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The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
FEA ATHERED TENAN TS
HOW TO PREPARE HOMES FOR
 THE SPRING BIRDS.
1t Is Easy to Have Number of Wild Songsters About Us If We Offer Them Suitable Guar
 tera

Although the severity of the past winter has caused the death of many thousands of birds throughout the country, it is not unlikely, I think. that the disaster may prove blessing in disguise. Great numbers of people who never before gave a thought to the comforts of birds at any season. had their attention called to their suf- fering feathered neighbOrs, hastened to give them relief, and thus became enthusiastic bird-lovers. The school children were especially enthusiastic, and many of them wrote to the Audu- bon societies pledging themselves to feed the birds for the remainder of the winter. A letter from little Indiana school girl is fair sample. She said T, one of a number of willing school children, am most anxious to assist tha in your charitable work of feeding ths birds. l never thought of such thing as our wild birds starving, To be su~s it was a great shock to hear it, and shall set about at once to remedy my shameful neglect. Every morning I set out food for the birds around my home, but never thinking that the wild birds, our best singers, are starv- ing. 1 live but few blocks from the open country, and you may be sure the birds shall not suffer that pass over here hereafter. I can climb most as well as any boy, and though it may seem an undignified act for a girl to be perched up in a tree, I shall do it nevertheless for the sake of my feath. cred friends"
 AS spring approaches. those who have had host of feathered visitors in their yards and gardens will doubt less feel more or less disappointed at seeing their guests depart for the woods and fields and for their homes in the north. But this is the time to make preparations for receiving other bird guests, many of them even now on their way from the south. These birds are coming north to seek homes in which to rear their young; they will certainly nest somewhere, and if We can give them the conditions they require, they are as likely to remain in our gardens as anywhere else. The
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
In the Spring.

Lowndes. Mo, April 4th.-Mrs. H, C. Harty, of this place, says:
 For years 1 was in very bad health: Every spring l would get so low that 1 was unable to do my own work. 1 seemed to be worse in the spring than any other time of the year. l was very weak and miserable and had much pala in my back and head. l saw Dodd's Kid ney Pills advertised last spring and be- gan treatment of them and they have certainly done me more good than any thing l have ever used.
 T was all right last spring and felt bet ter than 1 have for over ten years. l am fifty years of age and am stronger to. day than l have been for many years and l give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the wonderful improvement
 The statement of Mrs. Harty is only one of a great many where Dodds Kid ney Pills have proven themselves to be the very best spring medicine. They are unsurpassed as tonic and are the only medicine used in thousands of fam ilies.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Important Announcement to Rectal
 SuaprerS

For 2 years Drs. Thornton & Minor, the well-known Kansas City Rectal Spe- cialists, have been treating Piles, Fistula and Diseases of the Rectum on q posi- tive guarantee. which required no money till cured, and we are pleased to an nounce that this famous institution has now opened branch office at 3969 Olive Street, St. Louis. Mo. The St. Louis office will be fully equipped to admin ister the wonderfully successful Thornton X Minor system of treatment, and one of the members of the firm. with two assist ants, will be stationed at St. Louis per manently from this time forth. Those who have not investigated the Thornton x Minor system of treatment should write at once for their 232-page illustrated treatise on Diseases of the Rectum, which is mailed free and postpaid to all afflicted. They also mail l0S-page book for Ladies, and as these books contain the names of thousands of men and women prominent throughout this section of the country who have been cured by Drs. Thornton X Minor, 1t would certainly pay anyone suffering to get these books and thoroughly investigate by writ ing to some of the many people who have been cured in years past. They positively accept no money until the patient is satis fled that permanent cure has been effected Read their advertisement in another part of this paper and write to-day for the free books. Address DRs. THORNTON & MINOR, 3S69 Olive street. St. Louis. Mo.
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The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Something Missing.

