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, 1907-09-17

An Indiana shoemaker addicted to
the disreputable habit Of beating his
wife, came near a fatal end the other
day. After n of his customary per
formances, a big crowd of steelwork-
ers gathered, threw a rope around his
neck and, after dragging him through
the streets kicking and squirming,
hung him to a cross-arm of a telegraph
pole. A patrol wagon arrived in time
to save his life. He has pledged all
sorts of goodness in future. That is
the kind of treatment hat sets wife.
heaters to thinking.
, 1907-09-17
WILL GO INTO OLD TITLES.

In an interview at Cleveland the
other day, Secretary Garfield said:
I'VE are making no accusations at
this stage of the game, but We are go.
ing back into the title of every piece
of land owned by the railroads, coal
companies or land holders in the west
which we think is suspicious in any
way. We r going to see just how
much is held contrary to law, or was
acquired contrary to Law. 1t will mean
an enormous sum to the government
After this no one Is to get rich OF the
, 1907-09-17

James Kline. one of the oldest resi-
dents of Fremont county and the state,
has passed to his final reward. Mr.
Kline was on two occasions a mem
Der Of the state legislature. AS state
senator, in the winter Of 1898, he fig.
ured in a poisoning episode at the
state capital, one Dodge Of Rawlins
administering to him a poisoned cock
tail in order that he might be prevent
ed from being in his seat at the sena'
torial election on the succeeding day.
, 1907-09-17
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.

Colonel +. A. Sitter, commander of
Custer post, calls attention TO the fact
that the battle Of Antietam, one of
the severest in the Civil war, was
fought September II, 1868, and that
he was present. He was then first
sergeant of his company, and all the
officers above him having been killed
or disabled, he was called upon to as
sumo command, and carried the com.
pany through the struggle
, 1907-09-17
A Travelling Man. Experiences.

travelling mAu e~pV
81 must tell you my experience on
an east bound o. R. & N R. R. train
from Pendleton to LIE Grande. Ore.,"
writes Sam A. CARRIER. = well known
travelling man. Il was in the smoking
department with some other travelling
men when one OF them went out into
the. coach and came back and said,
There is a woman sick unto death In
the car l at once got up and went
out, found her very i'll, with cramp
collie, her hands and arms were drawn
up SO you could not straighten them,
and with a deathlike look ON her face.
Two or three ladies were working
with her and giving her whisky. !
went to my suit case and got my bot
tie of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Il v travel
without it), ian to the water tank,
put a double Gose of the medicine In
the glass. poured some water into IT
and stirred 1t with q pencil; then
had quite a time to get the ladies' to
let me give 1t to her, but ! succeeded.
I could at once see the effect and !
worked with her, rubbing her hands.
and in twenty minutes l gave her an
other Dose. BY this time We were al
most into Le Grande, whore l was to
leave the train l gave the bottle to
the husband to BIO used In case IA
other dose should be needed, but by
the time the train ran into Le 0rande
she raj all right, and I received the
thanks Of every passenger in the car
For sale by all druggists.
, 1907-09-17

A special dispatch to the Denver
Republican says the biggest yield of
barley ever grown in Weld county.
Colo, has been harvested by William
Edwards on the Igo place, six miles
east of Jo~hnstown, on the north side
of the Big Thompson, where each of
forty-seven acres yielded 143 bushels
Of barley, a total OF 6,721 bushels,
bringing the grower nearly $4,000.
, 1907-09-17

The people of Wyoming will back
the state board of equalization in any
effort to lessen the burden that comes
to the people through exorbitant
freight rates. Wyoming is 10Y paying
probably the highest rates of any state
in the union. To increase the rates
upon lumber would be a serious blow
to every industry,
, 1907-09-17

Don't be Afraid to give Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy to your children
It contains no opium or other harmful
drug. It always cures. For sale by
all druggists.
, 1907-09-17

New York dispatches indicate that
ex-President Grover Cleveland is in a
very serious condition. His recovery
is not looked for. He has fallen off in
weight forty pounds, which would be
a good indication provided it come
through healthful exercise. 1t has
come through illness. however, and is
giving his friends much alarm.
, 1907-09-17

