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The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17

Illumination and liberation, and cures
female weakness. II makes weak women
strong, sick women we'll
ut is with pleasure recommend Dr. Pierces
medicine, - writes Mrs. Nora Upton, Of Cropper
(cropper Station), Shelby Co, Kentucky. TYou
remember my case was one of female weakness
and weak lungs. I had no appetite and would
often spit blood was confined to my bed almost
half Of the time and could hardly stand my
feet at times for the pains through my whole
body and system. My husband had to pay large
doctor bills for me, hut since have taken four
bottles Of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, four Of Favori,e Prescription and three
vials Of Pleasant Pellets we haven't paid any
more doctor bills. Ii had been seven months
since stopped using DR.. Perce's medicines and
have been enjoying good health all the time.
! eau never praise these medicines too highly
for have received so much benefit pray that
many who suffer as did will take Or Pierce's
medicines / they will fail to
cure when given fair trial. Everybody tells
me look better than they ever saw me. am
sure feel better than ever did beforer
"Favorite Prescription " has the testi-
mony of thousands Of women to its COM
plete cure of womsnly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and improved sub
stitute in its place.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
ladies' laxative. No other medicine
equals them for geutleuess ard thorough
ues,
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Portland Cement Company Holds
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Portland Cement com.
pany was held in Pueblo yesterday
afternoon. The following officers and
directors were elected for the ensuing
year: NJ. d. Thatcher, president; @.
Boettcher, vice president; NJ. b. 10y,
secretary and treasurer; Aman Moore,
manager.
The directors are, NJ. ID Thatcher,
@. Boetteher. Aman Moore, NJ b.
10y, W. H. james, j. B. Grant,
Charles f. Cast.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
Union Pacific is Always in Lead.

For quick time and modern equip.
ment which assure satisfaction and
solid comfort, saves you ten hours to
Portland, eight hours TO San Francisco
aud makes quickest time to Chicago
and the east. See your local agent or
address E. r. Griffin, General Agent,
Denver II
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
A PIONEER
MERCHANT
brieht's Disease and DIabe etes
Are Positively CurabIe.

Adoiph Weshe, the well.knowu pioneer OF ecO
Gree II street, san Francisco one OF the found.
trs of the Californ Cracker Company, inter
viewed December II, 1901;
Q.-Will you permit TO refer TO you as one
OF those cured OF diabetes by the Fulton Com
poundsy
A-Hou may. II ought TO be known. have
told great many about 1t myself
Q-fou found 1t hard TO convince themt
Only those cured can believe uslly. You
will have great diriculty in making people he
lieve 1t.
o-Had physicians diagnosed your case M
diabetesi
A.--Seyeral The kidneys we're also affected
had TO sleep with my hand under my back to
sustain me so | could rest
Glow long before you began to improver
several week
GLOW louI before you were fully restored, /,
A.-Abuut year
9 Can you recall any you told about III
A.--One was a Mrs. D. frieud OF ours in the
country Her trouble was Brights Disease
She. Too, recovered
Q-Any Othrrl
"A lady friend In Wind sor Sonoma Coun
y was swollen with d-opsv, and / sent her the
Bright Disease ompuuud the second dozen
completely restOriu her
~ hat do you think now OF the durability
oi brlEhtS Disease and Diabetest
h-Cures await those who Will take these
compounds for Il sufficient length OF time.
Medical works agree that Bright's Disease
and Diabetes are inpurn ble hut "a per cent nre
positively recovering under the Fulton Com
pounds Common forms Of kidney complaint
aud rheumatism ofIer but short resistance
Price, 81 for tho BriEhts Disease and St50 for
the Diubctic Comrouud. John j Fulton Co,
~ Montgomery trect, San Francisco sole
GSompounders. Free tests made for patients.
descriptive pamphlet m itled free.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
A Liberal Offer.

The undersigned will give free
sample of OhambeIl lain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets TO any one wanting
a reliable remedy for disorders of the
stomach, biiousness or constipation.
This is new remedy aud good one.
All druggists.
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17

Little Max Miller, sou of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. +. Miller. who with his
parents is visiting near Chicago in
Illinois, is down with typhoid fever.
The little fellow wasn't we'll when
he left here and he had no more than
arrived when the fever developed
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17

The Womau's club will meet at
Mrs. W. e. McDonald's Saturday
January II. I5-l6
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
Local News.

