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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

In India there are many miles of mountain railways which closely resemble the shoot the chutes" or even the Hoop the loops of our own Coney Island. The distance by rail from one station 10 another is frequently as mueh as three or four times the actual distance measured along a straight line, The diTerrree is taken up in intricate horse shne curves single and double loops and similar railroad frvolities.
 The most wonderful of these curositics are to be found on the Darieeling Himalayan Railway The tracks of this line, which are npIrow gauge and single, climb the great lIimalayan Mountains in q breathless sort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

handle Moreover, loosely mounted on the tube Is collar or sleeve which is capable of movement and the opening in which reg isters with the opening of the tube.
 One advantage which this gun possesses is that it does not easily get out of order. and for this reason alone young sportsmeu are likely to be pleased with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

These formidable creatures are fonnd along with others in what are known as the "Rad lands, or fossil beds of the West This whole section was, ages ago, a great lake, which. through changed geological con- ,liilons. was drained, leaving the mighty monsters of the deep to sink and become buried deep, away from the destructive ele- By bling up successive layers of sediment nature has Thoroughly embalmed and pre- served their remains these millions of years. until the pick of the fossil hunter has cut and chiseled out their petrifed forms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01
Worlds Oldest Ring.

Noteworthy is find that has recently been made by Professor Petrle while OK plorlng tombs of the kings of the twelfth dynasty of Egypt. This wonderful relic IS the royal signet ring of Usertesen l., who reigned nearly 5,00O years ago, making it the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

The mother of King Alfonso of Spain is one of the most expert billiard players in the world Before her marriage she was the champion of the Court of Austria, and found it easy to defeat all the archdukes who challenged her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

indians of Nugthern Alasllu travel oddly In ihe spring before the warmth of the short summer has broken up the ice on the rivers. These Indians belong to the Por- cuplnc River region, and are paying visit. to party of the United Stntes Coast and Geodctic Survey at Camp Colonna near the one hundred and forty first meridian of fong- tude and on the edge of the Arctic Circle
 Tho Indians provisions are carried in the sled drawn by the dog team, but, as the sea-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

A short time ago a Sicillan advocate was found guilty of G3 different acts of fraud. For his industry and enthusiasm in the cause of dishonesty he was sentenced to 1S9 years imprisonment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

The Portuguese attempted to establish cattle farming in Newfoundland in 1853, but nl traces of the animals they imported have been lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

of hop skip and jump fashion. In most places the grades are sleeper than anything We are accustomed to in America. but the trains are SO light and the running schedule so deliberate that there are few accidents
 h one place, known as the double loop the railway actually turns twice on itself wlihln radius of a quarter of a mile, de- scriblng complete figure s. The circles described by the tracks at thls point have an actua, diameter of less than the length of most of tho trains which traverse il. Were an American train of ordinary length to attempt to make this double loop at speed and at such a grade 1t would undoubtedly tie itself in q knot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

Throughout the world about per cent. of people gain their living directly from the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-01

conferred is something like that of the GOV cred ribbon of the Legion of Honor.
 The only women to whom the right to wear male attire has been given are George Sand, Rosa .Bonheur; Mime. Dieulafoy, the Persian arehae8logist; Mime. Faucalt, the bearded woman, and Mme Fourreau and Msle. De Jeannette, both sculptors.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Sousa's Band Coming.

Sousa Is back from a record
breaking trip In Europe where he
achieved success that has never
been equalled by any other cen.
ductor and established himself
among the first of the popular mu-
sicians Of the world. Within the
comparatively limited space of eight
months the great American band
was beard In no less than 362 con-
GER In 133 different cities In IS
dit It countries. Among the
coun, S that Sousa played for the
frs lime this year were Russia,
A. rria. Denmark. Poland, Bohe.
N Ireland and Wales He IS now
alb It to inaugurate a limited
American tour, his twenty third
semi annual rip of the kind and
will soon be heard In concert here
at Auditorium on Thursday 10th.
The supporting soloists with tie
band this year ale Miss Estelle
L'o''~r, soprano, who has won an
in -Ional reputation and popu.
lar 18th Sousa, and Miss Anna
Ottec, violinists Of superior ex-
cellence.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
One Meal Enough

