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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04
EXTENDING TELEPHONE LINES.
Successful Operation Performed In
: Randolph for Cancer.

Randolph, June ESPECIAL Randolph
will soon be connected with the outside
world by long distance telephone The
work of constructing the line from Selma
by the way of Randolph to Brierfield,
where connections will be made with the
line already running from there to Bir-
mingham, was commenced two weeks
ago, and will be completed within about
ten days. Randolph already has SPLEEN
did private telephone system connecting
1t with Centrevile, and from there to al
most all parts of Bibb county, but the
long distance conenction is looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest by
all the people in this section.
Noah Weaver of Vine Hill, who has been
here for the past two weel-s. having a
severe cancer treated by ]. b. Sims. our
now celebrated cancer doctor, will return
home Monday. The larger cancer which
has been growing upon his left lower limb
for the past six years came out by the
roots yesterday and he will be able to
return to his home within three weeks
from the time he left the-e. The cancer
will weigh at least a pounu, and is being
viewed by a great many people. The
wound left by the cancer IS healing rap
idly, and Mr. Sims says it will be entirely
well within four weeks from the time
the cancer came out. Mr.. Sims treats can
GERS by the application of plasters. and
has never failed to remove one when
brought to him for treatment. He has 4
large number which he has successfully
removed preserved in alcohol. These are
viewed by all who wish to see them. Some
of them weigh as much as two pounds.
M. L. Cleveland has returned from a
visit to Selma.
Mrs. p. w. McKerall and little son,
Percy w. Jr., are visiting relatives In
Maplesville this week.
Captain Sparks, superintendent of the
Shelby Iron company, was here on bust
ness this week.
The Rock Run Iron company Of Rock
Run have recently purchased the timber
rights to a large tract of land in Bib
county, and have commenced the opera
ton of a very large charcoal plant near
Randolph. They are employing a large
force OF laborers and will commence the
shipment of charcoal within the next few
days. The charcoal will go to Rock Run to
be used in the manufacture of fine grade
of iron.
The farmers in this section are needing
rain on the growing crop. The recent
heavy rains thoroughly soaked the
ground and caused the little plants to
become sappy. Since the ground has dried
out and become parched and hard the
plants are suffering badly for lack of
moisture. Unless rain comes soon the cot
ton will be considerably cut off in this
section.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04

Greensboro. June ESPECIAL. "A bright
June day. a breeZe-swept, sloping lawn
and stately trees, a handsome old colonial
home just in the background. the hum of
laughter, the throb and thrill of music,
the air redolent with. the perfume of
magnolia blossoms and summer flowers,
women exquisitely gowned in soft. airy
ting for the beautiful pride whom Captain
and Miss Florence and Miss Margaret
Hobson introduced to Greensboro society
this afternoon at a brilliant lawn fete.
The bride looked unusually we'll. though
she reached Greensboro only an hour or
two before, and had every reason to
be tired after her long drive through the
country from Akron. She was beautifully
gowned in some soft, diaphanous white.
the hat matching the costume. Miss Flor
ence and Miss Margaret Hobson were
also gowned in white.
Those who assisted in receiving were
Mr.. and Mrs. George Erwin, Mrs Annie
Erwin Stollenwerck. Miss Mary Campbell
Jones, Mr.. and Mrs Allen Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pride Jones. all of Greensboro and
cousins Of the bride; Mr. Hull. a brother
of Mrs. Hobson Mr.. Blunt, Mr.. DeGrafl-
enried, Mr.. August Hobson and Mr.. L. b.
Musgroye of Jasper. One of the most in
terested members of the receiving party
was Miss Mary Avery, Captain Hobson 5
god-mother and first school teacher.
From a beautifully appointed table on
the lawn tea was poured by Mrs. Rebecca
Jones Nelson and Mrs. George Erwin.
from the magnificent tea service presented
by friends to Captain EoDson. Delicious
sandwiches and small cakes we're served
with the tea.
In a lovely nook near the main drive
way, overshadowed by large magnolias
thickly studded with their creamy bios
SONS, stood the punch table. presided over
by Mrs. Haley Webb, Mrs. Charles Poll
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04
RURAL SCHOOLS
TO Be DISCUSSED
Important Meeting of State Ed
uCational Association
GOOD PAPERS WILL BE READ
More Than Twenty Counties Have
Voted the Special School Tax and
There Is Much Interest
In the Subject.

