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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
COTTON TRADING
 UNDER GUARDS

Mobile, October 24.-Indsputable infor- nation from Shubuta, Miss, the largest cotton center on the Mobile and Ohio railroad between this city and Meridian, Miss, says that body of 25 armed men recently invaded the town, congre- gating at the artisan well on the main thoroughfare. They visited the gin and cotton warehouses and that night the gin was posted. The merchants and business men refuse to discuss the visit. The next day cotton was not ginned. the report being given out that the sup ply of seed cotton had been suddenly exhausted. When the night riders dis appeared the citizens hurried to arm themselves and a militia company, said to be the first in the history of the town, was organized. Drills are held constantly and the gin is being watched by a watchman. The merchants, under the protection of the militia, are again buying cotton from every farmer ven- turesome enough to drive into town with his staple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
EXTERNAL REMEDY FOR ECZEMA
Why SaIves Fail While Simple Liquid Has Accomplished Thou
 sands of Cures.

It is now thoroughly established among the best medical authorities that eczema is purely a skin disease, due to germ and curable only through the skin. 1t is not a blood disease at all; in fact. thousands of people suffer with skin dis ease and are perfectly healthy otherwise, and therefore prove they have no dis eased blood.
 Smeary salves cannot reach the germs because they do not penetrate the skin. The only way to reach the germs is by means of a penetrating liquid.
 Such a liquid can be obtained by sim ply mixing ordinary oil of wintergreen with thymol, glycerine and other healing agents. This compound, known as D. D.. D. Prescription, stops the itch instantly and the cures all appear to be permanent. In fact, it took thousands of cures case after case, before the best scientific au- thorities were convinced of the absolute merit of this remedy. The effect of D. D. D. Prescription in numbing the itching eczema germs is seen within one minute after the first application. We especially recommend D. D. D. soap in connection with this treatment
 For sale by all druggists,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
Quletus Put on Roxlna.

New York, October 24.-Pugilism, which has been reyiving in quiet way for several years in this city, was given hard blow today, when Police Commissioner Bingham issued an or der to police inspectors to stop every boxing bout scheduled for tonight and in the future, within the city. If the order is carried out to the letter it will be the end for time at least of the boxing game" in New York Tie commissioners action is believed to have been influenced by the great amount of publicity given recent fight between Packey Mcfarland and Leach Cross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

 have been witnessed by the rulers in every country in which it has been produced. King Edward has seen it four times, the Queen once; the King and Queen of Spain and the recently widowed Queen of Portugal saw The Merry Widow" in London.
 Ludwig Doblinger its Viennese pub fisher, has made over s4OOO0O profit front the musical score, for which he paid d most nominal price. However, after real izing that he had fortune at hand in Lehar's music he gave him a new con- tract with an increased royalty. Lehar has been paid over $500, 900 in fees for per- formances of '"rhe Merry Widow and it's librettists, Victor Leon and Lee Stein, have netted quite $2O0OOo. The American royalties alone have been something near S115,000. In New York the weekly gross receipts at the NewsAmsterdam theatre exceeded $2O.0O0.
 And the composer? He is despite his most phenomenal success a very unpre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
Bryan Speaks for Chanler.

Suffern, N. r., October 24.-On the very first occasion of his return visit to New York state William J. Bryan, speaking to a good-sized crowd here today, urged the election of Chanler, democratic nominee for governor all the other candidates on the state ticket and the nominee for Congress from this district. MT. Bryan's re- marks were significant in view of the charge repeatedly made that he would not give the candidates loyal support on the stump. MT. Bryan repeated in substance what he had said at Pater- son about MT. Taft's claim that the panic last year was due to over-pros- perity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
WARNING ISSUED
 BY NIGHT RIDERS

