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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

to the thought. These reports that Alder man Moore is to retire from the race for sheriff are an exact illustration Of that proverb. It would doubtless please a number of distinguished gentlemen if Alderman Moore could be eliminated from the race. Their wishes, however, will not be gratified.
 Alderman Moore Is a real estate man, but there is one thing he doesn't do. He has never learned how to retreat when once he has made Up his mind to make a fight.
 Heaven hates a quitter' is one of his political maxims.
 'So, just tell these people that are cir culating these reports that. while we would like to do anything reasonable for them, we can't consent to let them retire Alderman Moore from the sheriff's race without their consulting him or his friends.
 You can say with as much emphasis as you can command that Walter Moore will be in the race till the last vote is counted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

Edgar L. Adler filed bill in the chan cery court yesterday afternoon against Charles A. Schaeffer and Peter Howard to quiet title to certain mineral rights in the west half of the southwest quarter of section 12. township 17, range west
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

Chancellor A. II. Benners yesterday rendered a decree in the case of Drennen x Co. vs w. H. Lane, ct all. deciding that the plea of the defendants was insufficient and allowing twenty days for them to file an answer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23
ARE ASKED TO KEEP
 ALL EXPENSE DOWN
CITY OFFICIALS RECEIVE A LET TER FROM MAYOR WARD RE- cARplNG ExPENDITUREs-HE WANTS EACH ONE TO AID.

The Mayor is determined to keep down departmental expenses and has address ed a letter to the head of every city de- partment, urging the recipient to econo- mize whenever 1t is practicable. In his letter to those in charge of the various offices. in the city hall Mayor Ward says
 By active cooperation of departmental heads the expenses of the city were ma. terially reduced during the past foul months.
 ",rhe finance committee notes, however the rising tendency again on part of ex- penses.
 q have been directed to ask that you redouble your efforts to curtail wherever possible and also make any suggestion to us that will help you do so."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

Burrell Gray Is on trial in the first division of the criminal court on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

When 1t prints good. 1t is . good out The Gawk Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23
RECORDS OF COURTS

In the first division of the criminal court yesterday, Jerry Girgsby, a negro. was found guilty of assault and battery with weapon, and a fine of s25 was im- posed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

John Doe, ex dem. Louise G. Wehle filed an ejectment suit in the city court yesterday against Lula B. Harton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23


 R. A. Hubbard of Thomas to Miss Lula Bell Spoke.
 J. L. Lunsford of Nashville to Miss Ella Kenyon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-23

The following marriage licenses have been issued from the probate court:
 Ellis Parker of Brilliant 10 Miss Maggie
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
-Four Facts For
Sick Women
To ConSidez
Lydia E. Pinkham,s Vegetable Compound
Has an UnequoLed Reeord Of Cuns-
Mrs. Pinkham's AdUics Is CoBfsden.
hai. Free. and aftroys Helpful

FrRsr.-That almost every operation
in our hospitals performed upon women
becomes necessary through neglect of
such symptoms as backnche, irregular
and painful menstruation. leucorrhea,
displacements of the uterus, pain in
the side. burning sensation in the stom-
ach. bearing down pains, nervousness,
dizziness and sleeplessness.
SEcoNp-The medicine that holds
the record for the largest number of
absolute cures of female ills is Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II regulates, strengthens and cures
diseases of the female organism rs
nothing else can.
For thirty years It has been helping
women to be strong, curing backache.
nervousness, kidney troubles. all utter
inc and ovarian inflammation. weak
ness and displacements, regulating
menstruation perfectly and overcom-
ing its pains. 1t has also proved itself
invaluable in preparing for childbirth
and the change Of life.
TmRD.-The great volume Of unso-
licitcd and grateful testimonials on file
at the Pinkhnm Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass. many of which are from time TO
time published by permission, give ABB
bOlutc cNluCuGG vi WIG soiuC Ol
F. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
Mrs. Pinkham's advice.
FoURrH.-Every ailing woman in the
United States Is asked to accept the
following invitation. 1t is free, will
bring you health and may save your
life.
Mrs. Pintham's Standing lnvitatloa
Women suffering from any
form of female weakness are invited TO
promptly communicate with Mrs Pink
ham. at Lynn, Mass. All letters are
received, opened. read and answered
by women only. From symptoms given,
your trouble may be located and the
quickest and surest way of recovery
advised. Out Of the vast volume OF ex-
perience In treating female ills Mrs.
Pinkham probably has the very knowl-
edge that will help your case. Surely.
any wor.an, rich or poor, is very foolish
II she does not take advantage Of this
generous offer OF assistance.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Curious Superstition.

