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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-17
Stevenson's Address.

A Kentuckian born, l have kept the
faith, and at your invitation returned to
bear some humble part in the ceremonies
of this hour The announcement that
Kentucky had set apart a Home Com
ing" week. that the latch string was out,
and a glad welcome awaiting, touched the
hearts of all the sons and daughters of
the grand old commonwealth.
"Once in grace. always in grace; once
a Kentuckian, always a Kentuckian." For
wherever ON this green earth the foot
steps of her children may have wandered,
all roads at some time, lead back to the
old home to the hearthstones around
which cling the tender memories of child
hood; to the little mounds where sleep
the ashes of ancertral dead.
The earnest desire to meet and mingle
with those whose ancestors with ours en-
dured the hardships and dangers of from
tier life, whose fortitude and wisdom
made sure and steadfast the foundations
of a splendid state. has been realized, and
from beyond the Mississippi and the Ohio
a your cordial bidding, we are today in
our ancestral home.
The Home Coming to which you have
invited us is without parallel. The
kindly words that have been spoken. the
cordial grasp of the hand, the hospitality
extended. all give assurance in the largest
measure that we are welcome.
| am honored by the invitation to speak
on this, "the Greater Kentucky Day." Of
the most illustrous of all the sons of
this old commonwealth. OF one, a Ken
tuckian by birth. by adoption an Illinoi-
san. and at all times-in its grandest con-
cepton-an American. OF Lincoln, no
words can be uttered, nor withheld that
could add to, or detract from. his imper-
| ishabe fame. His name Is the common
, heritage of all the people and all time.
His career in grandeur and achievement
has but single counterpart in our his
tory. And what splendid commentary
this upon our free institutons-upon the
sublime understanding principle of popu-
lar government. How inspiring to the
youth of noble aims every incident of a
pathway that led from the frontier cabin
to the chief executive mansion, from the
humblest station to the most exalted vet
attained by man.
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Outwlts the Shoemaker.

In imagination the outwtted safe maker
could see his competitor. the burglar,
melting holes almost as fast as you could
count around the safe lock- and laughing
at the simplicity of the task.
TO construct something which even the
burglars carbon drill couldn't melt
through was the next problem. This has
been solved, and. in the words of the
safe manufacturers, 1t is now the safe
burglars turn to move. Just what his
move will be remains to be seen.
The newest safety vaults are of the
"battleship" type. Several now being con-
structed for New York repositories have
Harveyized nickel-steel armor plate walls
six inches thick and twelve-inch DOORS
The joints of the plates are dovetailed
and made additionally tight with wedg-
ing strips and key pieces so as to be
proof against any attack by floating nitro
glycerln.
Wedges can make absolutely no impress
sion on the Joints or where the doors fit
into the frame, the hard face of the
steel splintering the wedges just as 1t
does the hard point of projectlle. For
the same reason the burglars drill Is
useless. and as for the newest method
of attack by taking the arc light and
taking the temper out of the steel. the
use of the arc is purposely made so diff
ficult to obtain that no burglar can hope
to rely upon It.
Even the locking bolts are a revelation
to the modern burglar The act of closing
the door releases an automatic mechan-
ism which carries the locking bolts into
the locked positions. and there they stay
until the expiration of a predetermined
time, when the time-lock releases the au-
tomato which in turn withdraws the
bolts, all without any assistance from
outside the safe
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says Ward Muir in Chambers journal,
our plunger FASTENED to Ciro's, the IA
nous restaurant in the Galerie Charles
III. and changed his FLYER into french
money. From Ciro's he went straight
into the Casino. where, experiencing an
extraordinary run of luck, he not merely
retrieved all his previous losses, but
gained a substantial increase into the
bargain
Weary of play he retired with few
cronies to Ciro's again to celebrate the
occasion. The usually genial M. Gro
met him at the door of his establish
ment with a flood of reproaches and I'M
braidings. The G5 note was bad.
The plunger took the guilty liver
and scrutinized it carefully. 1t was one
of the sham bank notes issued by the
late Augustus Harris and bearing on
their face an advertisement of the Drury
Lane pantomine. The English friend,
himself was broke" as the Monte Carlo
plunger had posted him the flagrantly
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Attachments Possible.


