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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-20
Big Mass Meeting Held.

Two great mass meetings, and an im- portant special mems meeting were held yesterday with talent drawn from the commissioners to the general assembly. the value of which is said to be immeas- urable.
 There were three great addresses before the gathering at the First Presbyterian church last night in the interest of the brotherhood movement. T. c. McRae, congressman from Arkansas, on Why the Church Needs Men," while The Call of Christ Today" was the subject of a wonderful appeal by the Rev. w. R. Dobyns.
 F. P. Turner of New York general sec retary of the student volunteer move- ment, man of powerful address, talked on, 'Why Men Need the Church." The last, and perhaps the most interesting talk, was that on, "The Origin and Pur- pose of the Brotherhood Movement" by the Rev. S. L. Phillips, general super intendent of the Young Peoples Societies over the whole church. The audience lis- tened to what he said with close atten- tion, and it will probably result in the formation of brotherhoods in several of the local churches.
 pr. Phillips Speaks.
 Dr. Phillips said in part:
 "The key that unocks this door is a man. A willing mind and piety may an- swer for the teacher of an ordinary class, perhaps But it seems to be true that a successful leader of young mans Bible class, club or brotherhood must have special fitness for that work. It Is perhaps best that he should be young man, though age is not an essential qual- ity. First of all he must be real Chris tian. Young men quickly detect and heart fly despise unreality in religious affairs He must be a good man, clean, true
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-20
THE WEATHER.

bama and Mississippi Fair Monday and Tuesday; light to fresh south winds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-20

Juries will be organized in the circuit. city and criminal courts this morning at 10 o'clock.
 The capital felony docket will be taken up in the first division of the criminal court this morning; the term will last for four consecutive weeks.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

the that fell in chase .ve life en-
p alive upon a diet which
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20
PRESCOTT WANTS GAME
SOME AVAILABLE men
For Phoenix, Says Sam Leip Can be
Secured From Coast Leagues it
Wanted.

Prescott wants good first class game
with Phoenix on Labor day. 1t seems
to be almost certain that there will be
an excursion over the Santa Fe on
that day at the usual reduced rates.
Prescott has a good team and does not
want any easy mark such as they have
gone up against in the past. Prescott
can play ball and the team does not
want any pingpong players and fiddle
dewinks experts to battle against. The
real old fashioned betting of the horse
hide is good enough for them.
Manager West says he is not vet
ready to put team in the field against
the Mile High people as he does not
want his nine to come off with a
bunch of horse collars the first dash
out of the timber He suggests that
the Pacific Gas and Electric has the
best outfit to take a tryout with Pres
colt. Hull appears to have some wing
ability and might be able to hold the
hard hitters of the pines down to at
least a respectable showing on the
score board. Morty and Magoffin are
there also with a dependable quality
At present therefore, unless Manager
West and Captain Lutgerding hur-
riedly scrape together a nine it is up
to the Pacifics to give Prescott a game.
The organization is still abornin and
waits the Ginning through Of the fans
and business men who have seemed so
keen to support ball team. Not all
the fans are in town now. Some of
them are away. But they are taking
an interest in the situation here which
has been overcast with so much gloom.
The Republican is in receipt of a let
ter from Sam n. Seip who is now in
Los Angeles concerning some avail
able players VINO want to spend the
winter here. He says that he has no.
ticed some complaint in these columns
about the kind of baseball sewed up
by the gang.He says, II can get three
fine players for Phoenix this winter,
Hogan of Los Angeles team. o. NJ
Oscar Jones and possibly Mohler of
San Francisco.
THE two Angels are we'll known by
old Phoenicians. and the Frisco man
is an old Kansas friend of mine and
one of the best second basemen in the
business. The first two are anxious to
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

come to Phoenix for change of cli-
mate and will come with a reasonable
guarantee. Jones will have to have
work as a cigarmaker My Frisco
friend will be in Los Angeles soon and
if you think there is any interest to be
taken in the game this winter Just let
me know. and | will get the exact
terms. Two of these men asked me to
fix it up for them to go there this sea-
SON"
The question of securing good play
ers will not be n hard proposition il
the association is able to get enough
interest awakened to make the thing
a success. Phoenix has received some
pretty hard slams from outside papers
on their ball team. Here is one of the
latest from Tucson. And still they
think they can play baseball in Phoe-
nix. The rear seat on a fast train
running to Obscurity on the Down and
out line. would be a fitting place for
the aggregation of dubs who represent
the Capital City on the ball field. II
was proven some time ago that PhOe-
nix needed Il new crowd of ball play
ers. and the manager. whoever he is.
that keeps the present bunch on his
salary list exercises about as much
judgment as the man who jumped into
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20
THE RlFLtD STRONG BOX
OF AN UNKNOWN CHURCH
One Of the Articles to be Offered at the
S. p. On Hand Sale Today.

