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WANTED-MALE HELP.

Statesmen to sell retail trade. your locality; S65 per month and eX- penses to start or commission; experi- ence unnecessary. Hermingsen Cigar O., Toledo O. 4-16-it START a mail order business of your own, but not with a cheap trick or novelty. l made $50,0OO in five years and began small. will show ,ou how to start right. Send for my Tree book let today Heacock. Box 913. Lockport, N '. 3-7-tf WOULD you like position in New York, Chicago or any of the 12 great cities where we have offices? Office. safes and technical men no matter where To. cated can be used at once. Write to- day stating experience and salary ex- pected. Hapgoods, 112S Park Bldg, Pittsburg, and 533 Williamson Bldg, Cleveland.
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Notice To Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the Mayors office in the city of Decatur, Ala, until 7:3O p. m., April 29, 1908. for the laying of cement sidewalks and curb and vitrified brick cross walks under inn provement ordinances Nos. 25, 26 and 27, all series c. Plans and specifications on file in the city engineers office. Deca- tur, Ala. Separate bids must be made for the work to oe performed under each of the above Ilamed ordinances. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
 H. A. SKEGGS. JR., Mayor. D. B. MORROW. City Clerk.
 4-12-13-14-19-2 -2l
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Stockholders Meeting.

Office of the Acton Mining Company. Birmingham, Ala, April 10, 1908. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of this com pany for the purpose of electing board or directors for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other busi- ness as may come before the meeting will be held at the office of the company. in the city of Birmingham. Ala, Monday, April 20, 1908 at 10 o'clock a. m. By order of the board,
 F. H. EATON, Secretary.
 4-10-10t
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MISCELLANEOUS.
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SALE. 151s acres with Groom cottage. barn. stable, large spring; close to pike road and within one block of car line; price, $500 per acre. Terms can be had with interest on the deferred payments.
 FOR RENT. 1913 F. 14th st., rooms; bath. gas etc. cheap.
 broom apartment. modern. every room an outside room, porches and shade trees. 5t4 N 18th street, rooms, cheap.
 l.. c. PETTYJOHN Phones lloI and 4s6. 1s2e1s 3d Ave
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SOME AMERICAN
 AFFAIRS OF HONOR Officers Have Figured In Many
 DueIS THE NAVY LOSES A HERO When Commodore Stephen Decatur Was Slain by Commodore Bar ron-Terry-Brode Duel
 in California.

From the New York Evening World
 The amazeingly spectacular duel fought in St. Petersburg between Lieutenant General Fock and Lieutenant-General SmiInon recalls long record of famous djels fought in this country before duel ing was abolished by statute in every state in the union.
 Half a century ago the code duello was commonly recognized as the arbiter of American honor.
 When Judge Jere Wilson of Washington declined to meet Attorney Stoll on the field of honor' during the famous Poi
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

7-=-~>---~~-~-~------ LADY of 10 years experience in book keeping and general office work de- slres position. Accuracy guaranteed. Very best of references given. r. D. DUN 99V' 419-3t
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WANTED.
UPHOLSTERTNG

GPHoISTERfNCi- repalTiner and d>57 6ScIci6a7 furniture Call for J. F Krag, McGav- oek Furniture Store. 2o17 Sd ave.
 4-11-60t
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WANTED-A position by young man of II Tn commissary or office; can use typewriter to some extent; have had ex perience in lawyers office: will begin on small salary. Address Office. and state salary, Ashville. Ala. Box lG9.
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WANTED-Position by man with ex
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WANTED-Situation by young man 22 years old in shipping department of wholesale house. but am willing to work at anything; must have work. Address G. C. H., 22Ol 4th avenue, north
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WANTED-Position as stenographer: have had experience in several lines: can furnish machine: willing to begin on small salary. Address K. Z., care Age Herald.
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WANTED-Position by young man ex
 perienced in bookkeeping and clerical work; best of references. Address Bookkeeper, care Age-Herald 4-20-2t
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YOUNG lady stenographer desires posi- ton requiring several hours work each day; salary secondary matter, Address J. D., care Age-Herald.
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WANTED-Position at once, either tenn porary or permanent, by young lady stenographer; one years experience in
 general office and stenographc work;
 good English education thoroughly competent. moderate salary to begin
 with. Address J. E. N. care Age Herald. 4-2O-2t
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WANTED-Position to play for illus trated songs or moving picture shows,
 or in music store, by an experienced musician; expert in reading music at sight. Address Musician, care Age Herald. 4-20-2t
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FOR SALE.

