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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
MARVEL OUS FEATS THAT TEMPT
 SUDDEN DEATH AT THE CIRCUS

 as to head and aerial intelligence. He is apparently as much at home in the air as tumbler pigeon or a gyrfalcon.
 He laughs as he rises in his perilous flight. You can see his teeth gleam in a smile as he twists sdewise on his third somersault. As he alights on the shoul- ders of his companions he straightens up with boyish giggle. as though he liked the task
 And yet little Alfred's feat is one of the most perilous known to the circus ring. Many acrobats have broken their neeks attempting 1t. and so far as known only one man has ever succeeded In accom- plishing it before.
 First Triple Somersault.
 This was John Worland. an old circus tumbler who on one occasion some years ago threw a triple somersault from u springboard He accomplished it only once, and could never be pursuaded to at tempt it again.
 But the Florenz boy accomplishes it twice daily, rising from the hands of two of his fellow performers The feat is re- markabe not only from a spectacular standpoint but from the ease and eelerlty with which 1t Is performed. In short, Florenz is a wonder.
 There are seven performers in the troupe, and each one goes through his or her part of the work with clocklike pre- cision
 Two of the troupe, standing face to face. clasp hands in a sort of saddle, or standing platform, upon which Alfred climbs and stands erect.
 Behind him stands Mrs. Florenz a tall athletic woman, with her husband and an- other of the troupe in a pyramid on her shoulders.
 Over this formidable obstacle more than fifteen feet in height Alfred must fiy turning in the air three times before alighting on the shoulders of a fourth member of the troupe behind Mrs. Flo renz.
 There is no halt or hesitaney about it. The boy fexes his knees slightly, stares straight ahead with a half smile on his face and gives the word.
 At Home High in Air.
 Up he goes, as lightly as a bird, and ap- parently as much at home as a seal in the water. So rapidly that the eye can scarcely follow his movements he makes two round tumbles straight over.
 Then for a moment he seems to straighten out in sort of horizontal proiectile As he passes the top of the pyramid he gives sort of queer twist. which turns him sidewise and then dou- bleh up into another tumble.
 Just at the right moment he puts out his feet squarely in the proper place and in a jiffy he is standing on the shoulders of his catcher" smiling at the tumult of applause. in broken English; .it is part of the things we have to look out for. Once
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
No Trick is Too PeriIOus for the Modern Athlete to Attempt
HAS NO FEAR OF ACCIDENT
Bicycle Has Greatly Increased Number of Dangerous Feats, But the Triple
 Sumersault Yet EIicits Won- der From Thousands.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 If you can invent a plan to face death successfully and dramatically twice a day will pay you the salary of a bank president" So said MT. James Bailey, the great snowman, as he stood in Mad ison Square Garden watching the whirl- ing evolutions of his army of athletes. As he spoke he pointed to a tall ladder slant ing upward at an angle of fifty degrees. On a narrow platform at the top stood two swarthy foreigners
 Suddently the more muscular of the two mounted a single bicycle wheel. fitted with pedals and handle bar The small CT man swung himself to a standing po- sition on the others shoulders.
 moments pause and then down the ladder with the speed of an express train came the two men with a rumble and chatter, both bolt upright on the single wheel.
 Here was an illustration, showing more plainly perhaps than anything else could have done. the tendency of modern ath- etics toward desperate deeds. A swerve of an inch to either side, a seconds fal- tering in the hands that gripped the ham, dle bars, a moments blindness and death would have been inevitable.
 Human Daring Greatly Increased.
 The limits of human daring in athletics have been vastly increased during the past quarter of a century. Men who en- ter the dens of wild beasts, Daniel fash ion, women who swing on the daring trap eze, and pretty girls who stand up as targets for marksmen, are commonplace incidents of show life nowadays.
 The appetite of the public for perilous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
SCRANTON STREET CAR SIGNS
Are Very Apt to Confuse the Visitor
 at First Glance.

