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In Excellent Condition.

Jefferson City, Mo. October T.-Secre- tary of State Cook when asked tonight regarding the condition of the St. Louis trust companies. replied:
 ''The department recently made an ex- animation of all trust companies in St. Louis. They are in excellent condition and abundanty able to meet every de- mand upon them. These precipitate runs may cause temporary annoyance, but they cannot in the least affect the stand- ing of these companies
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Kuregian, in this city, by members of the revolutionary party. said to hold socialist, ic views which Kuregian opposed. At the trial of the case an officer of the party testified that the members of the socialist ic wing had taken an oath to remove all constructions to spreading their views"
 A Former Attempt.
 New York, October 27--An attempt was made on the life of President Diaz on the 16th of December, 1897, when he attend ed the public celebrations in the City of Mexico of the anniversary of Mexican in- dependence During the festivities a man rushed towards him, and evading all ef- forts made to check his progress. reach ed the presidents side and attempted to kill him. Great excitement prevailed but it was soon seen that President Diaz was not hurt The assassin was thrown into prison and subsequently, was lynched. Guanajuato is about 75 miles northwest of Mexico City It is sngularly situated in deep. narrow mountain defiles. over e0O0 feet above sea level. It is formed of a number of villages located around the mines and has population num- bering 630O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28
Yellow Fever situation.

Laredo, Tex, October 27.-The yellow fever situation continues to improve The official bulletin issued tonight is as fol- lows: New cases, 23; deaths. 2; total num- Der oaaer to date. 5e5; total deaths to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28
HARRISON BARRETT
 IS VERY INDIGNANT
CLAIMS HIS DISARMAMENT IS LIN. JUST AND THAT HE HAS IN- VTED A FULL INVESTIGATION OF HIS ACTS.

Washington, October 27.-Harrison J. Barrett, whose disbarrment from practice before the postoffice department for al- legged wrongful acts, disclosed by the general postal investigation was an nounced last week, has written in a let ter of the postmaster general in which he expresses surprise in view of the fact that he has been furnished no speci- fication of charges, and has been given no hearing The letter says he (BarretD invited a searching investigation of all his acts and was assured hearing and an opportunity to meet any accusation against him. The penalty Is from two to fourteen years in the state prison.
 Barrett is the fourth man thus far convicted.
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THE WEATHER.

Washington, October M-Follow- { ing is the forecast for Alabama: <
 . Increasing cioudiness Wednesday; {
 rain Thursday; fresh easi winds. (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28

Patents issued Edwin R. Cox, Jr.. Bir- mingham. dynamo electric machine or motor; Henry J. Davis and F. c. Ault, Birmingham. boiler feeder; Cyrus w. Gill lis. Andalusia. animal trap; Lawrence C. Mooney. Montgomery, smoke consuming furnace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28

The Traders National bank of Birming- ham, Ala, has been authorized to begin business with a capital of s100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28
Washinaton Notes.

Washington, D. C.. october 27.-(Spe- appointed; Hargrove. BIbb county, George Archer; Level Road, Randolph county, L. NJ Gray Wallace. Escambia county, Carrie M. Sowell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28

George J. Gray has been appointed reg nlar and William N. Gray substitute rural free delivery carrier at Keener.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28
Eiaht Between Factions.

Boston, October 27.-The murder of Sag
 atel Sagouni. president of the Armenian revolutionary society in London. is not regarded as being of great political sig nificance by Armenians in this city, but rather as a result of bitter feeling which exists between two factions within the revolutionary party itself. h support of this 1t was cited the recent attempt to assassinate an Armenian editor. Pet.,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-12
INFORMED ON CLOCKS,
Not to He Wondered At That This
Man Knew How to Make
Them Run.

