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specimen of bootmaling. for they have A. eomferta ble broad toe and crimp tops, and are made of cowhide, all of which are decidedly out of fashion for full even ing dress today.
 A few grandfathers of today still call for their high boots, considering them sovereign preventive of ''rheumatiz pneu- mony and other pesky ills" especially If worn with the trouser legs tucked into the boot top. so that the cold and damp ness cannot creep beneath the clothing and reach the body.
 Even from rough mining camps and the trail and the ranch of the west the boot Is disappearing College boys struck western camps with heads full of ideas and feet in laced high ankle boots' ike the storm boots seen in Boston today. Dudes in waller boots,' sniffel the vet eran miners but it wasn't long before the veterans themselves found the snug fitting. laced high boots of much value in supporting the ankles and in keeping out stones And hunters and cowboys and ranchmen learned the same thing, too.
 So the sturdy boot of cowhide is pass ing and civilization is marching onward in lighter and more scientific footwear
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STORM OF CRITICISM.
Expulsion of Great Russian Composer
 From Conservatory Causes Protest.

St. Petersburg, April S.-125 a. m. The dismissal of Bimsky Korsokoif, the noted composer, from the staff of the conservatory, on account of his attitude during the students strike, is evoking a storm of adverse criticism, the press and all circles of society commenting on the course adopted to- ward one of the greatest masters of Russian music, after Tschaikowsky. His dismissal was given by the busi- ness management of the conservatory committee without consulting the ad- yisory committee of the academy, or Imperial Musical society, the mem bers of which are resigning in protest.
 It IS computed that the stoppage of work in the universities has cost the government $750,000 of tuition fees, which otherwise would go toward pay ing the salaries of the faculties.
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Judoe Elkin's oleomarearine Bill

From the Philadelphia Record.
 In illustrating point to the effect that even the smallest duties should be performed with the same thorough ness as large ones John P. Elkin, jus tice of the supreme court, reverted to an incident in his own life in an ad- dress recently.
 During MT. Elkins first term as Legislator the farmers of Indiana coun- ty found the competition of oleomar- garine was killing the sale of their butter. Among these farmers was MT. Elkin's father. Elkin was elected to the legislature, and basing bill upon the assumption that the sale of oleo- margarine was prejudicial to public health, the bill was passed and be- came law, which was always upheld.
 And all this" he continued, was because a young mans father could not sell his butter"
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Indians Aqree to Allotment.

Fort McCade, N. D.. April 7.-In a council called by Major Mclaughlin the Indians of this reservation decided almost unanimously that they were ready to have their lands allotted. Each head of family will have $40 acres, and all over IS years of age, 320 acres. In addition, they will get span of good American mares, two cows, wagon and harness, a blow, a harrow, some other tools and $50 in cash All under Is years will get 160 acres. After the allotments have been made there will be big surplus of land The Indians are bitterly op- posed to selling this, and it is doubt ful if it will ever be sold with their consent.
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CITY ORDINANCES.

