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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
SPENCER DENIED RESTING PLACE
His Ashes Will Not Be SepuIchered
 In Westminster.

New York, December 13.--The Westmin- ster Abbey authorities have declined to permit the ashes of Herbert Spencer to be sepulchered in the British Valhalla, according to a World dispatch from Lon- don
 Prime Minister Balfour, who had many controversial bouts with the dead ohlos- opher. expressed himself favorable to a burial in the abbey, ,but the dean and chapter proved adverse. It is said no question of religious belief could have entered into the matter, because Darwin lies in the abbey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
WILL BE FLAGSHIP.
Steam Yacht Scythian to Be Fitted Out
 for Hayti.

New York December 13.-The steam yacht scythian. formerly owned and commanded by Miss Susan Day. of this city, and recently sold 10 the Haytien government has arrived in port and will be fitted up at once as the flagship of tho Haytien navy.
 The armament will consist of small calibre machine guns and small arms for landing narties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
HISTORY OF COLLEGE ENDED.
Mary Sharp Institution May Become a
 Public Institution.

Chattanooga, Tenn, December 13.-- majority of the board of trustees of Mary sharp college, the oldest female ed- ucatonal institution in the south located at Winchester, has filed a bill in chan cery at that place against the minority trustees and the commissioners of the tax ing department to have the title to the college vested in the town of Winchester
 It will probably be used as a public school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.

The best remedy Tor DIAKRaUEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Re sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other kind. Has heen used for over FIFTY YEARS hv MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND CoLIC. and is twenty-fve cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

and retain him in an action for divorce, after telling of his troubles at home. As a retainer he offered an apparently good check for $10O and asked for change, which was always forthcoming in cash Gottman never came back, but the checks always did, and they were cancelled as being worthless by the bank.
 Gottman has not been apprehended. He is supposed to have secured a, large sum before the swindle was exposed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
All this week -Tryphoso free. A. & F. T. Co.,, 1919 Second avenue.
Huyler's Candies, fresh by express twice week. Dos ter-Northington Drug Go.

S5O for soc. Purchase your wines and liquors from w. R. McVay, and get a ticket on the S5O Remington shot gun to bs given away De- cember 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
Hom,seekers' Excursions.

On the first and third Tuesday of each month the Frisco system offers very low rates. both one way and round trip from Birmingham to all points in Texas. Okla honn and Indian Territory. For particu- lars apply to or address L. B. Washing ton. city passenger agent, Frisco system, Birmingham. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
Former ku klux Dead.

Augusta, Ga, December 13-Georgc W. Conway, famous secret service man of the Confederaoy and after the war for short time grandmaster of a Ku Klux clan in this section, died here today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14
You know she loves Huy- ler's-all girls do. Doster- NOrthlngton Drug Go.

Get your Christmas wines and liquars from w. R. Me- Way, 2l2O Ed ave. Ticket with every soc purchase on Remington shot gun, value s5O.OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

To cure scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia. catarrh and rheumatism, take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

All this week-Tryphoso free. A. & P. T. Co, 1919 Second ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

Huyler's Candies, fresh by express twice a week. Dos ter Northington Drug Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

President Roosevelt seems to he some thing of plagarlst. No, not that either. because everybody knows that the Pres ident can use words and properly con struct sentences; but in one instance he seems to have taken his cue from democrat MT. Folk recently called upon Mr. Roosevelt and by request gave him his views upon the subject of bribery. In a recent speech MT. Folk said:
 Bribery has not been included in ex- tradition treaties heretofore because there has been no necessity for it. There have been more cases of bribery in the United States in the past two years than in the one hundred years preceding. It may have been just as common hereto fore. but the evidence of it was not brought to light
 Mir. Roosevelt. in one passage of his recent message, writes;
 Bribery has not been included in ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-14

Gottman's scheme was to visit lawyer
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
Underground City.

