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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21

Kalispel, Mont, August 20-Forest
fires still rage through this country
and there are fires in all directionG
from the city from Ito miles wide
The fires near Marion, west Of Kali
spell, have been doing much damage,
and many cattle men and rachers liv
ing in that vicinity have been kept
busy fighting the flames in order to
protect their homes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21
FIRST VICTIM OF SEASON.
Chicago Lad Playing Football Receives
Fatal Injuries.

Chicago, August 20.-Football has
found it's first victim this season in
Chicago.
James Pine, 16 years old, and sever
al companions were engaged in a game
and during a scrimmage the lad was
thrown violently, his head striking the
ground. He was removed to a hos
pital, where he died within an hour.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21
Two City Blocks Burned.

Martinez, Cal, August 20-Fire has
destroyed two blocks ip the center OF
the city. The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21
sCALPED IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Rochester, NJ. v, Girl Undergoes Re.
n1arkabIe Operation.

narkabIe Operation.
New York, August 20.-Margaret
Dougherty, of Rochester, who was al
most scalped in an automobile acci.
dent August 10, is recovering at a hos.
pital here after undergoing a remark.
able operation, which resulted in the
replacing of her scalp, which was torn
from her head.
The cuticle has already begun to
unite and the girls hair shows such
signs of vitality that the success OF
the operation is assured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21

Some men are like silver knives;
they look bright, but are rather dull.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21
AMERICUS ACADEMY.

a select preparatory school for boys
ruo girls giving the usual four years
Ign school English, Mathe.
1At'0S' History, Science, Latin, Greek
'n three years.
Inc Seven School Virtues'' insisted
upo0' unsatisfactory pupils not re-
tanned.
school Year: Oct. 1st to June Lat.
Daily Sessions: to l o'cIock. Extra
"',Ous' tor special study to 4 p.
~ tuition: 80 a month for eight
a'u.' payable monthly in advance.
'0F further particulars, apply to
l. l.. NcNAIR, Principal.
''spNons.al1 IL; AIT College 81.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-08-21

Cupid is an excellent shot, but he
bags some mighty poor game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
"GEEsE STUFTING."
Flown Whose Industry is Development
 of Goose Liver.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Iesles Weekly.
 The raising. stuffng and shipping of geese has become quite a large industry in the vicinity of Watertown, Wis, and about 90,0OO pounds of stuffed geese and about 325OOO pounds of stall-fed geese are shipped annually from there to all parts of this country. The demand for stuffed geese is increasing, all the time, and the shippers of this class of poultry claim 1t is not possible to fill all their orders unless these are placed early in the fall The geese have to undergo the stuffing procees to produce abnormally large flyers.
 In stuffing the goose the feeder holds lit between his knees and forces the noo- dles down into it's throat, but each noodle must first be dipped into warm water to make 1t more slippery. During the first week eight noodles are thus given three times a day, and during the second week the same number are given four times every day From then on the stnttng has to be done every three or four hours night and day, and each time six or seven noodles are forced down. The geese have by this time accumulated so much fat and the liver has expanded to such proportions that they have to be watched continuously, as some are lla- ble to choke and thus prove total loss. The entire household is called upon, and every man. woman or child has to take turns and sit up and attend to the geese
 At last when ready for market the geese are killed and the feathers on breast and belly must be picked immedi- ately while the bodies are warm. other wise the very tender skin would be torn or damaged, and this would allow the thick layer of the precious goose fat, to ooze out The wings and back parts or the fowl can be picked more easily and are first dipped into hot water to faelll- tate the process. After they are thor oughly picked the heads wings and legs are tied together on the back and the birds hung up in a cold place and allow ed to freeze solid.
 Prepared in this way they are very appetizing looking Their size is enorm- ous. In weight they range from twenty to twenty-eight wounds each, some extra large ones weighing from thirty-four 10 thirty-six pounds. The livers are gem orally very large. covering an ordlnary soup plate and some weigh over three and one-half pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Merchant Marines"

From the Washington Times.
 Two well-dressed women entered Con necticut avenue car this morning, in the fashionable r street shopping district. One was carrying a morning paper, and the other had a number of bundles. The woman with the paper began reading it in an indifferent sort of way and occa- sionally made a remark to her friend about the news.
 Secretary Shaw favors merchant ma rines." she said, in an uncertain tone. "You know l never exactly understood what merchant marines were. Senator Frye used to talk about them some times"
 "Why they are just like other marines, aren't they?" the woman with the bun dles asked. '.I always supposed they wore some different kind of braid or something of that sort
 "Well. do you know the difference be- tween horse marines and the marines down at the barracks, the kind the Ma rine band belongs te?' the woman who was reading asked.
 "Oh. dear no! I never saw horse ma rine, except Captain Jinks in Ethel Barry more's play of that name. l suppose he must have been a horse marine officer. He was in the song, anyway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
SPRING BRINGS NEW LIFE.
Wounded Gray Wolf Died From Effects
 of Cold Weather.

