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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
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The Fifth Annual Silk Sale has proved to be the most successful of all the Silk Sales we have held this fal-just as we prophesied. It is the best opportunity for the women of Birmingham to buy Silks that they have ever known.
 Here the newest styles in POnsees FaiIIe Francis, Mummie Habutais, PeaU de Soie, Liberty Moires, Jacuuards, Cords Glace Taffeta Louisines, Armures. PeaU de Cygne- We will not give detail of what these several tables contain, rather synopsis
 On Table Mo-. are silks that have sold up 10 75c, marked 39c.
 On Table No. 2 are silks that have sold up to soc, and very desirable at that price, marked 32c.
 On Table Mo- } are 75c silks at soc.
 On Table Mo- 4 are soc silks at 25c.
 On Table No are Foulards that sold last year at LOO, and other Foulards of this years style, marked at 49c.
 On Table Mo- are silks that sold as high as 100 marked sc.
 On Table Mo- 7 are silks that sold as high as 1S0 marked 75c
 And yet this does not cover the full import of this sale Here are Black Taffetas that are 75c values marked at Sc.
 And 1.2S Peau de Soie, at 83c.
 And a lot of Jacquards Taffetas, Liberties. worth 125 at 75c
 And guaranteed Black Tafeta at 75c
 And guaranteed Peau de Soie at 83c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
CAHEEN'S.
DRESS SKIRTS.

No better be found than the shown by CAHEEN BROS Net Skirts Fancy Black de Chene and Silk Skirts all handsomely trimmed, from S750 to 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09

An occasional dose of Prickley Ash Bitters keeps the system healthy, wards off disease and maintains strength ana energy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Poor Hubby.

From Life.
 Husband-Where do you want to go on a vacation?
 Wife-oh, anywhere that's expensive and restless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09

All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald En graving Department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09

Drink White Rock, the worlds best table water. For sale by T. w. O'Byrne. Sole Distributor. Telephone No. GAG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Alabama Brewing Go.
 Bohemian Beer. ''

Strawberry foe cream Easonville Creamery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Of Torturing Disfiguring Eczema by the Cuticura Remedies when
 all else failed.

My bsy Herbert oulrk afflicted
  Doctors of Victoria Road Adershot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09

A chapter of the Daughters C the Con- federacy has been organized at Ozark with forty-two members and these of ficers: Mrs w. Cox, president; Mrs. w. c. Mizell, vice president; Miss Ruby Bailey, secretary; Miss Georgia Bowling, treasurer; Miss Allie Garner, correspond ing secretary and historian; Miss Fannie Belle Mizell, registrar; Mrs. w. w. Kirkland, director.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
SCIENTIFIC METHODS
 OF ASSASSINATION
Development of Crime CapaThe Rougere Cold Flooded Wealthy Young Woman Was Deliberately Carried Into Execution

Information gathered by the criminal investigation department concerning the
 double murder at Aix-les- Rains last Sep
 tember of Eugenie Fougere.. concert
 hall actress, and her maid servant, re- vealS an alarming departure in the
 methods of robbery and homicide. says Paris letter to The New York Tribune.
 Consternation now prevails among the large and affuent classes of theatrical women and profession beauties who fre- quently convert their rortunes for con venient keeping or for personal adorn- ment into jewels of rare value. The new type of assasin-robber is a man of pre- possessing. fashionable appearance, who takes no part in the manual or mechani- cal functions of the actual killing, but who confines himself solely to the brain work of the enterprise It Is the mas ter mind that conceives and plots the crime. planned and regulated down to the minutest details, but the execution of which is confided to men or wemen of the lower ranks of criminals so numerous in Paris. There are today thousands of un- employed workmen who are as eager to
 undertake job of this description as
 were the mercenary soldiers who in the rough-and-tumble days of the fifteenth century caused so much trouble under
 the lead of the cOndottieri. Indeed the system of the condottieri has it's counter parts in the twentieth century organiza- tion of the criminal bands that have be-
 come so dangerous in Paris and which NJ
 Lepine, head of the French police, and
 his assistants have determined to sup press, 1t appears that three-fourths of the
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this alibi. which Bassot had taken the precaution to make as clear as pos sible. The next arrest was that of Caesar Ladermann at Lyons, who committed sui eide by blowing his own brains out with revolver just as the police burst open the door of his rooms at a hotel where he had taking lodgings at Lyons. Par tially burned letters from Bassot and Victorine Giriat were discovered Evil dence was soon obtained establishing the fact that Bassot had planned. every de- tail of the crime. and that his principal accomplices, who performed the actual killing of the victim, were Victorine GI- riat and Caesar ,Ladermann. Both Giriat and Ladermann had implicitly followed tho detailed ''sealed orders'' furnished them by the young and prepossessing Henri Bassot, who had arranged the 'opera- tion'' with conummate skill, and whose crime would in all probability have never been discovered had it not been for the collapse of the overstrung nerves of his female accomplce, Victorine Gi:iat. This sensational case is full of revelations as to the latest developments of systematic, carefully planned crimes, which by the aid of scores of educated young men of good family. bun who have become social outcasts. are scientific in conception and execution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.

