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The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-20
Local and Personal.
HARTNS for shirts.

HART'S for shirts.
 HART'S for white goods.
 See HART'S line of Ladies' Shoes.
 Hesterly Drug Store-free de- livery.
 See Hart's line of Spring shoes for men.
 J. c. Woodul, of Sutton, was in town today.
 John Daily Parker, of Bodcaw, Is in town today.
 Joe Dickinson, ir. of Antoine, is in the city today.
 We regret to know that Master Adair Gossett is quite sick.
 Telephone Hesterly Drug Store for drug store articles.
 Prof. J. M. Thomas and wife, of Emmet, are in town today.
 Mrs. Clarence Davenport is spending awhile visiting in Texar- kama.
 Quite number of our people expect to attend the street fair and carnival at Hope next week.
 The town has started the work of building concrete sidewalks along the southwest side of the city park.
 The delegates from Prescott to the Epworth League convention at Fordyce, returned home last night, and report an excellent meeting.
 See HART'S Gents Furnish ing Goods Window today. He is showing some beautiful neck wear, belts, shirts, shoes, Pana- ma hats, etc.
 Ralph Moncrief, of the Railway Mail Service, running from Tex arkana, to Cairo, H., on the Cot ton Belt, is at home today on visit to his mother and sisters.
 The pOstotfice at Prescott is in receipt of a lot of new 1c stamp bOokS-24 in book for 25c. The Pc books have been for sale here for some time, but the 1c con- signm ent has just been received.
 The closing of the Today exten- sion for paying taxes today finds nearly 1000 delinq uents. Out of 4,500 lists only 3,59O re- ceipts have been issued, and of 3 TAI poll tax assessments there still remain 760 to be collected.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-20
Singing Convention.

Thesemi-annual meeting of the Nevada County Singing Conven- tion will be held at Mt. Zion Church at Gale, on the 1st Sunday in May. Everybody is invited to comeand bring their song books.
 J. A. Bailey, Pres.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-20
The Palace Barber ShOD

McKelvey & w illiams, Prop. Everything first-class- Clean Tow els, Sharp Razors, Bath Room.
 We will please you-try Us West Main Street. Prescott Ark
The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-20
The Buyers
 Guide

The firms whose names are repre- sented in our advsrtisin. columns arc worthy Of the confidence of every person In the community who has money to spend. The fact that they advertise stamps them as enterprise ing. progressive men of business. . credit to our town. and deserving of support. Our advertising columns comprise Buyers Guide to fair dealing, good goods, honest prices.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-04-20
Mcdaniel hdw. Go.

Fresh bread every day, at the City Restaurant and Bakery, w.. w. Whitworth, proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-03-21
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
$S500-Two valuable business lots. 25x100
each, South goth street. near Ave. G.;
$500 per foot was once refused for these
lots.
s2O00--s6O0 cash balance one and two years,
Z beautiful elevated lots 80 feet front
each; near location of new shops to be
built by Frisco, at North Birmingham.
$1000-Good Groom residence in good re-
pair; also S-room cottage, 10 city lots
50x1S0 each; also 10 acres, wells, fruit,
etc. Fruithurst, on Southern.
SMITH a STILlMAN,
POS aud 2Q6 Hood Bldg.
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FOR SALE.
s2ooO-IIghland ave. lot near Soth st.
S2750-Rhodes' circle lot.
s450O--Larse Sycamore st. lot.
SIC, 0OO-Large Highland ave. cor.
s1O0OO-16-R. res l blk. Points.
s5OoO-Elegant S. Higld. cottage home.
$19 000-Timmons' ave. home, big deep lot.
sS5O0-Modern s. Higld. res, furnace.
$40 Pr. Ft.-Choce lots near Glen Iris.
s2750-Large lot II blk. s. 10th st.
1872 5O0-3-story brick. rents $500 mo.
23500-A bargain 3-story brick 4oxlV.
$50 oo0-Business block. rents $3.50 mo.
So, O00-Choice bus property, pays p C.
s1500o-Third ave. corner 50x100.
s650O-2-story res, 18th ave. cor. 6ox100
s25,000-Close in. 9Th ave. pays p. c.
sS5O-Nice N 14th st. lot.
S0O0o-West Goth st. property. rents $500.
sS5O0-Nce cottage home, 20 st. near ave.
S2050-60x14O 18th ave. cor. Norwood.
r. MCCONNELL 4 CO.,
Phones $40. el07 Ihird Ave.
Opposite court house.
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HELP WANTED.