IAIk WITH ALAN JEMISON
 BELL 100; PEOPLES S6. 4-i-s0
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
ResOurcefuI Sergeant.

AT one army post where a number
OF recruits were temporarily stationed
an Old sergeant was ordered to ascer-
tain to what religious sect each man
belonged, and to see that he Joined
the party told off for that particular
form of worship. Some of the men
had no liking for church, and de-
clared themselves to be atheists. Rut
u sergeant was a Scotsman and a
man OF experience. "Ah, weel," said
he, then We haze no need to kape holv
the Sabbath, and the stables haze ma
Deen claned cot lately" And he Or
oered them to clean out the stables.
This occupied practically the whole
day, and the men lost their usual
sunday afternoons leave. Next Sum-
day a broad smile crept over the face
OF the sergeant when he heard that
the atheists had Joined the Church of
England.-The Argonaut.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
NOT A MIRACLE
just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkab,e
tnlngs happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking SO severely as to cause spells
Oh unconsclousness. And to find COM
piete relief in changing from coffee
TO Postum is well worth recording
i used to be a great coffee drink
er, SO much so that it was killing me
by inches. My heart became so weak
i IWoulu fall and lie unconscious for
an nour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times a
day.
My friends. and even the uoctor.
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. | would not be.
iieve it, and still drank coffee until |
could no leave my room.
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos.
tum himself, persuaded me to ston
coffee and try Postum. After much
hesitation ! concluded to try it. That
was eight months ago. Since then |
have had but few of those spells.
none Tor more than four months.
Il feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. | now drink moth
Ing but Postum and touch no coffee.
and as am seventy years of age all
my friends think the Improvement
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road tn
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
appears from time t 0 time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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Women as

ut is inexpedient publicly to en-
courage women to adopt chemistry as
a professional pursuit"
In this concise way is expressed
the view of those members of the
Chemical Society of Great Britain
who disapprove of the proposal to al
low women to become members. Out
of S400 papers read on personal re-
searches during the last thirty-hve
years, only twenty-three have been
contributed by women alone. There
is a growing desire, however, o n the
part of many of our leading scientists
to admit women chemists to member
ship, and, as the wish has met with
the strongest opposition from other
members, the question is being put to
a ballot. Nine. Curie is at present
the only woman member, and she has
been made merely an honorary fell
low" with neither voting powers mol
eligibility for Office on the council
London Daily Mail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23

the train an -vn quantity.
With its loa, of frightened men,
women and chilten the train pulled
out of Metz aut midnight and
started for the orth. There were
flames along theracks on both sides
and the roar ofhe burning woods
rose above the And of the engine.
The train proceed toward the north
as far as Hawkotation, about halt
way between M and M~illersburg.
There the fam were sweeping
across the track5 fiercely as to make
further progre in that direction
impossible.
The train wsimmediately headed
back toward t; south and Alpena.
The necessityior returning again
into the fam ridden section from,
which they hadeen fleeing increased
the terror of theassengers aboard
the Inflated extempofed relief train.
AS they were rushii through the
fire and smoke the ira struck a. cul-
vert which had been irned through.
1t left the rails anfyent into the
ditch, according to theleagre reports
received through the Wo trainmen
who escaped.
The point where e train was
ditched was a place cled Nowicki's
Siding. On either Z OF the track
were piled immens quantities of
cedar ties, posts and oles, hemlock
bark and other infamable forest
products.
John Nowicki's hoe stood just
back from the track. both Nowicki
and his wife were burrd to death in
their home, which was emolished.
In the gondola G where the
fifteen skulls we're fold were Mrs.
George Cicero, OF NE, and three
children; Mrs. John Kdtzy, OF Metz,
and three children, antMrs. Edward
Hardies, of Metz, and rec children.
These poor mothers "a their chill
dren account for twelv of the fifteen
skulls foun".
Word has been Iceived from
Hurst, q small village Pressure Isle
County, that Henry { Kemps, his
wife and two childre were burned
to death in their townlip. The four
bodies were found in le ruins of the
farmhouse.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
Bows Kill Monster Snake.