Montgomery. June 3.-(special)- More
than ordinary interest attaches to the
meeting this year of the Alabama Educa-
tional association, for the reason that it
will devote very much of its twenty
fourth annual session, to be held in this
city June 7, 8. 8, to the discussion of the
question of the rural schools. with atten-
ton to the local tax feature and the bet
terment of all the conditions that obtain
in this circle of educational influence.
The best speakers of the country will be
called in to give advice and experience
in the uplifting of the country boy and
girl
The closing of the schools this spring
has developed that in the higher grades
the children of the state are well provd-
ed for and the young men and girls have
to some extent adequate provision to get
fair education, with the help of the
state, but it Is well known that the rural
schools are not given the help they are
entitled to and every effort of the best
school men of the country is looking to
bring about condition that will be to
the benefit of all.
During the past year Superintendent
. of Education /. w. Hill and his associates
have been very busy in this class of SER
vice and more than twenty counties have
voted the special tax. There has been an
uprising of interest in the school house
question and many communities have
some to work to get a better service in
this line. The State Federation of Wo-
mems clubs has done a good work along
this line, having a committee of ladies'
at work to arouse interest in more mod
ern school houses and furniture with
more interest in better things all along
the line.
On this particular question of rural
school there will be several papers. T. d.
Graves, of East Tallahassee. and c. L.
Hildreth, of Fort Payne will discuss
Opportunities of Rural School Teachers
to Improve Country Life" n. r. Baker.
of Mobile, and W. r. Harrison, of Union
Springs, will have papers on Grading
Country Schools" and r. o. Meek of
Alfalfa, and Architect Frederick Ausfeld
of Montgomery on School Buildings"
Edgar Gardner Murphy, secretary of the
southern educational board. win speak of
the work of that organization, and Wick
life Rose, dean of me Vanderbilt unver-
sity, will talk of some of the best work
Of the schools of the country.
Mrs j. d. Matlock, of the Women's
club movement will have a paper on the
school house question. and several other
matters will be taken up. 1t is expected
that the meeting will be greatly helpful
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04

The crown of wonanhood is motherhood.
Eut uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown or anticipates this coronation when
there is lack of womanly strength to bear
the burdens of maternal dignity and duty.
The reason why SO many women sink under
the strain of motherhood is because they
are unpre pared.
II unhesitatingly advise expectant moth
ers to use DR., Pierce's Favorite Preserip-
ton, writes Mrs. /. w. G. Stephens, of Mia,
Northumberland Co., Va. The reason for
{l1is advice is that DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the best preparative for the
maternal function. No matter how healthy
and strong a woman may be, she cannot
use nFavorite Prescription" as a prepare
tive for maternity without gain of health
and comfort. But it is the women who are
not strong who best appreciate the great
benefits received from the use of "Favorite
Prescription" For one thing its use makes
the baby's advent practically painless. 1t
has in many cases reduced days of suffer
ing to few brief hours. 1t has changed
the period of anxiety and struggle into
time of ease and comfort.
The proprietors and makers of Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 for
any case of I.eucorrhea, Female Weakness,
Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb, which they
cannot cure. All the Worlds Dispensary
sfdical Association, Proprietors, of Buff
o. N. ", ask is fair and reasonable
al of their means of cure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04

Reduced round trip rates
by the Seaboard Air Line,
Borden Springs, Ala. so. II.
Ingram Lithia Springs ST. 10.
Tickets on sale Saturday and
Sunday. Good return Tues
day. Season tickets Borden
Springs "a. 80. Ingram
Lithia Springs S2.9 Tick
cts on sale each day, Good to
return until Oct. 3lst. 1905.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04
Improved Feminine Physique.

From the London Post
Mrs Stannard declares that the modern
woman Is not athletic, but that the tall,
finely developed young creature OF the
day owes her appearance to the fact that
she Is no longer scourged by tuberculc is
and that she has been brought UP more
by her mother and more IN the dining
room instead Of by persons OF lower class
In rooms at the top of the house.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04
TALLADEGA is HAPPY.

