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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
Proof of Property.

The teacher had found a lead
pencil on the floor of the school
room.
Children" she asked, holding ii
up, ''does this belong to any OF
you"
'For several seconds there was
no answer; then little girl timidly
raised her hand.
'Is it yours, Bessie? ?" said the
teacher.
"Yes'm."
"You are sure of it, are you?
How do you recognize it?"
81 don't like to tell"
''But you will have to tell or l
can't let you have it.
Il reco'nize it, teacher, by the
way it's sharpened. If it wasn't
sure enough mine, I'd be mighty
clear of ownin' up to such a job as
that"
Bessie got her pencil.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
She Cheated.

Said an indignant mother to her
little son, "Why did you strike little
Elsie, you naughty boy?"
Dick Indignant in his turn) -
What did she want to cheat for,
then?
"How did she cheat?" asked
mamma more mildly.
"Why," explained Dick, eve were
playing at Adam and Eve, and she
had the apple to tempt me with,
and she never tempted me, but went
and ate it up herself"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
He Knew English.

\ intelligent sepoy one day came
telegraph office in India and
pea IN message to send to a
lon IN central India. Having
the message, | told him there
something wrong.
No. sahib; me knows English"
gam | attempted to explain to
!, l mat It was worded wrongly.
-4e knows English" he declared
ghtly and Indignantly. "If you
ss9 ! me report superintendent
1daIay."
nus threatened, forwarded this
sage; Come quick. Father dan
'5,uSSly dead. W." Parsons
IN w
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
OOO,0OO,000 tons. It would take

O0O,000,000 tons. It would take
about 100000 years for all its wa
ter to pass over the falls of Niagara.
The average depth of the Allan
tic is not quite three miles. Its wa
ters weigh $4,000, 100000, 900, 900
tons, and tank to contain it would
have each of its six sides 43O miles
long. The figures of the other
oceans are in the same startling pro-
portions. 1t would take all the
sea water in the world about 2,000,-
900 years to flow over Niagara. A
tank to hold it all would have to
measure nearly 1000 miles along
each of its sides.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
The Size of the Sea.

The Pacific covers 68,OO0,000,
the Atlantic 30,0OO,000 and the In
dian ocean, Arctic and Antarctic
100000 square miles.
To stow away the contents of the
Pacific it would be necessary to fill
tank one mile long, one mile wide
and one mile deep every day for 440
years. Put in figures, the Pacific
holds in weight. 943.000.000, 900
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
TEN PAGES.
Cayenne Pepper For Mice.

cayenne Pepper For Mice.
'ayenne pepper sprinkled freely
|cupboards and shelves which
+ are known to frequent will aid
Flderablv in preventing them
r spelling garments, shoe leath-
papers, etc. Lumps of camphor
ced among clothes are also most
Ful as a means of soaring away
B while books, especially when
L are put away in shelves or
F., should always be protected
+ possible depredations by in
4, erSlng the layers of books with
u camphor bags.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24
His Escape.

ne honeymoon was over, and the
IOand, returning from business,
gfieyed to find his little wife
ing bitterly.
on George" she sobbed, Such
Ilreadtul thing has happened! l
] made a beautiful pie all my
T., and tido went and ate i'll"
/, wen, never mind, my DEAR" he
~ .lcheeTfully. eve can easily buy
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-24

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Personal and General.

Judge J. F. c. Williams of Harris county. Georgia, is in the city today, the guest of J. A Cochran, former citizen of that county. MT. Cochran and Judge Williams served in the same company in the Confederate army.
 Rev F. C. Doyle will leave next week on A months vacation. He will visit his old home in Canada.
 Mrs. Caroline Blue of Union Springs is the guest of her son, E. R. Blue, on Avenue E and Twenty fifth street.
 Miss Helen Armstrong Is quite Ill at h CT home on Avenue H and Twenty first street.
 T. Glenn. the popular clerk with D. B. Bird, has left on a vacation to Mont eagle, Tenn.
 Mr and Mrs. Neil Hutchings left to- day on a visit to Confield, O.
 Rev. l.. A. Reager, the pastor Of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, will leave Monday for Bold springs, Cahaba, where he will hold a weeks protracted meeting.
 The many friends of Rev. Alex Craw ford will be pleased to learn he IS much improved and will probably return 10 Ensley in the next few days.
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young men who had the privilege of studying under him. His simplicity and dignity are usual with scholars and are characteristic with great teachers, while h.s independence Is characteristic of the members of the faculty of Harvard Uni versity In the reign of Charles Eliot. Once, 1t is reported-but the warning must be sounded that the story Is not vouched for as absolutely true; 1t could not exist however, if it did not grow in a genial atmosphere and In consequence of 1t, so let us take 1t, without intrusive questioning, for it's spiritual worth
 It Is reported, then, that once President Eliot asked the members of the faculty not to smoke at faculty meetings, be- longed to others sometimes valuable cause the smell of tobacco made Dean Briggs ill Every one stopped, and thereafter took tea instead at the Tues day afternoon pourparlers; but Kilt redge smoked once more, showing there by, such was said to be his theory, that he stopped only out of consideration for Dean Briggs weakness, and not in obe- dienceAto President Eliots command
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Church Services,

