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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
om the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Red hair is redundant when 1t is a widow.
 A man is ashamed to be ashamed; a woman not to be.
 No woman ever had the fortitude to look a rival in the eye when she has three holes in her stocking.
 What woman likes about joke is it shows how clever she is to be able to make people believe she sees it's point
 It throws a man into panic to see how happy it makes the women in theater audience to have the heroine get in a compromising position.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

record in the legislature and is very pop ular with the people of his district. He is being prominently mentioned as can didate for circuit judge of the Ninth judi eial district.
 MT Frank J. Wilstach, business man. ager for Miss Viola Allen, who will ap- pear at the Jefferson theatre on the evening of December F, spent yesterday in Birmingham, guest of the Hotel Hill man. He left last night for Evansville.
 MT. Joseph R. Curtis, the well known young local newspaper man, leaves to- day at noon for New Decatur, where he goes to accept position on the New De- eatur Advertiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
WORK AT PANAMA.
Water to Drink, Sewage and Other
 Problems to Solve.

From the Boston Transcript.
 There will be work for this government to do in Panama aside from building the canal when 1t proceeds to operate in ac- oordance with the terms of the new treaty. The old city of Panama, which has a nopulation of about 25,O0O, was set tied In 1519, only twenty-seven years after the first voyage of Columbus. The isth- mus as a whole is called an unhealthy country. So was Cuba six years ago, and for similar reasons. Sanitary science was neither applied nor understood.
 There is plenty of good water in the mountain streams of Panama, but no vil- lage or city has a water supply or sew craze system. The women wash soiled clothes in the local streams, and the peo- pie get their water from the same sources, so after engineering skill is no longer needed in the work of building the canal, it ought to be diverted to purifying at least the cities under our jurisdiction. Perhaps it would be better to give some attention to that phase of our responsi- biiity first. If the isthmus can be made clean and healthy, the republic of Pan- anna will have reaped larger benefits from Its boodless revolution than even those which it anticipates.
 The problem of the canal itself is one that is now pretty well understood. A large portion is already complete. It has been finished for eighteen miles inland from Colon, and is broad and important waterway eightee feet deep. It has also been completed for several miles in from Panama on the Pacific side, and extensive progress has been made in cutting down the hills for its passage across the di- vide Our ten-mile zone should be made an object lesson for all that section of oouptrv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
THE WATCH ON THE RHINE.

A neal like thunder calls the brave, With clash of sword and sound of wave, TO the Rhine, the Rhine, the German
 Rhine!
 Who now will guard the rivers line? Dear Fatherland, no fear be thine! Firm stands thy guard along the Rhine! A hundred. thousand hearts beat high' The ans|<f flames from every eye; The G% youth devoted stand To sl& eAholy borderland. Dear# r, no fear be thine! FirmM xuard along the Rhine! He sees him heavens blue dome, Whence S of heroes watch their home And vows X h battle pride possessed, Be Germans, hine, as is my breast! Dear Fatheriu Md, no fear be thine! Firm stands thy guard along the Rhine' So long as blood shall warm our veins, While for the sword one hand remains, One arm to bear a gun. no more Snail foot of foeman tread thy shore! Dear Fatherand, no fear be thine. Firm stands thy guard along the Rhine! The oath resounds. the waves roll by, The banners wave. advanced on high. To( the Rhine, the German Rhine! Wel all will guard the rivers line De,r Fatherland, no fear be thine! Firh stands thy guard along the Rhine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

W. Archie Dyer of Washington D. C., was one of the Hillman's arrivals last night.
 c. M. LeRoux of St Louis is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 c. S. Todd, traffic agent for the South ern railway with headquarters at At lanta, is at the Metropolitan.
 c. w Russell, the popular and well known representative of candy and cracker manufacturer of Atlanta, is at the Morris.
 w. B. Ford of Decatur is stopping at the Florence.
 C. ". Scruggs of New York was one of the Morris arrivals last night
 Fred Roor and W. G. Roberts of Louis vile are stopping at the Hilman.
 Frank Sloan, one of the leading and most enterprising merchants of Tusca- loosa. was in the city last night. He said q find that in Montgomery and Birming- ham both, the people are greatly inter- ested in the probate judge fight that we are having in our county between Col Brandon and Judge Brown. We Tusca- loosans are as much interested in the race as the people of the state. Col Brandon, according to the close political observers of our county, is winner"
 
