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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
Atlantic Coast Line.
BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC R. R.

Schedule Effective November 9. 1sos. Read Down. Read Up. No l. No & No 2 No.k am. pm. am. pm s:35 6:0S Ar.....Pell City.....Lv 800 5:35 i0:O0 9:55 Ar. Birmingham. .Lv 6:l0 3:45 Trains run daily. Quleaest route be- tv cen Talladega. Birmingnam and west. ern points.
 Ship your freight via Birmingham ana Atlantic railroad.
 JF FLEETWOOD. c. P. & P. A John c. Soley. General Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30

Excellent fishing at East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30
GENERALLY FIRM BUT IS NOT ACTIVE
Covering Movement Lasts Dur
 ing Almost Entire Session
WALL STREET GOOD BUYER
Cotton Market Is Rather Quiet Dur Ing Day--New Crop Displays uP- ward Tendency, But There
 Is Little Realizing.

New York, July 2s.-The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 7 points to decline of point and after a little irregularity, during which prices showed rather a sagging tendency, ruled generally firm though not especially active, Soon after the call 1t developed that brokers usually supposed to operate eith- CT for the New Orleans bull contingent or for interests closely associated with this party had liberal support in orders for the new crop months, including October and December at around last nights figures. and, this in connection with the firm cables, soon started a covering movement which lasted during almost the. entire session. E Later the weather which had at first been considered favorable on account of the rains in the sections mentioned by the weekly weather bureau report of Tuesday also became a source of appre- hension, owing to the numerous telegrams received here from the south that the wet weather would delay maturity, pro- mote the growth of grass and revive ap- prehensions as to boil weeviL Wall street was good buyer, presumably for covering shorts, and toward the close a demand developed for August, which was also sup posed to be for short covering, and that option displayed firmness on surprisingly few transactions opening at 11,97, it was bid up to 12.3S; sold at that and the close was l2.37 bid, a net advance of 4S points. July was neglected. selling four or five times between 129o and 1900, closing at 1900 bid net gain of 25 points,
 The new crop displayed an upward ten- dency during the entire morning and in the last hour reached the highest point of the session with net advance of 15 and 25 points. Just before the close there was little realizing, however, and while the market was finally steady the new crop was slightly off from the best, being net to p points higher. Sales were esti- mated at 100000 bales.
 New York, July 29.-Cotton quiet; mid ding 1925, sales 26, stock 159,592.
 Total today at all seaports: Net 15O. exports to Great Britain Ss4 France =, continent -, stock 214,SS7.
 Consolidated at all seaports Net re: ceipts 10S1, Great Britain 300, France =, continent 1,497
 Total since September 1, at all seaports: : Net receipts 7691. 6SS; exports Great Brit ain 2,T1549, France 777,324, continent D. S10,54 Japan 1855 1s3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30

Local Cotton Market. Corrected Daily by w. D. Nesbitt Man aRer for lnman G Col
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-30

Schedule In Effect May 24, 1903. Trains leave Birmingham as follows: s:1O a. m-No 8e for AfIanta Waah
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
CAME NEAR DYING
From an Awful Skin Hnmor. Scratched till Blood Ran.
 Wasted to Skeleton.
CURED BYCUTicURk

When my little boy was about three months old his head broke out with a rash, which was very itchy and ran con- siderable watery fluid. We tried every thing we could, but he got worse all the time till it spread to his arms, legs, and then to his entire body, and he got so bad that he came near dying. The rash would itch so that he would scratch till the blood ran, and @ thin yellowish stuff would be all over his pillow in the morning. had to put mittens on his hands to keep him from tearing his skin around his wrists. He got so weak and run down that he took fainting spells like we would think him dying. He was almost skeleton and his little hands were thin like claws.
 sis' He was bad about eightmonths when we tried Cuticura Remedies. Ihadnot laid him down in his cradle in the day. time for long time. He had got 80 time. I washed him with Cuticura Soap and put on one application of Cuticura and he was so soothed that I put him in the cradle. You don't know how glad l felt when he felt better. It took one box of Cuticura Ointment, pretty near one cake of Cuticura Soap, and about half bottle of Cuticura Re- solvent to cure. I think our little boy would have died only for the Cuticura Remedies, and shall always remain firm friend of them."
 Mas. M. c. MAITLAND, " Jasper, Ontario.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
MOZART LODGE. N. E. o. P.
Many Visitors Present Last Night
 Fine Session Enjoyed.

