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The Washington times., 1903-08-08
s1.as to Baltimore and Return sr.as

Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Tickets on sale
Saturday and Sunday, good 10 return on last
train leaving Baltimore Sunday night Tickets are
GOOD on al trains except Congressional Limited.
The Washington times., 1903-08-08
GIFT TO FIRE ENGINE COMPANY

No. chemical engine company is the
proud possessor OF a graphophone and
100 records, which, together with a box
of cigars, were presented 10 them by
Col. A E. Randle, of Congress Heights,
just before he left for months sojourn
en- the seashore. Colonel Randle made
a happy speech of presentation, which
was responded to by Foreman Luskey.
The Washington times., 1903-08-08
Che Uin1es.
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE DAY.

NATIONAL BASEBALL PARK-BasebaII. Com
missioners vs.. Bureaus .. IN.
FLORIDA AVENUE AND SECOND STREET
NOTHWEST Baseball. Norris Peters
Company Radfords, 1 p. m.
THIRTEENTH STREET AND COLUMBIA ROAD
Baseball. Church League, $50 pm.
CABIN JOHN BRIDGE-HaIev's Band.
The Washington times., 1903-08-08
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Protruding Piles
Your druggist will refund your money II Pazo
Ointment fails to cure you. Fifty cents.
The Washington times., 1903-08-08
SI.25 to Baltimore and Return Every
Saturday and Sunday via B. & o


All trains. both WAYS, both days, except
ROYAL Limited. leaving Washington 3 and Balti-
more 7:55 p. IA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

ahead of it, and during a single period of digestion their number reaches the amazing total of about 2,60O succeeding waves.
 One of the interesting facts visibly il- lustrated by this curious shadow panto- mine Is the close relation between the con- dition of the mind and that of the stom- ach. When the cat became angry at any cause, for example, the waves that had been following each other regularly over the stomach ceased moving, and digestion was evidently entirely suspended. On one occasion when the undulations were coursing regularly over the stomach the animal suddenly changed from condi- tion of peaceful sleepiness and began to breathe quickly and endeavor to get loose from her fastenings. As soon as this change took place the unduatfons of the stomach stopped,s and it's outline present. ed smooth, rounded appearance. The op- orator continued his observations, strok- ing the cat reassuringly. and in a few mo- ments pussy was again purring content- edly and the stomach had resumed its monotonously regular motion. In short. any experience of strong feeling on the part of the animal is immediately re- fiected by the action of the stomach. a scientific observation that should lead thoughtful humans to get mad or worry If they must get mad or worry before meals, but never immediately afterward The stomach itself, or, rather, the shadow of it's contents as thrown on the screen of the x ray apparatus, naturally becomes less and less visible as digestion progresses, and at o'clock the process which began at Il is practically finished, and the shadow is hardly more than a spot of gray on white background
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

Foreign exchange continues strong and there is still possibility of gold ex- ports. Should the friction between Japan and Russia end in a war in the near fu- ture, the gold movement toward Europe will begin immediately thereafter. In the event of peaceful conclusion to the trou- ble the exportation of gold may be de- ferred until long past the new year. There has not been time since the culmina- ton of the Northern Pacific corner two and a half years ago, that American in- debtedness in the European centers was as small as now. The aggregate, both for account of exchange bills and col- lateral loans is believed now to be under s175, ,OOO,0O0. It has been in excess of $4OO,- GOO coo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
String Beans 43 Inches Long
BY HELEN LUkENs JONES.

the tongue out of shape, and has nick named his bean yard bean," which is a most appropriate designation. The trellis, or bean wall is thirty feet long; there are about fifty plants in the row, and it has been estimated that there are about 10000 beans on the vines They bear in clusters of from six to a dozen and can be easily and quickly gathered. These beans make delightful table deli cacy when cut and stewed with butter and cream, so they are bound to become popular with epicures. They are so very large that one person finds it difficult to dispose of whole bean and it is a com mon occurrencence in MT. Richardson's S family for one of the children to stay at the table, Papa, please give me slice of the bean.'
 The flowers are much like sweet pea blooms and are deliciously fragrant. The habits of these blossoms are peculiar, for they open with the sun and drop their petals at sunset living but for a day. The leaves are about six inches long, three wide and grow in clusters of three.
 Because of these beans Mir Richardson has received numerous freak letters. The following Is a sample: Please send me immediately six yards of your beans. Let me know the price per yard and I will remit"
 Besides these wonderful beans there are many rare trees and plants in MT. Rich ardson's gardens which have been collect ed from all parts of the world by son who has travelled extensively. A vine that gives promise of oddity is the dish rag plant, said to produce a spongy, cloth-lilke fabric that can be used by housewives for scrubbing pots and ket- ties and even for bathing the baby. Mir Richardson also has one of the finest specimens of the flame tree in the coun- try. In Australia these trees grow in for ests where they are known as the fire tree"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