In no other country than ours could
such attainment have been possible for
the boy whose hands We're Injured to toll.
whose bread was eaten under the hard
conditions that poverty imposes; whose
only heritage was brain. integrity, lofty
ambition, and indomitable purpose Let
1t never be forgotten that the man of
whom | speak possessed an integrity that
could know no temptation, a purity of
life that was never questioned, patriot
ism that no sectional lines could limit.
and fixedness of purpose in achievement
that knew no shadow of turning
In the light of what we now know so
Well nothing Is hazarded in saving that
the death of no man has been to his coun-
try so irreparable loss-one so grievous
to be borne-as that of Abraham Lincoln.
The men who knew Abraham Lincoln.
who saw him face to face, have, with
few exceptions, passed to the grave An
other generation is upon the busy stage.
The book has forever closed upon the
dread pageant of civil strife. Sectional
anlmosities, thank God. belong now only
to the past. The mantle of peace Is over
our entire land and prosperity within
our borders.
Through the nstrumentalty in no small
measure, of the man born upon your
soil the government established by our
father Untouched by the finger of time"
has descended to us. The responsibility
of its preservation and transmission rests
upon the successive generations as they
come and GO Today. at this suspicious
hour sacred to the memory of Lincoln.
let us, his countrymen, Inspired by the
sublime lessons of his wondrous life and
grateful to God for all he has vouch-
safed to our fathers and to us in the
past, take courage and turn our faces
resolutely, hopefully, trustfully to the fu-
ture
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Spelling FOR GORE.
Birmingham Amateurs Are Dsappoint-
ed BY the EnsIey Juniors.

On account of the Ensley Juniors fail
ing to show up at North Haven yester-
day afternoon for the game scheduled,
Fayette Hanna, who was assigned to
umpire the game, awarded it to the Bir-
mingham Amateurs after Pitcher Sherrod
had thrown three strikes over the plate.
The Birmingham boys were not alto
gether disappointed, as some of the Month
Haven and North Highland boys gave
them some very valuable practice. On ac-
count of the boys never playing together
before they put up bad fielding game
but batted well; while on the other hand
the Birmingham Amateurs worked like
a clock and scored several runs In al
most every inning. The other boys failed
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flake" Money Was Lucky.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Having lost every cent of his ready
money at the gaming table, an English
visitor at Monte Carlo wired a pathetic
appeal for help to a friend In England.
Two days later he received a letter. adj
dressed In the friends handwriting,
which on being opened revealed a G5
note.
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Mr.. Watterson dwelt largely with con-
crete facts in the life of Lincoln, saying
among other things:
There is one thing which 1t seems
proper on this occasion to say touching
the doubt often cast upon the actual
paternity of Abraham Lincoln, and that
is that there is not, and never has been,
a shadow of evidence. or reasonable con-
jecture of any sort to support it. These
who repeat 1t, or discuss It, merely betray
their own ignorance, If they do not dis
play vicious tendency Nancy Hanks
was modest. well reared young woman.
Her people We're as respectable as any
people of the vicnage. Not a breath of
scandal was ever heard until she had
lain in her grave half a century Abra-
ham Lincoln was her second child, born
nearly three years after her marriage to
Thomas Lincoln. To impeach her integ-
rity Is to discredit that Of any and every
mother who lived in these early DAYS in
a part of the world where the home
was a sanctuary, the marriage tie a re-
ligion and lewdness unknown"
The visitors who came for the home
coming week departed today by thous-
ands Many of them left for Frankfort
to witness the laying of the corner stone
of the new capitol. but the majority
departed for their homes or for the va
rious county reunions that are to be held
throughout the state during the next fort
night
On all sides it Is believed that the jubi-
lee has been complete success and It
is predicted that other events OF a similar
nature and perhaps more ambitious in
character will grow out of the week
just ended.
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Cause and Effect.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
A few months ago. said the sufferer.
IT had indigestion and rheumatism, but
1t is otherwise now"
"How's that?" queried the stranger.
Since a rich uncle shuffled off and
left me a half Million" explained the
other, ''the doctors call 1t appendicitis
and locomotor ataxia-'
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worthless note as joke-a joke which.
had the plunger taken the trouble to ex-
anime the "fiver" or read it's covering
letter. He would have seen only too
clearly himself. 1t was fortunate that he
did not do so. He merely paid Giro his
a5 and, inviting the pacified restaurateur
to share in the champagne, pretended
that the whole affair was an intentional
Witticism.
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Burqlar's Newest Problem.

