davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
EX-GoV. R. w. COBB
 RESIDENCE WoODLAWN.

About a year ago my vision began to fail me, and continued to grow gradually worse. l tried several specialists and took drugs enough to kill a horse. had several different kinds of glasses made. But they were of no real service to me. My vision became so I could not see to read, and my far vision became so in- distinct l could hardly tell one object from another. l had made '-2 my mind that I was going to become totally blind. My daughter read of the marvellous work of Charles Lincoln Smith, and I decided to call on him and see If he could do any thing for me; and I wish to state that his method of prescription glasses have been a grand success in my case. My vision is marvelously improved; I feel doubly grateful from the fact that previous ef- forts had been fruitless until I tried this expert. R. w. COBB.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
EYES ARE WINDOWS
 OF THE SOUL
EFFECT OF THE EYES UPON THE
 DISPOSITION OF WOMEN.

"The eyes are the windows of the soul' is an oft-quoted expression, the real force of which is hardly appreciated.
 Medical science has demonstrated that many of the causes of nervous irritation and headaches, carrying with them de- pressing effect upon the disposition of the sufferer, are clearly traceable to defective eyesight. The blues" that horrible sem sation and feeling that creeps into the dis position of so many women. is frequently caused solely through the need of repairs to these windows of the soul"
 An illustration of this is a little incl dent that occurred in the office of Charles Lincoln Smith recently. A small. nerv- ous little woman is the subject of the story. and unconsciously she gave the cause to great truth.
 She had gone to Charles Lincoln Smith to submit herself to his marvellous meth cd and prescription glasses in the hope of getting some relief for her eyes, which had had been troubling her for years. Af- ter submitting to the process of his meth ods. during which time she recited her numerous ills and ailments. she finally concluded by saying, And I am so irri- table, doctor; don't mean to be so, but little things aggravate me so that l be- come so cross sometimes that I am ashamed of myself
 'I become low-spirited and down-heart- ed that can scarcely refrain from doing myself or some one else great harm. I feel entirely out of sorts and cross with every one, and the feeling to punish some one or make something suffer with me Is so strong that I can hardly overcome it."
 Any woman would be cross with such eyes in her head,' spoke Charles Lincoln Smith, authoritatively, pointing to her eye You can never be anything else than cross and disagreeable while 1t remains so."
 The little woman looked surprised at first and then interested. As she listened to the description of herself and feelings, as described by this genius in his pro- fession. look of wonder gradually took possession of her countenance. Continu- ing his examination and tests. Charles Lincoln Smith soon was in complete pos session of all the facts in her case, and her relief soon followed through the prae- tice of his original system and the use of his prescription glasses.
 A few days later the same party but now a bright and smiling little woman. entered the office on the second floor of The Hillman, and asked to see Charles Lincoln Smith. When she entered that gentleman's operating room she was pro- fuse in her expressions of gratitude for the relief that had been afforded her and the great benefit that she had derived As she was taking her departure she re- marked. My husband says that I have changed to such a great extent that he is now seriously thinking of calling me Lit tie Sunshine ;"
 If you have blurrng, dizziness neu- ralgia, headache. spots before the eyes, winking, trembling spells, cataract, burn ing, smarting of the eyes, various nerv- ous and brain affections, entailing not only positive injury to the sight, but un- told misery, call immediately.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

among the Yaquis except that part of the tribe which lives practically free and conducts the revolutions. This hostile contingent recognizes rule by the elders, and these are generally headed by one or more leaders, who are elected for a sim gle campaign The height of their organ zation was reached under the chiefs Ban deras' 1925, and Cajeme, who was captured and executed In 1887 The name of their present leader Is not known. Today, to punish Yaqui depredations ten thousand Mexican troops are converging on their country. It seems a pity that the bloody conflicts which are about to ensue can not be avoided. but as President Diaz, al- ways so successful and tactful in his treatment of Indians. admits there is no other way, a war of extermlnation which can only end one way Is doubtless in- evitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

