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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
BESSEMER WILL
 OBSERVE FOURTH
Lodges Will Take Prominent
 Part in Celebration
ELECTION AT BRIGHTON
Italian Merchant Is Bound Over to Grand Jury On Charge of Short
 Changing a Woman Customer.

Bessemer, July 2.-(speclal) The Fourth Of July will be generally observed in Bessener. Business will be suspended and all the city will enjoy holiday A number of fraternal organizations will unite in picnic at Brighton. Newly elected officers will be installed and an interesting programme will be carried out.
 The Central Foundry company's plant closed down this afternoon and will re- main idle until Wednesday morning dur ing that time some necessary repairs will be made.
 This evening all the plants and indus tries shut down and for the Fourth. The banks and the postoffiee will be closed all day Monday and the stores will close at 12 for the remainder of the day.
 The programme that has been arranged by the lodges for their annual picnic next Monday promises to be very interesting. An elaborate barbecue and picnic has also been arranged at Adger on the Fourth
 Interesting Election at Brighton.
 The election of members of the board of education at Brighton today caused warm contest which resulted in vic tory for the regular nominees. The sue oessful candidates are: Dr. E. L. Edmund son. G. B. Edwards and D. S. McLain.
 The above ticket was put few weeks ago by number of citizens in mass meeting. Later some dlssatisfac- ton arose and the following ticket was put out in opposition: ". D. Bush, Sam Stewart and Dr. E. L. Edmundson. The polls were opened at 1 clock this after noon and closed at this evening.
 Bessemer Wins.
 In an interesting game of baseball this afternoon at Fourth avenue park the Edmundson Drug companys team defeat ed the first team of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company of Birming- ham by score of r to 5.
 Will Return Thursday.
 The Bessemer Tri-state paseoail team that has been on the circuit for the past two weeks will return to Bessemer Thurs day for a series of several games. The team has been strengthened considerably for the past few days and all the weak places are now patched up.
 Out qf the last three games played ujtf- the S Ghattanooga asfd .ne Mar yelsf s-s ded in hanging two of them. z he ma@aeement feels confident that the PiSS9VHt dssieBauon VIII nOld US own against any team in the league
 Bound Over to Grand Jury.
 Mareno, an Italian merchant of this city, was arraigned before Mayor Hney this morning, charged with short-chang- ing customer and bound over to the grand jury. From the evidence produced this morning 1t appeared that woman went to the store of Mareno and bought bill of groceries amounting to about S16 and handed the merchant what she sup posed to be a S2O bill and received s4 back In change. After reaching home the woman discovered that she had given Ma reno $50 bill instead of d $20
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
RED MEMS DAY.
Bia Event at East Lake On
 July 12.

Extensive preparations are being made for Red Mems day at East Lake, July 12 There will be a great parade and a sham fight reproducing the Custer mas sacre. Capt. E. J. McCrossin and his troop ID will participate In the engagement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
JUMPS FROM BRIDGE.
Man DIvests Himself of Part of Ills Clothing and Leaps to Death.

St. Louis, July 2.-After divesting him self of part of his clothing a man, sup posed to be Edward Sentinel Cheney of Lockport, Ill. jumped from the Eads bridge and drowned. The body has not been recovered.
 In the clothes which Cheney left on the bridge letter was found addressed to 'my mother and sister, in which the writer said he was tired of living"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
Will Succeed Bobrikoff.

St. Petersburg, July alt is said the Prince obolensky, formerly governor of Kharkoff, will succeed General Bobrilxoff as governor general of Finaland
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
HunzOrS

They take possession Of the body, and are Lords of Misrule.
 They are attended by pimples, boils, the itching letter. salt rheum, and other cu- taneous eruptions; by feelings of weakness, languor, general debility and what not.
 They cause more suffering than anything else.
 Health, Strength, Peace and Pleasure require their expulsion, and this is posi- lively effected, according to thousands of grateful testimonials, by
 Hoods JdrS1pdrilid them out and builds up the whole system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03

East Lake is an ideal place fer your picnic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03
CITY ITEMS.

