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Storm In Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. October l-showers this afternoon in this locality were preceded by terrific wind storm that damaged buildings in some localities. notably at Glendale. fourteen miles north of Cin- elnnati. No lives were lost and no per- son was injured.
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New Turbine Liner.

London, October 1.-The Allen line has ordered at Belfast 120OO-ton turbine steamer, the first of this kind to be used on the Atlantic. The new steamer is destined for the mail service between Liverpool and Canada. She is to have a speed of twelve knots
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Eartt,auake Felt in St. Louis.

St Louis. October IA slight shock of earthuuake was felt in Carondelet, the southern part of the city, at s:55 o'clock The seismic disturbance lasted a hout one minute and caused alarm among the citizens. At the same time a slight shock was felt in the western portion of the city.
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Fast servlco Via the Fl. a O. Railroad
 Fast service via the Mobile and Ohio railroad for Cairo St. Louis and points in the North, East and West, New equipment through slepers. Superior service. P. s Hay. s. E. P. A., No. l Commerce strct, --ontnomery. Ala O M. Shepard, G. P. A. Mobile. Ala
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carelessneSs which made the accident
 possible.
 There are a great many lives s ud- denly terni- mated as a
 result of
 carelessness, although the medical cer- tihcate may read uheart E failure"
 When a man
 takes
 chances with \ his stomach and neglects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
Shoemaker Kills HimseIf.

Louisville, Ky, October 4-Robert Nick ols, a shoemaker, in i'll health, who was reprimanded by his wife today for drink ing, killed himself.
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Amateurs Shut Out Brooklyn.

New York, October At Bayonne. N. J.. today the Bay Side Athletic Club baseball team shut ont the Brooklyn Nationals by the score of 1 to O.
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Two Killed by Tornado.

Plainfield, Wis, October IA tornado last night killed Mrs. John Fisher and Marm Wood. Many head of stock were also killed and much damage done to property.
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Military Instructor Dies.

Vera Cruz, October 4.-Col J. Ramon yillavieenio. military instructor judge of the cavalry, died here today of yellow fever
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Bubonic PIaque.

Rio de Janeiro, October 4.-Some cases of bubonic plague have been discovered at Campos, state of Rio Janeiro.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
Brooklyn Chess Club Challenged.

London October 4.-The City of London Chess club has sent a challenge to the Brooklyn Chess club for the annual cable match.
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NOTICE TO CITY suescRlaRRa.

N. w. Ga. Hale, AlvIs Pruett and ?. o, penson arc tho only authorized col. leetors In Tho Aee-lerald circulation department In Birmingham.
 Be sure to pay no ono else, THE AGE-HERAlD PUBLISHING co,
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First Snow.

Fergus Falls. Minn., October 4.-Sever- al inches of snow fell here today.
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Cooper Furniture Co.
 2O2O-2O22 Third Avenue.
PERSONAL.

Phil Levy, who has been with Sommers Tailoring company, is now with Louis Saks in the merchant tailoring depart ment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
ACCIDENT :?

The jury returned verdict of acci- dental death on the man who fell from the window ledge on which he had fallen asleep. But the death was really due to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
ro c,IRE A COLD IN A DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05

Children like Piso's Cure It Is pleas ant to take and cures their coughs. At druggists. 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
A Search
 for Carpets

Usually ends where it begins, when it begins here All that's worth looking for is here-not a pattern, quality missing we have shelves full of the finest and newest and most beautiful of them all. No trouble to find what you want-you may have some in deciding which you want
 Our prices are decidedly the lowest to be had for the quality you select. Carpet buyers call our place the Temple of Temptation.
 You can have it charged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28