From the New York Tribune.
 As soon as a visitor walks about the streets of Scranton, Pa, he is likely to be upset by the streetcars. The motor men do not try to run him down any more than In other cities, but they hang placards on the front of the cars which to a stranger are most disconcerting Standing on a corner one will see a car approaching which bears the label IN. G." or "C. o. D." or "P. D. O." The letters are so huge that one can read them blocks away.
 Two Manhattan men chanced to get astray in the city of Scranton the other day, and after taking a look at several acres, of houses, each of which had been cooked up on corner by a recent cave In of a coal mine they started for their hotel. It was too far to walk so they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27

waited for ear. Presently one came in sight which bore the initials "P. G"
 "Wonder if that is an abbreviation of P. I. G.? " asked the leaner of the two New Workers.
 Be charitable retorted the fat man from Gotham. That P. G.. may stand for pretty good or pretty girls" Close to. however the car revealed another sign, which simply read Petersburg" the name of Scranton suburb.
 Another car now appeared on the hori- zon labelled .'B. S."
 By the ancient look of that car," said the lean man. T think it ought to be labelled B. C. Wonder what B. s. can stand for? Perhaps it's for Bum Service
 You are indeed pesimist," said the fat man. B. B. may mean Beautiful Scenery
 Beg pardon" interrupted Scranton te, who had overheard the conversation, that B. S. is Bellevue-S -Stone-avenue car"
 Several cars were passing by, each bearing different initials. There were such abbreviatons as "L. H." IL. F." "G. R." "P. s." IS. s." "P.," "N M.,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27

deeds has greatly increased within the past decade. Many men of middle age can remember Lulu" the man who per mitted himself to be hurled from a cat a putt for a fancy salary. But even fame pals upon an athlete in time, and "Lulu" Is now an eminent physician in western city mending broken bones other than
 After "Lulu' the jaded public was startled by "Zazel, who served as an attractive bundle of ammunition for real cannon, being fired through space to a great distance. landing eventually in net.
 After the appearance and disappearance of these aerial artists there was monot- onous sameness in athletic acts for many years. The tumblers tumbled in the same old way The trapeze artists swung and bowed and kissed their hands to the pub lie as their predecessors had done.
 In fact, there was very little variation until the recent introduction of the bicy- c1e into athletics. Then the public seem- ed to wake up. There came trick riders who rode backward or forward indiffer- ently. who ambled along on the rear wheel of their machines, or stood on their heads and propelled themselves with their hands.
 First Bicycle Feat.
 Eventually there came man who rode a bicycle down the steep flights of steps at the capitol in Washington. He did this not for gain, but for glory, and men mar.s1led that he lived to tell the tale. He afterwara rode from the top of Mad ison Square Garden down a steep flight of steps to the arena below for the mere qualification to be found in salary and applause.
 This was the beginning of yet more desperate deeds. A erowning sensation developed in looping the loop on a wheel It did not seem to matter that few persons were killed in the achieve ment. Men can always be found who will gladly risk their lives for gold.
 For two years this man looped the loop daily, and remained the reigning sensa- ton in athletics. But other harebrained men were planning and practicing and eventually the "one-wheel man" was de- veloped, as was also the man who rides down a ladder standing on the one wheel mans shoulders This feat of Solo and Chico makes '1ooping the loop seem tame by comparison.
 In fact, there are at present no less than four deeds of desperate daring in the Barnum & Bailey circus, which eclipse any previous feats ever before performed by athletes.
 One of the most perilous of these is the trip1e somersault performed by little AL fred FlorenZ, of the celebrated fiorenz troupe of acrobats.
 Young F1orenz is 1T years old. but has the manners and appearance of child of IA
 He is small and slender in limb, large
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Raynier Kid Gloves.

Kid Gloves-and that means the best made-in all the new spring shades, with long or short fingers, insuring a perfect fit; of the softest, most pliable skins; most carefully sewed, thel 50 ideal Easter Glove, at $2 and. I'oO c0a for Women's Imported Kid OJC Gloves, in new spring styles, including over-seam, P. K. and P. X. M. Cape Gloves and lot of genuine Mocha Gloves, one or two clasps, worth s1.25 and S1.50.
 I on for Gracioso Kid Gloves, in all 1.AU the correct spring colors, in cluding the correct shades of tan. brown, mode and gray; regularly sold at, per pair, $1.65.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27

