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Notice to Monument Builders.

The undersigned will receive designs
and bids for the construction of monu-
ment for Father O'Reilly on Tuesday.
January 10, 1905.
The monument is to be erected on the
grounds Of st. Vincent's hospital Bir-
mingham, and cost must not exceed $500.
complete
Please call on the secretary. Room A..
City Hail. for further details.
q. c. ENGSTFELD, Secretary.
12-14-to-1-l0.
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MISS WHITES
COMING.oUT PARTY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. White gave a
reception last evening to introduce their
daughter, Miss Marguerite White, the oc-
casion being of unusual interest and So
cial brilliancy in the fashionable world.
Receiving with the debutante were a
bevy OF attractive girls: Miss Lottie Cur
ry of New York; Miss Frances Shelley
and Miss Dorothy Shelley of Kansas City,
and Miss Edna May Uehiinger of Texas
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XMAS DECORATIONS.

For decorating the Xmas
Tree" use the latest eleotri-
cal effects. Do away with
the dangerous old-tlme cam
dies. Put In your order now.
Would appreciate your visit
to our display rooms.
B'ham R., L &E. O..
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Don't fail 70 buy your
Watches, Clocks, Diamonds.
Silverware, Jewelry, ETC., at
Michael Malonev's, 1925 LIST
avenue. Everything at auc.
ton prices.
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CARVING SETS,
$3.50 to $1,000.
B'ham Arms & Cycle CO

We will deliver all pianos
purchased for Xmas pre-
sents Saturday night. Jesse
French Piano and Organ Co
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society, and the committee is giving =
good deal of time to the matter of ar
rangements. The programme of toasts
will include some of the best speakers in
the society.
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NOTICE.

The Gawk Engraving Co. makes the
best cuts. Phone Peoples ZIG.
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BOARD WANTED.

and board IN private
family by couple; state terms. Address
2. Y. x. care Age-Herald. 12-23-tf
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FOR SALE
B. F. EBoRN.

FOR SALE.
$9O00-Big bargain in handsome North
Highlands home; large corner lot.
s1000-Norwood Place lot fronts east.
s4000-Nice home Fountain Heights cor
ner 100x196
750-Pretty Rush avenue lot, fronts car.
SsO00-Lovely Groom cottage. North High
lands.
s25OO-Modern cottage, North Twenty
first street; rays s25 month.
s4O00-Seven-room residence, North Six
tenth street.
-Two-story residence, South Twelfth
street, corner lot.
$7250-Large furnace heated nome near
Five Points.
s1050-Richmond Place lot.
S25oO-Each; West End homes, large lots.
s260G-1OOx240: Sixteenth street ana Tenth
avenue; rents $780,
s20OO-50x19O; Sixth ave. near PARK ave.
s365O-Choice North Eighteenth street lot.
$4,000 1OOx14o; Third avenue; corner
ST bo0--5oxi4o First avenue, near Twenty
first street. -
SIS 500-Ensley business corneri rents
246O.
Phones 46. 220 n. 21st St
FOR SALE.
22d streets.
s4O00-10Ox140; LIST avenue corner; improved.
5000 Residence; Behrens' addition; new;
easy terms
s5250-25x14O; I'd avenue. near 17th street.
s125O-Nice lot; I'd avenue, near sth street.
SIC. 5OO-1OOx14O; I'd avenue; pays II per
cent.
sa25O-5ox14O; Avenue C. near sist; i'm
proved
ssoOO-Residence; 5ox14o; Avenue c. near
18th street
s5OOO-1519 Sd avenue; 50x14o; improved.
s250O-1S21 Avenue d; 50xl4O; improved.
20O-Residence; 4th avenue, between 24th
and 18th streets.
oO-Residence; 4th avenue, between 23d
and oath streets.
s55OO-4th avenue corner; improved; s3a
per foot.
s315O-Residence; Fountain Heights.
s2250-Residence; Avenue E and 26th; easy
payments.
s1450-Cottage; E and 18th; rents sls2
oo-Residence; Fountain Heights; loox
300
s12.5oo-1sth street, between Sd and attn
avenue; improved.
w. 9. -EEDY & co.
Phones II. III N. Ast ST.
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PALMI5TRY.
MISCELLANEOUS.