Summer Muslc.-The following well known musicians, A. A. Motion of Bos- ton, Horace s. Moran, W. L. Thaxton and Frank Liley of Birmingham, left yesterday for Blount Springs, where they will furnish music for the sum. mer
 Hlbernlans Meet.-The Ancient Or der of Hibernians and the Ladies' Aux Hilary will meet this afternoon at 8 o'clock in St. Paul's hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03

You can't fail to be pleased if you havs that picnic ct East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-03

Use Thea-Neotor for iced tea. A. & P. Tea Go.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
To RniId lin PonIfrv

A correspondent writes that he has
enough feed 10 carry 200 or more
hens through the winter, some good
houses to care for them in, and wants
to go into the poultry business. Natur-
ally he does not wish to buy high in
price thoroughbreds nor to wait sew
eral months to raise chickens from
best thing would be to go into the
open poultry market and buy hens that
are offered for sale alive; if one is a
fair judge of poultry and will look
around carefully he will be able to
pick up a number of year-old hens,
mainly of the heavier breeds, that are
of pretty good stock and he car buy
them at a price which will be made
good in the eggs they will lay under
proper care and rations.
In the spring quite a number of these
hens will want to sit, and then eggs of
thoroughbreds may be bought or an
incubator used and a fine flock of
~high-grade birds obtained for the Sec
ond winter, the old hens furnishing
the egg supply for the summer and
many of them will lay into the winter.
When they stop they car be fattened
and prepared for the holiday market.
We do not know of any better or
quicker way to get a start in the poul-
try business than this, provided always
that one has some experience in the
work.-Indianapolis News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
WHY Rnssin Retires.

The revolutionary party has its hand
upon the army, and therein lies the es-
sence of success. There are soldiers
in Manchuria at this moment who are
pledged to make no Japanese widows.
1t IS astonishing how badly the Rus
sian naval gunner lays his gun. l
have lately seen two letters, written
by soldiers at the front. which go far
to account for the total lack of success
of the Russian arms. One speaks of
men voluntarily surrendering to the
Japanese so that they may not be
called upon to fight for the Car. The
other tells a tale of sudden retreat on
the part of a company of Russian sol
dierS at the moment when victory was
in their grasp, and of the officer in
command, unable to stop the stampede
of his men, blowing out his BRAINS
Carl Joubert, in Nineteenth Century.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
THE EDITORS SONG.

How dear to my heart is the steady sub
scriber,
Who pays i'll advance at the birth of each
year,
Who lays down two dollars and offers it
gladly,
And casts round the office a halo of
cheer.
Who never says "Stop it, I cannot afford
It'll"
Or, "I'm getting more papers than /
can read"
But always says, ''Send it, the family all
like it
In fact: we regard it as a household
need!"
How welcome is he when he steps in the
Sanctum,
How he makes our hearts throb! How
he makes our eyes dance!
We outwardly thank him-we inwardly
bless him
The steady subscriber who pays in adj
vance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

There is one sin which. it seems to me,
is everywhere and by everybody underes.
timated, and quite too much overlooked
in valuation of character. It is the sin Of
f~retting. 1t is comman as air, as speech,
so common that unless it rises above its
usual monotone we do not even observe it.
WdUch any ordinary coming together OF
people. and see how many minutes it will
be before somebody frets; that is. make
more or less complaining statement Of
something or other, which probably every
one in the room, or in the car, or on the
street, it may be, knew before, and prob
ably nobody can help. Why say any
thing about it? 1t is cold, it is hot. it is
wet, it is dry, i'll cooked a meal, stupidity
or bad faith somewhere has resulted in
discomfort. There are plenty of things to
fret about. 1t is simply astonishing how
much annoyance may be found IN the
course of every days living, even of the
simplest, if one keeps a sharp eve out on
that side of things. Even holy writ says
we are prone to trouble as sparks fly up
ward" But even to the sparks flying up
ward, in the blacklist OF smoke, there is a
blue sky above and the less time thew
waste on the road the sooner they viii
reach it. Fretting is all time wasted on
the r~oad.-Farm and Fireside.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