Rev. II. c. Kegley of Gadsden will preach at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning at Il o'clock. MT. Kegley has been in the city since Thursday, having been called to the pastorate of the church. All members are urged to be present and visitors cordially invited A special musical programme has been provided
 There will be no service at St. Johns Episcopal church tomorrow, the rector, Rev. A. Crawford being absent on sick leave. Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
 Rev. Will P. Hale will preach at the morning service of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Sunday sch and evening service at the usual hours.
 Regular services at the Baptist church at the usual hours, Rev. J. H. Longcrier, pastor. Sunday school at 9:s0 J. w. Minor. superintendent.
 Owing to the absence of the Rev. R. H. Duncan no services will be held tomorrow at the Christian church. Sun day school at the usual hour.
 At the Methodist church the Rev. J. l.. Whitten will preach at the morning and evening services. Sunday school at 9:S0,J. E. Whining, superintendent
 At St. Anthony's church the Rev. F. C. Doyle will celebrate first mas sat o'clock a. m., second mass at 10;S0 a. m. Rev. Paul <lich will preach ser mon after the second mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
A New Luxury for the President.

The new Union Railroad Station at Washington will be supplied with unique feature-a special entrance and reception roonf for the President of the United States. The Presidents entrance is an archway of marble thirty feet in width. says Rene Bache in the course of an in- teresting article in Harper's Weekly.
 'On alighting from his carriage beneath 1t, the foremost citizen of the nation will step into a vestibule of noble proportions --of the same width as the archway, and twenty feet in depth. In this vesti- bule the persons who accompany him will he waited upon by trained attendants, while the President himself will seek privacy in a room set apart for his ex- elusive use on the right hand adjoining. The Presidents Room, as it is called, will be most beautifully and luxuriously fur nished. Costly ornetal rugs will cover the floor; the ceiling will done in gold and color, and the walls will be paneled in blue silk. In the middle will be table suitable for writing, provided with solid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
The Independent Professor.

FroI.. Harpers Weekly.
 George Lyman Kittredge was made & doctor of letters at Harvard at this commencement Very few people may knok MT. Kittredge. but that fact Is no. singularl American. Those who know letters are familiar with him as a slngularly strong and interesting writer on subjects that have nothing to do with the lower utilities. He is the head of a great school of English literature. and he is impressing himself on the minds of scholars his predecessor. Prof. Child. put his hall mark upon the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Business Activity Keeps Up.

Tn an interview J. M. Perkins, of the firm of J. M Perkins & Co.,, said that a six months review would show better business for the same period Of time than any previous six months in the history of Ensley The opinion is based on the nature of the trade that has existed: this applies to business traffic to a great ex- tent, but the bulk of the trade has been had in selling residence property, both improved and vacant. The great influx of new people into the city Is reponsible for the heavy traffic in residence prop erty. Possibly more people are buying homes and buying vacant property and building homes for permanent personal use than at any previous time.
 The results have been a greater number of subdivisions placed upon the mar ket than has heretofore been actual; in fact there remains little acreage of value adjacent to the city that has not been plated out and made ready for sale. At Burgin place. on the South Ensley line, the Agents Land company recently sold a majority of sixty-odd lots, and then in a measure withdrew the remaining number of lots from sale. Shady Side, another desirable residence section. perhaps among the best localities in the city, while plot ted out and with sidewalks and cement gutter laid, the property Is not on the market for sale, or rather the Shaoy Side Land company is not pushing the sale of the property.
 The scarcity of houses for rental pur- poses Is a constant matter of surprise to the new people coming to the city MT. Perkins said that from reports made from the other real estate agents he was safe ina placing an estimate of from six to ten calls each day for houses of rooms from three to seven. The demand has long exceeded the supply, and notwith- standing the great amount of work being done by the contractors it would seem that there Is little hope of the demand being satisfied at an early date.
 Engineer Marks Injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
.Lumns Into Hot Pit.

Hungarian whose name could not be learned met with a peculiar acci- dent at the blast furnaces of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany this morning. While at work near No. furnace a small explosion occurred and the man get excited and jumped on a hot pot full of molten slag. Fortunately a hard crust had formed on the top of the slag which saved him from being burned to death. As 1t was he was severely burned. He was taken to the Cunningham hospital for treatment,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Makes Wife His Boss.

