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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
The Dispensary.

the best equipped weekly newspaper of- fees in the state
 The Dispensary.
 One of the most interesting public in- stitutions in the town is the dispensary. There are five of these in the county one each at Jasper, Carbon Hill, Cor dova, Horse Creek and Oakman Capt J. B. Hughes is manager of the dispen- sary at Jasper, and under his manage ment 1t has proven q financial success Statistics also show that under the dis pensary regime the morals of the town have been improved.
 The profits of these dspensaries are divided between the towns in which they are operated and the county. Each town receives 60 per cent of the profits from it's dispensary and the remaining 40 per cent goes to the county. This money, in each case, is applied to the public school funds and is giving marked results The net profit of the Jasper dispensary for 1904 was $6,337.20.
 Improves Morals.
 In talking of the dispensary Mayor Cranford said: q am not fin favor of selling whisky in any form, but l am certain that the dispensary is the best solution of the traffic. 1t has improved the morals of this town and the people seem to be pleased with the general re- suits.
 "A few figures may interest you. My trial docket shows that for the months of October. November and December 1903. which were the last three months of the open saloons, tri, 159 cases. For the corresponding three months in 1904, and with the dspensary in operation, only had "A cases. For the first three months of this year I only had nine cases. So you see the dispensary has almost put my court out of business receive one dollar for every case tried, and yet I am heartily in favor of the dis pensary. l would like for the dispensary to put me out of judicial business alto , gether''
 Jasper has good churches of nearly all denominations. and they are well att tended. There are a number of secret orders with large enrollments and in good working condition. New buildings are going up constantly, both business and residential. and every business concern in the town seems to De in first-class condition. | Jasper has a great future before it and Is constantly reaching out into new l fields of industrial improvement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
Literary Movement.
Pleasure of Travelling.

Any trip is a pleasure to those who travel over the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- way. The best of equipment. excellent service, quick time, beautiful scenery. Finest dining car service Polite atten- ton. Convenient schedules. Every com fort the most exacting traveller could wish, New York tickets permit stop-over of 10 days at Washington. Baltimore and Philadelphia: also the famous Virginia Hot Springs. l1-n-fri-su-we-u
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
UNvE BLING
Confederate Monument, Birmingham
 Ala, April 26, 1905.

On account of the above occasion the Southern railway will sell tickets to Bir- bingham at the rate of one and one-third fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold for trains arriving in Birmingham during the forenoon of April 2s, with final limit returning April 27, 1905.
 4-12-td J. N. HARRISON. D. P. A.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals vii. be receiyeu by the undersigned, until F o'clock noon, We'd nesday, April t0, 1905. for reiloorlng the Twenty-hrst street viaduct. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids
 JULIAN KENDRICK, 3-21-cod-to-l-19 City Engineer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
Perhaps So.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Castro says Venezuela is paying her debts Perhaps the people that venez- uela owes are mad because they will not be able to keep on collecting interest down there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

This is a good mining propertys recently taken over by the Pratt Consolidated Coal company.
 The Mountain Eagle, Jasper's newspa- per, published by Messrs. Gunter Richardson. has just been supplied with new printing presses and material in both newspaper and job departments and is being greatly improved. This is one of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

Hermitage, sign writer. has moved cross the street to Vulcan sign shop. .ls N. 20th st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

We have moved to 2O2l 3d ave. National Printing Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

Charles Roland has served one term as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
WALKER COUNTY'S BUSY
 AND ATTRACTIVE CAPITAL

ing. Jasper also has one of lne best tanneries in the state equipped with the latest improved machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16

the best equipped weekly newspaper of- fees in the state
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
STEGOMYIA EXPLAINED
Authorities Explain the Origin of the
Much Talked of Word

Father Oliver, replying to the Clar-
ion-Ledger's request for information
regarding the word "stegomyia" says
it is derived from two Greek words
stego, to contain secretly, to cover or
hide; myia-insect fly. He says the
Clarion-Ledger's definition of faciata,
is correct, it being Latin word, TIN
feminine of "fasciatus.
Since putting the above in type, the
Clarion-Ledger has received a com
munication from Prof. G. C. Swear
niger, associate Professor of Greek ii
Millsaps college, in which he ais,
gives the entomology OF the wo-,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
Y. & M. v. r. r. TIMETABLE
North Bound

