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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

4 DESCRIPTION of LHassa may be A of interest, in view of the fact that the English have very recently threatened to seize the ctiy if their de- mands on Thibet are not granted.
 The northern portion of Thibet is con trolled by normadic tribes. The rulers or these tribes collect taxes from the people The two most important of these tribes are respectively headed by priest and layman. The people have to pay tribute to both leaders equally, or their homes and all of their belonging will be con fiscated.
 The southern part of Thibet is more orderly, and is now ruled by the person who is known as the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is the supreme ruler, in spiritual as we'll as in temporal affairs. L'Hassa is the home of the Dalai Lama. and is known as the Forbidden City of Thibet. The name LHassa means Hand of the gods" The city was founded in the middle. of the seventh century. The palace of the Thibetan kings remains standing and Is regarded as an historic monument The city covers altogether about six square miles, and Is situated on a plane through which runs the rivers We-chow.
 The Thibetans. like the Japanese, are very fond of parks and in the spring and autumn the place looks very beautiful from a distance. The frequent inunda- tions from the river and the mountain streams keep the ground very fertile and the chief agricultural product, bar ley, is raised in abundance. The people are not very industrious, however, and their roads are not well kept so that on the rainy season the streets are trans formed into muddy pools
 Paper Used For Windows.
 The houses of the peasants are largely made of unbaked brick, and paper is used for windows. The palace of the Gods" or the temple, is situated in the center of the city and contains num- Der of sacred images, the most sacred of which is the image of Buddha. This figure is of bronze and gold richly decorated with precious stones. Two other images, which receive the next highest honors are those of Avalokiteshvar and Bal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

The Great May Festival given by the United German Societies Monday, May 23, 1904, at Germania Park commences at l o'clock noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

All building materials at reduced prices. Syd Smith Hardware Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

All building materials at reduced prices. Syd Smith Hard dware Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Meet mo at the free con- cert at East Lake Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Mention cooking with Gas to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Drink Thea Nector-best for iced tea. A. & P. Tea Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
Moral Standard Law.

The moral standard is very low and 1t is frequently the case that five or six sisters will have the same husband or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

Try cooking with Gas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22
The Great Going Out of Business Sale

Each day ro1ds
  daheadn O gt"G GdngO O
  Hyonee in of Hyolhav tH me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-22

OAK DINING ROOM SUIT-Mis- sion style of construction. Consists of Sideboard, China, Closet, Buffet Ex- tension Table and 8 chairs; was $516.00. Closing out Q70 1E price. .... ...O
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
An Emb.rr..s,np In,roduction

A man cannot have a wide expert
ence on the lecture platform without
suffering more or less annoyance and
embarrassment because Of that bug
bear of the platform man-the intro
ductiOn to the audience.
The man chosen to Introduce the
speaker of the evening" often has as
little ability to perform this duty as
he would have to give the address.
he sometimes founders around in the
midst of his platitudes apparently un-
able to come to finish. although eager
to do so. His fear that he will make
q mess of IT. sometimes brings about
this result.
This was the case Of a man who
had to Introduce a speaker" to q
Western audience. Painfully self-con.
scious, nervous. embarrassed and
wholly unaccustomed to the platform,
he stammered:
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1t gives me
great pleasure to-tO-to-be here this
evening under-under-these auspi-
cious circumstances under which am
now present, and l count it an honor
to-to-be chosen to introduce house
hold word-Or-Or-I mean the name
of speaker behind me is household
word in our midst, and I-I-congratu-
late him on our presence OIL voice
the sentiment of the distinguished au.
dience. including myself, when IL
hang it all, Mister, go aheadw
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
American Shipping.

We have just one line of Atlantic
steamships flying the American flag,
and that belongs to the ship trust. One
of the vessels. the st. Louis. broke
down OH her late voyage to New York
and the president Of the steamship
trust-an Englishman-ha ordered
her to be sent to Ireland or England
for repairs. The labor unions and the
Marine Trade Council have protested
that it is dangerous to her crew to
have her cross the ocean In her dis
abled condition. and cite the provisions
of Section 4453. of the Revised Stat
utes, to show that the government offi-
Gals should not allow the vessel to
sail. The owners say 1t is cheaper to
repair the vessel on the other side. and
they would have doubtless risked ves-
sci and crew II the labor unions had
not protested. No wonder we cannot
build ND a merchant marine. with our
sole Atlantic line run by foreigners
discriminating against this country.
Yet our government pays large sub
sidy for carrying the mails to the
American line, but it does not seem to
aid our ship yards. If the Republican
program for larger ship subsidy is
forced through Congress. from appear
ances, the English will gobble 1t, al
though they will have to allow the
stars and stripes to fly over the ships.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
AS EASY
Need. Only a Little Thinking.