had my arm broken. but that did not scare me a bit. l am always sure that will find papa waiting for me and I know that he will stop me somehow.
 Tt took me about a year to learn how to, but now I can do the triple in my street clothes. Oh. no. I'll never get hurt at it'
 Another extraordinary method of tempt ing death is that shown by Ancillotti, the man who Hoops the gap Aneilott is an Italian. now performing for the first time In thls country.
 "The gap in this instance is the top side of the ordinary loop which has been cut out for a distance of twelve or fifteen feet Across this aerial space the daring cyclist must fly, wheels up and head downward.
 It would be hard to think of practical feat more suggestive of neek-breaking or foolhardiness.
 Starts From Top.
 He starts from the top of an inclined plane, and when he strikes the Hoop he Is travelling at a speed which almost baffles the eye to follow.
 There is no artificial method of hold ing his equilibrium or sustaining his wheel in the air save the centrifugal force which GdIIltS Hlill upNdid ch1 AAAds
 As he reaches the gap by nice cal- culation in mechanics he Is hung suspend ed for a lightning's flash as he crosses the vacant space but his wheel strikes truly on the opposite side. The feat is very nearly the eliminating point of difficulty and danger, and must remain so for many years, without doubt.
 The ''unieycle' feat of Solo and Chico is another thrilling exhibition of human daring. It is sad that the man vet lives whom Blondin, the great tight-rope walk er carried over Niagara Falls on his back showing that even foolishly daring men may live to a great age.
 But consider the crucial and eulminat- ing climax of cool courage as MT Ham, ilton remarks. Solo on the single wheel has at least something to cling to, but the maa Chico, standing on his shoulders as he comes flying down the ladder, has nothing to do but think of his sins and maintain his equilibrium.
 When all these things are considered It becomes hard to imagine a direction in athletics where human daring can go further and escape death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Leather Hand Bags.

Peggy from Paris Leather Hand- Bags. a charming addition to leather goods novelties, at S3.98 to $1o; beau tiful Seal Auto and Carriage Bags, 50 to $e; and the Caheen Special Hand Bag at $5, help to make up an unsur- passed display of leather goods Ill spring styles.
 Special: Walrus Carriage Bags; black. brown and tan; and 3 inches long; fitted with well-made 10 purse; worth $2, at. ........... 9 0s for Carriage Bags, in real seal, C.LC inches in length.
 sn for seal and walrus Auto Bags, l.OU actual value, $250.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Novel Neckwedr for
 Easter,

Every day brings fresh arrivals In Neckwear. Stoles in an odd combina- ton.
 Then there are new Yokes and Col lars of Bruges Lace that would make the plainest gown look dressy; gay Bulgarian or delicately-embroider linen sets for street wear, and soft chif- ion stocks with fluffy bows, ? m 25c to-. ... ... ............
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27

and IS. NJ" Finally one hove in sight. bearing the letters ID. M.,n which to Serantonite stands for Dunmore a sub urb.
 There can be only one interpretation of that sign" said the lean man. What do you say, partner" and he slaped his comrade over the back
 'D-n if I know" was the reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Fans for Confirmation.

Fans of fairy-lke proportions, bright with steel spangles or frosted over with beautiful lace, with slender bone intricately carved, great S0 variety-S1.9o and.... =. i'oo
 Silk Gauge Fans, delicately painted, edged with lace, with fancy DS
 Gauge Fans, with lace edge, paint ed and spangled with fancy QSo bone sticks; special. ......... ooO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
No Kick comlna.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 T suppose" said the sympathetic friend, that your gout is very painful" Yes" rejoined the victim, the pain is something fierce; still 1 can't kick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
New Tub" Voile SuitingS
 dt 2OC.

These new popular fabrics that laun- der so prettily. The most popular lab rics of the season at the price.
 All the best colors, including tan, gray, pink, light blue. cadet, green, royal, navy, champagne and plenty or cream and black This is a remark ble value at very remark c0o able price, only. ..........'.... V
 We call attention to the splendid showing of new printed fabrics
 Wash Blondes and Gauges, New French organdies, Printed Pineapple Tissues, Imported Linen sultings in plain embroidered and printed warp effects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Sample Skirt Sale.