Il There viii take place this morning,
beginning at ten O'Clock, at the South-
ern Pacific freight depot. the annual
go. H." sale. veriously interpreted. the
4 "Old Horse" sale or the ION HAND
sale. One end of the big depot Is filled
with articles of a hundred different
kinds which have been received at de-
pots within this Jurisdiction and either
have not been called for or for one
reason or another have been declined
= by the consignees.
| There is one article which. or little
value in itself. is of interest and of
value to antiquarians and would be or
still greater value II its history could
be traced. But that has evidently been
purposely and effectually obscured by
persons who had an interest in doing
| so.
1t is q strong box which bears the
marks of burglary. 1t was shipped to
Mesa some months ago consigned TO
no one in particular and the point
whence it was shipped is unknown.
There are reasons for believing
that it was removed from a ca
| thedral and that il had been built
, as a place OF security for sacred
relics. There are marks OF plaster on
the box showing that II had been
in a wall The box was constructed of
plates of steel quarter of an inch
| thick. II is about eighteen inches high
and a foot in depth and breadth. The
door is of the shape of a cathedral
door. The lock was a powerful piece
of mechanism and vas operated by a
flat key. The weakness OF the lock lay
in the manner of its attachment to the
door. by means OF four heavy rivets
These had been cut off on the outer
SIDE. There was n rim Of light steel
bars on the inner side of the doorway
designed to prevent the door from Civ
ing back The burglars evidently made
the mistake Of believing that the bar Of
the lock was not fastened in a socket
but that IL the obstructing bars were
removed the door might be crowded
backward. Therefore at a great waste
Of energy to no purpose the smaller
rivets securing the steel bars were cut
off II was then discovered that ii was
necessary to cut the heavier rivets by
which the lock was fastened to the
door.
The inner surface of the box Is up
holstered with heavily quilted white
silk or satin showing signs OF great
age. The top of the bOv is of the shape
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

of an arch in which is a curiously
upholstering runs down the grOins.
When the box was first investigated
after its receipt at Mesa 1t contained
several small articles bearing emblems
OF the Catholic church. All OF them
have been removed except one. a
square cloth Of the finest old linen, about
the size of a large handkerchief. and
whose edges are richly laced. on one
side midway between the edge and the
center there is a crimson cross, either
a cross fourche or n cross flory. To
the careless observer II appears that
this cross has been stamped upon the
linen but that is not the case. II has
been wrought into II with a very fine
thread. probably also of linen. If so II
was finer than any manufactured in
these days.
There can be no reasonable conject-
ure Of the age OF the box but probably
nothing like it has been built within
two hundred years.
There is one thing that will probably
bring more money than this strong
box at the on Hand sale. II is a bar
rel of whisky which some competent
inspector. either en- route or after its
arrival at the depot. has scientifically
investigated to see IL it was loo proof.
according to a legend stamped on the
barrel. He took enough of the liquid
to insure him against an error in his
calculations. There is a hogshead of
sugar, beside a large box OF auto
harps and other things toe numerous
TO mention.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20
Personal Mention

W. w. Sipes left on the midnight
train for Prescott after spending Sat
urday and Sunday with his wife and
son.
The following We're guests at the
Hotel Adams yesterday: ]. S. Lender.
New York; J. c. F'regh. San Francisco;
c. II. Morris. Los Angeles; J. Mitchell,
Roberts, Humboldt.
The arrivals at the Ford yesterday
were: II. Neil. city: T. p. Aneleyun,
Los Angeles; II. E. Kennedy. Nevada.
Those registering at the Commercial
yesterday Were: J. F. Ball. Los An
geles: Lee f. Troxell, Florence: Thorn
as +. Weedin. Florence; Nabor Pa
checO, Tucson.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20
RECORDERS OFFICE.

