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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

arts painting It's color Is black and It
has II the upper corners the letters ~. &.
These two stamps are all that were used
Until 1881, when letter postage wac reduced
70 cents and new series OF stamps OF
eleven different denominations was made.
These stamps all bear the busts Of Ameri-
can statesmen Four Of them contained
portraits Of Washington. The Scent stamp
was made after tue profile bust of Houdon.
The 10-cent stamp represents q three-quar.
ter face Of the Father Of Our Country,
after stuart's painting, mud the 24-cent
stamp a different view Of another of Stu
arts portraits The ninety-cent stamp also
bears portrait of Washington, taken from
Trumbull's painting and representing
TRANELIN'S BEST
There have been various portraits Of Ben.
iamin Franklin on different American
stamps. The most perfect Is that which
appears upon the tcopt stamp IA present
use 1t was designed under tho direction
of Postmaster General Cresweli. Il is after
the profile bust made by Rubricht.
The head ot Andrew Jackson appearing
upoD the obsolete eceut stamp Is per
feet portrait II was taken from the bust
executed by Hiram Powers Another. and,
perhaps. more accurate portrait of Wash
tngtuu. appears On the twenty groom
stamp Issued by the Confederate govern
ment during the civil war
The portraits 81 Washington, Jackson aud
Franklin have predominated iu he various
issues Of the United states stamps JACK
s0us head has invariably appeared upon the
cent stamp. TronkJu's portrait r. con-
nncd 20 the cent stamps. and that 81
Washington is on the different 3ceut
stamps, aud occasionally upon stamps OF
higher value The Gcent stomp Issued some
years ago for postage on letters 10 foreign
countries was originally printed IN blue
aud bore tho portrait Of Zachary Taylor
graph More recently The portrait w9s
changed To thar OF the late President Gar
held Tho GARFIELD portrait vas taken from
"a photograph which vas sent 20 the late
OCeen Victoria and which was approved
by Mrs GARFIELD Later a portrait Of L. s.
Grant appeared on our scent stamp
ICON tie 0-cent stamp printed IN red ink
appears bust 81 Abraham Lincoln. De
signed after o bust by Volk The T.cent
stamp. printed I'm vernllion. behra the por-
tratt Of Edwin NJ stanton, taken from q
photograph The io.cent stamp. printed IN
two colcrs brown and chocolate gives D
mir portrait o. Thomas Jefferson, which
Was drawn from life-size statue made nv
Hiram Powers On the 10 cent STAMP an
pears q bust OF Henry Clay, taken from q
bust By Hart The head Of Webster, print
Cd IN orange Ink, IS to be found on the Is
cent stamp, the prohle being desgn after
the CierenEer bust General Scott'e por.
trait on the 24-eent ttamp IL printed N
purple snd was designed after bust hJ
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

UUIILU0W WV "" "TF7E7
New York Sun.
The policemen 81 the Broadway squad
are lockiug fer blonde y1srg ~ssAn
Who hsa been huaeoinS them rhe squad.
% h known. guards the crossings On
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

The above map has been carefully com.
pied from United States documents by The
Peruna Medicine Company. OF Columbus,
ONO. The figures were taken from the
latest mortal statistics published by the
government aud entirely agree with the
arGhiycs kept at The Hartman Sanitarium
Inc hgures on each State represent the
total number Of deaths from catarrhal die.
eases during the last census year.
Tbs Is an appalling state Of Of.
fairs. Tbs nation hds got TO con.
front the fact f6ot cafGrrh haS be.
come national curse. Catarrhal
diseases threaten the life Of our
people. OHer ene.6oD of tie PEG.
pie suffer from some form or de.
gree Of cdtdrrb. Fully t6irtv.fiee
million people are personally inter-
eSfed in the diScoHerp Of radical
cdfGTr6 cure, Perund Is TIE main
expectation in thiS direction. Peru.
ma Is an internal, systemic cdtorTh
remedy. Its cures are SO PROMPT
and permanent t6nt II is attracting
porid Dide attention.
From Every State in the Union.
Letters testifyins to the fact that Peruna
Is radical cure for catarrb are constantly
pouring IN from every state Ia the Union.
thousands Of such letters are on tile in the
office of The Peruua Medicine Company.
The following letters. taken at random
from our tles give testimonial from each
State In the Union
OHIO. Congressman Irvine DUNCAN, II
Jackson, Ohio. says. ~ desire to jolu with
my many friends In recommending your in
valuable remedy, PoruH, to any Que In
uecd OF an iuyigoratinG tonic, and whose
system is run down by catarrhal trouble"
-~ Irvine DUNCAN.
NEW YORK Congressman y. F. WILDER
Of OneontA, ~ y. writes:
Gentlemen: Persuaded by friend,
have tried your romedy and ] have almost
fully recovered after the use of few bot
ties David L, WILDER.
Pennsylvania. EyConSressman A.
H. Coffroth Somerset Pa, writes: 81 am
satisfied that your Peruna is great ca
tarrb cure. and friends whom I know we'll
have used 1t With great benefit, a III
CoIroth
ILLINOIS. Hon. George w Smith. Muir.
physboro H., member Of congress. says:
81 have taken one bottle Of Peruua for my
e9tarrh and feel very much benefited -
q, W. Smith
NEW MEXICO. silas Hare. Of sherman,
Texas, ex.chlef justice 81 New Mexico,
writes ~ earnestly recommend your Pc
runa to all persons suffering With catarrb
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