Train No. II leaves 80 a. m. North
ern Express
Train No. IA leaves Io:45 a. m. Riv.
er Side Local Mail.
Train No. I36 leaves 6:4o a. III, for
Vicksburg via Leland.
Train No. I38 leaves $50 p. m, TO-
Cleveland eia Rosedale.
Train No. I42 leaves o:so a, M, fo7
Leland
Train No. IA leaves AIS p. m, tor
Rolling Fork via Leland.
South Bound
Train No. Is leaves o.48 p. m. South
ern Mail
Train No. III leaves 3:45 p. m. River
Side Local Mail
Train No. I3s arrives 200 pm. from
Vicksburg via Leland.
Train No. I35 arrives o:55 a. m, from
Cleveland via Resedale.
Train No al arrives $50 from Roll
ing Fork via Leland.
Train No. I43 arrives 1910 p. m.
from Leland.
Train No. I42 connects at Leland
with Train No. IL. Trains Nos. IS and
= have best equipment. yestibule
coaches and Pullman Parlor cars be-
tween Vicksburg and Memphis. Close
connections made at New Orleans
and Memphis with diverging roads.
G, 3. RUCKS. T. A.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
Fraud Exposed

A few counterfeiters have latell
been making and irving to sell ini-
tat;ons of Dr. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
and other medicines, thereby defraud
ing the public. This is to warn you tc
beware OF such people, who seek to
profit. through stealing the reputation
of remedies which have been success
fully curing diseases for over s. years
4 sure protection. to you, is our name
o-' tie wranner Look for it on all
DR.. Kings, of Bucklen's remedies, as
all others are mere limitations. H. E.
BUCKLEN q CO., Chricago, ILL.,,
and Windsor, Canada. aug
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
stegomyia as follows:

stegomyia as follows:
In yesterdays issue of the Clarion
Ledger you call for information on
the etymology of the word stegomyia.
To an ex-professor of Greek the name
presents no difficulties. and I take
pleasure therefore in explaining the
composition of it to YOU, to the pub
'Stegomyia IS a compound word. the
constituent elements being the two
Greek words stegos, meaning hous&
and myia. meaning a fly, and it was
devised by modern entomologists to
lie
designate the little insect which is just
now engaging so much OF the public
attention, The word has properly FIVE,
sylables, t'''s. ste-go-my-i-a. and the
primary accent sho,ld probably fall
on he fourth syllable, with a second
airy accent on the second.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
Poisons in Food

Perhaps yol don't realize that many
pain poisons originate in your food,
but some day you may feel a twinge
of dyspepsia that will convince you.
Dr. Kings New Life Pills are guar
anteed to cure all sickness due to pois
ons of undigested food-or money
back. 25c at Finlay's Drug Store. Try
them.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-08-26
NOTICE TO PLANTERS

NOTICE TO PLANTERS
We sharpen Gins at ten cents = saw.
We sen the Chandler and TAYLOR
gines and Boilers and send machin.
lists to erect them and guarantee
satisfaction. We carry n stock
Marsh Steam Pumps and Luken.
heimer Valves anr fittings. We :
Of Machinery, Wood and Iron PulleyA
IS, bars, brass and iToA castings, etc
pair work
AND MACHINE WORKS =
Works Opposite Southern Ry. Ca
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Accidental happenlnas.

Eight employees of the Mallinckrodt
Chemical works at st. Louis were in
jured by an explosion of chemicals in
one of the buildings, one Of whom,
John Kennebec, was so badly burned
that it is believed he will die.
In attempting to save the life of her
pet dog, Mana Hulberg, the nine-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Hulberg of Mears, Mich, was instant
ly killed by a passenger train. The
dog was saved, but the little girl was
ground to death under the wheels.
While Rev. Anna Shaw of Philadel-
phia was delivering lecture in Chau-
Ind, section of the elevated seats
collapsed, precipitating 100 persons to
the ground in a mass. Four persons
were seriously injured. There was no
panic.
An explosion of soda tank at Hope
DIAL. H., tore OF r. Sellerman's right
arm at the shoulder injured two other
persons and caused Mrs. John Ichel-
berger to die shortly after the acct
dent of heart failure superinduced by
the shock.
F When Miss Marion Fish, daughter Of
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, was taking a
ride at Newport, R. L.. her pony fell
with her just outside the stables Of
Crossways. Miss Fish made a good
jump from the saddle. buther boot
caught between the floor of the stable
and the pony's body. bruising the left
foot painfully. but not seriously.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
crImes and Criminals.