A fad more or less general is the col
lection of old clocks, from the tall
grandfather variety to the curious
timekeepers Of foreign make. The gar
rets OF old farmhouses from Maine to
the Carolinas have been ransacked for
the former, and there is MANY a man
and woman in New York who keeps
an eye on the pawnshops of the foreign
districts for curious and ancient things
from abroad.
ut is almost impossible to keep them
all running" complained woman
who has two dozen aged and valuable
clocks scattered through her Madison
avenue home. "They seem to be in
good order and run along for awhile,
then all of sudden they stop for no
reason at all.
II have found an old German who
knows more about the ways of old
clocks than any one In the city. sent
him my German prize few weeks ago,
and when 1t did not come back after the
usual period of waiting went to his
shop. What do you think 1 found him
reading?"
The friend did not have the slightest
idea, says the New York Tribune.
1T was little German volume with
title something like this: Thirteen
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-12
THE PULQUERIES OF MEXICO.
Picturesque Resorts of the City
Which Attract the Tourists
Attention.

"The pulqueries of the City of Mex
leo are unique feature Of the life in
that country that never fail to catch
the eye of the tourist and attract the
attention Of visitors" said A. S. Chew
ming, OF El Paso, Tex, to Washington
Star man. There are nearly thou
sand such places and they dispense
many carloads of pulque every day.
These pulque shops are open every day
in the year, and surely present pic
turesque appearance. The walls are
decorated with the most extraordinary
pictures, representing bull fights and
prize fights. The extraction of the
pulque from the stemsis done by hollow
ing out a sort Of cup In one end and let
ting the sap flow into it, which Is done
very quickly. Then 1t is emptied into
a gourd, which is carried by the pulque
dealer. A plant will yield from three
to ten gallons. Every pulque shop in
the City Of Mexico has al name peculiar
ly It's own, such as Delights of Life
'The Smile The Charmer.' THE Hope
THE Rainbow 'The Image of Jesus
THE Inspiration and lot Of others of
similar nature. Pulque when taken
in large quantities is intoxicating. II
forms the principal drink Of the Mex
leans, and is a thin, whitish fluid, with
the odor Of sour milk"
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Hundred Reasons Why Clock in Per
feet Order Won't Rum"
BOOKS AND THE GENTLEMAN.
~ nat the Man of Means Does and
Does Not Do with the Vol
umen He PurchaHeA.

.,..ov.'ot the quanty OF American
literature and however low the stand
ard of culture which severe critics find
among us, the fact remains that Ameri-
cans buy more books than people of
any other nation. But we are not
above receiving benefit from some
hints for the wealthy and cultivated,
which the London Author quotes from
German publisher, says Youths Com
panion.
A gentleman, he says, does not give
his daughter dowry Of half million
and forget to provide her with book
case. He does not have full cellar
and empty book shelves. He does not
borrow good books which he is in a
position to buy.
A gentleman does not cut books with
his fingers or touch them with soiled
hands. He does not talk about the
latest literature when he is acquainted
only with what has been said about 1t
in the newspapers. He does not make
presents only of things which are with.
out intellectual value.
Finally, he does not buy only cheap
editions when he can afford better, or
depend entirely for his reading on the
daily journals or illustrated weeklies.
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WHAT ARE WE COMING Tor
PrOEressive Euckre Played with =
Ton Of Anthracite ms the Prize
for the Winner.

In the good old placer days in the
canyons and gulches of the Sierras
and the Rockies, bearded men were
wont to gather around convenient
fir stump and play their level best
for the pile" in the center.
Mineral poker was popular then, and
sometimes the disguised shark from
the city found it profitable, as the
pile" frequently represented every
thing that had been "panned" by the
entire camp for month. Sometimes,
again, he did not find it quite so profit
able. This happened when he was UNI
fortunate enough to be caught palm
ing" an ace or ringing in" "cold
deck"
Little did these argonauts dream,
away back in the SOS, as they "anted"
with dust and opened the jackpots with
nuggets, that the members Of a Chi
cago West side social club would, in
the early days of the next century,
be playing progressive euchre for so
base u mineral as coal. And yet time
has worked even so great change
as this, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The members Of the Lincoln club,
whose excited, feverish faces might
have been seen bending over the cards
asst Thursday night, as right and left
bowers were dealt to them, were not
all bearded. Some Of them were only
nustached. Again, the cheeks of many
of them were covered only with
bushes. But all bore the indescribab BILE
expression which is to be found only
at Saratoga or Monte Carlo during
the gaming season. They were play
ing for heavy stake-a ton Of anthra-
cite.
There have been periods in this coun-
try when the gambling fever has
seemed to reach it's absolute clims x
periods when 1t seemed as though ex.
cess at the gaming table had gone to
its uttermost limit-when men stal ed
steamboats,, cotton plantations, rail-
roads, upon the turn Of card.
We have wondered II anything could
exceed the recklessness that culminat-
ed in Black Friday. We have been
amazed by the desperate chances men
and women have taken in the boom
days Of Kansas City and Omaha. But
these become insignificant by the side
OF the game played over on the West
side the other night-a game. too, in
which fair women as well as brave m n
took part-for a ton of anthracite.
Well may the man who thinks sober
thoughts concerning the future of his
country ask: "What are we coming
TOT Will this puffed-up, stiff-necked
generation gamble next for kindling
wood2"
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LIFE OF FUR TRAPPERS.
some Food and Good Times
In Their Camps.