The only thing that can be said in
favor of the casualty list of American
railroads, is that the number of killed
and wounded vas less during the past
fiscal year han during the preceding
one. Let us hope that the tendency
to grow better will be kept up.
, 1907-09-17

The best way to head off the mail
order houses l. to furnish superior
goods at the same or lower prices.
That is the kind of business that does
the trick every time.
, 1907-09-17

Anything In the bookbinding and rul
ing line may be had at The Republican
bindery. Give us a trial and be con.
vim ed that the best Of work can BE-
haA 1t right prices right here at home
, 1907-09-17

The fact that the people of Laramie
are loyal to their home merchants in.
dicates in the most conclusive man.
ner that there is little or 10 reason to
send abroad for goods.
, 1907-09-17
HULETT BOY HAS
FINGER AMPUTATED.

Little Tommy Mahoney was taken to
Belle Fourche to have his finger am.
putated, say the Hulett Globe. 1t will
be recalled that he injured it some
time ago, and an effort vas made to
save it, but it could not be done. 1t
is hoped that the little fellow will get
along o. X. now.
, 1907-09-17
Tsrms Of subscription.

In the matter of veracity the ice man,
the coal man and the plumber average
up about the same.
, 1907-09-17
RivERToN NOW HAS
CAMP OF WOODME

Riverton camp No. 708, Woodmen OF
the World, was organized at Ryan's
hall, Wednesday night by State Organ
izer H. e. Smith, says the Riverton Re
publican.
, 1907-09-17
Record Swim.

Floyd Swackhamme, a youth OF
Urich, stepped on the head of a dead
fish last summer. He felt some pain
in the foot at the time, but the wound
soon healed. Last week the fin Of the
fish, half an inch in length. was taken
from the top of the foot, having swan
clear through.-Missouri Mercury.
, 1907-09-17

Daily Republican. SO cents amonts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
Al g O'clock Sharp

The early closing bill has passed the Senate, and it is said it will slip through the house as if creased for the occasion. In case the bill becomes law saloons and other drinking places in Mobile, Montgomery and Birmingham will be closed at 9 o'clock, while those in the lesser cities of the state will be closed at ' ( clock, or o'clock at the farthest.
 An early closing movement in the poor mems clubs will usher in many sociological changes, some of which cannot be fully measured at present. The amount of suffering it will bring to the thirsty will not be, however, without recompense. The midnight pistol toter will lack his customary inspiration, and many a home will have occasion for rejoicing over the execution of the reform. The prohi- HAllOh Cduoc ildy PlONC tO bN tilo SNiS net loser. for early closing will put prohibition in force three hours earlier tan at present. The prohibi. tionists may, however, claim that what is confessedly a good plan be- tween the hours of and 12 o'clock at night, would be equally good before 2 o'clock But the people in the cities may r. in that prohibition is best ad- ministered in broken doses. Perhaps the next assault will close the saloons at o'clock, and so on until the day becomes as much devoted to prohibi- tion as the night soon will be, Pro- gressive prohibition is not, however, established and a reaction may inter- vene. All that is pretty well estab- lished is the fact that the bibulous must assuage their thirsts by or be- fore o'clock, or else go to bed with parched throats and a sense of some thing lacking in their esteemed and craving stomachs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
A plague upon your epieptic Visaee.
 king Lear.
Mistreatment of the Insane

The Age-Herald is glad to hear that Superintendent Searcy of the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa welcomes an investigation of the complaints that the states unfortunates have been treated cruelty in the institution that he has charge Of He is confident that an investigation will set things right in the public mind.
 In view of Superintendent Searcy's confidence in the outcome, harsh charges and comments should be with held. Let the facts be first ascer- tained, and then opinion will be fully justified It makes one heart-sick to think that the states unhappy pa tients may have been subjected to cruelties, and the AgeHerald declines to accept as truth current reports un- til they are proven.
 A joint committee of five is to be dpDOl0leu lO luNeollSdlt lii' pShuiAiso charges-two from the senate and three from the house. This committee snould be appointed without delay in order that the investigation may be full and satisfactory. If final adjourn ment is to take place this month the proposed committee of investigation has no time to waste. Senator Sprag- ins of Huntsville and Senator Hayes of Mooresville are to serve on the committee. The house members of the committee will be selected next Tuesday
 Speed and thoroughness should characterize the work of the commit tee. The state wants the whole truth, and the new joint committee is eX. pected to find and present it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
Work for Cur New Senator