From Hoboken Cor. Newark Star.
 After Justice of the Peace William Blu denbender had married Florence Stover. 19 years old, of 109 Garden street, to liar ry Winfield, 37 years old, stopping at the Palace Hotel, and handed the young wom- an the wedding certificate, she asked him if he would not draw up an agreement which she said her newly made husband would sign. The justice asked her what it was She then read the following. wich Budenbender wrote down:
 T solemnly promise that will never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

mingham Southern railway in which Egi- neer Sam Marks was injured, though not seriously.
 It seems a Southern train ,sideswiped some cars on a side track, derailing sev- eral cars The engineer and fireman jumped while the train was runnig at a good speed The train continued to speed down the track and crashed Into Bir- mingham" Southern train with Engineer Marks at the throttle The wreck was q bad one and delayed the traffic several hours. About twenty cars were derailed, some of them being totally demolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Bargains In Real Estate
 For Sale.

$3500-Two corner lots in Bessemer with houses renting to colored people for $75 per month; get busy; this will not ap- pear again.
 s1400-Four-room house and lot. l5xl50; this Is a fine renting property; near car line; s9O0 cash. balance easy; rents for S15.
 $2650-Ten-room house with all upstars and down; fine place for boarders; in one block of the city hall, two blocks of the North Ensley car line; $1SOO cash, balance 1 and years.
 We have lots of places that we can sell on EASY TERMS that are 12 per cent investments. Don't take our word, but come and see. We can save you money on an investment in Ensley, Pratt City and East Thomas. We have some Of the most CHOICE lots at East Thomas for sale. TERMS REASONABLE. Stewart Real Estate Co.,, J. R. Hines. .dgr., Pratt City, Ala. Ezell
 Station. Peoples Phone 6s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Checks on Speed.

From the Philadelphia Press
 Look at that messenger boy crawling along there"
 "Yes, and with the inevitable dino novel in his hand. I wonder why they publish those things anyway"
 Probably that they who ought to run may read.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

stay out later than g o'clock at night: will always treat my wife with the kind est consideration, and will also let her have my salary at the end of the wees. she to give me what money she ttlnls best for my use."
 The young woman then took the paper and gave 1t to her husband She told him to sign which he did, and they left tha office apparently happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
Fred Nelson Injured.

Fred Nelson, who resides with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, while attending to his duties as switchm in the yards at the steel plant, got caught between some castings that had fallen near the track and his right leg was so badly mangled that amputa- tion will be necessary. He was taken to Cunningham hospital where his in- juries were attended to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

silver inkstand and other appurtenances to match-this and all the other articles of furniture being of mahogany. All of this luxury will not cost the chief ex- ecutive penny. but will be paid for out
 of the pockets of the railroad companies ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
His Descent.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News Gunner-One of the famous old-time
 pitchers is now pushing cart and buy
 ing up junk. He used to be called The Iron Man" Guyer-Hm I suppose now he is called the "Old Iron Man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

zier & Dozier have already acquired in the line of their profession. but we know them to be brother Odd Fellows and can be relied upon to carry out every promise they make to those needing their services.
 Mountain Home: The press of Birming- hal. and all over Alabama speak in the ighest terms of DTS. Dozier x Dozier, as physicians, surgeons and gentlemen, am we have no hesltancy in rScommend- ing them to our atrons.
 Meridian Star: Drs. Dozier & Dozier of Birmingham are the most worthy and distinguished physicians in their line of .,glctice In the state of Alabama.
 Masonic Guide: Drs. Dozler & Dozer clans and with their full store of medi- cal knowledge and large experience in the profession can be relied on to treat disease in a most successful manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
DrS. DoZier & DOzier
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11
DoRsEMENrs BY THE PRESS.

Age-Herald: Drs. Dozier Dozier long standing record and approved abill- ties entitle them to the proud distinction of standing at the head of their profess sion.
 The Birmingham Ledger: Drs. Dog fer and Dozier are without doubt the best known specialists in the South, and their fame is due entirely to their great skill.
 The Birmingham News: This firm, pr. Dozier & Dozier, has been doing business in Birmingham continuously for a number of years and they have vet to be accused of having dealt un- fairly with a patient in any way whatsoever. They are both gentlemen of the highest type and carry their honor and gentlemanlness Into their business.
 The Southern Odd Fellow: We cannot add anything to the reputation Drs. Do-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

