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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
Rirminaham,s Ruildinos.

Prospective builders should be careful in selecting their material if they intend to erect structure in Birmingham" said local contractor. Especially does this advice apply in the case of stone Light grey stone should never be used if the owner wants him home, public building or business block to retain It's new ap- pearance for any length of time. Strangers have frequently noted the dingy exterior of some of our buildings even when they are comparatively new. A case in point is the Hotel Hilman. As you know, it's trimmings consist of light grey stone. All though the Hillman has been completed but two years. it looks much older. This is because so much of Brmingham's dirt has settled upon it and darkened the stone. The city hall just opposite looks much newer because it Is constructed of darker stone but it would look even fresher if in some other town than Bir- mingham. Soot. smoke and dust will quickly metamorphose new building into an old one, but there is no necessity for facilitating this change by the use of light colored stone.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
THE LOST CHORD.

By Adelaide Procter. Seated one day at the organ.
 I was weary and i'll at ease, And my fingers wandered idly
 Over the noisy keys. do not know what I was playing, Or what l was dreaming then; But 1 struck one chord of music Like the sound of great Amen. It flooded the crimson twilight
 Like the close of an angels psalm, And it lay on my fevered spirit
 With a touch of infinite calm. It quieted pain and sorrow,
 Like love overcoming strife: It seemed the harmonious echo
 From our discordant life. It linked all perplexed meanings Into one perfect peace And trembled away into silence. As if 1t were loath to cease. have sought. but I seek 1t vainly, That one lost chord divine, That came from the soul of the organ And entered into mine. It may be that Deaths bright angel Will speak in that chord again, : It may be that onlN in heaven l shall hear that grand Amen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 No man is tall enough to be above neighborly criticism.
 Successful borrowers always get credit for their efforts.
 A woman could keep secret if there were no one to tell 1t to-
 The more some men talk the more trou- ble they pile up for themselves.
 No, Cordelia, gastronomy has nothing to do with regulating the price of gas.
 Many a man is forced to play the game of life who doesn't hold a single trump. You may tip the soda clerk wink. but you can't tip the Pullman porter that way
 It is folly to marry a grass widow for the purpose of having your grave kept green.
 If you don't pay for your milk promptly the milkman naturally supposes you want 1t chalked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
The Circus.

The Circus.
 '"rhe circus has not yet departed from Birmingham. but all the cars are loaded and ready to leave as soon as midnight arrives said a railroad man yesterday.
 The show Is billed for Atlanta tomor- row, but the laws of Georgia forbid freight trains to run in that state on Sunday, and hence the delay. Children have not yet stopped talking about the wonderful parade that never came. and now that the Wallace shows are to ap- pear here November many people are speculating whether the Barnum X Bailey incident will be repeated. Posters confi- dently announce that there will be grand free street parade at Il q. m., but tax of $50o might cause a change of plans. If this circus pitches it's tents within the city limits, thus affordng legitimate right for taxation, the pa- rade will probably be exempt, and in that case the children will not be disappointed. When it is so easy to have the crowds and escape taxes also by staying out of the city it is hardly probable that a per formanee will be given inside the corpor- ate limits.
 One thing I have noticed about circus parades is that they are seldom given on scheduled time, and delay of two hours is always counted on by spectators. -sn amusing instance of this belief was given Saturday. After waiting several hours a great many strangers were confident that 1t was only the usual delay. Even after the circus people had been given a mar gin of three hours after time. It was hard to convince some that the parade would not come along after awhile. I sincerely hope that the Wallace show will have a street parade. as this is to many people the best part of circus day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
A SULTAN AS AN ACTOR,
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
 A sultan on the stagei What next? By the latest mail we have the Sultan of Jo- hore's farewell interview in Australia, the land that strove in the first instance to exclude him as an undesirable alien" !" He is coming to London. and after a short stay here proceeds to America. where ar- engagements have been made for his ap- pearance on the stage early next year.
 q have always taken great interest in the stage" he says "My Sultana is arl actress, you know, and have on board this steamer two young ladies who are coming out on the English stage
 If there is any theatrical enterprise left in London, advantage will be taken of his early presence here, and New York will not have the honor of his debut. Which of our dramatists will write . play around his dusky highness.?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The liabilities of bankrupt Chatta- tanooga concern are $39,316. and it's assets $S What will the dividend be-? This is more puzzling than the age of Ann.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