Memphis, October 24-(Special)- first night rider warning in this dis trict came today to Squire James liar vey, one of the largest cotton planters in this section. In this mornings mail Squire Harvey received a card on which were printed the words:
 Don't sell any more cotton"
 Underneath were drawn the representa- tions of a black hand, skull and cross bones and coffin. Squire Harvey re- ported the matter to the local police.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

to Bertha Goldsch midt, of whom he was godfather.
 Sarasate was inferred in the family burial place in the town of his na- tiyity, Pamplono.
 Melba will after the seeming impossi- bility, be heard again at the Manhattan this season, for which she is to receive the highest terms ever paid. Her pearance in America this season . necessitated much manauvering. Inc final performance of her autumn tour was a concert at Aberdeen, England, on the night of December 4, immediately after which she will leave for America. That she may still fill her Australian engage ment, she will leave New York immedi- ately after her last performance, Jan- uary 15.
 Corinne Rider-Kelsey, Americas very own soprano. is now under engagement with the New York Symphony orchestra for a six weeks tour.
 Marguerite Melville, the brilliant young American pianists and composer, was re- gently married in Vienna to Dr. Carl Liszwienski, a Pole.
 Chaminades assistants in her first American tournie are Mile. Yvonne de St. Andre, mezzo- soprano, and Ernest Bloom, baritone. These artists appeared with Mime. Chaminade at Paris, Berlin, London, Vienna and St. Petersburb.
 Mme Gadski returned to New York October 13. Her first recital of the sea- son was given on the evening of Sunday, October IS, at Carnegie Hall. After a few other appearances, Gadski will leave for her western tour to return to the Met ropolitan in February.
 Albert Spa1ding, the startlingiy brilliant American violinist will make his first ap- pearance with the New York Symphony orchestra November s-10.
 He has won for himself many foreign laurels and comes to America following most successful engagements at Paris and London. He will be assisted by AL feldo Oswald, pianist and accompanist
 The Drenden Philharmonic orchestra. including 65 performers will make it's initial tour of America April 12 to May g, under the management of R. E. John ston of New York. Herr Willy Olsen is conductor with MT. Victor J. Clark, an American, as associate conductor. The original conductors of this most excellent organization were Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann.
 The soloists to appear with this orches- tra are Lillian Nordlca, the great Amer- ican soprano; Isabelle Bouton, mezzo-so- prano; Jeanne Janlelle, soprano, recently of the Metropolitan and Manhattan opera; Frieda Langendorf, mezzo soprano-con- tralto, of Vienna Royal opera and the Metropolitan, New York; Charlotte Ma conda, coloraturo soprano Germaine Schnitzer pianist; Charles Dalmores, tenor of much note; Albert spalding, American violnist, and Alexander Pet schnikoff, Russia's greatest violnist.
 The Women's Philharmonic society of New York, Amy Fay, president, is in- deed one of SsSnne philanthropy. To those with talent and the ambition to wish to further 1t, yet without the necessary means, free scholarships are offered. This includes piano, violin or voice instruction under some of New Yorks most able instructors.
 The examination of applicants is to be held at very early date and those desirous of further information may address the chairman, Emma w. Hod- kinson, 537 Manhattan avenue, New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25
Weaker Sex Had Voice In Pub-
 lie Affairs
BAD EFFECT OF DIVORCE
The Leniency of the Laws Has ln- fluence on Persons of all Classes, Immortality is Growing
 Popular.
BY MARQUIS DE cAsrELLANe.


 Paris, October 24-Gallic conservatism has only an amused smile for the strenu- ous tactics of the English suffragettes, and an incredulous shrug of the shoulders for the exaggerated reports of the Amer ican woman's independence, yet the fact remains that the French woman held im- | portant positions many centuries ago. In spite of our advanced civilization we are stin novices in the matter of the civic equality of the sexes. Our present course sadly bellies past achievements | In the middle ages women not only had the right to vote, but in certain cases they could raise troops, execute justice, coin money, levy taxes and draw up charters ! Certain decrees pronounced by women judges in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries have been preserved and many of them are equally as wise as those rem l dered by present day magistrates. An edict dating as far back as 11S2 gave men and women equal supervision of municipal affairs. This edict was en- forced in thousands of French towns un- til 17S9.
 In those times there was not so much inequality between men and women in politics as there was between women of the aristocracy and women of the bour- geoisie. Those extensive rights I have 1 Just mentioned were only accorded to ladies of quality. However certain priv | ileges were granted to the women of the l people. From the time of the emancipa- tion of the communes they had voice in town and village affairs. In all this we see that the present may well learn from the past.
 1 Why should we disguise it? Immortality l is being regarded more and more favora- bly by the civilized world-at least by European civilization. Of course the 1 growing leniency of the divorce laws is mainly responsible for this. How can the working classes unused to equivocal phraseology of the upper circles, make l fine distinctions between the woman who 1 has her fourth living husband or her 1 fourth admirer?
 l Not only have these distinctions been | done away with to a great extent in the | popular mind, but they are daily growing | less as regards legal rulings. The follow l ing episode will prove the truth of what 1 say:
 l By the enaction of a recent law needy wives and mothers receive a daily allow ance of 15 cents during the time that the man of the house is in camp for his ob- l ligatory military duties. At the last term 1 of conscript service a man gave in the name of his illegitimate wife as the bene- ficiary of the governmental allowance, using the discreet title of companion" l His ruse worked so well that his mates followed his example. Whether they had equal success don't know. But can 1 state positively that this daily stipend is allotted to any woman which the conscript I designates as the mother of his child l irrespective of legal sanction to their re- lationship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

