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Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22
Got What He Asked for,

Say" queried the alleged funny
man, as he entered the butcher shop,
whats pork worth a yard?'
Fifty cents" answered the butch
err
"Well, I'll take yard" said the A.
F. NJ, tossing a half-dollar on the
counter.
The butcher pocketed the coin and
handed the customer three pigs feet.
"Say, what are you giving meT
asked the party of the funny part, in
dignantly. >.
"a yard of pork-just what you ask
ed for" replied the butcher. "Three
feet make a yard, you know"
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22

Iceland produces most of the worlds
supply of eiderdown, the annual sale
amounting to something over 1000
pounds. Most of this is shipped to
Copenhagen, and commands from $2.41
to $3.50 pound.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22

Two kinds of living creatures only,
men and dogs, can stand an instantane-
Gus change from Arctic cold to tropical
heat without suffering deterioration or
losing their health.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22
The Heir-at-Law.

Daughter-These English novels are
always speaking of an heir-at-law. What
does it mean?
Old LADY, s'pose it's the same way
over there as it's here. The heir always
has &c go to law before he can get any
thing.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22
Otherwise.

She-I understand young Smithkins Is
quite a tennis player.
He-Yes; but aside from that he Is
perfectly harmless.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to
use for their children during the
teething period.
Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1907-01-22

A frightened animal cannot use its
senses Alright; it must first be treasured
by gentle treatment.
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Rehearsal In q Car.

'The other night, coming home
in the car" said the professional!
entertainer, I began to wonder ii
I could bring tears to my own eyes
as / do to the eyes of the other
people. 1 tried. I thought OF all
the wrongs I had committed and
felt sorry for people I had wronged;;
l thought Of all the mistakes l had
made that other people had profted
by, and pretty soon the tears began
to gather in my eyes and roll down
my cheeks. :,
II forgot there were other peopls
in the car who might notice me.
Soon a woman got up from across
the car and came to me.
"I see, SIR said she, that you
are in some trouble. Can l do any
thing to help you?'
"Lord bless you, no, madam l
told her, hastily wiping away my
tears. Z am a professional enter
tainer and was practicing on myself.
That's ALL New York Press.
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WOMEN OF HOLLAND.
rher Costumes Too Complex Fof
Words, Says Feminine Writer.


The women's costume is a triie
too complex for verbal description,
as feminine belongings usually are,
SAYS Florence Craig Albrecht in
Scribner's, but the white lace cap
which covers the head from eye
brows to nape of neck and from ear
to car, curting out in rounded wings
on each side of her check, is always
a conspicuous and inevitable portion
of a voman's attire. 1t may posi-
bly, be that on Sunday this cap is
trife winter or sitter or daintier
than on week days, but the differ
ence is not very apparent.
The ladies assure us there is a
vast difference in the quality of the
net and the amount of handiwork
employed, but the lens made no
special note of that. In shape and
outline the camera finds great dis
tinction between these caps and
those of Katwyk OF Marken or Bois
lie Duo, but between Sunday and
Monday caps in Volendam it records
none whatever. For the rest OF the
costume feminine Holland asks
above all things apparently very
flat, narrow chest, surmounting
enormous hips, and Volendam is no
exception to this fashion rule.
The invariable black "best waist"
of the elder women is usually
frightened by a square yoke OF
lighter color and material, and the
dark apron or overskirt is topped
by SIX inches or more Of gay plaid
or bright colored band worn over an
underskirt of dull blue striped or
black material and uneountable pct
tieoats.
About the throat a bar formed
of many rows Of hsay dark red
coral beads Is fastened BY huge sil
YER clasps, and the number Of rows,
the sire and quality OF the beads
are matters for feminine PRIDE
Long hair Is not the only glory OF
woman In Holland, ssve perhaps at
Ma,ksn. II is usually hidden and
at Volsn6am Is snt quite close and
entirsly eevsrsd BY a tight fitting
thick blsek llk cap eonesalsd b.
meath TIE snowy white lsee.
The younger girh, from the
tinisst toddlsr 30 The young mshls,
old snoush 10 we'd wear dssssss
and ssps Ae exact sountsIpsIt OF
their grave mothers, DO less fuu OF
skiyt OF raY7ov Of chest, but much
gsysr IN color. A group Of tiny
maidens IN Q sti6 bsee9e on the dixie
resembles nothing more than q
swarm Of buttsrhiss.
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Whansver Won feel that

