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The evening world., 1903-07-21
4 Meriden, Conn.,, Alderman
Does It on a Wager and Is
Now III from the Dreadful
Nervous Strain.
2H0URS Gagged WITH BRUTES
One lie an Admitted Man-Eater, Hav.
Ing a Record Of Six Kills, and He
Shifted the Stranger Longinely
During the Parade.
csp..'oI to The Evening wo.id.)

hpN''' ~ ~ 'Nf'h W.
MERIDEN, Conn, July 2l.-Alderman
George f. Rogers. of this place, Is III
to-day in consequence of the nervous
strain he underwent yesterday in riding
IN an open den of lions during the
parade of the Walter l.. Main circus
here. He made the trip on a wager.
but says that he would not do 1t again
for 1000.
One of the ions was a we'll known
man-eater, who has a record of six men
killed and the other two were alarming
~ restless.
when / entered the cage" said Mr..
Rogers. II had my nerve with me, but
when those lions began to smell around
me l lost some OF 1t. / had a heavy
cane, with which I raped them Scross
the nose occasionally to keep up their
respect. and l also had a big revolver
ready in case there should he trouble.
Tho Etrain Is what told on me. and
am almost a nervous wreck. l was
in that cage about two hours, and every
minute of that time l spent watching
those brutes. which l thought would
just rs soon eat me as not. ] have GER
tainly given my friends something to
talk about. but l do not care to repeat
the trick"
Before the Alderman was permitted to
enter the cage he had to sign a release
fl the presence of a notary that he
would not attempt to hold the circus
for damages in case the lions attacked
him..
The evening world., 1903-07-21
HUMAN ENIGMA IS
TO FIND HIMSELF
"John Smith" Who Got Into
Hospital Here Because He
Could Not Tell Who He Was,
to Explain.

A letter from a human enisrna'
labelled as John Smith. Is expected in
q few days by the physicians Of the
Kings County Hospital-a letter which
viii explain a puzzling mystery of a
mans identity. all recollection Of which
the man himself had lost.
A man, apparently fifty years old,
with gray hair and mustache. was
picked up by the Brooklyn police as a
yssrant two months g. and was sent
to the Kings County Penitentiary. But
1t was found he could not tell his name,
who he was. where no came from oil
anything about himself. and the prison
officials. believing him to be insane.
sent him to the hospital for examina-
ton.
Instead Of being insane. the doctors
found that the man was suffering from
a PECULIAR form of aphasia-that some
defect OF tho mechanism of his brain
had caused him to lose rack OF his
identity.
The most he could remember was that
ne had been employed upon a vessel OF
the United States Steel Corporation ply
ing between Buffalo and A~shtahula. Q.
He might have friends In Ashts6uia; he
thought. 81 the hospital provided him
with q ticket to the Ohio own and sent
him there. He sal he would probably
be able to trace himself there, and
promised to write and tell the doctors
about II.
The evening world., 1903-07-21
ELKS WELCOMED BY
~BALTIMORE'S MAYOR.
conve ntion Opens In Ford's Opera.
House and Prominent Men Ad.
dress the Delegates.

BALTIMORE. Nd, July a.-The
Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order Of Elks met to-day in
Ford's Opera House. which had been ar
tistically decorated with the Elks' COL
ors' and designs for the occasion. The
exercises were opened with music. and
Rev. Walter Davenport Buckner. Grand
Chaplain, Of Arkansas, delivered the In
vocation.
An eloquent address OF welcome was
delivered by Robert NJ; McLane. Mayor
OF Baltimore, folowed by an address of
welcome on behalf of baltimore Lodge
by Congressman r. Schirm. Exalted
Ruler.
After a song by exalted Ruler Thomas
r. McNulty. the famous tenor. an ad-
dress was delivered by George p. Cronk,
Exalted Ruler, of Nebra ska. The hene-
diction was pronounced by Rev. DR..
William. Roseneu. Of Baltimore. 49,,
Incoming trains and boats are still
bringing throngs of delegates and visi-
tors.
The evening world., 1903-07-21
He KISSED HIS WAY
INTO THE TOMBS.
That's Where Capt. o'Brien Goes
at 50 Years Of Age for Over.
Oscillation.