Not Nicholas, Anyway. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch At any rate, let us be thankful that we will never have a Czar Nicholas Gong- worth) in this dynasty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

Corinne Rider-Kelsey, Americas very own soprano, is now under engagement with the New York Symphony orchestra for a six weeks tour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

Chaminade's assistants in her first American tournie are Mile. Yvonne de St. Andre, mezzo-soprano, and Ernest Bloom, baritone. These artists appeared with Mime. Chaminade at Paris, Berlin, London, Vienna and St. Petersburb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

Marguerite Melville, the brilliant young American pianists and composer, was re- gently married in Vienna to Dr. Carl Liszwienski, Pole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-25

Mime. Gadski returned to New York October 13. Her first recital of the sea- son was given on the evening of Sunday, October IS, at Carnegie Hall. After a few other appearances, Gadski will leave for her western tour to return to the Met ropolitan In February.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
STEAMER IS SUNK,
COLLIDES IN FOG
Sound Boat Sends Norwe-
gian Vessel to Bottom.
Crew Is Saved.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Feeling her
way through the Sound in a thick fog,
the Fall River line steamboat Com
monwealth rammed the Norwegian
steamship Volund. and sent her to the
bottom Captain SchjOtt and his crew
were taken from the wreck by life
boat manned by Uuited States sailors.
The Commonwealth s injuries were
slight. Some Of her bow plates were
dented. and the stem was bent, but the
damage can easily be repaired.
There were 1900 passengers on board
the steamboat. which is the newest and
largest vessel on the Sound, and, awak-
ened from sleep by the crash of the
collision and the distress signals Of the
Fall River liners siren, there was for
a moment a tendency toward panic
which the perfect discipline maintained
BY officers Of the vessel checked with
out great difficulty
The Volund left this city yesterday.
The Commonwealth left Fail River at .
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. She
reached her pier at the foot of Warren
street shortly before noon.
Officers Of the line said that the Com
monwealth had suffered 50 little by the
accident that she would be able To make
her regular return trip tonight. Her eS-
cape from serious injury is regarded as
proof of the excellence OF her ConstrUc-
ton.
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Clothes in Politics.
worse

Presidents are not like kings. Wan
Mr.. Roosevelt arrived in Washington
it was duly noted that he wore "a
frock coat. dark gray trousers, and a
black SLOUGH hat" In such attire NAV
Mr.. Bryan appear as he takes the plat
form Of the good car Constitution; or
Mr. Cannon as he urges his fellow
ngriculturists not TO believe all that
the wicked press is saying about him;
or Mr.. Hobson rs he pleads with the
citizens and children of Pinnacle Sta
ton, S. c., to beat the Japs at their
own game
Clothes are striking sign of de-
mocracy. This accounts for the fact
that our ambassadors are sometimes
mistaken for doorkeepers. But it also
explains why. when our distinguished
men travel AROUND, the people concern
themselves with what he says and does
rather than with what he wears. It is
a question if unconventional attire
would not prove fatal TO the chances of
an American aspiring for high office
There was once a candidate for gov
ernOr of Illinois who wore a suit of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
SONNET

Oh, how much more doth beauty beau
teOuS seem,
BY that sweet ornament which truth
doth give,
The rose looks fair, but fairer we II
deem
For that sweet Odor which doth in II
live.
The canker-blooms have full as deep a
dye
AS the perfumed tincture Of the roses.
Hang on such thCrns. and play as wan
t0nly
When summer breath their masked
buds disclCSes:
But, for their virtue only Is their show.
They live uuwoOed, and unexpected
fade;
Die TO themselves. Sweet roses do not
so:
OF their sweet deaths are sweeter
OdOrs made;
And so Of you, beauteous and lovely
youth
When they shall fade, my verse distfIls
your truth. Shakespeare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
MOTHER.