the principal subjects taught in this course, which is especially adapted to tacse. who Intend to usyote themselves to the chemical or the agricultural pursuits. The work in this course is both theoreti- cal and practical, the lectures and reel la- tions being supplemented in every in- stance by work in the various laboratJ- ries and on the farm and in the green houses of the experiment station.
 (a) Chemistry-The institution has ex- cellent and most extensive chemical labo- ratories, and a very full stan of instruc- tors. Graduates in chemistry i'll leading professional positions throughout the South.
 (b) Agriculture is taught theoretically and practically. The experiment station contains 3O4 acres for the double purpose of experimentation and student instruc- ton. Here are exhibited all of the opera tions of cotton and corn culture. truck farming animal industry, dairying. etc. The high order of work done by the stan in this department has been of vast ser vice to the farmers of Alabama and has given the institution high rank in offt' cial circles. Number of students in agri- culture, l12. highly successful school has been conducted this summer in agri- culture. botany, chemistry and other SCI. ences. One hundred and twenty Q2Ol adult farmers were present, representing i7 counties and the State of Georgia.
 (c) The department of botany Is supplied with an excellently appointed laboratory
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bound volumes, besides e large number of bulletins and pamphlets filed for ready reference. This collection Of books has been made almost entirely since the main college building was destroyed by fire In 1887. The following broad classifica- ions will give an idea of the scope of tho library; Technical and scientific sec. tions. 5000 volumes: general (history, biography, philosophy. travel. cla sics. linguisticsl. 5000: government publ. ca tons. 8,200. Quite noteworthy are the sections of biology. chemistry. agricul- ture. botany. pharmacy, civil. electrical and mechanical engineering, and veterin- ary science. Tn the physical sciences everything Is thoroughly modern. and ex- ceptional opportunities are offered for comprehensive reading. There are now lbout 1,200 volumes in the historical sec- ,ion. This material Is very complete. particularly on the period immediately preceding the Civil War. The sections )f biography, poetry, essays and travel are also full and good. and there are select editions of all the standard authors.
 Museum.
 The museum occupies a large room on the third floor of the main college build ing. It is provided with suitable cases flied with valuable specimens of an in- structive character. There Is an ex- tensive collection of minerals and gec'o
 gica1 specimens. By law the . Geologist deposits in this museum du..i
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successful robberies committed in the French capital are due to the concep- ton and skilful plans of young men of good education, who direct operations with precision and intelligence, just as a general plans and controls the movements of his troops in campaign. The police records show that there are lGundreds of young meA of respectable birth who have failed to withstand the temptations of Parisian life, and, cast aside by family and friends, swell the ever increasing criminal population, and have become the condottieri of the mercenary 'apaches" of Montmartre, Montparnasse or La Vilette.
 striking example of the advanced in- tellectuality of the professional criminals of Paris is presented by the Alexl as- Rains murder. which. according to the evidence col ected by the Criminal Investigation Department, was conceived and planned by an accomplished well educate youth named Henri Bassot. It is needless to recount the grewsome details of the sen sational double murder committed at the luxurious Villa Solms. at Aix-les-Bains on the night of September l9. The mere out line of the business will show what an extraordinary part was taken by the mild hammered. gentlemanly criminal. who. ac- cording to French law. can only be pro- ceeded against as q mere accomplfce WhC took no part fin the killing. The facts as adduced by the police authorities are as follows:
