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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-16
Mrs. Parkcr'S Anxiety.

AS the Judge was eXpounding the
wide scope of the principle on which
he based one OF his decisions, MIS-.
Parker-She will pardon ii report OF
the incident. i trust-entered the IL
brary and inquired earnestly IL he had
seen that recipe anyhere about
what recipe?" questioned the
judge.
why" explained Mr.. Parker, anx-
iously. that one for meat pie-the
one. YOU know, the lady in Indian
apoIis wrote to me for. She sent a
stamped envelope, too, and | got the
recipe from the cook and had it all
written out, and now l can't imagine
what's become of it.
'Well," said Judge Parker, wrink-
ling his brow and giving his whole
mind to the matter, eff you can't find
it-and l guess you can if you look
around again-the only thing to do is
to go to the cook again."
II suppose I'll have to do that,
worried Mrs. Parker. 'but it's such a
bother
The Judge resumed his remarks to
me on the decisiOn-and interesting
remarks they were, too
If the voters of the Republic could
have shared my privilege of seeing
him in his home they would get a
conception OF the man tnat IS nOL u
be derived from his formal utteranceS
in the speech of acceptance, Whlch
certainly doesn't thrill.
Has "a Solid Mind.
He is not the conventional Judge
not the solemn, pOnderous JurlSt at all
but a lucid. unaffected, earnest man
with force in him. Should he become
President I believe he would have
not only a serious but an awful sense
of his responsibility. He is larger
man than I had DreconcelVed MN. ne
has a conscience and gravity OF NINA
One who sat at the feet OF I1lder
and is an intimate of David X. Hin
cannot be destitute of the politician
knowledge and arts, but Just the same
Judge Parker has a high ana none
estimate of the duties and opportunl
| ties of the Presidents office. That
| anyway, is how he impressed me.
| Looking from the window of his
! library at the charming prospect, anc
| feeling the rcmoteness of the pleasan
| home from the stress and noise of the
! city. 1 spoke about it.
YES he said, 81 love this. AnC
| ! loved my work, too. Really, Wheth
| er it's credited or not ! didn't care
much to have this Presidential nomi
nation
1t was genuine. l believed him, ant
/ liked him.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
so SLENDER.

There was never such a slender, graceful
creature, dear, as you;
I can see you as leftyou, standing where
the south wind blew,
With a bunch of marguerites and some
other springtime sweets
In your dainty hands oh, never was a maid
SO sweet as you!
Dear. the breeze pressed down the grasses,
till they lay against the hil
Till their perfumed unduiations L. we'd and
rippled far; until
You a-standing in the wave where the
laughing breezes drave
Looked to me a woodland unGine born Of
an enchanted rfli!
And the breeze was in your tresses, and a
light was in your eyes
Like the glory of the summer filt'ring
through the shade that lies
On some whipping wayside pool, and the
hands of you were cool,
And l think my mode of going filled your
spirit with surprise.
There was never such a slender, graceful
graceful creature, dear. as you;
There were never eyes SO tender, there were
never eyes so true;
But | never told my plight, and went out
from your sight,
For. as slender, dear, as you were my poor
purse was slender, toe
y. M Lewis, in Houston I-ost.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
THAT TIRED SPRING FEELING
Whicl, Comes to Many with the Sea-
son That Should Renew
Life and Energy.

