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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
Convention Notes.

As a rule preachers are excellent Joke tellers Dr. Willingham recounts an ex- cellent story In which preacher and number of mischivious boys figured very largely. "Up in Virginia said the doc tor. there was a preacher who was wont to thank the Lord for all the blessings sent Jim during the week at his regular Sunday service.
 One week a baby was born at the preachers home and shortly afterward his friends presented him with substan- tial purse.
 ''The boys at the cross roads store be- gan making bets as to what the preacher would return thanks for Some bet that it would be the purse and others wagered that it would be the baby.
 Sunday morning the boys all went to church to decide the bet. But when the preacher ended his prayer they were un- able to decide who had won: for he ended his prayer thus: Lord We thank Thee for the timely succor sent to our home last week
 H. S. D. Mallory of Selma, for many years president of the convention and at present chairman of the state democratic executive committed, Is one of the most popular delegates in the city. No man stands higher In the hearts of the Ala bama Baptists than does MT Mallory.
 The Rev J. W. McCollum. returned missionary from Japan, tells an interest. ing and touching experience with the chief of police of Tokio. The first time I approached that official I found him sitting in all dignity in his apartments" he said His face bore great scar received in one of the bitter wars of the Japs. He was kind-hearted and allowed the special privilege for which I asked. Later when little child died with a ter rible disease, and we were forbidden from burying her. this big-hearted officer came to our home and said: It is against the laws of our city, but you take your dead on yond hill at rundown. where you will find a freshely dug grave Bury her, and If any one asks any questions refer them to me-
 This is the character of the Japs, as a nation"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
Senator Charged With Graft.

Little Rock, Ark, July 24.-State Senator F. O. Butt was arrested at Berryville today on bench warrant from Little Rock, charging him with bribery in connection with the bill ap- propriating $S00,000 for the completion of the new state capitol. The indiot- ment alleges that Senator Butt paid s100 and promised $40U more to Sena- tor R. R. Adams of Grant county for the latter's vote in favor of the bill. Senator Butt gave bond today in the sum of $5000 for his appearance at the September term of the Pulaski county circuit court in answer to the charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
NOTICE.


 The citizsns of East Lake, Woodlawn, West End, Pratt City, Ensley. Avsndale, Wy lam, and those using our electric current outside of these municipalities, parti- cipate equally with the citi. zens of Birmingham in the reduction in price from l6c to l2c per kilowat, effective July lst, and all of these cities using cur current for street lighting will enjey the reduc- tion from e6O. % per arc DOT annum te e76. co per arc to be made to tho City of Birn. ingham August lst.
 B'ham By. T.. & P. Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25

''These ten counties license H7 saloons. And they represent the potent industrial and financial centers of the state.
 "The politics and policies of Alabama are well-night determined by the will of the political leaders from thees ten coun- ties. Local privileges affecting moral and commercial valuations have been permit ted by Legislative courtesy" from time to time, but general legislation by which the dominance of the liquor influence might be even threatened in these popu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
Mrs. winsIow's Soothing Syrup.

The best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslows s Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHS the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC. and is twenty-five cents a bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
LOW RATES
 VIA
 flyNZl

PORTLAND, Ore, and return $e7.5o Account of the Lewis & Clark Exposi- tion. tickets will be sold to Portland via any regular direct route. retur-.n Ing via San Francisco or San Francisco and Los Angeles and regular uire-t routes therefrom or vice versa. iim- tied to ninety days with stopover priv iiiges at certain points within final limit of ticket. HOMESEEKERS' tickets to Texas. Ar kansas, Indian and Oklahoma Territor les will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at one fare plus g for the round trip, good for twenty-one days. SUMMER TOURIST Rk to all sum- mer resorts are very attractive. Tickets will bs sold daily until Sep- .ember s0th, with final limit October 31st, 1905.
 For further information. call on or write.
 P. SID JONES. D. F. A
 R. O. PIEICE T. P. A
 ': R. FEEL FEY. c. P. 4 Roth 'phoneg 326.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25

WHEN IN NEW YORK STOP AT Gregorian hotel, Thirty-fifth street. near Fifth avenue. Refined patronage solicited. Send for booklet. a-19-S0t-su-tu-th
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-25
"THERE SCIENCE IN NEATNESS
 BE WISE AND USE SAPOL 10

bama street, (colored); Josephine W. Handy. Florence, 313 Circular square, (colored).
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
FOUND SECRET OF GREEKS.

