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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
"Where am I?"

Where am I?''
 As Claude feebly uttered these words he looked up at the face of an old fashioned clock. Owing to the hard times the clock had laid off one of its hands.
 Claude was reclining on a lot of soft sofa pillows, and all about the room stood Castilian furniture, the kind usually found in the wealthy Spanish homes.
 Claudes inspection of the place was suddenly interrupted by the tread of tiny feet
 Are you longing for anything, sir?H asked a sweet feminine voice.
 Yes" gasped the injured young man, q am longing to know how 1 got here'
 'I'll tell you,' responded the pretty woman, seating herself on costly tiger rug beside Claude.
 Day after day from my lattced win dow I have watched you laying bricks on wonder skyscraper. Strange as it may seem my heart went out to you. 1 be- came infatuated with you. Perhaps my loneliness helped, for, you know. my hus- band is a coffee salesman and hies himself to our coffee plantation eight months out of every twelve But he has been away so long now that I fear he will never re- turn. Yesterday, at the thought of this. and in a fit of dependency, l wanted to throw my weak form to the cold pave- ment below; but, on reaching the window l caught glimpse of you. My horrible intention was arrested. Upon realizing that I had committed near suicide. I let out a hysterical shriek The shrielS startled you. I saw you step back sud- denly into the mortar. In endeavor- ing to extricate yourself you made a fatal mistep and went down, down, down, through the 40 short stories, as a maga zine reader would say. On seeing this, I lost no time. Changing my clothes and putting on all my rings, hat and furs, | rushed down to the street just in time to-"
 See my mangled form lying on the architects blue print on the ground floor" interspersed Claude.
 No but just in time to place where I thought you would fall this-My Pow der Puff. It saved your life"
 How can I thank you" began the rescued man. Perhaps if am allowed to remain here"
 NO, no, mo-" almost shrieked the wo- man; .'it is impossible. My husband is of a frightfully jealous disposition. He once threatened to kill doctor for looking at my tongue. I am certain he would kill us instantly should he enter and find that am sheltering you. a stranger"
 For our safety, then, I will stagger away. But I beg of you permit me to take with me just one little token of your kindness; something that can remember you by"
 But what can I, the wife million aire give your"
 "A kiss" Claude whispered these two words nervously, anxiously.
 You forgot! told you my husband
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
New Motor Boats at New York Show

Though the arrival of winter has put a stop to nautical sports except in the sunny south. yachtmen and motor boat enthusiasts from all parts of the coun- try-and, in fact, from all parts of the world-gathere in New York during the week ending December IA So writes Howard Green in the Technical World Magazine for March.
 The occa sion was the annual motor boat and engine show of the National Association of Engine and Boat Manu- lecturers, and the show was held in tn e Grand Central palace close to the Grand Central station, where the ample space for exhibits and the proximity of the railroad bringing freight were of great advantage. The great main hall of the palace was filled with every thing imaginable of interest to the gasoline boatman, from big, able deep sea cruisers with accommodations for several persons to live aboard, to the smallest part of an engine and the most insignificant tool or accessory.
 One of the features of the show, and one which was conspicuous and ire auently commented upon, was the re- markable showing made by western toat builders. The three largest boat shown-cruisers of o5 feet, 37 feet anu 40 feet over all, respectively-cam out of the west and were the only boats of their type shown. Products of the Great Lakes, they showed every indi- catioi f sea worthiness and staunch- nessl $ well as being comfortable in arrari cement and appointment.
 A description of the show and the features of special interest follows ad- mirably Illustrated with photographs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

The headaches and dizzy feelings that trouble so many persons, are often but symptoms of kidney complaint.
 Kidney diseases are very treacherous. They come on silently, gain ground rapid ly and cause thousands of deaths that could have been prevented by treatment in the beginning.
 Nature gives early warning or every disease, if you would but note and heed them. Backache, twinges of pain when stooping or lifting, headaches, faint spells and urinary disorders are among the first warnings of kidney trouble.
 If these signals are unheeded, there comes steady, dull. heavy aching in the back and lons a noticeable weak ness and loss of flesh. rheumatic attacks, weakening of the sight, irregular heart action, languor, attacks of gravel, irregu- lar passages of Ine kidney secretion, sed- iment, painful scalding sensation, drop sical bloating, etc.
 But there is no need to suffer long, Doans Kidney Pills cure all kidney trou- bles. This remedy has made reputation Cor quick relief and lasting cures. It is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
WRITERS AND AUTHORS
 ACT SOMETIMES AS MADMEN
Some Notable Gases Are Cted-Prof Lombroso and His School However Go Too Far In Calling Men of Mental Eccentricities Mad Some Want Solitude When Work
 ing While Others Resort to Mental Excitants