AS Eddie L. Bates, of Youngstown,
twelve years old, was picking berries
on the mountain a blacksnake swung
from a low tree and twined about
the boys body. The boy fought in
terror, but fell to the ground, and one
of the folds of the snake slipped
around his throat. The three mates
of the boy fled when the snake at
tackled him, but returned, and Eddie
Greedy, with a fence stake, attacked
the snake. The first blow missed the
snake, and, landing on the Bates
boys head, almost finished him. but
Greedy persevered, and with his two
companions finally beat off the black
shake, which then attacked the other
boys.
Bates, who had been more scared
than hurt, filled his lungs with air a
few times, then grabbing a club, as
sisted his companions in their battle.
The snake was finally killed, and
when the lads dragged it triumphant
ly into Youngstown it was measured
and found to be nine feet ten inches
long. Many parties of berry pickers
have been attacked in the foothills
here by snakes.-Latrobe (Pa.) Cor
respondence Philadelphia Record.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
The World of Sport.

Yale defeated Wesleyan by sixteen
points to nothing in her opening
football game at New Haven, Corn.
Steffen, the Chicago quarter back
and captain, is said by many experts
to be as good as the famous Ecker
sail was two years ago.
American lawn tennis experts de-
feated their British rivals, and will
go to Australia to play for the Davis
Cup.
Beals c. Wright defeated F. B.
Alexander in the final round of the
tournament for the national lawn
tennis championship.
Pennsylvania defeated West Vir-
ginia at football by a score of 6 to O.
Harvard's football team defeated
Bowdoin by five points to nothing in
the Stadium.
Spanish Queen won the Buckeye
trotting stake of $4,000 at the Column
bus Grand Circuit meeting.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler PROM
ised the students of Columbia more
than $1,000 for their crew pext sea-
son.
Spanish Queen won the $4,000
Bankers and Brokers' Purse at the
columbus Grand Circuit trotting
meeting.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23

Our description of certain county
council tactics as "jerrymander,npn
has provoked inquiry as to the deriva-
ton of the word. 1t celebrates tho
name O, Elbridge Gerry, a Governor
of Massachusetts,, who was an adent
in the art of SO arranging election
districts that his own side had an
unfair proportion of representatives.
The stoty goes that Russell, the edi-
tor of tie Continent, had in his Office
an electPn mar of Massachusetts,, in
which tie painter Stuart thought he
saw a district in the shape of a sala-
mander, and pointed it out. "A Ger
rymandg," answered Russell, and
the wore became a proverb and soon
acquireAthe alternative spelling of
"jerrymanda ~rondon Chronicle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23

New York City.-"There's no use
talking, it's going to be a hard win
ter, no matter which Bill is elected"
said the wise young man who had
just returned from his vacation in
Pike County, Pennsylvania, with a
luxuriant crop of tan and freckles.
81 forgot 1 ever knew so much about
the country until I got out there
again. 1 was born and raised in the
country, and I'm proud of it.
How do l know it's going to be a
hard winter? Well, here are some of
the sure signs, and I surprised the
farmers when I sprung my knowledge
on them:
"a heavy crop of nuts. You never
saw the like of the b~utternuts, hick-
DRY nuts and chestnuts that there are
going to be in less than a month now.
"a big fruit crop and an abundance
Of wild grapes; the woods are full of
this little wild fruit of the vine, and
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
Stub Ends News.