The superstition that deaths by cro,.
odiles are the inevitable result imme-
diately after a curtain has been wash
ed in the river has been constantly
confirmed.
A curious note upon this supersti.
ton appears in the monthly report ot
W. B. Smith. district officer at TIM
bang Batu, North Borneo. He says:
Two crocodile fatalities have been
reported, and there have been several
narrow escapes. Toward the end ut
December the enlightened authorities
1T Pangkalan Bandau sent an age1
Chinaman to Timbang Batu under ar
rest for having washed his mosquito
net in the river. A woman was taken
in the same place by crocodile few
hours later. coincidence which great
ly enhanced his guilt while adding,
am afraid. fresh authority to the
superstition"
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Nature's Armored cruIser,.

Some Of the papers are poking fun
at the story which comes from the Bay
Of Biscay Of crabs weighing sixteen
pounds and possessing claws eighteen
inches in circumference. The joke
would have seemed the funnier, per-
haps, had the crabs been described as
opening and eating oysters. AS mat
ter Of fact. there is species which
does crack cocoanuts. AS students of
Darwin will remember, this extraordi-
nary creature grows to an enormous
size; SO large is 1t that in the larger
ones there is suficient fat to yield a
quart Of palm-oil, derived from their
diet Of cocoa-nut. These nuts they
first denude of their tough fbrous COW
ering. then with their hammer-like
claws beat upon the shell until an
opening is made. and the rest is sim
pie. These giants live on land. but
bathe each night in the sea.-Montreal
Herald.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

down beiow nave paid mis- ancestors
to desist from meddling in their af-
fairs.
And down in the streets what throb-
bing life!
Every art and craft is there being
piled by men whose object is to do
all things better than they have been
done before. 1t disturbs them little
that, outside in the world, Kingdoms
are rising and falling-princes squab-
bling with one another, huge armies
marking paths of destruction across
the map Of Europe.
They are too busy spinning the great
cords of commerce which bind all ma.
tions to them-too busy building and
inventing, thinking and feeling paint
ing and chiseling. Their power and
ingenuity has become byword in the
proverb, "Nuremberg's hand goes
through every land" and wealth in
full measure streams into the city
through thousand channels.
They love their city, these men Of
active brain and skillful hand, love her
as man loves his bride. and spend
lavishly of the highest and best that
Is In them, tnat Sne may De beautiful.
not for to-day or tomorrow, but as
long as brick and stone may last.
Gothic churches cast long, thought
full shadows into the open market
places and across the lives of the peo-
pie passing and repassing every day.
Round about these spreading spaces
the merchant princes have built their
homes, making them delight to the
eye with carving in wood and stone on
balconies and doorways. Fountains
appear in every available place-foun-
tains into which the sculptor has
wrought sometimes his fairest dreams,
sometimes his vagrant fancies. or
again some legend Of the people.
Hans Sachs and Durer.
And in the center of the market
square, looking calmly over the heads
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
DUTY OF CEMETERY CENSOR.
Inscriptions on Monuments Have to
Be Approved,

Inscriptions on Monuments Have to
Be Approved.
Large cemeteries have censor who
prevents the erection within them
OF tombstones with unseemly inscrip.
tions upon them. A young engineer
In Norristown (Pa) mill was killed
by the explosion OF boiler. and the
family of this young man believing
that the mill owners had known all
along that the boiler was defective,
actually had carved on the tombstone
the sentence: Murdered by his mas.
ters." The tombstone censor, Of
course, refused to sanction such an
epitaph. On the death Of a certain
noted prizefighter the surviving broth
er Of the man wanted to put in a
glass case beside the grave cham.
pionship belt, four medals. a pair Of
gloves and other trophies OF the ring.
But the censor's negative was firm.
A widow who believed the physician
was responsible for her husbands
death wished to put on the tomb: He
employed Asscheap doctor" but the
TOMBSTONE censor showed her thai
such an inscription would lay her open
to heavy damages for libel. Atheists
sometimes direct in their wills that
shocking blasphemies be carved on
their monuments. The censor, how
ever. sees to 1t that. these blasphe
mics do not disfigure the cemetery.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Visit to Nurembers
Especial Correspondence

