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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02
Wrapped Up In Towel.

A short time after her death, while searching through some old trunks of his aunt whose home she had for years made her home. James W. Woodroof found this old will, tied up in a towel and slowed away In an old trunk that possibly had not been opened for many years.
 Though 1t cut him off with less than $20. he at once offered it for probate. A long and stubborn fight has been made but the will has been maintained and the chancery court Is now being asked to con strue it's provisions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02

A will case has been on in the probate court for week and was concluded by mistrial. Mrs Notes. an aged woman residing some miles In the country, made a will offering her estate, worth several thousand dollars, to any person who would provide for her during the rest of her natural life. and 1t was accepted by Luther G. Turner. and she died a few weeks later leaving her people cut off.
 They are fighting the will with apparent prospects of breaking it. An entire week was spent In the trial of the case and a mistrial resulted, eleven voting for break Ing the will one for maintaining 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02
Interesfinn Meetinn.
New Business Opened.

A well known Birmingham firm is maN ing preparations to open a gents fun nishing store in the building formerly cd cupied by the Ensley Dairy depot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-02

Captain James Weaver of the police force has withdrawn from the race as constable of Beat %. Captain Weaver had number of friends and supporters who will regret to hear of his action.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

white OF il cerulean blue when he doesn't dress ne
in white aud blue together.
And you may rest assured that this prediction is
not thing OF accident
There is reason Tor It.
His choice rests On steady, psychological ioun-
dati0n
Say what yon will, man is 3 simple creature. His
tastes are elementary. His symbolism. too. "a
primitive. he doesn't understand nuancss. Manve.
cerse, nile green, olive and the thousand and one
transitoIy tints do not appeal ohm. The primary
cOora ere really the only ones for which be has anv
uae. From these, red and yellow must be elimi-
mated, in 60 Ter as their availability for wOman's
raiment ia concerned because they seem too loud.
too unpoetieally pronounced.
But blue, SKY blue b preference, and white. the
radiant aggregate q all eoloFs ere sminentIy t to
serve The purpose Of enlOlding the sort Of woman
that Hlsn's ideal woman always vas, and is, and
vii Be.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

after his funeral his name3 was seldom mentioned.
The machinery Of legislation and the great organ.
zatOn Of his party we're not perceptby affected by
bis death. What is true Of Randall s true OF many
other illustriOus statesmen.
We are not sure that it would not be correct to
take off the limit and say that what true Of Ran.
dali is true Of al illustriOus statesmen Possibly
there are exceptions, but they can be numbered on
the fingers OF the two hands including al the illus
trious statesmen who have ever lived.
George Washingtons name is said to be immortal
but you cannot aropse any wild and tumutuous
emotion in crowd now BY referring to the lustrious
name Of Washington. In the average crowd ref.
erence TO Abraham Lincoln will call forth more ap-
plause than the name Of any other statesman who
hes passed away, but in that respect the name Of
Lincoln stands alone. Speaking Of Lincoln, It is
curious fact that hs iavOrite poem was the one be.
ginning with the line
Why should The spirit Of mortal Be proudf
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

From time immemorial man has held e two
particularly sacred.
White stands for purity. In white humanity has
garbed its prophets and its priests. In white theOl
ogy has gOwned Its martyrs and its saints The
fleece OF the lamb, that emblem among emblems Of
spOtess virtue, is white. SnOw-fakes are white
and there is nothing purer by way OF natural phe-
nomena, than snow fakes. Poets, as far back as
history or even tradition, will carry Us, have sung
OF white thoughts and white souls.
And blue-bue stands for gentleness and truth
IL IS the mildest, the least glaring among colors
It's restulness to the eye makes the sight Of South
ern skies perpetually delightful. Besides, it is q
steadiast color Other eolOrs will vary. The shade
OF the grass Of yesterday that Of the grass Of
to-day Every sunset reveals a different red. But
the sky displays the blue day for day-if it is
olue at all Perhaps that is why aithfulness, TRUTH
is best pictured in sky-blue.
Now, surely the characteristics npon which man
insists most fOrcbly in his ideal woman are purity
and gentleness and truth
Compared to these wit and learning, beauty and
grace, worldly accomplishment and social talent
dwindle into dwar6sh insgnifcance.
Therefore, in strict accordance with the desire for
harmony for reconciliation Of the physical and the
mental which dwells, sometimes unknown guest,
In the heart Of men, we wish to see our ideal WON.
an outwardly adorned by the color OF colOrs which
symbolic her finest qualities the qualities we prize
above all others.
1t is vety naive instinct and very pretty one.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