Floyd w. Halsapple and wife To w.
T Cummings. deed to part of 5. W.
IA sec. 21-1N-4E-
Geo. d. Christ. and wife to W. b.
Twitchell. deed To 5. w. IA sec. 20
1N-2E-
f. ]. Bennitt. EXT. u T. NJ. Bur
rOughs decd to y. w. Ia sec. 81 IN
2E
T NJ. Burroughs and wife to William
Losing, deed to part of y. w. Ia sec.
81 lN-2E.
j. NJ. Burnett to c. c. Arata, deed to
lots 9 and 10 Orangedale Tract.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

, the lake To escape the rain
putting il n little strong. for F1t
has some Sons Of Swat that e.r
good. but some of the rest ur-- -N
So il remains yet for NJ C.
kick in and that soon whiI-
wind is blowing in the right -.-
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20
TRANSCRIPT Or REcoRps

The following transcripts Of the rec
ords of the offices of the district clerk.
the probate court and the county re-
corder are furnished by the Arizons
Abstract & Title company.
The records for yesterday were:
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

Where are you going to-
mind, Just follow the sign b.
has on il tho Golden Rule
nearest duty the best you can
the ro-al road To Paradise.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

The fact that angels comm
is largely due To their sum-
That same environment da.
would make angels out 81 tn
of Us.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

Have you Just simply rObbr-'
his ideal2 He may seem @.
about il: he MAJ act the SAN.
but oh. how little forgiven
when a star goes out,
Arizona republican., 1907-08-20

This life is no blOt-iJ's
1t is overlooking with I'll
meaning-and ii all means
goOdi
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
Wiz Fellow.

The girl was fixed In her determine
ton and her eyes were hard and cold.
The man stood before her, broken like
reed in the wind. He may have been
broken In other respects, for he had been
with her to the races that afternoon, but
It has no bearing on this chronicle.
$50, Miss Tyndall," he Was saying,
"you persist In breaking our engage.
ment?"
81 do" she nodded with adamantine
firmness.
"And you will not marry me9"
"Never."
"No matter what do?"
"What matters II to mep"
"Not If / plunge into the flowing
bowlp"
"No."
"Not if / gamble away my patri'
mony?"
"No."
"Not If waste my substance in riot
Gus livingP"
"No."
"Not IL If I"-he hesitated-"not II
take my own lifeP"
"No, no." she insisted.
He saw how futile were all his plead
; ings. His eyes stiffened and his face
grew hard. Her cruelty was reactinp
upon him.
every WE'LL" he said, turning away
ut is now up to me to marry Kitty
Gray"
"What" she exclaimed, taking a steI
forward.
81 said 1t was up to me to marry Kitty
Gray" =,
"You wouldn't marry that girl, would
your"
"Why notP She's as good as anybody
isn't she?''
"No, she isn't"
81 guess yes, she is"
"But know better. Why, she is"
81 beg your pardon, Miss Tyndall," he
interrupted almost fiercely; "but 1 can
, not permit anyone to traduce Miss Gray
(; in my presence"
"I'm not traducing her. I'm only
telling the truth. She Is red-headed
and"-
81 like red hair" he broke in tenderly
"Well, you won't like it on Kitty
Gray. She has temper that
II beg your pardon"
"You needn't to. I'm going to say
what want to about that girl"
"Aud l won't listen to it."
"Ah, is Mr.. Barton 80 much In love
with Miss Grayp"
"That is my affair"
"How many other affairs have you
pray9"
"That Is my affair, Also"
"And you ask me to marry you?" she
almost sobbed.
eyes, do; and have and WILL" he al
most howled in joyous hope.
"Have you asked Kitty Gray, too?"
"Not yet"
"Then you shan't If l can help it.
will make any sacrifice to thwart tha
girl"
"Dear Charlotte!"
80, Harryw
(Seven minutes later.)
"Do you really care for Kitty Gray
Harry?"
"Of course not; she ran away yester
day and married Tom Perkins,"
"Tom Perkins? My old sweetheart
Poor Tom!'-Judge.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
ARITHMETIC 100 B. c.

