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The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Wadsworth New, once a lively rail-
road town Of 1000 population. but now
a collection of deserted shanties, is
overrun by thousands of wild cats. the
descendants of two or three hundred
abandoned house cats.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Postmaster Under the Lash.

Robert Cecil. postmaster at Upton,
Ore. convicted of wife-beating, re-
ceived. under sentence Of court, ten
lashes on the bare back in public, re-
Gently. He is preparing To sell his
property now and leave the country.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Advertises Her Financial Value.
The true worth of a girl in Albania
is sometimes readily estimated. When
she desires to marry she collects all
her money and mounts it on her head,
80 that observers may note her fnan-
cial value
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

A Rhodesian hunter of the name OF
Jelliman has been successful in do
mesticating and training q number of
young Gland to the yoke. He has had
eight of them working in a wagon for
some time. and they answer admir-
ably. being faster and more powerful
than oxen.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Half of US. when we are out of
doors. might almost as well be within
walls. for all the mind relaxation we
derive from our surroundings.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Society, science, business, art, liter
ature are all pervaded with competi-
tive zeal, which sometimes tends to
kill.-Illustrated London News.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
More Flexible and LASTING,

won't shake out or blow out: by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for same
money
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Says a Bllville philosopher: The
automobile makes you feel too proud
for this world. TO get to heaven
you've got to be as humble as the OK
cart and go slow and sure."-Atlantic
Constitution
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Don't neglect your personal appear,
ance. Cleanliness is next to godli.
ness.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
"PIer" and "Pieru!ass."

A pier" properly should be Of stone.
The word is identical with the French
pierre" A "pierglass" is glass that
should be placed on the stonework be-
tween two windows.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Insist on GETTING u.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand Of l. OF. brands. which
they know cannot be sold to a GUS
toner who has once used the 1S OF.
pkg. Defiance Starch for same money.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Take sunny views of things. "a
merry heart doeth good like a medi
cine
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Poetic Editor.

The rain stays not with US long:
sunlight soon makes bright apologies
for it. and holds a torch TO the old
world as she plunges through space
Atlanta Constitution.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

At Culross Abbey in Fife, Scotland.
a tombstone has been found which is
believed to date from the fourth CEN
tury of the Christian era.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Castor OH Good for Shoes,

Leather boots and shoes may be
softened and kept from cracking by
being rubbed well with castor oil.
They should not be used for about
twelve hours afterward.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

An elephant at Jena, Germany,
seized a man who was teasing him
with a knife and dashed him to the
ground. Three days later the man
succumbed to his injuries.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Prof. Reulaux, who died in Berlin
it is more commonly quoted in this
recently, is said to have originated
the phrase, cheap and ugly" or, as
country, cheap and nasty"
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Forty-one Years in Service.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Bertie. Brit
passed his sixty-hrst birthday, having
been fOrty-One years in service.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Band Plays on High Chimney.
A dozen members of an Irish brass
band in Dublin recently gave per-
formance on the top of a chimney 14O
feet high.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Those who Have Tried Ie

will use no other. Defiance Cold Water
Starch has no equal in Quantity or
Quality-lS OF. for 10 cents. Other
brands contain only L OF.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place of all others.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

No chromos or cheap premiums. but
a better quality and one-third more
Of Defiance Starch for the same price
Of other Starciles.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of a.
o cough cure.-J. W. o 'BRIKN, T. Third Ave.
", Minneapolis. Minn., Jan. 8. 1901
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Because God helps those who help
themselves don't make hog of your
Self.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

A common good. a public stream. or
conduit that every man hath a share
in.-Tibbes.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Woman EnQineer.

The Marchioness Of TweeddaIe is a
good locomotive engineer. She ran
the first train over the Forth bridge.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

1t is easier for most people to be
poor than honest.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

straight back and drop your should
erS
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Low Temperature Of Trees.

Low temperature Of Trees.
The average temperature OF a tree
is under so degrees Fahrenheit, as
against the SO degrees of the human
body.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
Word was received at Des Moines

ot the death ar Ingerscll. Okl.. of Mi
ton Hull, a brother of Congressman J.
A. T. Hull of Des Moines.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Nra. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teeshlnG. sOffens the gums, redno -
0ammsSion. aIlAys pain cures wind collie Sea boefaA
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Malice is a terribly deadly gun-a,
the breech end.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Sends Oranges to London.
California oranges are now sold ex
,ensiveiy in London.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

0mpoetont % MothOeo.
Exnine carefully every bostle of CASTORIA.
safe and ure remedy for infants md children.
md go that II
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

Russian Pilgrims to jerusalem.
Only 1.4O0 Russian pilgrims went to
Jerusalem this year, as against the
usual average of 5000.
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08

s':s:::;: s::: Il: :s &zzZzEZx
In Cso For Over 80 YearA
The Kind Yoa Hsye Always Bought
The Columbus journal., 1905-11-08
GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Letter from Marcus Mayer, the Great
Patron Of Music and Drama.