He talks a great deal about his FAM
lily tree" THAT may account for the
tales 1 have heard about his shady
past."-Philadelphia Press.
Maisie-'I was sitting talking to the
Earl when you passed last night"
Daisy-"Where were you sitting?"
Maisie-"On the peer.'-Judy.
Mistress-"If you want eggs to keep
they must be laid in a cool place."
B~ridget-''Oill mintion it to the hens
at wanst, mum."-London Tit-Bits.
l met her by the sounding sea-
l spose 1t sounded, though I'll swear
She talked so hard and fast to me
That she was all l heard down there.
Chicago Record Herald.
Tell me, Mr.. de Witt, now would
you define a work of iction?,. "Oh,
any of those books that says, They
were married and lived happy ever
after"
III never marry" said Miss Passay,
with emphasis. perhaps not" re-
piled Miss Snapp, 'but you certainly
have put up gallant fght."-Piladel-
phia Ledger.
What is the war news this morn
ing?' "As nearly as 1 can make out
the Russians and Japs have had a
fierce engagement in which they pied
about a column of t~ype.'-Town
Topics.
Granddaughter-"Mrs. Finetalk does
not say 'punkin' pie; she says pump
kim" Old Lady-"She does, eh?
Then I'll bet a cookie she doesn't know
how to make one fit to eat."-New York
Weekly.
l am dizzy, Lizzie, dizzy; sick with wait.
ing at the phone,
For they always answer "buGy' when ]
call you up, my own!
Busy. Lizzie, pray, who is he? Who's
the rival that l fear?
Is he busy, dizzy Lizzie, busy buzzing
round you, dear?
Chicago Record Herald.
Proud Mistress-'Yes, Nora; l was
mentioned in the papers as wearing an
imported gown" The C~ook-"Shure.
mum, thot's nothin' to be mentioned in
lue papers ABOUT. vi wore Ill lut-
ported gown whin Oh came over from
Oireland."
Rector-'Ah, my dear Mr.. Cumming,
glad to see %you!-glad to see you! But
why are you so rare a worshiper with
u.s." Cumming-"Well, there's one
thing l can honestly say, doctor; yours
is the only church l ever go to-
Brooklyn Life.
Grocer-"My clerk and 1 have beer
having a discussion and would like for
you to settle it. Would you say the
eggs were stole or the eggs were
s%tolen?" Customer-'If they were
bought of you 1 would say the eggs
were stale."-Kansas City Journal.
Mrs. Farmer-"Josiah, I'm goin' tC
town tomorrow to buy a new carpet
for the parlor. What kind had l better
git?'' Farmer Prosper-'Any kind ye
like, Belirdy. 1t makes 10 difference
bustles, ex-minister, croquette or III
CRATE. Suit yerself City
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

The man whose life, outwardly all de-
feat, is steadily expanding in its interest
and sympathies. steadily growing in power
to bear and suffer and be strong, has the
blessed consciousness of coming inIo he
kingdom. No outward disaster, no exter-
nal obstacle or limitation, can ever defeat
a true life; the soul can escape all these
things as the bird escapes the perils of the
snare and the net by flying above them.
This highest success lies within the grasp
of every earnest man or woman, and 1t IS
rarely without attestation of its presence
and value, even in the eyes of those who
take small account of spiritual things.
There is a force which streams from a no.
bic nature which is irresistible and perva-
sive as the sunlight. The warmth and vi
tally of such natures, while they invigor-
ate the strongest men and women about
them, penetrate to the heart OF clouded
and obscure lives and minister to their
needs. There is no success so satisfying as
that which is embodied in ones character,
and being so embodied, cannot be taken
from him, and the influence of which, re-
acting on the character Of others, is $50
Observation-Disclosures Union.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

The outward features of our life may not
be all that we should choose them to be;
there may be things We wish for that never
come to US; there may be much we wish
away that we canno part from. The per-
sons with whom we live, the circumstance
by which we are surrounded, the duties we
have to perform, the burdens we have to
bear, may not only be other than what we
should have selected for ourselves, but may
even seem inconsistent with that forma-
ton and discipline of character which we
honestly wish to promote. knowing US
better thar we know ourselves, fully I'M
Outstanding how greatly we are affected
by the outward events and conditions of
life, God has ordered them with a view
to our entire and final, not only our i'm
mediate, happiness; and whenever we can
be safely trusted with pastures that are
green, and waters that are still, in the way
of earthly blessing, the Good Shepherd
leads us there.-Arno,d w. Thoro,d.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
Horse Talk.