vJrMBER-Stenograp and typewriter
knowing the mills manufacturing yellow
nine flooring, etc, and able to conduct
correspondence with customers, can Sc
cure good position. All answers held
strictly confidential by out of town firm.
Address yellow Pine" care Age-Her-
a,d 3-20-5t
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WANTED-More homes to sell from $500
10 $4,000. We are going constantly. You
would be surprised to see how many APP
plicants we have daily. II you have real
estate to sell and have tried others
without success, try us. All we ask is
fair valuation of the property. We have
the buyers. B. F. Eborn, 504-1 Brown
Marx.
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ONE CENT A WORD

RATTcs--One cent q word . day. no
nd. taken for less than IS cents for
arst Insertion. Cash must accompany
every order
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WANTED-An agent tor the best seller
on earth. Write at once to e. w. Vach-
er, New Orleans. La. for a free sam
ria 2-28-30t
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WANTED-Postion as collector by a
young man with good habits; can FUR
nish AL references; must have work at
once. Address Collector, care Age-Her-
aid, 5-Il-GL
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WANTED-For u. 8. army. Aple-podied
unmarried men. between ages OF a and
IS; citizens of United States OF good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English. Apply
to recruiting officer. ~ N. goth ST..
Birmingham. Ala. lilly
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EITHER sex, local statesmen. guaranteed
salary $3.50, $3.50 per day; 81, s25 per
week and expenses advanced; travelling
contracting statesmen, merchandise. Yo-
well Colonial hotel. 3-20-2t
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WANTED-Experienc energetic sales
man who is thoroughly familiar with
the Birmingham district and has q
knowledge of lubricating oils. Address
stating capability to fill position. Box
S54, city. 3-202t
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For Sale On
South Highlands

sSOOO-Beautful lot, facing east. all street
Improvements, just off Highland ave-
nue. terms.
$S50O-Positfvelv the most attractive lot
left for sale in the new section near
Iakeview. To see this is to buy It.
Terms,
$500 Handsome home, one block off
Highland avenue.
$S250-We have this price for quick sala
of the nearest vacant lot on 18th ave.
to the car line. Terms.
$625O-Beautiful cottage home: u block
of Goth street Terms.
S6D00-Handsome lot and lovely cottage
home, east front. Terms
$40, OOO-Lovely home just off Highland
avenue.
s4O0O-Posltvely the cheapest lot on
Iroquois street; so feet. all street I'M
provements; east front.
s36O0-Handsome Sycamore street lot;
east front; all Improvements.
81, 0o0-Modern. beautiful home, large lot,
two short blocks from Highland ave.
Terms.
Remember tiH,- make speciality OF
South Highland property. See us If you
want a lot or a homo in the hand.
soonest residence section in Alabama.
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WANTED-A steady and reliable Job
printer and ad. setter; wanted at once.
Apply Progress Printing company,
Prattville, Ala. 3-20-2t
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HELP WANTED-MALE.

WANTFD-First-cla all round machln-
list. One who understands soil pipe; gem
eral repair work. II. Wetter Mig. Co.,
South Pittsburg Tenn. SLIT
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LIST your property with us. we VIII ad-
vertise it and sell same for you. A. o.
Liddon & Co, 1914 Brown-MarX bldg.
PEOPLES phone $50.
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FOR SALE-Furniture and fixtures com
plete for a new 30-room hotel: within 20
miles of Birmingham; excellent loca-
ton; fine situation; making money; you
can fill it with Birmingham people all
summer in addition to many regular
boarders and transients best OF water
and climate; six to eight passenger
trains daily; nothing in the district can
touch it. If you are in earnest we Will
show the property; price S225O; terms,
$l25O cash, balance easy. B. F. Eborn'
5O4-7 Brown-MarX.
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eral good openings Apply to 9 a. M,
at Loveman, Joseph & Loeb's. 3-20-3t
WANTED--lailway mail clerks, $4,000
yearly: examination soon: preparation
free. Franklin Institute, Rochester.
N Y 3-16-17-1s-1s-2021-22 24-27-2 9-3l
WANTED-First class man TO solicit ac-
cident insurance. Underwriters Real Es-
tate and Rental Co., Birmingham, Ala,
40 North 21st street. 2-2-tf
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FOR SAIE-For Immediate shipment, 30
tons 4O-pound reaying tee rails with
fastenings. Wire or write A. Marx, 64S
Tchoupitoulas street, New Orleans. La.
3-15-7t
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50 FOOT front on 9th street, between
avenues E and q. south, 7-room. 2-story
house, 1920 A, o. Liddon & Co.. 1914
Brown-Marx bldg, Peoples phone 6Sa
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FOI! sALE-Forty acres on Shades noun
tain, near city; $50 per acre; half cash.
Two ten-acre tracts 500 each; half cash.
Bell phone POI. S-Z-4t
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MONEY TO LEND.