or fifteen of them. Leon Cladel wrote only in sabots with his dogs in barn. At intervals he walked, accompanied by his dogs.
 Use of Intellectual Excitants.
 Intellectual excitants are greatly ap- preciated. One of the most prized is coffee. Lortzing drank soup tureens full of it when composing his melodies Balzac also made veritable abuse of coffee. De Musset, Poe. Verlaine, and nubers of others retained their pref erence for alcohol. Schubert composed his beautiful sonatas while swallowing great glasses one after another of Rhine wine.
 Tobacco smoke is also greatly em- p1oyed. Flaubert could not write word before he had smoked three or four immense pipes or two dozen very strong cigars. Daudet smoked a great deal. M. Catulle Mendes smokes cigars while working; he often lights three or four at once in his distraction.
 Perfumes were greatly estimated by Baudelaire Theophile Gautier. and are still by Lott and Maizeroy. Byron, in order to work, required to smell the odor of truffles, with which his pock- cts were filled. Cooper acted on the sense of taste by filling his mouth with money lOZenBeS ana small DallS OI 1Il- quorice. NM. Carolu-D Duran and Aime Morot, before taking up their brushes, stimulate themselves by playing, one the piano. the other the organ. Dar- win used to play the violin.
 Most Propltious Hour for Working.
 Marked differences exist from the point of view of the propitious hour for working. If the morning was more particularly suitable to Victor Hugo, it Is worth remarking that Littre began to work at night only after his dinner, continuing till or o'clock in the morning. Balzac turned day into night by writing by the light of two candles. M. Catulle Mendes is one of the rare men who write during the afternoon, at the moment when the digestion makes the mind sluggish.
 The singularities. extravagancies and whimsicalities remarked in writers and artists are, if one will only reflect upon them, generally easy of explanation. Doubtless some. denote a state of ner- vosity bordering on vesania, but 1t is a question here of simple idiosyncrasies. the importance of which increases with the individual who is the object of them and which can in no way justify the qualification of madmen which for this motive people wish to attribute to men of great talent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
AL CAMPBELL
in the First National Bank Building.
South America's Century.
in the

south AmeTtca'S OcnLury.
 Now that the reaction from the un- natural conditions engendered by 300 years of Spanish oppression has set in, South America seems destined to ac- complish in the 20th century what North America did in the 18th. With the beginning of the new century an era of development dawned which has been gathering volume and momentum with the swiftness of a snowball roll ing down hill. So writes c. F. Carter in the Technical World Magazine for March.
 The 50,000,000 people south of the Panama canal all seem to have real ized at last that they possessed the greatest storehouse of natural re- sources remaining unexploited on earth. With one accord they set about developing their inheritance; and find ing the task beyond their means, in vited the worlds spare capital and population to come and help. The en- thusiasm with which the invitation was accepted has resulted in splen- did chapter of achievements, which in turn have inspired plans for the future as magnificent as they are compre- hensive.
 The foreign trade of the continent, which grew from $1 100000, 900 in 1905 to s1 ,5O0, 900 in 1907, affords an in dication of the pace progress has set, but it doesn't tell the whole story by any means. Within the next decade 5000 100000 will be invested in raiE roads to bring the products of South America to wharves and idocks-not the fiimsy pile and timber affairs so familiar in the United States, but solid stone structures planned to endure until the end of time-which are being built at cost of many millions more Farms, mines and forests are being opened up and every effort is being made to foster manufacturing indus tries by means of subsidies and tariffs Waterfalls, so abundant everywhere, are being harnessed to furnish cheap light and power and unwholesome old cities are being razed in order that they may be rebuilt according to the most advanced ideas in sanitary en- gineering
 Following this introduction, the won- derful development of South America really ..ttle known to most of us, viv- idly pictured by MT. Carter and the photographs accompanying his article give remarkably clear and compre- hensive idea of the newest of countries and it's progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
MdervearDepar 5he one Department in Dir- mingham that Offers Jtarf- ling Bargains 4N the Jime.