The owner should study each horse
and know his requirements. There is
no excuse for a horse being in poor
condition.
The first cause is always neglect or
abuse. 1t is money out of pocket to
let a horse run down.
A little coddling over small details
will make all the difference between
a heartbroken nag and one that you
will be proud to show in any company.
The other day 1 was in the stable
of a man who evidently works on the
plan that INC a week is often enough
to clean out the horse stable.
The horses themselves looked as if
they felt abused in the worst way. 1
believe it does take the pride out of
a horse to be neglected that way. Do
not do it! Clean the horses and their
stables every day, if you have to sit up
at nights to do it.
The surest way to raise colts that
will match, is to breed to the same
thoroughbred sire year after year.
l heard a man get a good scolding
from his blacksmith the other day,
because he did not soak a horses feet
that were tender. The blacksmith de-
clared that the horses feet would pain
him far less if he were permitted to
stand in a tub of water every day for
a while. Something in that, too.
Drive a nail in each side of the stall,
high enough up to be out of the horses
reach, and hang the lantern on this
when cleaning him off in the morning
before daylight. Always hang the Ian
tern up; never set it down on the
floor.
Have a name comb on your curry
comb, and use it.-Tim, in the Farm
Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

Snakes, according to the prevailing
popular notion, should be killed at
sight as utterly useless and positively
dangerous creatures, but in Australia
they are now being Systematically
reared for the sake of their skins,
which have a considerable commercial
value in London, Paris and New York.
Snake skin is the fashionable material
for slippers, belts, bags, purses, card
cases. jewel boxes, dressing table ac-
cessories, etc. Rabbit trappers sup
plement their means considerably by
catching young snakes and extracting
the poisonous fangs. The blacks are
also expert snake catchers. To them
the snake is an agreeable article of
diet.-Kansas City Journal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
Noble African Woman

A slave woman named Ogunro, living IN
the country west of the Niger, longed for
freedom and worked hard until she secured
it. Their she travelled to another region to
enjoy life.
There she was converted to Christ. This
gave her a new longing. What she now
longed for was to tell the hale people,
among whom she had been a slave, what
good things she had learned. She went
back to Hale, worked hard, earned money,
got a church built, and late in 1903 she
placed the church at the disposal of the
nearest Christian pastor.
The Church Missionary Intellieencer now
reports that five young men from Hale
have been baptized through these efforts of
the ex-slave. 1t seems that Anglo-Saxons
have no monopoly on the strenuous life.
The Christian name given to Ogunro in
baptism was the appropriate one OF Dor
cas.-Christian Work and Evangelist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
A "ouick,' Learner.

A kid who began feeding a press III
a Seattle print Shop and was fired at
the end of the third week made his
way down to Portland and got 4 SIM
liar job in one of the local shops. Sat
urday he completed two weeks work
and applied t. the Office for I raise.
How long have you been working
heTe?" asked the boss.
1.-TWO weeks answered the kid.
"Well," said the boss, 80 put it
plainly, | don't think you're worth 4
cent more than you're getting"
Il quit right here" rejoined the kid,
with considerable profane emphasis.
you can take your job to hades. and
I'm blank sorr. now l e learned
the printing business. '-Portland Ore
CONAN.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
Dividing a Stall.

In some barns the stalls are sufh-
GENTLY wide so that they may be di-
vided when occasion requires if some
temporary division can be easily made,
put in place and removed when desired.
A plan for doing this is shown in the
illustration. A gate is made of proper
material reaching from the manger to
the end of stall. The post of this gate
as the end is made about a foot longer
than the lower rail and a hole is made
i'll the floor through which this post is
slipped when put in position and thus
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
Keep Tools Clean.

In no other way can good, thorough
work be done SO quickly and easily
as with tools kept in nice working
order. And after you are through with
them, store them away in a dry place.
Have a place for every tool and put
it in its place. When you lay them
away coat all steel parts with oil
mixed with white lead or lard and
kerosene, the latter to prevent the
mice and rats from eating of the
grease. Then in the spring when you
draw out the tools you will have no
trouble in. getting them to do good
service.-E. L. Morris, in The Epito-
mist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
Prayer For Power.

Do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be
stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal
to your powersl Pray for powers equal to
your tasks Then the doing of your work
viii be no miracle. But You shall be a
miracle. Every day you shall wonder at
yourself, at the richness Of the life which
has come in you by the grace of God
Phillips Brooks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
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Hog Hints.

