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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
OF COURSE THE GUEST GOT UP.
Tavern-keeper Wanted Him to Know
 He Had Been Called.

From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal
 There is keen knowledge of human nature in the following bit of fun, but no more than might be expected from a down east tavern keeper who has had a long experience with autumnal sports men, of whom many are called but few get up
 A mighty hunter from Boston recently put up at a quaint little Maine hostel ", and left word in the office that he wished to be called at 4:30 clock in the morning. Sharp at that time the next morning came a laundering rap at his door.
 "All right I'll be down in a minute" called a muffled voice from under the quilts.
 You get up here now and sign this re- ceipt! commanded Uncle Cy.
 Receipt What receipt?' demanded a very wide-awake voice, and the bed squeaked loudly.
 Wal" grunted Uncle Cy, "I don't cal kerlate to have ye humping down to the office at o'clock, declaring that ye ain't been caled!'
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Notes and Personals.

Mrs Charles Samuel Simmons has re- turned from Atlanta
 Mrs H. H. Sinnege left last night for Texarkana, and will go later to New York. MT. and Mrs Ross C. Smith, Miss Ethel Sharpe, Miss Carrie Sharpe and MT. Pas cal Shook are at Bayou la Batre.
 pr. Kerr Boyce Tupper of Philadel- phia who was expected to arrive in the city yesterday from Florida, was unex- pectedy called home and has gone direct to Philadelphia.
 Mrs. H. Simon and her son. MT Edwin l. simon have returned from Hot Springs, Ark.
 Mir. Edward E. Kersh of Montgomery was in Birmingham yesterday.
 pr. and Mrs John Dckerson, arrived yesterday from Florida and are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Douglass and will later be the guests of MT. and Mrs. Burford. Among the brilliant events of Easter week will be the Colonial tea to be given by the Daughters of the American Revo- lution.
 Mrs. Luther Reynolds will entertain the Progressive Book club Tuesday after noon.
 MT. and Mrs. William Henry Fowlkes will return today from their wedding journey to Florida and Cuba.
 Mrs. Brooks will continue her Satur- days at home during Lent and receiv- t,.- .,vtf fl w.,tl tx '. Brooks of Baltimore, and Mrs. Levert Clark of Detroit. es-
 Mrs. Brooks numerous friends will be delighted to know that she has recovered from her recent Illness.
 
 MT. and Mrs. R. s. Warner and Miss Lottie Wren Warner have returned from a trip to the east coast of Florida, after an absence of five weeks.
 The Council of Jewish Women will hold regular meeting Monday at 3:30 D. m. in the vestry of the Temple. The subject for the day will be Emma Naza- rus the poetess. The discussion will be led by Mrs. Mayer.
 Miss Nellie Sloss is visiting Mrs. A. w. Smith, GOA N. Twentieth street.
  guest yesterday of MT. and Mrs. Samuel D. Weakley.
 Miss Virginia Conner gave a beautiful luncheon Friday in compliment to Mrs Don Bacon.
 Mrs. c. P. Orr will address the Twen- tieth Century club Friday at Mrs J. G. Bradley's, 929 s. Seventeenth street.  Mir. and Mrs. William A. Walker are in Florida.
 Birmingham society will read with in- terest the following from the Montgomery Journal: 'The friends of ex-Secretary of State Robert P McDavid at the state house have learned with much pleasure of the good luck which has come to him in Birmingham. Yesterday he was pre- sented with ten-thousand-dollar resi- dence by his father-in-law, Dr. Smith, who is, by the way, counted one O. the wealthiest men of Jefferson county. The gift came as surprise to Colonel Me David. who, 1t Is understood. was ne- gotating for the purchase of the house for sl2,0OO. and his father-in-law step-
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ped in and purchased the residence for s10000 cash. Col. Bob MeDavid deserved his good fortuae. He deserves anything he wants"
 Mir. and Mrs. McDavid will take pos session of their new house early In April. Mrs. McDavid was the lovely -diss Irene Smith and Is one of the most charming and fascinating women in the state.
 Mir. John M. Dean announces the en- gagement of his daughter, Jessie Mae, 10 MT. Frank s. Cornelius, the marriage to take place early in April.
 Mrs collett Munger's guest Miss Clop- ton will leave for Paris, Tenn, Wednes- day.
 Mrs Robert Jemison will entertain few friends at luncheon on Thursday in compliment to Mrs. John G. Murray.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Edward Ching have returned from Mobile.
 Mir. Matt Wheeler of Eutaw is visiting MT. and Mrs. Trusdale.
 Miss Eva Butte of Boston, who has been visiting Miss Isabel Sylvester, leaves for home Tuesday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
FREE TO EVERYONE.
Read and Learn How You May Pro.
 cure 1t.