LOST-f party who found fur neck
piece at Loyeman, Joseph g. Loeb's
Friday afternoon and who inserted adj
vertisement in Mondays Age-Herald In
regard to it will kindly return 1t to
Age-Herald office the owner will APP
preciate it greatly. No offense was In
tended in original advertisement.
IF &C H. NJ" will call at Age-Heraid,
he will find a number Of answers to his
ad.
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Phone 276 People'-> n you want the
Gawk Engraving Co
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FOR RENT-Maj. Anderson's residence,
North 21st ST.. 10o-foot lot, y rooms.
trunk room. bath rooms, cedar, linen
and 16 clothes closets; cistern. coal cell
lar. 2 servants rooms. stable and car
riage house. w. B. Leedy a. Co.
IA
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ROOMS WANTED

~~~~.~-o~~~~cs~S@~ .~~~~~~~~~~
WANTED-By couple. two or three un-
furnished rooms; city or suburban;
state terms. Address Couple" care
Age-Herald 12-23-tf
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FOR RENT-Elegant house., 18th st. and
18th ave.; furnace and stable. w. b.
Leedy & Co. 12-1S-7t
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT~New brick residence near
Five Points. with furnace and all mod
ern convenenoes w, B. Leedy e. Co.
12-18-7t
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The Alabama Great Southern Railway
Is made tho defendant In a suit for $4,000
for alleged personal injuries, filed in the
circuit court yesterday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
RAD|UM FOUND IN THE
WATER OF BATH SPRINGS
Discovery of Value from Both a
Medical and Scientific
Point of View.
LUCKY ENGLISH RESORT

LONDON, March 12.-'I have now come
to the definite conclusion about Bath Their
NAL water that there are traces of radium
in it,"
This sentence, contained in a letter from
the Hon. r. ]. Strut to the Mayor of Bath,
and read at the meeting of the City Council,
has caused quite a mild excitement in
the most famous of British watering places.
Radium had already been found in the de-
posits left by the waters in the tanks but
this latest discovery is regarded as being
of immense value from both a medical and
scientific point Of view.
Mr.. Strut was supplied with only two
gallons Of the water, and if radium is
found active in so small a quantity the city
is already congratulating itself on the prob
ability of a considerable amount radlatnS
in the mineral springs as a whole. Sci
entists do not regard IL as necessary TO seek
the explanation OF the temperature of Bath
waters in the presence of radium, but ii is
impossible TO dissOciate the mysterious
curative properties of the waters from the
new element.
Mr.. S. Sydenham, who is we'll versed in
the science OF Bath waters. said to an inter-
viewer that the presence of radium gives
Bath a position as a Spa that no other
health resort in the world has yet been able
to claim. The drinking fountain in the
pumprOOm has a fresh Importance as the
spot at which radium-laden waters can be
obtained nearest to where they rise hot and
notwithstanding.
A new and welcome use for radium has
been discovered by a Sandgat gentleman.
who. after successfully experimenting on
himself. declares that the new element af-
fords great relief in neuralgia. Three hours
after applying the salt in a little glass tube
10 his face his pain had quite gone. did not
recur for ten days, and then vanished after
similar treatment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
PICTURES
ARE A LONDON FAD
Ultra Smart Set Takes Up the
American Innovation of Pho
tographs in Miniature.
TAKEN FROM NEW YORK

LONDON, March 12.-Of all the fads
which an ultra-"smart' section of London
ers mas imported from America, perhaps
the latest is the most ridiculous. 1t takes
the form of having the photographs printed
on the finger nails. The distinction of in
PRODUCING it to London belongs TO the
daughter of a wealthy railroad magnate.
Last summer this young woman made the
acquaintance of a man. well known in
London sporting circles and a member of
one of the service clubs, who visited New
York for the purpose of Witnessing the race
for the American Cup. At the end of a few
weeks the acquaintance had so far de-
veloped as 10 Justify the lady In exhibiting
TO her relations a neat little photograph
of the Englishman printed upon the nail OF
her third or engagement finger.
The marriage took place on New Years
day; but in the meantime an event, small
i'm itself, but regarded as OminOusly signifi-
cant. had occurred. The lady had been
compelled 10 ~decapitate her hance. As long
as appearances permitted she refraincd
from submitting that particular nail 10 the
scissors. but when finally ii began TO as
sumo the graceful curve regarded by the
ladies of the Chinese Court as a mark OF
good breeding, the unhappy bride-elect con-
scented TO have II reduced. In the opera
ton the pictured bridegroom lost his head.