MI FhoYEMENT ORDINANCE No. zoo 10 provide for grading Twenty-slA''n
 street from Avenue ( to Avenue 1'
 Also the Macadamizing of the dtlNe
 way, paving of gutters and earblng ana ana paving of the sidewalks along the
 same.
 Section 1. Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, mat Iwenty-sixth street be graded from Ave nue to Avenue C.
 Be 1t further ordained that the dfiVe- way along the same be macadamized, and the gutter on both sides or said driveway paved for a width of three @ feet with Portland cement concrete.
 Be 1t further ordained that the side walks along both sides of Twenty-siNth street from Avenue to Avenue be curbed with six (6) inch granite cufplns' said eurbing to be set so as to form sidewalks, fifteen feet wide between Ave nue c and Avenue E and sidewalks twen- ty feet wide between Avenue and Ave nue G.
 Be 1t further ordained that the side walks shall be paved with artificial stone for width of six (6) feet.
 Be 1t further ordained that the alley driveways and crossings shall be paved with vitrifed brick for the full width of the sidewalk
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that said improvements shall be made in accord anee with the grades and lines hereto fore adopted by ordinances for the DOT tions of the aforesaid streets and ave- nues hereinbefore described.
 Sec. g. Be it further ordained that the cost of said improvements authorized by this ordinance shall be assessed and lev fed against the property abutting on the portions of the aforesaid streets and av- enues improved and benefited thereby in proportion to the benefits accruing to each, not in excess of the increased value of said property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements. Provided however, that the cost of all street Improvements on streets avenues or alley intersections shall be assessed and levied against the property abutting on the streets avenues and alleys so interesting for one half block in each di- rection.
 Provided further. that the cost of grad ing or macadamizing of any street rail road or other railroad tracks and the space between such tracks and for eigh- teen inches on each side of the tracks, including switches and turnouts. shall not be assessed against the property abutting on the said streets and avenues as aforesaid but shall be assessed against and collected from the owner Of such railroad. and shall be lien upon the railroad and upon the property used in connection herewith
 Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any street railroad of its obligations in the matter of street improvements.
 Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained that the estimated cost of said improvements Is S. 800, and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day of May, 1905, at the council chamber, at 8 o'clock D. m, to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said improvements.
 Adopted April 9th, 1905
 GEO. B. WARD,
 Attest: Mayor Pro Tem.
 J. c. MURRAY City Clerk.
 Age-Herad April Sth, 1905.
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IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 262. To provide for paving and otherwise inn proving Nineteenth street from the north line of Fifth avenue to the south curb line of Sixth avenue.
 Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, That the portion of Nineteenth street lying be- tween the curb lines from the north line of Fifth avenue to the south curb line of Sixth avenue shall be paved with bi- luminous macadam.
 Provided, however, that the area bound- ed as follows, beginning at a point on the north line of rlfth avenue 9.4 feet east of the center line of Nineteenth street, thence northward and parallel with said center line to the south curb line of Sixth avenue. thence westward along said south curb line 1S.S feet, thence southward and parallel with the center line of Nineteenth street to the north line of Fifth avenue, thence east ward along said north line of Fifth av- erue 1S.S feet to the point of beginning, shall not be paved with btuminous mac adam, but shall be paved with yitriied brick on a concrete foundation
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that the cost of the aforesaid improvements shall be assessed and levied against the prop erty abutting on the portions of the said streets and avenues improved and ben efited thereby in proportion to the ben ehts accruing to each, not in excess Of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements
 Provided. however that the cost ar all improvements upon streets, avenue or alley intersections shall be assessed against the lots abutting on the streets avenues or alleys so intersecting for one half block in each direction.
 Provided. however. that the cost of paving between the rails of any street railroads or any other railroad tracks and the space between said tracks and for eighteen inches each side of the tracks. including switches and turnouts, shall not be assessed against the proper ty abutting on said streets and avenues as aforesaid. but shall be assessed against and collected from the owner of such railroad and shall be a lien upon the railroad and the property used in connection herewith.
 Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve any street railroad of it's obligations in the matter of street Improvements.
 Sec. B. Be it further ordained that the estimated cost of said improvements is $7, ,4O0 and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day of May, A. D., 1905, at the council chamber, at o'clock,p. m., to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said Improvements.
 Adopted April 5th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD.
 Attest: Mayor Pro Tem.
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
 Age-Herald, April Sth. 1905.
 IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 263. To provide for paving First alley from
 Twenty street to Twenty-third
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PASSING OF cowHlDE BOOTS.
Came to New England With Pilgrims.
 Famous Men Have Worn Them.