A wonderful collection of women's gowns, including the "out sizes," made of Masonville and Birch field muslins, nicely trimmed,
 oniy -. .SoC Here is one to ''put them thinking" R. & G., Warmers, Thomson's and other good dollar brands, in new models, every size (Too much stock on fland). so we give you choice tomorrow at only 7ec. Buy two or more.
 Remember our children's under muslins, best in the market, at a saving of a third. Al muslin drawers, in ages 1 to 12
 years, only... =. ... ...12Rc Children's night gowns
 at. .. :. .39c, 47c and 53c $1.75 black mercerized petticoats, only ...Sll9 Big stock of servants aprons, in slipovers and regulation styles, aC... -. -. .:... 2oc and up Full line of hip pads, bust forms, girdles. See them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
In Demand.

From the Chicago News.
 T hear you have a new automobile old man. said the motor car fiend What does it look like?"
 Well, to tell you the truth" replied the amateur motorist, "it is as ugly as 8 steam roller, makes as much noise as n traction engine knocks over as many people as a freight engine and raises as much dust as street sweeping ma chine.'
 The motor car fiend was wild with enthusiasm.
 You don't say!' he blurted eagerly "Tell me where can buy the same make and I'll give you my old machine as a present."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
How Do Wireless Waves Travel?
om Youths Companion.

From Youths Companion.
 As the result of study of the vari- ous types of receiving systems em- ployed in wireless telegraphy, Charles A. Culver of the University of Pennsyl vania concludes that the resistance of the earth between the sending and re- ceiving stations is of prime importance. He thinks that the theory that the waves are propagated through the sur face of the earth accounts for more of the observed facts than does the other theory that they pass through the free ether. At the same time he finds that the earth theory does not at present ex- plain some of the phenomena that are noticed in the practical working of the system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Ohite Goods # Department of Jfrone Oaines. Jee fhem Tomorrow

Lingerie silk check waistings, a regular 59c quality; special for Monday and Tuescday at
 yard.. .. =. -. ..... .35c French lawn check waistings. a reg ular 29c quality; special for
 Monday and Tuesday. yard. .25c 36-inch sheer checked Irish linen for waistings; special for
 this sale, per yard. ....... 69c 10-4 pepperell sheeting, extra heavy quality; special for Monday
 and Tuesday, per yard .. .2oc 42-inch pepperell pillow casing;
 special for this sale, per yard 15c Felt table lining. 64x90; special
 for Monday. cloth. .$2.25 Felt table lining. 64x72; special
 for Monday. cloth. .$1.9a Felt table lining. 64-inch round
 cloth; special Monday $1.75 Silk floss sofa pillows, 24x24;
 special, each... .69c Silk floss sofa pillows. 22x22:
 special. each =. soc Emmerich sleeping pillows, pure feather pillows. an extra value at the low price of s15o each. for Monday and Tuesday only. Perfection. pure feather pillow, size 2lx27: special for Monday
 and Tuesday. each SIPS Ready-made pillow cases, 45x36:
 splendid valne for. 1oc Ready-made pillow cases. 45x36:
 splendid value for. :. .... .12IIc Ready-made heavy bleached pep Derell sheet, 7Sx90; special for Monday and Tuesday. each. .75c Extra heavy ready-made bleached sheet. S1x90; special for Monday and Tuesday, each. .... .7ec 72-lnch bleached satin damask: special for Monday, per yard, 75c 72-inch Turkey red satin damask. regular s1.00 cloth: special
 for this sale per yard .s5c Extra heavy bleached linen huck towels, for this sale only,
 Sn''' =. =. $1.60
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Oash Goods Only FTst-class Merchan-
 disc Offered

GINGHAMs-New. pretty dress ginghams, of extra good quality, fast colors, light and dark pat terms; price, per yard. .12I2c LINEN LUSTRES-Solid colors, best suiting obtainable, light blue, pink, red, navy, gray and other shades, just the goods for ladies' and children's early spring suits.
 Price, per yard. .... 1ec PERCAlES-We are showing this
 line in large range of patterns. light colors, including the best shirt and shirtwaist patterns. Price, per yard. .. .. .... 10c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Men's Furnishings 5his Department is 6,liere 5he "G,omen Folks" .Cape Money on Mems GiDods