A paper printed at Kokomc,
Indiana, Is responsible for the
following story:
1.-THE wife of a farmer Is said to
have had sister come from Chica.
90 to make visit recently. One
day the threshers came and the
guest insisted on doing the work
alone and sent her sister away for
rest. When the hungry threshers
filed into supper that night they
found a sandwich tied with ribbon,
one chicken croquette, one cheese
ball the size of a marble and a
button hole bouquet at each plate
nothing more. The men re-
fused to come back or breakfast.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Opera House Drug Store.

Will Mcleod, of Riverside, was
the victim of a peculiar accident
the other day on the Wheeling d.
vision of the O. R. R.
He was reclining on bench In
the caboose of the freight train on
which he was running and had one
foot resting on box by the car
window. The engineer was doing
some switching, and when the car
hit the section to which the caboose
was attached, 1t struck harder than
usual, and Jared the men In the
caboose slightly, bat Mcleod was
caused to slide along the bench by
the force of the collision, ard his
foot struck the window, going
through the glass. Several bad
gashes were cut In the member.
The wounds bleed freely, but
Mcleod will be able to return to
return to work In q week or so.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Buying a Wife.

In Uguuda a man can buy a
handsome wife for four bulls, a
box OF cartridges and six needles,
and If he has the luck to 60 a-woo-
Ing when women happens to be a
drug In the market he can buy a
suitable daasel for a pair of shoes.
A Kafflr girl Is worth, according
to the rank of her family, from four
to ten cows, and In Tartary no
father will surrender his daughter
unless he gets good quantity Of
butter In return. and In certain
parts of India no girl can marry
unless her father has been pacifed
by present of rice and a few
rupees.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Stomach Trouble.

"I have been tronbled with my
stomach for the past four years."
said D. L. Beach, OF Clover Nook
Farm, Greenfield, Mass. "a few
days ago was induced to buy
box of Chamberlain's Stomach and
LIVER Tablet. I have taken part
OF them and feel a great deal bet
ter" II you have any trouble with
your stomach try a box of these
Tablets. You are certain 10 be
pleased with the result. Price IS
cents. For sale by c. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
BAD Breath From Catarrh.

: All druggists are authorized by
the manufacturers of Bunsens Ca
tarrh Cure to refund the money II
1t falls to cure any case Of nasal
catarrh, catarrhal deafness or ca
tarrh of the head, no matter of how
long standing. One application
gives ease and rest. Contains no
mercury or other injurious drug.
Bunsens Catarrh Cure Is new dis
covery and Is the only catarrh
remedy sold on a positive guaran'
tee-No cure, no pay. Price 25c
Sold by D. A. Henderson,.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04

The Spaniards were the first to
bring horses to this continent,
though the paleont ologists tell us
that the rocks abound with fossils
which show that Equidas were
numerous all over America In the
Eocene period. 1t is singular
fact, however, that there were no
horses In America when the first
Europeans came higher.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
What fs Life?

In the last analy sis nobody knows
but we do know that 1t Is under
strict law. Abuse that law even
slightly, pain results. Irregular
living means arrangement of the
organs, resulting In constipation,
headache or liver trouble. DR..
Kings New Life Pills quickly re.
adjusts this. It's gentle, yet thor
ough. Only 25c at D. A, Hender-
shott's drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Buckien's Arnics Salve

Has world wide fame for marvel.
Gus cures. 1t surpasses any other
salve, lotion, ointment. or balm for
crts, corns burns, boils, sores, fel.
ons, ulcers, letter, salt rheum, fever
sores, chapped hands, skin eruptions;
infalitble for Piles. Cure guaran-
teed. Only csc at D. A. Hender-
shott druggist,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
A Purgative Pleasure.