Many Visitors Present Last Night
 Fine Session Enjoyed.
 One of the principal events in frater- nal circles last night was the visit paid Mozart lodge No. 19S, New England Or der of Protection, in Turn hall last might by representatives of a number of the other lodges in the state. Among those represented were Humboldt lodge No. 210, of Waterbury, Teutonia lodge No. 376, of Naugatuck, Schiller lodge No. S5S, of Bridgeport, and Beacon lodge No. 59, Centennial lodge No 93, Whitney lodge No. 319 and Lenox lodge No. S27, of this city.
 The initiatory degree team of Mozart lodge conducted the ceremonies of initi- ation on a number of candidates for the benefit of the visitors, and they were highly complimented at the close of the meeting. The work was in accord with the German ritual and was much en- |joyed by all present.
 At the conclusion of the business meeting a social session was held in both the lodge rooms and the room be- low, and a fine supper was served Speeches were made by a number of the prominent members Of the order, among them being J. W. Chapin, of the Su- preme lodge, J. w. Wooster, grand war den; Frederick D. Grinneli, grand sec- retary, and F. F. Andrew, of Ansonia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03

soft and squeezeable like the bulb of a camera, with this difference. If you squeeze the green fig very hard it will collapse most lamentably, while the camera bulb is more reasonable and will quickly resume it's Wonted form. Withal the green fig (green under stand, to differentiate it from the dried and pressed article; as a matter of fact the fruit when suitable to eat is ripe) is spongy and fabby.
 DO I like green figs? No. can't say I do. Some people say they have a taste to be acquired like olives, but I have been eating them eighteen years and haven't acquired the taste yet"- this from the Middletown fig grower. Many people are very fond of the fruit" continued MT. Barker. There is one Newport summer resident who drives down frequently and buys a quart. which he will eat before leaving the premises. Italians and Portuguese are of course delighted to get fresh figs. All the fruit that is overripe before I can get 1t to market I send to Fall River. where it readily fetches 25 cents a box. The sound fruit fetches 75 cents a quart box without any trouble. My crop is too large for local consumption and So I ship the surplus to New York. ]"
 Mir. Barker in the course of sum- mer season hears some amusing com- ments on the character of his figs. The other day Newport visitor, having at tempted to devour a fig and failed ex- pressed the opinion that the fruit might possibly be worth picking! Nearly everybody has an opinion to ex- press as to what the green fig tastes like. Thus recently a visitor of the male persuasion solemnly declared that the fruit resembled more nearly the watermelon than any other species. Another intelligent male thought that he detected the taste of the muskmelon; a third declared in favor of a re- semblance to the dark plum, while a fourth body admitted distant but al most undiscnvarabla kinshin to the taste of the fig of the market. MT. Barker enjoys listening to folks indi- vidual opinions on the question, and naturally he hears many, because the orchard Is center of attraction for curious society, as we'll as those inter- ested in fruit culture, and the owner is ever ready to show people about and explain the story of the green fig. h. deed the old farmer shares a weakness for which the residents of Middletown are famous--a desire to be hospitable
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03