Needs Only a Little Thinking.
The food of childhood often decides
whether one is to grow up we'll nour-
ished and healthy or weak and sickly
from improper food.
It's just as easy to be one as the
other. provided We get proper start.
A wise physician like the Denver
doctor who knew about food can &C.
complish wonders. provided the patient
is willing to help and will eat only
proper food.
Speaking of this case. the mother
said her little four-year-old boy was
suffering from a peculiar arrangement
of the stomach. liver and kidneys. and
his feet became so swollen he couldn't
take a step. I'VE called a doctor, WHO
said at once we must be very care
full as to his diet, as improper food was
the only cause of his sickness. Sugar.
especially, he forbid.
$50 the doctor made up diet, and
the principal food he prescribed was
Grape-Nuts, and the boy, who was
very lOuu vi SWCCt LAAh6Ss hVVA thS
Grape Nuts readily, without adding
any sugar. doctor explained that the
sweet in Grape-Nuts is not at all like
cane or beet sugar. but is the natural
sweet Of the grains)
I'VE saw big improvement inside a
few days, and now Grape-Nuts are
almost his only food, and he is once
more a healthy, happy, rosy-cheeked
youngster, with every prospect to grow
up into strong, healthy man." Name
given by Postum Cereal Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
The sweet in Grape-Nuts is the
Nature-sweet known as Post Sugar,
not digested in the liver like ordinary
sugar, but predisested. Feed the
youngsters a handful Of Grape-Nuts
when Nature demands sweet AMI
prompts them to call for sugar.
There's a reason.
Get the little book 1.-The Road (.
Melville" In each package.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
zesRA AS A'sAoDLe HORSE.

King Edward Has Broken One of the
Animals and Will Use 1t.
Zebras as carriage horses and for
riding purposes may soon be a com.
mon sight, for a recent experiment
at the London Zoo has demonstrated
that these beautifully striped animals
can b. easily tanned, and that they
are even more docile and easily man.
aged. when broken in. than the gen.
tlest Of ordinary horses, Gays Black
and White.
After spending four hours in break
ing in a zebra Captain Horace Hayes
Is able to ride it handily.
His first pupil was Jennie, a nine
year-old zebra. presented to King Ed.
ward by the Emperor Menelik, of
Abyssinia. When first led into the
paddock she was fidgety and nervous.
In order to soothe her. Captain Hayes
stroked her gently with a long rod.
She stood quite still during this pro-
ceedlng, seeming not to resent 1t in the
least.
But when a man approached her
with q halter she plunged and reared,
racing madly around and around the
paddock. Presently she quieted down,
and the trainer got near enough to
slip a rope around her right leg. She
tried to kick it loose, but in doing
20 she got her left leg entangled in
1t. She was thrown forward on her
front legs in kneeling position, on
her side. Her four legs were then
bound with ropes until she was utterly
helpless. For an hour she was left
in this plight. then the ropes were re-
moved from her feet, and she got up a
meek and submissive creature.
She stood still while bit was placed
In her mouth and a saddle strapped to
her back. Captain Hayes climbed into
the saddle, and Jennie consented to
be ridden. She makes an excellent sad
die horse, intelligent, fast and thor
oughly to be relied upon.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
Has Rare Luck in Books.