If you ever took DeWitt's Little
Early Risers for biliousness or con-
stipation you know what a purga-
tive pleasure Is. These famous
little pills cleanse the liver and rid
the system af all bile without pro.
duclng unpleasant effects. They
do rot grippe, sicken or weaken, but
give toue and strength to the It's
sues and organs involved. w. a.
Howell, of Houston Tex, says mo
better pill can be used than Little
Early risers for constipation, sick
headache, etc." Sud by
Opera House Drug Store
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Rev, w. F. Gilbert Permanently
Cured of Piles.

For twenty years I suffered With
bleeding and itching piles; at times
was confined to the house for more
than a month. Two years ago l
began using San-Cura Ointment
and one soc bottle made firm aud
permanent cure, and have not been
troubled since. I can freely recon-
mend San-Cura Ointment 10 any
suffering humanity.
I am glad to give this testimony
and will guarantee cure If used as
directed. REV. W. F. GILBERT
Pleasantsville, Pa.
Druggists, 25c and5oc.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04

Next Thursday Is pay day with
the Carter OIL company. On this
date the large army of employees of
this extensive corporation will re-
ceive their monthly wages. The
pay roll will aggregate many thous.
ands OF dollars.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
DR.. c. EDGAR KAHLE
Special attention to Diseases of
Eyes and Fitting of Glasses.
Sistersvllle, W. Va

The new college of journalism
should supply instructions on what
should be done when there Is a
question of veracity between a re.
putable correspondent and prom
inent man who denies the interview
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
A Fatal MISTAKE
Is Often Made by the Wisest
People.

Is Often Made by the Wisest
People.
It's fatal mistake to neglect
backache.
Backache is the first symptom of
kidney Ills.
Serious complications follow.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them
promptly.
Don't delay until too late.
Until 1t becomes diabetes
Bright's disease.
Read what this gentleman says:
Capt. D. w. Welsh, keeper of the
Wood County Iufrmary, Parkers-
burg, w. Va, says. Il had to 20
around trying to evade pain con-
stautly, aware that false step, jerk
or twist would bring punishment,
ar d was afraid to handle anything
for fear of reminder in the shape
of a twinge of pain I. trade at DR..
J. N. Murdoch's drug store on
Third street, and have something
to get In the drug line every time |
come in. It was there 1 learned
about Doan's Kidney Pills and I
took a supply home with me and
used them. My wife used them
and my sister, Mrs. A. Amick, of
No. 645 Seventh street, used them.
They cured the three of as. I am
here In the city every few days and
can substantiate the remarks I have
made"
For sale by all dealers. Price,
50 cents a box. Foster Milburn
company, Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the U. S.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
~ -
The we'll of Frank Hicks and

The we'll of Frank Hicks and
others near the mouth of Reas Run,
Ohio, was given dose of the high
explosive Yesterday afternoon. 1t
will be cleaned out and put to
pumping at once. 1t Is thought 1t
will make a IS barrel producer
from the Keener formation.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Has Sold q Pile Of ChambeElatn's
Cough Remedy.

Cough Remedy.
have sold Chamberlaln's Cough
Remedy for more than twenty years
and 1t has given entire satisfaction.
I have sold a pile of 1t and can
recommend 1t highly.-Joseph Nc,
Elhiney, Linton, Iowa. You will
find this remedy a good friend
when troubled with a cough or
cold. 1t always affords quick re-
lief and Is pleasant to take. Fer
sale by G. w: Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
CAUTION

Don't have Consumption Use
Bunsen's Pine Tar Cough Honey
1t will cure and Is pleasant TO
take. For sale by D. A. Hen
derShot.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
YII3 GJI5'IE 5'llIIdasA

Grow strong and well after using
SWEET WORK POWDER.
Very pleasant to take: Contains no
ealomel. Never fails. Worms are often
mistaken for indigestion and other al
seases. Be sure to get Thompson's II
Sisss bottles nrugZiG'a. 2S eeaL
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
NIGHT EXCURSIONTO
PITTSBURG AND RETURN
Only$2.00 Round Trip Sunday,September
9th. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Excursion tickets will be sold for
special train leaving Sistersville at
2:2o a. m. Eastern Time. Another
opportunity TO spend all day in the
great manufacturing city. Call on
Agent, Baltimore & Ohio R. R. for
full particulars. e42ot
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04