Coffee. The head of Hamilton. printed In
black Oh aocent stamp, " after O bust
The portrait or bust If Commodore OILY or
II Perry. printed IN 3 bright cnrmiue. on
the 90-cent stamp, Is designed from wal.
colts statue
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11
HAWAIIAN arAMPs

accurate 40 the originals from which they
nrc taken.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
HAS A NEW THEORY.
Prof. Babcock Announces an Orig
inal Idea Regarding Atoms.
Experiments at University OF WIS.,
consin Lead Him to Believe
Weight of Bodies II ReIat-
ed to Atomic Energy.

Prof. Stephen M. Babcock, of the
chair of agricultural chemistry and the
inventor of the Babcock milk test, an-
bounced before meeting of the Uni
versity Science club, at Madison, Wis,
as result of 20 years of research, a
theory of atomic energy that is revolu-
tionary in the scientific world. In
brief, it is that the weight of any sub
stance is effected by the molecular
changes which it undergoes, or, as Prof.
Babcock stated the law, the weight of
body is inyersely proportional to its
inherent energy.
This, reduced to it's logical sequence,
practically overthrows the old atomic
theory and the theory of conservation
of matter, leading irresistibly to the
idea that all atoms are primarily iden-
teal and that the difference in the
weight of the different elements is due,
to the difference in their energy.
This theory, according to Prof. Bah
cock, would offer satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION of the law of gravitation, for.
the generally accepted scientific ex-
PLANTATION of ether as matter endowed
with infinite energy and having no
weight or high potential, and of the
heavenly bodies as low potention or
weight would account for the move
ment of our solar system on the law
of physics, that bodies of high poten-
tial move toward bodies of low poten-
tial.
Prof. Babcock was first led to under
take this investigation by noticing the
different results obtained in the atomic
weights of the same substances under
circumstances that were practically
similar.
His first strong evidence was gained
by weighing the same chemicals in
Theoretically sealed test tubes before
and after chemical reaction had been
obtained. The difference in weights
obtained through long series of ex.
periments, embracing total of many
years, could not be explained on any
existing scientific hypothesis.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
NEGRO NOT SOCIAL EQUAL. :
Booker t. Washington Declares That
His Race Does Not Seek Removal
of Race Distinctions.

Booker 7. Washington preached q
sermon against social equality in his
speech at the celebration of the
Hampton Normal and Industrial in
stitute at Fort Monroe, Va. 1t was
the first time in all his long career
as negro educator that he ever
made set speech on this line.
"The negro is seeking no social
equality" he declared. 1.-THE negro
is as proud of his own race as the
white man is of his. I believe it is
the duty of the white people to try
to get insight into the domestic,
business, moral and religious life Of
the negroes, and this they can do
without introducing the bugbear of
social equality.
81 believe the white people of this
country have about begun to realize
that they can't get rid of the negro.
The negro is not going to COLOMBO,
he is not going to Africa, he is not
going to die out, and you can't bury.
him. You have got him here and the
best thing you can do for him is to
make him a decent, self-respectipg,
honest American citizen"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
Save the Children.