7 aA)r Women's Skirts in tweed O.OOiixtures, cheyiots and shep- herds plaids.
 o En for SIP unlined Dress Skirts O.CO of cheviot, broadcloth, voile and Panama cloth New spring models. IT kn for women's Round Skirts, l l .OO plaited panels, with tailor stitched points, fine quality of covert. 500, zoo, 500 5Ss %alK1ng Rrsss shirts iaa made of white brilliantine, Panama cloth and etamine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

The partnership firm of Harris & Sam pie. conducting the barber shop in the First National Bank building, Brming- ham, Ala, has been dissolved. H. c. Harris withdraws from the firm and transfers his interest in the business to George Sample. H. c. Harris will continue his business at POS North Nineteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Boreas Grown Facetious.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
 Boreas was careering down Broadway.
 Tt is not that I have anything against New York" he explained blowing a eab- man from his perch, but I feel 1t a duty to set a pattern for the orators of the coming campaign"
 With a laugh like the lost soul so often employed in fiction, he split himself on the Fatron, so that each half was big ger than the whole had been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Sample and Show Elm
 brOiderieS.

Balance of that great sample collec- ton of a New York importer. The pieces are bit soiled; but otherwise they're as good as they ever were.
 The collection includes the very finest Swiss and Nainsook Embrolder- ies. wide Cambric Flouncings, Irish Point, Guipure Bands, Balloons, Corset Cover Embroideries, Readings and h. sertions-latest effects.
 n. for up to 25c Embroideries. 1sa for up to 35c Embroideries. 0sa for up to CSC Embroideries. Asa for up to 95c Embroideries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Sale of Easter Ribbons: H

novelty Ribbons shown this season. Appropriate for sashes, bows, ties. con sage or millinery.
 07o for soc and soc Ribbons; satit o1C taffeta, louisine and libert1 satin; in black, white and colors. New warp prints, plaids, stripes, polka dots oOa for 40c Ribbons satin taffeta ZoC louisine, liberty satin, Frencs taffeta novelty and fancy ribbons. is the new spring effects
 1O for BOG Ribbons; satin taffeta | JC plain taffeta, novelty and fancs ribbon. sash, millinery tie and corsag, ribbons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-27
Silk Petticodts.

40 for fine quality Taffeta Sill f.fC Petticoats, full accordion plaited flounce edged with ruffle and double ruche.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-29
Pioneer Dies at San Jose.

SAN JOSE, March 2S.-George H.
Bailey. an old resident of this city.
died at St. Luke's Sanitarium yester-
day. He was son of the late Rev.
A. M. Bailey, one of the pioneer
Methodist ministers of the State.
George Bailey has been totally blind
for many years. He had been resi-
dent of this State for over fifty years.
coming to California when but a year
and a half old. He had been i'll for
some time. A wife survives him.
James r. Kincaid. a California pio-
neer of 1852, was buried to-day. De-
ceased was a native of Missouri and 20
years of age. He settled in San Luis
Obispo County, where he engaged in
stock raising. Thirty-five years ago
Kincaid came to this county and for
years had been engaged in cattle rais-
ing in the Mount Hamilton range. His
funeral was attended by the Pioneer
Society. wife and four grown chill
dren survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-29
Curacao Arrives.

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company $
Curacao arrived yesterday from Guaymas with
tbirty-six passengers and a cargo of ore, con-
centrates, live turtles. tomatoes and other
southern products She brought up gold In
bricks, dust and nuggets valued at 5000 600
Among the passengers were Mrs. Linda
Bryan, her three children and q party of
friends who have been Mrs. Bryan's guests at
her mothers home in Mazatlan. The party in
cluded Miss George Spieker. Miss L. Wenzel-
berger and DR.. Arnold Genthe. DR.. Genthe
brought back a coat of tan which will gain
him much envy. During his stay at MazatIan
DR.. Genthe spent time hunting alHga-
tors and successful hunter did he prove
that in addition to providing his friends with
handsome dress suit cases he proposes to up
holster his studio in alligator leather. The
alligators found the doctor a relentless enemy
He hunted with rife and camera. He became
so expert that he took shots with the camera
before using the rife and after planting the
fatal bullet dropped the frearm and with his
kodak recorded on faithful films the spasmodIc
struggles of the monsters in dissolution
The Curacao's passengers included the fol-
lowing named:
W. r Watson. r. ]. Paulsen r. Paulsen
]. S. Bird. L. ]. Mayer. A. ]. Mayer, T. N.
Craft, J. L. Bradbury, A. Sandoval. F. s.
BTtwhistle. z. H. Davidson. L. Davidson. E.
II. Davidson, L. WenzeIberger. George
spieker, l.. H. Bryan II Bryan. Carlton
Bryan. Linda Bran. Arnold Genthe. Alfredo
Estrada Fernando Rubio, r. p. Straghorn.
W r Smith
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-29
.SULLY'S OFFER
TO CREDITORS
DepOsed Cotton King Says
He Can Pay Forty Cents
on the Dollar in Cash
NOTES FOR THE BALANCE
Expects to Settle All Ac-
counts in Full Within
Period of Three Years