In Turkestan, on the right bank of
the Amou Daria. is chain of rock hills
near the Bokharan town of Karki, and
number OF large caves. which. upon ex-
animation sometime ago, were found to
lead to an underground city, built ap-
parently long before the Christian era.
According to ef1iges. inscriptions and de-
signs upon the gold and silver money
unearthed from among the ruins, the
existence of the town dates back TO
some two centuries before the birth of
Christ
The underground Bokharan city is
about TWO versts long, and is composed
of an enormous labyrinth of corridors.
streets and squares. surrounded by
houses and other building two and three
stories high. The edifces contain all
Kinds of domestic utensils. pots, urns.
vases and so forth.
In some of the streets falls OF earth
and rock have obstructed the passages,
but generally the visitor can walk about
freely without so much as lowering his
head The high degree of civilization
attained by the fact that they built in
several stories. by the symmetry of the
streets and squares and by the beauty
of the baked clay and metal utensils and
of the ornaments and coins which have
been found.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

You may smile at the idea of plants
digesting their food; but they do. and
wise men have discovered that every
part of our elaborate and complex di-
gestive system is duplicated in every
detail in the stomachs of our vegetables
cousins. No less distinguished authori-
ties than Prof. Marshall Ward and Pent-
land Smith have discovered a vigorous
starch digesting or diastatic process in
the grains of the familiar maize and the
tubers of the lowly potato. In both cases
so soon as the bud or shoot begins to
develop il secrctes a ferinent that at
tacks the starch of the mass and changes
it into sugar for absorption by its cells.
Not only can this wretched cereal do
with ease what our salivary glands and
pancreas strain themselves red in the
face over. but it also performs another
feat that oUr elaborate human digestive
apparatus is utterly Incapable of. that
of dissolvfng or 'peptonizjng' cellulose
or woody nbre.
The starch needed by the shoot for
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

known that a large family of Towering
plants. of which the sundew and Venus
flytrap are familiar examples. secrete
upon the surface of their leaves a thick.
sticky juice, which in the former simply
entangle insects, and the latter attracts
and holds them till they can be actually
seized by the halves of the leaf closing
upon them trap fashion,
Whether these were utilized in the nu-
triton of the plant was, however, an
open question until quite recently, when
a series of analyses OF this viscid secre-
ton was made, and it was found 70 con-
tain both a peptic ferment and an acid,
which together rapidly dissolved all the
soft tissues of the insects, leaving only
the wings and hard cuticular casing OF
the body and limbs.
And what makes the resemblance TO
our own gastric processes most striking
is that neither the acid nor the ferment
is present in anv quantity in the resting
condition OF the leaf. but both are
poured out as soon as heterogeneous mat
ter is placed upon the surface.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
Making RubieS.

A Frenchman, NJ Verneuil, has sue
ceeded in manufacturing artificial rubies
by new process of using aluminium.
He rezd a paper describing his expert
ments at a recent meeting OF the Acad-
envy OF Sciences. in Paris. The largest
rubies he made weighed more than
fifteen carats. but when the process is
finished these stone split in two, form
ing half spheres, which he says may be
worked by lapidaries and cut like natural
stones
Experts to whom he submitted the pro-
duct of his laboratory pronounced them
10 be of the same hardness aud as cap
able of fine polish as the real gems.
The only fly in the ointment-a for
tunate one, perhaps, for the inexpert
purchaser OF pigeon bloods-lies in the
drawback of internal discolorations, or
bubbles of air, particularly in the larger
stones so produced. The inventor how
ever, thinks that with time and further
experimentation this difficulty will he
obviaIed.
In New York the makers of artificial
rubies use the ''chippings'' from the real
stones for the purpose grinding the bits
into fine powder, then fusing them by
chemical processes into a kind of red
paste, which, when hardened and treated.
presents so exact a counterpart of the
real gems that even experts have been
deceived. They are able TO make very
clear, translucent ruby in this manner,
which may be purchased for about $50.
while real pigeon blood of the same
size would sell for upward of 5000.
These make believes are more ex-
pensive and also much truer to nature
than the ordinary paste jewels which are
manufactured out of kind of compost
tion having not even the faint claim of
ruby chip 10 make them seem the
real thing. The paste ruby can be
bought for few dollars per carat.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
PLANTS DIGEST FOOD.

