Weeks?"
 For the first three or four Days it was Great Stuff" respond ed the Sufferer. "Then 1 began to Tumble to the Fact that the Shows were all about the Same and that a $7 Lunch was De- fusion unless I had an Appetite The Automobile was a Hit until some of the New Machines began to pass me and then I lost Inter- est. As soon as it was Hoised around that 1 had Stuff, became a Mark for every known Con Game so 1 frightened up and re- fused to see Visitors and every one said was Snob and the only Friends I had were the Walters I tipped. So far as I can discover, the Bust-Head resulting from the Bubbles that cost $6 per Quart is the same old Feeling that we used to get out of Apple-Jack. In short, l begin to see that the Rich can afford all the Luxuries but the Minute they begin to dip into them, the Trouble begins. I think I'm due for about one week of Absolute Calm. But what are you doing on your way to the Station?"
 Say, I don't like to roast your Establishment, but you have got the bummest lot of Birds I ever listened to-" said the Financier. "Thelr Repertory Is too limited. And that Cow has a Manner that is soothing for Day or two and then begins to suggest an irritat- ing lack of Versatility as it were. I discovered also, a certain Mo notony in the Antics of the Squir- rels AS for the Weekly, l have read it all through four times, in- cluding the Sarsaparilla Ads and along toward the last the only thing that interested me was the Time-fable. needed -- good Rest and I've had enough to last me fully 3 years. When I strike that Club tonight, I'll simply sign my Name to the Card and have them bring in the whole Works from Caviar to Cafe Noir."
 "T'm afraid there isn any such Institution as a Paradise on Earth" remarked the Rube.
 "Oh, yes there is,' said the Mil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
MODERN FABLES BY GEORGE AIDE.
Fable of the Unhappy Fnanc and the Dcontened Rube
BY eEoR eE ADE-copyriaht by Russell

here," said the rinancier. You seem to be quite away from the hurry and turmoil of the World"
 "Yes, it is very Lonesome" was the melancholy Reply. ''I should like to live on the Main Pike but Land is too high. AS soon as sell my Hogs, hope to have Telephone installed. Sometimes three or four Days will elapse after an important Prize-Fight ere l learn the Resu4s. This failure to keep in Touch with Events is very trying to one who would be abreast of the Times"
 "Why should the Outside World cut any Ice with you?" demanded the Millionaire. Here you have a beautiful Sylvan Retreat. The Birds carol in the Trees. Nature is ever smiling You are far re- moved from the carking Cares, the hard Throwdowns and the Bunko Manipulations of the Com mercial World. Are you not satis- fied?"
 How can be when I read here in the Weekly about Newport Shingdig where they have $500 worth of Ice Cream? Why should I ride Horseback when you Folks have Autos costing $7000? I never get to see a good Show and l haven't had my Picture taken for Years and sometimes I don't have anybody come in to see me for Weeks at Time"
 Why, you concatenated Chump, you have two-acre Paradise here and you don't know it." said the City Man. "Id like to trade Places with you"
 "Ill trade with anybody" said the Rube. I'm tired of this Dogs LifeY'
 You're oni" exclaimed the Fi- naeier. "This is what I'll stake you to. You'll have a Spring Bed with Mattresses and a Canopy You can lie there on the Husks and look at $40,000 worth of Paint ings by the Old Masters. In the Morning a British Gentleman of Aristocratic Appearance will come and lead you to the Royal Force lain after which he will dress you, without your lifting Finger. You shall have Silk Underwear and Monogram worked on each Sock. At Breakfast you shall have Hot House Grapes and everything else out of Season and Flowers on the Table. After Breakfast you may step into a Carriage with Gold Trimmings, drawn by two Prize Bays and ride to an Office where the Chairs are padded eight inches deep and all the Hirelings jump at your slightest Command. For Luncheon you shall go to Club where you may meet those who have Money to burn and if your Check is under $11, it shows that you are a Piker. You can stop work at P. M and go for Spin in your French Touring Car, with a Chaffeur to work the Wheel. In the Evening you can put on your Glads and drink SAT worth of Vintage Wines and take in two or three Theatres and after that, start in again and have something to Eat"
 .'You are stringing me-" said the Rube. Such Heavenly Joys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Depth of Santiago's Filth.

