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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
CoRSETS DEFENDED.

Letter in the New York Sun.
 Your Saturday correspondents attack on the corset Is on a par with the rawlings of other anti-coset cranks. These persons prate of the beauties with which Nature has endowed women. and cry out against our attempts to improve our figures.
 If all women or even a majority, were blessed with properly proportioned bodies. then I would be the first to go over to the ranks of the "antis." But we all know that such is not the case, alas !! Only a small minority is so favored, and of these nearly all are in early youth. As we grow older we run to fat and then it is that the corset plays it's noble part in beautifying woman. or rather In prevent ing womanhood from becoming hideous. Moreover, I contend that. even in youth. the corset and the slim waist are neither ugly nor injurious. And. thank heaven, the majority of my sisters agree with ne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
About Persons.

The Rev. Father Gaffney o. P, of Memphis will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Feely until Saturday, Father Gaffney is one of the most lumi- nous preachers in the United States and is personally well known and popular in Birmingham. He is an ardent Knight of Columbus.
 T. M Jones and J. NJ. Jones of Decatur purchased 1900 bales of cotton at Holly Springs. Miss, yesterday paying an even 15 cents pound.
 The Hon. A. M. Tunstall of Greensboro is at the Metropolitan. He has been in Montgomery for the past three or four days looking after business matters. He leaves today for Greensboro.
 P. II. Estes of Richmond is at the Hill man.
 L. l.. Whittle of Knoxville is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 R. A. Hancock of Atlanta is registered at the Morris.
 W. A. German of Vincent is stopping at the Florence.
 Judge w. s. Thorington of Tuscaloosa,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
An Alabama NoYsl.

Robert Thompson Bentley of Meridian vile, Ala, spent yesterday in Birming- ham. MT. Bentley is the author of "Forestfield," novel of the old south which has been recently issued by the Grafton Press of New York The scenes of the story are laid in North Alabama, where MT. Bentley has his home. He spent two years of patient toll on the book, which is his first effort of the kind, end has received very flattoring notices. both from the press and the public "Forestfield' will no doubt prove of in terest to Alabamians, from the fact that It treats of familiar locality and the writer Is a native of this state.
 MT. Bentley has put his book on sale in all tbe principal cities. including Bir- mingham, and says it is selling well. In the neighborhood of his home the novel is in great demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

From the New York Sun.
 Honesdale. Pa.-The death of James B. Salmon, aged S2, for more than fifty years an engineer in the employ. of the Erie railroad and believed to be the last survivor of the whaling crews that sixty years ago put out from Sag Harbor on their long and uncertain cruises, recalls the story of a time-worn and weather stained marble slab that stands at the head of a grave in Glen Dyberry ceme- tery at this place with this inscription upon 1t:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

as promoter false statements and be sentenced to imprisonment for seven years Assuming that our states have statutes as broad and strong as the English statute, yet no man of Whit aker Wright's wealth and standing could be convicted under them. This is the difference between English civ. ilization and American civilization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
HERE'S A TOUGH ONE.
m the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post. If Johnnie Jones had seven dogs
 And every dog is white; And fourteen cats came charging round, Each one as black as night: And each two cats have eighteen lives
 Less three destroyed by rats, How many lives must three dogs take
 Before they kill eight cats?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Dr. G. Sims Woodhead of Cambridge an eminent authority on tuberculosis, Is delivering lectures in this country
 A new "automobile boat" designed by Charles F. Herreshoff, will be built by the Chase Pulley company of Bristol. R. l.
 A mountain ridge in Alaska, which was recently explored by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, has been named after President Roosevelt
 Emperor William has conferred the inn perial order of the red eagle on Prof. Kuno Francke, who is curator of the Harvard Germanic museum.
 Gen. William Chauncey Kibbe, who was noted Indian fighter, died Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. in his eighty-sec- ond year. He was born in Illinois and as- sisted in suppressing many uprisings Samuel Carter, M. P, died recently at the age of s9 He made himself noted by objecting to spending money on the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, say
 
 ship of a fellow worm.
 An amazing disclosure is made in Gen. Weyler's new book of his idea regarding what would have happened on his con templated invasion of the United States He says that about 5,000,00O men in the south would have immediately rushed to his standard.
 The hero of Robert Grants new serial novel is very strenuous person. He has failed in his original calling failed as newspaper man, failed as a candidate for alderman, failed as bucket shop spec ulator, deserted his wife and abseonded with trust funds entrusted to his care all in two installments. with more to come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

It is reported that J. P. Morgan may buy the original manuscript of Mill tons Paradise Lost. He has bought up everything else in sight and is now turning his attention to curious and works of art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

