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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09
Report of the King Commission

The Bryce hospital commission re- port that pr. Searcy and the large institution he superintends deserve the support and confidence of the people of Alabama And yet the re- port is in no sence a whitewashing document. It discusses candidly and frankly all features of the hospital situation. The food supplied to the mentally afflicted of the state lacks needful variety. The nurses are in many instances inefficient. and in some instances they have been cruel-so cruel that the commission recom- mends that the grand jury of Tusca- loosa county consider two cases.
 But the commission does not blame Dr. Searcy. It says the party at fault is the rich and populous state Of Alabama. for she restricts her appro- priation for furniture, clothing, bed ding. salaries, wages, fuel, lights med icines. food and even improvements and new buildings in the vast institu- ton covering many acres of ground to three dollars per week per capita. The commission to a man says the appropriation should be four dollars week per capita, and that then the superintendent would then be able to give the unfortunate inmates of the hospital a greater variety of food and the increase would enable him to hire more competent nurses. and especial lv to retain those who had acquired experience and who were known to be humane. It should be remembered that the institution employs over 100 nurses, and that upon the qualified tions and humanity of those nurses largely depends the care accorded the patients or the nOSpltdl.
 The power handed over to Governor Conner by the legislature was broad, and If it includes the right to increase the weekly allowance to four dollars, he should not hesitaate to use 1t. This is the most definite finding of the commission, and the people of the state will undoubtedly say that four dollars a week is none too much.
 The increased expense could per hospital those who are not insane. Some of the counties have unloaded on the hospital feeble and decrepit per sons who have no mental ailment, and if those people were sent back to the county almshouses, the hospital would not at present absorb more money at four dollars a head than it is now doing at three dollars a head In a short time however, the hospi- tai would be filled by additional patti ents for whom it was built and is maintained. 4 return of those who are not insane. and an increase in the weekly allowance are the valuable recommendations of the report and both should be adopted and acted on by the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press
 It makes some girls blush even to men, tion going through tunnel.
 The surest way to avoid the disgrace of dying rich is to have a family.
 A woman can forgive man for ceasing to love her if he will not stop making love to her.
 A man brides himself on his self-control when somebody else frightens him from doing thing he otherwise would do.
 There Is scarcely anything that will get woman talked about more than for her neighbors not to be able to dis- covsr what 1t iA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The dowager empress of China has not put the statement in writing that she will retire next February She has been a boss a long time and in February she may conclude to stay one a while longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The Chinese kowtow to the Statue of Liberty when they come up New York harbor. The do not know that this country has swung away from the torch-bearing young woman to become a plutocracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

New York presents the names of Alton B. Parker and Stuyyesant Ghanler, but she is not pressing those names strenuously. It is difficult to say which would poll the fewer votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

Senator Borah is the defendant in criminal proceedings in Boise, Idaho, instead of Haywood Borah is getting experience on both sides of the rail-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

Gov. Hoke Smith lost a chance to eclipse Governor Glenn in his special ty when Judge Shelby refused to grant the railroads a snap injunction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The empress of China is collecting grizzly bars and alleged wild cats, yet no one in that country dares to call her a nature falkir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The Arctic night is about to begin and it lasts six months. Walter We'll man will not, of course go to the pole when he cannot see 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The Indina republicans propose to support Hughes after casting a complimentary vote for Fairbanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The official call-in of the straw hat in this latitude is not due until Oc- tober at the earliest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The theatre-going public wants vaudeville and the managers are pre- pairing to satisfy the demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The presidential vacation has been spent in pitching hay, saving wood and writing speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

General Drude is applying a big stick to the Moors, and he proposes to use it strenuously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

As the campaign comes on the candi- dates of the reactionists fade out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

night ride through some of our streets is like passing through a tun- nel. We need more lights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The memory of Mansfield's consum. mate art is his best monument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

Mr Cannon has not said at what angle he will carry his cigars if he be- comes President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

All are ready to hear something drop-the temperature for example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

While Taft Is steaming away to the Orient, Hughes will saw wood in the pivotal states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

Uncle Sam's immunity bath attach ment should be cast off. It is disrep- utable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The straw hats need not worry over dismissal until frost comes or snow falls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

The dirt files at Panama, and so does the government money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 142l c street N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09
CHATTING ON THE CIRCUS