"You admire furs," commented an
old trapper, as he sat contentedly
smoking his pipe, relates the New
York Tribune; you should go where
we get them. All, that is the life
pure air, plain, wholesome food, and
then, after the seasons work, that
brigade of fur-loaded canoes going
off down the lakes. Every canoe is
loaded, you know, almost to the gum
vale, and they string out one behind
the other, long line Of them. They
usually start out early in the morn
ing and paddle, paddle, paddle, hour
after hour, down the stream, through
that lake, and so into civilization.
but they don't forget to eat-oh,
no! About noon they go ashore.
They 'snub' the canoes to overhang-
ing trees and hunt around for a good
fiat rock on which to start their fire.
But those fellows don't take an hour
for luncheon. Time is too valuable
to them. They take q drink of tea,
bite of pork-that is about all.
Then they are Off again. The men
spell each other at the paddles, and
occasionally the canoes are punched
by steersmen for a good smoke.
"When night comes the brigade
goes ashore and pitch their camp.
Tents are put up, camp fires lighted
and the supper prepared, great clouds
of black flies and mosquitoes hover
ing around. Some of the men busy
themselves preparing the great brown
fapjacks for the next day, while
others dry their moccasins or get
their blankets ready to bunk in.
Perhaps a canoe has to be patched
the next morning before the start
can be made.
sob, it is great life up there in tho
wilds of Canada, where they get tho
furs. You should try it."
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WHAT Or. KUTCHIN
GOES 30.

DR.. Kutchin makes
the frst object OF his
life to heal the az
aicted, tho second, 10
get q well.deservcd
reputation as q healer
OF diseases among the
people; the third, Is
to earn q modest COM
pensation In order TO
properly care for HIM
self and family.
He does all that he
agrees to, and Oft
times more, and when
failure does occur 1t
can always be traced
to carelessness, Inn
prudence, or over
work on the part Of
the patieL'.
Ho deals candidly,
literally and honor
ably with all alike,
taking advantage of
none as 20 condition
or circumstance.
Last, but not least,
He CURES after all
methods but his have
failed.
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80 and 81 Wisconsin St
FLOOR OF THE PACIFIC,
Lofty Submarine Mountains beside
Which the Andes Would Look
Like HilIocka.

If the waters Of the Pacific could be
drained, there would be revealed vast
stretch Of territory comprising enorm-
Gus plateaus, great valleys for which
no parallels exist on the land surface
lofty mountains, beside which the
Himalaya and the Andes would look
like hillocks, and tremendous hollows
or basins, only to be compared with
those on the face Of the moon, says Les
lies Monthly.
While there are great mountains,
and huge basins or "deeps," the pla-
teau areas are by far the most extern
sive. Relatively speaking, the floor of
the Pacific as now at last revealed on
he pleateau areas is level. There are
undulations and depressions, but the
general area is about the same depth
below the surface.
Soundings develop a mean depth Of
from $500 to 2,7OO fathoms. In shoaler
spots there is mean depth of from
1900 to 2,400 fathorns. Deeper spots
show from $500 to 1900 fathoms.
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ORIGINATED RAILWAY MAIL.
The Great Service First Thought OF
byaP ostmnster mt st.
Joseph, Mo.