It is a very mean ma1 who dies witL- out anything good being said about him. Certain London papers are lay ing wreaths on the coffin of Whitaker Wright because he refused to disclose secrets that would have embarrassed people in high estate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 One wife is company. two is crowd at a bigamy trial.
 Most anybody will do for woman to love if there is nobody else.
 The greatest art of woman is being able to pretend not to pretend.
 The difference between a man and a woman is that she gets happiness out of nothing and he gets nothing out of hap mess.
 It would paw some people to try being good for a while so as to be able to ap- pr3ciate the fun when they change back again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Sherlock Holmes is again to be seen on the stage in New York, where he is showing ordinary detectives how to ferret out imaginary criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Chicago professors have made an- other discovery. This time it is mind wandering" a malady which attacks people who do not like to have them- selves called lunatics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The hanna bandwagon is all ready to start. All that is necessary to begin the music is for the senator to raise his baton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Chicago trades unions have $S,500, 900 in various banks, and if they keep on piling up money they will soon be plutocrats, and MT F. Opper will begin to write editorials about them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Yale jury which recently tried Hamlet should have continued it's labors nd tried some of those Thes- plans who maltreat Shakespeare's plays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Busy scientists keep discovering new radium mines with such persistence that the metal will soon become com mon enough to corner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Zion City is getting along very well without Elijah, who is too seasick to talk back He should throw up some of his blackguard talk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Since there is danger of threshing falling to their lot critics of the drum mer" in New York are not quite so caustic in their remarks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The lid is now said to be off the navy department, but no one seems particularly anxious to play the part of either Mephisto or Dr. Faustus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The eleven-foot man dug up in Ne vada does not size up we'll with Bir- mingham's big Iron Man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Since a rumor of investigation spread abroad P. Bunau-Varilla has been do- ing very little talking. Silence in his case is certainly golden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Gumshoe Bill Stone is about to make his maiden speech, and he should explain his alum and book trust ventures while he is about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

In Washington they are looking for an United States official who does not ride in government chaises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Comparatively few of our village i'm provement societies will ever see the City Beautiful" until they go higher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

When MT. Bryan says no man who voted for Palmer and Buckner can be nominated he first looks towards Princeton, and then towards Albany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

MT. Bryan is certainly talking a good deal for dead man, and his talk has the ring of man very much alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

If Uncle Sam is eve, called upon to spank Morocco the sultan of that small realm will have more respect for Amer cans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Theatre managers are beginning to ascertain the construction of their buildings. Heretofore they have not cared how they were built
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

MT. Bryan believes in talking while he has a chance. All Gotham is ring ing with the sound of hls voice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Two Manchurian ports have been opened to American trade just when all trade has been scared away by war reports
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Dope" artists are prepared for the fray, but baseball and snow do not harmonize well together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Henry Watterson uttered grea truth when he sait "the democratic party needs votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Sir Thomas Lipton seems to be a winner at court, even if he is not off Sandy Hook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The man who recently died in a sulphur bath was well prepared for his entry into another world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Dr. Parkhurst asserts that the Iro- quois theatre was Gods fire" How does he know one fire from another?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The beautiful snow soon turned to snowballs, and some of those were not so beautiful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

If ali sea serpents were called leviathans they would not attra ,t near ly so much public attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Society is discussing the limits of decolette gowns, which can now be shortened only from the ground up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

There is a great game of tag going on in the far east, but as yet neither Russia nor Japan is 'it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The heraldic insignia of the Ameri- can baron is the dollar mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Indictments are making sad inroads on the Millionaires' club, otherwise known as the United States senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

In White House jamborees the SUI preme court must hereafter fall in be. hind the diplomatic corps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Supreme court uniforms are not gorgeous enough to please the ad ministration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Colombia may now be placed in that class of problems to a certain extent already solved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

All men are evil. ana Dr. Parkhurs' is their self constituted judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The "War Lord" is forty-five years old, and he has never heard hostile shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Mime. Curie stands out as the first great woman discoverer. She discov- cred radium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Birmingham is justly entitled to make a few remarks about the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Supreme court has one chance to outdo the diplomatic corps by buck ling on either cowboy or rough rider suits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

By his talk on boys Secretary Shaw has demonstrated that he is the ideal papa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Radium by the ton will be needed if it will turn negroes white.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Birmingham has no desire to out do Chicago in cold weather records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Dallas county grand jury has ad- journed until February with the inten- tion of waging a vigorous war on blind tigers in the county on reconvening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Capt. W. H. Weller has been reelected president of the Queen City bank at Gads- den. He is one of the most successful promoters and ffnanciers in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Japan says she must either have Korea or adopt race suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Seven theatres are now open in Chi cago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Col. Frank Martin, popular young law yer of Calhoun county, is seriously i'll at the home of his father in Jacksonville and his recovery Is doubtful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
ALABAMA NEWS.