4 fortnight ago the couple returned from
Egynt to take up their residence in Lon
don. and the bride fastened TO a photo
rapher's studio near Sloane street.
First a tiny film negative of the husband
was taken and developed in the usual way.
Meanwhile the nail had been coated with
a sensitised solution. Then over the nail
the fexible film was imposed and secured
by tiny clips at each side OF the fingers,
and then by exposure 10 light the photo
graph was secured. 1t was pronounced a
great success. Upon the delicate pink OF
the carefully-prepared nail the features
stood out bold and clear.
Since then a w~ell-known actress has had
the photographs OF two friends taken upon
a finger nail on each hand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
REGIMENTAL NUMBERS
RESTORED TO THE ARMY
Welcome Reversion to Old Titles
in the Designation of Famous
English Organizations.
SOME ARMY MECHANICS

LONDON, March 12.-Probably none of
the revolutionary changes effected by the
new War Office reformers will be quite so
welcome as that which gives back to the
regiments of the line. in place of their cum
bersome if honorable designations. the old
numbers by which they nave been made
famous the world over. The numbers are
those that Wellington knew, that Napier
of Magdala knew, and which even now
the army itself employs.
What civilian student of military history
has heard of the Queens Own Royal West
Kent Regiment? on the other hand, who
has not heard of the Fiftieth Regiment of
the Line. THE Blind Half-hundred, The
Dirty Half-hundred." THE Gallant Fifth
eth" and The Devils Royals?" The Prin-
cess Charlotte of Wales's Regiment sounds
ognize through the pompous title the old
Slxty-sixth Green Towards.
The veriest tyro does not need telling who
are the Forty-secOnd, or the Seventh Flu
siliers, or the Fifth Fusiliers-'The Old and
Bold"
The Third Bluffs are not particularly glori-
fed by their territorial titls, which is the
East Kent Regiment; the Fourth of King S
is the Lancaster Regiment; the "Saucy
Sixth" are the Warwicks; the Eighth of
Kings is the Liverpool Regiment.
Who has never heard of the Ninth Holy
Boys2' They have always been known by
that title rather than as the Norfolk Regi-
ment. There is a legend concerning their
nickname, in which figures of Britannia
worn by the regiment were taken by the
Spaniards 10 represent the Virgin Mary;
but irreVerent barrack room gossip has IL
that the regiment earned its title by eX-
changing its Bibles for beer on one thirsty
occasion.
1t should not be forgotten that all regi-
ments that live in song and story are re-
memb9red by a title in which the number
invariably figures. The Bloody Eleventh"
is "A memory of Ireland; by this is the Dew
onshire Regiment known. The Old Dozen
is The Suffolk Regiment. The Seventeenth
Lily Whites are to-day the Leicester Regi-
ment. The Lancashire Fusiliers-the old
Twentieth Foot-enjoyed the sobriquet of
THE Two Tens" The Twenty-second
Cheshire Regiment will always be the Two
Twos."
The Twenty-ffth, Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-eighth are all regiments better
known by their number than their designa-
tons. Everybody knows the Ninety-third
H~ighlanders; everybody knows the Ninety
fifth Rifles. All that will happen now that
the necessary permission has been granted
Is that soldiers Will use officially the names
which they have so long used without au.
thoriZation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
ENGAGEMENTS RESULT
FROM LEAP YEAR BALL
Many Proposals and a Large Num-
Der of Understandings at
a London Function.
INCIDENTS OF THE NIGHT

LONDON, March is reason to
believe that the Leap-Year ball at the En-
press rooms resulted in the immediate en-
gagement of twenty-eight couples, and
that seventeen other couples came to an
understanding. which it is expected will re-
suit in an engagement in the near future.
Besides this there were at least fifty cases
in which advances and reciprocations laid
the basis Of acquaintanceships which are
distinctly promising, so that altogether the
ball may be accounted a great success.
Kensington was greatly stirred by the oc-
casion, and the guests had to pass from
their carriages to the entrance to the ball
room through an admiring throng of people.
The crowd appreciated the leap-year ma
ture or the occasion, as well as the pretty
dresses and charming faces, and when a
party of masked ladies went into the ball
room uneScorted by gentlemen they almost
broke into a cheer at the delightful daring.