One day three-year-old Margie was pas sing through the market with her moth- CT, and seeing a strange-looking object, she asked what it was.
 Why, my dear. that's head of cab bage," replied her mother.
 Zen where's it's mouf an eyeses?" asked the puzzled little miss.-Cincinnau Enquirer.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
BALD HEADS COVERED
With Luxuriant Hair, and scaIy Scalps CIennsed and Purified
 by Cuticura Scap

Assisted by dressings of Cuticura. the stops falling hair removes crusts, scales glies and dandruff, destroys hair parasites, soothes irritated, itching surfaces. stimu. lates the hair follicles, loosens the scalp skln. supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow upon a sweet. wholesome. healthy scalp. when all else fails. Complete external and internal treatment for every humor. from pimples to scrofula, from infancy to age, consisting of Cutieura Soap, Ointment and Pills, price $l.00 A single set is often sui. bcent to cure.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Strong and Vigorous at the Age of
 Eighty-eiqht.

Rev. J. N. Parker, Utica, N Y.,writes:
 "In June, 1901, lost my sense of hear ing entirely. My hearing had been somewhat impaired for several years, but not so much affected but that l could hold converse with my friends; but in June, 1901, my sense of hearing left me so that 1 could hear no sound whatever. was a 50 trou bled with rheumaticp pains in my limbs. 1 commenced taking Pe- runa and now my hearing is restored as good as it was prior to June, 1901. My Pneumatic pains are all gone. I cannot
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
REACH THE SPOT.

To cure an aeh, ing back,
 The =pa in s of rheumatism,
 The tir e d. { feelings,
 You must reach the spot-get at the cause.
 In most cases tis the kidneys.
 Doan $ idn c y Pills are for the kidneys.
 Charles Bierbach, stone contractor, living at 2625 Chest- nut St. Erie, Pa. .,
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Easy One.

The sporting editor of the Daily Bread was acting temporarily as answers to-cor- respondents man.
 A note from Constant Reader" con ID. D. mean:" was handed to him
 "Dollars to Douehnuts," he wrote in reply. without a moments hesitation Chicago Tribune.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Not Wastefui.

he had sounded the new patient. that you exercise judgment in the matter of smoking? You do not indulge to foolish excess in it?"
 No indeed" replied the inveterate in- diyidual. Il never smoke more than one cigar ut a time. .-Cincinnati Times Star.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

her. weather. medicines effective short of Pernna, spring will od stubborn Of have resisted treatment for Everybody should Dr. Hrtmans latest book caarrh Address The Peruna Medicine Co.,, Columbus, Ohio.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
With Interest.

Magician Why. here's a quarter in your eye. SIT! How'd 1t get there, l wonder9
 Village Chump-NeH, 1 swan! IL must be that penny l swallowed 9 years ago. Boston Post
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Moravian Barley and speItz,

two great cereals, makes growing and fattening hogs and cattle possible in Dak., Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere, and add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass, Teosinte, which produces 80 tons If green fodder per acre, Salzers Earliest Cane, Salzer's 60 Day Oats and a hundred of other rare farm seeds that they offer.
 JUST CUT THIS OUT AND RETURN IT with l0c in stamps to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.,. La Crosse, Wis, and get their big catalog and lots of farm seed sam ples K. L,
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Tess-.'Well, their engagement is off :" Jess-"The ideal It was only announced yesterday. What did they quarrel about?" Tess-"As to which was the more unwor. thy of the other Philadelphia Press.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
A Bishops letter.

T. H. Lomax, D. D., Bishop 2nd Dist. A. NJ. E., of Charlotte, N. C., writes:
 '' recommend your Peruna to all who want a strengthening tonic and very effective remedy for all catarrhal com- piaints. = T. H. Lomax.
 Ifyou do not receive prompt and sat- isfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr.. Hartman. giving full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis.
 Address Dr Hartman. President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine fer coughs and eolds.-N. w samuel. Ocean Grove. N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

speak too highly of Peruna, and now when years old can say it thasinvigor- ated my whole system. l cannot but think, dear Doctor, that you must feel very thankful to the all loving Father that you have been permitted to live, and by your skill be such a blessing as you have been to suffering humanity"
 l N Da,.l.D,.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
VENERABLE PASTOR
 CURED BY PE=RU=NA.
Pe-ru-na is q Catarrhal Tonic aliyAdapted to the De- clininq Powers of Old Age.