At twilight here SIT alone,
Yet not alone: for thoughts OF thee
Pale images Of pleasure flown
Like hOminE birds, return to me-
Again the shining chestnut braids
Are soft euwreathed about thy brow,
And liCht-a light that never fades
Beams from thine eyes upon me even
now,
As All undimmed by death and night,
Remembrance out Of distance brings
Thy Youthful loneliness. aIight
With ardent hopes and high fnlagin-
iugs.
All. mortal dreams. how fair. how heetl
Thy earnings SCant fUlGlment found;
Dark Lethe long hath laved thy feet,
And on thy slumbeT breaks no trOUb-
ling sound.
Yet distance parts thee not from ne.
For beautv-Or Of twilight or OF morn
Birds me. stilI closer binds. to thee,
Whose heart sang TO my heart ere I
was born.
Florence Earle Coates in Century
Magazine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
EXPRESS ON B. & o.
HITS A PILE OF TIES
Attempt Is Made to Wreck Fast
Mail Train Near Cumber-
land. Nd.

CUMBERLAND. Md. Sept. 26.-Balti-
more and Ohio detectives are investi-
eating what is supposed to have been
an attempt TO wreck Baltimore and
Ohio express No. to PittsbuTg early
yesterday morning.
The train leaves Cumberland shortly
before j. m The engineer sighted q
Pile Of cross ties on the track near
Roc kwOod and while he slowed down
he was unable TO stop The train before
reaching he obstruction. The pilot of
the engine was damaged.
\ search was made. but no providers
were found in the ueigh5OThOCd- The
train Is one OF the best patrCuized oH
the system and carries mail and eX-
press
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
Thousands of Druhken Rioters
GiUe T0ubLe to London Police
Urged by Brewers and DisterS to Make Vigorous Pro-
test Against Passing of Anti-Saloon Bill
in Parliament.

LONDON, Sept pa riot Of drunk
enness and street brawling re,Eus in
London tonight. Thousands Of brewery
and distillery workers, called to Lon
don By their employers 10 make pub
lie protest against the proposed Ucens-
ing bill, are being given free drinks in
all the saloons Of the city, and the big
gest debauch that London has seen in
years IS resulting.
S-'"ce early evening the regular police
70 and reserves have had their hands
Z, in QuellIng the rioters. and the
gravest fears are entertained that to-
mOrrOw's mass meeting in Hyde Park
Will result In a serious outbreak
One hundred and seventy excursions
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from all parts Of England have brought
hundreds Of thousands % people 20 Lon
don % take part IN this meeting. and
the saloons are giving the crowds carte
blanche. II is expected that fully 10000
people VIII attend the demonstration.
and IL IS estimated that Il viii cost the
men promoting the affair a dollar head
fOr every one present
The meeting was planned for last
Sunday. but the Temperance people de-
feated the scheme AT that time by send
ing out bogus notices that the meeting
had been postponed As a consequence
but a few thousand people showed up
The licensing bill, II passed by par
lament. VIII reduce the number Of sa-
looms IN England by one-third-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
HOUNDED BY BEGGARS.

Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to $500
600, 600, says a Vienna paper. was driven
out Of Berlin. where she hoped 10 study
pOlitiCO-sOcial conditions. by the beg
gars, high and low. OF nobility and
otherwise. who no sooner heard Of the
arrival Of the rich American girl than
they set siege to her dollars Indi-
vidualS. societies. churches. charitable
institutions. and promoters Of business
schemes wrote, telegraphed. and sent
messengers. It ali looked funny TO the
young woman at first but Il Became
nuisance. from which she escaped by
means of her automobile, in which she
FASTENED to a nearby summer resort
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
YOKE WOMEN AND DOGS.