There are certain persons to whom the
advent of spring, instead of bringing
sense at rejuvenescence, provides very
different sensation, says the LONDON
Lancet. The youth of the year, when
nature seems to revel in growth and de-
velopment, ought to give, it might be
thought, to the human species, too,
sense of vigor and of the natural joyful
ness of fecundity When the birds are
breaking into song and the plants into
flower, poor man might also exult In lie
and it's annual time of awakening
growth. Yet to many the return OF
spring is only the return of vague
feeling of listless languor, a slack sense
of fatigue that comes without labor
and of WEAKNESS that is uncalled for by
any unusual effort.
To those who dwell in cities, at any
rate, spring has trials that are peculiar
to itself To some extent these arise
from the knowledge that abroad in the
country all is new life, refreshened
vigor, and inspiring atmosphere, while
in town the wonted thraldom is en-
hanced by the suspicion of these things
that is gained from the trees and the
plants of public parks and open spaces
where poor little bits of nature bloom
only to suggest in vain all that awaits
the town dweller if he could escape. IL
is not only dissatisfaction, though, al
being unable to partake in natures
gaiety that produces the feeling OF which
we speak; something is due to climatic
conditions
Who does not know the enerVat1ns
sense that accompanies the first warm
day of the year? We may agree with
Johnson that he is weak creature VINO
is Influenced by the weather, but il we
do we must confess with the same breath
that to-day most of us are weak crea-
lures If, like Johnson, we lived in more
leisurely times and regaled ourselves
heartily in Fleet street about the middle
of the day, following the veal with
comfortable discussion, maybe we, too,
should be Indifferent whether the sun
shone or the rain fell. Unfortunately,
we work our nervous systems more anu
our alimentary organs less than did our
GRANDPARENTS Inevitably we have
sensitiveness that was unknown to most
of them. Their fits of "the spleen" were
we'll earned, probably, by loads within
the stomach. We acknowledge no sucn
| consoling cause for the ennui that often
in the spring assails the town dweller.
Happy he who can dispel it by a week
end in the country or at the sea Delore
his regulation summer holiday arrives.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
Poison of the Gila Monster.

In answer to letter from State Ge-
olosist Blatchley inquiring about the
poisoning powers of the gila monster. OF
the lizard family, common in the deserts
of Southern California and Arizona, Dr.
L. Stejneger, of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, has written Mr.. Blatchley that
the scientists in the institute have de-
cided that the lizard is very poisonous.
Scientists have debated the question for
long time. The authorities OF the
Smithsonian institution cite the investi-
cations of Van Duburg, who found that
the poisonous glands are on the outside
of the lower jaw. while the investigators
who said that the animal was not pois-
onous supposed that the upper jaw con-
tanned the poison, and as result, they
experimental with harmless saliva. In
diana scientists have been interested in
the argument-Indianapo News.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
CHARACTER TOLD BY BACKS
Attitude of Men at Lunch Counter Re-
veals Something of Their
Temperament.

You can tell them by their backs
the men who have no happy homes,
or have left them to eat in chop
houses. There are all kinds OF backs
in a row at lunch counter when the
rush is on and they show all KINDS
of character and temperament and all
stages of the lunch counter habit, says
the Chicago Tribune.
The man whose back is a round
hump is an old stager in the place.
He drops into a seat without looking
around and without any attempt TO
preserve the human form divine in any
of it's proper dignity. Naturally, his
head drops down near the counter, just
over the place where his plate will be
He gives his order without any more
than a glance at the list of delicacfes
hung on the wall. Ten to one he has
a favorite dish, and the waiter doesn't
need more than murmur from him
to know what he wants.
This man never seems to be in a
hurry He may not nave much time
to spare, but he knows that he can
not save any time by sitting bolt up
right in the chair and looking nerv-
ously at the walters after the manner
of the man who only occasionally takes
his meals in a chophouse.
The man whose back is just as straight
in the chophouse chair as it is on the
street is either bubbling over with en-
ergy, or, less often, is built that way. He
is generally not fat man nor inclined
to be at all stout, and it is easy to guess
why.
Next to backs. the most interesting
thing in the ordinary chophouse is the
names the walters have for the different
dishes They are far and away a greater
mystery than the tales the backs tell.
Among them is, "Side O. horse. to come
a-running." 1t Is believed to have some
connection with roast beef sandwich,
with horseradish, but no one has yet vol
unteered a convincing explanation.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
oUR-NEIGHBoR's MOTIVES.
It Is Better to Risk Guessing Them
to Be Good Than Think
Them Evil.