The question of why one man succeeds and another fails, Is a problem that has puzzled philosophers for centuries One man attains riches and position, while his neighbor who started with seeming ly the same, and better opportunities, exists in poverty and obscurity. No man can win success who Is suffering from an irritating and nerve racking disease and the man who has the qualities of sue cess within him, would be quick to recog- nize this fact and seize the best. rem edy to eradicate the trouble.
 A person afflicted with serious case of hemorrhoids or piles Is handicapped In the race for power and advancement It Is impossible to concentrate the men, tai energies when this dreadful trouble Is sapping the vital forces. To show how easily this success destroying trou- ble can be overcome. we publish the fol- lowing letter from a prominent Indiana man.
 When I received the former letter and booklet on Piles. their nature. cause and cure I was in a critical condition. Ulcers to the number of seven had formed on the inside of the rectum, eliminating in a large tumor on the outside resembling fistula. I suffered the most excruciating pain, could get no rest day or night. After reading the booklet I sent to my druggist but he happened to be out of Pyramid Pile Cure just at that time. However, I obtained a part of Q box from my brother-in-law and began their use. Five pyramids completely cured me. I procured box later. but have had no occasion, to use them. l have been waiting to see that the cure was perma- nent. before writing you of its success. I believe Pyramid Pile Cure. to be the greatest and best pile cure on the mar ket. and ask you to please except of my grateful thanks for this invaluable rem edy. take great pleasure in. recommend ing it's use to any sufferer along this line. You may use my name if you wish for reference to any one afflicted with this disease" J. O. Lttell. Arthur, Ind.
 You can obtain a free sample of this wonderful remedy also the booklet described above by writing your name and address plainly on postal card and mailing 1t to the Pyramid Drug Co.,. Mar shall. Mich
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 If you want a fortune buy club and stepladder and start for Nebraska. You can knock money off the trees out there. The treasurer of the state reports twenty millions in the vaults and more coming with every blizzard. It Is an astonishing condition of affairs.
 The golden flood was slow in rising. For years the Nebraska air was thick with mortgages. People sat up nights to hear the wilderness howl and their estate groan under the weight of taxation.
 Today all is changed. Money is as plen- tiful as blackberries In a cannery. Will liam Stuefer, state treasurer, says of Ne braska that lone of the youngest states in the union will soon have to face the problem of an overhowing treasury" Money is pouring into the school fund, and according to the state laws 1t shall not be invested or loaned except on United States or state securities or registered county bonds of Nebraska.
 4TosoAear up the situation the authorities brought suit In the Supreme court for permission to buy Massachusetts bonds. u IS nlBnly slBnlHcdnl that d mere kid" of a western state has al- ready reached the proud position of being able to buy bonds of older commorwealths in the luxurious east. Such Is the condi- tion of affairs in the state where Platte river steamboats run on wheels, where crops are harvested by self-binding cy- clones grain threshed by hail storms and everything above ground struck by light ming.
 With the immense crops of the last three or four seasons the farmers have paid their debts, lifted mortgages and filled the bank vaults with money to burn. The cheerful sum of $96, ,0OO, 900 is in de- posit and book agents, lightning rod ped lers and medicine men who cure pneumo- mia at sitting roost on every doorstep. waiting for the farmer to hand out pie and the family pocketbook.
 This, perhaps, explains why forty-three banks and two express trains have been dynamited and footed within four months Sheriffs and constables are so busy clip ping coupons and balancing their cash that they forget to walk around the block and capture last nights bandit who dimes on Chicago terrapin and plays the plano.
 All kinds of gold tinted, Monte Carlo scented schemes are revealed to wealthy farmers anxious for a circus or some other monotony destroyer to come to town and make things hum Every ingenious device for draining the western flats and keeping down the financial surplus of the overloaded farmers Is now doing business in the sequestered regions of the Platte river empire. The agent of the impris- oned Princesses. Maria del Obigato and the melting eyed Isabella, who are ready to escape and give you their fortunes if you send the necessary car fare and a thousand dollar bribe to the jailer. has been worked successfully in twenty coun- ties on the ablest agrlculturists in the corn and potato belt.
 But aside from these cold, monotonous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
SOCIETY IN MOBILE.

