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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
MERCER CASE WILL NOW
 GOTOU.S. SUPREME COURT

matter of form, the duties of the judge being to see that the papers are properly executed and bond given in legal form
 The permission to appeal having been obtained, the defendants will at once file it with the clerk of the Supreme court and apply for a date for the hearing of arguments which will be set by the court. No testimony will be taken, the records of the Circuit court sufficing for purposes of this nature All that will be done will be the presentation of arguments by coun- sel representing both sides and the case will then rest with the court for de- eision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Famous Church Founder Dead.

Kansas City, Mo, April 1o.-The Rev. Augustus E. Gottschall. a we'll known Methodist preacher in Mississippi and Louisiana before and during the civil war, Is dead at his home. He founded many churches In the south, was active in hos pital camps during the war and rendered service in five yellow fever epidemics, the last at New Orleans In 1898. He leaves a daughter In New Orleans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Douglass VIII Succeed Fisher,

London, April 1O.-Arthur Ralph Doug las, liberal unionist member of parlia- ment for Durham, and second son of the Earl of Minte. will succeed William Hays Fisher. M P, as financial secretary Of the treasury. MT. Fisher announces his resignation in the house on April T, as result of his connection as director with financial syndicate, the affairs of which are now before the courts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
OPPOSE HIGH FREIGHT RATES.
Georgia sawmll Association VIII En.
 Join Roads From Raising Prices.

Atlanta Ga, April 1o-It Is reported that the Georgia sawmill association will file suit in the United States Circuit court for an injunction restraining the Southeastern Freight association and the various lumber-carrying railroads in the south from raising the freight rate two cents per 100 on lumber shipments to the west.
 Representatives of the 150 concerns in Georgia Florida and South Carolina, com posing the Georgia Sawmill association tonight decided to fight the proposed rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Why suffer with the heat when you can buy an electric fan at factory prices. Bir- mingham Railway, Light & Power Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Seventh Avenues Min.

The Seventh Avenue Baseball team de- feated the Jonesville team by the score of IS to yesterday morning Batteries: Seventh Avenue, Parker and Cobb and McKenney; Jonesville. Welch and Wal pole. The feature of the game was the pitching of Parker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Vehicle Makers Meet.

Richmond, Va. April 1o-The convention of the Southern Vehicle association to- day elected the following officers: Presi- dent, R. s. Barbour; first vice president, w. H. Bowe; second vice president. D. B. Hughes; third vice president, w. T. Jones; secretary, Charles P. Henderson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Tanners Return to Work.

Chicago. April 1o.-rhree thousand tam ners and curriers' returned to work to- day, ending strike of several weeks, the settlement marking the nrst victory for the Chicago Employers association since 1t made rule not to grant absolute union recognition to any labor organiza- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Negro Woman Arrested.

Mary Thomas, a negro woman, was yes terday bound over to the criminal court on a charge of grand larceny. and her bond was set at $500. She was accused of stealing $40 from man. She failed to make bond and was sent to the county tail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Miners Board Adjourns.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 1O.-The na- tional executive board of the United Mine Workers of America finished it's business today and adjourned. President Mitchell will leave for Chicago tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
r. D. Edwards.

The remains of T. D. Edwards. who died Thursday night at his residence. 1112 North Twenty-third streeet. were sent to Jackson, Miss, yesterday. The de- ceased was 79 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
Yellow Fever Increasing.

Merida, Yucatan, April 1o-The number of cases of yellow fever is increasing here and the disease Is unusually fatal. A number of foreign residents in the city are preparing to leave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
ONE FARE RATE
To Anniston, Ala, and Return Vi;
 Southern Railway.

Account Anniston Chatauqua assembly Southern railway will sell round-trip tick cts to Anniston April IS to 24, inclusive; final limit April 26 loud, at rate of one fare. Four trains daily each way. J, c. LUSK
 4-1o-26t District Passenger Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. Mary N. Gardner

Mrs. Mary N. Gardner. aged 37 years, widow, died yesterday at 519M South Twentieth street. The remains will be sent to Cassville, Ga., this morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
ECZEMA. NO CURE. NO PAY.

Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ring worm, Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores Pim- ples and Blackheads on the face. and all skin diseases 50 cents. 10-25-1y-sat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
SPECIAL TRAINS
To Florida on Southern Discontinued

To Florida on Southern Discontinued. Effective April ?. the Chicago and Flor
 ida special running between Chicago and | St. Augustine Fla, will be discontinued. Effective April IA, Florida limited trains | Nos. 1s and IA will be discontinued be- tween Jacksonville and St. Augustine. J. c. LUSK, District Passenger Agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Only one store for sale on End Avenue between 18th and 21st Streets. w. B. Leedy & Co, have exclusive control of that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Money to loan on real es. tate from $5OO to $25O, 900, at low rates of interest No delays. Steiner Brothers, Bankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Artesian Lithia Water served on tables in Hillman Cafe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Alabama Brewing Go.
 Bohemian Beer. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

"A 40 CENT Peqess' Peft's fine Hu.,. sta. tionery. as a special inducement to the ladies. only 15c. Roberts 6 Son (Inc.) 1912 3rd Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
TEST

IkTCcT colored maps of Birming- LA LOI ham, showing blocks, lot numbers, wards, precincts, car lines and railways; city limits and suburbs: : prices 25c and 500 per map. Roberts & Son, 1912 3rd Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
ANCHOR LINE
GIasnOw yiaLOndOnderry

Superior ACCOMMODATIONS at lowest rates
 for all classes of passengers. For rates books of information for pas- sengers and new illustrated book of tours. Apply to HENDERSON BROTHERS, Gen. Agents, r and 19 B'way New York. or JACK w. JOHNSON. Agt Union Depot, or HARRISON HOUPT. Ill 18th street
 Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-11

Strawberry ice cream. Easonville Creamery.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
SemethlnE New in slIllards.

The way in which billiard playing is simplified by the device of a Munich professor has astonished those who have witnessed the test. The sides of an ordinary billiard ta- ble are provided with six mirrors, one or more of which can be turned down when play is made, and the advantage rests in the fact that any image is reflected in the same angle in which it falls on the mirror, just as the billiard ball rebounds from the cushion in the same angle as that of striking, The mirror shows at once the different ways in which a shot can be made. Even the tyro is said to make difficult indirect shots as direct ones, and the intricacies of the game are quickly conquered by anybody.-American Inventor.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
THE "ToUcHo ARTISTIC.
Thief Takes Pride i'm Going Through Somebody's Pockets in Delft
 Manner.

We cut society. too much on tho square. Perpendicular and horizon tai lines do not make the only intel ligent division, says a writer in Me- Clure's. The relationship of Raphael with a picl<pocket I talked to once is more intimate essentially than it is with some makers of 'pictures'' and holders of "statuary." The thief had been arrested because, having obtained permission to live in New York provided he did not work there, he was caught stealing watch.
 "Why did you do it?" I asked him.
 "Well, I'll tell you,' he said. 1T simply couldn't help it. I'm no klep- tomaniac. It isn't the stealing I like, but the fun of doing a hard job pret- tily. This is the second turn I've made. The first was like this: I saw rich, fat man in & crowd, and I noticed that his watch was hung in new way hard to break. My fin- gers itched, not for the watch, but to break it off. I moved up, lifted the watch, walked away with it and then went back and hung the thing on the chain again. This second time some thing like that. I saw 8 delicate job, tried it, got the watch, and just then the fellow happened to look for the time. He 'hollered,' and a detective nearby pinched me. I don't think I'm what you'd call natural thief, but like to work with my fingers, and I like the excitement of stealing"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Fogs Prevent Disease.