The American naval jackie fights
just like the American yachting
tackle mans the Reliance.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04

Friend Clark will leave next
week for State College, where he
has been elected to the position of
professor In chemistry. Mr.. Clark
was assistant professor In chemistry
at the State University at Morgan.
town, and Is a graduate of John
Hopkins University of Baltimore.
-Wetzel Democrat.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
Itching and Burning

Eczema; letter, Piles, no cure,
no pay. Boro- Carbol Salve absorbs
the tumors, allays the itching at
once. Acts like a poultice, and
gives instant relief. Boro. Carbol
Salve Is the only remedy for &c.
zema, letter and Piles. Sold on a
positive guarantee-No cure, no
pay. Price IS cents per box, For
sale BY D. A. aendershot.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04
The Genuine vs.. COunterfeits.

The genuine Is always better than
a counterfeit, but the truth Of this
statement Is never more thoroughly
appreciated than when you compare
the genuine DeWitts Witch Hazel
Salve with the many counterfeits
and worthless substitutes that are
on the market. W. S. Ledbetter,
of Shreveport, La, says: after
using numerous other remedies
without beneft,o one box of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured me-"
For blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding piles no remedy Is equal
to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Sold by
Opera House Drug Store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-04

The Shamrock Is a back num-
Der.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20
A Genius For Frien dskip.

No man of Johnson's time knew the
great city better nor all the varieties
of life contained within Its walls. He
slept with beggars or wandered house
less through the streets at night with Il
brother poet; he "slanged" barge
man, laughed and TESTED with Gar
rick's actresses or talked with pro
found respect, but still in firm, man
ly manner. with his sonorous voice" To
majesty itself. IL look upon day as
lost" he said, "ln which do not make
new acquaintance The fact that
he never lost friend except by death
shows that he was as tenacious of old
friendships as he was eager to acquire
new. He had, In fact very genius
for friendship, and the circle that gath
cred round him in his later years In.
cluded not only poets, scholars and
men of letters. but the most prominent
painters. actors. musicians, doctors
and statesmen In England Booklov-
ers Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

1.-The collars worn by the English In
the seventeenth century" said an old
hat dealer, were big, starched things
good deal like run Sometimes in.
deed they were bigger than the biggest
run. They required n box OF good
size to he carried about In.
These collars were called bands
Ben Jonson In 'Nolpone' says, This
band shows not my neck enough
Steele says, The next that mounted the
stage was an under citizen of the bath,
person remarkable among the inre-
rior people OF that place for his great
wisdom and his broad band
Bands. you see. were collars, and by
the same token bandboxes were collar
boxes. They were big and round, just
big enough to carry clean. well
starched band-just as big, In fact. as
they are today.
whenever. therefore, you talk OF
bandboXes you are unconsciously re-
ferring to the collars as huge as runs
that the English OF the seventeenth
century wore"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20
4 Nile Village,

A traveller of the upper Nile thus de-
scribes IA typical native village: The
houses are built of Nile mud each
house accommodating family of no
matter what size the inhabitants OF
each village almost all related to each
other, comprising sometimes several
hundreds of people
Their streets are Uttered with tilth,
animals OF every kind obStruct ones
path, dogs grnwl and snarl Mt the APP
pcarance and intrusion of stranger,
and women flee, hiding their faces
In their yashmnks lest white man
should behold their features. Flies in
swarms settle on the children and lay
their eggs on their cyelidS, unwashed,
because they believe Il TO be contrary
TO their religion TO wash or remove the
flies from their eyes. Chicago Record
Herald
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

