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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
Cotton Prices Hurt In Randolph.

"Oh. yes, we are all well and happy over in Randolph" said Maj. w. A Handley of Roanoke. Birmingham and the state at large yesterday, but our farmers are pretty badly hurt over the big drop in the prices of cotton. Many of them sold their cotton as fast as they got it out of the fields and consequently a large number got out of debt when the price was around 10 cents. Others have held back their cotton and are now suffering.
 'I know of one man who is holding 1500 bales of cotton. As you know drop of one cent in price means drop of $5 per bale. The merchant I refer to believe, however, as l do, that the price will go up again after Christmas and as he can not afford to sell at the present prices he is holding on. He expects to recoup his losses to a large extent in January"
 While Colonel Handley was talking an- other man came up and said that he knew a man in Lafayette who was hold Ing 5000 bales and that his loss was al- ready in the neighborhood of $45, 000 He said the farmers in that section were not alarmed as they expected recovery of prices in the market with the begin ming of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
The Inaugural Ball.

That quadrennial function, ycleped fhe inaugural ball, is without habita- tion, and may not secure one. The senate suggested the pension building; the house, the congressional library Neither would accept the others sug xestion, and the. esteemed compro imisers have suggested the capitol building, convention hall located over public market, the Pennsylvania railroad station, and half dozen places including the site of the new union railroad station. The question goes over to January, when the dis putants will come hot-foot to reargue the matter.
 It would be sad indeed if no inau- gural ball-no four-year function. we mean-should be held, for some would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
BASEBALL COVER
Invented By Man Who Realized Moth
 Ing From Idea.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 There recently died at Middlesboro, Mass, Ellis Drake, at the age of 65 years, who was the inventor of a great range of devices for different purposes. Among the most interesting, if not the most valuable. was the cover for the baseball, which he designed in 1855, and which was adopted two years later by George and Harry Wright, the baseball magnates. As everyone knows this is a perfect geometric form and cannot be improved upon. He neglected to take out a patent on this discovery because he thought 1t was too trivial but as baseball grew in popularity he greatly regretted that he had not attended to this little detail, as he never enjoyed the benefits of his inventive skill in this di- rection. Some of his other inventions, however, were quite profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
Much Game Coming to Birmingham.

Birmingham this year is receiving
 more game than ever before in the his- tory of the city," said a well known hunter and connoisseur yesterday, and many persons do not understand how
 this can be possible as many states have game laws which prohibit the shipping of game out of those states. Alabama has no such general law, though many persons are of that opinion. They have been confused in this matter over the fact that several of the counties have laws which prohibit the shipping of game out of their boundaries.
 q understand that Lowndes county has such a law and a friend of mine
 had great difficulty in getting box of quails, which had been shot. from that county into Birmingham. There is abundance of game this year and this largely accounts for the increase in the Birmingham market. There are more quail, rabbit turkey and duck in the state now than has ever been known before. This can be accounted for in the cases of the quail and rabbit by the long drouth during the late summer months. You know that usually thous- ands of young quail are killed annually by floods and nests are destroyed in a similar manner. Such is not the case this year and there are thousands of these birds. Rabbits were saved in large numbers by the drouth and they are abundant everywhere. As for ducks and turkeys I am not prepared to say though I would suppose that the same rule ap- plies to turkeys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
NEW USE FOR LEATHER
 IN AUTOMOBILE DRESS

ingly comfortable, sufficiently light, and water and wind proof and may be of quite elegant appearance. Let us have the leather overcoat. automobiles or no automobiles.
 A fashion for leather facings in general dress Is reported from London. It Is doubtless direct result of the motor car use Of leather. There are great capa- bilities of decoration in it. Leather takes almost any color in dying. It has beau tiful surface and amost agreeable feeling. Perhaps It's use will extend from facings to the body of the garments which it de- corates. From the gentleman's coat it may descend to his trousers Buffalo Bill in buckskin leggings or cowslxin ''chaps' may yet be outdone by leather legged swells on Fifth avenue. The transition from the fancy figured waistcoat of cloth to waistcoat of kid or buck leather should be easy. Leather collars and cuffs are a little hard to imagine, but even those may come. And with the increasing upward climb of the price of skins leath- CT will probably very soon realize the gen. tlemanly Ideal of Polonius's speech to Laertcs Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; rich. but not gaudy." We shall anxiously await the latest edition of the swell, bound in leather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
POLITICAL eRAvEYARDs.