Inside the building the scene from the
first was bewildering in its brightness and
sparkle. From 10 o'clock, the formal time
for the commencement of the dancing, YES
tibule, corridors, ball room, drawing rooms
and alcoves seemed OVERLOOKING with dainty
ladies, some in ordinary evening dress, some
in all the colors of the Orient, tempting
Edna Mays, ranged with graceful mermaids
and geishas from the East. all looked ra-
diant.
But the men, poor men! In numbers, per-
haps, they equaled the ladies', but in nothing
else. Just a few had ventured on strange
costumes. There were Captain Cutie, Me-
phistopheles and a few others. but for the
most part their courage went no further
than evening dress.
And they were modest, very modest. They
hung about the passages in groups, afraid,
palpably afraid. True it is, the ballroom
was already uncomfortably crowded with
dancing couples, but man. seemed TO re-
gard its proximity with great and unneces-
Sary fear.
Presently they found that even the pas
sages were beginning to be thick with la
dies. Individual men sought in a cowardly
manner the refreshment room upstairs and
ordered coffee recklessly. For a time they
were safe. But not for long. How il was
done no mere onlooker could tell. But by
midnight ladies and gentlemen were thor
oughly intermingled, ana thence onward
there were couples everywhere.
The curious part of the whole of the pro-
ceedings was that the outsider, looking on,
could never see a lady or gentleman propose
a dance to a prospective partner. People
seemed to select their partners by intuition.
In spite of the character of the gathering,
the keenest observer could see no trace OF
a lady's proposal for a dance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13

Lessons in Shopping Given Girls
Who Attend Birmingham
Cooking Schools.
KEEN AT BARGAINING

LONDON, March 12.-"First catch your
hare was the advice of the famous Mrs.
Glasse. and an adaptation of the idea is
being tried in Birmingham, where children
are taught TO buy the things which they
are afterwards called upon to prepare for
the table. In other words, they are being
trained in the art of shipping. as a pre-
liminary to being given lessons in cooking.
The tuition is carried out on practical
lines by the Birmingham Education Com
mittee. To the bland and unsuspecting
shopkeeper who has just taken down Ibis
shutters for the day there arrives a depu-
tation consisting of six tiny girls with very
big Tam O'Shanters and very small bask-
cts. They are students of the local cookery
center" in quest of materials for the DAVIS
studies, and behind them is a reserve force
consisting of one young and blushing teach
er. And woe betide the hapless tradesman
If his wares are not above suspiciont The
Tam O'Shanters are jealous guardians of
the public purse. and are instructed, IL nee
essary, to take their custom elsewhere. -
and they do So.
AS yet the shopping classes are in the ex-
perimental stage, but their success is such
that they will soon become general in the
fifteen or so centers where Birmingham
girls are taught TO cook.
The scholars much enjoy the outing %
said the superintendent of cookery TO the
City Council, who is responsible for the in
novation. The girls Of the poor classes.
particularly, are keen shoppers. for they
know the value of money far better than
the pupils in the higher grade schools. In
fact they are commonly intrusted by their
parents with the greater part OF the family
purchases. and the tuition is, in conse-
quence. of immediate benefit"
n curious fact is that some Of the clever
est shoppers belong 10 the deaf-mute class.
Though stone deaf the children can articu-
late plainly, and lip-reading enables them
10 translate the shOpkeeper's eulogies of
his wares.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
HEALTH RECORD OF
THE BRITISH NAVY

LONDON, March 12-Only two men in
the whole of the British navy received
wounds in action during 1902; one recovered
and the other died.
The navy's health record, as contained in
an official return, was considered satisfac-
tory in that year. The Pacific station pro-
vided the highest death rate. GAP, but for
this the loss of the Condor was mainly re-
sponsible, while the Cape of Good Hope and
West African station gave the heaviest in
Validing rate, 36.S9. The total number of
cases of disease and injury entered on the
sick list was 50, 769. which gives the ratio
of SCI. Is per 1000. This, though an increase
of 7.3 over 1901, is 22.2 less than the average
of the preceding five years. The disquieting
feature is in respiratory diseases, which
in the home training vessels alone have
advanced by 1853 per 1000. There were
fifteen suicides, which is greatly above the
average, but the record varies greatly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
WAR IN TOYS FOR THE
CHILDREN OF ENGLAND
Many Playthings Having a Bear
ing on the Eastern Conflict
Are on the Market.