A certain minister, while passing
down the village street, observed one
of his parishloners seated AT his cot
tage door supping his broth
Thinking this an unusual proceeding
he stopped and asked him what was
the matter
oh" replied John, "the chlmley Is
reeking Il bit. So cam outside te sup
ma broth. Ye had better gan In and
gle the mlssus n bit advice ABBOTT H."
The minister had scarcely opened the
door when female voice exclaimed
us that thoo agyen, thoo AVID rascaly
And the minister's hat was crushed
over his eyes with q stool.
Without making a remark the minis
ter closed the door and, stepping up Il
where John sat. said solemnly, John
our chimney at home smokes some
times too
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

STATE OF WISCONSIN, Douglas County--Ir
County Court.
In the MISTER OF the estate OF William r
Brooks deceased, late of the City Of Sup
eror Douglas Co.. Wis-In Probate.
Notice is hereby gwen that at general tern
Of the County Court TO be held In and for sale
county. at the County Judges Office In the Cour
House, in the city of superior. Douglas county
Wisconsin. on the eth day of July 1908 at II
O'Clock in the forenoon of that day, the follow
ing matter will be heard, considered and acted
upon by the court:
The application of Geore l.. Blocks, Ad
ministrator OF the estate of william X. Brooks
Diseased, asking that his final account as such
administrator he allowed and that he be dis
charged as such administrator.
Dated this "a day of June 1903,
BY the Court,
l.. ). larsen
June 6-T County Judge.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

A dreamer and man of action loved
a woman.
The dreamer said: IL shall write
verses In her praise. They win touch
her vanity, and she will love me for
them"
But the man Of action said; How
old fashioned, | shall corner the stock
market, and that will bring her"
SO the dreamer wrote verses. and he
induced friend of his who ran mag
azinc 10 print them, And the man of
action cornered something or other and
became Millionaire.
In the meantime the girl married n
man who inherited his money and
lived happy ever after,
Hut the dreamer was SO proud OF his
verses that he didn't care. and the man
OF action was SO busy that he didn't
care
The only one TO suffer was the man
she married Smart Set.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

Everybody knows that natives OF
Delaware are called blue Hens
Chickens" but not one in hundred
can tell you why they are so called.
The epithet is said to have had its ORR
gin In the following;
One of Deaware's most gallant fight
ers In the war OF the Revolution was a
Captain Caldwell, who was notorious
for his fondness for cockfighting He
drilled his men admirably. they being
known throughout the army as "Cald-
wells Gamecocks."
This same Caldwell held to the pc
culiar theory that no cock was really
game unless It's mother was blue hen.
AS the months wore away Caldwell's
men became known ns the Blue Hens
Chickens" title which only increased
their respect for the old gamecock cap
tain. The nickname became famous
and after the close of the war was APP
piled indiscriminntely to all natives OF
the Diamond State.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20

The Seven Sleepers were seven noble
youths of Ephesus, who in the time or
the Decian prosecutions. IL Is said, hed
were pursued. discovered aud walled
In the cave. the perpetrators OF the
deed hoping to mete out cruel and
horrible death However, according TO
the legend. they were made TO fall
asleep and were mlraculously kept
alive for nearly two centuries. Their
names are given rs MaNimian, Nal
chus. hartman, Denis. John. Serapion
and Constantine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-06-20
Chased by an Emperor.

Emperor Frederick William of Prus-
sia sometimes would signify his rejec-
ton OF what he considered an absurd
petition by drawing on the margin an
ass head and ears. One day. Il baron
of ancient patent having complained OF
another baron taking precedence OF
him, the king wrote on the petition
Mere folly, Whether man sits above
me or below me. my birth remains tho
same" Oftentimes he would ask PEG
pie In the streets who they were, Pc
culiarity which made nervous people
erade the royal presence One day
when man saw the king approaching
be took to his heels and ran but Fred
erick William pursued him In hot
haste and when he overlook him asked,
why did you run away from meT'
From fear" answered the man.
whereupon his majesty gave him n
heavy thwack with his cane and said
that he wished himself to be loved and
not to be feared"
The Subject He Liked 8~.t.
sYou talk well on the subject In
which you are most Interested said
the lmpertinent girl.
"And what Ia that?' said the man
smelling a compliment
Yourself" said the impertinent girl
demurely.