From the Boston Globe.
 The sturdy boot of cowhide' the pride and comfort of our New England grand fathers, is disappearing from the shop ana store. It may still be seen here and there upon the farm, but it has no place upon the polished parlor floor or in the trolley or cab of the citv.
 The boot came to these rocky New England shores with the Pilgrims. It broke the brush of the virgin forest for hardy pioneers, and it trod down the seed of many a harvest upon the home steads.
 Glover's men of Marblehead marched off to follow Washington in '76 wearing high fishing boots, shiny with oil from the cod and salt from the spray of the sea. Whit fer. the Quaker poet, hammered upon thick boot aoIes to the measures of his rhymes, and Henry Wilson, the Natick cobblsr," pondered on questions of state as he pulled his good waxed ends taut and dreamed of future greatness.
 Walt Whitman tucked his trousers legs inside his high boots and went out and made friends with the boatmen and clam diggers Politicians donned boots that betokened toll al lection time, just as the officeholder of today puts on a glad smile and puts out his glad hand. A clergy man of high fame attributed early suc- cesres to his eowhide boots. which he wore in his pulpit so that his congrega- ton would feel that he was one of them.
 The schoolboy of times gone b.' dreamed of the shiny, ed-topped copper-toed shoes that he would find in his stocking Christmas morning, and the Harvard boy felt himself man indeed when he could go 10 the cordwainer and have a pair of boots moulded 10 his feet and legs Os course he might break the bootiack yairdng them off. but that would be in jury to the senseless bootjack, not harm to his vanity.
 Everett Dunbar, who still makes boots by hand down in Lynn, has the wedding boots of a now prominent Bynner, worn twenty-five years ago, The Bynner wore them only to his wedding, though he paid SIG for them. He wouldn't dare to wear them today. though they are a splendid
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cost of the Improvements authorized by this ordinance shall be assessed and levied against the property drained and benefited by said sanitary sewer im- provements, in proportion to the benefits accruing to each, not in excess of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Sec Be 1t further ordained that the estimated cost of said Improvements is s20O, and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the Srd day of May 1905. at the council chamber at o clock, ?. m., to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said improvements.
 Adopted April 9th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD, Attest: Mayor Pro Tem.
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk
 Age-Herald, April Sth, 1905 IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 2ss. To provide for paving the sidewalk on both sides of Avenue H from Twelfth street to Twentieth street.
 Section 1. Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, That the sidewalks on both sides of Avenue H from Twelfth street to Twentieth street shall be paved with artificial stone and the driveways and alley crossings paved with vitrified brick.
 Sec. 2. Be it further ordained that the sidewalk paving shall be constructed six t6) feet wide, except at entrances to lots and at alley crossings, where it shall be constructed the full width of the side walk.
 Sec 3. Be it further ordained that the cost of the improvements authorized by this ordinance shall be assessed and levied against the property abutting on the portions of the aforesaid streets and avenue improved and benefited thereby in proportion to the benefits accruing to each, not in excess of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improve ments
 Sec. 4. Be it further ordained that the estimated cost of said improvements Is S4 400, and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day of May, 1905. at the council chamber, at o'clock, D. m, to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said Improvements.
 Adopted April 5th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD,
 Attest: Mayor Pro Tem.
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk
 Age-Herald, April Slh. 1905.
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WILL STOP SPEcULATORS.
Japanese Bond Allotment Will Be
 Carefully Distributed.

New York, April 7.-Notices of the Japanese bond allotment were sent out today It is understood that small subscribers will get practically all their subscriptions, while those apply ing for about $50,OO0 of the bonds will get 50 per cent and the big subscribers from 10 to 15 per cent, excepting the life insurance companies, which will secure the full amounts of their sub scriptions.
 The bankers will take pains to weed out the speculative bidders, of whom there are great numbers, their sub scriptions being apportioned among the other bidders.
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BIRMINGHAM WON
 BASKET BALL GAME
TRIMMED THE CHATTANOOGA TEAM LAST NIGHT BY A SCORE OF 29 TO 1f-WoRK OF WOOD RUFF AND WARE.

The Birmingham Athletic club defeated the Chattanooga basketball team in fast game last night in Chattanooga, the score being 20 to Il. Evidently the Birmingham team was in great shape and played great ball. judging from the score
 Of the 29 points Ware made r and Woodruff made 1O Both of these fast forwards were playing the game of their lives
 The Chattanooga team put up a good game, but they were not fast enough to stop the quick work of the Birmingham forwards, who have not met their equal this year The team left Birmingham yes terday morning for Chattanooga. expect ing to trim the boys who play under the shadow of Lookout
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street with vitrified brick.

Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham, That First alley from Twenty-second street to Twerty third street shall be paved with vt. fled brick.
 Sec ?. Be it further ordained that such improvements shall be made in ac- cordance with the grade and lines here tofcre adopted by ordinance for the DOT tiors O. the aforesaid alley hereinbefore described.
 Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that the cost of said improvements authorized by this ordinance shall be assessed and levied against the property abutting on the aforesaid alley improved and bene- fited thereby in proportion to the bene- fits accruing to each, not in excess of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Sec. 4. Be 1t further ordained that the estimated cost of the improvements Is $lSOO, and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day of May 1905, at the council chamber, at s o'clock. D. m. to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said Improvements.
 Adopted April 5th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD,
 Attest: Mayor Pro Tenn.
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
 Age Herald, April Sth, 1905. IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE NO. 264 To provide for paving Fourth alley be- tween the east line of Eighteenth street and the west line of Twenty-first street with vitrified brick.
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham That Fourth alley from the east line of Eighteenth street to the west line of Twenty y-first street be paved with vitri- fled brick.
 Provided, however, that the paving shall not be extended into or across either Nineteenth or Twentieth streets.
 Sec. ?. Be it further ordained that the cost of the aforesaid improvements shall be assessed and levied against the prop erty abutting on the portions of said streets and alleys improved and bene- fited thereby in proportion to the bene- fits accruing to each, not in excess of the increased value of such property by reason of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 Sec. 8. Be 1t further ordained that the estimated cost of said improvements is &. 4OO and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day of May, 1905. at the council chamber, at 8 o'clock, D. m., to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction of said improvements.
 Adopted April 9th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD, Attest Mayor Pro Tenn.
 J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk.
 Age-Herald. April Sth 1905. IMPROVEMENT ORDNANCE NO. 265. To provide for constructing sanitary sewer in Beech street from Timmons avenue to Sixteenth avenue, south. Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham. That a sanitary sewer be constructed as fol- lows:
 Beginning at a point on the sanitary sewer in Beech street and Timmons av- erue, thence southward along Beech street to Sixteenth avenue. south. Sec 2 Be it further ordained that the said sewer shall be constructed with all proper and necessary man-holes, flush tanks and connections. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained that the
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Murdered By Servants Husband.