Charged with stealing diamonds and
jewelry valued at $4,000, Sol Caro-,
travelling salesman for jeWelry firm,
was arrested in Chicago.
T. e. Ralston, prominent attorney
of st. Louis. for years chief counsel
OF the Virgins Ferry company, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the stomach.
William Van Voorhees, was killed by
his wife In restaurant in Chicago.
The two We're quarreling, and Mrs.
Van Voorhees, fired three shots at her
husband When the police arrived he
was dead
Thomas Walshaw, Chicago. is in a
hospital at Elllhart, Ind, with frac-
tured skull from the blow of high
wayman while he reached for his
watch. He was robbed of small
amount of money.
William Barbour shot and killed
Eta Denney after a quarrel over a
love affair at Huntington, w. v. He
then shot and killed himself. Miss
Denney had just returned from the
funeral of her father.
The mystery surrounding the dis
appearance Of servant girl named
Clara Dehl from her employers resi-
dence at Winnipeg was cleared up
when thesbody of young woman was
found in the river. The girl left note
stating she intended doing away with
herself
Declaring that he WAS kidnapped from
his home In Buffalo, N. Y, by man
who seized him and hurried him away
on a train, John Bosch, fifteen, told
the Chicago police story Of how he
had been held captive and tortured by
the stranger during the journey from
Buffalo to Chicago.
Renne Same, Norwegian girl, was
killed in New York by her fiance, Ru-
dolph Williamson, who had paid her
passage from Norway in order to, make
her his wife and to whom she had
broken her promise to marry him.
Immediately after the murder William
son shot himself. He will die. The
tragedy occurred in a Brooklyn apart
ment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
CLASH OVER SEPARATION.
Norway-sweden Conference Reaches a
Critical Stage.

lNOCWdy-SWSQSn NOn1cFSIlSS
Critical Stage.
Karlstadt, Sweden, Sept. 5. - Inc
Swedish and Norwegian delegates APP
pointed to discuss the dissolution vi
the union between Sweden and Nor
way continued their deliberations Sat
urday. sitting two hours before adj
journing for luncheon. So far there
are no indications as to the date OF the
conclusion of the negotiations.
Absolute secrecy was observed In
regard to the proceedings. 1t is SAID
that at the session of Sept. l the S"ed-
ish delegates took the stand that they
were treating with the Norwegian del
egates not in their capacity as repre-
sentatives of the government in eXls-
tence, but as representatives OF the
cabinet appointed by King Oscar, thus
emphasizing the fact that
Sweden Does Not Recognize
Norways claim that the union has al
ready been dissolved.
This is denied by Norwegians here,
but the report is published by the
Swedish delegates are assisted by
three military experts,
The feeling here is that if the con-
ference fails to reach an agreement
within week the negotiations are
likely to be suddenly broken off. The
Norwegian delegates are not as OPP
timistic as they were on their arrival
here.
Premier Nicholson of Norway pre-
diets that the negotiations will per-
haps last for weeks.
No Prince for King.
Stockholm, Sept. 5.-The semi-ofti-
cial Dagsblatt in strong terms denies
that King Oscar has changed his mind
and declares that he is still in oppo-
sition to any prince of the house of
Bernedotte ascending the Norwegian
throne. King Oscar the paper says,
has expressed himself as being deeply
wounded at the reports that he is in
favor of the candidacy of a Swedish
prince, despite his repeated state
ments to the contrary.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Washington.