From the Washington Times.
 Springs approach has put new life into the animals at the Zoo. The severe win ter has been as trying to the animals as 1t has to human beings but the animals have stood 1t remarkably well. Only one casualty of any consequence is reported on the records and this Is the death of an old gray wolf which would never have perished but for bullet wound.
 The wolf was a famous one. About eighteen months ago he escaped from the park and created terror in the exclusive residential section of Cleveland park. The wolf bit several persons, but the coach- man of Senator Newlands had a shotgun ihandy and put a quietus to his wolfship' s iprowlings
 The Zoo authorities hoped that the anil ,mal would recover and took him in again. During the cold weather the animal sick ened and died The carcass was turned over to the scientists at the agricultural !, department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

education to improve every good feature of their past conventions and to eliminate every pssible antagonism.
 One of the best suggestions of the board, one in whose advocacy our own state sup erintendent and public men unite, is local taxation for schools-the real solution at last of the question of how to put good school in reach of every child in Alabama.
 As we all know one-half the income Of the state is appropriated to edueation and vet our teachers are poorly paid, we have not decent school houses in the rural dis tricts. nor adequate equipment in many schools
 Each county should be able to tax It. self to the limit of it's will for it's own schools The local tax developing the local school would accomplish the develop .ment of local public spirit and the veal thy men in each county would be stimu- lated to make private contribution tofnrn- ishing or beautifying school houses, ana all might be influenced to Improve the roads the children travel. and good roads multiply blessings all along their route.
 If the tuition given could be made more practical. local tax would be more readily voted An education that turns out men with taste and aptitude for agriculture and mechanics. prepared for these pur- suits, addresses itself to the convictions and the pockets of practical men; an edu- cation that trains girls in the science and arts of home making and housekeeping, carries the assurance that it is worth It's expense.
 Are these not the two greatest needs of Alabama ationally-industrial training and local taxatione Would 1t not be well for the gentlemen arranging the campaign to provide several of the best addresses along these lines?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

1 this connection they cannot be considered separately-their work Is a unit; they are the halves of a complete sphere; they are interdependent, subjectively and object lively. Seven men are members in both boards. The programme indicates the part that reports of their work will oc- cupy in the exercises
 At the session of the General Eucation board in New York, under the direction of Dr. Butteriek, a vast amount of infor- nation is being accumulated and tabu- lated concerning schools and educational institutions in the various states covered by the operations of the board. From the bureau of information, under the direction of Dr. Dabney at Knoxville, Tenn. a great mass of popular and sta tistical literature has been circulated to the newspaper press and individuals. Assistance has been extended to various schools and institutions divided nearly equally between the races. Various summer schools for teachers have been encouraged and assisted, none entirely supported Certain counties in several states have been encouraged to improve the public schools by subscription and local taxation by the duplication of funds thus raised by the General Edu- cation board.
 The conference is essentially in control of the southern delegation, and the members of the campaign committee, composed of the several district and bu- reau directors of the Southern Educa- tion board. are residents of southern states, while the most representative and conservative element of the north are represented in the conference, and pro- noting through it's organized agencies the educational movement
 From a recent article on the approach ing conference the following extracts have been taken The author of the ar- tiole is Mrs. Kate Hutchison Morrisette' of the Montgomery Times She is member of the committee on publication. Mrs. Morrisette is entirely familiar with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
R. S. MUNGER,

A NUMBER of newspapers outside
 "A of the press of Birmingham are
 giving attention to the approach ing conference for education in the south which will be held in this city the latter part of April This attitude argues well in favor of a broader understanding of the work of the conference and shows that it's conservative leadership has shaped to great extent the present views.
 The genepal tone of these press arti- cles also indicate that the intelligent ele- ment in the central south are united on one question-local taxation for schools.
 Much of the detail arrangements for the conference were completed the past week when Dr. Edgar Gardner Murphy, the secretary of the southern board, and. In fact, MT! Ogden's representative in the south, met with the general executive committe of twelve. The several chair men and their respective committees are successful The official programme for the conference with the names of the speakers will be published as soon as all arrangements are completed.
 In regard to the work of the conference and the two separate boards, a point that it has been necessary 10 reiterate is that the conference and the boards are abso- 1utely and entirely distinct This has been once explained by Mir. Ogden
 The southern educational board. stated MT. Ogden carries on a crusade for edu- cation. It's organization Is comprehen- sive and, actively covers the larger DOT tion of the country from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, from the Ohio to the Gulf. The large expenses are privately defrayed. The general education board administers such funds as may come to it for the assistance of education. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