at the thought of the rich skull harvest which by his great caring he had cer- tainly earned A closer examination, however, disclosed a sad state of affairs. Either In the fight. which Is not likely, or afterward, many skulls had been blown to smithereens. and the scientist returned from his desert journey without perfect Yaqui skull.
 Unlike the unfortunate prospectors whose fate is even now the subject of diplomatic correspondence between Mex leo City and Washington, l have never seen free Yaqui. but their tame cousins of the settlements are also very interest ing, and, in fact, their duties are inter- changeable. When the Yaqus, or cer- tain number of them. go on the warpath others in equal numbers TO to the pearl fisheries on the gulf or creep Into the settlements, where they work and with the proceeds of their labor supply their warlike brethren with the munitions of war, and when the occasion offers with information as to the movements of the Mexican troops.
 One of the most beautiful and vivid spectacles which this world affords is that of a Yaqui running the Mexican post routes in the wild outlying districts at an easy ten mile an hour gait. which he can keep up all day should 1t be neces- sary, though generally burst of thirty, or at most forty, miles is all that Is re- quired.
 Yaquls Runners.
 As far back as the days of Montezuma the Yaquis were famous for their running prowess, and a corps of them was re- tained to bring from the "Vermillion sea, as the Pacific was called by the Aztecs, fresh fish from the shores of the hot country to the capital on the temperate table lands. and, if the old Spanish chron- icles can be relied upon, it would seem that, thanks to his relays of Yaquis and their ability to scale the most dangerous mountain passes and cross on bridges of woven fiber the deepest barrances, Mon tezuma, three hundred years ago, was able to get fresher fish than President Diaz can obtain by means of his railways today. Be this as it may, the running Yaqui of today is a noble figure. His is a free and open gait, like an Oympian victor bearing off the prize, and not the trot or the lope of our own redskin. He runs very lightly clad with loin cloth and light tunic. over one arm or tied to his back. and Tapping out behind him like wings, he carries the white serape of his tribe, slashed here and there with a stripe of blue. To vary the monotony of his long and solitary runs he carries a wooden ball, which he losses lightly ahead of him and then catches before 1t reaches the ground. Besides being stub born fighters and swift runners the Ya- quis are sturdy workers, though 1t would seem that they work not to amass wealth, but ammunition. They are the best pearl divers on the gulf, and without them the fisheries would have to close. Armed only with sharp-pointed sticks. they dive down to the oyster banks, some thirty or forty feet beneath the surface, and with but this primitive weapon do not hesitate to fight in their own element the tintoreros or man-eating sharks that infest these pleasant looking but dangerous waters. There seems to be no organization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Leading Evening Papers.

From Printers Ink, the recognized au-
 thority on the subject.
 In the east in recent times the even ing newspaper has become decidedly more important and of increased weight. We have scarcely a morning paper in the country which. in these respects, ap- breaches the Boston Transcript and the Washington Star, and the Chicago News can be rated with them, Into which class enters also the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Brooklyn Eagle, the Baltimore News. the Indianapolis News and the New York Evening Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
WORST AGONY TIC DoLoUREux.
Will Quickly Drive Sufferer to Insan-
 fly or Suicide.

From Modern Surgery by Samuel Hop
 kins Adams in the March McClure's.
 The most agonizing disease known to medical science i5 tic doloureux, or tri-fac- ial neuralgia. All the nerves of the face are involved in the exquisite agony. One of the specialists at the John Hopkins Hospital estimates that ninety per cent of those upon whom this dreadful disease fixes itself either commit suicide or go insane. I remember a clue which he gave me to a much talked talked of accident, where a prominent New Yorker. after a few days illness, had fallen" out of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A. ]. WyIie.

Ever since last winter I have been ailing with headaches and dizziness and general irritation of the nerves of my eyes and head. In fact, I have had 1t so bad that I was obliged to quit my business last winter. and have been unable to work at 1t since until having. about two weeks ago, had my eyes examined and tested by Charles Lincoln Smith for which he made his prescription glasses, which are now doing me world of good. And now am happy to state that the dizziness and headaches have subsided, and now I feel as if life is worth liv.ng since my vision has been made perfect.
 "A I urYI IL,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A PIONEER RAILRoADER.
N. w. cahlII of the Birmingham South ern Railroad, Residence 2f7
 Second Avenue, Elyton.