The comptroller of currency has is
sued call for reports of the condition
of national banks at the close Of bust
ness on Aug. %.
Bids have been opened at the bureau
of insular affairs for the sale of 81 ,500,-
900 Philippines bonds. The highest
bidders were Fisk & Robinson of New
York, who bid 101.64.
Consul General Simmons, at New
chwang, has reported to the state de-
partment in regard to the attempt to
arouse feeling of hostility to Ameri-
can goods. He reports that the move
ment has been failure.
The state department received
cable dispatch from Yokohama saying
that the ship Australia. owned by
Claus Spreckles, had been seized. The
dispatch gives no details of why the
ship was seized or anything concern
ing the business in which it was en-
gagged.
President Roosevelt is being deluged
with letters by individuals in all parts
ever lies in his power to prevent the
further destruction Of the natural
beauties of Niagara Falls by the de-
velopment power plants on both sides
of the river.
Acting Secretary Murray of the de-
| partment of commerce and labor per-
mitted Thomas Quinn, interpreter of
the Chinese language for the bureau
of immigration in Arizona courts. to
resign. Charges were made that
had coached Chinese witnesses for a
remuneration.
| The census bureau has just publish
ed as bulletin an analysis by Prof.
| Walter +. Wilcox of Cornell univer-
sity of the census statistics relating
| to teachers. Calculating the school
age as from five to twenty, the report
finds that, taking the country as a
whole there is an average of one
teacher to every II pupils, or 140 for
every 10000.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
CRUSHED UNDER WHEELS.
Wisconsin Farmer Falls From Wagon
and Is Killed,

Baldwin, Wis, Sept. 5. James
Higgins, well-to-do farmer of Gill
man, Pierce county, met instant death
in a runaway accident three miles
south of here Saturday night. He was
going down steep hill when the end
board of the wagon box broke loose,
striking the horses. which made them
unmanageable. One of the lines broke
and Higgins was jostled out of the
front end of the box, the wagon pass
ing over his head, crushing it to a
pulp.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
RESUME OF THE NEWS
e--Brief

Two men were fatally and three Sc
riously burned at Danville, ILL.,, by the
bursting of a steam pipe at the Dan
vile electric light plant.
A horse belonging to Wallace jamie
son of Bellefontaine, Ohio, dropped
dead in the road from fright at the
sight of the first automobile it had
ever seen.
A tornado swept Carbonate, Pa, re-
Gently. Before people who live in
frame houses could escape from them
the houses were lifted up and carried
away. The swirling hurricane hurled
some Of them 200 feet. So great was
the winds force that it overturned
railway trains. Many persons were
wounded, but no one was killed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
COLD STORAGE HITS FEVER.

Man With Hay MaIady Finds Relief
in Brewery Plant.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. SIN an eff
fort to cure himself of hay fever, Dep
uty Sheriff Edward Horn spends sew
eral hours every day in the cold stor-
age room of brewery. He energies
with his blood chilled and his fingers
and toes benumbed. Its the only re-
lief l can find and still have time for
business" he says.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
DECLARED DEAD, is STILL ALIVE.
Man for Whom Life insurance Was
Paid AppearS,

CIV NRPSoio %
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 5. - After
having been judicially declared dead
and his wife having been paid $1,000
life insurance, Milton R. Derby, a
carpenter who disappeared nine years
ago, has appeared at Pierre, s. d.,
and his widow has gone to the South
Dakota capital to meet him. Derby
was a member of the A. o. U. W., in
which he carried $4,000 more. The
laws of the order require that seven
years elaps after an insured persons
disappearance before policies shall be
paid. Two years ago, when the seven
years had expired, Mrs. Derby sued
the order The insurance company
was called upon for settlement and
decree of the court was obtained de-
claring the man dead. The suit
against the order was not tried.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

Mary Mannering has Cancelled her
theatrical engagements in order to
take care Of her little baby. Mary will
deserve all the advertising she can
get on account Of this extraordinary
proceeding.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
CHARGE is COMMUNICATING.
Breckenridge Man Accused of "Rais-
ina" One-DoIIar Bills,

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Sept. 5.-Her-
man Schultz was brought here from
Breckenridge to answer to a charge of
raising dollar bills by changing the
figure "1' to 90" and passing two or
three of the bills by doubling them
up so that only corner was in sight.
Schultz was bound over to the federal
grand jury and bail was fixed at 81.
900. Being unable to furnish bonds,
he was committed to Jail.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

Honesty" says thoughtful edi-
tor, rs the one thing to be desired in
office" The main thing undoubtedly;
but remember how Palmerston once
described most Objectionable Official
as "a very honest fool"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Massachusetts, Has , eaa oso

Boston Sept. 3.-The population =.
the state OF Massachusetts is 2,9ss sss
according to preliminary renost
n ma oy the state bureau of statistics
This is an increase of 9s775 , on..
1895. Boston's population is 6a9 ooe
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Otherwise.