Among the passengers who arrived on the steam.
er Merton, Of the American Line, we're over 10o
male and female mill hands, the first a. aevaral
thousand who will come from Lancashire (Enelandl
owing to the big price OF cotton and the snhsorsrk
business depression in Great Britain. Polly ZOO
persons have engaged passage st Liverpool for pill
aoeipnie, mostly all being Lancashire nil hands.
vno claim to be able to and TIE kind of wofk lhex
oesiIe 70 tnat city 10 preferences e any other city Is
grafton viii be the heaviest since tie cotton laas-s
Of 1863
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

IL ls rumored that Attorney General Knox is con
saering tne advisabilty Of nstituting proceedings
against the tobacco trust The word ''advisabity',
mere Is PROBABLY used in the sense Of 'politiea ex-
be unduiy alarmed over the possibility Of Mr.. KNOX
running amuck.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

A New York man has offered to bet So, 600 against
$1,000 that Roosevelt will not be renominafed Ia
president this year. When asked Why be offered
sucn oaos on what seemed losing proposition Be
replied that President Roosevelt could not at
be renominated as he was not nominated hefara for
president but for vice president.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

was one Of the greatest statesmen during his time.
He had been speaker OF the house Representatives
during three congresses. During the 4Sth 49th and
Doth congresses. he chairman of the committee
on appropriations. He man Of great breadth
Of mind, thoroughly honest, and has been mentioned
frequently a prominent Democratic candidate for
president. He would have been greater president
than Grover Cleveland was. He had q national
reputation. He died in the harness during the frst
session Of the 51st congress. The members OF the
house attended his funeral in a body. NOtwith-
standing he had been one Of the most prominent
figures in that legislative body for more than de.
cade prior to his death, in the space Of two weeks
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01
MISS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE l, 1904.

Lincoln vas a singularly modest man who was in
tent on doing his duty but seemingly Indifferent
about fame. That is probably the reason why his
name Is more enduring than that Of any other Amer
ican statesman either living or dead.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

London physician says birth in high buildings
produces small heads. Judging from appearances
some members Of the New York smart set must
have been born in a balloon. The svelI heads nroh-
ably hrst saw the light in the cellar.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

Girls, again let Us warn you TO get a husband.
a a brauuecK (fa) girl hiss broken her arm three
times trying to button her shirt waist m the hae
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

It cost Secretary Hay over s7OO to spend week
a. tne Worlds Fair. The st. Louis people musf
be making hay while the sun shines.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

lt is said Patti once bad q weird experienea.
snging Tor the mad King Ludwig 81 Bavaris'
That is nothing compared to PATHS recent tonr a
America, where most Of her audiences we're mad.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

The republican vaudeville season will soon omen
up at oyster Bay with continuous performance By
Theodore Roosevelt as q headliner.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

-Four lives were lost at baseball game il Boston
Almost every game shows that some Of the players
are dead ones
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

10 insisting that the pert paragraph should be
abandoned Colonel WattersOn probably agrees at
neart with the English critic who thought Joke
was not bad thing when it was on the other fellow.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

Aunt Hetty Green denies that she has given away
the sum Of 100000. The denial is perfectly super
huOus.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01
WHY MEN LIKE WOMEN TO DRESS IN
WHITE AND BLUE.

VERY ONCE IN A WHILE a
bit Of fun is poked at men be-
cause they like women to dress in
white or blue, or both.
For instance, that charming
widow, Mistress Kitty Bellairs,
does not fail, in the play, to ad
wise her friend Julia, when she
prepares her for the conquest Of
her husband by teaching her how
to wear her clothes. that hlne Ia
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

the one color whose fascination men are unable to
resist
The statements true.
Man always dresses his ideal woman in snowy
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01
In is A BIC COUNTRY VIZ HAVE

ONGRESS has given the country .
surprise.
lt has closed up ITS business and
gone home sfter the shortest long
session that has been held by auy
congress for more than 40 years.
0n the whole We guess this con
gress has done as we'll as could
have been expected.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

Says the Chicago Journal: aIf there we're no
mothers there'd Be lever divOFces1 and its more
nationally true that il there we're more mothers
fhere'd be fewer divorces.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01
THE INSTABILITY OF FAME.

