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Mexico Without a Holdup.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
When General Diaz became Prest-
dent he found gangs of professional
bandits scattered all over the country,
living by highway robbery and by
Matchmaking the rich haciendados and
mine owners. Realizing that it would
cost millions of dollars and require an
army to exterminate them by force, he
tried diplomacy. Coaxing the leaders
of the more formidable bands to the
capital. he induced them to enlist their
followers in regularly mounted police
force called rurales. He gave them a
SNOWY uniform, the finest horses he
could find and five times the pay that
Is received by the regular, soldiers
The consequence was that the bandits
who did not come in and join the
rurales were hunted down and exter-
minated by their former comrades
who. under the influence of Diaz, be-
came responsible for good order in the
ruarl districts of the republic. AS a
consequence. there Is no country in
the world where life and property are
more safe than in Mexico. There has
not been a holdup for twelve years
and an American miner declared the
other day that it was safer to carry a
bag of gold over any highway In Mex
icothan through the business section
of Chicago. There is comparatively
little crime. There are more murders
in Chicago than in the entire republic.
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NIGHT In Telephone Exchange.

Frederick w Coburn. in Harper's Weekly.
I'm shut in here for hours at a time"
says the exchange manager. but there's
no ISOLATION about it. The flashing of the
little red, white and green lamps tells
me what is going on. No need of the late
editions to keep informed, and no need
of listening in; a good telephone man
doesn't do that, except in cases of neees-
sity. If you know the positions of the
switchboard you can divine most of the
happenings of the evening.
This hour between and Z is dull,
normally. The stores and manufacturing
establishments are already deserted, and
the hotels and theatres haven't begun to
get busy. Tonight there's little exeep-
tional activity over at the left where the
calls are coming in fast Two-thirds of
these are from the pay-station at the big
railroad station which we serve. A foggy
night like this of course when the train
service Is tied up. makes business Tor
two or three of our girls. People who
cannot travel telephone. When Pater-
familias. hurrying from his office, reaches
the trainshed and finds crowd gath
cred around track No. IS, from which the
5:57 to vulnerable should have gone out
eleven minutes ago, he knows that 1t
his for an uncertainty. So he rushes to the
telephone to inform the family that he
is likely to be anywhere from hali an
hour to an hour late. That relieves their
apprehension. 1t also helps 10 make things
lively for the operator at the station and
for us If the tie-up is a bad one. father
goes to a restaurant for his dinner, and
probably, while he eats, communicates
with his family and with the two men
with whom he had an agreement to bowl
at the club,
"a lot of other stories are told by the
little lights that seem to you to flash up
at random You notice that the girl at
position No. 81 Is busy. She takes the
incoming calls from three big hotels me
atre tickets are being ordered-you see
Bernhardt's in town. Requests for seats
are Tipping into the boxoffice at her the
atre faster than they can be handled. a
lot of people always try to secure tick
cts at the last moment. They get I'M
patient with us II their wants are not at
tended to all at once. But 1t isn't our
fault Only one call at a time can go
over a line. Besides when the theatre
has an attraction that Is running to
standing room only, the boxoffice has Its
hands full, and may be a little slow in
answering the telephone. AS far as we
are concerned calls are put In one after
the other as fast as is humanity possible
with the service that each theatre In our
district takes.
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NO UNEMPLOYED THERE,
New ZeaIanders Don't Know Meaning
of Term.

From the New York Sun.
Fir Joseph Ward, prime minister of
New Zealand and head of the liberal
party, which has been in power there
since 1891, arrived here yesterday from
England on his way home. He has been
around the world He was accompanied
by Lady Ward, Miss Ward and Vincent
Ward his children; William Gray Min
dster of Posts and his private secretary.
Sir Joseph has an engagement to luch
with President Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hill today After he keeps this engage
men he is going to start Immediately for
San Francisco.
~ regard President Roosevelt as the
greatest man in the world-a man with
out a eompeer," said Sir Joseph yester-
day There are other great men, but
he is the elected representative of a great
people
Sir Joseph was the guest yesterday at
the luncheon at the Lawyers club. II
was arranged for him by his friend c.
w McMurran.
AT the luncheon he met several editors,
including Lord Northcliffe, who used to
he Sir Alfred HaTmsworth. Sir Joseph,
in speech, told how the government OF
New Zealand controlled business, and ex-
pressed a desire for treaty with thas
country by which we would take New
Zealand wool In exchange for some things
of which we had an overabundance.
Regarding government ownership IN
New Zealand, he said:
I'VE have had to make provision to
prevent the abuses from which the older
countries have suffered, and we have
succeeded. We have legislated to prevent
the aggregation of large estates. Inc
state may acquire estates by compulsion
and lease them for productive purposes
for 800 years. BY the creation of that
system we have induced people to go
into the country instead of settling In
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Vesuvlus AbIaze.
From the Independent.