New York, and he will stand for what he really is. an impostor of the Schlatter sort, who is preying upon one of the weaknesses of mankind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Dowie has been forced to admit that he is Dowie III At one time he was in- clined to shut out John the Baptist altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

now, but as soon as it can attract thither many lambs it will be the same old street again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
A BIT OF A LAUGH
Measuring Him.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Mr. Neweomb--I was so glad to meet voir mother. I didn't think she was so --er-exceedingly stout.
 Miss Wantaman--Oh, yes. but m sure I'll never grow to be like her' tahe after papa, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

San Francisco's flying machine act anything to do with it, and the gov ernment did not pay anything towards ;t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

sder that they outran1 their brethern in South Carolina, although Penny packer has done his worst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
Amusements This Week.

This will be lively week at the local
 theatres said gentleman yesterday.
 Tonight we win have Miss Elizabeth
 Kennedy in As You Like It. when lovers
 of Shakespearian comedy will have an
 opportunity of gratifying their taste. To-
 morrow evening we will have Miss Fay
 Davis in dramatization of Mrs. Hum
 phrey Wards Lady Roses Daughter
 Wednesday comes the beautiful play of
 Mir. Barrie, entitled The Professors Love Story Thursday evening the popular
 Adelaide Thurston will appear in Polly Primrose. This promises to be the so- ciety event of the week. Miss Thurston
 has many personal friends in Birming- ham and is one of our southern favortes.
 The theme of her play will also attract
 many who have not yet forgotten war
 times. Miss Thurston appeals especially
 to the women. "Thelma Friday, and 'Hoity Toity' Saturday will complete the week at the Jefferson.
 "'rhere will be play every night. and
 there will be matinees tomorrow Wednes- day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In addition strong melodrama entitled Not Guilty will be the attraction at the
 Bijou, with usual weekly matinees, and
 it promises to fill this popular play house. Counting both houses there will be twen- ty performances this week. If good au- diences attend every time it will mean a
 good many dollars for the show people, About Persons. e c Nicholas.
 w. H. Wynn of Dadeville is registered at the Morris.
 company, manufacturers of ladies hats,
 spent Sunday at the Hillman. H. Harmstead of Philadelphia was one of the St. Nicholas arrivals last night. NJ. II. Dooley and W. F. Dick of Wash ington were two of the Morris arrivals last night.
 II. s. Stekle of Florence spent yester- day in the city.
 R. T. Whitaker, an extensive planter of West Point. Ga, is at the Metropolitan. He says that the farmers over in Georgia are harvesting abundant crops. |
 Dr. James K. Powers of Florence. one of the most prominent educators in the south, is stopping at the Florence. pr. | Powers was formerly president of the l State university and of the State Normal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26


 Totals :. ...... 39l4,OOOOOO 4S4S, 6SO 900
 The wheat crop is eleven million bushels less, but the present crop was never exceeded but twice-in 1902 and in 1S9S-and 1t is abundantly large to meet all demands. The worlds crop of wheat has not been determined but it is probably larger than last years outturn.
 The corn crop is less than the bump. CT crop of last year by 215,000 900 bushels. or about ten per cent, but the crop of this year presents at least ten per cent more of merchantable corn Very little soft corn was harvested this year
 The other crops of the year are somewhat less, leaving no grounds for apprehending a scarcity of food for the people, or of traffic for the rail roads. Not long ago President Stick ney of the Chicago Great Western speaking at Omaha, thus described the farm products of this country: "The aggregate value of all the farms of the country in the census year 1900 was $4,739, us, ,000-an aggregate in come sufficient to purchase all the enormous bond and stock issues of the huge steel trust in the first two months of the year-all the stock of the Standard Oil trust at 700, which .is about it's market value, in the next two montGs--to buy all the national banks in the next two months ito pay the bonded debt of the gov ernment in the next two months--to retire the greenbacks in less than one month and have about $500 100000 left over. This is agriculture, which is the basis of the present and future pros- perity of Omaha, and of the whole United States"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