Capt. Edward F. O'Brien, whose sixty
nine years and pareutase Of eighteen
children have not diminished his pas
sionate nature. was sentenced to serve
iye days in tie Tombs to-day by Justice
Olmsted in tho Court OF Special 6es-
sions.
OiBrien was arrested a few days ago
on complaint OF his wife, who said that
her aged spouse was kissing young girls
IN the n~eighborhood. O'Brien entered a
plea of guilty when arraisned to-day
n went to Jail because he didn't have
rs, the amount OF his hne.
The evening world., 1903-07-21
Mu4itudes of Values for.
Midsummer Buyers

RIGHT THROUGH JULY we keep up assortments. a
RIGHT THROUGH JULY we keep on buying at those
lowered prices advance Of season makes possible.
RIGHT THROUGH JULY we are reducing prices and
closing out surplus. a}
The evening world., 1903-07-21
BEST ALL WOOL ART SQUARES

Newest combinations Of reds. green's, btnss
and oak eslorings, -. Prices have advaasea n
on thes<-no advance here. +
The evening world., 1903-07-21
RUGS

Delft Blue and White. Green and
washable-light and cheerful for bed
and bath rooms-2lsx5 ft.- -.
value =. A'N'
The evening world., 1903-07-21

No Trading Stamps here. but vaius al
ways, yesterday. to-day. Tomorrow.
Being in receipt of letters from
Trading Stamp Companies
urging advantages and e~ndeavorinS
to show how
we can sell and Make much more
by using stamps,
We would only reply:
why scheme
when business Is entirely satisfactory"
The evening world., 1903-07-21

Shirt Waist Fronts Of Irish
Point. Fleur de LIS, Daisy, Scroll
and other handsome designs. 20 to 1893
Worth double and more
Humpty Dumpty at on q wall
Built out OF trading aamps; he got q nall.
All the Kings horses and all the KinEs men
Couldn't drive Humpty Dumpty to trading
stamp" aSasn.
No Trading Stamps here. but Value al
ways. Yesterday. to-day. tomorrow.
The evening world., 1903-07-21

Thss was an old woman who lived In . ssas,
She had % many Stamps 1eet
She didn't know Whist 10 %. eJ
s,s had green onss and blue eass. ysiow ssd fsi,
she MIXED asm an %; they muddisa ass h1xs
AND THEM
SHE THREW THEN AwAY.
No Trading Stamps here. q
but good values always. ,
Yesterday, to-day. tomorrow. -,t
The evening world., 1903-07-21
Rugs In Fine Assortment.

Rugs In Fine Assortment.
Visitors to New York, who ana ths
naetropolis h beat Of all places In
which 10 buy, will ind ad1itfenaa
reasons for purehasins here in our
liberal delivery policy.
ALL PAID PURCHASES FREE
by EXPRESS within snx hundred miiss
BY FREIGHT anywhere Ia New GERS. Asv
Jersey. Pennsylvania snd New Ersisnd
States.
notwithstanding which We seal ae
closer profit than any other house.
REVERSIBLE SMYRNA RUGS ei
Rich Medallion centres on red end
myrtle krounds-borders to match
sxle r.-value Nl.sS.....".....,.....6,o0
BEST ALL WOOL ART SQUARES
49,, y yis..::" a.SssIss11ss ys:... S.Ss
sx3 Yis..!... 5.pS ixs yds..... 1895
Newest combinations Of reds. green's, bfnss
and oak eslorinSs, -. Prices have advaasea y.
on thest-no ADVANCE here! ~.
The evening world., 1903-07-21
We Have Bought d
Manufacturers Stock Of
Window Shades

CLEANING up in the purchase the enti .
fis Dry stock OF two 10 tou: pair lots, and
promise superb values.
FOR QUICK SELLING
THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO4LOTS
Each lot contains all tints. in regular
or extra lengths, and 3D. to 30 inches
wide-
40-CENT SHADES. cents
Opaque-with lace inse;tings or :nnge.
G0-CEST SHADES. 30 cents
oil Opaque and Holiand-frinse or lace
insertingS.
7o-CENT sHADES.,...,..,,,., 80 cents
Handsome oil O~pa1ue-plain or
trimmed with linen fringe or lace N
sertirgs.
SJ.CENT SHADES 40 cents
Roa! Linen Holland and Handmade
Opauuo-linen fringe finish.
ALL STRICTLY PERFECT GOODS
only onered SO far below value
OF
the quantities we bought, md
m,pufncturer's desire "a clean up
.,ock at an, sacrifice.
The evening world., 1903-07-21
REVERSIBLE SMYRNA Rues

Rich Medallion centres on red end
myrtle Krounds-borders to match
sxle ft.-value Sl.ss............,.....e,e
The evening world., 1903-07-21
GRANITE AND WOOL
FILLED ART SQUARES