 Frank Fitch of Centreville was one of the Hillmans arrivals last night.
 A. L. Leon of Charlotte. N. C., was one of the St. Nicholas late arrivals last night.
 w. T. McKibbon of Talladega is stopp- ing at the Florence
 c. M. Green and wife of Corinth, Miss, are stopping at the Morris and will be in the city for several days.
 The Hon. F. O. Stevens, prominent lawyer of Alexander City and former member of the state senate, is at the Eloranea MT. Stevens made a snlendid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Dowie is endeavoring to settle with his creditors, and in doing so he has to adopt the plain methods of this earth in which cold cash is an import ant factor Creditors take no stock in the Elijah theory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

When Panama has ten millions in her sock there may be outbreaks over it's possession monthly. The revolu- tion industry is highly developed among our beloved Panamans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
"NEXT GENT.n

From the Washington Post
 Guatemala is preparing for annexation to the United States Guatemala will please be seated and look over the funny papers until Uncle Sam shouts, Next gentr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

MT Hanna will be in the next years campaign in some capacity, but that capacity has not been exactly defined,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

President Roosevelt wants votes more than bequests. although none of the latter will be refused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

The Panamans are patiently waiting for that ten millions. It would give them fifty dollai apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
Not Her Weapon.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 'Is your wife club woman, Mixer"
 Marry the likes O that, sor; she uses a hatiron. sor.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

The ship that carries ten millions into, Panama will be hailed with de- light. Such ships do not come in every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Congress has resumed at the old stand without any break. It is now regular instead of special.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

President Roosevelt's raid on the poll weevil, in his message, is in- definite and unsatisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

It is as difficult to define the rela- tions of President Roosevelt and Mark Hanna as it is to draw the line be- tween Japanese and Russian greed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Most people can get along with a poor article of Christmas weather if they hold a well-flled Christmas pocketbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

The per capita circulation has been pushed up to $3021 in order to facili- tate Christmas shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

The rise in cotton rendered all the other markets bullish and even watered stocks are going up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

North Birmingham's fire insurance rates should go down to normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Zion cannot pray out Of its troubles it must pay out if it gets out at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Between General Wood and the reel procity treaty Cuba is much in evil dence in congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

From present indications Prophet Dowie is going to clear matters up in regard to Zion In a manner that compels admir- ation. Apparently overwhelmed with financial ruin he has brought order out of chaos by a sweep of diplomacy that partly explains the power which he has yielded in his town on the shore of Lake Michigan. If no untoward events happen it seems quite probable that Zion City will weather this monetary storm which forever Mir. Dowie has given proof to creditors and receivers that the indus tries in Zion are not in such bad fix as was at first supposed. In fact they have more orders than they can handle. This disclosure puts an entirely new face on the matter. It would have been pity if this remarkable town had been wiped out, for it is destined some day to be a factor in the industrial life of this coun- try, and Is now to a certain extent If the rate of progress that has marked their endeavors in the past few years continues for five or ten years longer Zion City will be something of a me- tropolis and Dowie will be able to take his seat with the trust magnates without feeling that he is out of place.
 Even the noble sport of horse racing has been invaded by graft and more in- vestlgations have disclosed what appear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Japan and Russia can reciprocally fill each others stocking, and they should do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

The Monroe doctrine is 80 years old, but there is no rheumatiz in it's joints.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

If public sentiment be needed Ralph Armstrong will not escape the>gallows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