1t was in the eleventh century that
Conrad II. Emperor of the Germans,
conceived the idea Of building a cas-
tie en- the summit Of a huge rock.
which rose abruptly from the level
plain near the bank of a quiet little
river, and one can imagine the infant
Nuremberg springing up like a mush
room In the protecting shadow of the
rugged pile. We close our eyes upon
this picture and let five hundred years
slip past, then opening them again are
dazzled by the vision of a powerful
city. The castle still stands on its
lofty rock, but 1t looks down upon a
sea OF red gables hemmed in by
strong wall which sweeps from the
castle rock and back again in an un-
broken circle, and is guarded by 800
beetling towers. The lord of the castle
has his eminent position and his title
OF Burggraf Won Nuremberg. but little
power in connection with either, for
the Datrician rulers of the free city
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
vAcARlEs OF DRUNKEN MEN.
Do All Sorts Of Strange Things Under
influences Of Alcohol.

influence Of Alcohol.
The strange subjects that will creep
into the minds Of some men when In
their cups is illustrated by the man
who begins to talk about 4 tribe Of
negroes living In some South Sea
island and he was never further
west than Omaha, and Is far from
being a well read man. But with the
life. the habits, the natures, and even
religious worship OF these tribesmen
he is as familiar when drunk as II
he had made life study Of them. He
has names for them, a king and a
queen of the tribe. and II the occasion
Is propitious he will go through some
Of the religious rites that obtain on
the island, even chanting songs as
he does SO. He knows absolutely moth
Ing of this when sober, and the only
feasible explanation OF the phenomena
Is that he read of 1t all some time In
boyhood. and has since forgotten 1t
in his conscious hours.
II man has a private hobby that
he has carefully hidden from even his
most intimate friends 1t is apt to crop
out when he is drunk. Thus. one man
has a penchant for sending kilograms,
another insists that he must be shaw
ed three or four times a night, and
another finds fault with his COM
panions' attire.-Chicago Tribune.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

of buyers and sellers. is the statue OF
Hans Sachs, the man who spent his
life in the small house across the way,
spinning good poetry and making good
shoes, with equal facility-the man
who shares with Albrecht Durer the
largest part of the Nuremberger's love.
Houses rise straight from the
waters edge, on either side-a waver-
ing vista, following the vagaries OF
tie rivera picture of which one
would never tire. In the opposite d.
rection, short distance ahove us,
pointed island divides the stream, and
one of the arms thus formed is
SD. nned by covered briege OF heavy
masonry, fanked by tvs towers OF
unequal size. Condemned criminals
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Junk Dealer Missed chance.

A junk dealer at Reggie Emilia,
Italy. some time ago bought dilap-
idated picture for half franc. and
vainly exposed 1t for sale for months.
Eventually Prof. Balletti, an amateur
collector, happened to see the picture
and offered five francs for It. The
junk dealer gleefully sold 1t. but he Is
now deeply chagrined. having learned
that Prof. Balletti has refused an Of
fer of 10000 francs for the picture.
which is apparently a Van Dyke.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Jimson Weed.

Jimson weed, one of the most com.
mon plants, the leaves of which sell as
high as eight cents a pound and the
seeds as high as seven cents pound,
grows readily in all warm countries.
The government has cultivated it to
advantage, although it has not given,
nor does 1t promise to give, the great
returns which some seed merchants
advertise for it. Belladonna and hem
bane may be readily grown in temper
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