NJ JaChslSon has come across. IN
northern Siberia. q tribe. the TukOghirs,
differing IN every respect from other
Eskimo tribes. both in aspect langIag &c
and customs. There Is a fine sphere
here. saws the London Globe. for s1If-
fragettes IL they have any superfiuous
energy-after worrying our unhappy
GOVernment-fOr foreign miSSfOnarv
work. as we learn that the women a-a
yolxed TO the sledges with the dos
and draw their lords and masters. to-
old people are killed OF when they -
come useless.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
NEWSPAPER
NOW ON THE MARKET
Pail Mall Gazette for Sale,
With Only One Condi-
ton Attached.

LONDON, Sept. 26-Wlliam Waldorf
Astor is tired OF owning a newspaper.
His Pail Mall Gazette is on the market,
the only condition attached 10 the sale
being that IL shall not become a Liberal
paper within five years.
This condition is imposed by reason
Of the fact that yOIng AstOr Is the
Conservative candidate for parliament
from Plymouth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

o the
o prominent
Miss Fmer DISTINGUISHED herself the of the Iroquas
for the
specially is the those who AFFLICTED
o. tina the State
preside gained
OF vhC
Pol he uurpo
aruau e section
O
In
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
BY DEGREES.

Gimme some sCft-bOiled eggs"
Better have an Omelet, sir sug-
gested the waiter Them eggs amt
extraordinary fresh"
''All right; make It an omelet."
And. sir
well. waiter?'
Better have Spanish Omelet"'
The order was then switched 10 chops
Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
NOT WHAT HE FEARED.

"But 7 shall never soil my hands
with Homework, said the girl firmly.
His face fell
IT'S foolish for a girl who has at
ways been proud of her hands to get
them red and rough by drUdgery,' she
went on, while his face continued 10
fall.
by wearing rubber gloves she con-
Guided, bringing his face back to =
normal Enthusiastically Ladger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

vide checks and a blue ribbon in his
hat. He is forgotten. After that, who
will say that in American politics fine
feathers make fine birds?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

\ prosperous looking man of forty
five walked into the Ebbitt House bar
Der shop. took a look around the place.
and rested his coat and hat with an
attendant while the second barber
yelled:
This way, sir; take a scat right
heah.H
The prosperous looking man walked
over to the case where the customers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27
TO SMILE.

First Hobo-I told that woman I had
beat my way around de world.
second -HObO-Was she interested?
First Hobo-Yes; she got out a rug
and told me I could beat my way to
the dinner table.-Syracuse Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

\ disease called "jowf," lately dlscov-
cred in Philadelphia, sweTs the Jaws
and imDedes articulation. The rampaign
committee that Will lay in and use a
good supply Of il has the election
cinched.
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1t is sad that Baron Mumm Con
Schwartzenstein is TO be next ambas-
sador TO the United States. ANYBODY
with front name Ike that ought to
make good in diplomacy.
Anyway, what's a gallon or two OF
oil between friends?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-27

The Methodists might put Uncle Joe
ON the superannuated roll.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
CIRCLE CLOSES ROUND HAL CHASE
Obstreperous Player May BE Fired
Back TO New Work.

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s-Hal Chase is
likely to be the victim Of a winter squeeze
play that will either bring him back to
New York next season or force him out
Of league base ball altogether. George
Stallings. the new manager of tile Yam
KEGS may find Chase in a mood to talk
business by the time the agents OF organ
lied base ball get through with the Cali
fornia league.
Chase has been playing with the Stock
ton club Of the California league, which is
an OUTLAW" organization. Five Of the six
clubs in that league want to come into or
ganized base ball. After the league meet
ings in December Harry Pulliam and Ban
Johnson will go west to arrange this mat
ter. The Stockton club Is baking because
Of Chase. Hal was given 81, 700 to Quit the
Yankees. His club has several outlawed
players, as well as McHale OF the Boston
Americans. 1t looks as IL Harold Is down
and out. The Stockton club will be forced
to bow to the majority. Chase claims to
have had backing for a new park In OAK
land. where he was 20 be manager next
year. with his league coming into organ
ICED ball Hal is at the mercy of the OPP
pressor and he probably will make his
peace with the New York club. Stallings
needs him.