educational conditions in Alabama, and her article is well worth reading:
 There is. none to deny the great re- suits accomplished by the conferences of the Southern Board of Education in the cities of Athens. Montgomery and Rich mond; none to gainsay the possibilities of future achievement" writes Mrs. Nor risette 'rhe benificence that flowed out on former occasions was to the board individually and collectively as well as to the towns they visited and to the environing country. The courte- ous and accomplished gentlemen of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Foot Exercise a New Fad.
n the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Foot exercise is the latest fad among fashionable pedicures, not only for mak- ing the feet piable and graceful, but for the removal of corns and bunions that will not yield to the usual treatment. The exercise takes about half hour each visit, costs s1, and requires about three months for the course. By that time the toes are said to respond to individual control as easily and as flexibly as the fingers.
 The treatment is very simple" said an uptown chiropodist. and, unlike most fads, 1t is not imported. The process was thought out and taught to others by man who used to have a large pat renage in the Turkish baths in this city, but who has now retired from business. The toes are twisted and wrung, one at time until they are quite pliable, like baby's. Then the patient is told to exercise them There are five move ments-up down, right, left and rotary. We do a great deal of this sort of work for women, particularly those who have to dance much on the stage or those who have crippled their feet with high French heel shoes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

change of life and crampng No human tongue dreaded from time to another so mu to die.
 family physician did everything he could for me- but got trouble it would away after walk exercise in way without brn untold misery until would be peectl
 your little books about yonr medicine beng go change thought there no harm in yin and it helped me and take walks and work
 very the relief medicine has been to me- BLAKE Deep Water, w. Va a
 great medicine it seems almost beyond beef yet it is all r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Same Line.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
 'I wonder what has become of Good lev? When he was at school, you remem- Der, he used to talk so much about up- lifting mankind. Entered the ministry perhaps"
 "oh no. He's manufacturing explosive shells and torpedoes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Older the Better.

From the Chicago News.
 Well. John" said Mrs Stubb. 'I reck- on we better buy some new furniture and rent a house in swell neighborhood.'
 No, Maria replied her husband, well keep the furniture and rent house in swell neighborhood'
 But the furniture is all scratched and broken"
 That matters not. If we are in a swell neighborhood we can say 1t Is colonial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13
Not in 1t.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 Mrs De Smithe-Why did you refuse 10 attends Mrs. De Wells o'clock teaY
 Mrs De Jones-Because the horrld thing has fought a phonograph What chance would a company of ladies have m a room with d machine like that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-13

%>ss-s>e ~s->~ . board have made many acknowledg- ments on their part of the good they received.
 The April meeting to occur in Bir- mingham is anticipated with high de- gree. of interest and pleasure by the vitors and by the people.
 There are few cities in the south, few in the union where friendly visitors can learn so much as the city which will vel come this spring MT. ogden and his asso- ciates few people anywhere of quicker apprehension and readier practical turn of mind to translate knowledge into con- duct than. are the people who are engaged in the upbuilding of the iron city and the development of the adjacent mineral lands.
 There is wealth, too, in Birmingham In large measure-wealth to carry out the great ideas which may be advanced. II behooves the missionaries of the gospel of
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
Bearing Western Union.

Colonel Hamilton Young. the vet
eran manager of the Western Union
lines at the capitol in Washington,
tells a story of the visit of the Duke
of vegara to this county during the
the Chicago Worlds fair.
The duke desired to stop at Colum-
on his way to Washington and wanted
to send a telegram to the mayor
informing him of that fact. He in
quired at telegraph office as to the
cost, being thrifty duke.
Twenty-Five CENTS" the operator
replied, "for ten words. not including
address or signature"
Whereupon the duke wrote thi:
message: Mayor of Columbus: ]
shall visit your city next Tuesday,
and he signed 1t ''Cristobal Colon de
Toledo y Larreategui de la Cerds
Ramirez de Baquedancy Gante AL
mirante y Adelantado Mayor de lai
Judas, Marques Jamaica, Duque d.
Veragua y de Ia Vega, Grande Is
pana, Senior del RENO, Caballero d,
la insigne order del Toison de Orc
Gran Cruz de la Conception de Villa
viciosa, Gentil Hombre de Camar;
del Rey de Espana."-Philadelphi;
Post
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
NeedleSSIy Worried.

A gentleman living In excellent
style, having spent considerable
money on extra decorations for his
home, was visited by a friend who
had been so unfortunate as to lose
his leg, and wore a wooden one. An
exchange shows the solicitousness of
the host:
The library had been furnished
with a very beautiful floor of par
quetry, and the host was horrifed to
see the man with the wooden leg
stumping over it. All he could say
however, was in form of gentle
hint
Hadn't you better come on the
carpet old fellow. I'm so afraid you
might slip"
''Oh, no." said the guest, don,
worry about me, it's all right, thank:
there's nail in the end, you know
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
FROST FAIRIES.
The wonderful Designs That Win
dow Puncs Picture.

