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The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
To Pay Revolutionary Veterans.

Havana, Sept. 14.-President Palma
has decreed that payments of one-hall
of the amounts due revolutionary vet.
erans shall begin October 1. Veterans
who have not sold their claims will
be paid first in their own localities.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
win Mot Evacuate Mukden at Present.

Berlin, Sept. 15-The Tageblatts S
correspondent at Tie Pass, cabling I'M
der date of September IA, says the
evacuation of Mukden by the Rus
slams is not considered at present, and
that the field OF operations seems to
be moving eastward.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Accepts the Presidential Nomination

Accepts the Presidential Nomination.
Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 15.-George E.
Taylor, of Ottumwa, Iowa, presidential
nominee of the national liberty party,
sent his letter of acceptance to Stan
ley P. Mitchell, of Memphis, Tenn,
chairman of the notification commit
tee. The national liberty party repre-
sents an independent movement of
Negroes of the country.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Departure of Baltic Fleet Deferred

Berlin, Sept. lathe Tageblatt's
st. Petersburg correspondent tele-
graphs that the departure of the Bal
tic squadron has at the last moment
been deferred for several days, appar-
emily to await news from the far east.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Gov. Peahody Renominated.

Denver, Col, Sept. 15.-The republic
an state convention Wednesday re-
nominated the following ticket: Gov
ernor, James H. Peabody; lieutenant
governor, ]. F. Mcdonald The plat
form indorses the administration OF
Gov. Peabody. An eight-hour law is
favored ~ r
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Pool Room in a Flat is RaIded

New York, Sept. 15.-Annie Hamil-
ton, Cincinnati woman, was arrest
ed here on the charge of operating a
poolroom. The woman, with Frances
Lee, of this city, was arrested when
the police raided fiat at 229 West
Thirty-fifth street.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Cost of Mail Distribation.

The United States employed 10,555
men in distributing mail last year. The
cost. distributed among 1,400 lines,
was S63.594.000. In 373 accidents to
mail cars, Is clerks were killed and 7S
seriously injured.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
Mexican War Veterans Convention

East ST Louis, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-The
31st annual convention of the National
Association of Mexican War veterans
convened in the city hall Wednesday.
Maj, ]. C. Carlton, of Bedford, Ind,
presiding.
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
HAD TO GIVE UP.
Suffered Agoniss from Kidney Disorders
Until Cured by Doan's Kidney Pills
George W. Renoff, of 1858 North 18th

ST.. Philadelphia,
Pa. , agman of good
reputatio and
standing, writes +:
i" Five years ago 1
was suffering so
with my back and
kidneys that I
often had to lay
off. The kidney
secretions were
u n n a t ural, my
legs and stomach
ora exr,.o11an o-J
The Bourbon news., 1904-09-16
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
A Meeting With "citizenv Train.

Will Carleton in Harpers Weekly.
 Years ago, when just out of college, met George Francis Train for the first time. He was carrying aroung with him already a national reputation, and was now upon a meteoric lecturing- tour through the country, seeming. meanwhile. to be under the impression that he was running for the presidency.
 Wondering whether l would have any standing with him, as callow student who had merely written a few poems and prose sketches that had obtained en- thusiastic approbation from personal friends who could not withhold 1t without impoliteness, l timidly intruded upon MT. Train, in his room at the village hotel. He did not even rise from the bed upon which, with coat and waistcoat discarded, he was resting but looked me half throgh and back again, extended a cordial hand. and exclaimed: "Ah. a student: I had heard there was a college here. Sit down and tell me what you have done, and what you want to do,and what you ex- pect to do.''
 I replied by handing him a thin vol- ume of thin poetry that I had published at my own expense, and said, as cooliy as I could: What I have done, MT. Train--merely this, and few years of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
MAGNET IN AN OPERATION.
Patients Life Saved By Drawing Up
 Nall He Had Swallowed.