SALES ARE VERY HEAVY

LONDON, March 12.-Since the outbreak
of war in the far East there has been a
record boom in war toys. and the Lon
don toy shops are full of topical novelties.
y small line" which is proving very at
tractive has been received by Messrs.
Priest, Marians & Co. from a leading firm
of japanese toymakers. 1t is called the
Toy of the Hour and consists of vari-
Gus types of the japanese navy. ancient and
modern, packed in pretty fancy boxes.
There are six ships. so constructed as to
fold up fiat. and each is a carefully-copied
model of one of the types of warships which
Japan has possessed. from the primitive
gunboat with the old smooth bore thirty
six-pounder of forty years ago. to the per-
fectly-equipped battleship of to-day.
The clockwork of submarine. of which
Messrs. Carnage & Co. have sold thousands
since war broke out, is made in Ger
many" The toy is an excellent imitation
of a modern submarine and in the water it
behaves in a thoroughly business-like man
ner. rising and diving alternately. while
with a twist of a screw 1t can be made to
move in any direction.
The Seat of War;" made in England, is
selling particularly well, as, indeed, il
ought to, for in addition to calling for con-
siderable skill on the part OF the player,
who has 10 arrange hundreds of little
HooNiSn Adl 90 - ~ a NOA4FttNC
map of the far East, il is at the same time
a geography lesson, presented in an interest
ing and attractive form.
Children who enjoy a game OF soldiers
with that effective schoOlroom weapon, a
peashOoter. can now test the strength Of
the various arms of the Russian and Japa-
nese forces, for there is a brisk trade in
English-made soldiers of both armies, from
the Cossack. mounted on his shaggy steed.
TO the diminutiVe japanese infantryman.
The 'Jap-RusSian War Game appeals to
all as a means of following the movements
of the opposing forces, and those who are
somewhat haZy as 10 which are japanese
and which are Russian ~strOnghOlds can
see them at a glance, for the respective
possessions are marked with cOlOred flags.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
KAISER WILHELM SAILS
FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
His German Majesty to Spend a
Short Vacation in a Mild
Climate.
WILL SEE KING FON

BREMERHAVEN. Germany. March IL
Emperor William sailed to-day for the Med
iterranean on the North German Lloyd
steamer kOenig Albert. on mis- arrival in
Vigo. Spain. he will be met by the King of
Spain.
BERLIN, March 12.-Emperor William
said to United States Ambassador Tower
yesterday that he was much gratihed by
the recent celebration at Northwestern Uni
versity of the contribution made by German
scholarship to American culture, and by
the honors bestowed on Baron Won Stern
berg, the German ambassador to the Unit
ed States. and the German professors at
tending. The Emperor added that he would
telegraph his appreciation to President
James.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
LIBEL BY
English Storekeeper Heavily Fined
by a Magistrate.

LONDON. March 12.-Harry Britton, of
Hilmarton road, Camden road. was found
guilty at the Old Bailey recently of pub
fishing a libel concerning George Bedford.
After Mr.. Bedford had bought some goods
on the easy payment system the prisoner.
who described himself as a debt collector.
sent a postcard to Mr.. Bedford's office
stating, Persons who obtain goods on
credit and do not pay for them receive
scant courtesy from me and suffer ex-
posure."
Mr.. Justice Darling said that he would
not allow his natural Indignation against
the prisoner TO affect him, and ordered him
to pay e25 and TO be kept in prison until
the money was paid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
WELCOME FOR
EDISON IN ENGLAND

LONDON. March Pr am commanded
to assure you that no one has greater adj
miration for Mr.. Edison and for his genius
and wonderful discoveries than his Majesty,
and il affords him much pleasure to learn
that Mr.. Edison is coming to England,
where the King feels sure he will receive
the warmest of welcomes"
This is the reply Colonel Gouraud, of Edi-
son House. Brighton, has received from the
King through Lord KnoIlys. with whom he
has been in communication with reference
to the visit of the great American inventor
in April or May. The reception committee
will be composed of leading British sub
jects and American citizens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13
Dinner to Minister Hill.

ROME, March 12.-United States Ambas-
sador Meyer last evening gave a splendid
dinner in honor of D.. j. Hill. the American
minister to Switzerland. Among those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. ID. Fearing, of New
York: MI. and Mrs. Reilly, a brother of
United States Senator Kean, and the Misses
Potter, sisters of Bishop Potter. of New
VArl