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LOW ROUND TRIP
Excursion Rates Via Atlantic Coast
 Line.

ruacaloosa, Ala.-Rate one first-clas. fare plus 25 cents. Dates of sale Juna 10 ls 16 IS, 23 25 July 2. T. 9. final limit K days. Extension can be secured to september 30. 1906.
 Nashville, Tenn.-Rate one first-class fare plus 25 cents. Dates of sale June 1O II. 12. IS, 1s 20. July 5. 6. 2, final limit 15 days in addition to date of sale. Ex- tension of limit can be secured to Sen tefnber 20. 1906.
 San francisco and Los Angeles, Calf low rates account National Educationai association, July 9. 1s. Dates of sale .Juna 2I to July S. inclusive. Final limit San tember l5. 1906. Stop-overs and side trjns Lexington, Ky.-Rate one first-class fare nlus 25 cents. Dates of sale July 20 ao and August l. Final limit August g. 1908 Knoxville, Tenn.-Rate one first-class fare plus 9 cents. Dates of sale June I7 1S 1s. 23, 24, 30, July '. IA, 15, 1906: Anal limit can be secured to September 30 1908 Asheville, N. C.-Rate one first-clas {. fare plus 25 cents. Dates of sale JuIv 25 as 27, 1906. final limit August s. 19Os Extension September 90. 1906.
 Monteagle. Tenn.-Rate one first-class fare plus 25 cents. Dates of sale June go. 30. July 3, D. 1s. 20. 21. g, g. 30, 31, Au- gust IS, IT,. final limit August 31. 1908. For rates or any information see ticket agent or communicates with
 T. c. WHITE. S-s-tf D. F. A., Savannah, O.
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czar of the Summer Hotel.

Harriet Quimby in Leslie's Weekly.
 In the management of hotel summer or otherwise. aside from the manager, who must be the most tactful and at the same time most reserved, sort of man, making friends easily, vet holding them at a certain distance. comes the steward upon whose shoulders falls much of the responsibility which Is appreciated later in the profit-and-loss account of the sea- son. The steward does all the buying He must watch the market in order to have the freshest fruit and vegetables at the lowest price He must also be en- dowed with a sixth sense which tells him how much to order so that there will be sufficient for all, yet no less from over supply of perishable material It is safe to say that an inexperienced manager assisted by an inexperienced steward. can lose more money in one season than ex- perienced and flrst-class managers can make in five. To the vast army of bon vivants served by soft-footed walters who deftly place upon the table dishes so skill fully prepared that they look as if grown by nature for the purpose the kitchen with it's hundreds of workers is a realm unknown and even unthought of. But to prepare the various delicacies which go to make a perfect dinner, a half dozen or so women do nothing from early morn ing until late at night but peel potatoes others peel onions, and there are special shippers for corn and a separate corps of workers for each vegetable In many hotels women are not liked as assistants. but in others they are always hired as vegetable cooks it being maintained by certain authorities that they are more successful in this particular department than are men. But woman chef for roasts and broils. or for sauces, is un- known in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Foods That Make You Fat.

G. Elliot Flint in Dieting vs. Exercise to
 Reduce Flesh" in The Outing Nigga
 zine
 Potatoes, peas, baked beans, fatas sweets-such as buildings. pies and cake-ale, beer. sweet wines and even water when taken with meals, all con duce to obesity. But. in lieu of the foregoing flesh producers, one may satisfy hunger with moderate amount of lean meats, poultry fish; with fruits (exeepting figs. dates and bananas), and with vegetables, such as spinach, string beans. egg plant. celery. beets. etc. would recommend also that those oyerfat from too rich and too generous diet abstain from much liquid at meals. but that they drink copiously of water between meals to flush their systems. Water, be it remembered. is an excellent purga. tive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
GREATEST WOMAN.
In History of orienr Was Hatshepsu
 Was Crowned King.