A life is composed of motives as
sentence is composed of words. Our
neighbor's life is written in a language
not exactly our own. 1t is foreign
tongue, which we too easily Halter
ourselves we understand, and which
we too presumingly profess to inter-
pret. But every conscientious trans
lator knows the danger of free guess
ing at the meanings of strange words.
From the context, says the Sunday
School Times, he may guess rightly
four times out of five, and from the
very forms of the words themselves
he may often successfully dispense
with his dictionary. But once in
while he will be lured into a false
guess that will warp the real meaning
or absolutely invert the authors inten-
ton. So it is with our neighbor's mo-
tiyes. 1t is easy to fancy ourselves
master of the language of his life. 1t
is easy to put many correct interpre-
tation upon his deeds But guessing
at the secret springs of soul is haz-
ardous business-when the guess is
damaging Many life that is strug-
Cling to do better is crushed and bro
ken by false guess at its meaning.
If a motive must be attributed to a
problematic action, it is better to risk
guessing it to be good than guessing
it to be evil.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17

10.
"Do you consider It possible that stone
might have been taken out and an imi-
tation one substituted?"
Certainly! But could tell whether
the ring had been tampered with since
1t left my hands"
"Take this, then, examine 1t, and in
form the court if that is the stone you
set"
The ring was handed to me, and hush
fell upon the court. The kind of lull
which denotes that vital point in case
has been reached.
put my hand in my waistcoat pocket
for my jewelers. glass, and the sharpest
eye could not have seen that also drew
forth new ring, made in the secret
hours of the night-an exact counterpart
of the other, save that it contained the
real Champion diamond
| pretended to examine the imitation
with great care, while all eyes were
fixed upon me. At length | returned the
glass to my pocket, and with it the ring
with the false stone. | could hear my
heart beating; but, handing to the court
usher the new ring, said firmly, in re-
ply to the snappish "Well?" of the pros
ecuting counsel:
81 swear unhesitatingly that the set
ting of this ring has not been tampered
with, and that this is the genuine dia-
mond which was given me to set.
A rustic went round the room; the
doubling expert pricked up his ears; the
prosecuting counsel, with Mr.. Cramp-
ton and the treasury solicitor, were
whispering over the ring.
"You honor" said the counsel, 81 ask
permission to recall the expert"
stepped out of the box and the expert
stepped in. The new ring was put into
his hand, friendly ray of sunshine
lighting up the jewel
'.This is remarkable" he said at last.
ssIt is the first time | have ever made
mistake. This stone is genuine. | can
not doubt it"
And so the prisoner was free. But
when the verdict Of Not guilty" was
pronounced faint groan echoed it. and
a dead man was taken from the dock.
A spasm of the heart had proved fatal.
Six months later Nell and were mar
ried On our honeymoon We were walk
ing In lana near Ilf-acbaabc, when we
came face to face with Mr.. Champion,
who was stopping with his bride in a
neighboring country house.
"Ah, Mr. Wade!' he exclaimed, T
haven't seen you since that mysterious
case of mine Do you know, have al
ways thought of you-as-a very-clever
man."
Thank you," I said quietly. "Will you
allow me to present you to my wife-the
only daughter of the late Mr.. Nugent?"
Mr. Champion raised his hat, looked
keenly at pretty Nell. shook hands with
us 10th. and murmured:
"Ah. understand!'
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
Hurry Order.

Fussiman-I want my eggs boiled just
three minutes, and not second less.
How soon can have them? I'm in a
hurry.
Waiter-In less than two minutes, sir.
s'All right; bring them along; but
don't let it be longer than that Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
Cut Out for Political Career.

A Chinaman at Bridgeport, Conn.
while being baptized into the Baptist
church, picked the officiating minister's
pocket of $3.50. That Chink is better
equipped for a career in politics than
In the church. ch.-Washington Star.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
A PHYSICAL Impossibility.

1t is charged against Judge Parker
that he is red-headed. This, remarks
the Chicago Record-Herald, seems to
shut off whatever chance there may
have been for a dark horse.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
Nothing in It.

'He gave me to understand he could
talk Spanish like native"
$50 he can. Like a native of Green
nd."-Philadelphia Press.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
Eler,1ents IncreaSed.

The discovery of carolinium and ber-
zelium increases the number of known
elements to about 80. and of radio-ac-
tive substances to about six.-Science.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
When Elephants Die.

A dying ground" of elephants, a
resort where these animals go to die,
was an interesting discovery by Maj.
poxell- Cotton in eastern equatorial
africa.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17

Should the Russians adopt a Re
member the Maine" type Of slogan,
putting in the names OF all their lost
ships, it would be brave foe that
would not quail before 1T.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17

Sparrows. it has been observed. will
gaze at their plumage IN mirrors tor
hours together If undisturbed
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-06-17
And Keeps Wagging.