And remarkably healthy orchard it appeared. The trees, averaging about eight feet in height, were well rounded and covered with profusion of leaves and unripe fruit and gave every out ward evidence Of thrift and entire satis- faction with the soil and climate of the island.
 ''It is getting little late in the season for figs" explained the proprietor of the interesting orchard Those tiny green figs you see in such great numbers are only about a quarter the size of fully matured fruit, but they will never ripen. They belong to the second crop. Now have never been able to reap second crop-cold weather comes too soon, and in order to save my trees before the late fruit has had chance to ripen I have to pull them up by the roots and pack them away down cellar. Other wise the cold would surely kill them.
 "But find that my fig trees will stand considerable cold. The early frosts do not fnjure them, and they have been out in a snowstorm. But the frosts put an end to whatever hope I may have of gathering second crop.''
 It strikes the vis'tor-and of late Mr. Barker's unusual enterprise has been sought by many visitors-funny to hear him speak so coolly of uprooting so many good sized trees and packing them away down cellar. One hardly imagines the cellar of the farmers cosy cottage big enough to hold the collec- tion. Yet MT. Barker says 1t is ample because the trees are not greedy for room.
 Afetr they have been a few weeks in the cellar they look dried and shrivelled and dead enough. Early in April the trees are set out, and in a very short space of time they take root and begin to flourish, just as if they had not been asleep in the dingy cellar of farm house all winter.
 The green figs-Mr. Barker calls them green to distinguish them from the dried, pressed and preserved fruit with which we are So fan1iiiar-are consid- cred by the rich society people of New port in the light of great delicacy. One reason for this is the variety of fruit-the Newport aristocracy loves, things that do not grow on every bush. Another reason is the excellence of the fruit itself. It Is really delicious, if you like it. Unlike the dried fruit as chalk is unlike cheese. the green fig has taste distinctly It's own. In ap- pearance it has about the shape of the pear and is of a dark brown hue. It is
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
HIGHLY HnNoRED.

Miss Nellie Corliss and Miss Phoebe Rising of Port Chester, N. Y., the for mer niece of MT. and Mrs William W. Pyle of 2t7 Kimberly avenue, have been guests of the latter for the past week. The young ladies were in at- tendance upon the sessions of the La dies auxiliary of the Spanish War Vet erans the first of the week. They were honored by being chosen members of the national organization and elected as delegates to attend the next annual session in St. Louis next year. Miss Corliss lost a brother, in the Philippines and a brother os Miss Rising was one of the Maine victims. The command of Spanish War Veterans in Port Chester is named after the late young MT. Ris- ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
TRADES COUNCIL MEETING,

At the meeting of the. New Haven Trades Council last night Walter W. Wood was elected to represent the local council in the coming meeting of the Connecticut Federation of Labor con- vention, which is to be held in the city of South Norwalk on October 13.
 A committee of seven was also ap- pointed to arrange for a children's car nival to be held in the city soon, the date and place to be determined later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
RHODE ISLAND FIGS.
MT. Barker Has an Orchard Full o Them.


 MT. Barker Has an Orchard Full of Them.
 If you have reputation for telling fairy tales and want to see that reputa- tion increase, just try to convince your friends that you have seen real figs grow in abundance on trees planted in Rhode Island soil. Yet you may be tell Ing the simple truth. James T. Barker, a well-known and prosperous tarmer of Middletown, on the Island of Rhode Island, has a fig orchard of some 200 trees, and to MT. Barker belongs the unique distinction of being the only fig farerm in this and, as far as he is aware in any other New England state. It must not be supposed that the Middle town man has undertaken the culture of the tropical fruit purely for pleasure and scientific study and experiment. He finds that the raising of green fruit pays, and pays handsomely. There is ready market for all the fruit his 200 trees are able to yield, and he gets good prices, too. s
 T don't know whether it's the climate or the soil that is peculiar in this section of the island" said MT. Barker to the writer the other day. five heard tell, of course, that the fruit could not grow in this part of the country, but you see 1t will grow and does grow, Why I've raised green figs for nearly eighteen years. and have never had any special trouble with the trees. How did I get my start?
 Well, the first fig tree on this place was set out by father. He got a slip from tree belonging to a Portsmouth man. The Portsmouth man in turn got his from a party over on the mainland who had imported fig tree. From that original slip this entire orchard has sprung
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
Peace an Coal Ffoids.

Indianapolis. Oct. 2.-John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, returned to headquarters to-day. 'The coal mining situation in this country, in our organization at least, is the most peaceful in its history he said. "Not in many years have three months passed with fewer disagreements and strikes. There are no strikes in any field that is organized"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
YALE TENNIS TEAM.

Has Been Selected for Contest October 6
 The tennis team to represent Yale in the intercollegiate meet to be held in Philadelphia October has been se- lected as follows: A. H. Lewis, 1904 captain; F. c. Colston 1904, F. H. Cole 1904. K. K. Behr 19Oss., and F. Clapp 1904. Behr is Sheffield freshman and is the interscholastic champion
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
NO RETURN IN "A YEARS,
Mrs. Maitland Writes, Feb. 24, 1903, That Cure Has Been
 Permanent.