TEN THOUSAND dollars to lend on I'M
proved real estate in city or suburbs;
one, two or three years, sums to suit
borrowers. Attorney, 205 Jefferson Coun-
ty Savings Bank Bldg. 3-21-4t
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21
Ghosts Still Stalk Amid Scenes OF Early Activity

The queen sent to know who the woman
was and why she was there. but no woman
could be discovered by her lady of the bed
chamber. A week later the prince consort
was dead and then for the first time the
sorrowing wife heard what the appearance
Of the Gray Woman portends
At intervals King Edward stops at Wind
sor, but never for long. He prefers Sand
bingham, Balmoral castle, Buckingham
palace or his friends houses to this home
of his ancestors overlooking the Thames;
and persons who boast their ability to
draw conclusions from certain royal move
ments insist that the orders recently given
for the enlargement of Sandringham house
are the direct result of the Gray Woman's
most recent appearance and the excessive
nervous fears from which the delicate
Princess Victoria suffered in consequence.
A few weeks ago a terrified groom in
sisted that in the February dusk he saw a
gray figure gliding in the shadows of the
Horseshoe court Several days later a
baby in the castle news died, which ex-
planned the phantom's appearance.
Nevertheless, as Princess Victoria cannot
stop at Windsor for more than few days
at a time, the money that was TO be spent
on the castle is now to be devoted to the
kings Norfolk place. Sandringham house
will now be made quite large enough for all
purposes of royal entertainment and more
and more will Windsor be ignored for the
new house. where no ghost has ever beer
seen
While there are those who smile blandly
and unbelievingly at the Gray Woman OF
Windsor. few treat lightly the ghost OF
Catherine Howard at Hampton court
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

She foretells nobody's Demise but walks
the corridor that looks out on the lovely
fountain court, wailing and disturbing the
comfort of the ladies WHO are privileged
to live in the old palace.
1t was in this corridor, almost 400 years
ago, that Catherine, the fifth wife of Henry
VIII, waylaid the king on his way to his
chapel to beg for her life. Henry flung off
the poor pleading creature and went merci-
lessly on to his prayers. There used to be
a venerable guard at Hampton court who
would solemnly assert that he had heard
the whole interview one night; the woman's
cries for pity and then her scream Of
despair when the king spurned her with an
oath and slammed the door I'm her face.
The old guards his were as ghostly as
his tale, but he used to tell It so well 1t
was hard to doubt him. The fact however,
remains that the nightly noises from the
corridor became so disturbing that eventu-
ally It was thrown open to the public. The
tramplng Of tourists feet is usually dis
tressing TO ghosts and Catherine is less
noisy than formerly
But the royal ghosts are as drop in the
bucket to the private family phantoms that
prevail in England Ireland. Scotland and
Wales Perhaps the most thoroughly
haunted spot in the little bunch of land
that goes by the name of Great Britain is
the Leap castle in Roscrea, Ireland.
The ghosts of Leap are multifarlous. and
those members of the Psychical Research
society who have tried 10 pluck out the
heart of Leaps mystery have retired from
investigation, ready to agree that there are
stll some things beyond the touch Of the
finger Of science. At Leap ghosts in human
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