Whenever you feel that your
stomach has gone a little wrong, or
when you feel that it is not In good
order as is evidenced by mean head
aches, nervousness, bad breath, belcn-
ing, take something at times, and
especially after your meals until re-
lief Is afforded. There is nothing
better offered the public today for
stomach troubles, dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, etc, than Kodo. This is a
scientific preparation of natural d.
gestants combined with vegetable
acids aud 1t contains the same juices
found in any healthy stomach.
Kodol is guaranteed to give relief.
1t is pleasant to take; it will make
you feel fine by digestlng what Aou
eat. Sold by W l. Wallace, MD.
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The Companion as a Christmas Gift

Nobody is too young, nobody too
old, to enjoy reading The Youth g
Companion. For that reason 1t
makes one of the most appropriate
of Christmas gifts-oue of the few
whose actual worth far outweighs the
cost. Welcome as the paper may be
to the casual reader on the train, at
the Office, IN the public library, it
is, after all, the paper of the home.
The regularity and frequency of its
visits, the cordial sincerity of its
tone, make for it soon the place of a
familiar friend in the home Like
a good friend, too, it stands always
for those traits and qualities which
are typlfed in the ideal home, and
are the sources of nations health
and true prosperity. Is there an
other Christmas present costing so
little that equals it?
On receipt of S1'75, the yearly
subscription price, the publishers
send to the new subscriber all the
remaining issues of The Companion
for 1902 and the Four.Leaf Harg-
ing Calendar for 1908 in full color.
Full illustrated Announcement of
the new volume for 1908 will be
sent with sample copies of the paper
to any address free.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
144 Berkeley Street. Boston, Mass.
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did not explain it. They had a

did not explain it. They had a
picture on the wall of George
Washington. The Honorable
Sulser of New York, who is half
Irish, he says, and nobody is e'-
er inclined to deny it, one OF the
Tammany Braves, referred to
this picture in the most abrupt
manner, while in the midst OF
his speech, and many of those
present did not know what he
meant by it, and some of them
are wondering yet. 81 am glad
to see such an excellent picture
of George Washington he ora
ted all of a sudden. Just then
Georges hair came off very sud-
denly, and our eyes beheld the
features of William J Bryan, out
of whose face they had made a
likeness of George by sticking
white hair about it. Amidst
the clapping of hands, Sulser
observed, "See what transfor-
nation my eloquence has
brought about
Two Tammany men spoke at
this dinner, and both said that
Bryan was the idol Of the De-
mocracy Of New York. One OF
them said that New York's del.
egation would go to the conven-
ton pledged to Bryan. This
may mean something, and it
NAV mean nothing. Tammany,
you know, is a sort of one-man
arrangement, and if it all hap
pens as it usually does, this one
man, whoever he be at the time,
will simply pass the word down
as to who is to be the man to sup
port and the delegation will act
accordingly. Still, what these
men say is most likely the act
ual sentiment among the people,
without regard to what the po-
litical bosses may think.
ZACH MCGHEE.
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II Sells Pens.

At the national stationers'
convention, recently held, in ST..
Paul, MINI, it was stated by MI
Waterman of the l. E Waterman
company of New York, maker
of Waterman's ideal fountain
pen, that his concern alone sold
last year pens for which con-
sumers invested over 50, ,250, 900,
of which nearly thirds were
sold by stationers. This will il,
lustrate the rapidly increasing
use of fountain pens. Mr. Wat
erman further stated that it was
his opinion that this demand
was brought about bp the liber-
al use of advertising. CONNIE p
eial Unson.
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M Only EseapA

Thass Is . Story oftan told 70 i
lust,ste The nannsr IN vhikh PHss
ident Lincoln Wa besiegsd BY com
mission sssks,s. Hearing that I
brisodisr general and his hores hse
been captured and the general tai
en- to Richmond, be asked eagerly
about the horse.
.The horse!" exclaimed his In
formant. ~You want to know
about the borse7"
"Yes," said Lincoln. NJ car
make brigadier any day, but the
horse was valuable"
To this John Russell Young, IL
his memoirs, adds a similar tale
He was calling upon Lincoln one
day at the White House.
II met So-and-so on the steps,
he remarked.
'Yes," replied the president: Z"
have Just made his son a brigadier.'
"a general!" exclaimed Mr.
Young in astonishment.
eyes" said Mr.. Lincoln, with
a great weariness. 'You know
must have some time for something
else"
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When the stomach, heart, or kid
ney nerves get weak, then these or
gans always fail. Don't drug the
stomach, nor stimulate the heart OF
kidneys. That is simply a make
shift. Get a prescription known to
druggists everywhere as DR. Shoop's
Restorative. The Restorative eI-
pressly for these weak inside nerves.
Strengthen these nerves, build them
up with DR. Shops Restorative
tablets or liquld-and see how
quickly help will come. Free cam
pie test cent on request by DR. Shoop,
Racine, Wis. Your health is surely
worth this sample test. ID G Scott.
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Finicky.