 Eugenie Fougere. an ex-concert hall &C., tress. not to be confounded with an artist of the same name who once had consider able success in Paris and New York. made herself conspicuous in certain pub
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els. and with her face covered with blood. appeared at a window imploring the hair dresser to get some one to force open the door. as robbers had b-oken into the villa. Help. help!" shouted Victorine G- riat, 'and be quick, for I am faintins away" The hairdresser. ran for lock- smiths and informed the police. When the commissary of police entered the villa he found that all the jewelry that be- longed to Eugenie Fougere had disap- peared. Eugenie Fougere lay dead on the bed, having been killed with a sharp in- strument or knife. Eugene Fougeres maid servant was also found dead, and the Giriat woman was discovered swoon- ing on the floor, tied up with cords. The Giriat woman wept with apparent grief over the death of Eugenie Fougere, and said that two assassins had appeared dur ing the night, and had attacked her with knives. and after tying her to char had left her. supposing that she was dead.
 The commissary of police feigned to be- lieve this story, and when Victorine Gi- riat had recovered fEOm her emotions she was set free She was nevertheless shadowed by the police. She came to Pa ris and gambled heavily. She called upon some former female acquaintances Tn very shady circles in the Rue Ptgalle
 One of these individuals was arrested. and when closely questioned stated that Victorine Giriat had in great nervous ex- citement confessed that she had great fear of Henri Bassot lest he should Kill her just as he had caused the death or Engenie Fougers. The commissary or police deemed that the opportune mo meEt for the arrest of Victorine Giriat' who. under severe cross questioning. fin ally indicated the whereabouts of Bas- sot. Next day Bassot was arrested in his apartments in Paris He exclaimed when the police charged him with complicity in the assassination of Eugenie Fougere at Ak: Why. 1t Is impossible l can prove by half a dozen witnesses that I was a Vichy during the night of Septem- Der 19 when the crime was committed.
 Surely enough. the police dis covered. abundant evidence of
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uates. Over 1000 students have received instruction at the college at Auburn. and over 500 have been awarded diplomas The high rank occupied by many of the grad uates Is indicated by few positions talk en at random: Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida, University of Alabama, Tulane University, Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi; P O. lessor of Agriculture at University of Ar kansas and Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College; Director of Experi- ment Station at University of Arkansas; Professor of Physiology at Vanderbi.t University and the Medical Colle ge of Alabama; Director of Mississippi Experi- ,ment Station; City Chemist of Atlanta; Professor of Physics at Georgia School of Technology: Professor of Civil Eng neer- ing at University of Wisconsin,; ofessor of History and Political Science at Uni- versity of West Virginia; Physics and Electrtcal Engineering at the Agricuitu- ral and Mechanical College of South Car olina; General Superin endent Mexi an Central Railroad; resident engineer Southern Railway; thirty p eminent min ing engineers. civil engineers and archi- tects in Jefferson County. Altogether there are seventeen graduates of Auburn who fill chairs of science and enginee ing in the prominent colleges and universities of the land.
 More than half of the Auburn graduates are engaged in the various technical pro-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