Turn o=er a new leaf and purchase
furniture of Carmody. l04
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17
REAL ENJOYMENT.

stand to the full what Mrs. Upton meant
when she says: "I am enjoying good
The Florence daily tribune., 1903-01-17

hthi 1Ais ~ van .
a person who has
b e e II III a d e
wretched by sick
n e SIS to under
stand the joy of
health.
There are very
many women who
suffer as did Mrs.
Upton, who might
be cured as she
was by the use of
DIR. Pierce,s Fa-
vorite Prescrip-
ton. II e sta b.
fishes regularity,
dries the drains
which we a X e IL
women, heals in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
A HoUsEcLEANIeNo DEVICE.

Victor Smith in the New York Press.
A vacuum house-oleaning device is in
operation in a large office building in
this city. For your house small ma
chine may be established in the basement
and connected by pipes with each room.
1t may be operated with either electricity,
oil or gas. / suppose water also might be
used as a motive power. At the end OIL
each pipe Is attached a rubber hose, the
nozzle so arranged that when the vacuum
is created in the basement 1t picks up
every particle of dust from carpet, furni-
ture, walls or bedding and delivers 1t
into a receptacle In the basement No
dust is raised In the room. A child can
use the hose. The nozzle acts as reno
vator. The severe test Of sprinkling a
carpet with -four and thoroughly rubbing
1t in was made, and the vacuum cleaner
removed every particle Of the flour. The
collected dust, etc, is hygenically dis
posed Of II this is not the long felt
want" where are we to look for it?
Columns have been written for news
papers and magazines, and even books,
telling women that in cleaning house a
cloth must be used In removing the dust,
and not feather buster, which only
scatters that which should be removed.
In all these Hints for Housekeeping
the inventive faculty seems TO have
stopped at the rag. A year or so ago a
man invented a suction street cleaner,
which he tried In the commissioners Of
flee with the reault that IL ate IN every
thing that was suctionable, including
valuable papers from desks. There was
the crude hint of a machine which at no
distant day will be used in every city In
the world. The present mode of sweep
ing is fifty years behind the age. We are
apes In some things. drifting along in
filth till somebody shows US how to get
rid of 1t. 1t is one thing to remove the
dust and filth from the streets and quite
another to scatter them all over creation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
Direct Line TO Huntsville.

The effort that Huntsville and Bir-
mingham are making to secure a direct
railroad line between the two towns
should be encouraged and promoted to
the utmost 1t should crystalline into
dirt throwing.
Il the Louisville and Nashville,
which controls the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and St. Louis, would take hold
of it, line not over forty miles long
between Taylorsville and Oneonta
would fill the gap in an acceptable
manner, affording the two cities an
almost direct or air line. An expen-
sive bridge would have to be con-
structed at Taylorsville, but in other
respects the gap does not call for any
costly construction work. It is the or
binary hill-and-valley country of north
ern Alabama, and while there might
be good variety of curves and
grades in the line, 1t would not deviate
much from a direct line.
The project is one of the most de-
sirable that is before this district to.
day. We cannot link the fertile Ten
nessee valley too closely with this dis
trict, which is not very agricultural
and which has not an over-supply OF
bottom lands. What we need as an an
mex is district that will raise chick
ems and cabages, pigs and potatoes,
eggs and English peas, onions and
oats, for use by men who have no
truck farms and who do not seem in
clined to acquire them, or the skill to
conduct them.
The traffic southwark would consist
of farm produce, and northward OF
coal, iron, steel and coke, and 1t would
be sufficient to justify the building Of
a direct line. In fact, 1t is only a ques-
ton OF time. and the sooner 1t is built
the better for both Huntsville and
Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
THE SWORD OF LEE.