A University Of Pennsylvania pro
fessor became sidetracked from dis
cussion Of Hobbies ethics the other
day and started to tell the boys some
thing about the condolences that had
come under his notice.
This morning." said he, zone Of my
friends who had been rummaging
about some old university documents
came across stack of old Philadelphia
newspapers published during the 4O's
and sos. The papers themselves were
very interesting, but the most striking
point was the date Of the first paper l
picked up. 1t was dated April 20,
1s42-just sixty-two years ago to the
day.
TT reminded me somewhat of a
friend Of mine who was an enthusias.
tic collector of old books. She has an
immense library Of rare volumes and
finds pleasure in picking up rare prints
in the course Of her travels. Three
years ago she purchased a set of old
Shawspearcnn quartos while in Hol-
land. The set lacked one volume and
for this reason was sold at a remarka-
bly, low figure.
Last February, while my boOk-col-
lecting friend was visiting in Ohio.
she happened to run across an old
bookshop. After glancing through the
musty old volumes she found the very
quarto, same binding and size, that had
been missing from her Holland pur
chase. She looked at the nyleaf and
was amazed to find on it the same sig
nature that was inscribed in the sister
volumes Of the collection. OF course
she bought the book immediately
Philadelphia Telegraph.
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HOW TO KEEP WELL AND HAPPY.
6ome Confessions of a Middle-AHed
Man ON the Subject.

Some Confessions of a Middie-A Eed
Man ON the Subject.
Now you want to know how an old
fellow like me keeps himself well and
happy.
should be inclined therefore to an
swer the question that led to the writ
ing of this letter by saying that IA
man advancing in years." who wishes
to exercise without being bored. should
by all means provide himself with
some children-the more the better!
10 teach your son to shoot. to pass
baseball with him, to play tennis or
golf with him, or spar with him; to
ride with the little daughter. and teach
the big one to drive her ponies tandem;
or to receive the open-eyed admiration
Of the small daughter, who still finds
skating a sedentary occupation, at your
mediocre ability to do the dutch-rOll
and the outside edge backward-these
are really the most refreshing exercises
all old chap of advancing years can
take. There is no question of being
bored at such times.
Next to playing with your children,
good form Of exercise IS walking.
They say Savers, one Of the best old
time pugiIists in England, did all his
training for his fights by walking. Take
a long breath and walk gently as far
as you can before exbaling. Do this
again and again. and thus improve
your wind, broaden your chest, and.
best of all, provide yourself with oxy-
gen to keep the vital fires going.
In summer. by all means swim. 1t
is probably the best all-round exercise
there is. 1t is good for legs, arms,
chest, lungs and heart; and the ocean,
once you get to it, is free. If you can
go where you can plunge in the BUR-
JUST so much-say so per cent at the
least-the better.
BY all means play golf. 1t Is the
best game there is. 1t has but one
rival, and that is court tennis; but ii
beats court tennis in one essential par
ticular. you can play it by an easy
method Of handicapping. with poor
player or a good player. Your real
antagonist is gutta-percha ball. which
at times is possessed Of seven devils.
and you not only get long walk. and
exercise for your arms and shoulders,
and capital training for your eyes. but
you get schooling lin self-control
which no other substitute, domestic or
otherwise. can provide. l have been
a fourth-rate golf player now for ten
years. and vet 1 never play round OF
the game without being stimulated to
hope that may play better. 1t is like
the mirage in the desert. No man ever
played his best game, just as no man
ever lived his best life; and we play on
and live on, always in the hope that
some day we may play or live our
dream. Now that there are so many
golf courses, some of them public
courses, any man, even of moderate In
come, may play golf.-Outing.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25

Friarpoint. Miss, Aug. 22.@Special.)
Cured Of Bladder and Kidney Trou-
BILE after 26 years Of suffering, Rev. H.
H. Hatch, Of this place, is telling the
public the good news and shouting the
praises of the remedy that cured him
-Dodd's Kidney Pills. Rev. Mr.. Hatch
says:
Il have been suffering from Bladder
and Kidney Trouble for % years and
have tried everything that people said
would do me good. But nothing did
me any good except Dodd's Kidney
Pills.
II haven't felt a pain since I took
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me
health and 1 feel like new man alto
gether. Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best l ever had"
All Urinary and Bladder Troubles
are caused by diseased kidneys. The
natural way to cure them is to cure the
kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills never
fail to cure diseased kidneys in any
stage or place. They always cure
Backache and they are the only remedy
that ever cured Brights Disease.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
A Coneressman's Apt Retort

Nothing cleverer in the way Of witty
retort has been heard lately than the
bon mot credited to Representative
Homo, of Chicago, whose labors in
Congress in behalf of the decaying
lake commerce of the city have won
for him many friends.
Thinking to puzzle him, another rep
resentative button-hOled him in the
cleak-room Of the house the other day
and said:
'.See here. Jim; how can you con-
sent to lower yourself by all this un-
derground work you are dOing:"
OIeaning his bill for lowering the
tunnels.j
Lower myself:" instantly replied
Mr.. Homo Lower? Do you think,
sir, am doing it for hire?"
After this paipable hit the other rep
resentative had nothing to say.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
The Old Home Hand.