From an Exchange.
 When General Leonard Wood undertook to clean the filthy streets of Santiago. he was besieged by American road builders. They wanted to sell him street sweepers, sprinkling carts, asphalt pavements, ce- dar blocks, brick and crushed stone. Con tractors wanted the job of lowering the streets so as to bring all the residences above grade. But the general would con- sent to no suggestion until the filth had been removed.
 At the end of two months the contract ors who wanted to lower the grade were informed that
 At our last conference the residences were below grade The filth has been re- moved. and the houses now stand above grade"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10
Furnishings

We would like to have you call and examine our Neckties. We have them at from 1oc to S1.0o. A more beau tiful selection you have never seen.
 Also our assortment of mems fancy Half Hose; we know we have the prettiest line of Sox that can be seen in the city.
 Our Manhattan Shirts are the very latest colors and designs, S1.5o, $2.o0 and S2.50. See them.
 Our line of S1.o0 Shirts can't be beat for twice the money.
 We have cheaper line at 75c, 69c, soc and 25c; all sizes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10


 with.
 Day and Night he was bounded by those who were looking for Hot Tips, or who wanted to touch him up for Denominational Colleges or who had Good Things which they wished him to back with much Coin.
 At last, in order to escape the wearing sound of the Ticker and get the Hard Knots out of his Nervous System, he ducked away to the Country and left word be- hind that he had zone to Europe.
 He struck Rest Cure where ev- cry one dressed for Dinner and a full Orchestra tore off Popular Music. He saw the same Mourn ful Faces of tho male and female Plutocrats who were trying to pur- chase Enjoyment at so much per Day and they did not seem to have tranquilizing Effect on him. So he wandered away from the Hotel and took to quiet Country Lane and soon he was in the Deep Woods.
 The Silence was broken only by the Rustic of Leaves, the tapping ci the Woodpeckers and the occa- sional Stunt of some Feathered Warbler.
 "This Is where Man really be- longs," sighed the track-sore FL nancier. What an artificial and proftless Life we lead there among the Sky-Scrapers. Our Lit tie Existence is rounded off with a French Menu and a few lines of Promo Seltzer in the Morning. We toll for years tryins to get the Hammer-Lock on Fame and when it comes to a Cash-In, nobody knows whose Funeral it is and the Trolley Cars refuse to get out of the Way"
 While he was thus Meditating, he came to Clearing, in which there was an humble Shack with dinky Little Garden behind it. In the Doorway of the Modest Cot sat a Rube who wore heavy Fringe on the Sub-Maxillary. Above his Head bloomed the sym metrical Morning-Glory and the Fresh smell of the Greenwood was mingled with the pleasing Odor of the Store Tobacco he was smok- ing, the while he spelled out the Long Words in Newspaper.
 "There's a Three-Sheet of Con tentment for you," said the weary Millionaire. q wish 1 had his Snap. Nothing to do except read about Crime and watch the Squir- rels. No one to call him up on the Phone. No lying awake at Nights wondering what Attorney General Knox is going to do. When he's hungry, all he has to do is put on the Griddle, pull a few Radishes and milk the Cow. No getting roped in at Annual Dinners. No Struggle to butt into the Headquarters of the Elite. How I envy him."
 So he approached the Man be- hind the Whiskers and greeted him cheerfully, for he felt that he would fain know the Secret of True Happiness.
 "You have charming Joint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-10

lionaire, abut we never find it twice in the same Spot"
 MORAL: A Complete Change will always do one Good and some times do him to a Finish.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
HELP TO BETTER METHODS