The Alabama Polytechnic Institute IS one of the great systems of so-called land- grant colleges existing today In every State of the Unlon through the far-reac1- ing statesmanship of Senator Justin Morrill, of Vermont. The system Is pe:- haps the greatest organization of tecnn0- logical institutions in the world: The original Federal act of 1862. donating the lands to the several colleges, sets forth the purposes of the college to be for the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall Joe, without excluding other scientific subjects. and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learn ing as are related to agriculture and the merchanic, arts" By an act approved February 26, 1872, the. college was located at Auburn.
 The trustees of the Alabama Polytech- mic Institute have kept steadily In v,ew the broad charter drawn up by the found- CT of this system of colleges. From 1t. foundation the institution has Increased in patronage, expanded in departments ts and strengthened in equipment, until Il stands today the equal of any college or applied science In the United States. The college is now in its thirty-second year: It has over 600 graduates. and over 5,oOo students have attended its courses Of h. struction. Last year the number or stu dents enrolled was 436, the largest in the history of the institution. There were representatives from every section of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

students occupies the prominent care and thought of the faculty. The sale of ir- toxicants in the town Is prohibited by law There are four chnrches-Methodist. Episcopal. Baptist and Presbyterian-anJ. unless excused on application of the pa rent, every student is required to attend the church of his choice.
 There are no dormitories or barracks, but the students board in private homes, where they may enjoy all the beneficial influences of the family circle.
 Library.
 The library is open daily except Sunday from a. m. to 5 P. m.. and Is indeed a busy, working laboratory for every de- partment of the college. It Is housed in four attractive and well-lighted rooms. and every facility is offered readers fot access to the books. There is a full card catalogue, both of subjects and of au- thors. Poole's index and the monthly cumulative index render the periodicals of ready use. Seven magazines of gen. eral literature and 135 on scientific sub jects are received by the library annu- ally, and there are complete sets of the chief literary and scientific periodicals. There are now in the library over 17,2OC
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lating thereto. Tn this course the study of French and German is required so that students may be prepared to utilize the Valuable scientific Journals and works published in those languages. Lectures and recitations in industrial chemistry, organic chemistry, metallurgy and a course of systematic laboratory work are Included In this branch of instruction Excursions to the various chemical and metallurgical plants during the course of the year aid in familarizing the students with the practical details of the opera tionS of the leading industries.
 Seventh-Mining Engineering.
 The course of instruction in this de- partment embraces geology, mineralogy, chemistry. metallurgy. mining. mining en- gineering and such other studies as en- able the student to obtain a full knuwlA edge of mines and mining and the appli- cation of machinery thereto. Tn order for student to become a succeSs ful min Ing engineer 1t is held that he should know much of machines civil engineer ing and electricity in all of it's applica- tlons to lighting, hauling and assaying op- erations The equipment of the college at Auburn for giving instruction in these
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fessions, and are endeavoring in mine and field and forest, in laboratory. workshop and railroad, to build up the waste places of the South, and especially of the g.eat things in material development. in wealth and thence in comfort and education and culture is to be found for the State i2 this higher scientific education; in thes highly educated. scientific young men whom the college sends forth to contrib u te something toward restoring the South to her ancient heritage of wealth, educa- tion, prosperity and power.
 Faculty and Officers.
 Charles Coleman rhach. M. A, PresI- dent and Professor of English and Politt- cal Economy.
 Otis David Smith, M. A., LID, Pro- lessor of Mathematics.
 James Henry Lane, c. E., M. A., Ph. D.. IL. D.. Professor of Civil Engineering and Drawing.
 George Petrie. NJ. A. Ph. D.. Professor of History and Latin.
 Bennett Battle Ross. M. Sc., Professor of Chemistry end State Chemist.
 John Jenkins wilmore. M E.. Profess sor of Mechanical Engineering.
 Charles Allen Cary. B. &c.,, D. V. M, Professor of Physiology and Veterinary Science.
 Emerson B. Miller. Phar,. M, M. &c.,. Professor of Pharmacy.
 John Frederick Duggars M. Sc, Profess sor of Agriculture Arthur St. Charles Dunstan, M. E., c. E.. Professor of Electrical Engineering.
 John Edward Wiatt, M. A, Professor of Modern Languages.
 Boiling Hall Crenshaw, M E., Associate Professor of Mathematics. James Powell Cooke. Southall, M. A.. Professor of Physics.
 Edwin Mead Wilcox, M A., Ph, D., Professor of. Botany.
 Roger Sherman Macintosh, B. Agr., Professor of Horticulture
 Benjamin Sweat Patrick, M Sc., Com mandant. and Acting Professor Of Mill- tary Science and Tactics.
 George Nathan Mitcham, c. E. M. E., Professor of Geology and Mining En-
 Michael Thomas Fullan. M. E.. Assist ant Professor of Mechanic Arts.
 Clifford LeRoy Hare. M. Sc., Assistant Professor of Chemistry
 Arthur McBryde Ransom, M. &c.,. As- sistant in Chemistry.
 William Oscar Scroggs, M. &c.,, Libra rian and Assistant in English.
 Reuben David Webb. M. Sc.. Instructor William .weIch Hill. E. and M. E. In- structor in Mechanic Arts.
 W. Lawson Thornton, B. sc.. Instructor in Veterinary Science.
 Thomas Bragg. M. &c.,, Assistant M Chemistry.
 James I. Anderson. M Sc., Ph. D. As i 0ciate Chemist to Experiment Station.
 w. M Floyd, Superintendent of Farm: J. M Jones, B. Sc. Assistant in Aanimal
 H. O. Sargent. M sc.. Assistant in Hor- -iculture.
 E. T. Glenn, Treasurer. J. H. Drake. M. D., Surgeon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Druids and Mistletoe.