81 ran across an old memorandum
I'm looking through the files the other
day that showed very clearly the ORR
gin Of the vast railway mail service
now in vogue in the United States"
said post Office official to Washing
ton Star man.
"rhe man who started what is now
an elaborate system was the postmas-
ter at st. Joseph, Mo, at the time, APP
pointed to the position by President
buchanan. His idea grew out Of the
old pony express which also had its
origin in ST. Joseph. He evolved an
ingenious system Of boxes for handling
his mail expeditiously on the arrival of
the express by rigging up lot of par
ttons in an old dry goods box. and la
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-03-12

The doctor wonderful power Of dag
nosis, greatest of all gifts, enables him
to determine the causes of obscure and
chronic ailments, and to apply remedies
which effect certain. speedy and perma-
nent cures.
X RAY examination in appropriate
cases upon reasonable notice.
HOPE FOR THE AFFLICTED.
Many hundreds of sufferers pronounc-
ed by other physicians rs hopelessly in
durable, have been restored to health by
DR.. Secrist.
Letters Of Endorsement from many
prominent clergymen and hundreds of
grateful patients are on file in his Office.
The doctor has devoted much time
and attention in the French Hospitals to
the study of
ALL SPECIAL DISEASES or MEN,
and has imported many special medi-
cines and appliances necessary to effect
certain cures in the worst cases of
Physical Weakness, Varicocele, Impo-
tency. Nervous Debility, etc.
caused by youthful errors, night losses
general dissipation, improper treatment
and neglect.
The doctor will forfeit $500 where a
cure is guaranteed and not effected.
KIDNEY and BLADDER disease
treated by new and eminently success
full methods.
CATARRH in all its various forms
positive, prompt and permanent cures
always effected.
CLUB FEET. cross eyes and all other
deformities treated with special care
and unfailing success,
NERVOUS DISEASES, Epilepsy and
diseases of the BLOOD AND SKIN al
ways yield to the doctors modern meth
DDS of treatment
PILES cured permanently without de
tention from business and without the
use of the knife
LUNG TROUBLES receive careful
attention, and are always treated sue
cessfully, when not too long neglected.
DELAY Is DANGEROUS Those
who are chronically ailing should lose
no time In consulting a special physician
whose reputation for skill is so we'll and
widely known.
Special attention given to
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN.
No unnecessary exposure. No exam.
nation. No sacrifice Of modesty.
The doctor does not publish his pa
tients' names except with their full con
sent and approval English, French
and German spoken. Address,
DIR. H. c. SECRIST,
Chicago and Milwaukee.
80 and - Wisconsin St
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LATEST DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS.

DIR. kutchfn has received tho most up
proved instruction In Analytical und Micro
scopcnl Examinations OF the Blood. Urine,
etc, which IRE now considered Indispensable to
correct diagnosis In many diseases. There
no many diseases which physicians I'm common
practice do not usually treat, and are, there
fore, seldom prepared with necessary and cost
~ outnt 10 examine correctly, or treat with sue
cess; such cases, therefore, would do well to
coll Mt once ind learn their true condition. and
whether tho door Of Hope nro yet open, or for.
ever closed n Nil 81 them.
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beled each hole with the name of an
Office served by the express on the
arrival of the rider he would sort out
his mail and tie up the packages in the
different partitions. When baggage
cars were first in vogue, the bale-box
idea was used, and, crude as it was, it
added greatly to the rapidity with
which the mail could be handled. From
this crude beginning has been evolved
the most elaborate railway mail serv-
ice in the entire world, and from the
one man who originated tilt now takes
nearly 10000 men to carry it on"
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HAZARDS TO HEALTH.
That May Result In Fatal
IllneSs.