conversion IS inclosed in cells with firm
walls of cellulose, and these must be
eaten through before it can be acted
upon by the diastatic ferment. Accord
iugIy another ferment is secreted that
dissoIyes ce1lulose, as our pepsin does
proteids.
OF the heIpIessness of our own fer
ment in the presence OF cellulose we
have all had personal and painful dem
onstration in the extraordinary vagaries
INDUCED in by the festive cucumber and
the frugal raw turnip when introduced
into our unsuspecting and defenseless
interior.
In fact, the petonizing power of the
vegetable feTment is so much greater
than that of the animal that, as We see
daily, the papHyotin of the pineapple,
the pawpaw. and other fruits are becom-
ing rivals of the porcine product.
Certain other plants display even more
strikngly human characteristics in that
they have actually become meat eaters
and meat digesters. 1t has long been
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
Beautiful African Turtle

One of the most beautiful turtles in
the world is found in Africa, and a few
fine specimens were recently captured
there and taken to Europe. That they
will thrive in a strange country is by no
means certain, though a few naturalists.
who have spent some months in German
East Africa and who have carefully
studied these turtles, are confident that
they will quickly become acciimatized.
The beauty of these torpid and rather
ungainly animals is in the shell, which
covers and protects almost the entire
body. Unlike that of the ordinary turtle,
which is singularly lacking in richness
and variety of color this shell attracts
the eye at once by the beautiful gold
and brown stripes which run down 1t
and by the little clusters of crimson
which are found here and there.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
Nurses Go on Strike.

In Athens there was a curious sight
recently. Fifty young women. wearing
the picturesque costume of nurses.
marched in procession through the prin-
cipal streets and finally went 10 the
government palace, where they asked for
an audience with the mayor. They were
the nurses employed in the Founding
Hospital, and they had gone on strike
because they had not received any saIa-
ry since the beginning of November
When the mayor received them they told
him they had sent a formal petition to
the manager of the hospital, but that he
had paid no attention 10 it. The mayor.
in return, assured them that If they
would return to work their salary would
be paid without further delay. They took
his advice, and that evening they re-
ceived the money due to them.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
ClOiSOnne Ware.

In Kyoto, Japan, is the home and
factory-or rather workshops, for he
employs only hand labor-of Namikawa,
the maker of the finest cloisonne ware
in the world. Each one of his precious
vases is worth more than its weight in
gold They are so tiny. some of them.
that one wonders how human hands
could have fashioned the exquisite work
upon them. The largest one in his col
lection will be no more than fifteen
ilehes high. but it is worth thousand
dollars. while the smallest Will bring
s25.
Large factories in Japan are almost
unknown the greatest masterpieces OF
this delicate ware <Deing made in some
humble little home where one insii-
vidual tolls on ceaselessly and lovingly,
week after week, month after month, and
often for years. on a single piece; first
making the copper vase, conceiying and
tracing the design, then wiring it care
fully like fine etching upon the copper
background with silver or gold wire; fill
ing in the tiny interstices, often no
larger than q pin prick. with enamel in
the coIors OF nature; firing. enameIinS
again, and still again, for mary weeks;
then polishing. for days at d time till
the beautiful and beloved thing stands
complete masters work of art.
After the last firing the vase is rough
and uneven and must be ground with
punnice stone and water for perhaps
month to reduce the surface to the de-
sired lens-like polish
IN Namikawa's shop each artist is
permitted TO come and go as he Will
and work when ne pIeases. for the mas
ter is keenIy alive 10 the fact that
man can do more and better work if al
lowed TO labor only when the Inspiration
and creating mood il upon him
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

compressed: y. Gray, pack with my
box FIVE dozen quilIs,'' 80 letters.
"Quack, glad zephyr, watt my javelin
box" 81 letters. "Phiz, styx, wrong
buck fame, quib. 20 letters I, quartz,
pyx. who fling muck beds" &c letters.
Fritz! quick, landl hew gypsum box, .
20 letters. "Dumpty quiz, whrl back
frogs next" y letters. Export my
fund. Quiz black wings" 20 letters.
Get nymph, quiz and brow, fix luck, -
&c letters. In more sober English the
last one would be, Marry. be cheerful,
watch your business"
These sentences would make excellent
writing copies. for they secure atten-
ton 10 every letter, and proper exercise
for learners of the typewriter, as they
take in all the keys, and thus familiar
iZe one readily with ali combinations.
BY changing from capital 10 lower case
the value Of the exercises is increased
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
LANGUAGE FREAKS.