Marcus R. Mayer. who brought to
America Nine. Patti, Duse. SaIyint
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
BEDE FELT BETTER.
Lhe Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Representative j. Adam Bede looks like
a Scandinavian. He tells the following
story on himself. During the first Nc
Kinley campaign he took the stump,
and one night arrived at g. small Ohio
town, where he was scheduled to speak.
He found the entire population of the
place composed of sons of the Land of
the Midnight Sum-" and for a moment
after he entered the hall and found as
sembled there 800 Swedes his heart failed
him, for while he looks like a Scandi-
navian, he can't speak a word of the
language.
IT advanced to the front of the plat
form" says Mr.. Bede, my heart in my
mouth, for my interpreter had failed me,
and it was up to me to make a learned
address calculated to gain votes. How
many of you people here tonight were
born in this country 1 asked, sparring
for time. and desiring to see where
stood.
Two hands were raised, and I groaned
inwardly Two men out of three hun
dred were born In the United States, and
the rest were from the old country.
felt weak and dizzy. and didn't know
whether to feign Illness or make a stab
at speaking Swedish. Then I took an
other brace. How many of you here
tonight speak English? said l.
EVERY hand in the audience went up.
1 never saw such intelligent men. Well
said I. with great dignity, of course I'm
a Swede myself as you know, but for
tonight will speak in English
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
ITALIANS IN THE SOUTH.

From the Columbia Is. c. State.
The Birmingham Age-Herald declares
that Alabama is not seeking immigrants
from either Portugal or Scandinavia. 1t
says: 1.-THE Scandinavians are not ac-
customed to a warm climate and the
Portuguese do not come over in large
numbers. Like Louisiana, we want In
this state Italians, largely because we
have tried them and we like them.
They become good citizens and good
neighbors. In this district there are per-
haps five thousand Italians and Greeks.
and the general wish is for more, many
more-the more the better Here is an
other strong Endorsement for the people
the legislature last year restrained the
immigration commissioner from encour-
aging. Similar good reports of the Ital-
ian farmers have come from Louisiana
and Mississippi. There are two very dis
tinct classes of Italians and the legis-
lature should make an intelligent inves-
tigation. If these Endorsements from the
south are justified the embargo should
be raised.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Eirminqham's Bank Clearings.

In the country at large bank clear
ings ran down in the year just ended
until August, when the low point was
reached. The clearings in the country
for the entire year fell below those of
1901 and 1902, but they exceed those
for 1908.
The clearings for Birmingham are
steadily increasing. In 1908 they
footed up $63,445,S53; they rose last
year to $66, 145,S76. Birmingham never
goes backward. Bank clearings are
not good barometer of business, sim
ply because the number of banks in a
community enters into the problem. If
the number of our banks be decreased
by merger or otherwise the clearings
of Birmingham may show a decrease
even If the volume of business be
greater But the chances are that the
business of 1905 will overcome any
loss arising from mergers, and that
our banks will present at the end of 1t
still higher clearing figures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Roiestvensky Sailing Home.

Roiestvensky's seven battleships de-
cline to meet in battle Togo's four and
they are steaming towards home with
all possible dispatch. The story that
they are to rendesvouz at Malta, which
belongs to England, preparatory to
grand and overwhelming swoop on the
far east. should be taken with several
grains of allowance. The truth is, Rus
STA has no other fleet worthy of men
ton, and she does not propose to take
the risk of being left without fleet
or possibly without even ship.
The sailing of Rojestvensky to the
Indian ocean and his inglorious return
Is another dash of cold water In Rus
sias face. but she is becoming accus-
toned to slaps at her pride and pres
tiqe There Is not a redeeming feature
in the Rojestvensky venture, even II
inc Dogger Bank incident Is left out
of the picture. A nameless dread has
haunted the Baltic fleet ever since 1t
left Libau. and the unsljlled men on
board of the fleet will not feel secure
until their ships anchor under the guns
of Iibau. A fleet stricken with blue
funk is a fleet that is safer and more
comfortable at home than on the deep
blue eastern sea. The unparalleled
cruise will, however, soon be ended,
and the story will be told In the bur-
lesque annals of the sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11

part of this month for the purpose Of
seeing those who wish to engage in this
industry, and also to advise them If they
have the right kind Of soil on their
farm"
1t is hoped the farmers of Perry will
respond to these efforts of the govern
ment. and that a crop of the desired
dimensions will be grown this year on
the county's red clay lands. Mr..
Underwood has followed the subject
closely, and the remainder of the task
rests largely with the farmers of Perry.
A new and profitable crop will be added
to the agricultural resources OF the
state If the growing of high-grade to-
bacco becomes an established industry
In Perry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Electors and the People.