, Talladega, June 3.-(Special.)- :
, This afternoon one of the brightest :
, events in Talladega's history took :
. place Promptly at o'clock the :
J vast electric power developed by :
, water power plant costing 100000 I
; was flashed into the city. Talladega !
, vast electric power developed by !
, is happy with light and power :
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-04

OpelilSa, June ESPECIALLY To-day the
Opelika, June Especial )-uToday the
amateur ball tossers went
down in defeat the second time before
the Onelika team Score to 0.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24

locality. The treaty, a vast
sheet of parchment lay on a
table and in the presence of
representatives of the powers,
the Chinese and japanese OFF,
Gals we're about to sign the doc
ument. Ii Hung Chang, the
grand old man of China, a giant
in size, tall, broad and imposing,
stepped up laid his hand upon
the brush, with which to trace
his signature. There was the
clang of tempered steel as the
Russian Admiral, threw his
sword upon the table and said:
SIN the name of the Gar of all
the Russians, | forbid it," Awed
and in fear the Chinaman with
drew. But Togo, fierce, fight
ing, dauntless little Togo, stepp-
ed up and brushing aside the
sword of the Russian said:
"Gentlemen, are you ready to
proceed?' Again there was
the sound of steel and the Ger.
man Admiral laid his sword
across the parchment, the
French Admiral followed, the
Italian, the Spanish, the Aus
trian, until the document lay
hidden under a glittering mass
OF threatening steel. And that
treaty was never signed. But
in its stead a treaty was agreed
upon ceding to Russia Port Ar
thur, to another Wei Hal Wei,
to another Hong Kong and to
Japan, nothing"
The News will venture to pre-
dict that Japan holds Port Ar
thur this time if not the whole
of Manchuria.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Randall County
IN COMMISSIONERS COURT,

February Term, 1905.
Before me. j. A Tate, Clerk OF the
County Court In and forsaid County,
personally appeared the Members Of
the Commissioners Court, whose
names are below subscribed, who,
upon their oaths, do say: That the
requirments of Art. SCI, Chapter ],
Title XIV, OF the Revised Statutes
OF the State of Texas, as amended by
the regular session Of the Twenty
fifth Legislature, have in all things
been fully compiled with, and that
the cash and other assets mentioned
In the quarterly report made to and
filed in this Court by K. B. Redfearn
County Treasurer Of said County,
for the quarter ending the 3lst day
OF January 1905, and held by him for
said County, have been fully inspect
ed and counted by them at this term
Of said Court; and that the amount
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24

of money and other assets in the
hands of said Treasurer are as fol-
lows, to-wit:
Total amount of cash i'm the va
rIous Funds belonging to the Coun-
ty, Eleven Thousand Four Hundred
Twenty and Forty five One Hun
dredths Dollars ($Il420.45) Total
of assets other than actual
cash to the credit of the County,
Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($l6000).
j. NJ. Vansant,
County Judge,
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24
A farmer saws he got nd Of

A farmer says he got rid of rats
In the following manner: "On a
number of pieces of old shingles !
put a half teaspoonful of molasses,
and on that with my pocket knife !
Scraped small am cunt of concen-
trated lye, end then placed the
shingles under the barn and cribs.
The next morning found 40 dead
rats and the rest vamosed and left
for parts unknown. ''-Ex.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24
.axsseaaaaa..ssssessa.aa.
HERE And THERE.
saaassaes aaaaaaasaassS