sums Over Which Egyptian Children
Puzzled Their Brains.
Probably the Oldest copy book for
home lessons in arithmetic was un-
earthed In Egypt. The papyrus. which
was found in excellent condition, dates
from the period about 100 B. C.-that
IS, about 100 years before the time OF
Moses. or almost 5000 years ago. II
proves that the Egyptians had thor
Ough knowledge Of elementary mathe-
matics almost to the extent Of our
own. The papyrus has long heading,
Direction how to attain the knowl'
edge Of all dark things" ETC. Numer'
Gus examples show that their principal
operations with entire units and frac'
tons were made by means OF addition
and multiplication. Subtractions and
divisions were not known In their
present form, but correct results were
obtained nevertheless.
Equations are also found in the
papyrus. Among the examples given
is this one: Ten measures Of barley are
to be divided among ten persons In
such a manner that each subsequent
person receives one-eighth Of meas
ure less than the one before him. An.
other example given Is: There are sew.
en- men; each one has seven cats, each
cat has eaten seven mice, each mouse
has eaten seven grains Of barley. Each
grain Of barley would, II cultivated
have yielded seven measures of hurley
How much barley has been lost in that
way? The papyrus also contains cal
culations of area. the calculation OF the
area of circle and its transformation
into a square and finally calculations
of the cubic measurements Of pyra
midS
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
THE CARE OF LIVESTOCK.

If the testimony of great numbers OF
the readers of The New-York Tribune
Farmer is fair basis for the formation
of correct opinion, then what is known
as its Veterinary Department is every
where esteemed highly. 1t is, however,
more than a veterinary department. DR..
G. ID. Smead, who has had charge of 1t
for more than five years, every week an
swerS very many questions in regard to
every variety of livestock known on the
American farm, not alone prescribing
medicine and treatment, but telling how
the diseases might have been prevented,
and laying down specific rules for feed
and care in health, in sickness and in
convalescence. Every farmer keeps
some livestock-good veterinarians are
scarce.
Each inquirer is fully answered, but
DR.. Smead goes far beyond this; he be-
lieves that any information which one
intelligent farmer needs is also needed
by hundreds and thousands of others,
and he often so broadens his answer as
to make it complete essay on the sub
ject discussed. A year or two ago Mr..
b. Walker McKeen, of Fryeburg, Me-,
said in meeting of farmers that valu-
able horse had been attacked with dis
! ease of which he had known nothing
until he had recently read of it in The
| New-York Tribune Farmer; what DR.,
Smead had taught him enabled him to
save his horse. Another farmer arose
and said he had had a similar experience.
Five or six hundred dollars saved in one
town by one copy of the paper! c. G.
Waller, NJ. D., of North Troy, VT, writes
to DR.. Smead, under date of April %:
~ desire to express my gratitude to you
through The New Y ork Tribune Farmer,
and to say that regard you as the most
able, practical and thoroughly safe
writer of the present age, and to express
my hope that you may live to serve the
farmer and our dumb friends for many
years to come"
The regular price of the New-York
Tribune Farmer is One Dollar year,
but we will send it with The Oxford
Democrat, both papers one year for
| 90 nn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
Part of the Letter We Read.

did you ever think" said an old
printer, that we really notice only the
upper halves Of the letters! The lower
halves are in many cases only the
stems, the remainders Of ornamental
flourlshes which have been gradually
reduced I'm size and length and are now
meaningless. Take. for instance, the
heading Of u paper. Cover up with n
blank sheet the lower half Of the lei
tiers. and even II you did not know
what they were you would have no diff
ficulty in reading the words. Now, re-
verse the process and cover the upper
half, and If you did not know the words
It would be impossible to make out the
letters. This fact is even more plainly
seen In the case Of the Roman letters
used for headlines. An l. might be
mistaken for an l. but nearly all the
other letters are so plainly Indicated
by the shape Of the upper half that the
lines may lie read without difficulty.
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
CAUSE AND CURE
OF APPENDICITIS
THE SIMPLE REMEDY
THAT EFFECTS THE CURE