1t is interesting to consider In connec-
ton with the newest safes and locks a
most remarkable lock which has just been
invented The combination consists of
four sets of twenty-four letters of the al
phabet. which can be set to a sentence
in most modern languages. When one let
ter is used in one alphabet and another In
the second set and so on, 1t becomes a
very complicated matter Then there Is
the initial problem of what language 1t
has been keyed In. to be solved by the
man who attempts to open the safe.
Furthermore, instead of letters. the in
ventor has employed four sets Of numer-
ais. Assuming that the lock Is set to a
figure on the number of 5000 1903. 030, 3O3 900,
1t would take any burglar who undertook
the job of unlocking the safe $1,000 27S
years, 269 days, 30 minutes and 30 sec
onds, working at the rate of 60 numbers
a minute. to arrive at the proper combina-
ton. During this time the burglar would
have no time for eating. drinking or
sleeping
Truly, the safe burglar has a most In
teresting problem to solve before he can
make his next move.
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Called.

From the Chicago News.
'William Henry?"
'Yes-yes, Maria"
What are you doing?'
Reading about the man with the muck
rake
We'll you go right in that garden, and
let me see you be the man with the gar
den rake, and be quick about It,"
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Keeps Abreast With Times.

On the other hand, the vault makers
met the attack of the burglars drill and
nitroglycerin charge by producing a five
ply welded plate which consisted of five
welded layers of steel. Three of these
are mild, or tough steel. and the other
two of extremely hard chrome steel. The
two outer layers are of tough steel, the
next two of hard steel. and the center is
a somewhat thicker layer of tough steel.
AT last" cried the safe designers, we
have something which Is really burglar
proof"
BY way of answer the scientific burglar
produced new cutting tool which did
the work with even greater ease than
dynamite or nitroglyserin. The success
of the armor-plate maker did not daunt
him. On the contrary, 1t merely COM
PEELED him to exercise his inventive genius
along an entirely new line. His final
production was a retort carbon, similar
to those used for arc lights a few yards
of electric light wire. a pair of black eye
glasses, and a plate pierced in the middle.
With this very simple outfit the burglar
was able to cut holes through steel plates
with almost as much ease as the end of
a red-hot wire will pierce piece of but
ter. This is the way he did it: To the
nearest available electric wire he at
tached two wires One of these was
fastened to the safe and the other to the
end of the carbon stick, suitably insulated
by wooden handle. Then, having in
serted the carbon through the hole in the
plate, in order to protect himself against
the heat and light, the safe burglar pro-
duced n voltaic arc of immense power
between the point of the carbon and the
metal of the safe, melting the metal with
surprising ease.
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STRONGER SAFE IS
NOW A NECESSITY
Serious Conditions Which Con-
front the Vault Makers
THE PERSEVERING THIEF
Safe Builder is Forced to Admit That
Even the Strongest Vaults Stand
Little Show Against Mod
ern Craftsman.
THE PERSEVERING THIEF
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
There was time scarcely more than a.
hundred years ago, when treasures were
placed for safekeepng in strong boxes
built of oak, clamped with iron, and pro-
vided with most formidable hasps and
locks. Mans faith in these repositories
was shattered just soon as the oldtime
burglar found how easy 1T was to open
them with a fine saw and a chlsel.
The all-iron box replaced the wooden
chest. 1t was guaranteed bufgar-proof
and fireproof and was hailed as something
against which the crude burglary kits of
those days would have no chance at all.
The safe breakers reply to this was "a
tiny hand drill, which speedily cut holes
all around the lock in the thin iron door.
With the progress of time. and to meet
the ingenuity of the safe breakers, the
thickness of the iron walls and doors of
the old-time safes were gradually in
creased. Stronger locks and hinges were
introduced but in the interesting strug-
gle Of the safe breaker against the safe
maker the former continued to hold a
very decided advantage.
"No Burglar Proof Safe
There is no such thing as Il burglar
proof safe Make one, and see how long
1t takes us to break into it, said the
challege of the safe burglar after tho
safe builder had been forced to admit
that even the strongest iron vaults stood
no better chance than the old-time wooden
chests against scientific burglary
The vault maker answered the chal-
lenge by introducing steel in place of
iron, double doors, double locks, double
hinges, and many other interesting con-
trivances calculated to daunt the most
persevering thief and force him to ad-
nit that at last here was something he
couldn't break open. Special steel plates
were made possessing great hardness and
toughness This was to resist the vastly
improved drills and jimmy of the burg
lar.
&c safe robber met this challenge with
a small pinch of nitroglycerin scientfical-
~ applied and exploded. II was even cas-
Ter for him than the obsolete method of
drilling holes around the lock.
The vault makers were now confronted
by the same conditions as the armor plate
makers The latter had been called upon
to provide an armor plate hard enough
10 resist the attack of intensely hard pro-
jectiles and yet possessing sufficient pill
ability to prevent ii from being cracked
or entirely shattered by the impact and
explosion.
In the case of the armor plate makers
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the problem was partly solved by taking
a soft steel body and rolling down upon
ii at a Welding heat a face several inches
thick of high carbon steel, the idea being
that the hard face would resist penetra-
ton and smash up the projectile, while
the softer body would hold the hard face
IN to its work,
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HOME COMING WEEK
COMES To A CLOSE
Ex-Vice President Stevenson
Delivers Address
WATTERSON ALSO SPEAKS
Celebration of "Greater Kentucky
Day" Brings the Great Ceremonies
to an Auspicious Conclusion.
Lincoln Is Remembered.
WATTERS0N ALSO SPEAKS