spare even in England for speculation on
the supernatural
Yet 1t can be shown that even in this eK-
cessively incredulous day some of the
busiest and most highly regarded ghosts in
Great Britain are still conducting their
blood curdling business at the old stands
where they have been practising as spectres
for hundreds of years past.
There is, for instance, the Gray Woman Of
Windsor. Nobody knows how long she has
been haunting the royal castle, except
perhaps the royal family, who could tell
when she first appeared and the tragic cir
cumstances out OF which, in good orthodox
fashion, she was evolved. But the royal
family refuse to discuss the Gray Woman,
whose duty is to herald the approaching
demise OF any resident of the castle.
She comes always in the Horseshoe
court one Of the oldest and quaintest parts
Of Windsor, and her naturalization takes
place at dusk. Nobody can deny that the
tradition concerning this slim creature, clad
IN gray and wearing her. gray hair flowing
has always disturbed and distressed the
owners Of the great pile
Windsor is not popular with King Ed
ward and in the later years OF her life Quen
Victoria never found herself happy in the
castle. To avoid It in winter she went to
Osborne house and TO avoid 1t in summer
she dwelt in Balmoral castle.
Until the time of her husbands death she
was very much at the castle One after
noon, though, on happening TO look down
from her window into the Horseshoe court
she saw gray figure standing in the dusl
under the shelter Of the cloister-like gal,
lery that runs around the enclosure.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

Many Of the GASES Of the Sahara lie along
dried-up water-courses which are flooded
during part of the year. F1guig Us fed by
hot springs, which rise out of hill in al
most the center, and are conducted by UNI
derground drains about a foot square made
of stone and cement, through the 1900 or
5000 acres which are covered by these
trees. Some of these springs are lulkewarm
and others have a temperature Of about 100
degrees Fahrenheit.
There are seven villages in the oasis, and
the largest of these springs are found in
the date plantations on the highlands Of
the town of Ell Abid, in about the center
of the oasis. Who first constructed these
underground drains which carry the water
from level to level no one seems to know
Mr.. Pascalet has asked many of the Arabs,
but their only reply is: "Wo do not know
when they were built, but It was many,
many years ago" 1t may have been two
centuries ago and it may have been longer,
but how long no one knows.
These drains are kept in order today and
new. ones are constructed from time to
time. There must be hundreds Of miles Of
them for they reach every part OF the
oasis, being connected in each OF the vii
large plantations by great reservoirs where
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Guarded by soldiers.

Indeed. It is impossible to visit the
oasss OF Figuig without an armed es-
cort. Foreigners have been badly treated
there In the past. and the Christian who
vsntured there few years ago took hts
life in his hands. The French govern
ment will not permit travellers from here
90 go alone into Morocco, and II was only
upon my showing Captain Pariel. the
chief Of the Arabian bureau, letter
which have from our secretary OF war
60 the governor general Of Algeria that
two Arab soldiers were detailed TO ac-
company us.
These men were armed with repeating
riHes. They rode Arabian horses and
kept right in front or close behind us
during our Journey. In addition to them
had with me my son, Jack and Mr..
Pascalet. the proprietor OF the Hotel du
Sahara and one Of the leading merchants
OF this part of the world. Mr.. Pasealet
sYeaks Arabic as well as French and
Hnslish. and he acted as our gui9e and
Interpreter during the day. He mas a
branch store In one of the largest Of the
Eiguig villages and has many friends
among the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

form do not appear very often. but in broad
daylight ponderous book will softly close
or open its covers, bells ring, though
touched by no human hands; locked doors
and windows fly open and at night lights
glimmer under shut doors, or women's
voices are heard whispering, giving vent TO
hair-curling laughter and sometimes sob
bling dismally.
The Leap castle is an antique stone build
ing and picturesque, but few there are who
envy its owners though Leap is jolly and
peaceful old homestead IN comparison with
its Scotch prototype. The famous, the
fierce and frowning northern stronghold OF
the Lords Strathmore is Glamis castle
pronounced Glams), and, while 1t may seem
hippant to say So Glamis has ghosts from
way back, from the time of King Duncan
and bloody Macbeth. from before the COM
ing over Of William the Norman.
Beside them those of Leap are Just
tricksome brownies. Nobody in England
but takes Glamis seriously and nobody dis
putes the existence OF some frightful mys-
terry hidden for generations in the dun
geons or the secret tower chambers of the
brutal looking pile Of masonry.
Even Dean Stanley acknowledged a feel.
ing for CLAIMS ghost. He wasn't so sure
II was a fake The dean had a way OF
digging up the royal folk and others who
sleep in Westminster abbey, just to see II
they were all there and doing comfortably
and he was not a nervous or foolishly
creduious person. He got n shock how
ever, when he happened to blunder int
the tomb of that Lady Strathmore of who's
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can imagine. II is divided UP into little
pens or gardens. each Of which is date
plantation. Many of the holdings are not
more than a quarter Of an acre in size and
each is surrounded by walls from eight to
twelve feet in height. The walls are OF
sun-dried brick plastered with mud, and
they usually face upon the roads, so mar
row that as 1 rode on my horse through
them I could easily touch the mud bricks
on both sides. Here and there a wall was
broken at the top and 1 could look over
and see the date trees and the gardens
within.
Many of the date palms reach high above
the wall, but others are not more than six
feet in height, and stll they bear dates.
The trees are about eight inches in diam
eter and they seem TO carry an even thick
ness from the ground upward. The highest
were, Judge not over twenty feet tall. At
the top they branch out in great fan-like
green leaves, and from the roots of the
leaves hang the clusters of red and yellow
dates. The fruit is long, fiat and smooth
and of much the same shape as butter
nut with the shell on. I saw many clusters
any one of which. I am sure, held a half
bushel of dates, and not a few trees bore a
half dozen clusters or more. Some Of the
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BaekInE ArabIan colts.

