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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
New Gayety.

Rice x Bartons Gaiety Extravaganza company will be the attraction at the Gayety this week, and the first perform- ance will be given this afternoon. There is a performance every afternoon and night at the Gayety.
 The show comes highly recommended and critics around the circuit are saying some fine things about the show It's comedy features are said to be unsur- passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
THE WEATHER

Washington. March S.-Forecast for Ala bama-Fair Monday and Tuesday; light north to northwest winds.
 Mississippi-Fair Monday and Tuesday,; light south winds on the coast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Florence blndIey.

The Glrl and the Gambler" d musical drama, with the popular comedlenne
 Florence Biudley. In the stellar role, Is scheduled to appear at the Bljou for one week, bes,nnlng tonight, The piece will be eiaborately staged and presented by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
SUNDAY v|OLATORS CAUGHT YESTERDAY Two Saloons Will Not Be Open
 Today BOTH SEEN IN THE ACT Mayor lnstruets Wier to Close Doors of Two Places Pending the Revocation of Their
 Licenses.
BOTH SEEN IN THE ACT

Within the short space of two hours Sunday whisky sellers had been caught in as many saloons in Birmingham, and Mayor Ward had ordered their doors pl~ -emptorily closed on opening thls morning, pending a recommendation to the city council that the licenses be re- voked
 This is a sample of the celerity and surety of the fight being made against law breakers by the administration. As soon as the evidence was placed before him Mayor Ward issued the following letter:
 W. E. W.sf, Chief of Police.
 Please eiese the following saloons for violating the Sunday law: Buchanan sa- loon, 261S second avenue; Hurt x Schoettlin 21S1 First avenue, north.
 GEORGE B. WARD, Mayor.
 Assigned to Special Officer.
 No sooner was the order received by the chief than the duty was assigned to a special officer. This makes total of four saloons which have been closed in the past month, and none has been re- opened. The four policemen assigned to this duty are securing the town, and hardly a Sunday passes but they capture a yiolator
 According to Officers Street and Smith, who made both arrests, the vendors were caught in the act, while exchanging the liquor for the money.
 The plain clothes men hid themselves in an empty house behind the Buchanan saloon at s o'clock. After over an hours waiting they saw the negro porter, Ed Hatchet, enter the saloon, and then pass out of the rear door to another building.
 Six times was this operation noticed, and although the clink of glasses was heard the officers waited for more con- elusive evidence.
 Finally on the second trip another negro met him in the open, within twen- ty feet of where Street and Smith were hiding A bottle of corn was exchanged for a 25-cent piece and within the twink ling of eye the two men were under ar rest. John Henry Mecinton, the pur- cha ser, admitted his part of the transac- tion, and will testify against Matchet.
 Bridge Saloon Suspected.
 At 9:S0 the same policemen were strollins along First avenue when they suspected something in the Bridge saloon. Going In the restaurant next door they stood around talking for few minutes. Then, as Officer Street was looking through the door to the rear room, C. s. Hurts, the proprietor of the saloon is said to have unbarred the rear door, called to Steve Keller to come in, and handed over the rye.
 Don't put your hand in your pocket, just give me that quarter" said Street, as he placed Hurts under arrest. Accord ing to Smith, while Street was gone to get a bond for Hurts, Keller, the pur- chaser, fainted in his arms, and had to be brought too with cold water,
 Both were caught in the act, and the conviction is little doubted. The cap lives were given bond to appear in police court Tuesday morning for trial.
 The saloons will be closed up imme- diately, and the police will continue to make an active campaign against Sunday whisky selling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
RECORD OF THE COURTS.

The non-jury docket will be taken up in the circuit court today by Judge A. O. Lane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

gets much of the morbid and despairlng literature of today.
 think can detect this in Mir. Bernard Shaw. Though I am not close student of this essentric writer, l have read enough of him to understand his point of view He seems to me man who at heart has or had high moral standard and q serious purpose, but has despaired of the mass of mankind, and now utters his cynical despair in shocking and ugly plays. plays that are repulsive. purverse and inhuman; mocking at all nobility in man or woman, and breathing the noisome air of a pest house.
 Shah this be the attitude we assume? Was this the attitude of Jesus? Did He see less or more of evil and failure than we? Was not His age an age far worse than ours? And did he vent his dsap- pontment in cynical despair?
 No, the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost" and though He must needs tread the wine press alone" and though it brought Him to the cross. He never despaired, nor lost faith in the final outcome. Through the years that He spent upon earth He went about doing good" and left the one un- dying example that still fills us with heart and hope. Which is the braver attitude?
 Supreme Need of Hour.
 Is 1t not the supreme need of the hour. faith and courage like that of Jesus, that persists in the face of all obstacles and in spite of all oppositfon in trying to seek and save that which Is lost?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
BIRMI MINGHAM RIFLES.
Election of Captain Will be Held Next
 Thursday Night