Tho daily sources of the elements
of success are the places to look for
profitable originality.
II is the restudying of a subject
which brings out new thoughts having
qualities of a winning nature. Self
control. Independent good Judgment,
executive ability and good health are
cardinal forces worthy of attention.
The day is here when we must go into
all the world and collect better meth
DDS, more effective ideas and profit
able experiences for professional and
commercial workers.
Win the heart, and the eye will read
agate type. Study the peoples needs
and they will knock at your door. But
1t requires greater skill to successfully
handle the people than 1t does to in
terest them.
Who is greater than the individual
able and willing to speak to others to
their benefit and his profit? Put your
finger on some thought which you
have read, heard or created about
which you can say, THAT is worth
framing" and send 1t. What one per.
son will throw into the waste basket
another may hang on the wall or
paste in his note book and perhaps
put under a desk glass. We are not
all alike on details, but many Of us
are willing to vote in favor of correct
motive. a clear head, strong body
and a belief that 1t is not necessary
to be poor in order to be happy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
AN OLD TIMER.
Has Had Experiences.

A woman who has used Postum
Food Coffee since 1t came upon the
market eight years ago knows from
experience the necessity of using Pos
tum in place of coffee II one values
health and a steady brain.
She says: AT the time Postum was
first put on the market | was suffer
ing from nervous dyspepsia and my
physician had repeatedly told NE not
to use tea or coffee. Finally de-
cided to take his advice and try Pos
tum and got a sample and had it care
fully prepared. finding it delicious to
the taste. So continued its use and
very soon its beneficial effects con-
vinced me OF its value, for / got well
OF my nervousness and dyspepsia.
MY husband had been drinking cot.
fee all his life until ii had affected
his nerves terribly. | persuaded him
TO shift to Postum and II was easy to
get him to make the change for the
Postum Is so delicious. 1t certainly
worked wonders for him.
I'VE soon learned that Postum does
not exhilarate or depress and does
not stimulate. but steadily and hon.
estly strengthens the nerves and the
stomach. To make long story short
our entire family have now used Pos
tum for eight years with completely
satisfying results as shown in our
fine condition Of health, and we have
noticed rather unexpected improve
ment in brain and nerve power"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
Increased brain and nerve power al
ways follow the use of Postum In
place Of coffee. sometimes in a very
marked manner
Look in each package Tor a copy of
the famous little book. THE Road to
MELVILLE"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
EASY TO KEEP WELL
IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF.

Keeping well is mechanical. Eat
ing, working. sleeping. temperate en-
ioyments and becoming animated over
some useful subject cover the field.
1t is better to pay doctor to tell
you how to keep well than to treat
you after you are sick. But so few
do this the doctors hardly know what
to say when one tries the plan.
A suggestive fact is that woman
with continually poor health will take
a sick house plant and bring 1t up into
fourishing state, and a man who
never secs a well day will take sick
horse and cure him. This illustrates
the power of special knowledge APP
piled. But there are people with spe-
cial tendencies and inherited diseases.
who break all rules of treatment and
preventive science, though these ex-
ceptions are so few that no one need
place himself in the list till he has
tried a modern course of systematic
exercise with proper diet and right
remedies.
II took one doctor long time to
learn that bread with coffee or fruit
with bread did not agree with him.
He found that potato and fruit or
coffee went all right together. You
must know yourself and then do as
well as you know.
A Chicago doctor tells me that
sold salt water bath before breakfast
Is favorite with him. He thinks
more of soups than meats. Recently
radishes and lettuce gave him such
severe indigestion that 1t required
q milk diet for days to restore his
stomach. But for some people milk
Is almost poison. and for diet they
eat graham waters or dry toast.
Another doctor tells me he can eat
anything but liver and does not pay
much attention to himself except to
eat and sleep regularly He has nat
ural force, physical harmony, latent
energy, and lives healthily automat-
ically. II is just as important to have
little reserve strength as it Is to
have emergency money.
Some people seem to draw money
and health toward themselves con-
tinually. while others appear to
frighten these blessings off. There
are few general rules. Some really
need medicine often, but many will
never be healthy as long as they con-
tinue dosing. 1t surely requires a
clear head to decide for each case
Alright. Some are built to walk many
miles a day and some are always in
jured by common stroll. One man
told me that muscular exercise always
destroyed his appetite and that
couple hours work in his study made
him as hungry as bear.
Many eat too much. A few do not
eat nearly enough. Light foods and
no cold drinks for summer. Keep
away from very hot air II you are
going into very cold air winters. Be
extra careful about clothing during
spring and fall. Plain food gives
rich blood. Do not experiment with
your appetite. II you know by expert
ence useful information that would
add to this or have question you
would like answered send it on Eat
for strength. Speak for truth. Live
to spread good news.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