From the London Globe.
 One of the greatest works of archaeo- logical exploration of recent years is that which the Egyptian exploration fund has been for more than ten years engaged upon-the clearing and partial restora- ton of the great temple of Amen and Hathor at Dier-el- Bahari. near Thebes. There were two temples at Dier-el- Ba- hari. the older the funeral temple of King Menthuetep III. of the Twelfth Dy- nasty. about B. C. 25eo. the latter the splendid fane erected by the great Queen Hatshepsu about B. C. 15oO.
 This latter temple is the one on which so much time and money have been expended. The outlay has not been wasted. for we have restored to us the memorials of the life and deeds of one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
NEW SALOON SCHEME.
Rich Men in Los Angeles To Purchase
 All Resorts.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
 This city will in the near future vote on plan for regulating saloons which prom tses:
 No treating.
 Only the purest liquors to be sold.
 Bartenders given a percentage on all soft drinks to push the sale of non intoxicants.
 No violations of existing laws.
 No liquors sold to minors or drunken men,
 No women allowed in saloons
 The city to reap the profits
 This will be inaugurated in Los Angeles if the city will authorize a coterie of cit azens known as the "Gothenburgers" te acquire the saloons and turn them ovei 10 a holding company. They are all men of independent means. who believe they see in the plan rational solution of the saloon problem.
 Los Angeles has a novel provision in its city charter for direct legislation. By this the people may obtain by direct vote any ordinance which the city council re- fuses to pass, provided it's urgency is backed by sufficient number of voters Only twice has the method been invoked once upon a proposition to banish all Slaughter houses from the city and once to close all saloons. Both failed.
 Petitions signed by 15 per cent of the voters at the last general election form the first step. With the petitions as a draft of the proposed legislation. When enough signatures are secured the peti- tions go to the city council, whose duty 1t is to pass the legislation without amendment. or at once call a special cleo ton. Should the petitions contain less than 15 per cent and more than ' per cent of the voters, the subject is placed upon the ballot at the first general cleo ton. Los Angeles holds it's municipal elections biennially.
 The main idea of the plan comes from Gothenburg, Sweden, which has practiced with success this method of operating sa looms for 40 years.
 At present Los Angeles has 200 saloons and over 100000 inhabitants. The district in which the saloons operate is confined 10 the business center. Each pays a li- cense of $75 a month to the city.
 The men who are backing this plan are William Meade bank president; Homer Ladghln, who made a fortune in potter les at East Liverpool. Ohio Dr. John R Haynes, millionaire and socialist; E. L. Doheny, who controls the oil output of Mexico; J. Ross Clark, brother of Senator Clark and vice-president of the Salt Lake railroad, and Abbott Kinney, founder of the famous beach city of Venice
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Scarcity of Hickory.
the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 Hickory. one of if not the most valn- able of our native woods. has become so scarce that many substitutes have of. ne- cessity been found for 1t.
 The wonderful increase in the demand for buggies and carriages of the finer class had much to do with the vit,ial exhaustion of the great American nick ory forests. England. Germany. China. Australia, South Africa and the South American countries made strong requIsi- tlons on the American supply.
 Years ago the suppy of this fine wood north of the Ohio river had been ex- hausted. Despite substitutes and changed conditions. hickory remains one of the most valuable of American woods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Feeding Steers on Pulp.

From Country Life in America.
 That the experiment of feeding steers on sugar beet pulp. alfalfa hay and farm grains thus far seems to have been successful. will be a matter of much interest, particularly to stock raising within easy reach of the beet growing region. since the sugar fac tories produce vast quantities of pulp so far hard to get rid of, which, there fore. doubtless can be had for nothing. or at all events. for a price much be- low it's actual value as feed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
BUYING HEAT UNITS.
Large Consumers of Coal Adopting
 This Method.

Buying coal on the heat unit basis is becoming increasingly and deservedly common.
 One of the latest proofs of this is given in Cassier's Magazine, which states that Chicago is said to have let contracts for 100000 tons of coal on this basis.
 In the case of the Chicago deliveries If the coal test shows 13,000 British ther- nal units, moisture ten per cent, and ash eight per cent, the price is to be $230 per ton; but If the coal varies in heat units the price is to vary accordingly.
 on 5000 ton contract an analysis of the coal is made once a week. The sample is taken by the regular method,and analysed and reported to the consumer and the contractor
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Receipt for His Brain.