'Tis Old Home Week in Hebron, Ned,
where they keep open doors,
A mining camp my prison here, a West
ern city yours.
Ger stream and mead they homeward
speed, tho we our steps must
stay;
And l sit thinking here Of you, and keep
ing holiday.
From west and north and south they
come. one magnet for them all;
Where'er the scattered children are they
hear the mother call.
New England by the seaside or New
England on the hills.
They wander wide. yet with her pride
their bosom fOndly thrills.
Mind you the brook, the valley, the
school house where they'll meet;
The woods. the pond, the pasture hill, the
staid old village street.
The West Is big and lonesome, and we
are too far away
From the dear host. those we love most,
who gather there to-day.
That aged ngure, Dent anu gray, WnOm 1
in fancy see.
Reviewing old familiar scenes, once part
of you and me:
He would remember us. the boys whose
ways he tried to mend.
The Master then we named him, we
should call him now the friend.
The lads we played and hunted with, the
girls, too. will be there.
A spell laid on their spirit and a sur,
cease given to care;
While strange will be the light they see,
the deepened lines they trace.
Reminders of the fieeting years, in many
dear old face.
The West is big and lonesome. Ned; the
fortunes which We seek
Look poor and cold beside the gold they Il
quarry in Home Week.
| hear the voices calling and the friendly
eyes l see,
The old home hand across the land
reached out to you and me.
Youths Companion.
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OF THE DAY

placed in the state rooms, but to this
day most of them remain in the base
ment.
So much was said about the matter
that many speeches were made in Con-
gress about the extraordinary waste
of the public money and the lack Of
regard by the President for the por-
traits Of the Revolutionary fathers.
The dislike Of President Roosevelt for
the early Presidents was shown up by
Hon. Malcomb Patterson in speech
delivered at the last session of Con-
gress. in which he quotes from the
Life of Thomas H. Benton" and other
works of President Roosevelt. Prob
ably the opinion there expressed by
the President led him to order those
portraits banished to the lower regions
of the White House.
We are living in strenuous times
nowadays
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25

The Growls OF . Grizzied Bachelor.
Faint heart in time may save .
breach of promise suit.
1t is unsafe to make love out Of an
ink bottle-or any other way.
He thinks he is marrying his ideal.
but she sometimes turns out to be his
ordeal
Some women's love Is about as full
Of warmth and truth as the epitaph
on a lawyers tombstone.
The only appreciable difference be-
tween q woman and girl is that the
woman is little more so.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
Only Forty Years Ago in Japan.


Only forty years ago there were in
Japan feudal lords. very much like
those of the time of King John of
Runnymede fame. The Samurai held
the trader with unfeigned disgust,
and was prone to use his sword on
the least provOcatiOn. 1t was the Sam
urais right to cut off the head Of any
body below him in social rank. Euro
peans who live in Japan to-day car
hardly be made to believe that such
were the facts of 1860. Before the
revolution there were castles just as
there are now in India. There were
the Ella. Under the old regime it was
their business to slaughter the cattle.
and remove the dead. and on that ac-
count they were deemed "despicable
bestial, half-human."
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
A Notre Dame Lady.

will send free, with full instructions,
some of this simple preparation for the
cure of Leucorrhoca, liberation, Dis
placements, Falling of the Womb, Scanty
or Painful Periods. Tumors or Growths.
Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry. Creeping
Feeling over the Spine. Pain in the Back
and all Female Troubles, to all sending
address. To mothers of suffering daugh-
ters l will explain Successful Home
Treatment. IL you decide to continue it
will only cost about - cents a week Ia
guarantee a cure. Tell other sufferers
of it. that is all l ask. If the above in
terests you. for proof address Mrs. NJ.
Summers, Box 105. Notre Dame. Ind.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
HelpinR the Minister.