From the Independent.
Entering Naples from Rome, | had
intended to keep my eyes open for
everything. but after tremendous day
of work tired nature gained her way,
and / went sound to sleep. | was
suddenly awakened by a most ire
mendous clap of what took to be
thunder and opened my eyes full on
scene which few people have been
privileged to witness. On background
of piled up heaps of yellow gray
smoke, seeming great puffs from a
giant fire, rose a perfect, straight col
umn of burning material without a
flaw or deviation, TO what seemed
thousands of feet above, spreading at
the top and throwing out myriads of
iridescent globes In all directions. No
smile can be so perfect as that OF a
Cyclopean rocket. This unique rocket
issued from burning caldron in which
red-hot glowing material boiled up and
over flowing down the side of the
mountain SO quickly that l Imagined
I could see 1t advance as l watched.
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grass had feelings and must not be
stepped upon. They taught the children
that and it was hard to get the notion
out of the boys heads now. Children
were sent out barefoot on a cold day
and Mrs. Tingley said they would not
take cold, as they got electricity from
the ground.
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Central Of Georgia.
Southern Railway Co.

Schedule in Effect April 20, 1906.
N. B.-Following schedule figures pub
lished only as information and are not
guaranteed.
$40 a.m.-No, 3s, for Atlanta, Washing.
ton Baltimore, PHILADELPHIA,
New York and the East Pull
man Drawing Room Sleeping
Car, Birmingham to New
York. Dining Car, Birming-
ham TO Atlanta.
600 a.m.--No. 10. for Montevallo Ma
plesville, Selma and way sta
tons.
12:25 pm.-No. S5, for Columbus, West
Point. Winona, Greenwood
and Greenville; also Sheffield
and Florence and North Ala
bama points.
$40 p.m.--No. 10, for Cordova, Oakman.
Corona and way stations; also
Blossburg.
5:45 AMINO. %, for Admission, Hefin and
way stations; also Rome, Ca
$50 p.m.-No. SO, for Atlanta. Charlotte,
Richmond, Washington. New
York and the East. Pullman
Sleeping Car Birmingham to
Richmond. Va.
4:05 pm.-No. "a, Anillst ton. Atlanta nd
way stationsa also for Jack
sonville and oil Florida points
also Talladega, Ala. Pullman
Sleeping Car birmingham to
Brunswick.
1920 p.m.-No. 81. for Columbus. West
Point, Winona. Greenwood
and Greenville. Pullman Draw
ing Room Sleeping Car Bir-
mlngham TO Greenville.
1o:35 p.m.-No. p. for Selma, Mobile and
way stations. Pullman Draw
Ing Room Sleeping Car Blr-
mngham to Mobile.
II 40 p.m.-No. 9S, for Atlanta, Admission
and way stations. Pullman
Sleeping Car. Birmingham to
Atlanta. Sleeping Car can be
occupied at Union station $50
p m.
For detailed information and sleeping
car reservations apply passenger office.
Morris Hotel Building. Telephone 3061
Bell and GIT Peoples
]. n. HARRISON, Dist. Pass. Agt.
r. b. CREAGH. Trav. Pass. Agt.
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So 1t Does.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"You ought to take trip through one
o. them big shoe manufactures down
east" remarked the old-fashioned cob
bier
1--WE been through one" replied the
other. What dye think of all that mod
ern machinery?
well 1t certainly does bat awl."
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BLOUNT SPRINGS

This famous summer resort Is open
for the season. Hotel under new
management. For full particulars,
rates and descriptive phamplets adj
dress MADISON & WEST,
Blount Springs, Ala
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no YOU KNOW

That the beer that made Biz
mingham famous is on sale at
McVay's, 2120 Second ave-, at
10c per bottle?
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ESTILL SPRINGS HOTEL
Estill Springs, Tenn.

HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORT.
Excellent accommodations Moder-
ate prices. Best mineral waters In the
south. Finest fishing, skating, bowl
ing and dancing. All games and music.
Write for booklet and rates.
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THROUGH CARS
EAST LAKE CASINO.

TO EAST LAKE CASINO.
Leave corner of I'd avenue and
18th street every evening at
8, 8:12, 8::24, and go through
without stop. There in time
for the show-Quick travel
ing. this.
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LORING SPRINGS. Mr sT9

Chalybeate and freestone water; fishing,
hunting. bathing, boating, driving, ten
pins, croquet and other amusements-
CHAS. A. LORING, Prop
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure OF
passenger trains at the Union station
Birmingham:
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cARRoLLToN SHORT LINE RAIL.
WAY COMPANY.
Effective June Is. 10

First-class passenger trains meet and
connect with all main line Mobile 4 Ohie
trains.
For further information apply to
JOHN T. COCHRANE,
Pres. and Genl Manager.
Carrollton. Ala.
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COOKS SPRINGS

Hotel now open for the reception of
guests. Rates reduced from last year.
Many improvements. Unexcelled for
pleasure and health. Write for rates
and booklets. Special rates to families.
LOUIE REESE. Proprietor.
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Lcuisville and Nashville Railroad.

effective June II, 1907.
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Schedule IN Effect April 20, 1906.
N. B.-Following schedule figures pub
lished only as information and are not
guaranteed.
GAO ammo. ss. for Atlanta. Washing.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