rhus If was two Americans who pro- iected and built that marvel Of engineer ing. and Oroya railroad, fin Peru which reaches an elevation of more than 16,OOo feet aboye sea level-even higher than Pikes Peak road-and which has moro than 50 tunnels on its line. NOT must It he s,,pposed that our railroad builders have won all their triumphs In noun tainous regions, where nature seems to forbid the passage of man. There IS nothing in the annals Of engineering more thrilling than the successful fight recent Iv vaped to turn back into its course the nomadic Colorado river. Ere this was ac- complished the Southern Pacific railroad had to freouently change Its roadbed at short notice, sending trains over the Sal ton sea by means of trestles.
 Western Canada has been the scene of some splendid exploits in railroad building. For instance. there was the occasion when in the construction Of the mountain division of the canadian Pacific it was found necessary at a noint on the Fraser river to skirt tn e edge of a rocky mouHain by means or cutting ledge along the race or a cliff. This might have been compar- stive1v simple as an engineering prob lam ware 1t not for the fact that half way along the mountain side was a deen cleft in the rock, which, of course. made a break In the shelf that was being cut. This cleft was hun dreds of feet in width, and when a wooden trestle was thrown across 1t 1t fell under the weight of construction train. Finally Sir William Van Horne the resouceful railroad builder, con ceived the idea of a masonry bridge in this jaws of death," as It is called, and he accordingly built stone struc- ture that stands unimpaired to this day.
 One of the most daring dreams of any railroad builder is that of D. II. Moffat the Colorado pioneer, who mas undertaken to construct a railroad from Denver to Salt Lake City on an air line. and In doing this has had to climb the crest of the great divide. Tunnels almost without number, bridges spann- ing seemingly bottomless chasms in the mountains and snow sheds-one or them a mile in length-are features of this line in it's climb to an altitude of II ,660 feet through a wilderness that until the advent of Moffat's men was supposed to constitute an impenetra- ble barrier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-11

A wreck occurred last night on the Bir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
CAMPBELL TELLS
 STORY IN COURT
CLAIMS THAT HE KILLED lOXLA T. EDWARDS BECAUSE THE LAT TER HAD RUINED HIS HOME. CASE IS CLOSED.

Columbus, Ga., September %.-(Special) The feature of the second day of the pre- 1iminary trial of Wood C. Campbell, charged with murder, was the defendants s statement in which he told of his discoy- cry that Loxla T. Edwards was paying improper attentions to his wife. He re- lated how he went to Edwards and asked him to leave him and his family alone, and told of his meeting with Edwards at Wildwood park on the night of Labor Day, when the place was crowded with thousands of people.
 He says that Edwards. who had pre- viously remarked that when they met the quicker of the two would get the other" reached for his pistol and was drawing it when he (CampbelD fired 1t him. shooting three times.
 Campbell said that his first intimation that anyone was trying to wreck his home was when hls little girl one day began crying. He pressed her for an ex- plantation. and she finally told him that she and her sister were disgraced and could not go to school because of people talking about her mother and MT. Ed wards. The arguments have been sub mitted in the case and two others will be made Monday, and then Justice Hargett will announce his decision. The court room was crowded again today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
Exhibits for Fair.

Huntsville, September 2S.-(Special) )- In spite of the fact that honors will be sharply contested for at the fair here next week, Madison county farmers have sent unusually fine specimens of their products to Birmingham for the state fair there week after next. Arthur Nance has sent a cotton stalk containing 2S0 bo. John Hereford has sent fifty ears of corn being 92 pounds in the aggre- gate, and MT. Bingham of New Market, has sent 100 stalks of corn containing from three to eight ears on the stalk. Fisher Aldfeld has gone after first awards as a watermelon raiser having sent thirty water melons. averaging sixty eight pounds in weight. Thirty pumpkins, weighing an average of DO pounds each, have been sent down as a general ex- hibit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29

runa cured me, strengthened me mo than ever and saved me money"
 A Blcycllst's Experience.
 Mir. John Perrault, 835 Davidson St. Boulevard St. Paul, near Montreal, Can ada, writes:
 T have been a bicyclist for over five years, and last spring I caught cold and did not take anything for 1t. for thought 1t was not bad enough, but 1t came to ca- tarrh.
 T was so discouraged that I didn't know what to do. 1 could not sleep. I always felt tired and troubled.
 Finally I began to take Peruna. After I had taken one bottle I felt better. I took another one, and now I am well. I. would like always to feel as do today.
 T often recommend Peruna to my friends"
 Pe-ru-na In Tablet Form For two years Dr. Hartman and his assistants have necessarily labored to create Peruna in tablet form, and their strenuous labors have just been crowned with success. People who object to liquid medicines can now secure Peruna tablets, which rep resent the solid medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet Is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-29
Mrs. Goodson ples.

Tuscumbia, September 2S.-(Special)-A death that caused great sorrow to all who knew her was that of Mrs. Clara c. Goodson, wife of w. T. Goodson of Tus- cumbia.
 It was a great shock that one so young as she was taken. Besides her husband and two sons. she leaves a father and mother, MT. and Mrs. H. s. Ziegler; three sisters, Misses Olive, Elyn and Augusta zeigler and two brothers, W. J. and D.. R. Zeigler of this city.