BY Father Ryan.
Forth from Its scabbard, pure and bright,
Flashed the sword of Lee!
Far in front OF the deadly fight,
High O. err the brave in the cause OF right
Its stainless sheen. like a beacon light,
Led us to victory
Out of its scabbard. where full long
1t slumbered peacefully
Reused from its rest by the battle song,
Shielding the feeble, smiling the strong.
Guarding the right avenging the wrong.
Cleaned the sword of Lee
Forth from its scabbard, high In air
Beneath virginia's skyl
And they who saw II cleaning there,
That where that sword led they would
dare
To follow and.-to diet
out Of its scabbardl Never hand
Waved sword from stain as freel
Nor purer sword nor Drawer band,
Nor drawer bled for brighter land,
Nor brighted land had cause so grand
Nor cause a chief like Leel
That sword might victor be!
And when our triumph was delayed.
And many heart grew sore afraid.
We still hoped on while CLEANED the blade
OF noble Robert Lee!
Forth from It's scabbard all in vain,
Bright flashed the sword Of Lee
It's shrouded now in the sheath again,
1t sleeps the sleep or our noble slain
Defeated. yet without a stain
Proudly and peacefullyl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05

cheney would have set back the cause
OF tariff reform a generation. Ex-sen-
ator Jones, who is chairman of the ma
tional democratic executive committee,
confirms this statement, and so do
other democrats who were in the SEN
ate at the time. Senator Morgan is
supporting Mr.. German, and he is not
protectionist. Nor is Mr.. Bankhead,
nor a host of other prominent men
who know what was done in the SEN
ate councils of 1894. The Advertiser
can readily procure Senator Morgan's
testimony as to the particular point in
question, but it is safe to say it will
not do So
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
THE BASEBALL EDITOR
REPORTS CITY COUNCIL

garden and they raised a big beef on the
umpire. They claimed that the ball was
foul. and they didn't hear the umpire
call it fair The ball. however, was still
perched on the grass and the ground
keeper swiped 1t for his amateur club
after the crowd had gone. It was another
case of casey at the bat and ASLEEP at
His Post"
The aforesaid fielders came rushing in
to kill the umpire. but Catcher Gray
yelled Back to the mines with the boys
without ears" and he seemed to have
pull with the umpire that was good for
keeps.
After the game reporters nocked around
the disconsolate, beseeching interviews
which the Watch Dogs were glad to turn
loose Its fierce piece Of business"
quoth the outpost in a chorus, and we
will protest the game The acoustics
chats a good world of this park are so
bad we can't hear decisions, and we didn't
even get a chance at the ball.
Reporters thereupon tested the hall.
and it was found that they couldn't hear
the scorer say free lunch when they
stood in centerfield There is no question
about o'Neill Copeland and Barbour set
ting the raw edge OF the deal. FOR wnen
a baseball reporter can't hear the words
free lunch" three blocks there is some
thing doing.
Umpire Drennen stood still for a few
minutes and swallowed the kick like unto
a Scotch highball. There may be some
thing in this acoostic business" MUIR
INJURED Melville to himself, "and If 1t is
true I will cut the increase down to $99.9s.
Come here, boy" he shouted to one OF
the reporters; lets try this business"
The umpire then went out past short and
told everybody to shout Marked down
sale" Everybody yelled, but the mayor
was deaf and he scratched his head in
perplexity.
"Of course. you know 1 need this in
crease" he said, but l will square 1t by
putting up sounding boards at the rail-
road crossings and cut out the lights,e
which believe are too numerous. 1
have scheme by which ] can remodel
these acoustic boards, and they will come
in fine at the crossings. We will place
them at the Twentieth street crossing
and anybody can hear train coming a
mile away" The compromise went, and
away he went with the boards-and the
money.
There have been rank games pulled of
under the shadow of the Stag. but that
exhibition Wednesday night made all pre-
decessors look like whole pack Of
fAIa
African tracks in a watermelon patch,
and they came every inning 1t is said
Players ONeill, Copeland, Barbour and
Cooper will be released.
Note to Editor.-Please cut out these
night assignments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
The Dictionary.

'Dr. j. A. Fl. Murray, editor of the New
English Dictionary told his hearers
great many interesting things about die
tionaries in the course of a recent lee
ture at the Royal institution" remarked
a literary man. THE word dictionarum.
he said, appeared first in 1925, and though
dictionary was used IN its modern sense
in 1912, 1t had not then ousted either the
more correct word vocabulary or the
fanciful titles which early complers
liked to employ.
THE contents of the earlier dictionaries
were not arranged in alphabetical order,
but under subject headings; 1t is only
since the end of the sixteenth century that
the alphabetical arrangement has become
universal in European arrangement
which is responsible for the wrongful
application of the title dictionary to any
work treating of subjects-e g., cabinet
making or national biography-in alpha
betical order. A dictionary is properly
book about Words
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
About Persons.