The regular muster of Company K, Bir- mingham Rifles. will be held at their armory Thursday, March :.
 At this meeting an election for captain of the company will be held to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation Of Capt. I.ucien b. Brown.
 The conditions of the company at pres ent are excellent.
 On March 19 the annual inspection of the company will be held by Major Sickle, Twelfth United States cavalry. It is now almost settled fact that the Rifles will attend the Jamestown expo sition some time this summer; the date to be fixed later on. It is to be hoped that full attendance of the rank and file of the company will be present Thurs day night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04
Loss and Ruin.

Here is loss, here is ruin unspeakable, written after Salome, after the receiver had been appointed and the defendant de- clared a bankrupt indeed. It is the sight of such wasted fortunes. with their at
 tendant misery and humiliation, that be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-04

Recently Sam had patronized all of the old time restaurants. Today he would saunter around to the Metropolitan. to- morrow to the St. Nicholas, then 10 Stones, the Morris and back to Pauls. Everywhere he was q welcome visitor, and the most prominent customer never received more careful attention.
 His was a peculiar appetite. Ice cream he dearly loved, and with sweet cakes he was in bliss. Having set him up to cream and cakes. if you would just scratch that back for a half hour, from that minute you were Sam's friend. The back had been rubbed so much that when he died all the hair had been scraped off.
 The funeral was in private, and no audi torium in the city could have been found large enough to hold the hosts of hls many friends. And go has passed away another of the mile stones of Birmingham
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
COFFEE rHREsHED HER


For over fifteen years." writes q
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman,
while coffee drinker, suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
l was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief.
Il never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating my condition. 1 was
downhearted and discouraged, but
prayed daily that I might find some
thing to help me.
Several years ago, while at a
friends holse, I drank n cup OF Post
UNI and thought l had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on | used Postum
instead of Coffee and soon began to in
prove In health. so that now can walk
half dozen blocks or more with ease,
and do many other things that | never
thought would be able to do again in
this world.
my appetite is good, l sleep well
and find life Is worth living. indeed.
A lady of my acquaintance said she
did not like Postum, It was 50 weak
end tasteless.
Il explained to her the difference
when it is made right-boiled accord
ing to directions She was glad 10 know
this because coffee did not agree with
her. Now her folks say they expect to
use Postum the rest OF their lives"
Name given by Postum Co., Batth
Greek, Mich. Read the little book, The
Road to wellville" In pkeA 'Thers's
q reason"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

In former times elder flowers were
treasured not only by lovers Of hedge
row beauty but by those who desired
to preserve their own beauty and youth.
According to the seventeenth century
prescription the elder flowers were to
be gathered on midsummer day, pow
dered and put into borage water, which
was to be drunk daily for a month. the
first thing in the morning and the last
thing at night This was much priced
elixir Of youth. BY common consent
there has always been something SUPER
natural about the elder tree. In Dem
mark it is protected by the elder moth
er, without whose leave ii Is dangerous
to pluck the flower. In Germany the
hat should be taken of to it. And IN
England it has been varlously consid-
cred the tree of the cross and the tree
upon which Judas hanged himself, to BE-
treated with reverence or fear accord
ingly.-London Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
a uorn optimi.t.