We started at daybreak.. The sun was
Just rising as We left Benz Ounif IL
came up a red copper bah out of the east
ERR horizon. and In a few moments took
on a white heat only TO be lost half an
hour later by the thick sky which has
ended tonight IN the sirocco. OF wind
storm. OF the desert
We rode along single file. Each OF the
h0Idiers sat on a red Arab saddle, with a
high pOmmel and back. and their hcrses
were good Mr.. Pascalet rode a white No
rocco mare. which he said had cost him
Si.OOO and upon which hs had recently nd
den seventy-nve miles n one cay. Jack
and myself were mounted with English
saddles on two pure Arabian S-year-old
colts which bslied the gentle nature con-
monly attributed 20 their breeding. They
bucked. trotted and gallOped, and at irregu
lar intervals acted worse than the average
western bronchO when RIDDEN by a tender.
foot. We managed TO keep our seats. how.
ever. Notwithstanding the stony desert and
the winding walls OF the Gases inclosure
II took US about an hour 20 reach the
Moroccan frontier. We crossed II frCm
Alsoris between two high brown ROCKY
Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-21

- air agree generally that nowadays
nobody believes in ghosts. Phantoms prowl
only to disturb the slumbers of those who
have looked on the red lobster and duskily
rich plum pudding too affectionately, and
in London there exists society organized
for the express purpose of exposing ghosts
and evictlng them from their favorite lairs
Therefore it is taken for granted that
respectfully educated individuals regard
banshees, headless horsemen and ladies IN
white as extinct as the dodo or the hoop
skirt.
And yet and yet-here we are in the gay
girlhood ofNthe knowing twentieth century,
and In spite OF science and education ghosts
have never been so busy before at least
in the British Isles, which are singuiarly
rich in traditions relating to supernatural
. manifestations.
No census has ever been taken Of the
well authenticated family ghosts Of Great
Britain. nor have any statistics been COM
piled as to the number Of haunted houses
that the United Kingdom boasts. Still II
is safe to say that the figures. II they could
be given. would not only surprise the aver
age American but prove that ghosts die
hard in England.
1t is the peasant and the aristocrat
who refuse 20 deny ghosts both shelter
and respect, and what is a little overwhelm-
ing to some Americans is to find how very
seriously by the laborers and the Lords
ghosts are considered. Active middle class
fo'V do not ordinarily have much time to
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The Heart of the Deaert.

I wish 1 could take you across the desert
Is 1 saw It today. My surroundings here
are so different from anything we have
in America that 1 almost despair of max
ing my picture a live one. You must
drst imagine the bluest Of blue skies, out
OF which shines a dazzling white sun,
whose heat is tempered BY the strong
winds which blow over The desert almost
as regularly as over the sea. The air Is
so clear that we can see for miles; and
upon all sides there are ragged brown
mountains in view. Here and there
among them there are patches of stony
white sand, some as bare as the sea
shore and others showing little patches of
thorny green bushes. We start out from
Benz ounif, a fortified town with many
French soldiers and crowds of doors.
Arabs and Berbers. Camel troops are
making their way through the streets
officers in uniform dash here and there
on Arabian horses, and companies of SOL
diers, in bright reds and blues, are
marching this way and that. This Is
one Of the widest parts OF the Sahara
and it's people are only held in chsck by
the military forces. Farther eastward IL
the Algerian desert conditions are safer
but here, ON the edge OF Morocco no one
dares 70 go about without arms. and Just
over those mountains the lone traveller
would almost surely be killed.