From the New York World.
 Last year Senator Platt boasted that he had buried a good many enemies in his lifetime, put still had a few empty lots in his graveyard. Naturally it was ex- pected that he harbored unfriendly de- signs against a certain governor of con spicuous activity. However that may be- the governor today is the liyeliest kind of corpse, and Platts effacement at his hands is practically completed.
 The projected cemetery near Cypress Hills, in which Big Tim" Sullivan and Pat McCarren are interested, is to have a more definite location and tangi- ble existence than Senator Platt's. At the same time these two democratic part ners have never revealed, in business or politics, an unconquerable aversion to the underground operations of the old repub- lican boss. It would be a striking CO., incidence if they contrived to open their burying grounds and inter Leader Mur- phy of Tammany Hall about the same time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 NN HEN the automobile as W pleasure carriage of swell
 w standing shall have speeded it's course and gone to join the bicycle. 1t will be strange if it does not leave be- hind it some traces of the extraordinary costume, or mass of costumes, that it has occasioned. At first automobile dress was decidedly ugly It simply respond ed roughly to the demand for protection against dust and cold. As time went on the tailor's, hatter's, and milliner's art began to devise better things. Men now look rather neat in caps of a somewhat becoming shape, and in coats of luxur- ious fur or neat, flexible black leather. An automobile lady with great bundle of pearl gray fur about her and in a fluffy cap and much fluttering yelling, may become captivating, at least to an instant's gaze.
 It would really be well if the motor car should inculcate the use of soft and fexi- ble leather in ordinary out-of-door dress. Some of the automobile coats of this ma terial are admirable out-of-door winter gear for any place. Not so insuferably hot in moderate weather as fur or fur lined overcoat, the leather coat is exceed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

elan of repute and, in his career, harks back to the halcyon days of early min- streisy. During the summer Wiley was on the Pike at St. Louis as the leader of band composed solely of young Indians. He is equally emphatic, after his strenu- ous summer. that the Indians are ex- eellent musicians. competent even to ex- ecute classic programmes. and that the house of representatives makes one feel like going to sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
Snow In New York.

T notice that many of your little boys in Birmingham are anxious for a big snow along about Christmas time,' said John c. Collier, a member of the engi- neering corps of the city of New York.
 "If those little fellows or their parents knew how much trouble and expense snowfall was in New York they would never have any such desire. The city of New York has for many years signed contract by which ten thousand men and 25OO carts are kept at work on the streets of that city clearing them of snow and ice As snow falls frequently there these men are at work almost every day through the winter.
 "Just think of the expense of main taining and paying 10000 men, to say nothing of the carts, each of which must have a driverl This costs the city Of New York not less than $22,000 day. If YOU had that to contend with In Bir- mingham I don't believe the boys would be so anxious for 1t to snow. In New York the sidewalks as well as the streets in winter are covered with snow nearly every morning and this freezes oVer' making 1t very difficult for horses as well as men to travel. This must be cleared away, or as much as possible, every day.
 The residents of New York feel it 'in- cumbent upon themselves to keep the sidewalks cleared in front of their indi- vidual residences every day, and this Is big help to the city. Persons there who do not keep their sidewalks clear of snow are regarded very much as the citizens of Birmingham who allow grass and weeds to grow In front of their houses. The clearing of the sidewalks is matter of pride with New Workers, and this sentiment saves the city thou sands of dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tahspoosa Flourishins.


 "Tallapoosa is fourishlng much the same as usual" said Dr J. .. MeClen- oon of Dadevi11e yesterday. UT eoulse you understand we havn't town as ois as Birmingham, but we are having just as much prosperity The farmers nave raised a large crop of cotton and many or them sold at the high prices.
 By the way, l will tell you or a very interesting little incident that occurred In Dadeville not long since. You know we have a new court house there Of which we are very proud. This court house IS built of pressed brick and ir the splre IS clock which usually keeps good tlme. The town is about a half mile from the railway station. and the hacks running to and from the station start by the court house clock We changed county onlcials not long since, and we had trouble soon thereafter I am not prepared to say that the new officials caused 1t. Anyway one bright morning the clock in the court house spire stopped, and as the hacks went to the train by that time everybody who was going away got left. The awIui mistake was discovered soon afterwaros and expert clock repairers were put to work. They got the clock to going all right, and can assure you that every body who wants to go to Dadeville can now be assured of having hack to meet them. We have a great town down there and some of these days we will make you Birmingham people know 1t. We have not coal and iron, but we have plenty of gold and cotton. and that counts whole lot"
 pr. McClendon Is one of the most prom inent surgeons in Alabama, and while he has a great reputation as a physician he has a greater one of being one of the most jovial gentlemen in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
LIKES STRENUOUS LIFE.