Wall Streeters have been taking q very lively interest in the New York muni- cipa campaign. Opinion has been decid- edly mixed on the result, and for two weeks the betting was ractically even as between Mcclellan and Low for may or. A large sum of money has been staked on the result, quite as much as on most Presidential elections. A good deal of the big betting which is heard of, however, is of the intangible sort. The money put up is of the stage variety, that is it lacks the essential element of value. There is also a good deal of con- versational betting which begins and ends in the cafes, and is chiefly alcoholic in it's inspiration. There has rarely been an election in New York where the chances were harder to estimate. The field is chopped up into factions and stirred by variety of influences which make it al- most impossible for even the most ex- perienced in the game to form an intelli- gent judgement. This imparts to the campaign more than ordinary excitement and has stirred up the financial district considerably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
THE STOMACH AT WORK.
X Rays Show a Contented Mind Is Essential to Good Digestion.

Until within very recent years any exact scientific knowledge of the actual work ings of the stomach has been impossible because there was no way in which a normal stomach could be visiby observed while digesting a comfortable dinner The discovery of the X ray, however, has been utilized during the past few years by Dr. W. B. Cannon of the Harvard Medical school in a study of digestive processes that presents an interesting chapter in modern scientific investigator.
 The operations of a cats digestive or gans, so far as they are yet known, are very much like a mans, and, although the cats stomach is not impervious to the x ray, if the cat had swallowed a small metal button the X ray as everybody now knows, would produce a shadowgraph of that button This fact is the basis of the Harvard scientists remarkable series of experiments. The cat was given sub stantial meal of bread softened with milk and mixed with subnitrate of bismuth- a harmless, non-irritating powder which presents the necessary condition of being impervious to the X ray-and placed in n DOSltlOn to De ODStlNtus al lal6th tspr- cially with a view to the animals com fort during the ensuing period of diges- ton.
 About five minutes after the meal Of bread, milk and bismuth the outline of the cats stomach. as represented by it's contents, appeared on the screen of the x ray apparatus, the screen being above and the mechanism for generating the X ray being beneath the support on which he cat rested. For few minutes this shadow remains quiet. but from this time )n until bread and subnitrate of bismuth nave left the stomach the inner mechan- sm works under ordinary conditions with elocklike regularity. and the outline of the shadow is in constant motion, vsbly undulating in monotonous response to series of waves passing over it's surface and showing plainly the method by which the stomach churns and digests it's con tents. These waves, starting near the center of the stomach and moving toward teh intestines, recur at ten second inter- the intestines, recur at ten second inter several others are visible running on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
FREE TO EVERYONE.
Read and Learn How You May pro.
 cure It.

The question of why one man suceeeos and another fails, is propiem .nae @ na9 puzzled philosophers for centufles' o man attains riches and position, While ms neiphbor who started with seemingly the same and better opportunities eAis's III poverty and obscurity. No man can "iii success who is suffering from an irrilatihs and nerve faclxing disease anu the sii n,'n who has the qualities of success within him would be quick to recognize this fact and seize the best remedy to eradicate the trouble.
 A person afflicted with serious case or hemorrhoids or piles is handicapped Ill the race for power and advancement. IL IS impossible to concentrate the mental ener- gies when this dreadful trouble IS sapplng the vital forces. To show how easily this success destroying trouble can be over come, we publish the following letter rom a prominent Indiana man:
 When I received the former letter ana booklet on Piles, their nature. cause and cure. I was in a critical condition. Ulcers to the number of seven had formed on the inside of the rectum eliminating In large tumor on the outside resembling fistula. I suffered the most excruciating pain, could get no rest day or night. Ar ter reading the booklet I sent to my drug gist but he happened to be out of Pyramid Plle cure Just at that time. HoWeNer obtained part of box from my brother in-law and began their use. Five pyra- mds completely cured me. I procured a box later but have had no occasion to use them. l have been waiting to see that the cure was permanent, before writing you of its success. I believe Pyramid Pile Cure to be the greatest and best pile cure on the market, and ask you to please accept my grateful thanks for this inval. uable remedy. I take great pleasure in recommending its use to any sufferer along this line. You may use my name if you wish for reference to any one afflicted with this disease" J. O. Littell, Arthur. Ind
 You can obtain a free sample of this wonderful remedy, also the booklet de- sscripeu aooVe by writing your name and address plainly on postal card and mail ing 1t to the Pyramid Drug Co. Marshall, Mich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
PENFIELD IS READY.
Has Completed Counter Case of Vene
 zuela Against Powers.