Caserta, Italy. April 7.-The police have secured what is apparently con elusive evidence that Miss Catherine McCready of New York, who was found dead from strangulation in her villa near here. February 25 was mur- dered by the barber. Andrea Innicco, husband of Catherine Risposito. Miss McCready's servant, who was arrested soon after the finding of the body. Others are incriminated. and more ar rests are expected to follow.
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Confirms Discovery of Gold.

Cheyenne, Wyo., April "A. J. Parshall of the United States geologi- cal survey, who arrived here today, confirmed the report of the discovery of rich gold deposits near Kendall, Uintah county, Wyoming. The coun- try is similar in nature to Tonopah, Nevada. Prospectors are gathering at points near the new mineral field. and a rush for locations will be made as soon as trails are clear of snow.
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BANK cLEARINGS.
Birmingham Shows Increase of More
 Than 20 Per Cent.

New York, April 1.-The following ta- ble, compiled by 3radstreet. shows the bank clearnys at the cities named for the week ending April G. with the per- eentage of increase and decrease as com pared with the corresponding week last year. Totals include clearing of fifty-two other cities. Canadian totals include clear ings of seven other cities in Canada:
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Mrs. winsIow,s soo.hino syrup

The best remedy Tor DIL-RRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask fcs Mrs. Winslow's Sc othing Syrup" an. take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SoOrHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLO. and is twenty-five cents bottle.
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Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned. until F o'clock noon, We'd nesday, April 19 1905. for refiooring the Twenty-irst street viaduct. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
 JULIAN KENDRICK, 3-21-eod-to-4-19 City Engineer.
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$11, 400. and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet on the 3rd day Of May. A. D.. 1905, at the council chamber, at 8 o'clock D. m, to hear remonstrances and protests against the construction Of said improvements.
 Adopted April 9th, 1905.
 GEO. B. WARD, Attest: Mayor Pro Fem. J. c. MURRAY, City Clerk Age-Herald, April 8, 1S05.
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pEAFN E SS

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 Botanic Blood Balm (B. .B. E. is pleas ant and safe to take. Thoroughly tested for 80 yrs. Composed of Pure Botanic In cures Dyspepsia. Price S1 per large bot tle, Tako as directed. If not cured when right quantity is taken, money refunded. Sample Sent Freo by writing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble, and special fres medical advice to suit your case, also scAt in sealed letter.
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(ordinance No. 22O.l

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
 All owners of lots or parcels of land abutting on Nineteenth street from Av- enue A to Avenue H and on Nineteenth street from Avenue H to Avenue I are hereby notified that the sidewalks on both sides of Nineteenth street from Av enue A to Avenue H, except between AL ley and Avenue D, and on the east side of said street between Avenue D and Alley D, have been curbed, and that the curbing on Nineteenth street from Ave nue II to Avenue l hase been moved out so as to be 19 feet from the center line of said street and that the sidewalks on Nineteenth street from Avenue A to Av- enue l have been paved with artificial stone and the alley crossings and drive ways with vitrihed brick, and that the gutters on Nneteeth street from Avenue II to Avenue l have been paved vita concrete and that the book of assess ments for said public improvements has been delivered to me and is open for in- spection in my office. and that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet at its regular place of meeting in the council chamber on Wednesday, the 3rd day of May, 1905 at o'clock, D. m, to hear and determine any objection or defense that may be filed before said meeting or which may be then made by the owner of the property proposed to be assessed or his attorney against the assessment or the amount thereof.
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CATARRH,
 FOUL BREATH If You Continually Khawk and Spit and There is Constant Dripping From the Nose Into the Throat If You Have
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