The electors who were ballotted for
On the Sth day of November met last
Monday-the second in January-at
their respective capitals, and Presi-
dent and Vice President to serve four
years from the 4th day of March were
actually elected. The electoral college
Is survival of an age that had no con-
fidence in popular elections. 1t sur
wives simply because it is difficult to
change the constitution. No one longer
distrusts the people-on the contrary
all know that the best results come
directly from the hands Of the people,
and that all middlemen are not only
nuisance but public danger. Some
Gay the ancient humbug called an
electoral college will be repealed, but
no one is troubled over its existence
simply because the unwritten law has
robbed it of its more dangerous fea-
tares.
Three times it has produced dissen-
sion and deep feeling in this country
in 1901, 1926 and 1877. In 1901 and
in 1926 the succession in the White
House was decided by the House of
Representatives but in 1877 the re-
publicans decided to steal the pres.
dency, and they devised an electoral
&C mmission which drove Samuel j.
Tilden out of the Office to which he
had been elected, and seated r. b.
Hayes, who had no title to it.
But this is ancient history On Mon
day last 406 men met in state squads
and ballotted for a President and Vice
President, and the results of their bal
lots are now, or soon will be, deposited
in Washington, where they will be
duly counted by Congress next month.
When the final count takes place in
Congress we will know with certainty
who is the choice of the American peo-
pie. It is reasonably well determined
now that Alton B. Parker did not prove
to be the peoples choice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
THE INTERNAL REGIONS.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
IT am writing" said an author, "a
monograph on the internal regions as the
heather races of the world have at DIFF
ferent times imagined them.
1.-THE Internal regions of Buddhism are
horrible They comprise a great hell, and
1856 lesser hells. In these hells, according
to the sculptures of the Buddhist tenn
pies, men are ground to powder and their
dust turned into ants and heas and
spiders They are pestled in a mortar.
The hungry eat red hot iron balls. The
thirsty drink moi-en iron.
"Islamism says of the Internal regions:
They who believe not shall have gar
ments of fire fitted to them; boiling wa
ter shall be poured on their heads and
with maces of iron.
I'm the Scandinavian mythology, the
mythology of Odin and Thor, we are
told that in Nastrond there is vast and
0ireful structure with doors that face
the north. 1t is formed entirely OF the
backs of serpents, waited together like
wickerwork. But the serpents heads are
turned towards the inside Of the hall,
and they continually send forth floods of
venom, in which wade all those who
commit murder or forswear them
selves
In the past the Christian idea of the
Internal regions was as hideous as the
heather idea, and in their sermons cler-
gymen loved to describe hell. The pres
ent tendency, however. is to avoid dis
cussion Of this place-to dwell upon the
gentler and more lovely side of Chris
nifty
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Root ubercIes.

1.-THE question of soil incubation for
root tubercles is attracting a great deal
of attention at the present time" said
LESSEE c. Adams of Montgomery. Il
see that an expert in the agricultural de-
partment of the United States has gotten
out a statement In which he shows that
crops of peas, beans, clover, alfalfa and
other legumes have the power of acquir-
ing atmospheric nitrogen through en-
largement of the roots, called root tu-
bercles. which are caused by bacteria. He
argues that crops can be grown on land
in one year by the method of innocula-
ton which otherwise would take years
to do. Experiments along this line have
proven successful In Alabama, and l look
for a great improvement in the science
OF farming In our state within the next
two or three years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
tobacco In Perry County.

Representative Underwood induced
the government to make a soil survey
of Perry county, and that survey dem
onstrates that the red clay lands of
that county are excellent tobacco
lands. In other words, tobacco can be
grown in Perry that has the aroma
and flavor of the Havana filler. The
government grew last year and the
year previous two crops of tobacco in
Perry county, and the product of 1903
was shipped to Philadelphia, where It
readily commanded 40 cents a pound
It has in short been fully demonstrated
by the government that a high-grade
filler can be grown In Perry county
There is but little more that the gov
eminent can do, and this it proposes
to do. Professor Whitney. chief of the
bureau of soils, writes to Mr.. Under
wood, as follows:
..It IL our intention this season to en-
courage the farmers of Perry county to
grow a limited 10 on these soils. not
20 exceed fifty acres !. Sc county. shall
assfxn one Of our tobacco experts to su-
pervise and assist in the growing of this
crop and by this means we are in hopes
Of building up a profitable industry. Mr.
McNe6o will be In Marion IN the latter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
Frauds in Colorado.