It is the French Canadians who are talking about seceeding from the mother country, and they do it in France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Overseer Jane Dowie regulated Eli jah by pulling his coattail, but she has departed, and hereafter he will crate without any regulator attachment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Lou Dillon has recovered her crown, and hereafter Cresceus will please trot on some other track than at Wi chita.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Senator Clark settles strikes by buying all who cause them. He fills out check in his endless check book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Patti will appear in a new dress each time she sings in this country, and she is to sing in sixty concerts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The Southern Car and Foundry company has little money but many litigants with conflicting claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

A democratic victory in Maryland will render MT. Germans march to the White House easy and pleasant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The Baking Powder trust knows how much alum legislator in Mis- souri can stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw had the meanness to drop Senator Germans brother from the roll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The body of the late, David Nation rest speacefully by the side of his first wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

William S. Deyery will soon go out Of politics, but his slang and his hu- nor will stay by him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Angoras are not so good scavengers as ordinary plug goats, at least not in Kansas City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
Cereal croDs of the Year,

The New York Produce exchange has sized up from all evidence at hand , the great grain crops of the year, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
ALABAMA

Mobile Herald: A dull day for news Tn Montgomery means a story in the papers of a modern hotel for that city. Down in Mobile the reporters turn their attention to the need of decent depot.
 Mobile Item: If they never succeed in discovering the real age of Ann 1t will no doubt be a source of much consolation to A million or so old maids who have been lodging the same issue forty years or more
 Huntsville Mercury: Judging from the way the papers of the state are scoring J. Asa Rountree now there will be little of his cuticle left when they get through with him at the special session of the association next week.
 Huntsville Republican,: After reading the new election law over once the edi- tor of the Republican is of the opinion that 1t is as fair as it is possible for democratic legislature to pass. It will have to be used once or twice, however, before one can be sure of it.
 Linden Reporter: The historic old court house will soon be deserted. The officers have been busy during the week packing and moving into the new temple of jus tice It will take some time to get every thing arranged properly. as the papers have to be removed from the casing that it may be torn down and put in the new offices.
 Mobile Register: John Alexander Dowie complains that threats have been made to kidnap him. It is incomprehensible that any one would want to kidnap "the pro- phet." Holding John Alexander against his will would be as profitable and con- genial as entertaining Mrs. Nation under similar circumstances.
 Anniston Hot Blast: In view of the bank failures in the east it is comforting to know the magnificent shape of the An niston financial institutions. Their busi- ness has been conducted on conservative lines, they have made no loans on badly watered trust stock, and can afford to snap their fingers at the weakness that may appear elsewhere.
 Selma Times: In making mention of suitable timber for the supreme court bench, The Times has not alluded to the name of Judge John Haralson for the simple fact that it is so generally under stood that Dallas county will vote for him. that 1t was not thought necessary to have anything to say about him. He has the kind of hold on his job that Gems. Pettus and Morgan have on their positions, and will likely end his days as one of cur supreme court judges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Winter Is not in hurry to estab fish itself in this latitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALAs,Na

Look, he is winding up the watch of his wit; hy and by if will strike.
 Tempest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The dummy director is bigger man than the small stockholder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