Rome, October 31.-Judge William l.. Penfield, solicitor of the state de- partment at Washington, who has been in Rome for some time, has completed the counter case of Venezuela against the allied power. and will present It to The Hague tribuanl next Wednes- day.
 In conversation with a correspond ent of the Associated Press today, Judge Penfield said:
 "My experience enables me to say that European sentiment in favor Of arbitration has been much augmented during the last year The ontea States is being given her full credit for this condition, which has been pro- duced largely by the active exertlons of President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay in bringing the Plus fund case to The Hague tribunal, and also In lead- ing the powers to submit to that court the present controversy with Vene' 1ltpla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

Tie most remarkable string beans on
 record are growing in the gardens of Charles Richardson in Pasadena, Califor- mia. They average from thirty to forty three inches in length and are undoubted- ly the longest beans ever produced by any gardner since or before the time of Adam, the original horticulturalist.
 They are creating a sensation among farmers, nurserymen, growers of fancy vegetables; in fact among people in all walks and conditions of life who come
 from long distances to look at the won derful trellis where the beans hang peri
 dant like fringes on a greeR petticoat.
 Three years ago the seeds of these beans
 were sent to MT. Richardson from a
 friend in Japan, of which country and
 China they are natives. Seeds planted
 last year germinated freely and produced
 vines twelve feet high and beans forty inches long. Their unprecedented size ere
 ated quite a stir at the time, but this
 year they have excelled all previous at
 tempts by bearing beans forty three
 inches long and vines twenty-five feet | high.
 The seeds were planted in a trench thirty feet long that had been we'll spad-
 ed and well fertiized. Poles seventeen feet high were put up to support the
 plants when they should break from their embryo seed homes and begin to climb.
 It was thought that the poles would be abundantly high enough to accommodate
 the vines, but in this instance MT. Rich ardson didn't know beans." for the ca pricious vegetable wonders fairly leaped st,a f.pt ,Nof, then literally turned over in mid air and begin going down on the other side of the trellis.
 At the time these yard beans were planted Mir Richardson also planted some 'sky scraper'' beans. which he had been told would reach untold heights. The two bean rows were close together. and for a time the rivalry between them was
 marked. But the sky scraper bean evi-
 dently became discouraged for it stopped at fifteen feet. while the other contes- tant for the gold cup of vegetable fame kept on merrily sprinting showing neither sympathy nor consideration for its defeat ed rival.
 There have been some lively discussions among botonists regarding the name of this bean. They have now about decided that it belongs to the genus Dolchos. but there are some who insist, that it is the Phaseous Sesquipedalis. They claim il bears no relationship to the common string bean. MT. Richardson keeps shy of Stygian botanica! names that twist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

From Life.
 Talk is the ultimate basis or polite so- ciety. Money is the main thing, of course, but only as it talks
 In business or politics, talk is a mere utility; in love, superf1uity. But in polite society, talk rises to the plane of the Boze arts.
 It is a boor who talks when he has something to say. The true gentle studies never to have anything to say. and is thus able to talk freely all the time without fear of violating the pro- proprieties.
 Only scandal mongers are suffered to talk shopsin polite society.
 Talk Is cheap. but couple of pecks of diamonds skilfully worn do wonders overcoming the effects of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Homeseekers' Ex,ursion Rates.

To Southwest first and third Tuesdays of each month until April 19, 1904. Tickets Will be sold at reduced rates via Queen and Crescent route to points Tn Arkansas,
 Indian Territory, New Mexico. Missouri. Oklahoma and Texas. For informat ton apply to agent. or A. B. Freeman. T. P.
 Al Birmingham. 10-9-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
A great game of
 FOOTBALL,

to be played here Monday, November 2d. between Uni- versity of Alabama and Sc. vance, West End park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

Gossip continues to shift the control Of Atchison interests identified with UnioR Pacific and Rock Island make specific de- nials that these two great systems are looking to either joint or separate owner ship of the property. There Is, notwith- standing, a well-grounded belief that ul- timately Atehison will be merged or affil- iated with other systems. The popular belief is that a community of interest will be finally formed in which Rock ls- land. Union Pacific, St. Paul and Missouri Pacific will dominate, thereby removing the road permanently from any danger of passing into unfriendy or piratical hands. As long as it remains unattach- ed this danger must be considered in discussion of the western railroad sit- uation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