". D. Bankston and R. L. ONeal are the only authorized travelling represents lives of The Age Herald in its cireulauon department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
COTTON BOOM TOLD IN FIGURES
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Sales in Bales. Wednesday ................... l,6S0,OO0 Thursday ..................... 2lO0'OOO Friday ...s..................- ,fVo'VVo
  Total ........................ b,1S0,OO0 Value, $32s.S00, 900. Exports for the week, 100000 bales. Value, $7s0O,0oo. Net profits of the sully pool (estimated)' $5000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Deceiver Dowie is trying to oust Judge Grosscup's receivers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

H HE military automobile is the " latest project of ingenious man.
 Lieutenant o'Hern of the United States army has a machine which he thinks will prove very effective in war fare and he intends to make some tests which will show that the killer" can be used to more purpose than smashing up vehicles and maiming country squires In fact it is astonishing that some one has not proposed this before. After prov telling what an automobile will do against the enemy. The very sight of of host of these monsters descending a hillside at 8 speed of forty miles an hour and with fog horns roaring out their in- fernal blasts is enough to rout an army without any delay. The auto of Lieu tenant OHern weighs six tons, is equipped with an electric generator chest of tools for repairing artillery, will run 100 miles on one supply of gasoline. and can climb mountains with ease. Such a machine. is formidable enough but it must be remembered that there Is prac- tically no limit to the size or power of automobiles. For artillery purposes they would be very effective from the fact that there would not be so much danger of their running away and they would not have to be fed. Then an automobile could be so equipped with armor that ample protection would be afforded the men who were on board Then if an army could ride in horseless vehicles the rate of speed with which soldiers could make forced march would be astonish- ing and highly conducive to brilliant mil- itary maneuvers. But the auto has one fault and that is capriciousness. A ma chine might blow up at a critical mo- ment and deprive an army of it's gen. eral or a cohort might be sweeping grand ly down upon the foe and a breakdown occur which would throw the ranks into confusion and give the enemy an undue advantage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

No communication will be pupllsneIs without it's authors name heJeGteu manuscripts will not be returned uHiesS stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

It is as difficult to define the rela- tions of President Roosevelt and Mark Hanna as it is to draw the line be- tween Japanese and Russian greed.
 --s- Most people can get along with a poor article of Christmas weather if they hold a well-flled Christmas pocketbook.
 The ship that carries ten millions into Panama will be hailed with de- light. Such ships do not come in every day.
 The rise in cotton rendered all the other markets buIlish, and even watered stocks are going up.
 --s.------ President Roosevelt's raid on the poll weevil, in his message, is in- definite and unsatisfactory.
  Congress has resumed at the old stand without any break It is now regular instead of special.
 ----s.------ The per capita circulation has been pushed up to $30.21 in order to facili- tate Christmas shopping.
  The Panamans are patiently waiting for that ten millions. It would give them fifty dollai apiece.
 - Between General Wood and the reel procity treaty Cuba is much in evi- dence in congress.
  Japan and Russia can reciprocally fill each others stocking, and they should do it.
 --.s.--- If public sentiment be needed Ralph Armstrong will not escape the>gallows.
 -s.----- The Monroe doctrine is 80 years old, but there is no rheumatiz in it's joints.
 --s.---- Zion cannot pray out Of it's troubles lI hiuSl pay ouJ IL IL BetS out at all.
  North Birmingham's fire insurance rates should go down to normal.
 -.s.-- Deceiver Dowie is trying to oust Judge Grosscup's receivers.
 ------------- China is beginning to ask how old Is Tsi An.
 Dr. Harper is watching the price of oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

China is beginning to ask how old Is Tsi An.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Dr. Harper is watching the price of oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

Even the noble sport of horse racing has been invaded by graft and more in- vestlgations have disclosed what appear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
About F crsons.

W. Archie Dyer of Washington D. O., was one of the Hillman's arrivals last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19
Advance in Price Of Eggs Expected.