The daughter of the snows seems to think she got it in the neck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Huntsville Mercury: Judging from the way the papers of the state are scoring J. Asa Rountree now there will be little of his cuticle left when they get through with him at the special session of the association next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Ann's age is not important while good October weather lasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Dowie has discovered that he can not subdue New York in a single week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Tom Platt Is no longer rival of the young men among the girls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Mobile Item: If they never succeed in discovering the real age of Ann 1t will no doubt be a source of much consolation 10 a million or so old maids who have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Mobile Herald: A dull day for news in Montgomery means a story In the papeis of a modern hotel for that city. Down In Mobile the reporters turn their attention to the need of a decent depot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

All editors in South Carolina now go armed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

Chicago feels freakless since Dowie departed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-26

he is Dowie III. At one time he was in- clined to shut out John the Baptist altogether.
 It is the French Canadians who are talking about seceeding from the mother country, and they do it in l France.
 Lou Dillon has recovered her crown, and hereafter Cresceus will please trot on some other track than at Wi chita. Senator Clark settles strikes by buying all who cause them. He fills out a check in his endless check book --s--
 Patti will appear in a new dress each time she sings in this country, and she is to sing in sixty concerts.
  A democratic victory in Maryland will render Mr Germans march to the White House easy and pleasant.
  The Southern Car and Foundry company has little money but many litigants with conflicting claims. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw had the meanness to drop Senator Germans brother from the roll.
  William S. Deyery will soon go out Of politics, but his slang and his hu- nor will stay by him.
 
 Angoras are not so good scavengers as ordinary plug goats, at least not in Kansas City.
 Dowie has discovered that he can not snbdue New York in single week.
  Tom Platt Is no longer rival ot the young men among the girls. The daughter of the snows seems to think she got it in the neck. Ann's age is not important while good October weather lasts
  The dummy director is bigger man than the small stockholder. ------s~- Winter is not in hurry to estab- fish itself in this latitude. ----------- -- --' All editors in South Carolina now go armed l Chicago feels freakless since Dowle departed.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29
Citation Hearing Petition
for Appointment of Ad.
ministratOr.

State of North Dakota
Comfy of Griggs
In county court, before Hon. Will H Carle-
ton. judge.
In the matter of the estate of Thore j.
Odegard. deceased.
Anna Thompson
John T. odegard. H. #. ODE appointment ~
gard. euro Rukke,, Annie Of Administra-
SyverSon Thora HallOck tor.
Respondents
The State of North Dakota to the above
named respondents and all persons interest
ed in the state of Thore j. Odegard. dece .sed.
You. and each of you are hereby notified
that Anna Thompson the petitioner herein.
has filed in this court her petition. praying
that letters of administration upon the
estate of ThOre j. Odegard, late Of the town
of CoOperstOwn, in the County of Griggs and
State Of North Dakota. deceased. be granted
to Seval Friswold and that the said petition
will be heard and duly considered by this
court ON Monday. the ninth day Of March A.
D. 1903 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day, at the court rooms OF this court, In the
County Court House in the village Of Cooper
town. county of Griggs and State of North
Dakota, and you. and each OF you. are here
by cited to be and appear before this court al
said time and place. and answer said petition
and show cause. il any there be, why the
prayer Of said petition should not he granted
BY the Court,
WILL H. CARLETON.
Judge of the county Court.
Dated the 2srd day Of January A. D. 1903
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29
Notice Of Mortgage Sale by
Advertisement.