From Harper's Weekly.
 An Ohio politician enjoys telling of a political discussion he once overheard in a country grocery store.
 In some way the argument, quite A heated one, degenerated into a dispute In which one side took the position that the others were crazy to entertain such political tenets as theirs
 At this point a solemn-looking individ- ual, who up to this time had held his peace, suddenly interjected:
 Gents, want to say that I'm the only sane man here that has the papers to prove it!'
 The crowd gazed upon him in astonish- ment
 "It Is true. gents,' continued the sol emn-looking individual. as he drew forth a document from the recesses of his coat, here's my discharge from the state in- sane asylum"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Hospital Corps Immune.

Chapter two provides for the immunity of members of the field hospital corps. This immunity shall cease should the party in question commit acts prejudical to the enemy, but the carrying of arms by members of the hospital corps the presence of pickets or sentinels around a hospital or the presence of the arms of the wounded within hospital. do not constitute grounds for the waiver of such immunity.
 Chapter three details the protection to be accorded the various branches of the hospital corps the members of which are exempted from the treatment given pris- oners of war. Other chapters provide for the protection of hospital material, and the immunity of conveys conducting evacuations, and request that the various governments adopt oppressive laws agains the commercial use of the Red Cross emblem.
 The provision relative to arbitration by the permanent tribunal of The Hague is limited to an interpretation of the terms of the new convention in times of peace
 In addition to the leading nations of the world, China Corea, Siam and Congo were among the participaHts~o the con ference. The Russian and Japanese dele gates took a most active part in the pro- ceedings, mingling with a most friendly spirit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
GOES TO GERMANY
 FOR NEW POTATOES

Washington, July 7.-(Special.) l.)-Every now and then the department of agri- culture sends out an agricultural ex- plorer to gather in new food, forage and ornamental plants from different corners of the south. Sometimes these men are sent more or less at random into strange places to see what they can see More often, however, 1t Is known in general way what they want and what they are going to bring back. A case of the lat ter sort has recently arisen partly as result of passing the free-alcohol bill
 It seems that in Europe there is pecu- liar type of the potato, known as the stock potato" because 1t Is largely raised for stock feeding. + ts' larger and eoarser than the potato which is served on the table, but about twice as much weight
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can be raised to the acre. The potato Is not only valuable for stock feeding but 1t is good producer of alcohol, and with alcohol In the arts on the free list there is bound to be a great demand for alcohol-producing farm products.
 The agricultural explorer in question is N. E. Hansen of North Dakota. One part of his mission is to bring back with him the stock potato but he will have many more commissions especially in connection with hardy varieties of northern fruits. In connection with the potato industry in Europe Hansen will be charged be sides securing the large stock type with getting some of the disease resisting va reties. The potato has suffered a great deal from disease latery and 1t Is known that there are some dlsease-resisting sorts in central Europe that are likely to prove adaptable to some portions of the Uni- ted States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Was In League With Most.

Seattle. July 1.-The police today re- ceived positive evidence that August Rosenberg, the Seattle man who is now under arrest at Altona, Prussia on sus- picion of forming plot that meant the assassination of Germanys sovereign, was In league with the late Johann Most, the notorious anarchist.
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of the most remarkable women the Orleht has ever produced.
 The daughter of Thothmes l. by his beautiful wife, Queen Aahmes, she was early associated with her father, and on the walls of the birth chamber of the temple we see the scenes representing her birth as divine incarnation of her father, Amen-Ra. All monachs of the great Theban dynasties were supposed to be children of Amen. On another wall is depicted the ceremony of her corona ton as kin, for she assumed male attire, even false beard, and used all the lxingly titles in her inscriptions.
 One very important series of sculptures is that which represents the return of the great naval expedition which she sent to the e-producing land of Punt, probably Somaliland, which. under Nashi. her admiral, the Raleigh of the period, returns laden with rich treasures and strange animals, birds and plants. The new volume on the exploration which has Just been issued by the ex- ploration fund contains some very inter- esting matter, for 1t relates to the shrine of Amen-Ra and the forecourt all of which were richly decorated with sculp- lures. -.4-4s,f--> ,- The shrine, which consisted of two rooms, was entered by a lofty granite doorway, and on either side of the door are representations of the man qneen, wearing the crowns of upper and lower Egypt. A specially interesting scene here represents the Queen being brought before Amen, and the god Thoth, or Her mes. acts as priest and introduces her with a curious addess:
 She salutes thee; she speaks Uo thee) She cools thee with water, she gives thee incense. The double is satisfied when she fumgates thee with the eye of thy own body her incense. O. Amen lord of the thrones of the two lands. when thou resteth in thy abode. where thy beauties are worshipped. grant her life, strength and happiness
 Such is the threshold prayer. The shrine of the morning and evening, boats in which he sailed across the sky. In the inner and dark shrine chamber was the splendid shrine of ebony. in which the statue of the god was kept"
 In Egypt. unlike other lands except Greece. the names of artists of great works are known, and handed down. In regard to this great temple we know that the architect was man named Senmut--who. in addition to his artistic abilities, was minister of state, Chan cellor" and Bearer of the Royal 6eal.'' He 1t was who built this and many other temples for his royal mistress. The work of decoration was given to a man named Tehuti the record of whose life Is found on a stella discovered by the Marquis of Northampton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Our Marvellous President.