Mobile. March 7.-(Speclal.)-Th New man Circle held very interesting and instructive History Evening meeting at the residence of Mrs. M. J. Vickers, on Charleston street Thursday evening. The Charleston street, Thursday evening.
 An enjoyable Pink Domino was given Thursday evening by the Young Mems Hebrew Association at the German Re- lief Hall. Fifty couples participated in the enjoyment of the evening.
 The Menticulture club met Friday at Il o'clock with Miss Ellen Jones, at 253 St. Anthony street.
 Miss Marcia Burgess and her visitor, Miss Melee of Norfolk, left Friday for New Orleans to attend Ben Hur.
 Miss Agnes Mcdonnell left Friday for Ashville N. C., to visit friends.
 Miss Regina Rapier and Miss Lolite Demouy left Friday for New Orleans to attend the performance of Ben Hur.
 Miss Eliza Carter. after spending sev- eral weeks very pleasantly in this city, the guest of the Misses Davis on State Street. returned Friday to her home in Cartersville, Ga.
 Mrs. E. M Kirkpatrick, after visiting relatives ten days in this city, returned to her home In Greenville, Ala, on Sat urday
 Miss Gertrude BellSnap of New Orleans Is the guest of her cousin, Mrs James c. Simpson. on State street
 The Sketch club of this city has ex- tended an invitation to Professor Wood ward of New Orleans to visit here in March and exhibit some of lis fine work In painting which will no doubt please many of our artists. The pictures will be on exhibition at the Y. M. c. A. building.
 Mrs. c. r. Fletcher tnee Miss Louise Mann) of Wilmington, N. C.. arrived on last Thursday and is the guest of her mother Mrs. John c. Mann, Spring Hin avenue. Mrs. Fletcher expected to be here In time for the carnival, but was de- layed on account of a recent death in MT. Fletcher's family.
 Miss Mary Hunter was the charming hostess of the K. K. K. Card club Sat urday afternoon at her lovely home on Dauphin Way.
 MT. W. B. Inge of Greensboro, Ala, who has been visiting relatives in the city, returned home Tuesday morning,
 Mrs. Will G. Jones of Birmingham and Mrs. Mary Jones Nelson of Birmingham and Mrs. 1mogene Lee of Greensboro gre the guests of Mrs II Minor Friend, at her home on Government street.
 MT. Charles J. Bellamy, prominent editor of Springfield. Mass, and a brother of the late Edward Belamy, author of Looking Backward" Is visiting in Inc city, and will remain for several days.
 MT. Albert Bush was the host of an elegant supper on Friday evening at the Battle House, complimentary to Miss NIn- Ter of the Arizona" company The table was beautifully decorated with roses and ferns snd tempting menu was enjoyed by the following guests: Miss Miller, Miss Fullerton. Miss Whiting. Miss Clarke and Miss Harrison, Mir Cawthorn. MT Brooks. MT. Furst and MT. Horn.
 Mrs. De Camp and MT. John Wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
A SIGH FOR KNOWLEDGE.