Tody Hamilton in the Chicago Tribune. . HE complimentary ticket and pass (0 question has been for long time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

which they have a right. It is a com mon thing for the man in uniform to pre- sent himself at the office of the adver- Using car manager and demand tickets for himself and family. Even conductors are not ashamed to do it on the ground that their train hauls the circus car. {.
 Freight conductors. engineers. firemen. brakemen hang around everywhere, anx- ious to obtain the free ticket favor. Some are too timid to ask outright, others put up a grand bluff as if demanding right
 In the baggage room of the Pennsyl- vania railroad at Pittsburg one time the baggagemaster approached me and said;
 "I want four tickets to the show please"
 1 looked him over for a moment, and. being rattled at his assurance, stam- mered that I had no tickets.
 You're the press, agent for the Barnum show"
 'Yes. sir"
 Well, you can just write me out an order" and he immediately presented me a sheet of paper and pen.
 By that time had recovered my breath.
 T don't see why l should present you with four seats-or anything else l said.
 Its customary you know. All the agents do It."
 DO they?" [ asked Upon what grounds?'
 "oh- we handle their baggage. see?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-09

oilG WILL IGllIe ncAb GOl On6 has been a boss a long time and in February she may conclude to stay one a while longer
 
 The Chinese kowtow to the Statue of Liberty when they come up New York harbor, The do not know that this country has swung away from the torch-bearing young woman to become plutocracy.
 New York presents the names of Alton B. Parker and StuyYesant Ghanler, but she is not pressing those names strenuously. It is difficult to say which would poll the fewer votes.
 
 Senator Borah is the defendant in criminal proceedings in Boise, Idaho, instead of Haywood. Borah is getting experience on both sides of the rail.
 
 Gov. Hoke Smith lost a chance to eclipse Governor Glenn in his special ty when Judge Shelby refused to grant the railroads a snap injunction.
  The empress of China is collecting grizzly bars and alleged wild cats, yet no one in that country dares to call her nature fakir
  The Indina republicans propose to support Hughes after casting a complimentary vote for Fairbanks.
 
 The theatre-going public wants vaudeville and the managers are pre- pairing to satisfy the demand A night ride through some of our streets is like passing through a tun- nel. We need more lights. The official call-in of the straw hat in this latitude is not due until Oc- tober at the earliest.
 The presidential vacation has been spent in pitching hay, saving wood and writing speeches.
 -.s.-- General Drude is applying a big stick to the Moors, and he proposes to use it strenuously.
 
 MT. Cannon has not said at what angle he will carry his cigars if he be- comes President
 While Taft Is steaming away to the Orient, Hughes will saw wood in the pivotal states.
 Uncle Sans immunity-bath attach ment should be cast off. It is disrep- utable
 The straw hats need not worry over dismissal until frost comes or snow falls.
 All are ready to hear something drop--the temperature for example.
  As the campaign comes on the candi- dates of the reactionists fade out.
 -...------ The memory of Mansfield's consum- mate art is his best monument. The dirt files at Panama, and so does the government money.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
HEALTH and SPIRITS
Ars Restored by Or. Williams Pink
Pills in Cases of Debility and
De~spondency,

General debility is caused by men,
tai or physical overwork with imper-
feet assimilation of nouriSnment, OF
by some acute disease from which
the vital forces have been Frustrated
and the entire organism weakened SO
as not to easily rally. To restore
health it is necessary that the blood
should be purified and made new.
The case of Mrs. e. M. Spears, OF
go Mt. Pleasant street, Athol, Mass
is a common one and is given here in
order that others may be benefited by
her experience. She says: II had been
sick for a year from indigestion and
general debility brought on by over
work and worry. l mad tried many
remedies, but found no relief. / suf-
fered from swelling Of the limbs, loss
of appetite and dizzy spells, which be-
came so eve towards night, that l
sometimes tainted away. l was bill
ious and my hands and arms would
go to sleep for an hour or two at a
time. l was SO sleepy all the time
that | could hardly keep awake. l
had frequent cramps in my limbs and
severe pains at the base OF my head
and in my back, My blood was i'm
poverished. l was afraid to give up
and go to bed fearing that l would
never get well.
about this time DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me
by a friend in South Vernon, vt. l
felt better soo after beginning the
treatment and continued until l was
entirely cured. l consider DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills a grand medicine
for weak women"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists, or sent, POSTPAID, on
receipt of price so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medi.
ciae Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
21,7e7 DIE OF SNAKE BITE.
Record of a Single Year in lndia-Wild
Beasts Kill 2,O54.