Louisville, June 16.-"Greater Kentucky
Day" brought the ceremonies of the home
coming week to close in a most complete
and satisfactory manner. Tomorrow
number of visiting divines will be heard
from the various city pulpits on religious
themes suggested by the jubilee just end
ed, but the exercises on a large scale
closed this afternoon in Central park
when Adlai E. Stevenson, ex-Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, and Henry
Watterson made the chief addresses.
Several prominent Kentuckians including
Gen. S. B. Buckner and Ex-Governor
Preslie Leslie also made short speeches.
The remnants of the cabin in which Abra-
ham Lincoln was born have stood all
week in the park and the addresses of to-
day delivered as they were in the shadow
of his boyhoods home dwelt largely with
the story of his life. Mr. Stevenson's adj
dress which was the formal Grafton of
the day, was as follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-07
THE PAIN AND THE PERIL

When the kidneys are sick. every
sudden twist or movement sends q
sharp pain coursing through the back.
AS the trouble gains ground, the pain
strikes you first in one place, then in
another, until. you never know when
or where 1t will eme next.
Baokache, rheumatic pain, sciatica
govt and lumbago are brought on in
most cases by an excess IN the blood
of uric acid, a dangerous poison that
should be filtered off by the kidneys
and expelled with the urine. Urtc acid
poisoning Is a serious danger. It has
a weakening and facilitating effect On
every organ OF the body. 1t clogs the
kidneys themselves, and the urinary
channels. causing distressing urinary
troubles, dropsy, diabetes and Bright's
disease. 1t also crystalizes into gravel,
stones in the kidneys and sediment III
the urine; it disturbs the action Of
the heart, liver, stomach and brain,
causes headaches, dizzy speliz, dim
ness Of eyesfght, nervousness, depres-
sion, languor. Colds and changes OF
weather make these troubles worse.
There Is only one way to perma-
nently rid the system of uric poison,
and that is to cure the kidneys. Doan's
Kidney Pills have been curing and
are curing sick kidneys throughout
the civilized world. This great spe-
cif1c cleanses the kidneys, relieves
their congested state, and permanently
strengthens them. The pills disselya
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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield, April 5.-A new rec
ord price for Jefferson county
land has been fixed. John B.
Stever has purchased the Cor
bitt farm consisting of forty acres, a
mile west of Fairfield for $192.50 an
acre. amounting in all to $3,700. u.
B. Rogers, the former owner, has only
owned the land for about two months,
paying at that time SITS an acre.
Three years ago the same farm
brought $125. Mr.. Stever, the new
purchaser, already owns several hun
dred acres in the neighborhood of his
new tract.
Skunk river is said to be damaging
greatly the highway in the vicinity Of
the bridge at Coppock. The superyis-
ors of Jefferson, Washington and
Henry counties will meet at Coppock
next Tuesday to investigate and con
fer with one another.
Rev. Thomas Osborn is to deliver
the address at the Birmingham high
school commencement in the Metho.
dist church at that place, April 10. His
subject is to be,,"How the Giant Wa
Slain"
Two former Fairfield men have been
elected aldermen in other cities this
week, Paul Dysart, nov holding that
Office in keokuk, and Arthur B. Nc.
Cold, representing the sixth ward in
the Chicago city council. Charles Gil.
christ, also formerly OF Fairfield, is q
candidate for alderman in Davenport.
The annual meeting of the Jefferson
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OAK RIDGE.