walked across II once, and were seen
no more. II is a northern bridge OF
sighs." but. alas. for our sensibilities.
II bears the name OF "Hangman's
Bridge" the Teutonic mind being in
capable OF calling a spade aught but
a spade The sunbeams themselves
seem to shiver away from 1t. leaving
it cold and gloomy when all else is
warm with light.
But now the castle. its rugged walls
and towers outlined against the sky.
begins to beckon insistently to our
curiosity. Nothing appeals more
strongly to the American Imagination
than an old castle, and t is with
breahless awe and delight that we
climb the rude steps cut in the side
of the rock. and follow the steep stone
paved way leading to the entrance.
Looking Over the City.
Passing through gloomy archway.
we find ourselves in a wide court Tor
is it terrace?) and forget to look ut
the buildings grouped about three
sides of it, in our delight at the view
over the town to, which the fourth
side lies open.
The quaint red-tiled roofs, what q
pic ure they make. their gables turned
at every Imaginable angle in follow
ing the crooked lines of the streetsl
To the right, the liver escaping from
between the rows Of houses, meanders
1oyfully across green meadows. and
glances in the sun. From here we
see. too, the modern suburb which has
sprung up outside the walls. and
where all those whose taste runs TO
squareness in architecture and the
--latest improvements" may indulge 1t
to the utmost. Directly below and
close to the curving line of the wall.
stands Durer's house. Those upper
windows open from the room where
he painted and saw visions. while the
sharp voice of his unappreciative
spouse fioated up to him from the low
er regions. What a fate. to have
ones name immortalized rs scold.
Inside the Castle.
At one side of the terrace and apart
from the main building stands five
SOAh loWCl, uCotAhSu CNCi uAsCA ~
appear in our Imagination as the place
whence nightmares emanate. Inside
we climb upstairs and downstairs into
various oddly-shaped and sparsely-
lighted chambers in which are kept
all kinds of instruments of torture
some in use as late as the seventeenth
century-some dating from the Middle
Ages-and all horrible beyond de-
scription. Come quickly out into the
open air and let the sunshine chase
these terrible specters Of past agony
from our brain. Through the halls Of
state and rooms Of every size and
shape we pass, lingering at last, EN-
tranced. on the battlements, to look
down the sheer side Of the rock into
the moat lying far below, and then
away across the stretch Of plain, into
the blue and hazy distance.
One might really be that fair
Queen. of the lime tree yonder. search
ing the horizon for her returning lord;
while enemies. perhaps. are beating at
the gate below; but the little guide
rattles her big keys impatiently. and
one awakes with start to the con-
sciousness Of being a modern Ameri-
can, free. il need be, to depart by the
next train.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Remain. q, Aneien. Bonfire.

While George e. Taylor and son
were plowing a tract Of land which
had never been plowed before, they
found foot and a half below the sur
face. charred wood and ashes where
some savage or prehistoric man had
built q bonfire The land has NOT
until lately been underdrained 30 II
was possible to drive team over 1t
Globe.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
PLANT wITHA SOUL
Medieval Superstition % CREDITED the
Mandrake.

The mandrake Is supposed TO pos
sess soul. owing to its extraordinary
resemblance to human face. and in
medieval times 1t was believed that
one could hear the dying shrieks Of
the mandrake root as 1t was torn up
from the SOIL The adventurous per-
son who attempted such a dangerous
task stopped his ears with wax so that
ne might not hear the groans Of the
mandrake root Its possession was
considered by the ancient Germans to
bring good luck, money and love to
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
The Famou. Auk's Egg.

More than thousand dollars was
paid for the larger egg shown in the
accompanying illustration. The rea.
son for the remarkable price is that 1t
belongs to an extinct bird, the a1k.
Before the sale occurred the other cay
an ordinary hens egg was placed be.
side 1t to show the comparative shape
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
A Famou. London Tavern.

The Bull and Bush at Hampstead
was originally farm house, and was
tenanted, 1t is said. by Hogarth. 1t
was converted into a tavern, and 1t
soon became the favorite country tav-
ern o. all the wits, artists, and men
Of letters of the Georgian era. Adli-
son. Gainsborough, Reynolds. Charles
Lamb. Coleridge. Cibber. Sterne, Gar
rick, and host of others, used to
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
shot Carp in water.

A Tarinville, Conn, sportsman saw
two German carp summing themselves
on the surface Of a pond near that
place. The sportsman was armed at
the time with shotgun and With that
weapon captured both hsh. They
--eighed thirty-one pornds.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
TEA

Tea is fine; that is. fine
tea is fine. Tea thoughts
are fine; that is fine tea
thoughts are fine.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
Cutting Third Get of Teeth

At nearly ninety years Of age. Mrs.
Coyle Of Beaver Brook. Pa, is cutting
her third set Of teeth. They are ap-
bearing on both the upper and lower
avs. perfectly formed. and a. good
nd sound A. the second sst.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

49, vess Dealer sos AIisa's eecs-easa
A powder. II rests the feet Curss Swollen.
Sore. Hot, Callous, Aching. Sweating Feed
and Ingrowing Nails. Al all Druggists snA
Shoe stores, IS cents Accept no suhstiruto
Sample mailed FREE Address, Allon q
Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14
In Doubt.