Mr. Bankhead will not be consid cred in the Senate in all respects a novice. He had served twenty years in the House. He knows, perhaps, every senator. and he will soon be- come and be accepted in the Senate as veteran.
 His long service in the House in cluded work in two important com. mittees, those on rivers and harbors and on public buildings and grounds. There is not a vacancy in the minor ity representation of the latter com mittee in the Senate, but the retire ment of Senator Berry has left va cancy in the minority representation of the Senate committee on commerce. To this committee are referred all rivers and harbors bills and proposi- tions, and MT. Bankhead coming from the chief river state of the union, with z splendid House record to his credit will naturally seek appointment to the vacancy left by the non-return of MT. Berry to the Senate. Mir. Bankhead's claims to the place will certainly out rank those of Senator-eleet Jeff Davis, who has been elected to succeed Sen ator Berry.
 Alabama will be fortunate indeed if MT, Bankhead is at the outset of his senatorial career assigned to the committee on commerce, for we have several rivers that should be made navigable. The Warrior will no doubt be first opened and then the Ten nessee and the Coosa will call for due attention and appreciation on the part of the general government This is becoming a river age and Alabama is atove all the rest river state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Judge Stiles and Peaches.

Judge J. P. Stiles was In the city yesterday. He is an ardent citizen of Jefferson county, largely interested in Birmingham as taxpayer and other wise, but now a resident of Thorsby, the Scandinavian town of Chiffon county. Said he:
 T am mostly interested in the 1um- Der development of Chiffon. largely in terested in material development but purely and purposely interested in the fruit project.
 Peaches constitute our principal pro- duct, and within a week or two we will tell of our product not by talk but by absolute introduction. We are coming in a tentative way. It does not mean particularly a reduction of price, but supply of the demand. It means simply more and better fruit than the market has heretofore supplied; and we growers will not be much surprised at reduction of the present prices The crop is not a failure generally in Alabama; but the season is late"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
THE CODE WORD.
Or How a Father Learned He Was
 One.

From Army and Navy Life.
 Probably since the institution of our government it has made use of cipher codes but perhaps only since the outbreak of the war with Spain in 1898. and the American occupation in the Philippines, have the officers of the army and navy re sorted to the regular use of codes for sending news to their families.
 An officer was ordered in 1905 to the Asiatic station on one of the new ar mored cruisers. He proceeded via the Suez canal, while his wife, not being al- lowed by the rules of the navy depart ment to accompany her husband aboard ship, hastened across the continent and, sailing from San Francisco on one of the lines of the fast Pacific mail, reached one of the Aslatic posts, the future station of her husband, who arrived there soon after.
 Letters received from them by their relatives here told of their safe arrival and the beauty of the Orient, and Ill every letter something about a code or the use of one, was mentioned. The of ficer finally instructed his brother at Washington to register a cable address, for he could expect an important message at any time. He also promised to send d code and the key by the following mall
 The families here wondered what it all meant. The solution came by the next mail in the shape of the following:
 Cherry-Mother and son well.
 Maple-Mother not well, son not we'll
 Cedar-Mother and son not well.
 Chestnut-Mother and daughter well.
 Beeeh-Mother well, daughter not we'll
 Ifnden-Mother not well; daughter well.
 Elm-Mother and daughter not well.
 Spruce-Mother recovering; son did not live.
 Pine-Mother recovering; daughter did not live.
 E If plural of word is sent, signifies seven pounds or over.
 Day after day and night after night the relatives looked for the expected message, until about o'clock one cold winter s morning, a message was delivered which, besides the cable address of Contrary Washington" contained only one slgnih- cant word, viz: "Chestnuts," meaning, Mother and daughter well" and that the baby was over seven pounds in weight
 Recently the officer las been ordered to the states, and this time the brother at Washington, having the joyous opportun- itv to impart good news to him, simply telegraphed that same code word. Chest nuts"
 Strangely enough in the original copy of the code the word "Chestnuts' was underscored as a joke: both the children have an abundance of chestnut hair, and they look enough alike to be sisters or chestnuts out of the same burr.
 This may be material for believers in prenatal influence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
Danger in Office BuiIdinqs.