"Cleanliness is a prime factor in
successful chicken farming" said an
expert. "Keep the runs clean, dry,
cheerful and your hens will do their
duty by you nobly. In fact, to make
hens lay well it is almost necessary
to carry neatness to the fnicky
point-to be as fnicky as the old
lady with the aquarium. This old
lady did not merely keep the aqua
rum neat-the glass spotless, the
stones at the bottom snowy-but it
was said of her that every Saturday
night she took the fish out and gave
them q bath"
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Notice to Teachers.

There will be Teachers association
in Williamsburg county. The places
of meeting will be in different sections
on invitations, with the understanding
that the teachers attending be enter
tanned free. This is to notify you that
l will consider your attendance on these
meetings, and interest therein, in cases
of application for renewal Of certifi-
Gates, and that no certificate will be re-
newed except for those who show q
proper interest in the work.
J G MCCULLOUGH,
11-2S-3t Co. Supt. Education.
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The BRYAN BOOM
FORMALLY LAUNCHED.
ECHOES OF BRYAN DINNER when
The PEERLESS One ANNOUNCED
HIS CANDIDACY.
The State Bureau,
y Post Building,
Washington, Dec. l.

The So Bryan dinner has hap,
pened, and the Bryan boom is
formally launched upon the
breezes. 1t was launched amidst
the murk and mazes of smoke
and wine, a nd though it needed
no launching, not even before
Mr. Bryan's statement in The
Commoner OF last week, it is
ahoat and no mistake. | sat
amidst the smoke and wine and
saw it launched myself. It was
a heap of fun, and while the
thing itself was no surprise,
there were some surprising in
cidents. The hour was so late
when the speeches began that
none except Bryan's went out
to the papers; SO that a brief re-
sumo is not out of place.
The most significant thing
about the whole dinner, per
haps, was the speech of John
Sharp Williams. John Sharp is
is a long sight further away
from most OF the principles ad.
vocated by Bryan than he was
ever from those advocated by
his late antagonist. Vardaman;
but he said that all in all, tax.
ing everything into considera-
ton he was of the opinion that
the best thing for the Demo-
cratic party to do was to nomi-
nate Bryan next year for the
presidency. He said he would
not stultify himself by saying
that he agreed with Bryan in
everything, but that Gin essen.
tials unity, in non-essentials
charity" was his motto; and he
asked, if Bryan would be defeat
ed, d,"who stands a better chance
of not being defeated"'
'1'm not afraid of any man
who is a Democrat" said Mr.
Williams. It makes no differ
ence whether he is a conserva-
tive or a radical. ! know his
impulses are right, and l don't
know any man I'd rather see
president of these United
States. Ibelieve he'd be a safe
and sane and sound president"
He paused a minute till the ap-
plause permitted him to pro-
ceed then he added in his pierre
ing voice, "in the right sense.
We don't want a president who
would be so Internally safe and
sane and sound that he would
not move"
Mr. Williams is always inter-
esting, and in any crowd OF
men, with Bryan or anybody
else present, he stands peer.
not merely in my Judgment,
you understand, but in the
Judgment of the crowd. He
was greeted with wild enthusi-
asm and listened to, as he al
ways is, with the closest atten-
ton of everybody. He was al
together more serious that night
than usual, that is, he let fly
fewer sparks of the ever pres
ent wit than usual, though he
let some fly.
Preference has been made,
he said, "to the vitality of the
Democratic party. God knows
it has vitality. Nothing but the
Democratic party could have
survived the mistakes you and
I have made" Then he went
on to explain why, as he said,
that though the Democrats al
ways beat the Republicans in
debates, beat them in general
ability, and had the right on
their side, they were so often
defeated. "It is because" he
said, "you can't get eight of
them to pull together in the
same team" Now he proposed
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-05
Weak Kidneys

Wak Ednsys Nfely Doizt % wax hdnsy
Nerves. Tho xidnsyL IKE tho Hsa1t nnd ths
hell bct h tbs nerves that eont1ol "A 9Ads
md ar0Sthsa than. DI. Shops nsstcAdys b
D medicine specifically prspared % ysaeh thsss
controllinl nerves. TO Doctor The Xidnsys alonA
ven.
r yUu hsA seAss O. b weak II Ne usina
Dealdl Or b DARK and g1rons, Il you havssynDeseu
Of Bryhh q oeAsr @aFgtns or eanssrs1 ~
ISblsb or Naui&-snd sse what u eaA ead Vfu
90 for you. DFo4yin reeommand and an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
Good American Business.