depended upon to do so.. Thus far he has been merely burrowing in his United Verde mines. When he gets the. proper ty developed sufficiently to make 1t an object he can cut loose on production and command the trade of the world. Be- cause he is for the moment dormant, must not be accepted as proof that he will always be in a non-explosive state.
 The statement made by an authorized railroad bureau of information that there are approximately SO0oOO owners of the stocks and bonds of railroads in the United States confirms the claim ire quently made in these letters that the number of security holders in this coun- try IS in excess of 100000. It is entire- ly safe to say that the stockholders in United States Steel alone has a round 100000 American Sugar Refineries has the next largest list of shareholders with Western Union a close third. Recent computations show that the shrinkage on industrials during the last two years amount to S1, 1000 00O,00O. The shrinkage in railroad securities during the last fif- teen months is in excess of that amount, approximating s2.OOO000,OO0. How much of this depression is a paper loss and how much actual loss to the speculative community can never be known. There is no way of making a division between the permanent investment class and the speculative element.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

Elegant desk room, ground 1oor Steiner Building.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-05-15
r1emorial Day Approaching.

The time is approaching when it
should be the duty as we'll as pleas
ure of all good citizens to join in
the observance of Memorial Day. The
thirtieth OF May is but a few weeks
distant and those who can do so
should be making their plans to come
to the city on that day and join in
the public ceremonies. The number
of the aged veterans is growing less
year by year and the time is not far
distant when their services TO this
nation will be but a memory of deeds
performed and of friends who have
passed away. The old soldiers post
of this city Is making arrangements
for the fitting observance of the day
and we should all as far as possible
attend the ceremonies, laying aside
the performance of our daily occupa-
tions as far as possible. The usual
program will be carried out and
Judge Banta, of Great Bend, will de-
liver the address to the veterans and
their friends.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-05-15
An Explanation.

On April "A the following item ap-
peared in the local columns of the
Graphic:
'.Will Dillinger of Lincoln was rid
ing a horse Sunday and came to grief.
So did the horse. The horse ran away
and cOllided with wire fence, fell on
his head and broke his neck. The
boy was pitched into the next section
and landed on his head and ought to
have broken his neck but did not. He
is getting along all righu."
This little item of news seems
to have caused some feeling in
the neighborhoOd among the boy s
friends who have construed it as re-
iecting- on the Young man. As d
matter of fact it was not the intention
of the editor to say anything that
would hurt any ones feelings. The
idea in mind in writing the above
was that if the horse fell with suffici-
ent force to be killei it was a wonder
that the boy was not killed also. We
regret exceedingly that this matter
should have caused any feeling, aS
the boy referred to is an entire
stranger to the editor of this paper.
We have never heard wore to his
discredit and seriously object to being
made party to neighborhOOd quar-
rels in which we have no interest,
and we want it clearly understood
that we had no intention of rejecting
in any way. on the young man re-
ferred to-
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-05-15

of the suit would more than make up
the difference. The board took this
ad vice and issued a warrant to Mr..
Minton for the full amount of the
claim over which the dispute had been
held. This case should receive more
than passing notice and we will brief
ly recount the history of it as we un-
derstand it. A man selling charts
went into this district and saw
two of the school officers and got
them to sign up a warrant to pay
for some charts. These charts
were delivered and Mr.. MiutOn
bought the warrant. When it was
presented for payment the treasurer
had been changed and the new officer
refused to pay the warrant because it
was not legal warrant. Then Min
ton sued on the warrant, wOa in the
Justice court and was defeated in the
district conrt, as the suit was for the
warrant Had he sued for the value
of the property represented by the war
rant he would have won. So all
parties to the case won and were
beaten. Minton lost his case but got
his money. The district won its case
and had to pay the money. The
school district is out the cost of
dLGOfucy duu MT' -hiu1Oa 10 Ouo
the costs of the suit and attOr-
ney 1t is evident on the face of
things that if these folks had consid-
cred this case from the standpoint of
the "Golden Rule" this condition of
affairs would never have come about.
The chances are that there was some
feeling in the neighborhood of which
we know nothing which prevented all
parties from doing as they would
have been done by. Were this not so
we can hardly believe but that when
it was discovered the warrant was
illegal the board would have told MIR.
Minton of the fact and directed him
to return it to them and receive a
good one as the property for which
the warrant was issued had been re-
ceived and was in use in the school.
School business should be more care
full transacted. warrants must not be
issued except at a board meeting
and then all of the formalities of the
law should be observed. 1t will be
we'll if other districts in the county
will take warning by this case and be
more careful in the future than many
of them have been-in the past.
Petition to vacate Fairview additi on
was allowed.
Morris Renstrom pleaded guilty to
robbing the HottewitZ store and was
sentenced to the reformatory.
Herman Taylor and Will Hendrick
pleaded guilty to robbing Peter
Thauer and were sentenced to the re-
formatory.
Court adjourned before noon
Wednesday and the judge went to
Lacrosse.