All Reversible-new designs and celof-.
Fine Administer Ruys-lSxS5 inch
"a designs-staple and high art
effects ...... ...... ..................l.SoS
The evening world., 1903-07-21
Corsets

This is the way you now can buy
Value, Now,
CoutIlle and ssteen. .N.75 TO 500 4e8
Fine Ratiste Corsets ........ 2b 11sA8
Extra fine Summer Coualle.. II l.oo
summer Net and Tape
Gird;e .......,....... 80 and 70 SD
and Coutllls ...... il.oo to Is ~
The evening world., 1903-07-21
Embroideries

EdEinge-Nainsook. Cambria. Lawn
ard Sw1ss-1m 10 Is ~inoh-dalnty baby
patterns as we'll as most elaborate de.
signs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
Southern Mill Building.

In July, August and September Geor- gia added 43,1SO spindles to it's equip ment; South Carolina increased it's spindle to the number of 36,94S, and Louiiana put in 25,OOO spindles. What did Alabama do in this quarter just ended?
 The truth must be told. The Ope- lika cotton mills added to it's plant 20OO spindles, and T. J Matthews be- gan new mill at Sycamore, which is 10 hold 5000 spindles. That is all that Alabama did in cotton mill building in July, August and September. In the cotton belt in the three months named l32,192 spindles were ordered or add ed either through the enlargement of old mills, or the starting of new mills, but Alabama contributed to the hand some number but 5000 spindles, or about 1 per cent Texas exceeded Us twice over. and Louisiana quintupled our investments.
 Has Alabama lost her mill-building ambition? Has the story of Huntsville and Talladega been told in vain? Are the thirty-five counties in this state which have no cotton mill lacking in enterprise and ambition?
 Unless Alabama wakes up and builds a cotton mill on the installment plan in every county, we will yet be outstripped by Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and fall from fourth to seventh place in the south This should not be. This need not be. We need fifty Tallaoegas. We need fifty towns that will build cotton mills on the installment plan, thus keeping at home all earnings and getting the ut- most benefits out of the crop. A town that spins it's own receipts doubles at least to the community the value of it's cotton, and such result is within the reach of every town. Ask Talla- dega, once a decaying town, if this be not true
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
A Water Phone.

Several persons have asked me lately how We can locate leak in a water pipe which runs under the ground" said an official of the Birmingham Water Works company.
 If service pipe which runs from the street main up to a residence springs a leak at some point, and the pipe is 15O or 200 feet long people do not understand how we can tell where to dig in order to strike the leak and repair the pipe without digging up the whole thing.
 Tt is done by means of what we call water phone. It is an instrument made somewhat in the shape of an ordinary telephone receiver. and has a long rod on one end If this rod Is placed against the water pipe and the ear placed to the re- ceiver. 1t is very easy matter to hear the water running out of the leak. The nearer it is placed to the leak the louder the sound in the receiver and the men become so skilled that they can almost tell to certainty how far along the pipe leak is by the sound in the receiver.
 Like everything else it is easy when you know how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
HELEN KELLER's STUDIES.

Cambridge dispatch in New York Sun.
 No student returning to Cambridge is an object of more general interest than Miss Helen Keller. now a senior at Rad clffe. Almost as soon as she had taken up her work Miss Keller was elected ce-presdent of her class. an honor which was accorded her by her class mates during her freshman year. Her studies this year will consist of Profess sor Kittredges Shakespearean course Dr. Nielsons English literature, Professor Moores course in Plautus, Cicero and Lucretius, and Professor Morgan and Professor Rand's course in Latin, which covers the cannals of Tacitus, the staires and epstles of Horace and selections from Catullus. Up to the present time Miss Keller has passed with credit all her college examinations Once she has completed this years work as outlined, she will have accomplished more in the way of scholarship than any other per- son in the world so handicapped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
kAlSER'S LATIN QUOTATIONS.

From Lesie's Weekly.
 A recently published collection of the German Emperor's speeches shows that not withstanding his enthusiasm for the German language. he chooses Latin quo tatlons with evident prediection. Cave adsum' was already in his youth hls watchword At a somewhat later period he chose the more classical motto of the same sort: "Oderint, dunn metuant." As emperor. William II has frequently stirred eontemporaneous society through addi- tional Latin quotations. Sic voo sic jubeo!' stands In his well-known vertical handwriting under his portrait. presented to his minister, von Gaszler, following at the time the much discussed school con- ference. In the Golden Book" in Mun- ich the same characteristic chrography shows the sentence: 'Suprema lex regis vountas" On the picture which he sent the old minister of justice. Dr. Fried berg, on the latter's eightieth birthday, the monarch wrote: Memo me impune laeessit.' "Pro gloria ct patra." begins one of the emperor's most interesting mill itary speeches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
Errors in Books.