When little Leander Bassett asked
big Ieander, his father. what an optim-
list was, Mr.. Bassett regarded him
thoughtfully for a moment before he
spoke.
al hope you're going to be one" he
said, slowly. You favor your Uncle
William in looks. and you've got some
OF his ways. 'Twodld please me might
lily to have you turn out like him.
II don't know how the big diction-
aries put it, but 1 know the general
idea, sonny, and it's your Uncle Will
lam clear through and through
when we had wood to saw an split
he used to call it kind OF a battle.
He'd say. when we've disposed Of this
regiment pointing to pile o. wood
father'd portioned off to Us, I think
our troops will be able to make off to
the woods without further interior
ence,' he'd say--and then we'd both
hack away like mad
"When It came to hoeing corn in the
hot sun, ard I'd got clean discouraged.
he'd put his hand up to his eyes and
say, Strikes me were getting on pretty
fast. When we've hoed these two rows
and sixteen more, well be one more
than half done. and plenty Of time to
finish.' He'd laugh when he said 1t,
and I'd laugh with him.
81 couldn't always see it the same
way he did, but I learned one thing
you can look right at any hard. dis
agreeable job till you can't see any
thing else, even when you turn away
from it; or you can look through 1t,
no matter how thick IT'S, same as Will
lam did. He was what call an optim-
fcfo
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
PARLOR ENCYCLOPEDIA.

~~S~S~~~~~~-~-~.~-~~
One man with a knowledge of sta.
tistics and desire to impart it can
break up pleasant party in a short
time. A group of young people were
chatting about one thing and another
before the cracking fire In q hotel
parlor, when the statistician came in,
brisk and alert, as usual.
THE man found that when he had
agreed to empty that chest he had un-
dertaken tremendous task" one
young man was saying. "A half-mil.
lion dollars In silver weighs a good
deal. It"
ut weighs Twenty-Five thousand
four hundred and sixty-three and six
ty-one one-hundredths pounds, avoir-
dupois," announced the statistician.
There was a short pause, and then
one Of the young women said:
Next week I'm going to Hester
Lawton's birthday party. It's always
lovely. I do think birthday celebra.
tons are so nice, and l was reading
the other day that the custom dates
back to the Saxons. Il"
Much farther than that" said the
brisk voice, through the dusk. an the
fortieth chapter of Genesis, the twer.
tieth verse, you will find. And It came
to pass the third day, which was Pha.
raoh's birthday, that he made a feast
unto all his servants"
Doesn't it seem to you that we've
had more rainy days this October than
for several years." hazarded a reck
less one. I'm sure last year and the
year before"
Three years ago." came In ths
cheerful, irritating zones, "there wer
cventeen full days and parts of five
others .when-Why. where are you all
goingT'
ITS time to dress for dinner" came
chorus; and the statistician was lef,
to enjoy the fire in solitary state.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
MUTINY RARE IN BRITAIN.
Recent Outbreak mt Portsmouth Not
the First, However.

Recent Outbreak mt Portsmouth Not
the First, However.
The British army and navy being the
best disciplined and the most content
In the world, mutinies among our forces
have happily been very rare. Previous
to the recent outbreak ut Portsmouth
the last British mutiny of note occurred
OH July Z, 1890, when the Second Gren-
adler Guards, then at Wellington bar
racks, refused to turn out on parade.
only about six men Of The whole battal-
lon answering the bugle call. Eventu-
ally they were induced to assemble,
but many instead of appearing in full
marching order paraded In tunics and
fatigue dress. For this insubordina-
ton the whole battalion was exiled to
Bermuda for one year.
Leaving the mercantile marine out of
the question, the last British naval mu-
tiny of note-previOus, Of course, to
the recent trouble-occurred as far
back as December, 1901. This was the
famous mutiny of the Bantry Bay
squadron, the seriousness or which may
be judged from the fact that seventeen
of the mutlneers were condemned to
death and all the rest sentenced to re-
celve 200 lashes each. In those days
very stern measures were adopted to
Quell insubordination In the navy.
Portsmouth has been the scene OF a
serious mutiny before. In 1897 the
whole fleet stationed there Struck"
for an advance In wages. The admiral
ty appeased the men by promise,
which, however. was not quickly full
filed. whereupon second mutiny
broke out. Admiral Colpoys and his
captain ordered the marines to fire.
and as some OF the men were killed
these two officers were arrested for
using unjustifed harshness. Eventual
ly the mems wages were raised and the
mutineers were all pardoned.-London
Answers.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
worth Reading.