'I have had very imperfect vision in the left eye since last December, and the right eye began to be affected also tried glasses after glasses. The doctors I went to told me nothing could be done for my eyesight. I was much worried about 1t. When Charles Lincoln Smith came here I concluded I would try his method and prescription glasses. They have given me back the sight of my youth, and am nearly 60 years old. Mon ey could not buy them"
 s'M w. CAHILL,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
Got Out Promptly.

From the Houston Chronicle
 Nordy-I wonder if the senate ever did anything promptly?
 Butts-I expect 1t acted pretty promptly in 1914
 Nordy-What happened then?
 Butts-The British set the building on fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
A HAPPY MAN
 HAS TRANQUILITY.

A fine specimen of hale manhood Is A. c. Bright. of 701 South Twentieth street. now estimate man of the Wimberley- Thomas Hardware Company, and for a long time in the same capacity with the Mayberry Hardware Company. MT Bright is one of the happiest men In Birmingham today and is telling his friends the req son.
 For ten years,," he said to a reporter yesterday afternoon, "I have been wor- ried by the glasses I had to wear, but that's all gone now and can see to read the signs on the top of windows of the skyscrapers and tell a man across the street without any eyestrain whatever The glasses prescribed for me by Charles Lincoln Smith have worked the change I see things now in clear, mellow light which is restful. My eyes feel cool and pleasant all the time, and my headache has ceased Before I got these glasses had tried pair after pair which did me no good. They drew my eyes, causing me pain and annoyance. My eyes burned and watered. The transformation is like com ing from the darkness into the light. can work better, I feel restful and tram gull. and am relieved of the fear of losing my eyesight. I am glad that good fortune placed me in the hands of Charles Lin coin Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05
YAQUIS INDIANS ID BE EXTERMINATED. Doom of This Picturesque Tribe
 is Sealed ARE FEARLESS WARRIORS They Fight Desperately and Not One Has Ever Been Known to Turn TraItor-Yaquis Runners
 Are Famous.
ARE FEARLESS WARRIORS

Stephen Bonsal in the New York Herald. The government of our sister republic across the Rio Grande has quite made up it's mind to wipe out the Yaqui Indians, whose recent depredatlons In Sonora and Chihuahua have started the law-abidlng citizens of those federal states, and as of late Americans most frequently have fall en under the Yaqui rifles, 1t may even be said without exaggeration that the situa- ton Is pregnant with international com pllcations.
 In a recent state paper President Diaz, who is proud of his own Indian ancestry, has denounced this sullen tribe, so re- sractory to what we imagine to be the softening~ influences of civilization, in un- measured terms.
 ''They cumber the earth,' said Lord Amherst on certain memorable occa- sion of our own truculent Senacas. "They cumber the earth,'' says his Excellency President Diaz. when speaking of the Yaquis ''Every softer and more civil ized method has failed, so the Yaquis must be exterminated,' is his conclusion, but not his words.
 And they probably will be. The spirit of this commercial age is against them The strongholds of the Yaqui Valley and the fastnesses of the Sierra which they are defending with such stubborn valor are full of copper mines and deposits of other precious ores. which will have to , be mined, even though the still surviving Yaquis are buried out )f sight altogether in the mounds of mon paying dirt"
 The Yaquis, who are about to be sent under the Caudine Forks of a money lov- ing civilization, are generally regarded as a branch of the ancient Aztecs, who were never conquered by the Spaniards. They almost invariably possess a mag nifcent physique and deep, gutteral voices, with a wonderful carry" in- deed. those Aaexicans who are learned in the native tongues say that Yaqui means he who talks loud" or he who sends his words far"
 Like a great many other Indian tribes which in the end have had to be exter- minated-the inevitable fate which nu- doubtedly awaits these poor people to- morrow-the Yaquis do not seem to have been particularly savage of truculent when first they came in contact with the white man. At the court of Montezuma they were rather distinguished for their gentleness and docility; indeed, 1t would seem to have been only the approach of our civilization in its various disguises which accomplished their conversion to savagery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