HIS government OF ours is vast
machine. It has as it's subjects
over so millions of human atoms.
The person who imagines that his
dropping out OF the world would
have any effect upon this great ma
chine, is sorely mistaken. Samuel
J Randall of PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

The English countess who welded her hOstler has
gone on a bride tour.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

At any rate there is such thing as love at first
sight among blind people.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

viceroy Alexiff is always at the head of the army
when in retreat.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

''The Lord lOveth cheerful giver''-Iikewise an
active booster.
Okolona messenger., 1904-06-01

june weddings ere IS numerous IS fiah stories.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
Street-car Manners.

There IS a universal rule that a man
seated in a street car should arise if
necessary and give his seat to a wo-
man. The reasons for such a rule are
self-evident. and If man care to merit
the respect Of others he will follow il.
1t is one of the sacrifices to the weaker
sex that he is required to make. Women
have come to recognize this rule or
custom as right. and often complain
if it be not strictly followed But there
is another side to the case, and il is
this: Because a man is expected freely
and pleasantly to relinquish his seat to
woman, is there not an obligation
upon her to allow him seating room
when it is easily within her power to do
so? And may not the cause why some
men do not recognize the custom as a
right be the treatment they have re-
ceived at the hands OF women who have
failed in this regard?
On the outside of the sns. Her electric
cars of this city there. are ..uiIt seats
intended for three people, ct how
often is it seen that two wonIt 4. eyi-
IDENTIFY intent on occupying the greatest
possible space for the least possible
fare and utterly oblivious of the com
fort OF others, spread themselves over
the entire space. Unfortunate man.
wistfully eying the coveted seat gone
to waste. is left te stand and sway
whittier the jolting car listeth, without
even a strap to hang to--for the placing
of straps, sadly needed in that part of
the car, has apparently never yet been
thought Of.
Man is human, and being human is
sometimes tired. Yet in the instance
spoken of it is very awkward for him
to ask woman to move up. although
he unquestionably has a right to do so
under such circumstances. On many
of the lines in San Francisco during the
busy hours the street car facilities are
woefully inadequate. and for a man
travelling to and from his work during
those hours a seat is rarity Ere
| quently he does not obtain one for days
at time, although there is a presump-
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
Don Qul.rote OHeaL

On one occasion in the State Senate
Senator John F. Davis Of Amador was
speaking in his usual graceful and
forceful way in favor of measure to
which Senator Louis Oneal was op-
posed. Davis had spoken for some time
and had been interrupted frequently
by questions from his colleague of the
''prune belt" Finally, at the close Of
one Of the Amadorian statesman's best
periods, came the rasping request, "Will
the Senator permit another question:"
He would. The question was pro-
pounded. and, of course, it carried with
it a suggestion of weakness in Judge
Davis bill. Thereupon that gentleman
rather testify exclaimed. "Oh, the Sena-
tor from Santa Clara is charging wind
mills" Instantly Oneal replied, Yes,
1 admit that the Senator from Santa
Clara is charging at least one wind
MILL" And the eloquent orator was
forced to join in the general laugh at
his own expense.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
Mothers affection.

The warrant charging the young man
with being insane was sworn to by
his father and mother, an aged Ger
man couple. AS they affixed their sig
natures to the big official looking docu-
ment which branded their only boy
as one bereft of reason great tears
coursed down their wrinkled cheeks.
The mother seemed particularly affect
ed. and it was with great difficulty that
the Lunacy Commissioners were en-
abled to learn from her the history Of
her boys mental condition.
At last the preliminary examination
was over and the aged couple was
brought to the cell occupied by their
son to assist further the examination
by the doctors. They saw their only
child strapped to a narrow iron cot,
his puny limbs bound together by cruel
looking leather bands and his hands
incased in big, ugly looking gloves. The
sight proved too much for the father
and he hastily left the cell. Not so
the mother. With a cry of anguish
she threw herself beside the form of
her boy. calling him her pet" her
darling, and other endearing names
which a mother knows.
Then she turned to the doctors and
cried in her broken English: Doctor,
doctor my boy is not crazy: he is
only sick. He is a good boy. 1 do not
want to send him away. 1 must take
him home again.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
THE KENTUCKY WAY.