"We are living too fast these days" remarked clergyman Tn our haste to turn out thousands of books and maga- are inexcusable Everyone expects to find typographical mistakes in a news paper, because it is recognized that they are due to haste. There must be no slow work about newspaper office but when a book is issued from the press it should certainly be a model of editing as well as typography. Such Is far from being the case. however, and here of late errors seem to be increasing. In a handsome edition of the works of a great literary man who died recently I found blunders that should not have been made. While casually skipping over the pages of reputable magazine, in addition to other gross mistakes 1 found a common every day word misspeled. Such q blunder puts the publication in a very bad light
 In the earlier history of printing we were accustomed to regard what appear ed in book as authority, both for spell ing. punctuation. and subject matter. Some trusting persons have been known to look in a newspaper to see how to spell a word. but they have gotten over that now. The worst part about 1t is that some of the big New York papers that should set an example for all other pa- pers in the country, frequently make most blunders The World Is noted for it's Typographical errors. Of course every body knows that metropolitan paper is edited issued, and printed under very high pressure. Hence allowance is made when a sentence Is turned upside down"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
Irrigation in the Far West.

The most important act of the last congress was one setting aside the sales of public lands in arid states for irrigation purposes. A fund amount ing to fifteen million dollars has all ready been accumulated. The receipts for that purpose in 1901 were $3,144,- S61: in 1902, they were $4,565,516, while the figures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, are known to ex- ceed those of the two previous years combined
 With so great a fund on hand--a fund too that win rapidly and steadily accumulate, because all irrigated lands sold are to bring back the ex- penditure on this accountable geo. logical survey has it's hands full in planning great works of irrigation in Arizona, California, Colorado Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, NeW MeAlCO, NOTln ldhOld, OkldHOUld, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washing ton and Wyoming. Field parties are at work in all these states and terri tories.
 But after Investigating the entire chain of dry districts, it has been de cided by the government to first build four works, namely, the Sweetwater dam in Montana, the Gunnison tunnel irrigation works in Colorado, the Truckee system in Nevada, and the Salt river dam in Arizona. These four great enterprises will cost $10000,000, and they will increase the value of lands supplied with water to about fifty dollars an acre.
 Y The government will be able in the long run to irrigate 100.O00,00O acres out of 600,000.0Oo acres of arid lands In the country. AS soon as a plant is determined upon and planned the lnads covered by it are withdrawn from settlement, and they will not be reopened until water is within reach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
Mexican Cotton Boil WeevlI.

Nine-tenths of the counties in Texas are this year rayaged by the Mexican pest, and it's course is now bounded by the Sabine river, which is the boun- dary Inc between Louisiana and Tex as. In other words, but a narrow strip lies between the counties it has spread over and the Mississippi river 1894, and in the intervening years it has covered the great state of Texas It seems to be as much at home in one section of the vast state as the other, thus showing that it can live and thrive in any part of the cotton belt.
 It is useless to deny the fact that the cotton crops of all the gulf and South Atlantic states are endangered by the steady progress of the pest. Nothing thus far devised can stay it's course. The larva of the insect feeds inside the boil, beyond the reach of paris green or other chemicals. There is absolutely no known remedy if the life of the plant and it's fruit are to be preserved. No spraying, no applica- tion of any other kind or sort, is ef- ficent.
 It is none too early in this state to history and nature of the insect should be studied and by application to the agricultural department all needful in- formation can be procured. Circulars and pamphlets bring out all the points in the history of the pest. The fullest information on the impending evil should be in the hands of every far mer, and The Age-Herald urges the farmers of Alabama to apply to the secretary of agrculture at Washington for all the information he possesses on the subject. No farmer in this state can have too much of this kind of ipformation, and perhaps some remedy against it's onward march will occur to some mind in this state. At present no such remedy is known, al though Texas has long offered 50,000 for one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
MEN WHO EAT TOO MUCH.
In pr. Shrady's Opinion Few Men
 Avoid overfeeding.