fuI hands in guarding the plans of their comrades at liberty and the secret of their safe retreats in the hills.
 If is said. I believe with truth, that not a single Yaqui has ever turned traitor and yet each and every one or them' from the day he is captured until the day of his capital punishment, IS tempteo to betray his tribe with promises or dear life and of gold and treasure-the things which make life pleasant.
 Since 1895 the tribe has really never been at peace. Many have been slain in battle by the Mexicans, and with but few exceptions all the prisoners have been butchered.
 Of late President Diaz, whose heart IS said to bleed for those whom he consid. CTS misguided savages, has endeaVoreo to spare the children of the dauntless warriors whose extermination he has or dered But the Mexican soldiers are not sentimentalists, and the women and chii- dren fight as do our reluctant proteges in Samar. Generally the war parties of the Yaqus are accompanied by women and children, and in the heat of battle if Is said to be very difficult to distinguish the age and the sex of the combatants. Rut on several occasions in frays where the Mexicans have been successful women and children have been spared. Ihe Wo- men were distributed among the ranches of northern Mexico, wnere they live prac- tically in slavery, and the children are taken south and scattered among the in- dian tribes which have become domesu- cated It is hoped in this way to exter- mjnate the stubborn tribe. Up to the present, however, these ruthless meas ures have not been crowned with success. Impartial observers agree that the Ya- auis. who are a healthy and prolific race, are as numerous today as they were ff- teen years ago, while in the same period of the Mexican troops engaged in the continuous Yaaui war twelve thousand have been killed.
 Terrible Picture.
 The execution of the Yaqui wounded ly the Mexican troops after battle is ter rible picture, of which 1 have read sev- eral accounts written by eye-witnesses of the grewsome occurrence. The Yaquis are for the most part good Catholics, al- though they have grafted on 10 their faith many of their native superstitions When led out to execution, which generally takes the form of hanging, they decline the benefit of the military chaplains who accompany the Mexican forces.
 "Caito culpaw they e--claim invariably. It would seem to be a mot d'ordre when their last moments have come. "Caito culpa." 1.-the war-has been no fault of mine. and In his dying statement the few dispasslonate and disinterested white men who live in the neighborhood of the Yaqui country and have watched pro- ceedings there agree.
 Another illustration of the brutal saw agery with which the war Is waged Is furnished by a recent experience of an emissary of the Smithsonian institution who was in Mexico collecting skulls for the Anthropological museum. Hearing of a battle that had recently taken place, and with disastrous results to the Ya- quis. he set out for the scene of carnage. On the field there lay sixty or seventy bodies and the anthropologist was elated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

To Whom It May Concern:
 q want to state that my wife has been a sufferer from sick headache and eye strain for seven or eight years. Every time we go anywhere on a train, boat or drive she would have an awful sick head ache, her eyes would pain dreadfully. We have tried glasses and treatment without any relief. But now with Charles Lin coin Smiths method of prescription glasses she sees perfectly. and has no headache whatever. A. A. LOWERY."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

We are the peo- pie to buy them from in any quan- tity. Amzi God den Co.,, Seed Merchants 2018 First Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

AGENTS wanted every to sell our popular policies. covering accidents. diseases and occupations; something tirely new and issued by t.lis socie.v only; easily understood and easily sold; cost but s6 per annum ch. pay able monthly If desired; iai 'ommi.- sion, paid immediately, a oluslve territory allowed. A-- --- Ac. cident Society, a2o BroacY fsrk. Established 20 ycars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

The Gawk Engraving Co. makes the best cuts. Phone Peoples N6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-05

Charles Lincoln Smith, the famous New York optimist, will be at the Hotel Hill man, private parlors, Nos. l, and 5, March 9th to 12th Consultation free.
 Office hours 10 a. m to D. m.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
AT REDUCED WAGES.
Striking New York Street Railway EN-
ployes Return to Work.