Captain James Crook of Jacksonville
was at the Morris yesterday He was
formerly on the railroad commission and
is well known in the state. He is a
brother of Probate Judge Emmett F.
Crook OF Calhoun county.
s. j. Burnum, NJ. D., of Guntersville Is
at the Metropolitan.
j. w. Brown, Jr., of Norfolk is regis
tered at the st. Nicholas.
]. C. Belden Of Chicago and F. A. Bel
den Of Atlanta are stopping at the Hill
man.
w. P. Acker of Admission is registered
at the Morris.
Congressman ]. L. Burnett of Gads-
den is at the Metropolitan.
John V. Gillespy of Philadelphia Is
stopping at the St. Nicholas.
Winthrop L. Rogers of New York Is
registered at the Hillman.
e. G. upchurch Of Omaha is at the
Morris.
Alfred Smith of Meridian was in Bir-
mingham yesterday. He was en- route to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
Mergers and Trusts Are Shaky.

The United States Supreme court
has advanced the case of the Northern
Securities company so that 1t will be
heard in December next, instead of
two or three years hence. This
changes the situation, and there is a
notable decline already In all combi
nations that destroy competition and
restrain trade. Trust securities are
no longer marketable, and even tho
latest scheme of the steel trust is
hanging fire and may prove a fiat fall
nre. When the steel trust, backed by
]. P. Morgan g Co., cannot put secu-
rites upon the people, the smaller
trusts are simply paralyzed and can
not move a finger. This is why SO
many schemes in the formative state
have been turned down of late, notably
the southern cotton mill schemes, and
the Brunswick steel mill, and a host
of similar schemes in the northern
states.
II the Supreme court speaks as
plainly in December as the four ap-
pellate judges did, and unanimously
as they did, the wild career of the
trusts and mergers will soon be ended,
and normal conditions will be re-
stored, and the individual will soon
have a living chance again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
Mr.. German and the Wilson Bill.

The Montgomery Advertiser says
Mr.. German has not the bullying brow
or the eagle-piercing eye Of a true
statesman. 1t might have added that
he does not wear No. 20 collar, nor
does he weigh 800 pounds. But the
Advertiser, in its raid upon Mr.. Cor
man, does not confine itself to personal
characteristics. 1t goes on to say:
Then. OF still more Importance, Mr..
Germans record is against him. In 1885,
when Mr.. Cleveland undertook to redeem
the party's pledge for radical tariff re-
form Mr.. German was the democratic
leader in the senate who help up the Will
son bill for many months and until finally
It was emasculated. That hold-up par
alyzed the business of the country, and
Disguised hundreds of thousands of those
who had voted for Mr.. Cleveland and
made them believe that the party was in
capable of governing wisely, safely and
we'll. That record alone is enough to ruin
Mr.. Germans chances for nomination.
The next fight is to be made on the tariff
and the trusts and Mr.. German is the
last man to make 1t. He is too friendly to
both"
Those who were in the best position
to know the whole truth concerning
the action of the senate on the Wilson
bill, say that such charges as these
against Mr.. German are unjust, unkind
and unfounded. Mr.. German saw
ahead a deficiency in the revenue IL
the Wilson bill should go through as It
came from the house, and his efforts
were devoted to amendments that
would insure ample revenue. A deh-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05