Cable to the New York Sun.
 London.-The story of curious sur gical operation at the St. Antoine hos pita1 has been communicated to the surgical society The patient swal- lowed packing nail, which was shown by an X-ray photograph to have lodged. head downward. at the level of the sev- enth rib.
 A bronchoscope. which consists of a tube, the inner surface of which is highly polished to serve as reflector, and an electric lamp arranged so as to throw a strong light on the tube, was passed into the bronchial tube and then withdrawn. This process was repeated for six days with larger and larger tubes. and then an eight milli- metre tube was inserted to a depth of nearly fifteen inches. A magnet had been specially made to put into the tube, but 1t was too short to fit and the coughing of the patient forced a suspension of the operation.
 A second X-ray photograph showed that the nail had now slipped to the level of the eighth rib. The doctors, therefore, performed the operation of temporary tracheotomy. A ten milli- metre tube was introduced to a depth of fourteen inches and the operator then saw the nail. The magnet was introduced and the nail adhered to it. The whole operation lasted only five minutes and saved the patients life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
Caesar and His Wife.

From Golfers Weekly.
 The evils of divorce in our day are as nothing compared to what they were in Rome Then the institution existed for the convenience of men, Now it is de- i tended mainly for the protection 1t gives to women, who form a large majority or the petitioners. Today the story of Julius Caesar and his wife raises sympathy with the lady and ridicule for the husband. Caesar is not supposed by his fervdest admirers to have been an anchorite, and he divorced his wife not because she was proved guilty of any wrong, but because he wished her to be above suspicion. 1T the veracity of this tradition be disputed it Is known at least that 1t represents what were then the ideals of Rome. Such magniloquent assertion, made in our day as that "Snook's wife must be above suspicion" would arouse a merry howl of laughter. The men had the upper hand in those days, and they used It to their own advantage. The relegation of war to subordinate place In human af- fairs made possible the still unfinished advance in the fair treatment of women. If hand-to-hand fighting were still the most important business of existence, these measureless inequalities between the sexes would still be seen. One of the most assured victories of modern over an- cient times is in this fairness to the phy- sically weaker half of man. "Jf I had my choice of all the ages" MT. Bryan we'll said, on landing from his European trip. "I would rather live now than to have lived at any other period of the worlds history. Never was there such opportunity of service to ones fellows; never was there time when the victo- ries of peace were so great as now. l am glad to live in an age when man does not have to fight in a battle to prove that he is a patriot" and, we might add. in an age when justice and sympa- thy are less dependent than ever before upon physical strength. The former way of regarding woman, however sophisti- cally defended, was in origin the direct result of the reign of muscle in the world. and now for the first time Is Caesars wife Caesars equal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
What Mark Twain Is Doing.

Mark Twain is at work on a new novel, which was begun many years ago and laid aside. Now that he is in Italy, with more leisure and less liability to inter- ruption, he has gone to work systemati- cally to complete 1t. He has just finished a new short story, which will appear in an early number of Harper's Magazine. MT. Clemens writes his stories to suit himself, and then hands them over to out of them" After Mrs. Clemens com pletes her important share of the work, their daughter copies them on the type writer, for which her father pays her at the regular market rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