Clara-Was your fair success!
Dora-Yes. indeed. The minister will
have cause TO he grateful.
How much was nader!
Nothing. The receipts were less than
the expenses. But sixteen of us got Ell
gagged. and the minister is to perform the
ceremonies"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
Probably an Oversight.

Nibbles-DO you believe everything
you read in the newspapers?
Stringem-Well. there was q time
when 1 was rather skeptical, but it's
different now.
Nibbles-Wha. brought about the
change?
Stringem-On account Of a marriage
in swell society in which the bride was
not referred to as being young, beauti-
full and wealthy"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25

l wouldn't care. would your Wolford
knew that the Kentucky blacks, like
the Kentucky whites, had shown
themselves to be good fighters"
speaking Of home guards" said the
Colonel. Humphrey Marshall always
insisted that the Kentucky home
guards stole his artillery one night.
He was raiding some of the eastern
counties. and had one cannon said to
be of improved construction. His story
was that some Of the home guards
who had access to his camp as ped
dlers carried the gun of. The truth
was. however, that the gun, weigh
Ing $50 pounds, was carried off by
Captain Reuben Patrick Of the Tenth
Kentucky cavalry. Patrick went into
Marshalrs camp to recOnnoiter. found
the sentry at the gun asleep. lifted 1t
from the carriage. put 1t on his shoul-
der, and carried it to point where
his men were waiting. and they
brought it to our camp and called the
exploit joke on Marshall."-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
ReaaOnable.

Doesn't 1t sound ridiculous to say:
The hand that rocks the cradle is the
hand that rules the world? What does
that mean. anyway
We'll, the hand usually belongs to
a nurse or servant girl. and you know
how servant girls boss things s'-Catho-
lie Standard and Times.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
f.. y,r- Perfect Comfort

At the St Louis Exposition, which Is very
severe upon the feet. remember to take along
a box or two Of ALIENS FOOT-EASE.
powder for Hot, Tired. Aching. Swollen:
Sweating Feet. 10000 testimonials: Sold
by all Druggists. lie. DON'T ACCEPT a
SUBSTITUTE. Trial package FkEk. Ad-
dress Allen S. OmStcd. lie Roy. y. \.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25

1 was doing
n o t h i ng but
buying medi-
cines to cure my
kidneys. / do
not think that
any man ever
suffered as / did
and lived. The
pain in my back
was so bad that
l could not
sleep at night. l
couid nnt ride IL
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-08-25
Two Wounded Soldiers.

One day at the investment Of Vicks-
burg-it was on the memorable 22d
Of May-during a lull in the desultOry
skirmishes which preceded the as
sault. while was lying close to the
surface Of the great round globe which
we inhabit, and wishing l could get
a little closer to 1t, we heard tre-
mendOus hOwling and shrieking. and
down the dusty road from the front
came Il blue -jacketed skirmisher on
the trOt, holding one hand up in the
other, and the hand he was holding
up had no thumb OH 1t. 1t hurt like
the mischief, have no doubt. but 1t
was only a thumb, after all, and how
the fellow was bowling about it! He
was a brave man, or he wouldn't have
been where he could have lost that
lumb. But you would have thought
II was the only thumb in the whole
United States army, and that no one
else on the skirmish line had been hit
that morning. So the soldiers saw
only the funny side Of the picture. and
n perfect chorus Of howls. In vocifer-
Gus imitation Of the mans own wal
went shrieking up from the sarcastic
line of the men who were waiting their
turn to face death. In minute an
other soldier came walking back from
the skirmish line. He was walking
slowly and steadily; never moan
fell from his compressed lips, though
they were whittier than his brOnZed
face, and he held his hand against his
breast. The silence of the death
chamber fell upon the line in an in
slant. as the figure Of the soldier
moved along the road with the air
of a conquerer. Half dozen men
sprang to his side. Tenderly they laid
him down in the shadow Of great
oak; his lips parted to speak mes
sage to one a thousand miles away,
and the line was short one man for
the coming assault. He died Of his
hurt. but he died like Il king.