In old age the mucous membranes be- come thicllened and partly lose their function.
 This leads to partial loss of hearing, smell and taste, us well as digestive dis turbanceS.
 Peruna corrects all this by it's specific operation on all the mucous membranes of the body.
 One bottle will convince anyone. Once used and Peruna becomes q lifelong standby with old and young.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Sometimes when man thinks special ly well of hisset said Uncle Eben. Tt simply goes to show dat hes q po' jedse O human nature. Washington Star.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

People who like to tell their troubles dislike to listen to the troubles of others Chicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Wei" said the tiresome bore, who was fond of quotations, "a fool and his money are soon parted you know" any money. Philadelphia Ledger
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
Shake Into Your Shoes

Allen s Foot-Ease. Itcures painful, swollen, smarting, sweating feet Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists aud Shoe Stores. Don accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. $. Olmsted, Le Roy \. y.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

It is, of course the unexpected that al ways happens, but that doesn't make any difference to the ttold-you-so person. Puck.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07
stops the Cough h

and works off the cold Laxative Bromc Quinine Tablets Price 9 cents
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Some women are not half as bad as they are anted.-Chicago Daily News.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

Money refunded for each package of Putnam Fadeess Dyes If unsatisfactory.
The Monticellonian., 1904-04-07

It takes more than a fence to make a garden Chicago Tribune.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-01-29


T. Hickey H. T.
nston, s. Lee Wilson 5rousher, w. Woodbury.
w.
T.. avis and
w.
DEPOSIT PARTMENT.
HUNDRED DEPOSIT beenp In
valuable
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-01-29
TRANSFORMING THE DESERT.

In two great forms of endeavor the
United States Government is striving
to add largely to agricultural areas OF
the national domain. Each of them
worthy the careful attention of think.
ing men. On the one hand it is pro-
posed to reclaim vast wastes and lit
orally to make the desert blossom as
the rose" by the application of water
flowing in bitches and irrigating othe-'-
wise dry sands. On the otherhand
the agriculturists at the head of the
national department seek to wash
other portions of other great deserts
clear Of the Objectionable substances
now in the soils that are preventat-
i've Of strong vegetation.
T. P Means of the Bureau of Soils
of the United States Department of
Agriculture is conducting an agricul-
tural experimental drainage farm in
the Salt River valley in Arizona. He
says that demonstrations is better
for the farmers than tons of reports
and manuels, so experiments are be-
ing tried with various crops, includ-
ing fruits. Mr.. Means says that some
of the crops that are common in the
valley of the Nile ought to do we'll in
the Salt River valley. He believes
Arizona will yet put out a good grade
of cotton, but there is the alkali m
the soil that has to first be eliminated
I'm retaining piece of alkali
land" says Mr.. Means ordinary
drains are laid under the ground and
water is applied until alkali in the
upper layer Of the soil has all been
Dissolved away. After that the prob
lem is to irrigate to just such degree
that, while the crops have plenty of
moisture, the lower alkali will never
be stirred up. If the land is irrigated
too heavily the alkali that lies deep
will be disturbed and then the land
will be spoiled"
How shall the agriculturist find out
just how much water to place on the
alkali land to leach it to just the
right extent? That is just what the
United States Department of Agric.
ulture is trying to find out for the
farmers benefit. Wherever there are
deserts, generally speaking, there are
high temperatures in the season when
there are agricultural crops to ma
ture and fruit to ripen. Heat and
water with only fair soil, are sufficient
to produce rank vegetation
Mr.. Mean says that there is mis-
taken notion that Egypt is irrigated
by turning loose the whole Nile. The
greater part of Egypt is freshenel
by similar methods as those In use in
Southern California Quite a large
amount Of Arizona land may be re
claimed in the primary work of the
Department Of Agriculture 1t is esti
mated that about one-thirtieth of Ar
izona can be irrigated by the presen,
water supply when fully utilized, but
still that area will be respectable as
measured by standards supplied by
eastern States.
The Tonic dam which is being ccl
structed above Phoenix, will sup,ry
water FOR about 100000 acres. TIC
dam on the Colorado river will irci
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-01-29