From the New York Sun.
 In 1906 the resources of the savings banks of the state of New York reached $1, ,465, 100000, an increase of $59,0O0,O ,OO0 in only one year.
 In 1906 Arizona had the largest increase in production of copper of all the copper states. The output was 2S4, 22S, ,252 pounds, against 239, ,S4S000 pounds in 1905.
 The silk industry of the United States now employs 79600 operatives and is using SlO9556,621 capital. A few years ago the United States did not have anly silk industry
 The February demand for copper for American home consumption was so large as to compel the largest months import and order of copper ever known.
 In February the banks of Chicago had to send $13,0OO0O0 currency to the coun- try, the largest money shipment of rec ord for any February. That shows bus mess activity all over the middle west.
 In exports 1906 gave us compared with 1865 $21 ,O00,0O0 more for less cotton, $32,- 100000 more for wheat, $9O0O,OOO more for wheat flour, $1.S0, more for automobiles, $2 100000 more for railroad cars, nearly &WO,O0 more for chemicals, S4,000, ,00J more for copper, $2,6OOOOO more for hops, $4OOO,OOO more for scientific instruments and apparatus, $l ,200,000 more for steel sHeelS, 3l,oUO,UuO more TOT structural iron and steel, $1,700,000 more for wire, $1 800, GOO more for builders hardware, $2,3O0, 900 more for metal working machinery, $1,- 100000 more for sewing machines, $2,O00, OO0 more for locomotives S, 100000 more for upper feathers, $1000,0O0 more for boots and shoes, $1,900,0O0 more for tallow, ST. 600,000 more for bacon, $2,0000o0 more for pork, S3,00O,000 more for lard, &, ,9O0 GOO more for oleo, s1,700000 more for butter, $1,700,OO0 more for cheese, g, 100000 more for naval stores, $2GO0,000 more foir oil cake and meal, $1 1,70O00O more for crude oil $4,500,000 more for refined oil, 1,6O0,- 900 more for paper and manufactures thereof, $l1000,00O more for seeds, 8, 1900 900 more for leaf tobacco, s5,600,O00 more for timber, $9,0O0,000 more for lumber and blaming mill products, besides a host of minor increases, with very few decreases.
 California has 129 savings banks. Be- tween Auguct l5 and December 31, 1906, their deposits increased by $1221777.
 Arizona's schol expenditure in 1906 was S5Sl 1885, or $S0,00O more than in 1905.
 Four hundred and sixty-two new na- tonal banks were createtd In 1906 For the last seven years the average has been within fraction of forty a month We now have 6345 national banks, with $S77, 275 capital and $596,s.,022 circula- tion. Seven years ago the banks num- bered 3617 with s61630S,09 capital and S254,- 462 730 circulation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29