From the Washington Post.
 There Is one house employe, l.. H. Wiley, who comes back to the capitol thoroughly convinced that it is tame business sitting on door" For those who do not fully comprehend, sitting on a door, describes in the vernacular, the work of house doorkeeper.
 Wiley comes from Peoria. in itself a pretty hot town. with distiileries enough to intoxicats the entire population of the United States. He is a bugler and musi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From inc New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 It makes a lot Of difference whose stocks are gored.
 A woman is just as likely as not to be sincere if she Is in a mood for it.
 It does seem as if the self-made men always make a terrible botch of their own children.
 The man who groans under the 10 cents a day for car fare spends q half dollar very cheerfully on cigars.
 After a girl has proposed to a man and she has accepted him. she tries to make people believe she might break 1t of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

A gentleman named Otto Agricola is a candidate for mayor of Gadsden. He may be a Roman senator in disguise, but there is no reason why he would not make a good mayor for the capi- tai of ltowah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
Holiday Travel.

"The holiday travel this year is going to be enormous.' said a railroad man yesterday. Already the various roads are beginning to haul heavier trains. and by the end of this week a great deal of extra equipment will be needed.
 Ut seems to me from watching the passenger business. the express business and the freight. as I naturally do. that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

A Tuscaloosa newspaper man was held up and robbed of 5 cents, which was all he had. The robber made fearful blunder when he tackled a member of the press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Mrs. Chadwick will have to choose between the stage and the magazines when she gets out of jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Even President Eliot Is tariff crank in the eyes of the esteemed Aldrich of Rhode Island, for the former says the tariff should be revised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Wall street is beginning to regain its equanimity. The Lawson incident wore on its nerves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Cassie is needed in Kansas, where the banks have more money than they know what to do with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The French stage censor is about to be abolished, thus showing that the world does move even if the sun do not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The Mormon oaths excel even those of the college secret societies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

President Roosevelt is no longer an accident" but he continues to be somewhat of a freak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

MT. Carnegie's lumbago is not a good excuse in a federal court. It will serve, however, in a state court other than New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

It is surprising how unconsciously girl can wander under the mistletoe at this season of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Tom Lawson would have pleased the people more if he had hammered down the price of turkeys instead of copper stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The swearing-off day is drawing near. Get up your list now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Dr. Gregory says 1t may be possible to raise the dead to life. He will have the undertakers about his ears if he is not careful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

MT. Depew's swan song may be one of those old jokes set to music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

David B. Hill should insist that Ad dicks go out of politics when he does In that way he can indefinitely post pone his own leave taking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The departure of Dr. Chadwick for America is getting to be almost like the fall of Port Arthur-it is slow to happen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

There is still chance for people to "get in on the ground floor," but if they are wise they will take the ele- vator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Judge Parker's morning dips go on, but they no longer attract the atten- tion of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The bankers are safe so long as Mrs. Chadwick stays in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Mrs. Chadwick has played many parts in her time, her repertoire in- cluding society leadership as well as iail life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The head of the Mormon church is big political boss whose power ex- tends over four states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Seven people came near to being asphyxiated in Turkish bath estab- lishment. Score one for the anti-bath- ing society.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The king of France and Bill Greene marched up the hill and then marched down again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

important now than the full dinner pailA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The mikado hopes to get In his stocking Port arthur, ships or no ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

This time next week a great man, purses won't be worth stealing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The Rhodes students at Oxford are known by the names of their respect i've states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

American khaki Is the best in the world. Let us jubilate and also khakinate#
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The new combine, Lawson & Greene, expects to rope in lot of new lambs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

"Twas Cassie Chadwick, twas Gas sic Chadwick, etc., sir "Mr. Dooley."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

A verdict will soon bring to an end the drama ''In the Bookmaker's Car riage."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Colonel Greene is the modern Don Quixote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

William Jennings Bryan has just purchased a huge punch bowl formerly belonging to Thomas Jefferson. Colo. nel Bryan needs no flowing bowl to unloose his tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The Christmas edition of the Knoxville Sentinel contained forty pages of we'll edited reading matter and generous ad- vertsing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21
Portland is booming Portland.
WITH OTHER EDITORS,