Hungarian Professor Knows How to
Make Mortar Imperlshabe.
A Hungarian professor and chemist
of the Brunn university claims to have
rediscovered the secret of the ancient
Greeks by which they were able to
render mortar imperishable. The rea-
son for the remarkable preservation
and hard texture of the sealing ma
teriaI of the .Acropolis at Athens.
which is as good to-day as it was
when first laid centuries ago, has
always puzzled scientists and archae-
ologists. This Hungarian some twenty
five years ago procured piece of this
fiintlike mortar and ever since has
been engaged upon ascertaining the
secret OF it's manufacture. He has in
vented chemical compound, liquid in
character and yellowish color. The
claims of this inventor are that by the
application of this compound the den
sity of nearly every description Of
stone, including granite, is doubled,
and is rendered absolutely impervious
to water; it imparts to all metals the
power to resist rust and is a great,
powerful germicide. These properties
are not transient, but everlasting.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
COMMON SENSE.

A large Minneapolis manufacturing
concern, The Pillsbury Co., are EN-.
ploying a unique method in advertis
ing their product, "Pillsbury's Vitos,
The Meat of the Wheat" in appealing
to the Common Sense" of the Amer
lean public.
Their assertions are modest as com.
pared to most of the cereal food adj
vertisements of the last few years,
but they carry ring of truth. Their
reasoning is certainly rational; here
is some of it.
we all believe that Wheat is the
best cereal the Creator has given man
kind.
Pillsbury's Vitos is nothing more
nor less than the white heart of this
wheat kernel, cut out by steel ma
chinery and Notwithstanding add
ed-nothing taken away-no adulter-
ation-no fiavoring-no coloring-no
cooking.
This product comes to your table
in IDS pure, white, granular form, an
appetizing dish fer young and old.
Easily digested because it retains
its granular form when cooked, never
lumpy or pasty.
A two pound package makes twelve
pounds of pure white cooked food, and
Pillsbury quality too. Two generous
dishes for one cent.
We have no competitors because
we are the largest millers in the
world and get the best wheat. Your
gro j. will gladly fill your order for
Pillsbury's Vitos because he knows
he sells you satisfaction. Vitos is put
up only in two pound packages-air
tight. Price zoe. Don't be without
~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
fEvER'S AFTER EFFECTS
Did Not Disappear Until the Blood
Was Renewed by Or. Williams
Pink Pills

Typhoid fever is sometimes called ner
vous fever. During the course of the
fever the nerves are always profoundly
disturbed, and when it is over they are
left so sensitive that the patient has to
be guarded against all excitement In the
tonic treatment then demanded, regard
must be paid not only TO building up flesh
but also to strengthening the nerves. A
remedy that will do both, make sound
flesh to repair waste and give new vigor
to feeble nerves, is the most convenient
and economical. Such remedy is DIR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
One proof of this is the experience of
Mr.. Charles Worth, of East Vassalboro,
Maine. He says: Sc / had a severe at
tack of typhoid fever late in the fall
which left me very weak and debilitated.
My heart palpitated, my breathing be-
anne difficult after the least exertion and
there was numbness III both hands.
suffered III that way for fully six months
AS did not grow out Of it, did not in
fact see the slightest improvement as
time passed. | decided to use DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills as knew of some cures
they had effected in cases like mine
almost asSsoon as / began taking
them | could see decided improvement
and after keeping on with them for
several weeks | was completely we'll |
consider DIR. Williams Pink Pills most
valuable remedy, and / am III the habit !
of recommending them to others afflicted |
as / was.
When the nerves ache and trem-
BILE it means that they are starving. The |
only way to feed them is through the
blood, and the best food is Dr. Williams
Pink Pills. They are absolutely guaran.
teed to be free from opiates or other harm
full drugs. They are sold by all drug |
gists, or may be obtained directly from
the DIR. Williams Medicine Co.. Jchenec-
tady, NY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
How owls cauoht chIokens-