gate a similar area. It is safe to al
low 100000 acres more to be irrigated
by small streams on the ella river
drainage system so that half a mill
lion acres Of Arizona lands that are
now waste may be turned into farms.
incidentally it may be said that the
comparative lack of water in Arizona
supplies an incentative to the Gov
eminent to ascertain the minimum
amount that is necessary to sustain
certain crops.
iNIlIlIIIIIllNII
There is plenty of chance for SNOW
during the next thirty days, according
to the weather reports. In 1897 on the
10th of the month there was nearly
fifteen inches of snow fall The aver
age for the month in precipitation is
1.54 inches, while during the month Of
February in the year 1897, there was
4.30 inches. Get your fighting clothes
for next month
Senator Burton has kindly consent
ed to waive all his rights as a Sena-
tor and go to St. Louis to be tried at
once under the indictments charging
him with receiving brides. If he mad
waived his rights as Senator before
he appeared at the postof1ice depart.
friends, he would not now be up to
his neck in trouble.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago seems
to have less influence in that town
than Bruce Johnson has in this. Charg
ed only with contributory negligence
in the Iroquois disaster he is under
$4,000 bond. johnson was only re-
quired to put up 5000 for trying to
kill a man.
The schools have abandoned the
vertical writing method. If people are
to be judged by their writing, about
the best plan is to let every one do
as they have in the past; form letters
to suit themselves and the teacher
and the scholar will both have better
tempers.
The University of Wisconsin has
established a department for the pur-
/ pose of "equipping young women for
marriage" Of course man goes with
eac ca eluipnent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02
Finished Product.

"The Birmingham district Is a stronger condition today than it ever was before" remarked a man who has been connected with manufacturing enterprises in the east for many years. But what Bir- mingham needs and will have in course of time is a larger output of the finished product
 "A high grade of steel rails is being turned out at Ensley, and several other valuable things in the finished line are being made in this district. The variety of finished production will increase fast for the south is growing steadily in popu- lation, and the demand for certain com modities in iron and steel is naturally increasing. The next advance in finished product will be bridge material. Steel bridges are being constructed in every part of the south. and the material could be produced here with a comparatively small outlay of capital In plant and op- eratng expenses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02
Early Land Values.

Some people speak of land in Jefferson county being high but eighty-five years ago land in certain sections of Jones valley sold for $1OO per acre." said Cham bers McAdory. one of the pioneer citizens of this county
 T remember when a small boy hear Ing my father speak of the great sale of public lands in Jefferson county in ls19, at which some of the farm lands, Sit uated on Valley creek, was bid in for as much as s1o0 an acrs. These lands were admirably located and were considered by far the best farming sections of the valley
 The law was then that one-fourth of the purchase price of the land was to be paid down and the other on installments Later some of the purchasers of this prize land decided they had paid too much and congress was appealed to and in some instances where the lands were bid in at an unreasonable sum, portion of the amount was refunded to the buyers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02

brought together in a northern cline.
 Especially troubled just now seem the white farmers in Minnesota and in the Dakotas at the mere sugges- tion of such movement. In truth, the rigid climate out there is not con genial to the negro, and the methods of farming are not suited to his taste, nor to his peculiar sl1ll1.
 It is said that quite recently land agents have been in the northwest making an effort to find locations for southern colonies of blacks, and that they have received cold receptions at the hands of the whites who inhabit that section. They seem to greatly fear the doeile negro, therefore the scheme of the colonists has proven a failure. Readers of history will re- member that like failure occurred some sixty years ago. when Gerret Smith and his fellow abolitlonists sought partial solution of the slavery problem that was to carry the negroes in punches to the north for settlement and for citizenship. It did not work then. It will not work now.
 The south is the natural field of la bor and of industry for the Afro-Amer- ican. Here he Is fully understood and appreciated. Here he is wanted and here the white people are giving him all care and protection which are best for his good. They are remunerating him for his labor, and are affording common school education for his chill dren. If isolated cases of injustice toward the black man are found such injustice is drowned upon by the bet ter element of the white race. The laws enacted by the state authorities In the south bear alike upon all classes, and this is all the negro de- sires or can hope for. He stands upon his own merit, and if he offends he is taught that he must bear the conse- quence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02
OLD NEW YORK.
What the Town Was Like Forty Years
 Ago.
From the Critic.