Professor Blanchard of the French Academy
of Medicine has spent great amount OF time
studying that dread disease-APpsndtcitis In
company with Professor Aetchnikof, he has
carefully examined numerous cases, and both
have reached the conclusion that the cure Is not
the knife. In more than forty cases the symp-
toms of Appendicitis disappeared after the
patients had been treated for worms.
There are, no doubt, many persons suffering
from worms who are enormously attributiug
their trouble to some other cause. A few doses
ofDr. True's Elixir are sufficient In most cases
for the complete expulsion of the worms.
The presence of these parasites is easily recog.
nized by the following symptoms Indigestion;
foul tongue; offensive breath variable appetite;
hard and full belly with occasional gripings and
pains about the navel; heavy. dull eyes: itching
Of the nose; short dry cough; grinding of the
teeth; starting during sleep; slow and frequent
fever in children-convulsion and bed wetting
DIR. True's Elixir will not only expel the
worms, butwill build up the whole system as
we'll.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
SHORT INTERVIEW.
A Woman Reporters Visit to Robert
Louis Stevenson.

A Woman Reporters Visit to Robert
Louis Stevenson.
A number of years ago somewhat
sensational journalist was making a
flying trip around the world for her
newspaper. She stopped in San Fran
cisco. Among other assignments fol-
her brief stay there was visit to
Robert Louis Stevenson, who was then
living in that city
Calling ut his home, she was told
that he was too Ill to see any one tina,
day. She wrote him an appealing little
note Oh the back of her card, explain
ing that her schedule would not permit
her TO remain over to see him later
and that as an interview with him
was one Of the chief objects OF break
ing her Journey In California she beg
ged for at least two minutes CONVERSE
ton.
Permission was granted for her tc
ascend TO his room, and when she saw
him prOpped up in bed with pillows
looking pitifully white and frail. she
was much shocked and regretted hel
persistence. For once her usual as
surance deserted her, and she stood
silent and shy before the writer.
Stevenson. too. seemed at loss, anc
after a moment or two Of embarrassed
silence, during which his hands were
fumbling beneath the counterpane. he
drew forth IN unfinished wooden stock
ing. and, beginning feverishly to pusf
the steel needles in and out, he asked
"Do you knit"
NO" answered the reporter, and
glancing at the mantel clock. she real
lied with chagrin that the Interview
was ended.-Youth's Companion.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
Qcn jealousy.

There Is n strong trait Of jealousy In
q dogs nature. \ story Is told OF q
Birmingham dog that had been great
pet in the family until the baby came
There was suspicion that he was jeal
Gus. but he could not be detected In
any disrespcct to the newcomer. II
always happened, however, that When
the dog was left with the baby the
baby began to cry. No signs of trouble
were ever to be seen upon entering the
room, and the dog was always found
sleeping peacefully before the fire
Finally one day peep through the
keyhole disclosed the canine rubbing
his cold wet nose up and down the
baby's back.-Ralph Neville In Outing
Magazine
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-08-13
Bankruot's Petition for Discharge.

In h fss Psis'f bHaiAucHEsSE. Ia saasr~pse,
Bankrupt.)
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court Of the United States for the District
of Maine:
HECTOR BEAUCHESNE, Of Mexico. in the
Ill County of Oxford. and State Of Maine, In
said District, respectfully represents ina. on
the 2ist day Of July, 1906. he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts OF Congress re
lating 10 Bankruptcy; that he has duly surren-
dered all bis property and rights OF properly
and has fully complied with all the requirements
OF said Acts and OF the orders OF Court touching
his bankruptcy.
wherefore he prays, That be may be decreed
by the Court to have full discharge IRON al
debts proyable against bis estate under saiu
bankruptcy Acts, except such deoss Us arc OK
cepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of July: A: ID. 1917
HECTOR BEAUCHESNE, Bankrupt.
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS.
: ON this 27th day OF July. A. ID. 1907, on read
Ing the foregoing petition, IL Is
upon the same on the 18th day OF Aug. A. ID.
1907, before said Court at Portland, In said DIS
trict, az 10 O'Clock In the forenoon, ana that mo-
tice thereof be published In the Oxford Demo,
crat, q newspaper printed In said District, and
that All known creditors, and other persons In
interest," may appear st the said time and place,
and show cause, II any they have, why the
prayer Of said petitioner should not Se TSa,
the Clerk shall send by mall 60 AL known cre1-
ftors COPIES Of said petition and this order. adj
dressed to them at their places OF residence Ne
stated.
witness the Hon CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of
the said Court, and the seal thereof at Portland
In said District, on the 9Th day OF July, A u
1907.
A true COPY Of petition and order thereon.
Attest: JAMES Z. HEwEY. Clerk.