When l was chunk of boy I shot
horned owl, the spread of whose
wings was Az feet, and to the sur
prise of the boy who had carried it for
several miles the weight was only
four pounds.
They were rather numerous at that
time in that section of the country.
and were troublesome about carrying
off chickens, which mostly roasted in
apple trees about the farm buildings.
The belief that they could carry away
full grown hens was common one.
1t was also commonly believed that
an owl never picked chicken off the
roost, but, alighting on the limb,
crowded the chickens off, and as it
flew toward the ground caught it on
the wing.-Forest and Stream.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
BATTLE WITH TEN-FooT SHARK.
Msn-Ezting Dog of Ocean Fights
Fishers on Bay.

Fishers on Bay.
A ten-foot man-eating sharh en-
gagged In fierce battle with two ItalI
ian fishermen yesterday afternoon in
the bay, says a San Francisco dis
patch. The contest lasted two hours,
and the Italians were exhausted when
the fish was vanquished. They towed
it to Meiggs' wharf, where it is now
on exhibition.
Jose and Pietro Carniglia had their
net set off Angel island yesterday
morning, when they felt the boat
start. The speed increased in rapid
rate and they realized that a shark
had become entangled in the net. They
started to haul it in, but little prog
ress could be made. Forward and
back the boat was hauled, and after
more than an hour the struggles of
the shark ceased. The net was hauled
in, but when the man-eater came to
the surface there ensued terrific
struggle.
With oars the fishermen hammered
the head of the shark. At times the
tiger of the sea leaped from the water
and threw itself against the boat. The
side of the boat was partly crushed
and the water started to flow in.
Finally the shark ceased to struggle.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
DUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with Coffee.

There is something fairly demoni-
aeai in the way coffee sometimes
wreaks its iiendish malice on those
who use Il.
A lady writing from Calf. says
MY husband and |, both lovers OF
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form OF nervousness.
accompanied by most frightful head
aches. In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort of af-
fection of the nerves leading from the
spine TO the head
Il was unable to hold my head up
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew 1t TO one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine, and were puzzled as
to what caused the trouble. until
friend suggested that possibly the cof-
fee we drank had something TO do
with 1t. and advised that we quit il
and try Postum Coffee.
I'VE followed his advice. and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and In
very short time both of us were
entirely relieved. The nerves became
steady once more. the headaches
ceased. the muscles In the back of my
neck relaxed. my head Strengthened
up and the dreadful pain that had SC
punished me while | used the old KIND
of coffee vanished.
I'VE have never resumed the use Oh
the old coffee. but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did the
former beverage. And we are de
lighted to find that we can give ii
freely to our children also, something
we never dared to do with the old
Kind of coffee" Name given by Pos.
tum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely
no drugs OF any kind. but relieves the
coffee drinker from the old drug
poison.
There's a reason.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Churches Turned Into Inns.

At Great Easton, three miles from
Rockingham Station, there is Yves
leyan chapel which is now an inn.
When built stone was placed over
the entrance with the words inscribed
ITO the Glory of Cod" and the inscrip-
ton still remains over the portal OF
the licensed premises.
At Observation-Disclosures a chapel
was built in 1S49, in the time of the
Wesleyan reform movement, which
after time became too small, and a
larger building some distance away
was bought from the Wesleyans, the
smaller one being sold. After passing
through various hands the former
building is now licensed house and
a music hall.-London Daily News.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
The Good Mixer.