In Doubt.
The poet laureate's latest effort Is
called: Come. Let Us Go Into the
Lane"
And the average reader will not
know from the title whether It is .
sentimental tryst or the laureate's
equivalent Of. the pugnacious invita-.
ton to come out in the alley
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

I'VE are told that all the world loves
lover. says the cynical bachelor.
also that misery loves company"
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

1t would take . novel excuse to
excuse some OF the novels that are
published.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

ate climates. but the drying and the re-
moval Of the seeds is the principal
problem in their preparation for mar
ket at profit. Carroway. anise and
coriander are now supplied almost en-
tirely from Europe, as is sage, which
it is believed. however. may be profit
ably grown in the Southern States.
The Dolores star., 1905-07-14

II you can't do anything else you
lows way.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-08
GENERAL MANAGER IN Ell PASo.
j. E. Hurley and Other Officials In
spect the Santa Fe Tracks on the
Rio Grande Division.

FL Paso, Texas, June 81. E. Hur'
ley, general manager of the Santa Fe
system; w. B. Storey, chief engineer;
C. H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele-
graph with headquarters at Topeka,
and T. c. Fox, general superintendent
of La Junta, arrived in this city Tues
day on a tour of inspection over the
road On account of the floods up the
valley their special train came in over
the Southern Pacific tracks by way OF
Deming They left yesterday over
their own lines, their train being the
first to run up the valley for several
days.
Orders have been issued here for all
Santa Fe trains to run over the Santa
Fe tracks, beginning yesterday, in
stead of detouring by way of the
Southern Pacific to Deming and
thence to Rincon. 1t is announced
that the track in the vicinity of Fort
Selden has been repaired sufficiently
to permit the passage of trains and
regular service is hoped to be con-
tinued over the Rio Grande division.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-08
IT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE.
EI Paso Can Have a Silk Factory II
the Citizens Agree to Contract
With French Operators.

Ell Paso, Texas, June S.-Carrying In
his pocket a contract, the terms OF
which, if met by the people OF this
city, will mean the establishment here
of one of the largest artificial silk fac
tories in the world, employing in its
auxiliary industries as many as 10000
operatives, Professor ]. c. Carrera, Oh
Las Cruces, New Mexico, has arrived
from Paris, having been sent four
months ago by the Chamber OF Com
merce of this city to France to confer
with the owners and directors of
French company which owns several
large factories in Europe where artifl-
cial silk is made, and a representative
of which had been in Ell Paso looking
over the field with view to estabiisn'
ing a factory here.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-08
NATIONAL BANK WRECKED.
Dynamite Plays Havoc With Edgar
County Financial Institution at
Paris, Illinois.

Paris, Ills, June S.-The Edgar
County National Bank on the north
side of the public square was wrecked
by dynamite early today. The charge
also demolished Bradshaw's jewelry
store and Wetzels store adjacent. The
smaller safe in which the bank funds
were kept, was overturned but is still
intact. A strange circumstance is
that Walter Junten, the bookkeeper of
the bank, has broken arm which he
says was caused by brick flying into
a window across the square from the
scene of the explosion. The officers
of the bank announce that they will
resume business tomorrow.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-06-08
ENGLISH SUBMARINE LOST.
Boat and Crew of Fourteen Officers
and Men Founders Outside Ply
mouth Breakwater Today.

Plymouth, England, June S.-Sub-
marine boat A has been lost with all
hands aboard outside the breakwater
this morning. Three explosions are
said to have occurred on the boat be-
fore she foundered. The crew of four
teen officers and men were aboard at
the time of the disaster,
The disaster occurred while the A s,
was proceeding to sea for practice, ac
companied by another submarine boat
and a torpedo boat. Three explosions
were seen from shore to occur on
board the A s, which suddenly disap-
peared. Tugs and divers Immediately
proceeded to the scene.