The numbe of persons killed in In
dia in 1906 by wild beasts was 1854, as
against 2,157 in the previous year, and
the number of deaths reported from
snake bite (21, 797) is also a little small
er than that of 1904.
A feature of the 1905 returns is the
increase in the number of deaths, both
of human beings n cattle, attributed
to %leopards. 1t is suggested by a writer
in Baily'S Magazine hat these beasts
seek their prey more readily than they
used to do in the neighborhood of vii
lagos. The fact that more licenses to
possess firearms were held in 1905 than
in the previous year may be noticed;
but it has long been recognized hat it
is impossible to discover any relation
between the number of firearms in ma
tive hands and the number of deaths
from wild beasts.
During 1905 more dangerous wild
beasts We're killed tlan in 1904. The
official figures are: Tigers, 1855; Loop
ards, ASH; bears, 2,236; wolves, 2,O16;
hyenas, 554. Well known man-eating
| tigers We're killed in several districts.
A regular crusade against wolves has
been carried on in parts of the central
provinces where these brutes are most
numerous and most troublesome.
To the success of the campaign no
doubt may be attributed the great de-
crease in the number of persons killed
by wolves-in 1904, 244; in 1905, 1853. Be
noting that the Bengal government in
September last offered a special reward
of Rs. 200 for a man-eating tiger which
killed seven persons last year in Coil
kera forest, Singbhum district. The Or
binary reward for a tiger is RS. 40.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
MOST MODERN SALT PLANT.
Ready for the Table Without Ever
Being Touched BY Human Hands.

Ready for the able Wlthout Ever
BEING Touched BY Human Hands.
Thirteen hundred barrels every twenty
four hours of fine salt-mtned, purified and
crvstallized, packed ready for the table
without the touch of a hand-this is the
last achievement in salt making, the fina!
round in reduced cost of production, says
the Technical World.
In the city of Saginaw there has just
been completed and put in operation the
most modern salt plant in America. The
rock salt is mined and brought to the sur
fact in the form of brine, through wells
nearly 500 feet deep. This brine is pumped
into a tank and filtered and run into set
thing tanks. From there 1t is drawn Off
into grainers. where the salt crystalizes.
These g%rainers are made OF solid con-
crete and are much better han the old
wooden tanks. Steam a pipes pass
through the gra.ners, which heat the brine
to such a. temperature that crystalliza-
ton begins.
This is q. most interesting action. Watch
ing the stealning surface of the brine, q
~pellic!e of salt forms. which soon breaks
and sinks down, to be followed by anoth-
err. and the capitalization then proceeds
RAPIDLY. 1t is a fact that the estimated
capacity of each grainer. of 100 barrels ev-
ery twenty-four hours, is being greatly
ceded. and more than $50 barrels are being
made.
mo such fast salt making was ever
known before" said Salt Maker Mason
'It beats all how the crystals form on the
bottom and sides of the grainer. L never
| saw ANYTHING like 1t, and l have been max
ING salt-and good salt, too-for twenty
five years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
Globe Sights.
M tha AtrhjSon G1ohe

" AA4S -tSNS
The man VINO leads a double life
never does two mems work.
There is only n thing; to do with a
bossy woman: "Cultivate a 'Thy-Will-
be-done' spirit"
Some people have an idea it is foolish
to print testimonials unless they are
signed by preachers.
The person who doesn't like fattery
is usually one who doesn't get enough
of it to spoil him.
- The average woman thinks more of
her figure and complexion THAI a man
does of everything he has.
If o have made up your mind not
to criticise, you nave to remember to
watch yourself mighty closely.
If a q flares up when presented
with a bill it is a sign he will pay it
after he has cooled off.
People lay a lot Of stress upon do
ing their duty" when you consider that
that is usually the easiest way.
Some women are SO slow hat they
do not complete their Christmas pres
ents until the latter part of January.
With all due regard for Daniel Boone,
the fact remains that the average trap
per is a shiftless individual.
Some people who lever recognize a
rebuff, notice the slightest air that
can be construed as an invitation.
The trouble with having a fair opin-
ion of yourself is that you are liable
to make yourself despised by being
self-satisfed
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
TO SAVE 500 LIVES IA YEAR.
Railroads Elevate 1900 Miles of Track
in Chicauo.

in Chicago.
The railroads of the country are
spending 500, 000, 900 to make the streets
of Chicago safe say Rutldege Ruther-
ford in the Technical World. On an
500 people year are run over
by passing trains or are injured in
collisions with team locomotives while
Using Chicago's streets.
Ten years ago Chicago decided that
the elevation of all steam railway
tracks was the only means of protect
ing her citizens from the deadly grade
crossings. Now the railroads are foot
ing the bill.
Last year more than so, 900 men were
employed in the work of ~elevating the
tracks. and it cost the railroads about
So, 500, 900. Chicago is not the only city
which is having her steam railway
tracks elevated, but Chicago is the only
city which is making the railroads pay
for the job.
Chicago has already accomplished the
elevation of 500 miles of steam railway
tracks within her borders and has
made the railroads pay every cent of
the $50, 600. 900 which it has cost.
Sixteen hundred miles of railroad
tracks in one city is something rather
difficult to comprehend without COM
PARSONS. Sixteen hundred miles of
right of way is nearly enough to build
two elevated railroads from Chicago to
Philadelphia.
1t is more than enough to build a
single line from Chicago to Boston, or
to Galveston. or to Santa Fe. N. NJ, or
to Jacksonville, Fla, or to Denver, or
even to Salt Lake City. This is en-
tirely Independent of any lines operated
by electricity or by any power other
than steam.
Excepting the lowered and walled in
tracks of the Illinois Central along the
lake front, where there are nc street
crossings, every mile of this trackags
will have been elevated when the work
now in progress is completed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
on Interest M