It is rarely that suspended matter in the air or water fails at length to sub- side, but the process may be slow or it may be rapid. Tn either case, the act of subsistence effects purification The condition of city streets after a persistent dense fog is well known the pavements are covered with greasy grime, the impurities of the air, oily soot and tarry bituminous particles combining to make slippery pasty mass. This mass possesses re- markable and objectionable bacteriol- ogy, as we'll as chemistry, which, dur ing the existence of the fog, belonged to the air. Tn this manner fog may exercise distinctly purifying effect upon the air. A fine rain produces g similar result, and when the shower is ended the air is freshened and clean.-- London Lancet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
INNOVATIONS ON THE FARM.
Rural Malls. Telephones and Up-to- Date Ideas Change COndi-,
 tiOns Materially.

The prairie west is more progress sive than most people believe. It takes up the new ideas quickly and pushes them to the limit. In rural delivery the states of Kansas and Nebraska are IS progressive as Ohio. Out on the plains, 20 miles and more west of Kansas City and Omaha, are the rural wagons making their daily trips. The towns are mostly on the railroads running east and west, says Leslie's Weekly. Most of the rural routes run north and south, and each covers approximately 50 miles in the round trip, serving 100 fami- lies. Out on the edge of Kansas, close to the Oklahoma line, where only a few years ago it was cattle range, are the white wagons. From the little town of Caldwell go seven wagons, serving TOO families. Out on the ranches, where the cowboys are watching the improved herds, the morning Kansas City papers with the full Associated Press news up to ? o'clock. in the morning are delivered at 10 a. m. Every event of importance in the worlds history of the last 24 hours is thus known. Fast mall trains have brought the papers to the county seat and the carriers started about eight a. m. on their trips.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Bad Accident at Aaueduct.

NEW YORK, April 24.-A bad acci- dent occurred in the running of the fifth race at AQueduct when Redfern's mount Alado bolted at the head of the stretch to the outside fence and ,dived under the railing. Redfern escaped with q broken collar bone. The horse broke his neck and died instantly. P. H. McCarren's Potente won the Flush ing stakes easily from Ethics Sac charometer, with 1o1 pounds on his back, smashed the track record for five and a half furlcngs by covering 1t in TOT fiat, which is one-fifth of second better than the record made by Kit taning last year.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
naa nnck I'd Praiae chiIdren.

In many continental European communities it is considered bad luck to praise the beauty of child. The stranger does not win gratitude but the reverse by saying: What a pretty baby!" Even the most low ing mother may under the circum- stances respond by scowling and calling the child brat. In Japan a similar feeling survives in a rule of poHteness. It is not seemly to refer to one's possessions or family in terms complimentary. "My disgrace fully squalid home" "my stupid son. are expressions more polite to native than to foreign ears.--N. Y. World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
THE ENVY OF OUTSIDERS.
Many Who Cannot Force an Entrance Into Society Resort to Abuse of 1t.

The abuse of society is a favorite occupation with most people who cannot force an entrance into it. 1t Is not even new. Cynics and satirists, preachers and writers have waged war on social amenities all down the ages, writes "A Countess" in the London Outlook. We know how Dan iel denounced the Babylonian court and how Horace revealed the profii- gacy of Augustan Rome. Every lead CT of a regenerating movement, whether it be St. Bernard exhorting to crusades, St. Francis teaching Utopian poverty or John Knox preaching reformation, has de- nounced the easy morals and the cas- fer standard of the toleration of cur rent society. The reformers of every age denounce their own contempor- aries in accents of varying degrees of violence. Rosseau and Voltaire poured out diatribes from different points of view against the frivolous society which was cut off so abruptly by the guillotine, but their denuncia- tions fell on deaf ears. Nobody" said Talleyrand, 'could have any, con ception of how pleasant society could be who had not lived before the French revolution" To reform those who will not be reformed is difficult. The grandmother of Ambrosine hold ing a scented pocket handkerchief to her nose to keep off thetodor of the crowd as she tripped to the guillotine and Mary, Queen of Scots, yawning in the face of Knox, exactly typify the attitude of all ages toward the Jeremiahs hammering at the portals of society.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Fore and Aft wen the perby.