"It has occurred to me several times lately that there is danger incurred by keeping in the windows Of tall build- ings jars of flowers, ferns and such ar ticles," said citizen. "Only today l saw very heavy jar fall from a win dow several floors from the sidewalk. It is not an unusual occurrence. espec- ially when there are strong winds.
 Tt seems to me that an ordinance would he very timely, prohibiting in windows of tall buildings such things as would blow on the sidewalks. A few days ago I saw piece of timb CT fall from the fourth floor of a building, striking the sidewalk with great force, and missed a negro by only one or two feet. Had the piece of wood hit the darlSy, it would have undoubtedly proven fatal.
 "The old adage 'an ounce of preyen- tion seems to have weight only after a serious casualty. Will some one of our good council men take this matter in hand and push this suggestion until our citizens are, by an ordinance. req sonably assured of safety? Or, on the other hand, if there is such an ordi- nance, it should receive more atten- tion from those whose duty it is to en- force the law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
Cabin John Bridue

The Aqueduct road crosses a small creek that tumbles into the Potomac. This creek is about seven miles from Washington, and in order to carry the Aqueduct road over it a bridge was built when Jefferson Davis was sec retary of war A single-span stone arcl bridge was planned by the war department, and when the bridge was completed it was the longest arch in the world. The bridge is known as the Cabin John bridge and it is part of one of the favorite drives of the capital city. When the bridge was completed the names of President Pierce and Secretary of War Davis, as we'll as of the military engineers, were cut on stone which was embedded in the arch of the bridge
 This tablet was of the customary sort, and it stood unquestioned until the days of the civil war Caleb B. Smith of Indiana was then secretary of the interior, and be had charge of the bridge He was long ago forgot ten by the general public, and he would remain unthought of if he had not out of petty spite caused the name of Jefferson Davis to be chiseled out of that tablet
 The Daughters of the Confederacy propose to have the name of the dead secretary of war restored to the tab let of the bridge. and the movement promises to become one of national interest unless the present secretary of the interior or President Roosevelt orders the name of President Davis l to be restored to the bridge he built. Common justice and common fairness alike demand that the vindictiveness of an Indiana politician shall itself be erased by placing again on the tablet of Cabin John bridge the name of Jef- ferson Davis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
THE PUBLIC IS THE JURY.

From the Joplin News-Herald.
 John D. Rockefeller has discovered for the second time that 1t is useless to try to dodge subpoena servers.
 Able as are Mir. Rockefellers attorneys, they apparently advise their client in these affairs with surprisingly little com- mon sense.
 Were Rockefeller on trial. not one of them would advise him deliberately to prejudice the jury against him.
 Yet that is exactly what he is doing with the larger jury-the public-that sooner or later must decide what is to be done with him and his sort.
 Every time the oil magnate has gone into hiding he has added to the public be- lief that he is guilty of the things charged against him.
 Every evasion of the law has hurt his case.
 When at last he shall be brought to the bar it will be the verdict of the public which will direct that of the jury. His charities will not be admissible as evil dence in his favor. But his course in trying to escape the law will be used as evidence against him.
 The sooner he and his legal advisers learn that the law can be as stern as master as it has been useful as a ser want, the less reason they will have to cry out against "class prejudice" when at length their cases are reached on the public docket and verdicts are found in accordance with the facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
TEXAS RATTLESNAKE FARM