From the Critic.
 The early fifties was a natural and suitable time to take stock of the state of the city. Eighteen hundred and fifty had been distinct turning point. In four years many old landmarks had vanished and new ones risen. The daguerreotypes and drawings, made for the express pur- pose of showing the disappearing past and the coming future, appeared in Putnam's during 1854 and were accom- panied by a series of articles which give both direct and indirect glimpses of New York of that period
 During the last five decades of the nine- teenth century, the city on Manhattan Island, while not absolutely stationary in growth differed little essentially from what it was under the Georges, the pre- sidential as we'll as the royal owner of the name. Then the tide turned and changes came in on the waves.
 Above the Union Square, made from an old pauper burying ground. inhabited streets stretched for a little distance far ther on the marked out city plan, but walk to the newly erected Croton Res ervoir, Forty-second street and Fifth avenue, was a country stroll, and no easy one at that. as the alliterative author of Salad for the Solitary points out in his New York in a Nutshelr' QS53) Acres of gardens, vacant blocks filled with rub bish old hedges that marked the ancient boundaries of farms, and ditches of stagnant water arrested the pedestrian and sent him to make a long retrograde way through some of the few graded streets.
 Twenty blocks southward was the red line of the city advancing like prairie fire and devouring with its brick and mortar jaws every green thing in it's way. East and west of the reservoir were broad open spaces bounded by the set tied portions of the Third and Eighth avenue" This description was written by MT. Saunders just before the Crystal Palace was built.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02
A CLASP OF HANDS.

By Swinburne. Soft, small and sweet as sunniest eow.
 err
 That bask in heavenly heat When bud by bud breaks, breathes and
 covers. Soft, small and sweet babes hand open as to greet
 The tender touch of ours, And mock with motion faint and fleet The minutes of the new, strange hours That earth, not heaven, must mete; Buds still fragrant from heavens own Soft, small and sweet. A velvet wise with springs of steel That fas.tn in a trice And clinch the fingers fast that feel A velvet vise- What man would risk the danger twice Nor quake from head to heel? Whom would not one such test sufficei Well may we tremble as we kneel Tn sight of Paradise, If both babes closed fists conceal A velvet wise. Two flower soft fists of conquerina
 clutch,
 Two creased and dimpled wrists, That match. if motted overmuch, Two fow wer soft fists What heart of man dare hold the lists Against such odds and such Sweet vantage as no strength resists? Our strenssh h is all a broken crutch Our eyes gre dim with mist. Our hearts are prisoners as we toucl Two flower soft fists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-02
GREAT IS eADsDEN.
From. the Gadsden Journal.

From the Gadsden Journal.
 The Age-Herald thinks that the .Bin- mingham district" is an indefinite ouan- tity in the public mind of Alabama. and that in the Iron markets of the east and west and across the waters the phrase includes all the iron-making lo- calities of the south. So far as market quotations are concerned this is true. but The Age-Herald is mistaken if if thinks that the Gadsden district can ob- tain no recognition in any of the great iron markets, however much we may insist upon 1t. As a matter of fact the Birmingham district" is narrowing in limits every day that Gadsden, Annts- ton. Bessemer and Chattanooga extend their respective industrial lines. As for Gadsden, we are building more iron and steel works than any town in the south except Birmingham, and all desirable recognition will come as long as we can keep up that pace. The Magic City may furnish the quotations to the purchasing centers, but Gadsden and the Gadsden district will furnish their share of iron and steel products.