The man who is feeding hogs on
fifty and sixty-cent corr is bidding for
red ink on his side of the ledger. And
the man who is keeping hogs without
feeding them has the red ink already.
Enrich the hog pastures. Encourage
the clover, rape and stock peas.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

makes the gate or fence firm. At the
manger end the gate is fastened by
a pair of gate hinges.
Two stiff sticks are fastened to the
joist above with a bolt, one over the
manger end and one Over the other
end. In the lower end of each of these
sticks a notch is cut which comes over
a staple and holds it, the fence, firm.
When the fence is not in use it may
be lifted from the hinges and put away
and the sticks folded up against the
joists. The illustration shows the
points mentioned clearly. The cost
of such a Continuance will be small and
it will be found exceedingly useful.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

In our lives to-day the restlessness. ike
waves, is slowly wearing away strength.
Peace is the secret of power,-Rev. c. j.
Harris, Atlantas Ga.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14

In a recent case in a Paris Court, it
was stated that the defendant. n young
officer of cavalry, had spent 100000
in Eve months.
The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-14
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THE
REV. C. L. PALMER.

Subject; What the Creation Means-Only
the Almighty Could Make Such a
World-There is No Riddle of the Uni
yerse-The Answer is Immortality,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-11
NO FINER IN THE WORLD
Gen. Crozier Pays High Compliment
To Rock island Arsenal.

Gen. William Crozier. chief of or
dinance. paid high compliment 10
Rock Island arsenal and its command
ant, Col S. E. Blunt. in a converse
ton that he had at the conclusion of
his inspection of the arsenal this week
with Congressman NJ J. Wade, of the
Second Iowa district. who, unfOrtun-
ately. has been defeated in the cleo
ton just held by his republican oppon-
ent, Mir. Dawson-unfortuna chiefly
because Judge Wade had gained al
influence at Washington that would
make him a power in securing appro-
priations for the local arsenal: Rock
island arsenal is the finest manufac-
turing institution of its kind in the
world" Gen. CrOZier said. 1T won't
do to compare it in size with Woo
wich arsenal in England. You could
set Rock Island arsenal down in one
corner of Woolwich and not know il
was there, for England has concentrat-
ed all its arsenal interests at this one
place. But there's no such equipment
of shops and machinery. and no such
perfect system of manufacture in any
arsenal that | have ever seen as there
is here at Rock Island arsenal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-11
Cooley Holds Williams Even.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 11.-Fred
Cooley of Chicago gave Jack Williams
all he could attend to in six rounds
at the Broadway Athletic club last
night. Cooley made great showing
and the crowd was pulling for the Chi.
cago lad when it finally realized his
earnest efforts to redeem himself for
knockout he received in a previous
encounter with Jack. Cooley fought
hard and did not give Williams a
seconds rest. He directed most of
his attention to Jacks weak spot, and
the big fellow did lot of covering
up to escape punches aimed for his
body.
Cooley started out in the first round
by taking the initiative. Williams was
surprised at this sort of milling, and
when the second opened he went at
his opponent with vicious aggressive
ness. Cooley was equally as determin-
ed to force the milling, and the round
was punctured with fierce mixups.
The third was as fast, with Cooley
holding his own. Fred forced the mill
ing in the fourth, and Jack held re-
peatedly. Williams had the better of
the fifth, while the sixth was the toss
up. The bout was a good draw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-11
HAVE A STATE INSTRUCTOR
Chancellor Whiting, of Pythians,
Makes an Appointment.

In the official circular just issued by
James Graves Whiting who was re-
Gently made chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias of Illinois. few important
changes are made by him. and the one
in particular which will especially in
terest the knights of the county is
concerning the state instructor, about
whom Grand Chancellor Whiting gave
the following:
Il have appointed Grand Represen
tative Russell w. Sweeney, of Gales
burg. 10 ezemplify the secret work
He is in the service of the endowment
rank and goes over the state outside
of Cook county. No one else. rot even
the grand chancellor. will officially eX
emplify the work in the state outside
of Cook county. | wish it done in the
same manner and IN the same wording
everywhere, hence this selection OF
Brother Sweeney, who is letter perfect
in the work. From years of acquaint-
ance I commend him to those who do
not know him as whole-souled gen
tleman and a true Pythian worthy OF
their perfect confidence"