Oh, if l had knowledge, Like the men of old, s l would write books. And my thoughts unfold. [ There would be no artist, There would be no poet, l would work and write. And all the world would know 1t. l would writetof East, Also of the West; Maybe by that
 l would gain success. l would laugh to scorn my enemies, My friends would be among the great, And for that very reason l will study soon and late. l will love my teachers, And obey every rule, And will never miss minute From the dear old school For there is where we get ambition, If we will only take it in, For they teach us all that is good, And to shun what Is sin. And I will keep on trying Till the victory l gain, And I will never loose a moment Or let my courage wane.
 REBE JONES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
THE JEsTs OF SENATORS.
Some Incidents of the Lighter Side of
 Life in the Senate.

F. E. Le1pp in March Century.
 John C. Calhoun, when vice president did not believe that, as the presiding of hcer of the senate, he had any right to call senators to order for words spoken in debate. John Randolph of Roanoke abused this license by opening a speech with the words: MT. Speaker-I mean MT. President of the Senate, and would be President of the United States-which God In his infinite mercy, averti" and then launching into one of his character istic trades.
 Calhouns name recalls notification. When this heresy was at it's most ram pant stage, the northern senators depend ed largely upon John Holmes of Main as champion of their side of the chamber, on account of his ready wit. John Tyler tried to badger him one day by asking what had become of the political firm oLce mentioned by Randolph as James Madison, Felix Grundy, John Holmes and the devil"
 "rhe partnership answered Mir. Holmes promptly, has been legally dis solved. The ser'or member is dead; the second has gore into retirement; the third now addresses you, and the last has gone over to the nullfiers, and is elec- tioneering among the honorable sena- tors constituents"
 Clay and Webster were not habitual humorists, but both had the gife of en- tertaining well as enthralling their audiences. Clay ran most to illustrative anecdote. While he was in the house prominent politician deserted the Whis rsrty in the hope of starting a general revolt To his dismay he found himself quite alone, and then bent all his energies to getting back into good standing. The incident reminded Clay of d story. Said he:
 "A stage coach took aboard passenger who insisted upon riding with the driver, and who diligently drew upon the cor tents of a bottle carried In his greatcoat pocket When his potations at last over came him. he fell off The coach stopped long enough for some charitable travel CTS to alight and pull the poor fellow out of the mud.
 ..Hap he exclaimed. as he looked down at his tattered garments we had cutie q (hic) turn over, didn't we?
 "sOh no answered one of the rescu- CTS there was no turn over. You only fell off
 "'I say,' he persisted, there was (hlc) turn over, and I leave it to the company
 Every one joined in assuring him that the coach had not upset.
 "'Well' he remarked rucfully, as he tried tc climb back to his former perch if I'd known that (hic) I wouldn'. have got off.
 On a certain afternoon the senate clock got fit of striking in the midst of one cf Webster's most effective speeches. After it had struck fourteen or fifteen, Webster held up one finger. MT. Presi- dent" said hcs the clock is out of order. I have the floor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
ROCkeff-

MT Luther R. Rockett and Miss Maude Braswell were married at the Cumber- land church at Vanderbilt on Wednesday evening at o'clock. The Rev. B. s. Bras- well, uncle of the bride, performed the ceremony. The church was beautifully decorated and crowded to It's full ca pacity.
 The best man was MT. M. D. Rockett brother of the bridegroom. The maid of honor was Miss Becie Braswell, sister of the bride. Miss Josie Seals and Miss Ella Allen of Woodstock were brides maids The groomsmen were Mir Hiram Russell and MT. Horace Russell.
 MT. Robert Loveless and MT. Jessie Seals acted as ushers. The wedding march was played by Miss Kitty Beatty
 MT and Mrs. Rockett will be at home In an attractive new house at Vanderbilt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
WV and SOCIETY
contInued from EIah.eenth Paeel