decorated down the center of the front
by four groups OF three small green
silk bows each.
The back of the coat TOP is bound with
a fold and curves over the shoulder,
coming down in shallow point below n
/ shallow woke of Iierre lace. The collar
| less neck is finished simply with a seal
Ioped edge OF lace.
The debutante and the girl who isn't
out" but who does her share in the
social world, takes as much thought
about her gowns as does her mother.
a very charming gown for this type of
girl is shown in figure c.
1t is built with a baby waist Of white
net over silk Wide surpIces, boriered
with a fold three-quarters of an inch in
width are fastened 10 the bottom OF
both front and back. whore the ends are
pleated under very wide girdle of blue
liberty satin. The surplices pass over the
shoulder in drawn folds. They come
close together. at the bottom of the front
and meet at the bottom.of the back. The
net is arranged in narrow gathered
tuck and in the same way there are two
narrow gathered tucks across the top
with a quilting of lace between them.
This forms 81 square neck.
Very small puffed sleeves are made
with three gathered tucks alternating
with four inch-wide lace ruffles. The
bottoms OF the sleeves are gathered
close 10 the arm under two narrow lace
ruffles.
A very wide girdle of blue liberty taf-
feta is built upon the fitted lining Of the
waist. II is drawn in close folds and Is
finished In the back with a smart buckle
eject made by wrapping silk around a
long. oval-shaped wire frame. This
frame is outlined by a closely shirred
baud OF the silk finished with two tiny
bows at the bottom. The girdie is boned
in the back with two whalebones and
has one bone on each side and three in
front. These are arranged so as not to
show where they are placed.
A white silk skirt is gored and has a
L,ala3n frnnt n2nsL IS-tS- GathaEsd- saalas,
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manner ia which the taffeta skirt stands
out below the release of the pleats.
The general effect of the gown is
youthful and girlish. but not too much
so To make il unbecoming TO an elderly
woman.
The top OF the gown is outlined by a
loosely pleatcd but closely drawn fold
of silk, with pointed ends passed through
an oblong buckle I'm front. A similar
fold begins at the point Of the little
yoke in the back. passed over the
shoulder and ends In a buckle and point
ed ends I'm the middle of the front.
A similar fold around the top bodice,
half an inch above the yoke fold, passes
around the front below a chemisette of
pleated lace that fits, In a scalloped
edge. around the throat. Below this
lace chemisette. which extends around
the back of the neck, the open part of
the bodice Is filed in with fun, loosely
pIeated net. This net and lace bodice OF
the dress may be changed to suit the
color and texture of the gown. to chif-
fon. gauze. lace or any similar suitable
fabric.
Short sleeves are made in four over
tapping net puffs, short IN front and
dropping at the back The lowest one
falls over pleated band of brown silk,
with a bow at the back, above a ruffle
of lace. that is twice as long In the
back as IN front. at which point it ter
inmates just in front Of the elbow
The bottom Of the skirt has a wide
hem. and is trimmed with a big Wall-of-
Troy design carried out in taffeta folds
two inches in width.
This gown fastens inVisibly down the
back. and is cut walking length It
would be even more charming If made
for dressy afternoon wear, with a train,
rich lace in place OF net in the bodice
and IN black or certain colors, velvet in
the folds instead of the dress material
It is a style Of gown that viii make up
attractiVely in most Of the light weights
of autumn materials that are not too
soft in character.
Fashionable folk I've a Eopd deal in
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hotels in the autumn. before their
houses are opened for the winter, and
when outdoor amusements offer such
enjoyment in the braclng atmosphere.
Figure b illustrates a very useful as
we'll as chic little gown for informal
dinners and hotel afternoon affairs. al
though by no means intended solely for
wear in hotels. II is built Of white net
over a white silk skirt and is worn
with a Directoire coat, OF which we are
likely TO see many this season
The skirt is cut walking or dancing
length. and on the edge of the silk
underskirt is a full rose quilting of a
deep cream color.
The net overdress IS made with two
very wide founces of Lderre lace, in a
delicate sprawling pattern. and the top
nounce is put on In quite a novel man
ner. a narrow tuck heads It, and a
wide edge Of the net skirt is left un-
/ der the top of the hounce, giving the
quaint effect OF a wide tuck there.
Clear green silk is the material used
In the Directoire coat. 1t has a mar
row belt and long loosely fitted coat
skirt with two stitched bias folds, their
own width apart. around the bottom
above the hem. This is the same width
as the folds. and simple as this trim
ming arrangement is il is most ef-
fective.
Coat revers begin in front Of the
arm and turn back upon curved coat
fronts in a shape that narrows TO the
waist line. The revers have mar
row hem. There is an underarm seam,
but no darts.
silk sleeves are made open on the
outside and not even meeting at the
shoulder They are finished with the
same border as trims the bottom Of
the coat The open sides are tackled
to a short sleeve built of four ruff
fies Of .Lierre lace on a Foundation Of
pufed net caught high on the arm by
a fold of green silk
A yoke Of Lierre lace. to which is
gathered q flII 1roRk af ihAs EamA,- l..
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the interests Of picturesque effects, or
for the complexion, are charming In
their latest phases, and as becoming as
they are charming. if we'll chosen and
adjusted. OF the plain serViCeable col
ors the brown and certain vivid, yet not
crude, greens are summer faVOrites.
Light blue is liked, and with dust coats
OF pOngee IN the natural color or OF
other material in those popular tones.
wells of the same hue are very. often
worn White chiffon is possibly the
most becoming thing woman can wear
over her face, and, though not pracIlcal
for motoring is a great favorite; nut
the latest wells Of white body have Dor
ders In color which greatly enhance
their effectiveness. Sometimes the bor-
der is but a deep band or several bands
of varying width, but a border OF large
dots above a band of the same color IS
an idea much liked A white veil with
such border in empire green or IN
brown is particularly attractive. Inefe
are also white chiffon wells with deli
cately printed floral borders, but, while
undeniably pretty, they have not the
smartness of the wells with dotted band
borders.
always popular and very sheer hose or
this sort are possibly more modish this
season than tie open work effectsi
though open " oTk combined with lace
inset is d favorite idea with the manu-
facturers. There is a great deal Of lace
used in the more expensive and dressy
silk hose. the lace being set in in bands
or IN motifs. Embroidery, too, plays an
important part in the beauutying or
Woman'S 5 hosiery, and lovely effects are
obtained in this way, the one tone color
scheme fOeing adhered to- The embroid-
cry may take the form Of a heavy bold
design running up over the instep, or Of
dalicata tEaaar1z of ULtla GaElands fran.
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Plants and FIowerS