NEW YORK, March 29.-The follow
ing statement was given out to-day by
John r. Dospassos. counsel for Danlel
J. Sully:
Mr.. Dospassos, counsel for Mr.. Sui
ly, appeared before the committee OF
creditors in the Cotton Exchange this
afternoon. and stated in behalf of Mr..
Sully that the latter desired to have
his affairs arranged and adjusted i'm
mediately, and he authorized a prop
osition to his creditors Of 40 cents on
the 81 cash. payable within thirty days.
and the balance in notes without in
terest, payable in one, two and three
years.
I'm addition to the above he proposed
to resign TO a committee of creditors all
the rights, title and interest Of the firm
OF d. j. Sully & Co, and d. ]. Sully,
individually, in the claim or claims
which they, or he have against Haw-
ley and Ray arising out of their joint
transaction and operations in cotton.
THE committee has no power to ac-
cept the proposition Of Mr.. Sully, but
1t was agreed to Immediately confer
with the receivers and with the credit
pose of receiving authority to act on
the proposition.
1t is understood that the creditors
committee will meet tomorrow. The
books of the Sully firm, it is said. show
assets of 81. 100. 900 as minimum, with
a possibility of more.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-29
Transport Dix Loads Mules.

The army transport Dix will sail early this
morning for the Philippines with $500 tons OF
oats in her hold and than 200 mules
housed her spacious deck The mules were
placed board yesterday and the operation
of transferring the beasts from wharf to ship
occupied all day The s1nules were driven
from the Preside by mud-stained colored
troopers whose horses later formed a corral
inside which the mules awaited their turn for
climbing the ganEplank. Mule ''skinners,"
pert and notably unDrofane, persuaded the
four-legged passengers TO climb the incline to
their floating stable. All baked. some needed
more persuasion than others. but the whole
consignment was gotten board without Sc
ricus mshap. The men engaged in overcom-
ing the mules stubborn prejudice against Ieav-
inZ America were kept busy sidestepping the
hind-end batteries OF their charges. Occasion
ally a hard-driven hoof landed on the anatomy
OF mule skinner There were several
lInockdowns, bit no knockouts, and neither
mules nor mulesters sustained any broken
bones. Although described by a sympathetic
writer beasts without pride OF ancestry or
hope of progeny. the mule is star attraction
when he takes an ocean voyage and there was
a bigger and more interested crowd of specta-
tors Folsom-street wharf yesterday than
has attended the sailing of many troopship
whose passengers were mere human BEINGS
The Dix has on board livestock as follows:
204 mules. mares Jacks and one Arabian
stallion. The animals are I'm charge OF twenty
four civilian employees After taking the stock
board the Dix pulled into the stream and
will remain at anchor until this morning
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-03-29
AGED GROCER
SUCCUMBS TO
LONG ILLNESS

Claus Schroeder, a well-knOwn pio-
neer grocer, died at his residence, 53S
Cough street, on Saturday after
brief illness.
Although his illness was regarded
as serious, death was not expected
and the announcement of his demise
will be heard with regret by his
friends. The funeral Will be held to-
day from St. Paulus Evangelical
Lutheran Church, corner of Eddy and
Franklin streets, al 1890 D. m.
Deceased was native of Minstedt.
Hanover. Germany. and was SO years Of
age. His wife and seven children, three
boys and four girls, survive him.
More than twenty-five years ago the
deceased established a grocery at the
corner of Franklin and McAllister
streets, when that portion of the city
was but thinly settled. The business
kept apace with the growth of the city,
and eight years age it was removed TO
the corner of Cough and McAllister
streets.
Mr.. Schroder's personality won for
him a host of friends. He was a man
of sterling character and commanded
the respect and esteem Of all those that
came in contact with him.