toxins. It is one of the most powerful known poisons, and in time 1t may be discovered that it is of great value as a medicinal product"
 MT. Armstrong's snakes are captured mostly by Mexicans. They receive from 25 cents to 50 cents a pound for them. By adding to their weight MT. Armstrong is able to make a good profit on each snake.
 There is a brisk demand for harmless snakes MT Armstrong says that the harmless snakes are of much benefit to the country, being voracious eaters of rats mice gophers, moles, crickets, centi- pedes, tarantulas and other noxious in- sects.
 The habits of the rattlesnakes form an interesting study The Texas rattlesnake is particularly abundant in the Gulf coast region. It is stated that they enjoy the cool breezes from the ocean as much as the average visitors at summer resort.
 They are known to crawl to the edge of the water toward sundown in mid summer and enjoy the breeze and spray. They are quick to strike at bird or any other animal that comes within their reach. The Mexican eagle and kingsnake are the principal foes of the rattlesnake. The eagle kills them for food
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
St. Clair county's Credit.

We are going to issue bonds and spend S5'00 for county roads, as a starter in St. Clair county said Watt Brown of Ragland.
 St Clair owes not a single dollar and has money in it's treasury It is a rich county in natural resources and a pro- gressive and splendid citizenship. Best of aAvwe are going to keep up the public roads after they are built and not allow them to go to pieces as is the eas in some counties. We have the material for road building and intend to employ the best engineering skill to establish a basis for sure enough road building.
 "St. Clair is rapidly coming to the front and will one of these days stand in the first column of Alabama counties We have rich agricultural lands, timber, coal, iron and lime rock in abundance and best of all. water transportation. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
NOTABLE STRIKES OFWORLD

into this country, at the end ships were bringing in over 1900 tons of foreign slate a week!
 A very odd strike began in Stourbridge in 1902 The Glass union had gradually obtained such extraordinary and tyran- nical powers that the masters at last declared that there must be a change. There was no question of wages. The men were quite content with their pay, while the masters would even have raised the wages had the union desired them to do so. But the men refused to allow new hands to be taken on, and-worse than that-presumed to dictate to the masters what glass should be made As the union would not yield, the masters gave their hands notice to quit. There was no ill feeling-quite the contrary. The men worked faithfully up to the last hour, left quietly and went home to live on their strike pay. This strike lasted over a year, and has done irrepar- able harm to our flint-glass industry. Austria has now seized what was once almost monopoly of Stourbridge
 There have been many bitter conflicts
 
 gest which this country has seen was ths South Wales strike of 1s9S The strike was started by the boys who acted as hauliers at one of the principal col leries suddenly throwing up their work. One hundred thousand men came out, and not a pick was swung for 1t7 days. The longest British coal strike was one which began in 1920, in Earl Fitzwilliam's collieries. The original quarrel was about the uss of safety lamps. The strike never ended, for Lord Fitzwilliams took the extraordinary step of closing his pits al- together Another long strike was caused of all extraordinary things-by a ghost In 1873 the miners in a Warwickshire pit struck in a body because they had seen a ghost, and one and all declared that some disaster would ensue. They stayed out for nearly a year, at cost of over G3O00). before the owner succeeded in persuading them that the so-called Hum inous boy" was nothing but a mass of pnosphorescent fungus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
A MILE OF PENNIES.

From the Kansas City Journal
 Pennies will go into hiding in LaSin since members of the Ladies' Aid So- ciety of the Methodist church have adopt ed a penny collecting plan to raise money for the erection of new church at that place.
 The idea is an complication of the old adage, "Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. :" The object is to gather a mile of pen nies and to do this each member has been provided with a narrow strip of paper foot in length. Each foot will hold just sixteen pennies. It is cali cuated that when the mile of pennies is received the sum of sS444S will be added to the building fund. Pennies are likely to become a scarce article in Lallin, as it. takes just S4.44S pennies to make a mile
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14

tenn of worlds swinging about it-a sun several times larger than our sun. It is, however. so far away that not even Nicola Tesla can talk to it by the wireless.
 Poetry and the vivid imaginations of the early Egyptians have given Si- rius an undue importance among the stars. We retain the term dog star" but modern science has robbed the extremely distant sun of any credit for any power over Mother Earth. The dog star is to Us ornamental, but not useful. It neither warns nor cools the earth. It has worlds of it's own to attend to, and it is giving no time or effort to Us humans of this world.