year a new apparatus sailed an eighth of mile. Last year they made changes and added a gasoline engine and pro pellers. with the final successful test late in December as result.
 The machine in which the operator lies at full length, is in some ways like box kite with a rudder instead of tail. The framework Is covered with cloth at top and bottom. It is buoyant enough of itself to float it's own weight and that of one man. During their three years of experiments. the brothers had added con- siderably to their knowledge of air-cur- rents and of the resistance of canvas. Keeping these things in view, they de- signed and built their propelling appara- tus. One propeller, revolving horizon- tally, is placed underneath the center of the machines body. The other is like the screw of a steamship, whirling vertically at the rear. The gasoline engine, with finch pistons and 16-brake horsepower operates at will either or both of the pro- pellers. The one beneath helps to hold up the machine: the one at the rear drives it in the direction toward which the operator points if.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
CId Jokes Popular.
From the PhIIadelpflia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record
 ''It must be very discouraging to men who write comedy, and especially 10 the men who write lbrettos of the musical comedies, to realize that old jokes arc the ones that invariably get the laugh" said the veteran theatre-goer 'T have frequently observed this state of anaFrs. The original humor that the aH Thor places in the mouths of his characters never seem to appeal to the audience like the moss grown jests that are evidently interpolated. In fact. the older a joke is the more welcome it seems to be- I sup pose it's on the principle that old frineds are best. attended a performance the other evening that was full of laughs. and most of the lines were original. but thing that struck the audience as being the funniest bit in the show was when the principal comedian drinks cham pagne for the first time. makes a grim ace and says, Tt feels just like your foot was asleep Then the people howled and nearly fell out of their seats from sheer force of merriment. And yet I'll venture to say the joke, If you can call It joke. is at least twenty-five years old. It just goes to show that familiarity doesn't always breed contempt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
Hobson's Choice.

 From Town Topics Money, brains or character Let me ask you, sir Just between a pair of friends, Which do you prefer? Which will you take further In the social whrl? Which will aid a lovesick swain? Which will win the girl? Hark! the sound of music swells faintly on the air, Visions fleet of glancng feet. couples on the stair, Buffers stiff in liveried dress: Brains or money, sir?' Raise your voice and take your choice Which do you prefer? Brains, money or character Tell me this, 1 pray: Do you love the pleasant things Life can give you-say Do you long to see the world? Does your heart beat high When you think of all you might See beforeyou die? Swift across the rolling sea sails the yacht away. In af1ood of molten gold at the fall of day, Toward the blessed isles which lie where sky and sea concur Raise your voice and take your choice Which do you prefer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
Passing of the Cowboy.

The cowboy is gone from Indian Terri tory. Allotment has practically broken up the cattle business in the Indian Ter rttory and this year there will be almost 9 total absence of the big herds which lhavef or years grazed the rich grasses of Indian Territory. The Indian agent states that there seems to be no move whatever on the part of cattlemen to take grazing leases this year, and there will be none. Leases of this kind cannot be made for period longer than one year, and as most of the allotments are being fenced the COW man cannot longer handle his cattle under the old regime The Hereford and Shorthorn have taken the place of the Texas ranger. and the herds have been broken up Into small punches. owned and cared for by the farmers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
WORLDS FAIR NOTES

The work of installing the exhibits in the great worlds fair palaces has begun.
 Russia's building at the worlds fair will cover an area S4 by 100 feet. tower 100 feet high will be feature. The building will stand in the foreign tion east of the administration building.
 The replica of Beauvoir Jefferson Davis old home, is nearing completion at the worlds fair. The historic structure will be Mississippis state pavilion at the ex- position.
 The frame work of the Inside Inn, the worlds fair hotel with 2500 rooms, has been finished, and the staff covering is being applied. The hotel will be open for guests on April 30, when the gates of the exposition open
 Machinery palace at the worlds fair is one of the busiest spots imaginable. Be- cause of the massiveness of the great en- zines and machinery being placed there. q very large force of workmen is employ ed. This Is to insure everything being in readiness April 30 so that President Roosevelt may touch the button and set all the worlds fair machinery in motion.
 Stanley Bois, Ceylon's commissioner general to the worlds fair. has leased 8 handsome residence at 5146 Washington i boulevard in St. Louis. In this house MT. Bois will establish his official resi- dence during the exposition. His furn- ture will be brought from Ceylon. and his own native servants will accompany him. It is understood that Mir. Bois ex- poets to entertain much during the expo sition.
 Four great timbers. two feet square and no feet long which are to be used in the Washington state building at the worlds fair, reached St. Louis recently. The great length of the timbers caused the railroads transporting them no little trou- ble It was necessary to use three cars to carry them the weight being allowed to rest on the two end cars, the middle car being an "ider."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
His Own Little Panic.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Hi Tragerdy-You don't look very well this morning, old man.
 Lowe Comerdy-No, was the victim of a fire panic last night
 Hi Tragerdy-What! hadn't heard of it.
 Lowe Comerdy-Oh, no. You see, I ex- perienced the panic when I heard I was going to be fired, but learned this morn ing that it was mistake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
CURRENT LITERATURE.