He's q good mixer" or "He isn't
q good mixer" are expressions you
ofton hear. A good mixer" is sup.
posed to be man who can associate
with people and make business. A
poor mixer Is one who makes friends
slowly. who minds his own business
and is not much of rounder. A man
who gives his business close attention
is the best mixer" When people are
In need OF certain article they buy
where they can get the best and cheap.
est = where conditions suit them
When people are buying articles they
need they do not care whether the
dealer is q good fellow" or not. We
have never thought much OF the
~good-mixer" idea.-Atchison Globe.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
~ Lz2ANZ1 II SHIT
Copyright, 1905. by Daily Story Pub. Cos

"Heyl nothin' to eat in there YETI"
and burly Jake, backed by the other
five hired men, numbered wonderingly
into the kitchen. mo fire in the
stove? Where's all the women folks?
What's up?"
Johnson started, then drew himself
together hurriedly.
MY wife and daughter have just
run up to Mary Browns for a day or
two" he answered gruffiy. "The visit
pretty sudden, and they had
no time to send me word, nor to get
dinner. But | guess we can patch up
one between us, Ell, Jake" trying to
pass 1t off lightly Get just as good
dinner as the women folks, and a
mighty sight quicker"
Course we can" cried Jake, with
alacrity, and pleased at the thought of
so novel task, "and one well like
better, too. Men folks know just what
men folks want. Well have injuns
and taters, and coffee that's strong
enough to taste"
And billed cabbage" reminded one
of the men earnestly.
And tripe." "And baked beans"
And liver" chimed in the others.
moistening their lips In anticipation
of favorite dishes.
Come, comet We can't have every
thing at once" expostulated johnson.
impatiently. Here, pitch in, all of
you, and help what you can. That
fields got to be hoed before dark"
But in spite of the superabundance
of assistance the dinner progressed
slowly, and 1t was 2 o'clock before the
men drew their chairs to the table,
red-faced and Tuning at the stupidity
of each other And in spite of the
fact that 1t was of their own cooking.
the dinner did not seem TO please
them They tasted suspiciously of
one dish and another, and pushed
their plates back, and then tried again.
erimacing and scowling and at last
rose sullenly and left the room.
Johnson glanced at his watch as the
last one disappeared. He had work
of Importance to look after, so the
dishes and food were left on the table.
and the cooking utensils on the stove
and floor. wherever they had been
dropped In the hurry. 1t would be
time enough to attend to them when
he returned.
But long before that the sun had
fallen behind the apple orchard, and
the kitchen was so full of shadows
as to call for artificial light. He
was tired and cross. and this did not
facilitate dish-washing and supper
getting. When the men came in from
their late chores he was bristling with
angry impatience, and his face and
clothing were spotted with grease and
SCOT of reckless contact with dish
water and cooking utensils Again they
were called upon for assistance, and
after some of the unsatisfac-
tory supper had been forced down
the dishes and food were left on the
table, to await the time when it would
be necessary to remove them.
One day longer the men folks"
cooking was persisted in, but by that
time the pleasant kitchen had been
transformed from n place of orderli-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

"Firedamp" and "afterdamp,"
words brought into terrible promin-
ence in many disasters In mines, pre-
serve the older English sense of
"damp"-vapor, and especially nox-
ious vapor. Precisely where the word
came from philology does not know,
but the earliest existence of its use
quoted by DR.. Murray's dictionary is
Cations (14s0)-"s the dragon
shall come goot and ther shall come
out OF his nostrel domp that shall
Detoken honger and CRETE deth of
pepie." Bacon is one of the writer's
OF his time who speak of the "damps"
OF mines. Damp gradually came to
be applied to visible vapors. such as
evening mists. and the transition to
the sense OF moisture is obvious.
But in "damping down" furnace one
finds relic of the verb damp" In
the sense of "suffocate."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