There are two words in the whole
range of the English language contain
ing al the voweIs in their regular or
der. They are abstemious and facetious.
The following words each have them in
irregular order:
Authoritative. disadyantageous, en-
couraging, efficacious, instantaneous,
importunate, mendacious, nefarious,
precarious, pertinacious, sacrilegious,
simultaneous. tenacious unintentiona1,
unobjectionable, unequivocal, undiscov-
cradle, and vexatious. A search through
the dictionary might bring several
others to light
II is usually said that there are but
seven nine-lettered monosyllable words
in English, viz: Scratched, stretched
scrunched. scranched, screeched,
squelched, and staunched.
Here are some of the shortest SEN
fences into which the alphabet can be
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
DEVICE TO STOP TRAINS.

4 novel device is being tried for auto
matfeally stopping a train. A double
dial is attached TO one of the driving
wheels; this registers the number of
miles. Another part of the dial is fitted
with a series of stops, arranged TO coin
eide exactly with the distance of each
station from the preceding one As the
train runs into the station zone the
stop" acts on throttle valve and pulls
up the train within the specified limits.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

The hue and cry raised by Prof. Max
well Somerville, of the University of
Pennsylvania, for two heather idols
lost in transit somewhere between here
and Japan, has resulted in the finding
of the huge packing case in which the
gods were shipped to America, and the
idols have now been delivered and are
placed in position at the gates of the
Buddhist Temple of the university mu-
scum.
Prof. Somerville purchased the idols
in Japan last May. For three hundred
years they had maintained their threat
ening attitude in front of the Koyasau
Temple in the village of Kishu. Prof
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

shipped TO this country, but in some
way they went astray
The Zuijin, or guardians of the tenn
pie. are statues OF nenacing, grotesque
monsters of enormous muscle. whose
poses depict the silence compelling ex-
preston with which the Buddhists en-
dow them. They are presumed to be
constantly proClaiming:
This is the place of prayer Leave
levity behind.
The right hand of one of the figures
and the left hand Of the other are raised
threateningly. The hands that are low
cred are turned palms outward in the
most natural gesture to compel silence.
From the waists flow garments lacquer
ed to initiate cloth.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

let was photographed, and from this
photograph the accompanying picture
was taken. In the picture the place of
honor is occupied by the goddess Aphro-
dite, and standing before her as sup
plants for her favor are those who
have come TO offer her sacrifice
By artists and archaeologists the tab
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
TO ROUSE SLEEPY GUESTS.

A new calling device is being intro
duced in hotels where guests require to
be awakened az special times to catch
more or less early trains. A clock is set
up in the Office and is so constructed that
it can be made TO give d calling ring in
any room at any time; it can be set to
the required times. and il Will do its
duty faithfully, without Oyersleeping
itself, as porters and others sometimes
do.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

let is regarded as work of the great
est interest; indeed. it is asserted that
it is one of the most valuable relies
which have yet been found al Pom 2eii,
one reason being because il throws
much light on the manner in which a
sacrifice was made to a deity in an
cient times
The Washington times., 1903-05-03
BEAUTIFUL POMPEIIAN TABLET.