A mans tongue usually outlaSts his
brains C hicago Daily News,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
TWO FURNACES TO
 BE STARTED MONDAY
NO. 3 AND NO. 4 OF THE TENNES- SEE COMPANY TO RESUME AT BEsSEMER-PERsoNAL AND GENERAL.

Bessemer, September S0.-(SpeciaL)-It is reported on good authority that fur naces No. and No. of the Bessemer division of the Tennessee company will be put into blast next Monday. Prepar- ations are also being made to relight No. and No. 3, and this will probably be done in the next few weeks. All of the Bessemer furnaces have been cold since last July. During the time that the furnaces have been closed down the com pany has had a large number of men working on the plants overhauling and repairing them.
 Several weeks ago the company relight- ed it's coke ovens and the coke has now accumulated to such an extent as to war rant the continuious operation of the Bes- semer furnaces.
 It Is probable that the major portion of the furnace workmen will be new men. At least, 1t is stated that number of the old workmen went to work ih the Blue creek coal district shortly after those mines resumed. At present, 1t is re- ported that the company has sufficient number of men to operate one and possi- ply two furnaces.
 Judging from the number of train loads of coal that are coming in from the Blue creek district daily, 1t appears that the company is mining large quantities of coal in that section.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
COMMITTEE ASKS AN
 EXTENSION OF TIME
NOTHING ACCOMPLISHED BY PRATT CITY COMMERCIAL CLUB IN REGARD TO CONVICT LABOR IN MINES.

Pratt City, September 30.-(Special)-As to the two committees appointed by the Commercial club to furnish some data concerning the convict question, asked Tor more time, the club adjourned tonight without transacting any business of im- portance. Another meeting has been called, however. for next Friday night, at which time the club will near the report of the committee, and will probably take some action for the removal of the con yiets from the mines of the Pratt division.
 The committee appointed to look up some legal points on the convict ques- ton consisted of E. J. Hudnall, J. E. Strickland and Job Going. The commit tee proposes to go about the matter In a business-rike way. They state that work Ing convicts in the Pratt mines materially effects the welfare of this city.
 At a mass meeting of citizens held at the city hall several weeks ago the peo- ple spoke in no uncertain terms against placing convicts in the mines where they would interfere with free labor.
 A committee was appointed to confer with the convict board At that meeting 1t was decided that whenever convict la Dor interfered with free labor the con- viets controlled by the state would be removed to a place where free and con yict labor would not conflict. The eitl- zens then decided to leave the question entirely in the hands of the Commer- ciaI club The club is now attempting to carry out the wishes of the people in this matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
ENSLEY ENJOYS AN
 ERA OF PROSPERITY
THE MONTH JUST CLOSED HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST PROS FERROUS IN THE clTYs HIS TORY.

Ensley, September .-(Special.)-The month ending today has been one of the most prosperous of the year in Ensley. All the plants of the city are in full oper- ation. A number of new buildings are in the course of construction, several large deals have been made in real estate and the merchants have had a f1ne trade.
 The steel plant has been in operation on full time and has turned out finished products in large volumes. The rail mill has filled a number of big orders from railroad companies. The rod mill of the Alabama Steel and Wire company is also in full swing and this industry is manu- featuring as much wire as at any time in It's history. The Semer- -Solvay plant, the Empire Flow works, brick plant and the Barrett Manufacturing plant are all operating on full time.
 All five of the furnaces of the Tennes- see company are in blast, and No. 6, the new plant, is rapidly drawing near to completion. Considerable repairing has past month and a large force of work men are thus employed.
 No mine, back of the steel plant, has also been started and the number of l miners in the pits has steadily increased since the day the mine was started. The sanitary and the storm sewerage systems have been completed at cost of $60,0OO to the city. The Ensley end of the county sanitary sewer is apout com pleted and preparations are being made to connect the Ensley sanitary sewers with the county sewer. This will probably be done in the next few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
Governor to Sneak.
H. A. sTockMAR.
Announces From the Ninth Ward
 Runs Again.