| Richmond ?. Hobson of San.
tiago fame, has been on an eX-
tended lecture tour and one of
his most popular subjects is that
which deals with the situation
in the "far East"
Captain Hobson in speaking
of the Russians, among other
things says:
"Their whole policy has been
to stir up the nations of Europe
to the danger of a Mongolian
domination, and by the cry of
yellow Peril cause Europe to
combine against England and
America, and in united power
sweep down upon helpless
China. The real cause of it all
has been all the time, the jeal-
ousy felt by the nations towards
America, and a feeling Of re-
sentiment against the rapid
growth of their eastern trade.
The nations of Europe under
stand each other thoroughly and
their plans are deeply laid. If
these plans are allowed to come
to their destined end, the next
decade will open in blood and
carnage. p"
THE only real yellow Peril, ,"
says Hobson. SIS when the 400,
100000 Chinese are under the
yoke of Russia, and trained by
their generals, they will be pow
erful enough for the Russian
Gar to employ as telling
weapon in the establishment Of
Russia as World Power.
Our readers know how, that
after the war with China, Japan
was, by the action of some of
the European powers led by |
Russia, robbed of the territory |
which she had wrested from the |
Chinese by force Of arms, butt
Just how and the dramatic man I
ner of it may be new to some of
them so upon this point
we again quote Capt. Hobson,
as follows
CATER the close Of the war
between China and Japan,
something like a decade ago, a
treaty was drawn up ceding
Korea, Manchuria and surround
ng territories to Japan, while
China retained certain parts of
her original possessions in this
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-24
SHELTER FOR STOCK.

Cattle protected from such
spells of cold as experienced
recently require at least one
third less feed, This has been
proven time and time again and
is therefore not now debatable.
And, if this be the general rule,
and such it is, with how much
greater force does this question
of shelter apply to prairie coun-
tries where nature has left all OF
this provision to man alone.
The Durham, Hereford, An
gus, Galloway, Red Polls and
all other improved breeds,
which today represent the per-
lection of the cattle species,
were made just what they are
by being cared for-housed not
i'll windbreaks, but in barns
from infancy to maturity. In
Aberdeenshire, Herefordshire,
Durham, Yorkshire and other
counties of Scotland and Eng
land where these cattle origi-
mated are many people yet
engaged in raising them, who as
dollars and cents go, are tar
worse off than most of the small
ranchmen of the Plains, but
they would no more think of
leaving their "beastes" out in
the weather than they would
their own flesh and blood. And,
it is not at all because they have
more feeling than we have, but
because the losses occasioned
by such exposure would bank
rupt them.
From close observation and
from some experience it is the
candid opinion of the editor OF
The News, that good comforta
bic shelter during bad weather
will save fully half the expense |
of feeding to say nothing at all
about the humanity of the thing.
When this country was open
and free no stock remained on
the "baldies" of their own Volt
ton during bad spells-they
sought the breaks and canyons,
and now, since man chooses to
keep them here at all times be
should provide them what their
instincts sought when free-he
must do 1t if be would make the
business of raising them profita
BILE. Compelling stock to rough
IL; LIuSu dS IL - uOuc dDu JILL
times little thought of, never
has paid since the free grass
days, don't now pay and never
will. One winters loss in extra
feed and deteriation of stock
would almost build barns enough
TO house them, and just why we
can I get onto this fact like our
brethren of the northern and
States have already done
has always been somewhat of
to this writer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
A Night htmareless Rarebit.

A bachelor whose skill at getting up
dainty supper dishes assures him plen-
ty of company in the evenings is re-
sponsible for substitute for the Welsh
rabbit that is free from nightmare. He
covers lightly toasted bread with finely
grated cheese and instead of slipping it
in the oven places it beneath the fame
of the gas broiler until the cheese has
been toasted light brown.
If good cream cheese is used there
is not the slightest suggestion Of sog-
giness or greasiness, and even those to
whom a rabbit means a night of trou-
bled dreams may indulge in this with
no fear of evil consequences.
The trick lies in the grating Of the
cheese Broken into bits, it would melt
into pasty mass. Finely divided, each
particle should be individually toasted
before it has a chance to melt down,
and in that state it is readily assimilat-
ed.-New York Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
The Choice Of n Wife.

A German professor selects a woman
who can merely stew prunes not be
cause stewing prunes and reading Pro
clus make a delightful harmony, hut
because he wants his prunes stewed for
him and chooses to read Proclus by
himself. \ fullness Of sympathy, a
sharing of life one with another, is
scarcely ever looked for except in a
narrow. conventional sense. Men like
to come home and find a blazing fire
and a smiling face and an hour of re-
taxation. Their serious thoughts and
earnest aims in life they keep on one
side. And this is the carrying out of
love and marriage almost everywhere
in the world, and this the degrading Of
women by BOTH From One of Mrs
BrOWning's Letters, 1876
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
MnsnlAs In ERnsinn