Vitality" socks, pairs of 19c
 values for. =. ... ..... 48c Mems large size white handker-
 chiefs, dozen... .. ..... .4oc Another batch of $1.00 and
 $1.25 gloves, choice. ... SOC Boys soc Puritan" shirt
 waists only. =. 37c } pure linen collars, for men
 or. boys, only... =. ..... 25c Exceptional line of boys
 Windsors only. .25o Mems winter underwear being sold regardless of cost Any price takes them.
 Another lot of mems stiff bosom $1.50 shirts only. ...,.... .4oc You can find everything you want for men in our Mems Furnishing Department, such as susDenders, belts, hose supporters. collar but tons, scarf "stick pins," gloves, muffiers. neckwear, underwear dress or negligee shirts. barber coats, butchers aprons and many other necessary articles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
GOOD ENDING OF A NOVEL
coNcL UsIoN.

is liable to return and kill us both" But, my. dear, he is thousands of miles from here"
 There was a few moments of death- like silence. Then, after looking eau tiously all bout her, the sweet little woman bent over Claude, and her lips were just touching his when the door flew open, and there. eyes filled with jealous rage, and fingers twitching murderously, stood-Claude's Wife
 THE END.
 Now, honestly, didn't you think it was the Woman's husband?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Birmingham Proof.

Mrs B. J. Lee. living at 1713 Allen street. Birmingham, Ala, says: "I am pleased to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills for I know them to be an excellent kidney remedy. I suffered with kidney trouble for several years, and was caused great distress by severe pains through my back and Joins. Deans Kidney Pills were brought to my attention. and was so much impressed by what heard in their favor that I procured box. Their use entirely freed me from the trouble, and improved my general health. I heartily advise other sufferers to give this remedy trial'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
A TREACHEROUS TROUBLE

a simple compound of pure roots and herbs that have direct action on the kidneys. It was the secret 76 years ago of an old Quaker lady. It was given to the public by James Doan, druggist. and is now known and recommended the whole world over.
 Home cures prove the value of Doan's Kidney Pills to our readers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

Southern Railway, the best route to Atlanta. Trains leave 6:25 a. m., 4.25 p. m., and 12::30 midnight. Chair, parlor, broil- CT, buffet, and Pullman cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
YOUR SUNDAY LUNCH
 If you eat it today Al Campbell'S
 in the First National Bank Building
First National Bank Building

 will be the best that you have ever tried. We are serving some of the most appetizing dishes that were ever placed before the epicure.
 Our soft drinks are also being remembered by the ladies who have tried them.
 Everything we serve is planned to meet the tastes of our lady patrons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

We are still in the business. If you have any houses for rent, list them with us and we will secure you good tenants.
 T. l.. ANGLIN & GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Jailor Made Juits

The Dashing Smart Suits" are now shown for the Spring of 1908. We will be pleased to show you the many pretty styles that we will have on dis play tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

or fifteen of them. Leon Cladel wrote only in sabots with his dogs in barn. At intervals he walked, accompanied by his dogs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

12 yard pieces best }6-inch Long Cloth, only .,............ SLID
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23
Dress Goods

UIue UOTueT qudIIIyI @I.1o VdIue, on sale att. ... -. ...... 95c 46-inch point de spirit cotton net, cream and ecru, 75c value, on sale at. :. -. ... .... 49c 54-inch English sicilian mohair, in fifteen colors, 75c value, at. .5oc 24-inch satins, in fifty colors,
 75c value, at. .5oc 52-inch stripe panama, in seven lead ing colors, $125 value, on
 odlc at. SOC The new silk, liberty habutai, in fifteen colors, 75c silk. at. :. 59c The famous Altman voile. in blue, brown and black, sold the world over at $1.50; special sale
 at. =. =. ... ... .... SIPS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-23

New .JfLk Juits In our Ready-to-Wear Department are showing an exceptional line of the advance styles ranging in price from $1408 to $25.OO. New Colorings; New Skirts New Waists. etc.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-21
FREAK OF CLOCKS.
Electric Storms Sometimes Cause
Them to Stop.