o cold an I got down my demijohn,
which / KEEP In case o. sudden sickness
and death. but i never took mOre'n a
drop. an that's q Gods fac too.
Il hadn't much mOre'n took that drop
afore the room got colder yet, an 1
kind o. began TO SILVER Then, sir, an
at once a draft of air come a-blowin'
through the window an the old lamp
went out. ] started to get up to get
a light fer it, but afore 1 could raise
from the tables a wind come a-pourin'
In there that wuz as cold an as clam
my as the hand o. death. Fer a minute
] thought about that ghost an then /
laughed, but that durn laugh sounded
like a cry of a man in a well. l
knew there wuz s0netbjn' the matter
with the atmosphere, an / sot down 10
figure cut the cause.
II had no more'n begun to callate
than right through the window hoateu
what I thought at first WIZ a heavy
fog, but IL wuzn't mOre'n a minute
afOre I seed il want no foe, and X
want nothin' like I ever had clapped
eyes on. It hadn't no mOre'n hOated
through the window than it began 70
take a shape like a human bein.' II
loated an shook in the wind fer min
ute an then kind O. pointed its finger
az the demijohn and then at the deck
o cards, for the moonlight wuz a
shinin' bright in the room.
i knowed all TO onct / wuz in fer
somethin' 1 hadn't run acrOst in any O
my ramDles, an I knOwed I had to fight
it out. I W0uz a thinlkin' about the long
gallop o. the tenderfoOt from the peak
to Cheyenne, an / wuzn't feelin muca
like runnin' What 7 did wuz TO whip
out both six-shOoters and rip that foggy
thing into shoestrings. 1 thought II
would fail dead on the floor. but III
burned if il din't sort o. culver fer a
minute an then pint onct more at the
emiiohn. 7 never had seed anything
that them two old siX-shOoters wouldn'
fix. but then twelve bullets never feaz-
ed the thing that come in at the win
dow.
You can imagine / wuz kind O. shiv-
erin, but ] want a-gOin' to run, an
thought maybe my aim hadn't been just
what il might O. chen if I'd been a
shootin' at flesh an blood. an I started
to load up them guns again, when both
or 'em WIZ knocked outen my hands.
started to pick 'em up, but I felt a
clammy hand on the back o. my neck
an 7 ducked to one side an sOt down
by the table. Now I wuzn't sayin a
word, an I wuZn't runnin' fer 1 ain
never been no coward.
on can asst why Qlun 90 SolIlc-
thin if you want to, but I'd like to a
knowed what to do. Thar wuz THAI
thing a hangin' over the middle o. the
room. an me a scttin' at the table. !
reached onct for the demijohn. an
when I got hold on it thar want a
drop in it. That ghost or whatever
you call it had come I'm thar sight Un-
seen caller in the evenin and had
drunk the liquor all out. know it fer
certain. fer there want a soul but me in
the room. an I never took mOren't a
drop, as I said.
Il seed in a minute / had a drunk
ghost to deal with. and I knOwed if
couldn't shoot him I couldn't very well
do much elst. I just sot still an waited
fer developments, an you bet they
UUzn't long in comm. That fog settled
down on the bench on 'tother side o
the table an just looked straight at me
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
AUTOS AND RAILROADS.

IN A RECENT ISSUE Of the Engi-
1 neering Magazine Sylvester Stewart
riddles the theory advanced by Sir
Henry Norman, the English automobile
enthusiast, that automobiles may be
destined some time to supplant the
railways Of the country. Sir Henry
asks: why should the community pay
a huge sum per mile for a special road
way CsteeI rafls) for cars. and a huge
generating station when self-propelIed
omntbUses Of equal speed, comfort, ca
pacity and economy can use the COM
mon road, and, by their ability to be
steered around obstacles, not interfere
with the rest of the trafic?"
Mr.. Stewart fully and effectively an
swers the question. He points out the
fact that the steel rail. rather than the
vehicle that runs over 1t, is responsible
for the immense strides made by COM
merce and civilization. Mr.. Stewart
shows that horse cars carry people
greater distances for less money over
steel rails than conveyances that do not
travel on rails. The same thing is true
Of electric and steam railways. In this
connection Mr.. Stewart says:
The railway carries free the passen-
gers 150-pound trunks. and sends with
him toilet rooms. heating stoves and
fuel, smoking rooms, dining rooms and
bedrooms. These houses on wheels,
and the locomotive which draws them
have to be very heavy in order to get
the great strength made necessary by
high speed. I admit that for a
short ride in fine weather the stage was
and the automobile is, enjoyable; but
before a passenger can be well protect
ed from dust. wind, rain and cold and
furnished with pure air through open
tngs fourteen feet above the ground. as
in a railway car, the automobile must
be built as large and heavy as that
car, which is a development not prob
able"
AIR. Stewart finds a splendid field for
the automobile as a connection for
railroads. He would Rave them branch
off from railroad lines on light rails
Of their own. In this way they would
be able to reach high rates Of speed
with little or no danger to the passen-
gers and they could carry large quanti-
ties Of freight. Most OF US viii agree
with Mr.. Stewart that the development
Of the automobile up to date does not
justify the belief that it viii ever seri-
oUsly compete with steam railways
I'm cities the situation is different.
There, with smooth streets, the auto
r1Ohi1a viii almost errrerr- oor-,o s.-4.
competition with the street railways.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
Conundrums.