The average human life Is thirty
three years
Births are more frequent by night
than by day.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926
1t is better to pay rent for small
house than to hang up the landlord for
big one.
Germany's increase Of population in
the years 1895 to 1905 was 16 per
cent; Frances 2 per cent.
The meat received into Smithf1eld
market every year for the feeding of
London exceeds 100000 tons.
The waldorf-Astria Trust Company,
New York City, keeps its main Office
open till 10 o'clock at night.
Out of $50 automobiles In the an
nual exhibition In New York City. fifty
are electrical and IT'S gasoline.
At cos: of $1OOO,OOO the japanese
are about to build bridge 1929 feet
long across the Yalu River between
Autung aud New Wiju.
The yolk OF an egg will dry quickly
If left exposed to the air. but II drop
ped into a cup of cold water 1t will
keep good couple CT days.
1t Is anticipated that several of the
Southern States Will soon pass savings
bank laws similar to those of New
York and the New England States.
To use waste paper. soak it In q
bucket of water till soft and pulpy
then squeeze into balls, put few on
the fire under the Goals; they burn
well, keep the fire going and are hot
A Mexican company has contracted
to ship 1000 ties a day to New Orleans
for the use OF the various roads enter
ing that city. They are to be of sapota
wood, which has been found to have a
minimum life of fifty years.
If you have to keep food hot, after i
Is ready for table, do not put 1t in the
oven. where it gets dry and burnt, bu
place il on dish and put the dish Oyel
| a saucepan of boiling water with &
| cover over the food.
In India alone the losses to the Brit
| ish army from typhoid fever amount t.
half a battalion year. The lates
reports furnish proof that the practict
of anti-typhoid NEGOTIATIONS In the arm,
has resulted In q substantial reduction
| In the Incidence and death rate Of en-
terlc fever among the inoculated.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07

me | want to relieve It. My heart Is
zoo soft One needs to be hard-heart-
ell and callous to the suffering Of others
to get along in the world. Industry
isn't sufficient I'm industriOus-in
fact, | often think l work altogether
too hard 1t isn't a good thing for a
man and it's never appreciated as much
as it might be, either. They don't ap-
preciate it at the Office. There's only
one thing they seem to appreciate less
and that's intelligence. They don't
want a fellow to be too intelligent
They prefer a man without too much
brains. I've made a good many sugges-
tions that would have meant large
increase of business IL they had been
adopted. but. to tell the truth. I've been
rather snubbed for my pains"
What shame,"
THE way of the world" said the
candid man, with sad smile. "And
then / can't bring myself to toady
I'm too independent. 1 often wish
wasn't"
Il DON'T said the young woman
Its very nice for you TO say so, but
know | oughtn't to be SO independ-
ent. / feel inclined to get angry some
times and say few things but l con
troll myself. I've always been rather
self-controlled. I'm doubtful at times
whether it is quite wise. l ought to ac'
more on impulse, perhaps"
Il wish you would" said the young
woman, Indignantly. Tell them just
what you think of them. Mean things
1--WE must be charitable" said the
candid man. al always try to be char
table
You're too much So" said the young
woman.
The candid man sighed gently. 81
know my faults" he sald.-Chicago
Daily News.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
Unfamfliar Facts.

A little hot sealing wax dropped on
his hand killed the Earl of Clonmell.
Servia and Greece each has a popu-
lation of 100000, or a little less than
the State of Indiana.
The government of Spain is to open
fourteen agricultural schools in vari-
Gus parts of the peninsula.
young Englishman swan across
Lake Neuchatel, distance of four and
half miles, in 2 hours and so min
utes.
The coffee crop Is the most valuable
one in Porto Rico. the exports, exceed
ing all other products in value.
Private postcards are now estimated
to be about 60 per cent of the whole
number mailed in Great Britain.
Kilkenny castle is one of the Oldest
inhabited houses in the world, many of
the rooms being much as they were SOC
years ago.
Adele-Maude had on another new
bonnet today: how many has she had
this season? Estelle-None yet: she +
probably trying to get one from the
store that suits her.
Butter in Armenia is made in churns
suspended by ropes from the rafter:
and shaken from. side to side by the
women.
The tallest trees In the world are In
a eucalyptus grove not far from Mel
bourne, Australia. Many Of them are
about 300 feet high.
Residents of England have $55O.OOO,
600 invested in mortgages In foreign
| countries. These investments annually
bring in about ST., 100000 in gold.
Weaving cotton in Africa is slow and
| difficult work. A skilled workman Cal
weave about three yards a day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
The Old Man and Jim.