"It affords me much pleasure to inform you that it is fourteen years since my boy was cured of the terrible skin disease from which he suffered. He has been permanently cured and is hearty and strong. I would highly rec ommend it to all others and I never let my house be without the Cuticura Soap and Ointment"
 Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Resolvent 50c Gin form of Chocolate Coated Fills 25c. per vial of co., Ointment, sOc Soap, 2Sc. DepotB: London, Charter house sq Paris, Rue de Ia Pas Boston, lS Columbus Ave Potter Drug Chemical Corp. Sole Proprietors.
 e1 Send for "How to Cure Every Hamour"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
100 MEMS SOCIETY.

The 100 Mems society of the Danish Brotherhood have completed arrange ments for the first ball of the season to be held in room 49 of the Insurance building on the evening of October 29. This dance is to be restricted to Danes
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03


 Bowie, he made another, and, when him, and explained the difference be- tween them, at the same time giving him his choice at the same price. Bow ie promptly selected Blacks pattern. Shortly after this Bow.e became in- volved in a difficulty with three despe- radoes, who assaulted him with knives. He killed them all with the knife Black had made. After this, when any one ordered a knife from Black, instead of furnishing a pattern, as formerly, he would order it to be made like Bowie's, which was finally shortened into make me Bowie knife" Thus this famous weapon acquired it's name. Bowie him. self was not a mechanic of any kind. He was killed in the Alamo with Dave Crockett, surrounded by dead Mexicans, whom he had killed with that same knife.
 Other men made knives in those days, and they are still being made, but no one has made the Bowie knife" except James Black. Its chiefest value was in its temper. Black undoubtedly pos- sessed the Damascus secret. It came to him mysteriously. and it died in the same way. as will presently show. He often told me that no one taught him the secret. and that it was impos- sible for him to tell how he acquired it. His apprenticeship only gave him ex- perience in plating iron and steel, not in working in them. Large offers were made, to him for the secret. but he re- fused them all. He was stealthi1y watched. in order that his processes might be discovered, but his reputation for courage was such that no one ap- preached him too closely after being once warned to desist.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03
Sheriff's Sale.
(Under Special Execution.)

BY virtue and authority of special exc
cution in attachment, Issued from the Office of
the CLERK of the Circuit Court of Monroe Coun-
ty, Missouri, sgapst the hereinafter described
real estate, returnabe at the December Term
1908, of said Court ind to ne direct
cd and delivered, in favor of Isaac
MSIptire and against W. W. Nilcoxen
l have LEVIED upon ard seized all the right tit
lie. interest and claims of the said W W
WilcoXen Of in and to he following described
re al state, to-wlt: -Four az acres in the South
Fast corner OF that part of the South East fourth
Of the N. W. quarter OF Section II irtcon 90, in
Township Fitty-six co. of Rarge Eight (S), in
MCrTCe Com ty, Missouri, lying north Of The
Tight-Of-way of the Chicago Buriil gtcn and
Quincy, formerly the hannibal d St. Joseph
Railroad, and bounced on the east by West
EoGder sire ct of Monroe City, on the South by
said right-of-way'snd on the West and North
by the land of d. A. Ball and being the four
Cd acres formerly owned by John " Wilcoxen.
Also One Hundred eco feet off the West end
of Block ThiTty-eight (3S) and a uact One Hun
dTed AGO. feet, more o. less east ard west, and
One Hundred and Forty $50 Tset, more or
less north and south in the Southwest corner
of Block Thirty mine 1897, bounded on the
North and Fast by St. Jude's cemetery; ON the
South, by Winter Street; and on the West, by
West Border Street.
Also strip of land Thirty (sO) feet wide, i'm
mediately adjoining and extending clear across
the West end of said Block Thirty eight (Ss)
Said described Blocks being in the Original
Town of Monroe. And all being in Monroe
County, Missouri. And will on
Monday, The l4th Day of December,
A. D., 1903, between the hours OF nine O'Clock
a. m. a nd five O'Clock p. M of that day, at the
west fIost door of the Courthouse in the city o,
Paris in the county of Monroe aforesaid, sell
the same or so much thereof as may be requir
ed at public vendue to the highest bidder for
cash in hand subject to all prior liens and
judgments to satisfy said execution and costs
JOHN W. BURTON,
Sheriff Monroe County, Mo-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03
Proves She Is Rich Mans
Widow.