Serv1a S war feve mas aDated.
The British born letter mail now
beats all records.
The Cretan lament voted
union with Greef
Nine. Nord A s, wife of the
President of Hal led in Port au
Prince.
The Montenegr. Sc ably voted
a credit of $4,000 8 the Minis
try of War.
A popular move4 i to boycott
Austrian, Bulgarian and German
products has been a}rted. in Con-
stantinople.
In London a noise susades;s being
directed against TIL motor bus in
the business district
Servians in New vura held a meet
ing and pledged.their support to
Servia in the tveIt of war.
Instances of narrowing c,,selty
against chikren in Illinois were re-
ported by Estate charity agent.
British and DutG delegates from
South African colonlss met at Dur
ban to draft a constitution uniting
all the States.
The Lackawanna Sa 70 said
to have issued an order ng
tho throwing of rice at IS
travelling on its lines.
I&4E
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
About NnIed PeopIe.

Speaker j. G. Cannon has sold a
700-acre farm i'll Nebraska for $49,-
600.
Captain S. L.. II. Slocum, the
American military attache at St.
Petersburg, has left St. Petersburg
on leave OF absence. He will visit
Germany and then travel in South
eastern Europe.
John d. Rockefeller never signs
any personal checks. Everything
goes through the regular channel.
and is made out by some of the
Standard Oil people at rs Broad
way.
The Grand Duke Constantine is
by far the most versatile of the Rus
slams Cars relations. Not only is
he a playwright, but he is also an
actor.
Ferdinand, Gear of Bulgaria. made
his entry in Sofia and was warmly
greeted by the people; no foreign
representatives attended the cere-
monies.
President Roosevelt will present
the bodies of animals shot In the
course of his coming African hunt to
the National Museum in Washington.
Count Hayashi in a Toxic inter-
view denied the Japanese are seek
ing territorial expansion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
Sending 100000 Return Postals
South to Get Work For Aliens,

Washington, D. C.-The distribu-
ton of aliens is to be promoted by the
Bureau of Information of the Depart.
ment of Commerce and Labor. Sec
rotary Straus has issued orders to
start the work at each immigration
station, and the bureau has begun
the enormous task of getting in touch
with farmers, manufacturers and 9th.
er employers in the South to learn
what help they may need. This work
will require the sending out of $685..
600 return postal cards.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
Intangible Wages.

A certain prominent lawyer of To-
ronto is in the habit ii lecturing his
Office staff, from the junior partner
down, and Tommy, the office boy,
comes in for his full share of the ad-
monition. That his words were ap-
preciated was made evident to the
lawyer by a conversation between
Tommy and another Office boy on the
same floor which he recently over
heard:
"Wotcher wages?" asked the other
boy.
Ten thousand a year." replied
Tommy.
Jaw, g'wan!"
Sure" insisted Tommy, ina
Dashed. -Four dollars a week in
cash, and de rest in legal ADVICE
Eyerybody's.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
GenerufD Demand

Of the Well-lnformed of the World GAS
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy OF known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because it's cor
ponent parts are known to them to !
wholesome and truly beneficial in effec
acceptable to the system and gentle. y,
prompt. in action.
In supplying that demand With its e,
eellent combination of Syrup OF Figs an
Elixir of SIENNA. the California Fig Syru
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relic
on the merits of the laxative for it's remarl
able success.
That is one of many reasons VIII
Syrup OF Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is give
the preference by the Well-Informec
To get it's beneficial effects always bu
the genuine-manufactured by the Call
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for an
by ali leading druggists. Price fifty c. Il
per bottle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
A Doctors Mistake,

A physician in a small town in
Northern Michigan got himself into
a serious ~predicament by his inability
to remember names and people. One
day while making out a patients re-
ceipt his visitors name escaped him.
Not wishing to appear SO forgetful
and thinking to get a clue he asked
her whether she spelled her name
with an e or i. The lady smilingly
replied: "Why, doctor, my name is
HilI."-Success.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
STEAM KILLS FOUR MEN.