notice Is Herby Given That that certain
N. StOrk and Madeline Sex his wife
m0ftgagorx to state l:auk Of UOeperstowll
mOrtgxYee. dated the ss;li. day Ut DecemheE
a. d. nineteen hundred anu ..Ilc 1,ul 6led for
recOfd In the Office Of the IL ~ ter Of lleedx
OF the county Of GriggS and stale OF North
DAkOtA on the 18th day OF december A. d.
1871. and recorded In Rock ''ls' Of mortgages,
1T page Sis and assigned by said mortgages
ny IN instrument In writing to John v. Ole,
a!ed for record in said Office OF the Reglste!
of Deeds ON the 3rd day Of November l9la and
recorded in Book ~" Of mortgages, on page
Is will be fOreclosed by = sale Of the premises
In such mortgage and hereinafter described.
Ut the front door of the Courthouse in the
Village Of COoperstOwn; in the county OF
Grtggs and State Of North Dakota, at the
hour Of ten O'clock A. H., on the 9Th day. Of
March $50, to satisfy the amount due
upon said mortgage on the day OF sale.
are these certain premises situated In the
county of Griggs and state OF North Dakota.
and described as follows. tO-Wit;
The northwest quarter OF Section twenty
four (24) in Township one hundred forty six
u46 north Of Range fifty nine (50 west Of the
fifth principal meridian. containing one
hundred sixty acres. more or less, according
thereof.
There will he due on such mortgage at .he
date of sale the sum Of five hundred fifty nine
and eighty.ive one hundredths dollars.
Dated at COOperStOwn. North Dakota. this
22nd day of January 1909,
JOHN .. OLE,
Leg Assignee Of Mortgage.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29

Citation and
Notice Hear.
ing Proof Of
Foreign Will.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29
Notice of Hearing Petition
to Establish Heirship.

State of North Dakota,
County Of Griggs.
In County Court, before Hon, Will II. Carle-
tOn Judge.
In the matter of Alfred r. Richardson, ide-
ceased.
Alive E. Richardson.
VS.. ing Petition to
William O. Richardson Establish Heir
and Hattie +. HOlaling. ship.
Respondents
Notice is hereby given that Alive F. Rich
ardson has filed in the County Court Of said
County of Griggs Il duly verified petition
praying for a decree establishing the tight Of
succession to the estate Of Alfred B. Richard
son deceased. and that Monday the second
day of March 1919. at IL o'clock A. Al. of said
day. being IL day Of 4 regular term of this
Court. to-wit: of the third Term, A. D.
1903 at tn" county court room in the Village
of COvperstown. County of Griggs North
Dakota, has been set by order Of this court
as the time and place for hearing said
petition. At which said time and place any
and all persons interested may appear
and show cause why the prayer of said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at CooperstoWn: North Dakota, this
18th day Of January 1868.
WILL H. IT," cA AHalt;
LIZ Judge of the County Court.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29
Notice.

paf,,,o II Turd ,a,co o. Eo.no - D.k
Cooperstown. n. Dak., December ~ 1902.
A sufficient contest notice having been en-
tered in this Office by Amund ErlandS.n
against Andrew Strand for abandoning his
homestead entry No. 1913 dated July Goth
lSs9. for the Sw4 OF the sw1 OF section IN
township tow! l47 OF range ~ v. IN Griggs county
Of said entry; contestant alleging that the
said Andrew Strand has wholly abandoned
said tract; that ne has utterly failed to ever
tract from the date of his said entry up to
this present date, that the said tract Is not
settled upon and cultivated by said party as
required by law; that there are no improve
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-29
Lord Spencer. Bargain.


Lord Spencer of Althorp. one Of the
greatest of book collectors, was ut
home only in his own field. One day
in browsing about Bond street, Lon
don, he went into the shop of dealer
in bric-a-brac. The dealer, who knew
him by sight, said persuasively:
Here is a fine bit of pottery which
your lordship really ought to have, and
you shall have it very cheap-only 2
guineas."
So Lord Spencer bought it and took
It home and set it in high place. One
day connoisseur Of china paid him
visit, and Lord Spencer showed his
bargain.
"What did you give for it?' asked
the connoisseur.
1.-TWO guineas." answered Spencer
rather proudly.
"H'my said the connoisseur. at
that price the marmalade should have
been included"
"What do you meanY'
"Why, that precious piece Of yours ID
nothing more nor less than a shilling
marmalade pot with green thistle
painted on it,