The Inauguration of Governor-elect
Adams brings peace to Colorado. The
attempt to steal the gubernatorial Of
fee In the face of a plurality of 1000
votes will now fizzle out, nevermore
to be heard of. Governor Peabody
says he will make a contest. but he
thinks differently of 1t no doubt now
that he finds himself on the outside
of the executive department, and Gov
ernor Adams is inside. Governor
Adams can enjoy the waiting act, while
Peabody cannot.
The investigation is to be extended
to the entire state, instead OF being
confined to Denver, as the Peabodyites
had planned. When the ballotting in
the entire state is investigated, the
democrats are confident they can bring
to the surface more frauds committe1
by republicans than can be produced
in Denver. They welcome a general
Investigation, but any investigation is
improbable. The King of Deportation
will now subside, and his great act Will
go with him.
Colorado is a state in which women
vote, and thus far their influence in
that state has not been equal to the
task of lifting up the ballot and driv-
ing out corruption at the polls. All
women have a right to vote in Colo
RADIO, even in Denver itself, and the
women are not equal to the task OF
making politicians honest and law
abiding.
The truth is, few women desire to
vote, and the better the woman the
less does she desire chance at the
ballot box. The women who are VI
clous may vote, but their voting sim
ply makes a bad case worse. Woman
suffrage may work out reforms in the
course of time, but it is plain 1t has
not got a start as yet, although women
have had right to vote in Colorado
many years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
N the interests of the general public,
we conf1lde to the authorities a sug-
bored. in a reverent breast. We refer
to the matter of the privileged classes
here in Washington, and the Importance
of distinguishing them, their coachmen,
chauffeurs, and flunkeys by some con-
spicuous designation. Our people know,
In a general way, of course, that diplo-
mats. millionaires. and perhaps certain
officials of the more illustrious kind,
have the right OF way everywhere, I'M
limited discretion as regards their per-
sonal conduct, and total immunity in
the case of what might otherwise come
under the head of disturbance OF the
peace. What troubles the people, how
ever, even the most reverent and hum
BILE Of them, is their inability to differen-
ordinary ruffian. and 1t is here that our
solicitude comes in.
Naturally no right-minded American
objects to being run down and mangleo
upon the so-called public thoroughfares
provided the destroyer does it by vir-
tue of his wealth or his official position.
They expect that, as part of the price
they must pay for dwelling in this
beautiful and blessed capital, where they
can daily behold the powerful. the great,
the cultured, and the opulent There are
some things which come high, but reas-
enable persons do not grumble at the
price. Here in Washington we enjoy adj
vantages not to be had at twice the
money elsewhere In this happy land. We
know it and we blush accordingly. 1t
seems to us, however. that the individual
who hourly exposes life and limb in
grateful tribute to the favors showered
on him should have some certain knowl-
edge in the premises. He should be as
sured, for instance, that the vehicle
which bowls him over on the street be-
longs in good faith to a foreign or do
nestle magnate duly chartered for that
purpose He should know by some famil-
lar token, that the pedestrial who pushes
him off the sidewalk or otherwise keeps
him in his proper place is one of the
anointed of the earth This much the
common herd of Washington have a
right to ask. and no one can deny it.
We suggest, therefore, a system OF
tags or decorations whereby the pro-
letariat may recognize the classes set
apart. 1t is not enough that the auto
or the carriage be beautiful and gaudy
or that the minion driving it be arrayed
like a drum major at a county fair
Neither will 1t answer the full demand
of the lower orders II those who hustle
and revile them be miracles of grace and
loveliness. One cannot always tell the
real thing from the counterfeit. In the
course Of our long experience of great
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Singing Of aAnnIs laurls.n

We'll, there are a whole lots of rea-
sons said James Hlllhouse yesterday,
IN answer to an inquiry as to why
Americans could not sing Annie Laurie
like a Scotchman. THE first reason"
explained Mr.. Hillhouse who Is familiar
~ known as Uncle Jimmy, is that the
Americans as a rule do not know how
to pronounce the words For instance,
you would say, And for Bonnie Annie
Laurie I'd lay me down and die That
Is all wrong. We would say. And for
Bonnie Annie Lowry I'd lay be doom and
dee. Don't you see how much better
that sounds?
While coming down the street the
other day." continued Uncle Jimmy Hill
house, l heard one of those photograph
arrangements singing. 1 listened closely,
and the way 1t rendered Annie Laurie
was exactly right. thereupon invested
$50 In the machine, SO that l could hear
1t sung in the real old Scotch way. L
keep the machine at home now, and
whenever 1 get hungry for that beauti-
full ballad 1 simply wind up the ma
chine and there 1t is"
Mr.. Hillhouse has just returned from a
trip to the mines, and he says every
thing is looking prosperous. He Is one
of the mine inspectors for the state. In
all the state there is probably not a more
liked man than Uncle Jimmy Hillhouse.