The Druids always sought the mistletoe by the full moon and. when they found it. rejoiced and worshiped. After cutting off it's twigs with golden sickle they sacrificed two milk white bulls beneath the tree. The sacred shrub was then immersed in water and the resulting connection became their remedy for all dis eases. The early Christians would not permit the use of the mlstletoe in their churches be- cause of It's heathenish origin consequently it was hung only within the private abode and usually in the kitchen. Any maid caught standing beneath branch had to forfeit a kiss to the gallant eagerly awaiting his eppor- tunity With each kiss berry was plucked and when all of the berries disappeared the bare branch was useless to the young man. who wished to claim the privilege of thus sa- luting tho fair damsel thereafter. The nistIe- toe was said to have been the original magical shrub or forbidden tree in the garden d Ed0n.
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lie resorts by her rich gowns and jewels. During the season at Rains, Eu- genie Fougere put in a dazzling tplear- ance at the baccarat table, and around this brilliant butte4 fly flut,ered m any ad- mirers. among whom were several Amer jeans well known at the fashionable water cure of French Savoy. The young Henri Bassot early in June visited Ak, and 1t occurred to him that 1t would not be a difficult feat to organize g. and robbery. He arranged with an eX-professional beauty of mature age named Victorine Giriat, commonly known as the "NIbien- me-" who had in former days been a friend of Eugenie Fougere, to seek the position of salaried companion with tho brilliant and generous concert hall singer In six weeks the Giriat woman was duly installed at the Villa Solms. Henri Bas- sot left Aix-les-Bains and took up his headquarters at Vichy. where he lived comfortably with one of his women admirers named Mar guerite Bernard. alias Piersette Renaud, alias YVonne de Morlange. Bas- sot hired tailcr's apprentice named Cae- | sar Ladermann, commonly called Don | Caesar de Bazan," to commit the robbery and fl necessary to perform the actual killing. On September F Bassot returned to Aix-les-Bains. He conferred with the | Giriat woman. who had became the trust ed companion of the intended victim. Bas- sot informed Victorine Giriat that every | thing was ready for the "operation,"
 which was fixed for the night of Satur- | day. September 19. It was expected that | Eugenie Fougere. after partaking, accord ing to her custom on Saturday evening,
 CT champagne supper at the Casino,
 would retire to her villa. Two profcs-
 sional burglars would have meanwhile
 pen Introduced into the villa by the con-
 hiYance and aid of Victorine Giriat and
 concealed there. Everything happened
 just as Bassot had arranged.
 20. the hairdresser called at the VnIa
 Solms and rang. He was about to 20
 away. when he heard moans and smotL-
 cred calls for help. Finally Victorine GI- ria bound with cords and twisted tow