An embarrassing accident befell o
middle-aged lady of Joplin, Mo-, Will.
leaning from the window of railway
car. A fit of coughing caused her t.
lose her false teeth, while the train
ratified merrily on. She insisted tina,
the train be instantly stopped, ''foi
she was going on visit to her sister
who" she declared, would never
never recognize her withcft hel
teeth" The trainmen firmly informed
her that 1t would take more than FALSE
teeth to stop that train.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
The poctor,s Statements.

st. John. Kan, Nov. 16.--This town
has genuine sensation in the case OF
a little boy, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Mcbride. DIR. Lines, the at
tending physician, says:
Scarlet Fever of very malignant
type brought this child very near to
death and when the fever left him he
was semiparalyzed in the right leg
and right arm. He also lost hearing
IN his right ear, and his mind was
much affected.
His parents tried another treat
ment for time and when / was re-
called | found that he was having
spells very like Epilepsy and was very
bad and gradually growing worse.
advised the use Of Dodd's Kidney Pills
and in short time the child began to
improve. Inside of week the nerv-
Gus spasms or epileptic seizures
ceased altogether"
Mr. and Mrs. Mcbride have made a
sworn statement Of the facts and DR..
Jesse L. Lines has added his sworn
statement saying that Dodd's Kidney
Pills and nothing else cured the fits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
For Your Vacant rhine.

You may not ride on trains very
often-some do four to six times
day. You may not have lunch-some
try to eat lunch every day-some
others always have breakfast, dinner,
supper. But whoever you are, you
have minute day vacant time and
would like to be able to coax you to
devote that minute to studying with
me for better methods in commop
life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

Everybody knows the great value of this
remedy in the household, but everybody
docs not know that the limitations of it,
which some second class druggists dishon-
Crably palm OF on their customers, have
little or no value. What should be under
stood by the public Is, that 1t is not q mere
question OF comparative value between
"Vaseline" and the limitations, but that the
limitations do not effect the wonderful heal
Ing results of the world renowned Vase
line, ID that they are not .he same thing
nor made in the same way. Besides this,
many of the limitations are harmful irri-
tant and not safe to use, while true Vase
line is perfectly harmless.
Perfect safety therefore lies IN buying
only original bottles and other packages put
up by the Chesebrough Manufacturing Co,
Attention Is called TO their Capsicum Vase
line advertised in another column.
Farm laborers in Chile receive 15c
to 25c a day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
Thouahtful In,oxieations.

When saw porter push drunken
man out OF a building and into the
muddy gutter ! wondered what other
things than alcoholics people get in.
toxicated on. Useless ideas and fool
ish schemes rule in many heads. Past
error is good building material for
future use.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
Things Worth Re-readina.

A few years ago an Ohio newspaper
Of national fame had request for q
certain poem and readers were asked
for copy of it. A great many copies
were sent in and as remember it the
paper reprinted the poem the second
time on request of readers. 1t is per
sonally helpful to re-read useful ar
ticles.