The Anniston Evening Star began It's sixth successful year with handsome holiday edition of twenty-four pages. The Star is the first and only afternoon paper that ever prospered in Anniston and is credit to the ability of Editor T. R. Gordon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The Florida Sun Is a recent addition to Florida journalism that is making rapid strides forward. The Sun is pub lished at Jacksonville. claud L'Engle is editor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

L. H Russ and J. T. Cafree are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation de- partment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

No communication will be poOushed without its authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Because the ministers of southwest Virginia enjoyed rum sauce and ba- mana fritters at the annual dinner of the Tidewater Ministerial association there is a disturbance in Virginia church cirles. The unhappy preachers are now quarry for the w. c. T. U.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

The flighty purpose never Is o'ertook Unless the deed go with it.
 Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Washington Bureau Age-Heralc. 142t O Street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

A Pennsylvania man who got mad with his wife because she accused him of spending his money improperly, knocked her down, jumped on her and nearly beat her to death with a spade. man ought to exercise some moder- ation in ehastising his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

Dr. Lyman Abbott has announced that hereafter he intends to steer his spiritual
 course without the aid of the Bible. He believes in an omnipresent God, a God who is everywhere and in everything, in- stead of an absentee God, who has to be reached through the Bible or some other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-21

A woman out in Omaha is suing for divorce from two men in the same peti- tion Omaha is reckoned very good place for dissolving matrimonial contracts but good form would seem to demand one divorce at time.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
The Millinery Department.

len cases Of, New Millinery just opened Icandidly
believe we can show more Millinery than all the Mill
mery stores in the town combined visit to our
Mlnnery department will convince you who is doing
the Millinery bushes. Small profits, cash business
enables us to discount every dollar works to won
ders Low prices for you, success for u.s.
100 doz. Babies Silk Caps worth SO and 75c. Take
the little tott along and put one onits head for 25c
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-11-22
BLACK CAT HOSIERY,

We own direct from the BLACK Cat' Hosiery mills
five hundred dozen of those celebrated Hose. The
makers tried to make US promise to hold them "siff
at Is cents pair, but such promise wouldn't be in
keeping with anyway Of selling things for less, so
bargain lot Of the BLACK Cats will take walk all over
the country this week at l9c. a pair.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-30
$500 ROUND TRIP TO TEXAS
AND THE SOUTHWEST.

The Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain Route will sell Homeseekers
excursion tickets to certain points In
Texas, Kansas, Louisiana, Arkansas
and all points in Indian Territory and
Oklahoma, at 1880 for the round
trip, from st. Louis except where
rate of one fare, plus sa00 makes
less. Dates of sale September goth
and 27th; October 4th and 18th.
Tickets good for return 81 days. Stop
over allowed after reaching first
Homeseekers point.
For further information write any
represent alive of the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain Route, or address
II. q. Townsend. @. p. & I. A., st.
Louis, Mo-, or r. T. G. Matthews, T.
p. A., Louisville, Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-30
ABcESSES.

w. II. Harrison, Cleveland, Miss.
writes, Aug. Is, 1902; IL want TO sa.
word Of praise for Billiards. Snow
Liniment. l stepped on nail, which
caused the cords in my leg 10 contract
and an abcess to rise in my knee, and
the doctor told me that would have a
stiff leg, so one day | went TO J. y.
Lords drug store lwho is now in Den.
yer, ColoD He recommended a bottle
Of Snow Liniment; | got SOC sire
and it cured my leg. 1t is the best
liniment in the world.
ABCESSES, with few exceptions, are
Indicative Of constipation or debility.
They may, however, result from blows
or from foreign bodies, introduced into
the skin or flesh, such as splinters
thorns, etc.
Sold by Dubois, Kolb & 20.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-30
VALUABLE PEARL
WEIGHS FORTY GRAINS AND Is
PRONOUNCED ABSOLUTELY
PERFECT.

Carthage, Tenn, September 80 :
Pearl hunters and buyers have been
thrown into excitement here over the
finding of pearl in Cumberland river,
which weighs 40 grains and is pro-
nounced absolutely perfect The pearl
was found by young man named
Ferguson, who sold it to IA local dealer
for $500. IL quickly changed hands
again, . Captain T. B. Bridges becom-
ing the owner at an advance of $500.
The value Of the gem is estimated at
from %, 900 to e5, 900.