 Peoples Savings Bank and Trust com pany, as to my honesty for my contracts. Fully three-fourths ol my patients nave been treated by some one else before cali- ing on me to be cured. Why not come as soon as afficted2 You will save money. distressing pain and valuable time; be- eidss, there Is satisfaction in knowing that the very best treatment Is being given you by an honest, competent phy. eician. l have treated private troubles as a speciality in the city of Birmingham. Ala, since August 3. 1887. l cure all man- aer of private diseases cure many pa. tents by mall treatment. Write for prices and te1ms.
 do not use large advertisements and false statements to attract patients which merit has failed to secure. If you fail te be curtd by such methods. give me can and get well.
 My offices are the most private and quiet in the city. tenth story of the new First National bank building. corner of Second avenue and Twentieth street. Rooms lo08 and 1007. Take one of tho 1no elevators to tenth floor.
 L Ofnce hours s:30 a. m. to s:W . " 0ullax, M A. m. to H-m-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galveston: Quiet; middling, 10 13-16c; net receipts, 12,163; gross receipts, F, ,l63; stock, 344 250 Great Britain, 1S,S93; conti- nent, 11,121; coastwlse, 45S5.
 New Orleans: Quiet; midding, 10 11-16c; net receipts, 5191 gross receipts, 5353; sales, 1850: stock, 2Sl,6S2; Great Britain, 13000; continent, 10.434.
 Mobile: Quiet: middling. 10Ac; net re- ceipts, GOT; gross receipts, Gol sales, 100; stock, 24,6S5; coastwise, 124.
 Savannah: Dull; midding, 103sc; net receipts, 2S14; gross receipts, 2314; sales, 182: stock, 76,660; continent, 14,S27; coast wise, 1913.
 Charleston: Steady; middling 1ossc; net receipts, 33; gross receipts. 8; stock, 12,059; coastwise, 100.
 Wilmngton Steady; middlng, 103sc; net receipts, 142 gross receipts, 1i2; stock, S550.
 Norfolk; Dull; mddling, He; net re- ceipts, 6S9; gross receipts. 6S9; sales. 152, stock, 29, aGG coastwise 3S1
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling, He; stock, 72S9; Great Britain, 2s93; con- tinent, PIG.
 New York: Qdiet; mlddling, 1os5c; net 27O0 stock, 17l60z; Great Britain, 525; France, 11S4; continent, 1859
 Boston; Quiet; middlng, 1095c: net re- ceipts 531 gross receipts, 1881; Great Bri- tain, 124.
 Philadelphia Steady; middling. n2oc; net receipts, "A; gross receipts, 203; stock, 1610 Great Britain, '1084.
 Total today at all ports Net, 21,S69; Great Britain, 3650O France, 11S4; conti- nent, 3S,957; stock, 96S, ,250.
 Consolidated at all ports: Net 125,059; Great Britain. 7i967 France, 669S; conti- nent, SS.640: Japan, S995.
 Total since September l at all ports; Net, S,933147; Great Britain. 3,170,762; France, Fl ,206; continent, 2,S15 6S1 Japan, 1S5395.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
COTTON MARKET
 IS FEATURELESS Trading Quiet With Prices Un- changed and Narrow THE CLOSE IS STEADY An Additional Grade, Strict Low Mid, ding, Stained, Is Eliminated From
 New York Contracts, to
 Take Effect in 1908.
THE CLOSE IS STEADY

New York March 2S.-The cotton mar ket was very quiet today, with prices un- changed, narrow and irregular. Sales were estimated at 5000 bales
 The market opened steady at a decline of points and shortly afterwards showed a net loss of about to points in active months, under scattering liquidation, ferent cables, rumors of rains In the southwest and the heavy estimate for to- morrow's receipts at Houston.
 But private wires from New Orleans re- ported that no rain had fallen in Texas, the stock market made a fairly good showing, the New Orleans estimate for tomorrow was lighter and the market steadied up during the middle session on covering and little buying for a turn in anticipation of greater activity on the part of bull leaders after the honuays were over
 The close was within a point or two of the best. Situation in spot markets were generally unchanged and exports for the day were very heavy. The vote on the proposition to eliminate three additional grades from the New York contract re- suited in the elimination of strict low mid ding, stained, to take effect on April 1, 1908. All three of the big cotton mar kets will be closed Friday and Saturday. Liverpool will remain until Tuesday morning, but the American markets will open for business on Monday. Receipts at the ports today, 2,S69 bales, against 2l, 619 last week and 13,25S bales last year. For the week, estimated, 150,O00 bales, against 166, 116 last week and 106197 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans, 5353 bales, against 3S49 last year, and at Houston 3120 bales, against 2045 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-29
False Teeth for Python.

From the New York World.
 Salome of the thrty-inch waist, with glove-ftting costume of glistening scales is going to have set of false teeth In the first row in the orchestra. Salome is python which has two rows of teeth in her upper jaw. and who sometimes whis- ties through them like old Boreas through a farmers whsl<ers, so they called her "OrChestra."
 The pythons poor teeth have been danc- ing all the seven dances of the yeils dur ing the last two weeks, and the contor- tions of her twenty-four feet of glove fitted body must have stirred the soul ot Jokaanan, could he have seen her. Sa- 1ome weighs 265 pounds and comes from Singapore, where the diet isn't the same as in the Bronx Park Geological Gardens, where the python swallowed something that got inside her organ tubes and caused the teeth to do the unaccountable thing of swelling.
 Ordinarily her teeth are about the size and shape of a porcupine quill cut down to an inch in length. They grew to be as big as lead pencils under the throbbing dance of the seven veils. The mystic number of fourteen teeth were thus stirred to dance.
 Curator Ditmars took Salome in hand vesterday. He persuaded fourteen lahorers and Keepers Toomey and Snyder to sit on the pythons twenty-four feet lineal, while he engineered the forceps. Every time d tooth came out Salome danced from head to tail, and the sixteen ballast men swayed in unison. Twice seven they danced, and then the serpent was stuffed back into her cage, much like bundle or hose or an elongated barrel. Now they are trying to devise set of false teeth fo,. tho beautiful SalOme,
 See Phroso skate. Southside Rink.