study. What l am to do-that, I suppose. depends somewhat upon luck"
 Luck be damned he replied, with perfect placidity. Tt all depends on yourself But I'll tell you what I want you to do, and whatll be better than anything you've got in here. l want you to write a good long Vail; one that will reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Do you understand? great big long wai-lamenting the terrible fact. which of course, you have already learned, that everything in this world Is dead wrong. Of course you know that you are talking to the President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
WINTER TOURIST RATES
To Principal Points In Florida, Nassau
 and Cuba.

southern railway will have on sale daily untii April ao round trip winter excursion tickets to principal resorts in Florida. Nassau and Cuba. at greatly reduced rate. Final limit May 3. 1904. Through Pullman sleeping car Birmingham to 1acr.onville. Write for booklet entitled .sWinter Homes in Summer Lands," For reservation, detailed Information. etc. apply passenger office Morris hotel building. Telephone d7-
 J. c. LUsK. u-2e-tf District Passenger Agent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
A Flying Machine That Actually Flies

From Golfers Weekly
 To sail three miles through the air at q speed of eight miles an hour against breeze blowing twentyone miles an hour Is the most notable achievement in fiying5 machine experiments. Three years agb. two brothers named Wright of Dayten. Ohio, went down among the sandhillY of the North Carolina coast. They Fere expert machinists and brought their Down tools and machinery. They had sHidied the experiments of hying-machirfe in- ventors here and abroad. They w9e go- ing to put their study and ingenuity to practical use. They tried the "mtltiple wing machine with It's large number of sails. Then they turned to the gliding machine invented by Octave C1anute, and modified 1t to their purpose. Their first machine carried one of them{ three hundred and sixty feet and after ahother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07


 "The Fortunes of Eff" By Molly Elliot
 Seawel1.
 Most readers are familiar with the dainty, finished and altogether exquisite work of Molly Elliot Seawell For the sweet aroma of "The Lady Betty Stair" The Spright1y Romance of Marsac" and others still fingers in the charmed fancy of the reader.
 Now we have "The Fortunes of Fife just from the press and as elegant in binding and makeup as even the most fastjdious could wish. The colored illus trations are by D. De Thulstrup, and are in his best style. Of the story it is diff cult to express an opinion, at least 1t is impossible to express the unqualified praise which belonged to her former books. What would you say of heroine who absolutely gave away a hundred thousand francs-an amount which rep resented every penny she had in the world, and without which Eff was very, very poor? It is so contrary to all known laws of human nature, one might almost say so contrary to the .proprieties" of human life! But just here we solve the problem. Eff is entirely free from the restricting conventonalities of life, and her very charm lies in utterly ignoring Ous though. that Eff is true to the generous life which acknowledges only the hearts good moral impulses; 1t Is only the man. dates of polite society that she ignores, inasmuch as they fail to satisfy her lov- ing, tender nature. The scene of the story is laid in France amid the brilliant events of the empire during the year 1894. It may justly be said that it deals primarily with those among the "other half," and yet no less a parsonage than the emperor himself plays a very inter- esting part in the storys action. In one place the author says: 'The emperor smiled-that magic and seductive smile which began with his eyes and ended with his mouth, and which no man or woman could resist He began to pull Cartouche's ear meditatively" And some how the fascination fingers and we still iove even to read about this most mar vellousiy powerful and magnetic man of the century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
Committed.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 But" said the merchant to the appl- cant, ''yoa don't furnish any reference from your last place"
 You needn't worry about that" re- piled the man with the close-cropped head and prison pallor .1 wouldn't been here nov if it hadn't been for my good behavior in my last place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07
OFFICERS