The wonderful Designs That Win
dow Punes Picture.
When the frost fairies have a mate
rial ready for original design they often
produce I'm the hours OF darkness most
exquisite decorations The window
panes are their drawing paper. and the
window frames serve as picture frames
on those particular occasions. There
are said 10 be no less than a thousand
forms of snow crystals. every one of
them Of the finest finish and of unim-
peachable symmetry. Some are like
the patterns in honiton lace, while 9TH
ers are elaborated with geometrlcal
patterns so complex that II is difficult
TO analyze them. But ON the window
panes the frost pictures are by no
means confined TO what are standard
patterns" In snowfiakes. but show the
most various and dainty schemes of
ornament. Some are like starry flow
ers. set with stars In the center and
with starry shoots and comets flying
into space around them. Others take
the shape OF leaves arranged In set
form by some human designers. The
endive pattern is among the most beau
tiful. the curves and motive" being
often scarcely distinguishable from
those in which a goldsmith OF the days
OF Louis XIV. modelled the ormolu In
which he graeed some priceless vase OF
jasper or crystal. Scale patterns. like
the scales OF fishes. with striated lines
upon the overlapping disks. wavy pat
terms. set with stars. fern patterns.
moss patterns and formalized sprays
of maidenhair are among the choicest
on the list.-London Spectator.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
Americans on Guard.

There is no record that any such or
der as Put none but Americans on
guard" was issued by Washington.
Those who quote It do not know when
IT was supposed 10 have been issued.
But 1t is fact that ON April 80. 1TT7.
In an order issued at Morristown, n. j..
for recognizing the improperly called
Washington's bodyguard" he did say
that he thought that men having an in
terest in the country would be less
likely 10 prove traitors than foreigners.
The order continued, You will. there
fore. send me none but Americans .
Washington directed that this prefer
ence for Americans should not be made
known. as he feared il might excite
the many foreigners in the army.-Ex.
change.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
Honest Polly.

A lady was one day teaching a littl,
colored girl how to spell, says an ex
change. She used pictorial primer
in which each word was accompanied
by an illustration
Polly glibly spelled "o-x, OK" and
box. box" and the teacher thought
she was making right rapid.progress'
perhaps even too rapid.
So she put her hand over the
picture and then asked: 'Polly,
what does Ok spell?n
''Ox. answered Polly, uimbly.
How do you know it spells ox?"
Polly was as honest as the day.
seed his tail-she responded
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01

Here's an old one, but perhaps II
has never come your way:
Parson Brown goes to buy likely
horse of neighbor Jackson.
Parson Browns he sound, neigh
borS
Jackson-He's got a good body,
Parson, his feet and legs are perfect
wind broke, no vices. any woman car
drive him-but I don't want to sell
him to you, for he don't look good.
Parson-He looks good to me and
Ill take him at $500.
Jackson-I hate to sell you that
hoIse, Parson, for you won't like him
l tell you he don't look good-but Il
you like the way he looks, all right
he's yours.
The horse was blind!
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
A Bio Miss.

In Glasgow a number of men were
engaged at a new tenement. Just as
they we're about to leave at the end
of the days labour, the foreman, an
Irishman, exclaimed-"Stop, livery
mothers son o. ye. Not wan of yez
will lave here till yez are sarched"
All the men looked first at the gaffer,
then at one another. At last one of
them daringly asked the boss the
reason of of his unusual procedure.
'well, be replied in solemn tone,
"there's wheel-barrow gone amiss-
ing.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-03-01
PROMOTION BY REToaT.
Apt Answers 10 Quaint Questions
which Pleased suvnro6.

ADJ Answers 10 0uaint tuestious
which Pleased suvnroh.
The great Russian soldier, Marshal
Suvarofr. was IN the habit of asking
his men difficult questions, sometimes
foolish ones, and bestowtng favors on
those who showed presence of mind In
answering him. On one occasion a
general of division sent him q sergeant
with dispatches, AT the same time rec
ommcuding the bearer TO Suvaroff's
notice. The marshal. as usual. proceed
ed to test him by series of whimsical
questions.
How far is it to the moonT' was the
first query.
Two Of your eXceIlency's forced
marches" the sol lier promptly replied
IF your men began to give way in
battle. what would you dof'
I'D tell them that just behind the
enemy's line there wa. wagon load Of
good things TO eat
How many fish are there in the
seaY'
Just as many as have not been
caught"
And so the examination went on I'LL
Suvaroff. finding his new acquaintance
armed at all points. at length put q
final poser:
What is the difference between your
colonel and myself:"
THE difference is this" replied the
soldier coolly. My colonel cannot
make me n captain but your excellency
can"
Suvaroff. struck by his shrewdness
kept his eye upon the man and soor
afterward .ave him the promotion FOL
| which he had hlntcd.