Y NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 24.-- Eight thousand people saw Fore and Aft, by George Kinney Topsail, win the Cumberland Derby, one and one eighth miles, at Cumberland park from Barca in 1:55&. John J. Greener's Postmaster Wright, after leading into the stretch, finished third The race was worth $3,060 to the winner and was g fine contest. The Tennessee Breeders association opened its tenth annual spring meeting under most suspicious conditions. The weather was fair and bracing and the track in prime condition. The Derby was the fourth event on the card, and five can- didates accepted the issue.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
MEN INFERIOR TO CATS.
Several Points in Which the Feline Has the Advantage OverAthe
 Human Species.

There are several points in which man is inferior to the cat. The cat, for one thing, has no vermiform ap- pendix, and consequently never suf- fers from appendicitis. Furthermore, while man has chosen to be a noc- turnal as we'll as a diurnal creature he has only thea .diurnal vision;i whereasfSl the eab, d e8otinss tits days to civilization and its nights to barbar- ism," can see in the dark as well as in the light, having a patent adjusta- ble eye, says the New York Mail and Express.
 She possesses nine lives and all of them have to be taken in order to get rid of the cat. If the red slayer thinks he stays he knows not well the subtle ways in which this admir- able certure passes. turns and brings forward her successtye entities for obIiteratio on Drowned ..the pond she returns to the woodshed or the kitchen door, requiring to be shot. Shot, she comes back to be asphyx- lated. Smothered by the fumes of chloroform, she revives and calls for prussia acid She is walking, liv- ing, breathing, vociferating exempli- fication of the principle of metemP- sychosis. Her reincarnations in one brief period outrival those to which man is condemned by the Hindoo theology in hundreds of years and her avatars outnumber Buddha's.
 It is no wonder that the Egyptians worshiped the eat. She has been able to get hold of some principle which man, the boaster, who vaunteth him self almost god, is denied.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
snientiflc stndx of weuIa.

A division of hydrology has been or ganized in the hydrographic branch of the United. States geologicalsurvey. A special feature of its work will be the study of wells and of water-bearing strata in the earth's crust. All prob lems relating to underground water will be within the scope of the new division. Not only the western states and territories, where irrigation isre- quired are to be included in the field of active work, but in every state of the union special studies willbe made and trustworthy information col lected.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
ReauIta n+ I..xe.,a.

CHICAGO, April 24-Owenton, the favorite, heavily backed, won. the fourth race, the feature event at Lake side, in gallop. Antonius was second, a dozen lengths in front of Rankin. Automaton, the favorite in the third race, was defeated by nose, the win ner being Mino, newcomer from Cal ifornia. It was struggle between the two from flag fall to finish,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Horse Ixilled; Jockey Hurt.

X BALTIMORE, April 24.-Joe Letter the winner of the two steeple chase features at the late Bennings meeting owned by Dion K. Kerr of Washing. ton, was killed yesterday in the Car. rollton cup race at Pimlico. He had run the short course, but stumbled and fell as he entered the stretch His in. juries were such that the horse had to be killed. A. R. H. Ramson, IT., of Catonsville, the owner and rider of 0gress in the same race, was thrown and had his collar bone broken. He is in one of the city hospitals under treat ment. Three favorites won in the Ave races on the card.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
THE DIAMOND.
City Amateur League Secures
 Control of Driving Park.