Business men of Mobile predict that the mardi gras will be a great success, both in attendance and from financial point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

It has been a subject for frequent re- mark that when policeman starts out to shoot cat or mad dog he frequently empties his own pistol and borrows an other before the deed is accomplished
 while if he is firing at fugitive whose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Gadsden Pipe and Foundry com panys plant is closed down temporarily but will resume operations as soon as specifications arrive for some orders al- ready booked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Dr. G. Sims woodhead of Cambridge, an eminent authority on tuberculosis, is delivering lectures in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

mountain ridge in Alaska, which was recently explored by Dr. Frederick A. Cook. has been named after President Roosevelt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Hon. John A. Lusk and Hon. John L.. Burnett continue to wage wordy war in the Seventh congressional district. Both are making some very warm speeches and the people are getting plenty of political
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

A new automobile boat designed by Charles F. Herreshoff, will be built by the Chase Pulley company of Bristol, R. I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

Emperor William has conferred the inn perial order of the red eagle on Prof. Kuno Franeke, who is curator of the Harvard Germanic museum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

A dispatch from Berlin states that Baron Hammersteln, Prussian minister of the interior, is in danger of being dis missed because he made a remarl, in pri- vate conversation which was offensive to Emperor William. If such were the fate Of public officials in this country who | criticise their "superiors,' no one would be left to run the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

That the bank at Monte Carlo can real ly be broken has been demonstrated by the Russian Grand Duke Alexis, who managed to get away with s50,00O All the same this does not make the trick any the easier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The Shelby county courthouse war con- tinues to be waged between the towns of Shelby and Columbiana with great vigor. Feeling is high on both sides and the county press is hard at work giving views of the controversy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-29

The movement of cotton in Alabama continues and sales are reported every day. but the crop is almost all sold now and the business remaining to be done Is inconsiderable. Country newspapers state that farmers are preparing to largely in- crease their acreage for the next planting.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17
aaa.TsaaoRE & OHIO RAILROAD

She Nvorld's Fair, Very Low Rates.
Var5oas forms Of excursion tickets
SirTs9 st Louis via Baltim ore & Ohio
& sszzREaziroad. now on sale from Fairmont
as Hazbows::
season. tickets, good to return until
eGenlber is, 1904, to be sold daily at
af s26-sO, round trip.
SIXTY day excursion tickets, final
4 ssSEEziE not later than December is, 1904
do De sold daily at rate of s22.s5, round
ssssEfn B.
Ezateen day excursion tickets, to be
ssr-sssaS1 daily at rate of s1S.75, round trip.
Ten day special coach excursion
E;stzEeksts on sale Every Tuesday In June,
sgu0d going in day coaches only, on
snecEal coach trains, or in coaches on
szIssfgnated trains, limited for return
assage leaving St Louis not later
sssE1sl ten days, including date of sale,
$sssS rate Of $500, round trip.
SaxEahIe route excursion tickets,
ssassEsar season or sixty day, will be sold
5=agazrsg via one direct route and return
ing VIA another direct route, full infor-
concerning which can be OBJ
ssuzned from ticket agent.
s Ssasgovers, not exceeding ten days
4 asE secE, point will be allowed at Wash
aEssston Deer Park, Mountain Lake
s3aiiand and Mitchell, Ind, (for
d 8 iiek and West Baden Springs)
limit, upon notice to
sradacfor and deposit of ticket with
arst ticket imme diately upon
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17

will be allowed at ST. Louis on all
one-way Except Colonists' tickets to
the Pacific COAST and round trip Itch
cts reading to points beyond St Louis,
upon deposit of ticket with Validating
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Three solid vestibuled trains are
run daily from New York, Philadel
phia, Baltimore and Washington. via
Parkersburg and Cincinnati to st.
Louis.
Three solid vesdbuled trains are
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Magnificent coaches, sleeping cars,
observation cars and aunexcelled din
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For Illustrated folder, time table
and full information, call at ticket
Office, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17
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staseta Qsls That's all. Nothing that man !.
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ss r syesybody understood that oil is the
g-z1Ez1E thing about paint tn at wears, there
world beEno sale for cheap ready-:nixed
sQSintE- Amendment educatorwrote US that
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~ SeadY mixed paint advertised as hrSt-ciaSS.I
n Ee asked what was wrong with the paint
sard said: when the rain had soaked 1t
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z1sEuents. If they had strong color and
s-urer1nE body. But the oil in the paint
ssc8rain vould have soaked" it. as pure
s1fHaesd oil paint does not take up
-,ooEEtsrre. Waterproof oil Clothing is cloth
ssT DATED with linseed oil: and no pure linseed
sroE Esiutw wash of as long as the oil
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szzrr6E rasSe It stay there no m after how good
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Only $40 round trip. ticket good IN
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Only s12 round trip, tickets in Pull
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All tickets good returning l6 days.
including date of sale 33
5s Stop-oye allowed e on return trip
at Philadelp hia and flashing
Ask ticket agents for pamphlet
giving detailed informant ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-17
PAIN 4 WEAR?

The oil is. the nnuci1aEe. When you
seal an envelope what makes 1t ain
closed. Is it the quality of the paper or the
quality of the nsuc;1age? The durability of
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not the pigments, Pure linsesd oil to paint.
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paste form, ready TO thin with pure linseed
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thick paste similar to Kin;oca." but we
stop there. The recognised paint maEer,
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and consumer have to pay the ready
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