Some workmen, while recently exca-
waiting at Pompeii, suddenly came across
"a beautiful tablet. which, when exam
ined. was found to contain a gra phic
representation of the ceremony which
was customary whenever sacrifice was
made TO ADhrodite.
A few days after ii was found the tab
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

A unique tree on Long Island is
about sixty feet high and about two
feet In diameter at the base. II is
nearly straight being only slightly bent
near the bottom. hollow in it is
about one and one-half feet wide at the
bottom, and runs up 10 the height Of
about twenty feet, where 1t is only
about one-haIf foot wide. Seventeen
or eighteen feet up, on the opposite
side, there IS "a small aperture Just
large enough for man to stick his fist
through and TO make ii possible for a
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

person standing within the hollow TO
see the sky.
The ends Of the bark around the hol-
low are very rough, and there is a
white substance which covers the tree
on the inside. Many persons would
suppose this tree was dead. In the sum
mer it is just as much alive as any Of
the trees, though il is not so thickIy
covered with leaves. 1t has very few
limbs, and they are thin and very
crooked. None % them are below the
hollow. Many OF the old residents of
the vicinity say that q bolt of lightning
caused the cavity.
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

In the accompanying picture is shown
bridge which has been erected in the
south of Italy and which has attracted
a good deal of attention. 1t spans a
narrow valley at great height from the
ground, and, viewed from below. is ap-
parently very light and fragile. As
matter of fact, it is very strong and
The Washington times., 1903-05-03

For many years il has been the Gus
tom in Bremen TO give a splendid ban
quet in honor of the distinguished sea
men and officials OF that city, and on
such occasions the beautiful work of art
shown in the accompanying picture
table.
1t is constructed OF massive silver ana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-06
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

NANTUCKET LIGHT SHIP, Oct. Son
here at go y. m: Anchoria. from Glas-
gov and Neville, for New Work. At 5:l5
o., m: Potsdam, from Rotterdam, for New
York. At 7:30 ID. 'm.: Deutschland, from
Hamburg, for New York.
CHERBOURG, Oct. 5.--Arrived Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, from New York, for
Bremen and proceeded. Sailed: Grosser
kurfuerst. from Bremen. for New York.
GIBRALTAR, Oct. 5.--Arrived: Lain,
from New York. for Genoa, and proceeded.
Sailed: Princess Irene. from Genoa and
Naples, for New York.
NEW YORK, Oct 5.-Arrived: Oscar II,
Copenhagen, Christiania and Christiansand;
Finland. from Antwerp; Bohemian, from
Liverpool.
LIZARD, Oct. 4-Passed: Minnetonka
from London, for New York: Pennland
from Philadelphia. for Antwerp.
GLASGOW, Oct. 5.-Arrived: Hungarian
from Montreal; Astoria, from New York
Via Neville.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct 4-Sailed: Cam
pania, from Liverpool. for New York.
PLYMOUTH. Oct. 5-Sailed: Pretoria
from Hamburg, for New York.
KINSALE. Oct 5,-Passed: Devonian
from Boston. for Liverpool
BREMEN Oct. 5.-Arrived: Koenig AL
bert. from New York.
ANTWERP. Oct. 5.--ArFived: Kroonland
from New York.
LONDON, Oct. 5.--Arriyed: Minneapolis
from New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-06
PACKING PLANT BURNED
ESTABLISHMENT OF ECKART CON-
PANY OF FIT. WAYNE DESTROYED.
Loss VIII Reach $125,OOO with $685.
900 Insurance-Plant Wrecked
Nine Months Ago.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct. 5-The large
plant of the Eckart Packing Company was
almost completely destroyed by fire that
started at o'clock this evening. The loss
will reach $125.000. with insurance of about
$4,000. The origin of the blaze is unknown,
but 1t started in the lard room just after
the employees had locked up for the night.
With amazing rapidity the flames spread
to each of the four buildings. 100 by 50 feet
in dimension. The fire department, that
responded TO a general alarm, was handi-
capped by lack of water. The plant is on
the outskirts of the city and 6-inch main
was the only supply. For four hours the
firemen poured what water they could get
on the flames and when the fire was under
control nothing remained but the brick
walls and the small office building. Besides
the loss on the buildings 800 dressed beeves
and $50 dressed hogs were cremated. Just
nine months ago a gas explosion wrecked
this same plant, killing four men and badly
wounding six more. Suits for damages
aggregating $4,000 are now pending against
the concern on that account. The plant is
owned by Henry and Charles Eckart, who
inherited IL from their father. IL was es-
tablished thirty years ago.