Note.-By mistake the baseball reporter
was sent to the city council meeting. and
what he has written is published with
due apologies for the error.ACity Editor.
Rank fielding and sloppy grounds gave
the Birmingham fans one of the yellow
est exhibitions ever pulled of at the city
hall, and Mayor Drennen walked off with
were still chasing the bali.
1t was clear case Of lay down, and
before the Financiers had sent three men
across the plate the Watch Dogs turned
over on their backs. There was a little
sprinkling Of fans In the grandstand, but
only the wise guys knew what was COM
ing on, and they Kept their mugs closed
until the scheme had sprung a leak and
the game was called on account of dark
ness.
1t was a rotten exhibition from the
baseball standpoint and the proffered
rain checks were thrown away in disgust.
Manager Drennen took the job as UNI
pire and opened up with long announce
ment about what the gang had come out
for. This sounded a little punk to the
boys, who only wanted to know the bat
teries, but they stood for 1t like little
men and settled down for good game.
The first UP was Hard Batter Gray and
he held the willow like a man who knew
his job The scorer, who sat at a little
desk just below the umpire. tipped the
batter off and he whacked at a swift one
which went by him. A howl went up
from the bieachers and an angry look
ing little man ran from the f1naneier's
bench and gave hitter Gray the signal
This man, who the scorer said was AL
derman Thach was a smooth piece of
business and the batter got next With
a fierce rap he cracked the bali into deep
center and while Ouifelders o'Neill, Cope
land and Barbour and Shortstop Cooper
were looking up at the roof the ball fell
between them, but like lot of amateurs
they stood still and let 1t stick in the
grass. The bleachers yelled like mad,
but the fielders had the sun In their eyes
and Drennen, who was running for Gray,
tore around the bags like a cannon bali
ahead of a fast freight While the field
ers were still rubbering at the crowd
Drennen scored and cinched the game. 1t
took two wheel barrows to carry off the
money. Talking about a hit with the
fans-weli, that was the limit. Before
the runner reached third base his month
ly pay had gone up Atty dollars At third
the manager made 1t seventy-flve and
when he diyed across the plate Thaddeus
of Warsaw yelled wen make 1t a clean
500 advance and It went. BY this time
Gray and Thach were whooping like wild
Indians and Jones cut the pigeon wing on
the home plate.
An L. & N. caller was sent to the field
to wake up the boys who play in the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
STRAWBERRIES 500 AN ACRE.

From the Greensboro (Ga) Herald-Jour-
nal.
Seven hundred and twenty dollars an
acre! That sounds big, and 1t is big; new
ertheless 1t is the rate at which Mr.. C. B.
O'Neal of Sloan raised strawberries this
season. From about one-sixteenth of an
acre he has gathered, by actual count. $50
quarts, and will probably gather twenty
five more. At 10 cents a quart (some Of
them brought Is cents) the amount is s45
Figure 1t out; you will find that this is at
the rate Of something over $3.50 an acre
Mr.. A. D. Atkinson of Veazey is a close
second, having made N5 quarts on one
twenty-fifth of an acre, or at the rate
Of s6s7 an acre
Capt. j. B. Park of this city Is another
champion In the strawberry line. From
a spot very little bigger than minute
he gathered over 200 quarts.
We understand that Captain Park, Mr..
Atkinson, Mr.. r. T. Brown and Mr.. O'Neal
will plant two acres each next season. We
await with expectancy the result of their
pxuerinnent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
After Blind Tigers.

Florence, June 4-(Special.)-T Flor
ence police have commenced an active
crusade against blind tigers" and as a
result two men, Roy Martin, white. and
Oscar Casey colored, are in "durance
VILE" charged with violating the citys
prohibition ordinance. Casey was captured
last night and Martin this morning.
1t has come to the knowledge of the po-
lice recently that a number of parties
have been doing an active trade in the
liquor traffic by peddling 1t on the streets
without having any place of business.
The city imposes a fine of 500 on vio-
laters of its prohibition ordinance, and
1t will probably require only n few Tex
amples' to put a stop to the business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05

Speaking of advertising" said rail-
road man, very few people realize how
much money is spent every year by the
large railroad systems in describing the
attractive features Of their routes. This
advertising matter is really first class
literature, as a rule, and the illustrations
are aways costly.
THE larger systems employ a trained
corps of writer's and advertising men who
get up all kinds of attractive booklets
telling of woodland beauties, mountain
scenery and other things likely to attract
the prospective traveller These booklets
are works of art They are magnihcently
illustrated and are gotten up in the print
ers best style. Trained writer's are re-
quired for this work and many are ex-
perienced newspaper men. The railroad
magazines are the most expensive part
of the advertising, as they require a conf
plete editorial staff. Probably the best
known and the handsomest of these pub
locations is the -Four Track News, issued
by the New York Central railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-05
Decatur to Have carshed.

Decatur, June 4-(Special.)-Plans have
arrived for the improvements which are
to be made on the union depot by the
Southern Railroad company. Sheds are
to be built over the tracks on either side
of the station extending from Vine to
Lafayette streets. Mayor Henry A.
Skeggs has been working diligently on
this matter for some time past and now
that he has accomplished his purpose he
is highly elated over the result. He APP
peared before the state railroad commits
sion in Montgomery a few days ago and
It was the result of this meeting that
caused the commission to order the rail-
road company to build sheds here.