JOHN F. DRYDEN, President LESLIE D. WARD, EDGAR B. WARD
 Vice President 2d vice-President FORREST F. DRYDEN, sd yice-Presdent. EDWARD KANOUSE, T. C. E. BLANCHARD.
 Treasurer. Supt. of Real Estate JACOB E WARD, WILBUR S. JOHNSON,
 Counsel Comptroller F. C. BLANCHARD, Supervision Loan Dent EDWARD GRAY, EDWARD H. HAMILL
 Secretary. Medical Examiner VALENTINE RIKER ROBERT L. BURRAGE Assistant Secretary. Medical Director LESLIE P. WARD, JOHN K GORE,
 Assistant Secretary. Actuary. WILLARD l. HAMILTON, FREDERIC A. BOYLE Assistant Secretary. Cashier FREDERICK H. JOHNSTON, Associate Aotnarv HENRY OVERGNE, GEORGE w. MUNSICK
 Supervisor. Supervisor VIM. FERRY WATSON, Assistant Medical Director. FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN statistician. GEORGE H. KIRKPATRICK, Assistant Actuary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

If you decide to take Hoods Sarsapa- rilla do not be induced to buy euy other. Hoods cures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

and John Calvin John Knox and John Wesley" and also, Lincoln would have been better for the college drill enjoyed by the younger Pitt Daniel Webster, it being understood that the necessity of making his own way should have re- mained upon him with equal power"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

Pay your gas and electric bills today and you save the discount
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

Read the Post saloon bulletin. 2i2o First avenue. 1-31-su-tu-th-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
DEATH OF J. II. BARKSDALE.
Well Known Lawyer Passes Away After an
Illness of Several Weeks,

John II. BarkSdale, one Of Grenada s
well known citizens, and a lawyer of
much prominence in the community,
died at his home on College street at
noon on Tuesday, and the funeral was
held from All Saints church WedneS-
day afternoon. the body being buried
in odd Fellows cemetery.
John II. BarkSdale was native Of
Grenada county, having been born
near Hardy in 1865, and was, there
fore, thirty-nine years of age at the
time of death. He graduated with
honorS from the literary and law de-
partment Of the state university, and
began the practice of law in Grenada
about 1888, and was at one time asso-
ciated with Judge J. @. Longstreet,
the co-partnership having been dis
solved about five years. The deceased
was a member of the local Odd Eel
lows lodge, and also of the Knights OF
PythiaS, members of both of which
orders followed his remains to their
last resting place. He leaves widow
and two children, and a number of
relatives, to mourn his passing away,
to whom the community offers con-
6olppca
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
MOST REMARKABLE RECORD.
Grenada County Woman Gives Birth to
TripIets on Monday Last.

Mrs. Charles r. O'Brien, who re-
sides about five miles east of Grenada,
on Monday last presented her husband
with tripletS-twO boys and a girl.
The little daughter died soon after
birth, but the sons are strong and
healthy and are doing nicely. Mrs.
O'Brien, about two and four years
ago, on each occasion gave birth to
twins, making her the mother of seven
children within less than five years,
certainly a most remarkable record,
and one which President Roosevelt
may well honor. Mrs. O'Brien has
been married some eight or nine years,
and is the proud mother of eleven
children. Mr.. O'Brien, the husband,
is a prosperous farmer. and gOod cit
izen. Neither he or his good wife are
more than thirty or thirty-five years
of age. Both were reared in Grenada
county. and have host OF friends
who wish them well.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Grenada Needs Factories.

Manufacturing institutions are what
Grenada needs. Other Mississippi
towns are reaching out after new mills
and factories, and unless we exert our
selves in the same direction the day
is not far distant when it will be a.
matter for serious regret. New indus
tries are constantly seeking locations
in the South, and few localities offer
the same superior advantages as does
this. In order to keep in the lead we
must ever be watchful of our interests.
Mills and factories will not, as a rule,
force themselves upon US. They re-
quire an invitation, and an assurance
of welcome and good will. This, to be
sure, is rendered, but it must be en-
phasized in thorough and telling
manner.