The drawing near of the Christmas holi-
days and the preparations necessary for
the proper celebration of that festival in the
households makes the housekeeper very
anxious about her supply of eggs, an ar
ticle necessary in the preparation Of nearly
all the good things for the Christmas din
ner and for the festivities that follow. At
present eggs are selling at % cents per
dozen wholesale, but the dealers on Louis
lana avenue between 9th and 10th streets,
where the bulk of the Washington egg sup
ply is handled say that as the weather
grows colder prices will advance, and eggs
will in all probability early in December
sell at 80 or "a cents per dozen. This price
is for eggs from nearby points. Western
eggs sell for a cent or two cheaper on the
dozen.
The supply of eggs for the local market
comes mainly from points in Maryland and
Virginia. within few hours ride of Wash
ington by rail, and some few come from
down-river points on the Potomac. Eggs
also come to this market by express from
interior points in North Carolina, outside
the sphere controlled by the Norfolk supply
houses to the big markets in the north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19
Rockville and Vicinity.

Special Correspondence or The Evening star
ROCKVILLE, Md, November IS, 1903.
Miss Lille Moore Ray, daughter of Mr..
Eleazar Ray. who resides about three
miles from this town, and Mr.. Walter NJ.
Bogley, son of Mr.. William A. Bogley, a
prominent farmer of this vicinity, We're
married at o'clock this afternoon by Rev.
Thomas H. Campbell, pastor of the Rock
Vile Baptist Church The ceremony was
performed at the home of the bride in the
presence of a large number of invited
guests. The brides only attendant was her
sister, Miss Nola Ray. The grooms cousin
Mr.. Emory III. Bogley, acted as best man
Following the ceremony refreshments were
served, after which the newly married
couple left for a short honeymoon trip.
The home of Mr. Edward ]. Chiswel1,
near Dickerson, this county, was the scene
about half-past 2 o'clock this afternoon of
the marriage of Mr.. Chiswell's daughter,
Miss Mary Eleanor Chiswell, and Mr.. Jo-
seph Newton Darby of Jacksonville. The
ceremony, which was performed by Rev.
Charles H. Waters of the Baptist Church.
was witnessed by large gathering of in
vited guests. The spacious home was
deliberately decorated with evergreens,
plants and cut flowers of different kinds,
and presented very pretty appearance.
Following the ceremony a repaSt was serv-
ed. and later in the day Mr.. and Mrs. Darby
left for a honeymoon trip.
orphans court for this county the last will
and testament of James Brown was ad-
mitted to probate and record, and letters of
administration on the personal estate OF
Oliver N. Case were granted to Pearl b.
Case; bond, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19

The economy practiced by the queen re-
gent in the royal household, of which the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19

ance of 100000 pesetas from the govern
ment; the Infanta Eulalia, her younger
sister. 10000: the Princess Of Asturias,
who is heir to the throne. 100000 and the
Infanta Marie Theresa, the kings younger
sister, 100000 peseta at par being worth
20 cents in American money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-19

Yeast-"Is he thoughtful manr'
Crtmsonbeak-"Oh. very. Why, never
knew him to scratch a match in the wrong
place when he had on his Sunday trou-
sers."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
BLOOD CIRCULATION.
Greatly Assisted and Improved by
the Habit of Proper
Breathing.