The Revue ScientifQue has been ask
Ing what muscles tire soonest with the
conclusion that 1t is not the muscles III
use, but those under tension. although
doing no work. The writer urges us to
use the arms and legs less and the back
and neck more, for on them comes the
greatest strain. He has been asking
men of all occupations the same q,Ies-
tons:
When you have worked much, where
do you feel tired?
Before you were trained did fatigue
show itself in the same regionsl
All the answers point to the same
conclusions. The baker who kneads
dough all night complains of fatigue in
bis legs.
The blacksmith is tired. not i'll his
arms and shoulders, but in his back
and loins
The young soldier, after march. is
especially tired in the back of the neck,
even if he has carried no knapsack.
The oarsman who is in perfect train
ing after prolonged exercise gets tired
in his calves and insteps
These facts point to the conclusion
that in any continued effort we should
try to alter the habit of contraction.
That is to say. the body, like the mind.
needs change Of work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE.

The ancient belief in an elixir of life
is not abandoned. A Chicago profess
sor is arguing eravely that it is not
impossible for modern men to live as
long as did Methuselah.
All that is required is to discover
what The different tissues of the BODY
need for food and to give each tissue
he exact amount that is wanted.
This scientist believes. as the old
alchemists did that man, having eaten
Of the fruit cf the tree of knowledge
may be able to put forth his hand and
eat of the tree Of life, in spite Of the
flaming word meant to keep man
away from it.
says the learned scientist. That is his
way of stating the fact that we eat
whatever we please whenever we get
it,
We eat to appease our hunger and
please our palates, and know and
care less about the tissues and their
needs than of any other earthly sub
ject.
Men eat unscientifically and will
continue TO do so in spite of any
scheme of dietetics. If we fed our
selves as rationally as we feed our
horses, or even our dogs, we would un-
ionhtedly have longer life and better
health.
But human l;fe is more than merely
physical. We have life separate
from that of animals. The spirit has
much to do in making mans life long
and more in making it sweet.
There are men and women young at
40 and others old at So The physical
health may not he better in the one
class than in the other. But the diff
'erence lies in the mental and tenn
ornamental makeup.
The man at 90 has viewed the world
My. has fitted himeslf into his en-
irOnment has lad worthy purposes
nd carried them out without unnec
ary friction.
The truest elixir CT life consists in
wholesome spirit. Every man must
,e his own alchemist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
NOTICE.

The tax books for the collection of
the special assessment upon the real
property in paving district No. Q for
the purpose of grading. curbing and
paving, have been placed in nv hands
All owners Of real estate in that dis.
trict are required to pay their assess
ments to me on or before the 4th day
of September, 1906.
If such payment is not made action
will be commenced at the end of that
time for the collection of said assess.
ment and for all legal penalties and
all costs.
]. P. ALEXANDER, Collector.
Office corner Fourth and Pine streets
$4,000
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
TIE SILVER TEST.

correspondent OF Il highly esteem
cd contemporary has established a
ne" test of the simon pure in pro
ductsof the poets art She has the
books of a modest American singer
that at every page or two get that
chill down The spine which SIGNALS te
me that | am in the presence OF
poetry. Al last We have real stand
ard OF value. Poetry heretofore has
been judged Ivy individual taste and
appreciation. As a consequence two
opinions upon any particular work in
versitication have seldom been the
same. With Judgment reduced to
the basis of common spontanaous
chill conditions will be simplifipd
Every magazine and every publishing
house will have its susceptible test
medium, and the poet who can not
produce a Shivcr with his lines need
not stop to ar@ue. The waste basket
or the office cat for his.-New York
World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-28
The Wedding Ring Finger.

The wedding ring was placed on the
left hand as nearest the heart and on
the fourth finger because that finger
was supposed to have its own private
wire" lin the shape of delicate nervel
to the heart. That finger, too, was cali
ed the medicine finger, and the belief
was that by virtue Of the little nerve
1t could detect dangerous poison if
simply inserted in the liquid. From
that belief the idea that wedding rings
the rings worn on that finger-had
special curative qualities had its rise
To this day wedding rings are rubbed
over an obstinate sty on an eyelid.