All Arrangements Made With T. II.
 Hayes For All Saturdays and Holi-
 days-Players in the League Who
 Are Paid Outside the League For
 Other Games Will All Be Suspend
 ed-Results of Games in All Leagues.
 The City Amateur league will have full control of the Driving park grounds on all Saturdays and holidays this year. The deal was closed yesterday after noon between T. H, Hayes, represent ing the Driving Park association, and the president of the City league. It is the intention of the league to bring teams here from other cities and par ticularly to arrange small schedule between Meriden and Bridgeport City leagues. On all the holidays special games will be arranged and both fore noon and afternoon contests will be held. The league this year expects to present to Waterbury some fast base ball, and there is no doubt but that the public will be better satisfied with the games played by the league than they were with the majority of the profes- sional games that were dished up to 7 them during the past few years.
 ! The regular league season will open jon the first Sunday in May, and when the Saturday half holidays start in the factories there will be games on every Saturday. On Decoration day, May 30, there will be special game arranged, probably with an out of town team. Arrangements are now under way whereby special trains will run to the Driving park on all Saturdays and per haps on Sunday The bridge will be built across the river just as it was be- fore. The grounds will be newly arr ranged and a regular ball grounds laid out. The buses and automobiles will be chartered on those days for special service and thousands of people can be carried to and from the field by the trains, buses and autos.
 Another important matter Tn connec- tEion with the league this season will he the fact that all players suspected iof receiving money for playing base ] ball. whether in the league or outside the league will be given a hearing, and if any such are found they will be sus- pended from the league. If managers persist in playing any suspended play CT all games will be declared forfeited in which those players participate, and if the managers still persist their teams will be dropped from the league and others substituted. The City league can afford to do this this sea- son. as the only grounds suitable for playing purposes, where admission can he charged, is now in the possession of the league. The games will be dis tinctly amateur, and whatever is made at the end of the season will be di vided equally between the teams.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
PETE GOLDEN WINS.

The Old Veteran Finished First in a
 Twenty-Five Mile Race.
 Shenandoah, Pa, April 24.--A twen- ty-five mile foot running race between Peter Golden of New York and Martin Fahey of Shenandoah took place at Mahanoy City park yesterday after noon The race was run on quarter of a mile track and Golden was three laps in the lead at the finish. The odds were on Fahey4 when the race commenced and Golden's followers cleared up lot of money. The race was for a $200 stake and the gate re- ,ceipts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
up-to-Dats courtlnr

'"Thsn you will he mine?"
 "All yours!" "Oh, joyi"
 "Oh rapture!" (They eu,brace.) "It's getting late. dear: ono more kiss. and then good-by. My husband doesn't permit my callers to stay after ten. and besides must put the chiL- Slren to bed"
 "Rut our wedding will be Soon?"
 ''Yes. love. if our divorees do n ot fla Sh in the pan Good night. Give my love to your wife."-Houston (Tex Post
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
T "a fs IsY sIe ' gI rf8
 Perpetual Motion.

"Well,'' r said the president of the South American republic, 'has the revolution been suppressed ?''
 Yesterdays has," replied the sec retary of war, "but the nine o'clock revolution of this morning is still on. We've captured one of the revolu- tionists, but the other is still at large. ge."-Philadelphia Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Ar4omatic nnby-Ten q ar.

A Swiss mechanic claims to have in- vented an automatic baby nurse. The apparatus is attached to cradle. If the baby cries airwaves cause special ly arranged wires to operate aphono- graph which sings a lullaby, while sim ultaneously clockwork is released and rocks the cradle. When the crying stops the cradle stops rocking.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24

Manager P. l.. Shea has received & communication from Waterbury asking for game with the local team by the strikers of that city. The strikers team is composed of the striking trol- leymen of the Brass city. and William J. Murphy, the manager writes that they can play good ball. MT Shea is obliged to decline the game, as he has no available date.-New London Day.
 The consolidated team under the management of Charles Brennan may merge into the Scorchers, the recently organized social club. It is understood that Manager Brennan will pay all his players this season in whatever games they participate and as this will bar all players In the City Amateur league, as we'll as the other amateur leagues, the professionals in the city will have to be engaged. A good team can be made up, however. of players who do not play with any of the amateur leagues, and in all probability this will be done. r.,.# -@
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
Michael naa1x Hurt.

BERLIN, April 24.-Jimmie Michael, the famous Welsh bicycle champion, may die as the result of fall while training in Friedenau, suburb of Der lin. While he was making terrific speed tire burst, and he was hurled a great distance, landing on his head. He is suffering from concussion of the brain.