The majority of persons In the tenn
perate zone delight in winter because
Of its sports and amusements. 1t
brings with it, however, great haz-
ards to health and train OF discom-
forts, some petty and others serious,
but none of which is generally recog-
nized as affecting the health; yet
their alienation and cure are often
difficult, says the New York Herald.
1t would raise the average of
health significantly if the vast i'm
portance Of precautionary measures
could be impressed upon the public
and attention drawn to the fact that
these so-called petty discomforts are
q menace to health.
There is a misunderstanding as to
the benefits which cold weather con-
fers. If in autumn and spring per-
sons took the same amount OF exer-
else and breathed as deeply as cold
compels them to in order to maintain
the normal heat of the body, they
would find these seasons congenial to
health. Most people know that freez-
ing is as inimjcal to life az burning,
but they seem to think that any de-
gree of cold short Of freezing is bene-
fetal, and one hears pernicious talk
about its stimulating effect, per-
nicious because it induces many per-
sons to do foolhardy things.
Cold is beneficial only when,
through tho demand Of oxygen to
feed internal fires, the lungs are slim
ulated to their full duty. The cir
culation of the blood should be cor
respondingly accelerated, and it is as
long a. the body is kept warm. But
the moment the hands, feet, nose or
ears become stingingly cold, harm is
done, and if, through insufficient
clothing, this chill involves the limbs
and extends to the shoulders or 9TH
er parts Of the body the danger is
proportionately increased and may
be the incipient cause of pneumonia,
fevers or other disease.
A chill disturbs the capillary cir
culation, and in women this is so SEN
sitive that it's slightest disturbance
may cause cutaneous disorders. FIRE.
quently the seeds of winters dis
comfort are sown during the first
frosty evenings Of autumn. Many
take keen delight In the sharp tinglo
of the air, but the benefit of it's slim
ulating ozone is lost unless the body
is protected from chill. Often the
hands or feet become stingingly cold,
and within "A hours a burning irri-
tation is felt in some part of the
limbs. Because the hands are more
commonly exposed than the feet the
irritation is usually felt first in the
upper arms, extending to the wrists,
or involving the thighs and ankles in
exact measure to the exposure.
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AN ARCTIC MEAL.
The Eskimo Method of Preparing q
Supper on n Polar Sheet
of Ice.

Dogs were unhitched and fastened.
as usual, and then each Of the Eskimos
climbed over the icefoot with his snow
knife and disappeared behind the para
pet. where the other two were already
cutting snow blocks. l fastened my
dogs, got out their ration of pemmi-
can, cut it up, and fed them, standing
up with whip in hand to see that there
was no bullying, and that each dog got
his share, says Outing.
Then l unpacked the cooker, oil can
and kitchen box, passing them up the
icefoot as high as could reach. l did
not wait for the completion of the igloo
to commence my preparations for sup
per, but with few strokes of the spade
excavated niche in the snowbank, put
the cooker in out of the wind, filled the
lamp with oil and the boiler with ice,
placed a few snow blocks around it for
still better shelter, and lighted up.
BY the time the igloo was completed
had enough water melted for the tea,
and supper was entirely ready by the
time my men had fed the dogs; and
they lost no time in freeing their cloth
ing Of snow and joining me in the gloo.
Still less time was consumed i'll putting
away the tea and biscuit and penmmi-
can, and less again in falling off to
dreamless slumber.
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tY-DR. KuICHiN IS NO STRANGER IN THIS COUNTY.
WHAT Or. KUTCHIN
DOES NOT DO.

He does not fright.
en- people into doctor
ing by holding up a
plea OF q speedy death
before their eyes. He
locs not urge the sick
to take treatment
when be knows them
to be incurable Nei~
Their does he by false
pretcnses hold the
sick under his care
month after month
while doing them no
good.
He does not per-
suade helpless M
curables TO doctor
out the last month OF
their lives, or give up
their last dime for
medicine.
He does not take
patients under O so
called falsoguarantee
pretending TO charge
only for medicine and
taking VIII a tie ver
amount he can get,
or make the object Of
his life to cxtortmon-
ey from the sick.
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The fastest bicycle record is that
of an American, who made mile in
minute in the suction of a railway
train, planks having been laid upon
the ties to furnish q track. Now a
Frenchman has made so miles in an
hour riding behind motor pacing
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Wife Ito her husband, who is a great
criminal lawyer, and who has found
fault with the dinner): '"There you go
again, always finding fault with my
cooking. You never see any redeeming
qualities In me, and yet you have an
excuse for every murderer that comes
along."-Short Stories.
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CHRONIC DISEASES,

The Doctor treats no ncute diaeases, hut
makes o speciality OF chronic and Iong.stand ing
diseases Cases given ~ by other doctors and
pronounced inourabIe, he most desires to see,