From The Reader
 "A marvellous man, President Roose- velt." said an enthusiastic American to the Hon. John Morley T hardly know how one would describe him"
 "It is difficult" unused the distinguished statesman Perhaps he might be called cross between St. George and St. vitus"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-08
Hioh Priced Horse Shipped.

London, July 7,--Rock Sand. winner of the 2o00 gHneas, the Derby, and the St. Leger in 1903. recently purchased by Au- gust Belmont for s125,000 was shipped to New York today.
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and was regarded almost as one of the family.
 Meat which was placed before the dog as test was devoured but it was appar- ent that heiate automatically and did not recognize the meat as food.
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The best haIf-tone cuts are mads by the Gawk Engraving company. Age Herald Building.
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DEATH PENALTY
 BILL 0N ROCKS Strong Opposition Develops in
 the Lower House REVOLUTI0NIST ARRIVES DeIeuate From Siberia Flaunts His Colors and Boasts of Having Pre- sided Over Big Revolu-
 tionary Meeting.


 St. Petersburg, July 1.-The bill of the lower house of parliament for the abol- tion of the death penalty went on the rocks today between the caucuses of tn 2 centrists and the council of the empire, majority of which was opposed to it's acceptance in its present form. The sub stitution of a measure abrogating the provision of the code whereby civilians come under the Jurisdiction of military courts in "a state of exceptionable se- curity," minor form of martial law which is the chronic status of nine-tenths of Russia, will solidify the parliamentary opposition to the ministry
 A considerable faction of the centrlsts, particularly the industrial and commer- cial representatives decided for tactical reasons to follow the lead of the lower house, and pass the bill unchanged. But the demand for the retention of the death penalty came with the greatest insistence from the representatives of the border districts. where the penalty is most in use. Poland and the Baltic provinces, who feel themselves in the grip of the reyolutionists and terrorists without the
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Virtually AboIishes Death Penalty,

It was proposed virtually to abolish the death penalty except where circumstances justify the proclamation of martial law such as armed uprisings where the au- thorities are given free hand to summon drumhead court martial and use the firing squad
 This rejection of the first fruits of the legislation of the lower house has re- vived the old demand for the abolition of the council of the empire as wall be- tween the Emperor and the people.
 pr. Nicholaieffsky, who was elected member of the lower house from Kras- noyarsk, Siberia, has arrived here. He openly fiaunts the revolutionary colors. In an interview today he avowed himself an active member of the revolutionist organization. He said that just before his departure he presided at great revolu- tionary meeting at Krasnoyarsk. Cavalry sent to hisperse the meeting joined the revolutionists in parading behind the red flag In place of the national colors.
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From the Los Angeles Herald
 This city will in the near future vote on a plan for regulating saloons which prom ases:
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RED CROSS PLANS FUR HUMANE ACTS Rules Adopted to Regulate Care
 of Wounded ENEMY TO RESPECT THEM Belligerents Are Always to Respect the Rights of the Hospital Corps
 and Accord Them Every
 Facility.
ENEMY TO RESPECT THEM