Des MONIES, IA, Dec. l.
Pretty, Youthful Lily Bowen of
Chicago, who startled Des
M oines society by claiming to
be the widow of the late Alder
man j. E. Pagan, has esta blish-
ed her claim and will inherit
the entire estate amounting to
100000
The eX-Alderman, who was
extremely pious and bore his
sky odd years with dignity,
was supposed TO be not only a
bachelor, but a confirmed wo
mau hater. MISS Bowen show
that she was secretly married
to Inn five years ago and act
ualty lived with him at fash
iunaole Des Moines boarding
house.
She alleges that he was jeal-
Gus, morbid, stingy and cruel,
his brutality resulting in her
leaving him and returning to
her home in Chicago.
He went to South Dakota and
O btained a divorce. She attack
ed the validity of the divorce
and proved that Pagan had
twice certified on oath at nun
icipal elections here that his
residence covering that period
had been continuously in De-
Moines.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03
Thanksgiving Ball.

The ball at the Opera House
last Thursday night was one of
the most perfect and delightful
social functions ever given in
the Queen of the Prairies.
Lovely women exquisitely
gowned was worth going miles
to see and the young men were
the hcwer of Missouri's frui-
ton. One glance and the
thought comes. they and their
beautiful friends are Of Missouri
and one would have to go a
long ways Ito be shown" more
pl leasing sight.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03

less one of the natural results
of the standin insult offered by
royalty to the rest of mankind.
According to the modest theory
aud Practice of the ruling caste
marriage with anybody out
side the circle is as degrading
as miscegnation appears in
American eyes. 1t is a solemn
thought that no son of Kaiser
Wilhelm, for example, could
taYe an American girl to wife
without exciting in other royal
bre SITS much the same seuti-
ments as would rage there were
he to chose a Hottentot or
a leper. When democracy ad.
vances far enough to make it
seem reasonable and decent for
Princes aud Princesses to mar
nv for love like other people,
the sensibiIties of the cOnven
tionally great will suffer fewer
OF the kind Of shocks that reck-
Alice of Schoenberg-W Walden
has given them.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03
CONGRESSMAN FEAR
A POSTAL INQUIRY.

Washington, Dec. 1. - Con-
gresslonal investigation Of the
post Office scandal seems I'M
likely for the sad, but sufficient
reason, that many congressman
are Involved il it.
Mr.. Cowherd of Missouri tried
to bring about an investigation
last winter, but found so many
of his fellow members kne e
deep in the affair that few
would aid him. He had to
abandon the idea, although he
urged Republicans to inaugurate
the investigation and take all
the glory.
Gen. Bristow's report shows
the probable reasons for this
backwardness.
Representative Livingston, a
Democrat, mas in his district a
town called Conyers. 1t was
entitled to and enjoyed the ser
wees of a clerk al $40 a year.
Bus ness developed until the
office was entitled TO a $3.50
clerk, but for sufficient reasons,
the department only allowed
500. Livingston called on
Beavers and the salary was in
creased to 1920. Livingston
recommended a clerk who was
appointed. Immediately - or
very soon thereafter-the clerk
was transferred and the salary
of the old job was reduced to
800
In another case, thanks to the
postmaster at Port Deposit, Md
the government did not.lose any
money. The congressman in
volved was Albert A. Blankeny
Republican; the postmaster had
an allowance of $50 per annum
for separating purposes. Blan-
keny asked that Ion account of
increased business the allow
ance be made $500 and that
Ethel w. Colvin be designated
clerk at that salary. Beavers
made the authorization,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-03

Still another Princess has
Mortified Europe by throwing
away rank and reputation for
the sake OF freedom. Alice,
wife of Prince Frederick of
Schoenberg Waldenburg, n d
daughter of Don Carlos, the
Spanish Pretender, has bolted
with her coachmsn. tits ter
rible, of course, but neNerthe.