Nfnety-nine of every one hundred
diseases that children have are.due to
disorders of the stomach, and these
disorders are all caused by indigestion
Kokol Dyspepsia Cure is just as coed
for children as it is for adults. Chill
drcn thrive on it. 1t keeps their little
Stomachs sweet and encourages their
growth and development. Mrs. Henry
Carter, 7c5 Central St Nashville, Ten.
says: My little boy iSnow three years
old and has been suffering from indi-
gestion ever since be was horn. I have
had the hest doctors in Nashville, but
failt to do him any good. After US
irg one bottle Of X dol he is vel,
babv. re commend it to all sufferers.
Ktdol dfgests what you eatand makes
the stomach sweet. Sold by Shuttle
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
FIND RELICS IN A TUNNEL.
Workmen at Chicago Discover CYL
inder Which Was Placed in
Water Bore in 1867.

Mayor Harrison will enrich the col
lection of the Chicago Historical soci-
ETY. with long list of old articles
which have lain for 36 years in the
bottom of one of the tunnels leading
to the Chicago avenue pumping sta
ton securely encased in a copper cyl
inder.
Among the things found are rec
ords of the department of public
works of dates before the Chicago
fire and now either not extant or ex-
cessively rare. Photographs in
wonderful state of preservation will
when remounted throw light on the
city's earlier history.
The first tunnel from the lake to
pumping station was from the two
mile crib to the Chicago avenue plant
begun in 1865 and finished March i,
1867, and was 10,567 feet long. At
the shaft from which work went on
on land there was run "blind lead"
so feet, which was walled off with
iron from the tunnel and left for pos
sible future use. It has now come
into use as part of system by which
water from the Carter H. Harrison
crib will be added to the Chicago ave-
nue. supply.
Workingmen entered the "blind
lead" from the end. They exhausted
the water and in the ooze near the
iron wall holding back the waters of
the tunnel they found the cylinder.
closed by an old hydrant cap.
They took the cylinder, which
measures IS inches in diameter, to
Chief Engineer William Burns, who
notified City Engineer Ericsson of the
discovery. Mr.. Ericsson and Assistant
Engineer John Spengler were at the
station.
Inside the pipe they found mass
of articles put in when the appendix
was cut off from the tunnel March
1, 1867. They dried them and took
them to the city hall, where Mayor
Harrison and Commissioner Block
inspected them with deep interest.
oh, Perish the Thought.
With horseless steeds and wireless wires
We prove this age hummer;
But terrible 'twould be to have
The summer-girlless summer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
FINEST TELESCOPE IN WORLD.
Instrument for Studying the sun,
Built for Smithsonian. Institution,
to Be Exhibited at st. Louis.

Prof. John A. Brashear, of ALLIE
gheny, announces that the astronom-
ical instrument just completed for the
Smithsonian institution, Washington,
d. c., will shortly be sent to St. Louis,
where the United States government
will have it mounted for exhibition a
the big fair. The instrument, which is
built on new basis Of construction,
is technically known as a coelostat.
1t is the largest and most perfect in
strument of it's kind ever constructed
and will be used primarily for the
study of solar phenomena, such as
sun storms, solar spectrum work, and
other phenomena.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

You will so Back ta the monastery :?
You will leave Graustark? For my
sake-for my sake?"
He hesitated and then surrendered,
his honor falling weak and faint by
the pathway of passion.
Yes" he cried hoarsely.
Tap! tap! tap. at the door. Lorry
took one look at the rapturous face and
released her.
"Come!" she called.
The door flew open, an attendant ga
luted, and in stepped-Gabriel!
ITO be continued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
Eat All You Want.

Persons troubled with indigestion or
Dyspepsia can eat all they want if
they will take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
This remedy prepares the stomach for
the reception, reten tioD, digestion and
assimilation of all of the wholesome
1000 that may be eaten, and enables
The digestive organa to transform the
same into the kind OF blood thatgives
health ana strength. Sold by Shut
tlewoTth Drug %.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

friend"
"After have gone twenty PAGES
down the hall do you rap on the door.
She may not admit you at first, but do
not give up. If she bid you enter or
asks your mission, enter quickly and
close the door, 1t is unlocked She
may swoon or scream, and you must
prevent either if possible. In an hour
shall return and you must so back to
the passage"
Never! have come to save her and
her country. and intend to do so by
surrendering myself this very night"
II had hoped to dissuade you. But,
sir, you cannot do so tonight. You for
get that this visit compromises her."
True. 1 had forgotten. Well, I'll
go back with you, but tomorrow 1 am
tour prisoner, not your friend"
'Be careful" cautioned the captain
rs he moved away. Lorry feverishly
tapped his knuckles on the panel of the
door and waited with motioniess heart
for the response. 1t came not, and he
raped harder, strange fear darting
into his mind.
"Well?" came from within, the voice
tie adored.
1mpetuous haste marked his next
movement. He dashed open the door,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
Dewitt Is the Name.