rs such women as are no scriousiyscU6
ST healtl,Abut whoshaye exactlng dntseeB
to| DerforA. either IN the Way Of houses
hdid cares\or iii social duties md flnc
sidns. which, serionsly tax their strength
wefYagM Nursing mothers r. Pterceae
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10 in good time: The9Eavosite Prescrsp-
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Bear in mind, please that Dr.. Pisrce'
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but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN CoMPosI-
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An examination of this list Of
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
1nvigorate the digestion.

To invigorate the digestion and stimu-
late the torpid liver and bowels there's
nothing so good as that old family remedy,
Brandreth's Pills, which has been in use
for over a century. They cleanse the
blood and impart Few vigor to the body.
One or two every night for a week will
usually be all that is required. For Con-
stipation or Dyspepsia, one or two taken
every night will in a short time afford
great relief.
Brandreth's Pills are the same fine Lax
alive tonic pill your grandparents used
and being purely vegetable are adapted to
every system.
Sold in every drug and medicine store.
either plain or sugar-coated.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
UP HIS DOG.

Better Protection Urged for Hunting
Dogs at Night in Winter Camps.
1t is always a good plan to take some
old blankets for the dogs on a winter
camping trip, says a writer in the Trav-
ell Magazine. Most of them will allow
you to cover them up, and it is much
pleasanter to feel them sleeping COM
fortably by your feet tina to know
hat they are shaking with the cold
which cuts through their short hair
like a knife.
Every night for a week once I but
toned one of the best dogs h a [ ever
hunted with into my overcoat, and at
ter wisely watching the operation, he
would luck his nose ~contentedly inside
and HE away to the land of dreams,
where rabbits are thicker and hunters
better shots.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31

1t Seemed Lonqer.

George Bernard Shaw is a great
lover of music" said an actor. TN
fact, before his plays became success
full he made his living as a musical
critic.
He was invited by a friend one
night to hear a string quartet from
Italy. Expecting a treat, he accepted
the invitation. And throughout he
program he sat with a stony look on
his face.
The friend, to draw a little praise
from him, said:
MI. Shaw, these men have been
playing together for twelve years.
Twelve years!' said the other, in
an ~incredulous voice. Surely we've
been here longer han that"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
Willina 20 Assist

From Youths Companion.
In the cooks absence the young mis-
tress of the house undertook, with the
help of the green waitress, to get the Sun
day luncheon. The Hurried maid, who had
been struggling in the kitchen with a cof-
fee macfsne that refused to work, con
fessed that she had forgotten to wash the
lettuce.
We'll. never mind, Eliza Go on with
the coffee, and I'll do it, said the con-
siderate mistress. Where do you keep
the soap?"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
MAYOR or
says Pe-ru-r1a Is q Good
Medicine.

Hon. C. g. Brooks, Mayor OF Sunbury,
Ohio, also Attorney for Farmers Bank
and Sudbury Building and Loan Co,
writes:
II have the utmost confidence in the
virtue Of Peruna. 1t is a great medicine.
! have used it and l nave Enown many
of my friends who have obtained bene-
fetal results from its use. cannot
praise Peruna 90 highly"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31
Appropriate Music.

A chaplain Of the English navy was Civ
ing a stereopticon lecture on Scenes from
the Bible" He engaged a sailor who had
a photograph to accompany the lecture in
the musical selections.
The first picture shown naturally enough
was Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
The sailor couldn't think of any appropri-
ate air. Play whispered the chaplain.
The sailor suddenly had an idea. To the
delight of the audience the photograph
emitted the familiar strain, There's Only
One Girl in the World for Me-"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31

says: For twelve
or fifteen years I
was suffering fire.
quent attacks OF
pain in the back
Inc kidneys that
lasted for three
weeks at a time.
/ would be I'M
able to turn in
bed The urine
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-01-31

was IN a terrible condition, at times
a complete stoppage occurring. I
began with Doan's Kidney Pills, and
soon felt better. Keeping on, 1 found
complete freedom from kidney trouble.
The cure has been permanent. 1 owe
my good health to Doan's Kidney
Pills"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. z.