enc finds simplicity and breadth of mind.
 This Is not to say that the hearts Of men and women who crowd the studios of reputation. iall to thls goed luck; only these who work with 0 sincerity of pur- rose and love of work for the works sake, really ever become known in any way by them.
 If you believe in the talent of your boys or girlJ you would surely love for the teacher who has some proof of his ability to teach by the work he can show. You would not go to one who can teach only.
 In Miss Smiths studio on any lesson Cay may be found large classes of in- dustrious pupils, all Of whom are working with a purpose.
 Excellent work in charcoal drawing from the antique is being done by Miss Virgil Terry, Miss Mary Collins, Miss Bessie May Thompson. Miss Mary Giles " Miss Alice Walpole, Miss Roberta Adams, Miss Napier, Mrs. Kennedy, Miss McKown; in water-color and oil-painting by Miss Edna Moore, Miss Louise Sehaef- er Miss Lucille Greer, Miss Willie Dick erson, Miss Broadway and Mrs Stern.
 The Friday afternoon sketch class Is of special interest to pupils, since they have here an opportunity to draw from life in pen and ink, color or charcoal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
Literary Society.

At regular meeting of the Yancey Literary society the following programme was rendered
 Debate: Resolved, That the Ex-Slaves Should be Pensioned by the United States Government
 The affirmative was upheld by MT. Me- Cartin and MT. Hood and the negative by MT. Daily and MT. Kelly.
 In the absence of MT McCartin Mir. Herzfeld delivered his debate.
 The judges, MT. Martin, MT. Meadows and MT Merritt, decided in favor of the negative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
Musicale.

A brilliant event of the week will be the musicale to be given Tuesday even ing by the faculty of the Birmingham seminary at the South Highland Presby- terian church. The proceeds will go to the organ fund. A beautiful programme has been arranged, and the members ot the Young Ladies' society, under whose auspices the musicale will be given, are working enthusiastically to make the oc- casion financial success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
Mccheshey In Memphis.

Memphis. March 7.-McChesney, the colt recently purchased from Durnell and Herz by E. E. Smathers, the well known harness horse owner, arrived here today from New Orleans. McChesney is a fa- vorite for the Montgomery handicap, which will be run on the opening day of the Memphis Jockey clubs spring meet ing. The horse arrived in excellent con- dition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08
Sunbeam Society.

The Sunbeam society of Avondae gave an entertainment Friday evening at Nor ris hall. An interesting programme of songs and recitations was rendered, and the occasion was a delightful one.
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Koman's Club.

At the meeting yesterday afternoon of the Womans club 1t was decided to meet again next Saturday afternoon to com plete arrangements for the cooking school which will be opened March F in the city hall building.
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Queries.

From Columbia Jester
 Is a sty necessarily the result of some pigment lodged in ones eyes?
 If cold contracts, is the contract bind ing?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08

The best value for your money is the Underwood Visible Typewriter. High grade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-08

Loop cars turn back at 9th avenue and 2Oth street from 5:3O to FOO p. m. daily, ex- cept Sunday.
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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-07-04

Now with the certainly of har
vest lots of headers aud biuders
are beng taken out to the country
to help cut the big crop.
Every Methodist in the United
states will want to read the illus
trated article in the July Woman's
Home companion on "the Metho
dist's and their good work.. It is
wonderfully interesting and our
Methodists should send 10 cents
to Springfield. Ohio and get the
copY-the rest OF the magazine wall
please your wife.
Since the troubles on the Dewey
rancho In Cheyenne county, IN the
northwest part of the state, Q S.
Land Office inspector has visited
there and ordered the fences i'm
mediately taken down from around
every piece of Government land,
and if not done troops will be sent
there to do it. 1t completely de-
stroys 1t as a rancho, and this
promIscous fencing is just what
has made all the trouble up there
between the rancho and the settlers.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-07-04

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