Mayor Charles F. Herrick, aged six
ty-nine, died at Independence, Iowa,
from cancer of the stomach. He was
a Veteran of the Civil war and was
prominent Mason.
United States Assayer Fred Wing,
has made the statement that his esti-
mate of the gold output of Nome for
the season of 1905 was s10,000,000.
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, no
acre farm near Hodgenville, KY, was
sold at auction to R. j. Collier of New
York. The price was $500, no more
than it would bring for farming pur-
poses.
John Lessor. farmer near Buffing
ton, Ind. has reported finding near
Chicago piece of the wreckage OF
the steamer Chicora. which was lost
in January. 1895. with twenty-six peo-
pie aboard.
Samuel A. MCLEAN, Jr., president of
the National Packing company of Chi
cago, died suddenly in Chicago. He
was stricken during the night With
acute indigestion, coupled with heart
disorder.
While delirious from neuralgia, Iris
Alvord, aged eight, of Pittsburg
wrenched at her teeth with her bare
hands and tore out seven of them.
The loss of blood and the shock caused
her death.
Medical scientists have had their
attention directed to a remarkable
case Of catalepsy in Yonkers, N. Y,
where Charles Canopi, eight. has been
in an unbroken trancelike sleep for
more than four months.
James Dewar of Minneapolis and his
brother Thomas of st. Louis are left
only IS in the will Of their mother,
Mrs. Johanna Dewar. which was filed
for probate in st. Louis.
Among the recruits at Jefferson bar
racks, st. Louis, is Glenn j. Arnett,
who enlisted at Parkersburg, w. v.
He is the son of Mrs. w. c. Arnett of
Fairmont. w. Va, who owns property
to the value Of 100000. This recruit,
by his fathers will. has an income of
81, 900 q year. and will inherit the en-
tire estate at his mothers death. For
the present he will add to his income
the monthly pay Of $13.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

An observation tower to the memory
of Ethan Allen was dedicated in Yer.
mont recently. This is creditable to
the Vermonters. but a man whose
country is full of his namesakes needs
no other monument.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

An English doctor says all the dis.
eases that human flesh is heir to can
be cured by marriage if there is
proper selection, II must, Of course,
be understood in this connection that
such things as bow legs and cross-eyes
are not diseases
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Boy Burned by comrade.

Hannibal, Mo-, Sept 8. - Charles
Christian, eleven, was roasted alive in
Union street by another boy named
McLain, who dashed can of gasolene
over the clothes of young Christian
and applied lighted match. He will
die.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
Japs Buy Eiohteen Liners.

Glasgow, Sept. 3.-The Nippon Yu-
sen Kaisha Japanese steamship COM
pany), through the Japanese consul
here. is placing contracts for eighteen
liners with Clyde shipbuilding firms.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
i climate that causes whiskers q

A climate that causes whiskers Of
mildew to grow on a corncob pipe
surely has its disadvantages. A Pan.
ana employe, who says he is helping
to dig the canal with a typewriter,
registers 4 public kick and thinks
Uncle SANS employees deserve more
pay. However. only the highly paid
resign.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

More than 5000 people are said to
mysteriously disappear in this country
every year. That's nothing to the
number whose money mysteriously
disappears every day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08
FLAMES ON ALL SIDES.

Fifteen New York Families Escape on
Ladders.
New York, Sept. 5.-Fifteen families
in the tenement at No. 80 West One
Hundred and Eighteenth street were
aroused at 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing, widely excited to find that fire
had cut of their escape by the stairs
They we're finally rescued by means of
fire escapes and ladders, except three
women, one of whom. in her terror,
jumped from the fourth floor and had
remarkable escape from death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

The census bureau finds that there
has been steady decline in the birth
rate in this country since 1860. The
percentage of poor families must be
decreasing.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-09-08

lads and Fancies" is expected to
explain monkey dinners. and all need
full points in connection with them,
and furnish list of those who attend
them.