The secret of health, as every intel
ligent physician knows, is free and full
circulation of blood, and this circula-
ton is dependent absolutely on thor
ough oXygenation. In many cases
where erroneous habits of living have
been so long continued that conges-
ton has become chronic in one shape
or another-obesity, govt, rheumatism,
constipation or tuberculosis having
camped in the system and crippled it
the patient is not apt to be in con-
dition to readily assimilate a sufficient
quantity of oxygen direct from the at
mosphere. The breathing apparatus
must first be properly developed, so
that the patient shall be able to grad
ually increase the supply of air to the
system, until at last he RECEIVERS the
normal power of deep breathing, writes
Maurice Manning, M. D., in Vim.
With the building up of the lungs
through proper breathing there is a
metabolism of all the tissues and or
gans, so that for most men, breath
ing exercises are more important than
any mere muscular exercise. Not only
the lungs, but all the internal organs
are brought into play by correct breath
ing. 1t develops the heart, stomach,
liver and kidneys directly and indi~
reilly, and nourishes all these organs
as they should be nourished by more
blood and better blood in constant and
regular circulation. Breathing, there
fore, is a sovereign remedy for our ma
tional disease of nervous depletion. 1t
might we'll replace the countless tonics,
stimulants and anodynes now so COM
monty resorted to, where results are
nothing less than tragic in thousands Of
cases.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
RULES FOR A WAITRESS.
Silence, Defines, Quiet Service and
Anticipation of All
Wants.

The expert waitress never speaks I'M
less to answer question.
She stands before the sideboard while
unOccupied.
She places dishes, removes covers and
pours out beverages to the right hand Of
each person.
She hands plates, offers vegetables, en-
trees, sweets, cheese, etc, to the left.
In changing plates she removes with
the right hand and places with the left,
standing on the left side.
She watches every ones requirements
and hands bread, vegetables, sauces, etc,
in silence, without being asked for them
When wine glasses are empty she re-
plenishes them without being asked. If
wine is not wished the guest will init
mate that fact
Before dessert she takes the crumbs
quickly and quietly from the cloth, sees
that all salt cellars, etc, are taken away,
places a dessert plate with a dolly. finger
bowl half full of water, and dessert fork
before each guest, passes the dessert
places the dessert dishes on the table
and leaves the room, shutting the door
During dinner the plates, etc, are
taken from the room after each course
so that the sidebOard is not Uttered
She does not take knives and forks or
scraps from plates in the dining room,
but gathers them quitely on a tray and
removes them to the pantry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
TEMPERANCE IN AUSTRALIA.
Mahuta, the Last King of the Mnoris
Takes the Total Abstin-
ence Pledge.

Temperance and prohibition bulk
largely in the latest New Zealand pa
pers, says the London Chronicle. Ma
huta, the third and last of the Maori
kings, who recently renowned his
sovereignty and accepted a seat in
the upper house, has publicly taken the
pledge by way of encouraging native
chiefs to go and 90 likewise.
In the districts around Dunedin. the
Caledonian center and the commercial
capital of the colony, some scores of
public houses have ceased to exist as
such through the operation of the local
option poll that accompanied the recent
general election. AS this was the big
gest compulsory closure of public houses
in New Zealand history some of the lead
ing daiies sent down special cores
pondents to report and describe antici-
pated Scenes" But editorial foresight
was at fault in this instance There
were no scenes worthy of the attention
of picturesque reporter, probably be-
cause there was no liquor available as
motive power The hotels had timed
their supplies to last just up to COM
pulsory closing day Many private
houses in these districts are now private
hotels, well supplied with liquid refresh
mentS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-12-31
SOME MIGHTY APES.
Valuable Collection Recently Pre-
scented to PhiIadeI 9hia Academy
of Natural Sciences.

The Darwinian theory of the descent
of man may soon be studied at close
range, owing to generosity of a promi-
nent Philadelphian, DR.. Thomas Biddle,
who has just returned from Europe with
what is believed to be the most COM
plete collection of anthropoid apes ever
owned by one person. The specimens
were obtained from various sources and
prepared by the German taxidermist,
Umlauff. Among them is a fine speci-
men of that rarely secured animal, the
gorilla. On account of its immense
strength and ferocity when cornered it
has been most difficult even to obtain
a dead specimen of the gorilla family,
it being necessary to risk life in order
to track it to its lair in the interior of
Africa. The specimen secured by Dr..
Biddle was shot by a venturesome Ger
man, George Zenker, near the Yaunde
station, Western Africa, little to the
north of the equator
The New York Tribune says that the
height of this gorilla is a little over
five feet, and the strongest man would