Old man never had much to say,
'Ceptin' to Jim
And Jim was the widest boy he had
And the Old man jes' wrapped up in
him
Never heard him speak but once
Err twice in my life-and first time was
When the army broke out, and Jim he
went,
months.
And all at l heerd the Old man say
Was, jes' as we turned to start away:
We'll; good-by, Jim;
Take keer of yourself"
Feared like, he was more satisfied
Jes' lookin' at Jim
And likin' him all to hisse'f-like, see?-
Cause he was jes' wrapped up in him !.
And over and over / mind the day
The Old man come and stood round in the
way,
While We was drillin', a-watchin' Jim
And down at the depot a-heerin' him say
well, good-by. Jim;
Take keer yourse'fw
Never nothin' about the farm
Distinguished jim;
Neighbors all ust to wonder why
The Old man 'peared wrapped up in
him.
But when Cap. Biggler, ne writ back
AT Jim was the bravest boy we had
La the whole dern regiment, white or
black,
And his ightin' good as his farmin' bad
At ne had led, with bullet clean
Bored through his thigh, and carried the
flag
Through the bloodiest battle you ever
The Old nan wound up letter to him
AT CAP. read to us, at said Tell Jim
Good-by;
And take keer of hisse'f."
Jim come back jes' long enough
To take the whim
AT he'd like to go back ir calvery-
And the old man jes' wrapped up in
him -
Jim lowed at he'd had SIGH luck afore,
Guessed he'd tackle her three years more.
And the old man give him a colt he'd
And follered him over to Camp Ben
Wade,
And laid err round fer week er so,
Watchin' Jim on dress-parade-
Tel finally he rid away,
And last he heerd was the old man say
well. good-by, jim;
Take keer of yourse'f.''
Tux the papers, the Old man did
A-watchin' fer jim
Fully believin' he'd made his mark.
Some way-jes' wrapped up in him!
And many a time the word 'u'd come
AT stirred him up like the tap of a
drum
At Petersburg. fer instance. where
Jim rid right into their cannons there.
And tux 'em, and pinted 'em t'other way
And socked it home to the boys in gray.
AS they scooted fer timber, and on and
Jim a lieutenant and one arm gone.
And the Old mans words in his mind all
day
well good-by, jim;
Take keer Of YOURSELF
Think of a private, now, perhaps,
We'll say like Jim,
Ats clumb clean up to the shoulder.
straps
Ard the Old man jes' wrapped up in
him
Think of him-with the war plum
through,
And the glorious old Red White-and- Blue
A-laughin' the news down over Jim
And the Old man, bendin' over him
The surgeon turnin' away with tears
AT hadn't leaked fer years aud years
AS the hand of the dyin' boy chung to
His fathers, the old voice in his ears:
well, good-by, Jim;
Take keer of Yourself"
james Whitccmb Riley.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-03-07
WEAK, PALE, THIN
Or. Williams Pink Pills Restored Mrs.
Robbins To Health and Also Cured
Her Daughter Of Anacmia.

a.
Mrs. joke Robbins, Of 1l2l Ciar
St. Decatur, Ill. says: Il was weak,
thin and troubled with headaches. MY
appetite failed SO that I did not rel
ish my food. was unable to do my
work because my limbs panied me
so and my feet were swollen / got
numb and dizzy, my tongue seemed at
dimes to be paralyzed so that I
couldn't speak distinctly My extrem-
tiles, when in this numb state, felt as
il some one was sticking needles into
me all over their surface. Through
my shoulders at times had such pain
that I couldn't sleep Many times I
awoke with smothering sensation
when the physicians remedies
failed to benefit me | began to look
for something that would. My sister.
Mrs. Mcdaniel. of Decatur. recon-
mended Dr. Williams Pink Pills to
me and l at once purchased some. 1
was greatly encouraged when | saw
how they acted on my nervous condi-
ton and continued using them until
cured. l am now able to attend to my
duties and have not consulted phys
ician since.
Il also gave them to my daughter
who had always been weak and who
at this time seemed 10 lack vitality.
Her cheeks were colorless and she
was thin and spiritless. She had an
aemia and we feared consumption. be-
cause every time she went out doors
if it was at all cold or damp she
would take cold and cough. But Dr.
Williams Pink Pills brought color
back to her cheeks and strength to
her body"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid. on re-
ceipt of price. so cents per box. SIX
boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co. Schenectady, N. Y.