Three Sailors Swim Ashore From
Barge to Reach Assistance.
Kenosha, Wis.-Chief Engineer
John Peterson and three assistants
were scalded to death on board the
steam barge Maggie Marshall, from
Manistee, in midlake, off Kenosha,
when a steam pipe in the engine
room burst. Escaping steam killed
the men at their posts. Three men,
bers of the crew reached Kenosha
after swimming a mile against a
north wind.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23

f The saddest part of it all is that there
: is no law in the State of Illinois pro-
l hibiting the sale of a child"
, In speaking of other specific cases
: the Rev. Mr.. Virden said:
: "a girl of thirteen years, commit
ted by the Juvenile Court, was made
a household drudge. Our State agent
found that she was being beaten with
a horsewhip. The girl was removed
} and placed in a good home, where she
l was given a chance for education and
religious training.
Burned With Hot Knife.
: ga girl, having only one parent
, living, seven years old, was in the
home of a family at Alton, Ill. The
evidence showed that this child was
covered with bruises. Her face was
burned, her hands were hacked with
a red hot knife and the sight of one
eye was destroyed. The foster moth
er, charged with having inflicted these
wounds, was fined for assault and
battery, and will be tried under the
cruelty act.
GA girl was the victim of her step
fathers attacks for ten years, after
she was seven years old. Her step
father was sent to the ~penitentiary
and the girl sent to a good home.
Two girls, aged five and ten, were
forced to beg on the streets for their
mother, who kept a disreputable re-
sort. They are now in good homes.
GA girl thirteen years old did the
washing and ironing for a family of
seven. She had nc school advan-
tages. An investigation showed that
she wore her foster mothers old
clothes and shoes; vas overworked
and received no salary; that her life
was insured in the benefit of the
mother-in-law in the home. The
child was returned to the home on
trial upon the cancellation of the life
insurance policy, and promised that
she was to receive new clothes and
81 a week. I protest against the in
surance of the lives of these children"
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
WORLDS RUTHLESS WASTE.


or more tons of coal while crossing
the ocean. This extravaganza was
gloried in as an engineering achieve
ment when it ought to be anathema-
tized.
The public comforted itself with
the belief that science would dis
cover a substitute for coal, and there
fore felt nc conjunction in recklessly
destroying the capital won from the
sun in past ages, but science could
not at present support the illusion.
Professor Armstrong earnestly
urged serious scientific study of eco
nomical methods of fuel consumption,
outlining the direction such study
ought to take.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23
SIGNS OF A COLD WINTER.
observer Of Nature Tells What is Coming in the Way Of weather

they will be delicious when the frost
touches them.
Heavy husks on the corn. The
farmers say that is a sure sign.
."Wasps and hornets building their
nest nearer the ground than usual.
THE cricket and katydid orches-
tras working overtime; that's a sure
enough indication of an early Win
ter, too.
Dame Nature is a good and
thoughtful provider for all the little
folk of the forest and field, you
know; that's why there is such a big
crop of nuts and wild grapes and
fruit-so that the squirrels, the mice
and the birds won't go hungry
through the long winter. I tell you
what, there is nothing hit-or-miss
about the indications l have men.
toned. All you have to be is a close
observer of nature to know what is
coming in the way of weather."
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-10-23

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gen.
uine testimonials as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
fitted by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, anywomananydaymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
3. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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herbs, without drugs, and is whole
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The reason why Lydia E. Pink
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Women who are suffering from
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