When you go to buy Witch Hazel
Salve look for the name DEWITT on
every bax. III, pure unadulterated
Witch Hazel is used in making De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which is
the best salvc in the world for cuts.
burns, bruises, bolts, eczema and piles.
The popularity of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salva, de to its many cures,
has caused numerous worthless coun.
terfeits to be placed on the market.
The genuine bears the name Of E. G.
Dewitt & Co., Chicago. Sold by
Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
FIND INDIAN BURIAL GROUND.
Laborers at Fort Riley, Kan, Dig I'm
Skeletons with Pottery and
Other ReNcs.

Laborers grading in the vicinity of
the new gun sheds at Fort Riley,
Kan, have unearthed over a dozen
skeletons, probably of Indians, and
many flint hatchets and spearheads,
oddly-shaped pieces of pottery, and
stones probably used for grinding
corn. The bones of the skeletons
are larger than those of the average
sized man. The relics are thought
to be at least 200 years old. 1t is be-
lieved that the spot was once bury
ing-ground.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
He Wa. Thorough, Aroused.

A man in an apparently moribund
condition was recently taken into
hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and
in order to revive him an electric
shock was administered. The results
were startling and unexpected. A
demoniac energy was instantaneous
ly infused. He sent the doctor
sprawling on the floor and flung d
couple of assistants out of the win
dow. Then he proceeded to wreck
the ward, while nurses ran away
shrieking and barricaded themselves.
He had done $500 worth of damage
before the police arrived.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
Low One Way colonist Rates

On sale via Chicago Great Western
Railway on the first and third Tues
days of each month to Sept, Is, 1903,
to points west and southwest. For
further information apply to any
Great Western agent, or ]. P. Elmer,
g. T. A., Chicago, III. sept. 1858
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

80 Courses CommonSchool, AGA
'demic, College, Normal, Book
keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting,
Music, Law, etc. Strictly first
class. Board, room and tuition,
$500 per term. We pay your car
fare up to loo miles see catalog.
We pay So a day for easy work at
your home. First term opens Aug.
18th. Catalog free.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

Burdnck Blood Bitters gives a man
a clear head, an active brain, Strong
vige rous body--makes him fit for the
battle of life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

Group instantly relieved. DIR. Thomas
Electric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never
fails. At any drug store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21

No such thing as Summer com.
plant" when DR.. Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry is kept handy. Ma
ture s remedy for every looseness of
the bowels.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-21
Harvest Labor Rates to Minnesota q
the Dakotas,

Low rates for parties Of five or more
via Chicago Great Western Rrilway.
tickets on sale daily to Aug. 3lst.
Liberal arrangements for return trip.
For full information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer
G. 2. A., Chicago, Ill. aug, 81
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
CLERK HUGHES IS
 ORDERED REMOVED Postmaster Buckley Notifies
 Him of Decision. WILL APPEAL THE CASE Cause of Removal Was Insubordina> ton, Inability to Work With Eel
 low Clerks on Account of vio-.
 lent Temper and Suspicion.

Montgomery, December 31.-(Special)- The long expected order for the removal of Egbert J. Hughes, money order clerk in the Montgomery postoffice, was serv- ed on him by Postmaster Buckley today, and Hughes vacated the office at the close of business. The order from the postoffice department at Washington was dated December IT, and has been in the hands of the postmaster since that time. He seems to have delayed it till the Christmas business was over, and then handed it to Hughes as nice little New Years gift. The order reads that Hughes is dismissed on the recommendation of Postmaster Buckley and Inspector Green away, and that the charges are "insub- ordination, not amenable to discipline, in ability to work with fellow clerks because of violent temper and suspicious nature" Hughes says he will promptly appeal his case to the civil service commission and demand a hearing.
 John Savage. register clerk, has been appointed to the vacancy. He was at one time cashier of the Western railway and is man of family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
Other News.