What is the difference between vege-
table soup and r pretty giFi2 one is herb
soup and the other Is superb.
Why is a short negro like white man?
Because ne is not a tall black
What is the difference between an I'M
successful sutton and a successful one?
One misses his kiss and the other kisses
his miss.
Why would portrait painter be a good
theatrical attractiOn2 Hc could draw the
people.
What is the best way to enjoy the hap
piness Of courtship? Get a little gal-an-
try.
What Kind Of song does mason
sing2 A brick lay.
What does a yawning policeman re-
semble? AN open face watch.
Why do they not charge policemen on
the street cars2 Because it's impossible
20 get a nickel from a copper.
Why is thunderstorm like an onion2
il is peal on peal.
How should weeping willows be plant
ed2 Ia tiers.
Why are umbrellas like good church
N en2 They keep Lent so well
Why IS a cat going up three pair Of
stairs Ike a hign hill2 Because she's
a-mountain.
What is the most wonderful acrobatie
mind.
when does a mans hair resemble a
packing box When 70 stands on end
~ hat is the difference between the
head boy Of his class and 9-I02 One rs
foremost. the other Is most four.
What two letters viii make us food
~ and II will make us mush.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
FRUIT AT THE FAIR.

4 S THERE ARE MANY valuable
Il premiums offered for the best
displays Of fruit. fresh, sun-dried
and evaporated, and as the fruit grow
ers OF Utah are on their mettle by rea-
son Of their recent loss of prestige at
Ogden. it is safe to predict that the
fruit display at the Utah fair this year
viii be the best in the history of the
state
Fruit growers Of Box Elder, Weber,
Davis, salt Lake and Utah counties
promise to send fine displays of ma
ture fruit. Washington county viii
send uD a splendid exhibit OF Dixie's
fruit products and IS going to be a
strong competitor for many of the reg
ular and some of the special prizes.
Summit county is a new competitor
for fair honors this season. Though
not an extensive grower OF fruit as
yet. the fruit that Summit can display
is Of the finest quality. and, what is
more. is free from blemish. Uintah
county apples that we were shown this
week viii be hard to surpass in beauty.
size and quality in the state. and they
were wholly free from worms, a point
that viii be more strongly emphasized
than ever before in passing upon the
merits Of Utah fruit Any fruit show
ing evidence Of having been affected
with the larvae Of the cooling moth is
excluded from exhibition.
Another new competitor in the con-
test for prizes for fine fruit is Sanpete
county, which Is now for the first time
sending out peaches from Ephraim in
carload lots. which were pronounced by
q large fruit shipper among the finest
he had seen. This county. like Cache,
win excel. however. as a grower Of
apples and small fruits. With railroad
facilities and climate suited to their
growth! the growing of small fruit is
destined to become a fourishing indus
try in SaBpete. One raspberry grower
OF Mount Pleasant. Mt Wilson. made a
phenomenal success with an acre and
half Of raspberries last season. His
gross income from this small patch
was $1,000 for berries. and for plants
this spring an additional 5000.
An important advantage the state
fair will have in the fruit display over
the ogden exhibit win be the better
maturity OF many varieties Of fruit.
especially apples and peaches. and as
this is essentially fruit year there is
every reason to believe that the dis
play OF orchard products will be the
best ever shown at Utah fair
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
GHOST LIKED TO GAMBLE