"a watch may need cleaning when it
is not dirty at ALL" said watch
maker. This sometimes accounts for
a great deal of misunderstanding be-
tween tie owner Of a new watch and
the matchmaker to whom it is brought
for examination. Furthermore a
watch which has never been worn any
may need cleaning.
"A common reason is that oil in a
watch may have dried up around the
pivot and become sticky, thus causing
the watch to go very slowly or to stop
entirely. in which case Of course it
needs not only cleaning but the addi-
ton of fresh oil.
1.-The oil which is considered best for
watches is made from the porpoise or
bIackfish jawbone. These oils have a
most disagreeable Odor and have to be
treated chemically before being used.
1.-THE skeleton of the fish. with only
the head left on. is hung in the hot
sun for several days and the oil al
lowed to ooze out slowly. All the vola-
tile parts Of the oil are naturally
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-21
Retiring Degree Staff Entertains.

The officers of the retiring degree
staff OF the Good Will Rebekah Lodge
No. so, consisting of Mrs. Grace
Clark, noble grand; Miss Alice Marble.
vice grand, and Mrs. Jennie Ireland.
past grand. entertained the degree staff
At The Gerald Monday night he staff
was fully represented and most en-
joyablo time was the result. The ban
Guet hall VAS placed at their disposal
by Landlord Bradbury and bridge
whist was played and social intercourse
enjoyed. Light refreshments were
served by the hostess. Past Grand =.
II. Totrnan was the guest of honor. az
he has been drill master for the team
for the past year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-21
LANDS IN JAIL.
"Musket" PooIer Held For Disturbing
A Meeting.

For several weeks past complaints
have been frequent that q man was
darkchaaing and assaulting women
and girls who were out Of doors
after dark. The police kept vigilant
watch but no arrest was made until
Sunday night, when "Musket" Pooier
was taken III custody. Sunday night
the cuiprit insisted in making a dis
turbance and in the annoying Of young
ladies in attendance at the Salvation
Army meeting. A complaint was made
and Night Officer Quincy made the
arrest. Pooler was brought before Mu-
nicipal Judge Simpson Monday and
given a trial. Probable couse was
found and he was bound over - the
March term Of court at SkOwhcEal.. As
he could not secure bail. which was
placed at $500, he was committed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-21
The Worlds Fur Trade.

Some interesting facts regarding the |
worlds fur trade are give by Vice.
Consul Brrrill, of Magdeburg, Germany:I
Occasionally enc hears the fear ex-
pressed that the r-bearing animalsI
are becoming extinct. The fur trade oil
America ls larger today than ever be-
forc. II is true that the buffalo mol
longer comes into consideration as al
r-bcarinG animal. ana the beaver isl
also nearly extinct in NEST countries
Tie sea otter, which formerly furnished
100000 furs annually, yields not 400 att
the highest and the seal also seems toI
be rarer, as the number Of sealskinsI
has decreased from 100, 900 to 10000 year,
". but other fur-bearing animals haveI
taken the place of these, and the dlmen-I
sions of the American fur trade are att
present greater than they have everI
been. More money is now earned onI
skunk. InuSkrat and fox furS than ever|
before on beavers, sea offers, seals and
other rare furs. The depots in theI
United States and Canada send theI
largest part of the furs they receive tol
the three famous fur markets Of the
w0rld-London, Leipsic and Nizhni|
Novgorod. The buying itself if done byl
expert FUR brokers.
In London the furs are sold by auc-
ton, and an average of $5000,000 worth
of raw furs is disposed Of there annual
ly The principal sale in Eizhni Novgo-
rod. Russia. takes place in Augusta
There all the Asiatic furs, such as Per-
sian lambs and Astrakhans M0ngolianl
goatskins and Siberian sables. ermine,
rare squirrel furs. and, although in very
small quantities. tiers and seals are
sold. The Ieipsc market is held at the
, great fur 'messe' at Easter time. To il
CONT buvrr2 and sellers from North
and South America. Persia. China, Si-
IBERIA. japan, Tibet and England. The
'messo' lasts two weeks and Is an in
teres:ing relic Of medieval times,
which still retains It's Importance.
Germany takes the foremost place
in the. coloring Of all shecpskins. which
| is attributed to the composition Of the
German river water and to the pro-
perties of the German clay. There ara
sent annually to the sales at Leipsfc
and Mimi Novgorod 100000 English
foxskins and over 100000 Alaskan for
skins Of all sorts"