~ OLLOWING close upon Governor Bcckbau's
r. vndicaton OF his State against aspcrsions upon
its lair fame for law and order. comes a lively
affair in Lcchcr County, which seems 10 call Tor spe-
cial and explanatory message from the executive The
Associated Press reports that a committee from the
Cumberland Mountain waited upon Mrs. Mullins in the
shank of the evening and dcnuded her OF garments and
whipped her the bare back until she became uncon-
scious under their admonitory attentions They then
rubbed salt into the gashcs cut by their whips and
preparing to return to their mountain homes
equipped with the consciousness of duty done when they
beset by adverse party, headed by brothern-
law of the disciplined lady.
In the ensuing battle this relative and member Of
his party killed, but their side captured two OF the
party OF admonton from Cumberland Mountain The
captors were versed in the law and knew they must
have evidence The question was how to secure it.
They could guilty knowledge trying to hide in the
heads Of their prisoners decided to extract it.
if possible While the process they adopted is open TO
condemnation primitive it must by all thinking men,
be approved effective. They tied the witnesses TO
green blackberry and emitting fornaity of an
OATH made them tell the truth the whole truth and moth
ing bur the truth by kindIing fire under them They
not half baked before they revealed the whole plot
and the names Of their accomplices
The names of these two heated witnesses are given
Bill Haley and Hooker Smith 1t is to be regretted
that the stops with their testimony There will
always be curiosity to know whether Bill and Hooker
put back the fire and cooked until they were
done only said that the judicial cooks mmedatelx,
started after the mountain and that another battle
is expected All Kentucky waits for news from, the
front The account is not illuminated by any reason for
the desire of the of the mountain to peel and
neighbors rallied in her defense circustantal evil
dence that she approved of in the community of
which she was probably ornament
1t may be that time, IN these long, wintry nights,
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
TALK or THE TOWN
AND@1oRe O HHt
His Image.


Marked with the indisputable evil
dence of an encounter with John Bar
leycorn and hard fist. he ambled
into a Mission drug store for relief.
His eyes were half closed. there was
a wandering, bleeding laceration
across his forehead. his nose was tilt
ed to one side and cash in one
cheek completed the damage.
The druggist cheerfully replied that
he would fix up the caller.
wait a minute" said the apOthe-
cary, as he reached for the gauze, the
lint and the antiseDtic. The badly
marred customer discOnsolately saun-
tered about the shop. but suddenly
stopped in front of one of those con-
vex mirrors that do such queer tricks
of distortion with their reflected i'm
ages.
Our friend caught a glimpse Of
himself ont of those disturbed optics.
With a yell of terror he tore himself
loose from the scene and bOlted for
the door, soaring the druggist half to
death.
Come back here" shouted the
drug clerk.
Not much.' almost shrieked the
fleeing man. Il just saw myself in
your looking glass and if 1 don't get
TO a doctor I'm ruined for life.
And he did not stop for explana-
tons
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
English Railroads.

There is a popular belief in this coun-
try that American railroads are E-uch
superior to those in England. both in
equipment and in administration Sid
ney Brooks. writing in the current Har-
per's Weekly, takes exception to this
opinion, and makes some interesting
assertions to prove its fallacy. The
equipment of the American railroads.
says Mr.. Brooks, is far behind that Of
the English lines In England there
are 80 locomotives for every 100 miles
of railroad, and in America 20; 307 pas
senger vehicles per 100 miles in Eng
land. and Is in America; 1851 freight
cars per 100 miles in England, and only
719 in America. The smallest villages
are provided with well built, cOmfOr-
table stations and generally with as
phalt platforms; and a comparison Of
the casualty statistics of England and
the United States shows an immense
percentage in favor of the English man
agement.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
'(DOn't Forget"