XII NERYBODY that knows me
knows I amt drinkin' man
an that L amt no liar. nuther."
said the old westerner the other day as
he took OFF his hat and hung it on his
knee. Il amt no liar and I amt no
booze fighter" he went on to relate.
though I amt a-sayin' don't recog-
nize the taste o. catamount's blood
when it strikes my whistle. I amt
aVerse 70 drinkin' a little in the sum
mer TO keep off the pneumony but 9TH
erwise I'm teetotaner.
This story don't have nothin' 60 do
with me drinSin', but I thought better
tell you / amt a bo0zer afOre I start.
and then You won't think I wuz drunk
at the time. An 1 want TO say 1 amt
no coward, nuther. an that I amt
afeard 10 fight all the Alkan Petes and
Rattlesnake Jacks that ever tore up
them plains bat l aint a-honin' ner a.
hankerin' Fer any trouble with hem
toggy kind q things they call ghosts.
Ever seed q ghost? Amt, hey?
Wen. you don't want no business with
en-. Now il happened that the time I
seed one 1 wUz a-livin' out in the mos
God-foi saken part o. ArizOny, an I vuz
purity peart sort of young buck in
them days On this particular occasion
dance at the Cross Branch ranch and
there / met little Denvereen. who had
come down on a all summers visit with
some relation or other o. hern. Denver
wasn't much of town I'm them days.
put this one sample of its population
Wuz hummer from over the hills. and
don't YOU forget it. She could throw
out the talk like a pUncher losses his
lariat. and she always caught the steer
with that almighty string O. rag she
kept a-chewin'
Well * don't make no difference il
you dom, see how the gal gets into the
story, but she wuz thar with both sand
shovels and astringin' all o. us about
the things she had seen up to Denver.
The last one on 'em lies o. hern wuz
about ghost that had chased some
tenderfoOt from Pixies Peak to Chey-
enne or thereabouts, and she told it so
ALFRED straight that she had nearly
everybody but me a-belieViD' what she
wuz a-sayin'
Mex mornin' split out fer my bum
galow, though t'wan't much like a bum
galoW, and / wUzn't a thinkin a thing
about that lOng-distance ghost the
Denvereen hald told about. I rode all
day and reached the place after dark
awhile and I went in an cooked a lit
tie supper. an then ct the grub. When
Wuz done eatin' 1 pushed back the
tins and started TO play a game o. SOL
ftary an 1 played an played until it
was nearly midnight. Then all to oncet
happened to think what man would
do If there wuz such a thing as ghosts
an one should come pol1in' about I
knoWed that the first thing I'd a done
in a case like that would be TO pump a
few lead pellets into Mr.. Ghost an
then go over an pick up the deceased,
fer 1 wuz allus certain ghosts is some
o your frien's with a few graveyard
fiXin's on 'em.
But 1 hain't so sure O. that theory
any more, fer a man learns good
many things as he goes through the
world, an especially if he's out west.
Well, I sot there a thinkin' about that
gal an the story she toll. but / never
reckOned I wuz about to receive a
strange visitor. The room wuz kind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
~ 40 LANp PlANI.

NF MORE than ordinary interest to
- the people Of this section OF the
lntermountain country is tho statement
OF agricultural experts that canaigre
can be grown with great success on
ailo lands. Canaigre is a species OF
cock OF the Rumex Hymenosepalus
family and its roots are of extreme
value in tanning. We are told that tine
roots contain more than 30 per cent
fannie acid This is upwards of twice
as much as is contained in the bark
Of oak and hemlock
The significant fact in the develop
ment of canaigre. says a writer in the
Saturday Post. sis that it makes its
growth in the winter. Long before ths
annual drcuth in the extreme arid re-
sions sets in the roots OF this plant
have matured. 1t is authOritatively
announced that i'm states to which it
is adapted canaigre farming viii meet
the most sanguine expectations Of all
who embark ia the enterprise. A crop
may be counted upon absolutely every
year"
Canaigre can be grown either from
seeds or roots. Because OF the fact
that it grows in the winter it is not
subject to attacks by insects OF any
kind. and when the hot days arrive,
all the farmer has to do is TO gather
his yield. Under proper methods Of
cultivation it is said that from ten TO
twenty tons OF canaigre per acre can
be produced This finds a ready mar
zet at prices which make the yield OF
a single year often much more valu-
able than the land itself prior to the
time cauaigre was introduced.
IF the glowing promises held out ia
this proposition can be made good it
would be difficult to over-estimate the
Importance of canaigre farming to the
arid and semi-arid west. We know
that in many sections of the west snow
covers. The ground during the winter
and then runs of so rapidly in the
summer that there is no possibility Of
raising an ordinary crop. Before
wheat or oats or corn or any similar
product can reach maturity it is cut
down by the hot sunshine.
Successful experiments in the cult
walton Of canaigre have been made in
Arizona on lands which resemble in
almost every particular land in Utah
which is now being used for nothing
except range purposes. and then only
for a brief period in every year. The
raising OF canaigre on such land would
not only be a profitable industry, but
it would save the forests Of oak and
hemlock, which are now being de-
nuded in the search for tanbark from
complete destruction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
THE CHILDLEss COUPLE.