 The numerous friends and supporters of Alderman H. A. Stockmar, in the Ninth ward, will be gratified to see his an nouncement for reelection In The Age Herald this morning. MT. Stockmar has served the city a term of four years dur ing which time he has made an excellent record; one entirely satisfactory not only to the people who elected him but to the citizens and taxpayers at large He is a thoroughly successful business man, a builder, a manufacturer, and therefore a genuine developer. He carries with him Into public office most valuable experi- ence and gives to the city full benefit of his wisdom and counsel.
 Such men as H. A. Stocl1mar are repre- sentative indeed. By his vote and iniiu- ence he places no burden upon the peo- pie that he as an individual does not help to bear He Is deeply interested in the progress of the city, therefore fully qual- flied to discharge honestly the duties of an alderman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01

,,eople's Savings Bank and Trust comt pany. as to my honesty for my contracta
 Fully three-fourths of my patients have been treated by some one else before call' ing on me to be cured. Why not come ai soon as affiictedf You will save money distressing pain and valuable time; be. sides. there is satisfaction in knowing that the very best treatment is being given you by an honest. competent phys sician. have treated private troubled as a speciality in the city of Birmingham Ala, since August 8. 1887. cure syphilis ronorrhoea. gieet. stricture. lost manhood etc. I cure many patients by mall treat ment. Write for prices and terms
 I do not use large advertisements and false statements to attract patients whicI merit has failed to secure If you fail ti be cured by such methods. givs me cal and get we'll
 My offices are the most private ant quiet fin the city. tenth story of the nes First National Bank building. corner q Second avenue and Twentieth street Rooms 1o12 and 1014 Take one oS ths nn( elevators to tenth floor.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
OPPOSE THE UNION.
Negro Is the Stumbling Block In the
 Way of Churches Uniting.

Columbia, s. O., September 30.-The second presbytery of the Reformed Presbyterian synod, convened at Clin- ton yesterday. A vote was taken on the proposition to unite with the United Presbyterian church today, and the expression was unfavorable to the proposition by vote of 34 to 8.
 This is the first of the eight or ten presbyteries of the Associated Re formed Presbyterian synod to vote on this question. The others will vote within the next few months. The chief objection to union with the northern church, as brought out at this meet ing, is the negro, the northern church admitting negroes to membership.
 The second presbytery includes all the churches in Georgia and some in South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
Young Lady Takes Poison.

Huntsville. September 3o-(Special)-A citizen of Double Springs Ala. came to Huntsville last night with news of the suicide of Miss Mary Curtis, a popular young lady of that village. Because her father rep~oved her for going with the young man of her choice, the young lady took a dose of strychnine and died in fifty minutes. The doctors thought she had a severe attack of collie and she would not tell what she had done. and 1t was not until the autopsy that they learned she had taken poison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
Personal and General.

Mir and Mrs. Robert Keller are visiting this week at Gadsden, their old home
 Mr F. M. Slye is visiting in St Louis
 MT. Walter Leck of Chicago is visiting relatives in Ensey.
 MT. w. E. Manning, who has been in Ensley for the past three years, first with the Lily Drug company, but later with the Averitt company, has resigned his position and will leave tomorrow for Anniston. where he has accepted a posi- ton with the Live and Love Drug com pany. MT. Manning has many friends in Ensley who regret his departure from the Steel City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-01
Personal ant General.

The Salvation army of Bessemer will observe its annual Harvest eason from October1 1 to f.
 MT. and Mrs. J. W. Rarden have re- turned from a two weeks visit to Balti- more, where MT. Rarden purchased the fall stock for his business house.
 Miss Matte Harold Of Selma is visit ing Bessemer friends.
 The ladies of the Brighton Baptist church conducted a successful trolley ride tonight to East Lake.
 Miss Kate Burns delightfully."- enter tained the Young Ladies' club this after noon at her home on Fifth avenue.
 Miss Dasy and Miss Mauds Culpepper of Tuscaloosa are the guests of Bessemer friends.
 Dr. G. R. Lewis and family are re- moving into the Berry residence on Dart mouth avenue.
 Mrs. P. T. Whilden of Lawrenceburg Ky, Is visiting friends in Bessemer.