Many years ago, writes Thomas
Bailey Aldrich in 'POnkapog Papers
a noted Boston publisher used to keep
a large memorandum book on a table
in his private office. The volume al
ways lay open and was in no manner
private affair being the receptacle OF
nothing more important than hastily
scrawled reminders to attend TO this
thing or the other.
1t chanced one day that a very young.
unfiedged author passing through the
city looked in upon the publisher, who
was also the editor of a famous maga-
zine. The unfiedged had copy or
verses secreted about his person. The
publisher was absent, and young Mil
ton sat down and waited.
Presently his eye fell upon the memo
randum book. lying there spread out
like morning newspaper, and almost
in spite of himself he read, Don't for
get to see the binder" Don't forget TO
mail E. his contract" +" Don't forget
HIS proofs" and so forth.
An inspiration seized upon the youth.
He took a pencil and at the tail of this
long list of don't fOrgets" he wrote.
Don't forget to accept AS poem"
He left his manuscript on the table
and disappeared. That afternoon when
the publisher glanced over his memo
randa he was not little astOnished at
the last item, but his sense Of humOr
was so strong that he did accept the
poem-it required a strong sense Of
humor to do that-and sent the lad
check for it, although the verses remain
to this day imprinted.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
INSTRUCTIVE JTUDHnC
BY YMOIEDAiEN AND
ukASJ)f1EN

Leaf?" somebody may ask. Simply be-
cause each Of these lines, as drawn on
map. forms the main arms or arteries
of the leaf named. The Glover Leaf is
the Toledo. ST. Louis and Western, and
the outlines of its route present an ex-
cellent picture of a clover leaf. The
Chicago Great Western, which is
known as the Maple Leaf, has its heart
in the stem and three important ter
minal points all within the frame of a
maple leaf.
Among old railroad men perhaps the
most familiar nickname is Coffee
Cakes and Ice Cream" which applied
to the Chicago, Columbus and Indiana
Central, now part of the Panhandle di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad
system. This is something like Brandy
and Soda" by which pseudonym the
Buffalo and Southwestern was known
before its absorption by the Erie Rail-
road.
Speaking Of the Erie, there are sew
eral nicknames that come to mind, but
they are mostly ephemeral. The pres
ent generation scarcely remembers
"Fisk's Highway" and "Gould's Own, ="
but the name that still sticks TO a part
of the Erie system is "Nypano." This
is an abbreviation OF the name of the
old railroad company, New York, Penn
sylvania and Ohio. Any person who
writes Y. Y, p. and o. will clearly see
the excuse for this abbreviation.
There is one railroad that certainly
deserves its nickname. and that is the
Little Giant'-the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie. This road, running out of Pitts
burg, has returned to its stockholders
a greater amount of revenue-mileage
considered-than any other railroad IN
this country. Its earnings have been
at times phenomenal.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

hangs heavily the OF Cumberland Mountain, and
they go the lowlands for amusement carrying salt
and switches along dictated by their desire to
be useful
sometimes enforced discipline in the country by the
methods, omttng the SALT and we have no desire
to grid at Kentucky which is great State We rather
exat her above Indiana by of the rules of
evidence enforced by her lowland people, which quite
shame Mr. Greenleaf and his book evidence We do
this be understood without indorsng the Kentucky
way which is merely interesting because OF its piquan
originality ~
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

ton that he is entitled to the seat Tor
which he has paid his fare
If women would remember that II Is
no more than fair that they be a little
thoughtful Of the rights Of men and
move into the space it is intended one
person should occupy. it is possible
they would not so often have occasion
to complain of lack of gallantry on the
part of men.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
February.

The laggard sun, on frosty morn
Throws long beams through the stubbIe
corn.
Against the sunset. naked trees
Weave magic bredes and traceries
From woodman's ak the splinter bounds:
The ficker's CHEEKY tapping sounds:
Ice thawS and in the quickening food
Are vague. fond hopes of leaf and bud
When. 10; like fieck of living sky
Full-sOnged. bluebird sweet fits byi
-OfIfIOOLr
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06

Within The classic shades of Berkeley there is no
place wherein offenders against the peace and dignity Of
the scholastic community may be imprisoned pending
inquiry into their conduct Some towns, like build
ngs. otherwise complete and good to look upon, are
sometimes constructed without the necessary ad-
iuncts to comfort convenience and utility Berkeley
ought to have jail even sop to tradition.