Geneva, Switzerland, July 7.-The final text of the Red Cross convention, whereby practically all the nations of the civilized world agree upon rules in the matter of treatment of the sick wounded and dead members of the hospital corps and nurses in time of war, shows a number of changes in the antiquated convention of 1884,
 The protocol of this new convention, which was signed last night by William c. Cary Sanger, who was assistant secre- tary of war under Secretary Root; Rear Admiral s. Perry, president of the Naval War college; Gen. John B, Davis. judge advocate general of the American army, and General o'Relly, surgeon general of the American army, all acting in behalf of the United States. gives until Decem- Der 31, 1906, for the ratification of the convention by the governments concerned. The main features of the new treaty are as follows:
 Respect Enemy's Wounded.
 Chapter is devoted to the wounded and sick. Each belligerent is required to re- spect and care for sick and wounded of- flcers, soldiers and others attached of ficially to the enemy's army who fall into its hands. Should one bellgerent be conn pelled to abandon sick and wounded on the field, and leave members of the hos pltal corps and material for their care, such sick and wounded become prisoners Of the enemy subject to the stipulation made by the belligerents for the ex- change of prisoners after each engage ment. The final occupant of the field shall adopt measures to find all wounded and dead, and to protect them against pillage before the final disposal of the bodies by burial or incineration.
 The occupant of the field is charged with a scrupulous examination of the bodies of the enemy. There shall be a re- ciprocal exchange of information rela- tive to the dead, and all letters. perso- nal objects and valuables found on the field shall be gathered and transmitted to the other side.
Richmond daily palladium., 1906-03-01
CUPID WAS Quite BUSY
TWENTY THREE SECURED Ii
CENSES LAST MONTH.
In Only a Few Cases Were Appli-
cants Turned Down-One
Family Has Fever.

In comparison with the month OF
January Cupid did landoffice bust
ness in Wayne County during the
past month. At the county clerk s
Office twenty-three marriage licenses
were granted, about twice the num-
Der issued during January. In only a
few cases were applicants. refuseds In
all cases where seekers after connu-
bial bliss were turned down, the con
tracing parties. resided outside the
county. :
Clayton Miller and Martha Raper
were the last two to receive a mar
lriage license in the month of Feiiru-
ary. Monday a well known resident
of this city called at the clerks Of
fee and secured marriage license
for his brother, Tuesday he again put
in an appearance and secured IL
cense for his sister, explaining that
his entire family seemed to be snff-
ering from matrimonial fever, and in
timating that another visit on the
same mission might be expected of
him in the immediate future.
Richmond daily palladium., 1906-03-01
BOARD OF WORKS rs LOOKING
FOR PLANS FROM MEAD
AND COMPANY.


The Board of Public Works ex-
poets to receive the report Of E. c.
Mead and company consulting engi-.
neers of Dayton, O., in regards to the
proposed re-equipment of the NUM-
cipal Lighting and Power plant, this
week. 49, go. ..
Mead and Company, which is
among the best known. engineering
firms in the west, has been drawing
up plans and specifications for the
past six months, and it is said that it
has now completed the work, and are
receiving bids from numerous cleo
trical supply companies which are
anxious to secure the contract.
When these bids have all been re-
ceived they will be placed before the
Richmond daily palladium., 1906-03-01

cided to replace them with pine
boards. The contractor who did the
work, made the repairs with the un-
derstanding, that for each piece of
black walnut board taken off, he
would give in exchange three pieces
Of pine boarding. ~
If Mr.. Drifmeyer cared to tear
down this valuable building, he could
no doubt, receive enough pine lumber
in exchange for the black walnut
lumber to build three modern and
substantial barns. r..
Another curious feature about this
old landmark is that there is not a
nail in it. All the planks, side
boardings and cross beams are held
together by pegs of black walnut.
These pegs have held the building
together as. well as the modern, steel
nails could do, as today the barn is
in nearly as good condition as when
first built. it ~ g 49,
To. the passefby the barn looks no
different than neighboring structures
for the wood of which it is made is
concealed by heavy coat of white
wash. 49,. .- q,