Oak Ridge. April 5.-Miss Nellie
Twedeell visited for a few days last
week with Mrs. Frank Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Horn who re-
sided in the east end are moving out
with their parents, MI, and Mrs. John
Klinert.
Fred Citizens has moved to town
and George Rhue expects to take pos
session of his place soon.
Miss. Julia Anderson visited for a
few days last week with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Alder
son.
Mrs. Fritz Rhinehard is on the sick
list.
Mr.. Dafiner.. proprietor of the
Wapello restaurant has sold out and
is. moving to his farm which was
vacated by George Rhue.
Mr., and Mrs. Milt White of South
Ottumwa, we're Sunday visitors at the
Fritz Rhinehard home.
Mrs. George Hodgkinson who was
called to Gau1t, Mo-, by the death of
her father, returned home last even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stevens left
this morning for a few days visit
with relatives in Kirkville.
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Pennington, April 5.--Captain Rob.
ert Farris of Montrose Visited friends
here Monday.
Mrs, Fannie Therme went to Keo-
kuk Tuesday to visit B. g. Therme and
niece.
Mrs. Mary Miller was in Bonaparte
Monday.
Word has been received of the sud-
den death of Lewis Podeyn, a former
resident Of Pennington, but for the
past few years has been an inmate OF
the soldiers home at Marshalltown.
S. T. kinney Of K%eosauqua spent
Sunday In Pennington, the guest of
his mother, Mrs. Amanda Kinney.
Miss Elsie King Of Ce%nteryille Is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Frances
King.
Henry Erbstein has moved into the
Woodworth property on Second street.
I'll. j. Locke was a Bonaparte visit
OF on Monday.
E. J. Boyer has been visiting friends
in Ft. Madison.
Mrs. Nellie Therme entertained her
Sunday school class Thursday evening
at the home of Mrs. VIII Knott. Re-
freshments were served.
Miss Bertha Miller of Athens, Mo-,
is visiting at the home Of J. w. Wood
worth.
About thirty little folks gathered at
the home OF Miss Nina Cares Thurs
day evening to help her celebrate her
thirteenth birthday. Mrs. Miner Nc.
Crary entertained MRS. Anna Bailey Of
Vernon oyer Sunday.
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before the supreme court this after
noon in behalf of Senator Burton. The
court room was packed with members
of congress and attorneys, intensely
interested in Mr.. Lehmann's mastery
argument.
Congressman Birdsall has intro.
duced a bill creating a department OF
printing at the request of an outside
party. Mr.. Birdsall will not press the
bill. Congressman Dawson was yes.
terday chosen as the Iowa member o1
the national congressional committee
to succeed j. A. r. Hull.
Discuss Rate Bill.
When the railroad rate bill was
taken up in the senate today Senator
Newlands continued his argument in
support Of his proposition for national
Incorporation of railroad companies,
At the conclusion of his speech Sena.
tor Stone took the floor in support OF
the rate, bill.
The house today began considera.
ton of. the %postofice application bill.