Another weekln groaned Johnson
house work, and after two days sent
her back and engaged one of the Cady
girls. But she was no better.
Then he tried it again himself, but
with even less satisfaction than be.
fore. He had not dreamed house
work was so endless and exasperating
and before the week was out was SO
far humbled as to acknowledge to
Jake in private that he would rather
hoe corn sixteen hours day than pre-
pare a single meal of victuals.
Then why don't you get the WON
en- folks back?' Jake asked bluntly.
IF you can run the kitchen cheaper
and easier than they, like I've heard
you twit 'em, go ahead and do 1t; If
not get 'em back. That's my say"
Another two days brought Johnson
to the limit of his endurance, and then
came relief in the shape of a letter
from the city. 1t read:
Dear husband
We've been having pretty good
time, but things here do cost awful.
| wanted to buy some things for Mary
but can't, for well have only Just
enough to pay our fare home after
staying another week"
Another week." groaned Johnson.
How'll we ever get through it?"
Then he continued:
I'VE went to that machine place
number and found twas a fraud, just
like | warned you. The laws shut it
up. and there's a lot of letters held
for their owners. | hired a lawyer
and he found it out, and he said one
letter was yours and would be sent
back. suppose it's the one with the
fifteen hundred dollars you sent"
John drew quick. hard breath, and
then read the postscript.
Il suppose it's pleasanter there
without us, and you're living cheaper
and better, like you've always said;
but it's lonesome here in the big city,
and Mary and | VIII be both glad to
get back. Well come a week from
Saturday"
Johnson dropped the letter and
leaned his head upon his hands
Thinking was something unusual to
him, but this time 1t was to good pur-
pose. for 1t ended in his writing IN a
cramped. laborious hand.
Dear wife:
Il take my pen in hand to answer
your welcome letter. We've been
having an awful time and want you to
come back just as soon as you can
All the men will be glad to taste of
your cooking again. and | won't ever
say any more about. it's being easy
I'm sending hundred dollars with
this to buy some things for Mary, and
I'm free to say l think it's a good idea
to have hired girl. We're we'll off
now and can afford 1t, and I'm sorry
| didn't see the need of things in the
house like l have them outside before
this. won't have anything more to
say about the kitchen. Only please
come home soon"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Salad Grown at rahla

The experiment Of serving dinner
party with salad grown under the
guests own eyes was recently tried
in Berlin. Here is the recipe: Take
good terminating lettuce seed and
soak 1t in alcohol for about six hours.
SOW 1t in an equal mixture of rich soil
and unslaked lime, and place 1t on the
table. After the soup water it with
lukewarm water, whereupon 1t COM
mences to sprout Immediately. The
thing worked like charm, and the
lettuces when plucked and prepared
for eating were the size of Barcelona
nuts.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

mental whether they come or stayed
It's Just their aggravating way to pick
out time like this"
But when Jake returned with the
information that Mary Brown had
neither seen nor heard of them, his
anger gave place to wonder and dis
may. What was he to DO? Manifest
ly he was not equal to doing the work
himself. much as he disliked to ac-
knowledge it after declaring that wom-
ems work was not work at all, but
only play.
In the end he sent for one of the
Gould girls to come and attend to the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Lizzie Head

When the early beam Of morning,
Speeding over fields and streams.
With its golden touch awakes me
From the misty land of dreams
Half a-doze and half beholding,
can see a baby's head.
just above the snowy covers
OF little cradle-bed.
Little head above the covers.
Enlightened by the morning glow.
Time and tide may swing between us
As the summers ebb and flow.
Waking dreams and plans may enter
To disturb that little head,
Just above the snowy covers
or our baby's cradle bed.
Little head above the covers.
Though the seasons come and pass
And your childhood fade and vanish
Like a sunbeam from the grass,
All the years shall ! remember
That reposing baby head.
Just above the snowy covers
OF this little cradle bed
Albert Bgelow Paine In Pearson's.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

You can have good tea if
you want it, wherever you
are.
Year grocer returns your money IL you dontlks
schiilins's Best.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Flsre Is Relief for Women.

Mother Gray, q nurse In New York. dis
covered pleasant herb remedy for womens
Ills, called AUSTRAIIAN-LEAF. 1t is the
only certain monthly regulator. Cures
female weaknesses, Bacxache, Kidney and
Urinary troubles At all Druggists or bv
mail 80 cts. Sample mailed FREE. Address.
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
Never LeveI-Headed.

ut is said, you know" said young
Lovett. that love levels all things
WELL" snapped Batcheller, ut may
level all things except the lovers
head"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14
SWIMMING In public schools.

Swimming is part of the curriculum
OF the public schools of Yarmouth,
England. The boys are taken to the
shore in parties and are trained till
they can swim fifty yards in the sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-11-14

"Thanksl" Is Enough for Nickel.
man gave baby nickel this
morning. The baby is year old, and
didn't say thank you. THAT is the
most impolite child" the man said to
the mother. 81 ever knew" -Atchison
Globe.