From the New York World.
 The experiments which Professor Chit tenden of Yale is to conduct to learn how much food men really need have drawn forth in advance the statement that the majority eat too mneh.' Dr. shrady, who makes this assertion. adds:
 'The rich are especially addicted to the overlooking habit. With them bountiful dinners and sumptuous suppers are the rule. It is a question of living to eat rather than eating to live. The waste of ma terial under the circumstances seems more than wicked. considering the needs of the poorer classes. The laboring man, fortunately for him. limits his supplies to his actual necessities, and is proportion ately the better for it.'
 Even among the rich it is probably those who have recently struggled out of pow erty who succumb most fooiishiy to over elaborate meals. The new finance" has furnished numerous examples of men suddenly enriched who have ruined their health by trying to make up for lost time in eating and drinking
 er-exercise is as frequent a form of dletetic folly as overlooking. It is as- sumed that a man who works hard at a desk needs hearty feeding. This is not the truth. Professor Atwater's experi- ments at Wesleyan university prove that a man needs no more food when engaged in hard mental work than when he reads novels. But when he begins to exercise his food needs increase rapidly along with the capacity of healthy digestion The in- creasing use of the automobile is un- doubtedy detrimental to the health of well-fed devotees. who get little oppor- tunty for using their muscles.
 It is not accident that clergymen and gardeners are the best "risl1s" of the life insurance men. They are not usually ar fluent enough to be extravagantly fed, they have steady habits and their work while not heavy, calls for daily activity in the open air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
Burial of the Iowa Idea.

The Iowa idea" has been sidetrack- ed by it's inventor Governor Cum mins, who is engaged in a speaking campaign for re-elecuon. In 1901 and in 1902 Governor Cummins and his as sociates induced the suffering consum- CTS in his party to declare that the tariff schedules should be modified or revised in way ito prevent their af fording shelter to monopoly" In Gov ernor Cummins' opening speech this year he does not seem to care what the tariff shelters" It shelters more robberies of Iowa farmers in a sly and indirect way than he could name in a weeks time, but he does not pro- pose to stop the sheltering process either this year or the next.
 It is stated that he is slated to be President Roosevelts running mate. He has at any rate indefinitely post pOned ms pet ldea and some say he has buried it. He has forgotten all about the monopoles that the esteem ed tariff shelters. and he is now en- gagged in whooping mp the voters on old-time republican lines. He is back in the Dingley fold, and 1t may be true that he has swapped the Iowa idea" for mess of pottage.
 The Iowa case is but another illus tration of the oft repeated statement that honest tariff revision can not come through ,Ae republican party. Every trust and every monopoly be- longs to that party, and they dictate it's policy. Whenever the people de- sire relief from Dngleyism they will first drive the republicans out of pow CT, and then indeed the Iowa idea" will live again, and prosper finely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12
More Suits Against Railroads.

Austin, Texas, October 1.-Forty-fve more suits were filed today in the Fifty third district court by Attorney General Moore against the railroads of the state and four express companies, doing bus mess in Texas, for the alleged violation of the antitrust laws. With the five suits filed last Tuesday against four of the railroads and express companies, 1t makes total of forty-nine suits filed, which embraces every railroad doing bus mess in Texas. The petitioner alleges that these railroads have entered into a contract or agreement wherein they are to handle and transport freight from only a certain express company, thereby rendering them non-competiting, and in restraint of trade in violation of the antitrust statute. The penalties asked for against the forty-five roads aggregate S421 000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12

who has coached both the Auburn and university team, spent yesterday at the Florence.
 John Miner. who is connected with the engineering corps of the government, is at the Florence.
 J. P. Henly of St. Louis, H. P. Mover of Chicago and H. Marks of New York spent Sunday at the Hillman. c. c. Whitson, ex-member of the legisla- ture and constitutional convention, and one of the most prominent lawyers of Talladega, is stopping at the Metropoli- tan.
 Thomas D. Frey of Richmond. Va, and D. M. Parker of Atlanta spent yester- day in Birmingham.
 Scott Maxwell superintendent of the Indian Head Cotton mills of Cordova, spent yesterday at the Hillman.
 
 T. D. McGaugh, a prominent citizen of Montgomerly, is at the Morris. J. w. Wiess, a prominent wholesale whisky dealer of Mobile, was at the Hill man yesterday. MT. Wiess is one of the veterans of the grip. and is one of the best-known and most popular men on the road
 
 L. A. F'ealey of Cnllman spent Sunday at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-12

The government bunilds the dams and stores the water, leaving the construc- ton of ditehes and laterals to the peo- pie It brings water within reach, adding to the cost of the public lands in question only the actual cost of water storage The irrigation act will yet render the arid states produc- tive, capable of sustaining an immense population. Including the Pacific coast it is reasonable to expect that it will bring one hundred million acres into use. every acre of which will sup port one person.