New York, March 15.-The traffic
conditions on the elevated railroads
and subway are slightly improved. No
more trains are being run, but little
better speed is maintained.
All the employees of the Interborough
company who went on a strike and
whose wages had been previously ad-
vanced because of the length of their
service secured unemployment only at
the sacrifice of whatever advance in
wages they had obtained. Experienced
motormen were reduced from $3.50 to
So a day, gatemen from $1.55 to $1.4O,
guards from sl.90 to S1.55 and con-
ductors from $40 to $210. So crushed
was the strike spirit that the men ac-
cepted the reductions without protest.
Many expressed regret that they had
joined in the strike and told the Off
GERS that they had done so from fear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
SIMPLir lEs THE SITUATION.
Colorado Legislature Cannot Declare
Governorship Vacant.

Denver, March 15.-The supreme
court decision that the legislature can
not legally declare vacancy in the
office of governor has simplified the
situation by eliminating the PROPOSE
tion to seat Lieutenant Governor Jesse
f. Mcdonald as governor. There Is
now before the joint convention of the
general assembly clear cut issue be-
tween Governor Alva Adams and
James f. Peabody, contestor.
At least one-third of the sixty-six
Republican members of the general
assembly have refused to be bound by
any action on the question in caucus.
Should forty-nine of those now fall In
line for Peabody he would have a
majority of the joint convention, which
consists of ninety-seven members, and
would be declared elected. On the
other hand Governor Adams requires
the votes of eighteen Republicans In
addition to the thirty-one Democratic
votes to give him majority on joint
ballot. However, If eighteen Repub-
hcans refuse to vote for either the
Peabody or the Adams report from the
contest committee neither OF the con-
testants will have majority aud Gov
ernor Adams will continue in office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
RESULT OF AGITATION.
New York City Gas and Electric Situa
ton to Be Investigated.

Albany, n. Y, March 15.-The agi-
tation in New York city for a lower
gas rate. together with allegations
against the gas companies of extor.
tionate rates and of maintaining false
meters, resulted in the adoption by
the senate of joint resolution provid-
ing for a legislative investigation of
the New York city gas and electric
lighting situation. The resolution was
not passed, however, until after long
and rather acrimonious debate, in
which Senator Grady of New York
city, the Democratic leader and prin-
cipal representative of Tammany Hall
In the upper branch of the general as
sembly, took conspicuous part. Sen
ator Grady led the opposition to the
resolution, charging that its motive
was purely partisan and directing a
particularly bitter attack against Will
lam Il. Hearst, who, he said, had
joined hands with Republican State
Chairman Odell to accomplish his pur-
poses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
ALL TAKEN OUT SAFELY.
Panic of Employees During Fire at
Chicago.

Chicago, March ia fire which
broke out during the day in the print
ing and box department of the Grand
Crossing Tack company's plant caused
a loss of about 100000. After the
printing and box department, three
story brick building, had been de-
stroyed the firemen thought the fire
would not spread further, but upon the
collapse of the walls and roof OF the
box and printing department the fire
spread quickly to two adjoining por-
tions of the big plant These sections,
containing valuable machinery, were
practically destroyed
The entire plant, valued at Sl,O00,'
00O, employed 500 persons, many OF
them women and children. At the
first sound OF fire" there was panic
among those working on upper floors,
but all were taken out in safety.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-03-15
PEACE TALK DIScREDITED.
Russian Foreign Office Adopts Firm
Attitude In the Matter.

ST. Petersburg, March 15.-The for
eign Office adopts a very firm attitude
regarding the peace rumors, categor-
ically insisting that Russia has not the
slightest idea of peace. There is moth
ing corGrmatory of the reports to the
effect that Japan intends to make a
formal proposition to enter into peace
negotiations within a week and they
are received with great skepticism.
An official of the foreign Office with
whom the correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press talked expressed great
doubt whether Japan could offer a
basis for negotiations acceptable to
Russia Nevertheless diplomatic cir
cles believe that the Ice once broken
the belligerents will find a way with
out Intermediates to conclude peace.
Until Field Marshal Oyama has ex-
hausted his last effort to secure the
fruits of his Mukden victory it is
pointed out that Japan will not move,
as naturally any proposal emanating
from either side would be accompanied
by an agreement for an armistice.