THE POSSIBILITY Of race suicide is
1 not a problem that has ever trou-
bled The Herald TO any marked ex-
tent but there are altogether too many
childless couples in this country. and
salt Lake has its proportion. In some
instances it is the fault OF the couples:
in all cases it is their misfortune.
though n few undoubtedly 90 not re-
alize the latter truth.
What do those who have no babies
miss? Let us present the case fairly.
They miss, in the first place, Ions
hours of wakefulness and anxiety: they
know that when they lie down to sleep
their rest will not be interrupted by
the wailing Of a child. The servant
problem is no problem at all to the
childless. because they can close the
house when they want 10 go out at
night; they can eat their meals at a
restaurant in emergencies: they can
be the gayest Of sOciety's gay.
In the-r miads there is no fear as
90 what win become Of the boy or the
girl because there is no boy or girl.
They are spared all the planning that
in the minds Of some parents runs far
into the future; they are saved an in
finite amount of worry and expense.
For married people who are thorough
ly selfish. life for ten. fifteen or twen-
~ years without children may seem
ideal Then comes the disnlusion.
Nothing is more pathetic than the
chiidless middle-aged couple.
What is the reward Of the couples
who have babies2 The question can
almost be answered I'm a word-love.
The truest sweetest purest thing in
the world is the love OF child There
is no hypocrisy I'm the heart OF the
chubby youngster who runs to meet
his father: there is no guile in tho
spirit that prompts the childish en-
brace the turning upward of the sweet
lips for the fathers kiss. The fathers
home may be the humblest cottage in
the land or the most magnificent pal
ace, but if he is poor in what the world
values, he is rich in love; and if he is
rich I'm the things of the earth. he is
ten times richer in the love OF his
child.
Men and women are lost almost be-
yond hope OF redemption if children
do not make them better. It is not
merely that their youth is renewed in
their children. They become better
men and better women for the sake OF
their children, for they want their re-
spect as well as their love. The desire
TO retain the respect OF his children has
kept the feet of many man in straight
and narrow paths.
Is the baby worth the trouble and
anxiety and expenditure ne costs? Ask
any father or mother in the land. The
Herald win rest its case on the first
answer you get.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-28
Lies of Neighboring States.
FAISEHOOD THE NINTH


An Idaho sheepman once hired "A
newly-arrived Norwegian to herd one
Of his docks. The man did not profess
to know anything Of sheep herding.
but was anxious to learn. He got
through the first day without serious
mishap, but on the evening of the sec
ond day he was tired and showed it,
He was asked how he liked the JOB
and said, it was all right. 1t would
become easier, he thought, after the
sheep became better acquainted with
him and less afraid. AT present, he re-
marked. there were three or four
lambs in the flock that he had great
difficulty in keeping with the rest of
the sheen. These lambs were very
fleet and had caused him much trouble
by their timiditv and proneness to
wander away. There were no lambs
in the flock and the sheepman knew it,
so he questioned the man carefully! and
at length it was decided to go 10 the
sheep corral to take a look at the
lambs. The corral like most sheep
cOrraIs was made of closely woven
wire that would hold a very small ami
NAL Thus it was that the owner was
enabled to get a sight of the lambs
that had been such a bother all day
to the new herder. 1t was found that
the lambs were four jackrabbits that
had been carefully herded ALI day and
corraled by the Norwegian.