There are plenty Of flowers yet in the
garden, and out Of 1t. too. 40 al the
house with gorgeous bloom. The au-
tumn Towering is on the whole rich,
wild, luxurious, the plants putting forth
their last blooming with a sort of POM
pous dignity and none OF the fran
beauty OF spring flowers
Arrange the bouquets in accordance
Pile q great mass Of golden-gl into a
jardiniere and set It on a tabouret- It's
gay flowers look well in any room,
CHp them with scissors, in the morn
Ing, and freshen the waIv- each day.
There are still some nasturtiums IN
the border. There may be coaNed 20
bloom a little longer by faithiaily clip
ping the blossoms each day and cutting
away the dead leaves and seed pods.
Pick them with the fingers, ~ The even
ing, and place them IN fat dishes with
their leaves in a straggly fashion. They
Look well IN z dining-roon or hall.
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than the frocks which they are
to supplement, and the woman who
buys these things knowingly and wears
them cleverly can get along with COM
parativeiy few frocks if she must, and
need not order these from famous and
expensive makers,
The lace veil is one Of the extrava-
gances of this season. and when. as is
often the ease, the lace is real, the cost
OF one is enough TO give the ordinary
women pause. Even the cheaper laces,
If fine enough TO be desirable at all, are
by no means cheap; but the lace veil
has caught the feminine fancy and
floats from the brim of many a modish
hat. White or cream lace is almost in
variably becoming and some women
look particularly we'll behind hlmy
black lace. Brown lace wells are also
popular, though not universally becOm-
ing. The draplng of one of these wells
is an art one should experiment pa
tiently before wearing one in public,
As rule they are worn hanging
straight and loose In front and sides and
draped slightly in back. But there are
great possibilities in the lines OF that
back drapery and it is necessary to
study ones head carefully from all
points of view in order TO successfully
adjust any kind of a draped and float
ing veil.
The chiffon wells, whether of the motor
txna ar Of the. kind .zzorn- Eaerelx In
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Ih e V cry
Newest Notes
in Hats for
This Fall, too,
with a Delight
ful Little Even
ing Bonnet

dainty cOnfecuons, suitable for use in
early autumn, while some Of them viii
remain smart all season
IN FiEue a the hat is Of almost corn
colOred Tuscan straw, with the brim
rolled up against the crown. A r0sette
Of brown velvet ribbon is coquetrishIy
placed just above the eyebrow, ana
from this point two long yellow pIumes
one quite pale IN tint and the other
corn-colOTed-sweep along the side OF
the haS and droop upon the hair. Mouse
coIored maline is punched over the
bandeau in the back, and the simple,
but smart. little hat is worn with a
forward tilt Later on the trimming
can do good service upon Il hat OF feI.
OF velvet.
A very fetching little evening bonnet
IS shown on Figure b, and IL is one that
can be made OF any color OF tulle 10 suit
a gown. The model is of black tuIle or
maIine, wound around and over a round
wire frame, which is very small and
tilted on one side. Tule is wound
around the bandeau and IS shirred ou
the tilted side. a cluster Of five black
ostrich feathers spring from the tilted
side and droop over iE different diree-
tions. Two narrow bands Of cut steel
terminate IN a round pendant oTe- the
right eyebrow. almost coming Gown upon
the hair.
A charming girlish hat in white and
/ pale blue IS worn with the debutante
dress shown on figure c.
The brim is a mushroom shape and
quite wide.
The crown is large and bellows out at
the top slightly and IS made Of inch
wide braid. like the brim.
The only trimming on the hat is
wreath of pale blue rosebuds, fashioned
from blue satin ribbon to match the
girdle Of the gown.
Under the brim IN the back is a ban
deau and blue maline filling.
This hat is particularly suitable for
Youthful faces and could be adapted for
the debutant's sisters who are stin in
the school room.
For winter 1t would be charming In
gray beaver with tiny pink moss rose
/ buds in place Of the ribbon roses.
Another extremely smart Virot hat
; for street wear shows Gin AA) a modih-
cation of the ever popular tricorne
/ shane. IT is rather small, and is Of red
! beaver (although il could be OF felO.
! on one side OF the hat are thick shirred
/ ropes OF red velvet, catching hrim and
/ crown together and holding the front
OF a plume of massed rufles of red silk.
which stand up with a backward slant,
and which are put on crosswtse. Under
the back Of the hat red tUlle is punched
! upon the bandeau-
/ nv Hearst