The committee of the Anniston city council and the Commercial club are in Portsmouth, Va, where they will meet Mir. Barr, vice-president and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line The committee Is composed of Mayor Hender- son and Councilmen McKleroy and Gar ner and Messrs w. w. Stringfellow, T. E. Kilby and w. H. Weatherly, from the Commercial club. It is the purpose of the gentlemen to secure the passage of the main line of the Seaboard through Anniston. They will probably invite MT. Barr to the city in order to show him the many advantages offered.
 Walter Poor, who is in the employ of the Woodstock Iron works at Rock Springs, was seriously injured at that place on Friday by the premature explo- sion of box of dynamite caps. An arm was fearfully lacerated and an amputa- ton of the hand was necessary. A. J, Poor of Coldwater his father, passed through Anniston on Saturday to visit the injured young man. He pronounced him as being dangerously hurt
 Mrs. Wesley Propes of Allsup died Sun day at 8 o'clock. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church. The leaves husband and two sons to mourn her death.
 w. T. Peace of Elk City, Okla, is vis- lung in this community. He left Anniston in 1871, and this is his first visit t. his old home. MT. Peace is one of the many who have prospered in the far west.
 Mrs. Charles Phillips died at her late home in Ward Five Sunday evening" She Is survived by husband and an infant child. The body was sent to her former home in Georgia yesterday where the in- terment took place.
 D. P. Cooper general manager of the Central Foundry company which has closed down for the holidays. says the company will resume operation tomorrow. It is the custom of this company to close down for several days during the holidays in order to give the employees rest and an opportunity to participate in the holi- day festivities. During the suspension of operation many improvements will be made In the plant and the machinery re- paired and put in good shape for the be- ginning of the new years work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
GUNNELLS MAY BE
 GIVEN A CHAIR
IT IS SAID PRESIDENT ABERcROM- BE IS CONSIDERING HIM FOR THE PRoFEssoRsHIP OF PEDA. GOGY.

Montgomery, December 31.-(Special)- )- The presence here of President Abercrom- tie of the State University has started talk about the vacancy in the professor ship of pedagogy caused by the death of Jacob Forney. The place is in the gift of the president the trustees having con- ferred on MT. Abercromble the power to choose his own faculty at the time of his election. It is said here that H. c. Gun nells, state superintendent of education, Is being considered by MT. Abercrombie for the place, and opinion Is to the effect that he is quite competent man. He and Abercrombie went to school together, subsequently, taught a school together, and when the latter came to the state superintendents place he promptly of fered the position of chief clerk to his old friend It Is, in short, believed here that if Gunnells wants the place at the university he can get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
NEGRO BOY GIVES
 OFFICERS THE SLIP Is Badly Wanted in BeSsemer
 for Many Thefts. PROVES HARD TO CATCH Was Discovered to Have Been on the Premises of Several Prominent
 Citizens, But Manages to Es-
 cape Just In Time. ss
PROVES HARD TO CATCH

Bessemer, December 3l.-(Special)-A young negro, apparently about fl years of age, is wanted for number of petty thefts in the resident part of town, and though the police and others have been on his track several times, he Is show ing himself to be clever at eluding cap ture. Yesterday he was seen and recog- nized as the party wanted on Arlington avenue, and the police chased him to Jonesboro, where he managed to get away. Today he was reported about the premises of Rush Randle MT. Lee, Wil- liam H H. Judson and pr. L. A. Spen- cer. trying in each instance to gain ad- mittance but when his actions began to arouse suspicion and an attempt was made to catch him, he ran to the woods and could not be found. The theft of a purse from Mrs. Rush Randle. jewelry from Mrs. Wiley IIill and many other depredations are laid at his door.
 Tomorrow morning at o'clock New Years prayer service will be held at the Presbyterian church, the Rev. MT. Craig officiating.
 Mrs. William 1T. II. Judson is i'll with fever.
 The Presbyterian Christmas entertain ment held at the church last night was attended by a large number of children, who thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. Dr. G. D. Waller officiated most successfully as Santa Claus
 Mrs. Amanda Wallace returned to Tus- caloosa yesterday after a pleasant visit to her son, T. B. Wallace.