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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

WONDERFUL FORBEARANCH. ''The hndest old gentleman in the world"
 'So everybody says" Why, he even tries to make excuses for professional reformers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Montgomery Journal: "A Birmingham novel Is under the pen,' we are told, gathered from the scenes and incidents of the early days of the city. Those were interesting and thrilling days in Ala bama, and none were more historic or more worthy of song and story than those gathered in and around where Bir- mingham is now located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

The Devip will make his first ap- pearance in Charlotte tomorrow" says the Charlotte News. Oh, come now!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16
REPLIES.

A gentleman who proposes to slaughter all reporters should remember that they are hard to kill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

interesting and thrilling days in Ala bama, and none were more historic or more worthy of song and story than those gathered in and around where Bir- mingham is now located.
 Gadsden Journal The report of the city auditor of Birmingham shows that there need be no fear that the city will go into bankruptcy as a result of prohibition. Even this first year, a year of panic and depression, the citys finances have suf- fered no material shrinkage and no doubt remains in the minds of the unprejudiced that the year of 1909 will put the city in a better financial condition than it has ex- perienced In years. Who said prohibition meant absolute ruin?
 Montgomery Journal. Birmingham will expand if it has to burst the hoops. The King act may have been tempered with nevertheless Birmingham will expand. and will soon bear the name it justly deserves. of not only being a great city, but a large city," says the Alabamian Dis- patch.
 In spite of the failure of the great city Dlil, blr1I1nSndm VIII continue 10 SrOW and prosper. They fret and toll up there, and they just know how to rush things. And all Alabama will rejoice and hope that the Magic City will some day be the largest city in the south.
 Montgomery Journal: Birmingham was 37 years old on December "A. The Magic City was incorporated December "A, 1871. Birmingham is building faster than any other city in the entire southland and, according to statistics, only one other city in the United States is growing faster than Birmingham. The next cen- sus will give Birmingham a population of more than 125oOO." says the Lineville Headlight.
 All Alabama is proud of the growth and progress of Birmingham. It is a great and marvellous city, and deserves all the good that it can get. If the King bill fails and that seems certain, an ex- tra session will remedy the difficulty and | let her spread.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Hattiesburg News: Birmingham is to have 12-story hotel to cost $1,0O0,Oeo, yet people tell us that Birmingham was hit harder by the panic than Hattiesburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 c street. N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

A Texas contemporary publishes an ed- ment." To the hip pocket most likely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Columbus Ledger: The Birmingham Age-Herald says: That rustic you hear is the turning back of new leaves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Richmond News-Leader: A number of men arrested in Birmingham for drunk enness would not tell their names. May be they couldn't after indulging in the blind tiger stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March B. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

boy ate axle grease, thinking it was caviare," says the Birmingham Age Herald. We'll was he really dsap- pointed?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Charleston News and Courier: Bir- mingham Age-Herald: "The eggnogg period of the year has ended" Is 1t so bad in Birmingham that they see their 'g's' double?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Atlanta Georgian The hens should be taught to initiate the ants, says The Bir- mingham Age-Herald. Any good ant will lay 50,0OO eggs a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-16

Selma Times: Birmingham boasts of be- ing the Pittsburg of the south, and no one has yet had the temerity to question it's right to that distinction. even from a moral standpoint.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
Making Good.

There IS no way OF making ldsttnS
friends like making Good;" and Doctor
Pierce's medicines we'll eXemplify this,
and their friends, after more than two
decades OF popularity, are numbered by
the hundreds of thousands. They have
smade good" and they have not made
drunkards.
A good, honest, square-deal medicine Of
known composition is DR.. Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t still enjoys an i'm
mense sale, while most OF the prepara-
tOns that have come into prominence In
the earlier period of It's popularity have
sgone by the board and are never more
heard OF. There must be some reason for
this longtime popularity and that is TO
be found in its superior merits. When
once given fair trial for weak stomach,
or for liver and blood affections, its supe-
rior curative qualities are soon manifest;
hence IL has survived and grown in pop
ular favor, while scores Of less meritoriOus
articles have suddenly flashed into favor
for brief period and then been as soon
forgotten.
For torpid liver with its attendant
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, per-
tongue, with bitter taste, loss Of appetite,
with distress after eating, nervousness
and debility, nothing is so good Is DR..
Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery. It'I
an honest, square-deal medicine with all
It's ingredients printed on bottle.wrapper
no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug,
therefore don't accept q substitute that
the dealer may possibly make little big
ger profit. Insist on your right 10 have
what yOn call for.
Don't buy DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tiOn expecting It to prove rcure-all." 1t
Is only advised for wOman's special all
ments 1t makes weak women strong and
sick women well. Less advertised than
some preparations sold for like purposes,
its sterling curative virtues still maintain
its position in the front ranks, where Il
stood over two decades ago. As an in
vigoratng tonic and strengthening nerv-
ine it is unequaled. 1t won't satisfy those
who want booze" for there is not = drop
OF alcohol In 1t.
DR.. pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the cTtgt
nal Little Liver Pills, although the first
pill OF their kind In the market, still lead,
and when once tried are ever afterwards
In favor. Easy to take as candy-one TO
three dose. Much initiated but never
EQualed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
CHURCH STATISTICS.

Standing out IS a conspicuous feature
of a bulletin Issued yesterday BY the
Census Bureau entitled "Oensus of Re-
Iigous Bodies" is the fact that out Of q
church membership in the United States
in 1906, OF nearly 5000, 1000, males
formed considerably less than half Of
the total.
o. total church membership report
ed By The various religious bodies and
classified by sex, 43l per cent. we're
males aud Sc per cent. we're females.
Among the Protesiaots the diff renee
WAS grester, only 80 g per cent. being
males, while In the Roman Catholic
Church the males formed 40 per cent.
of the total membership.
Fewer males than females wtra fonnd
among the Latter Day Saints, the Luth'
ersns, the Disciples, Methodist, Bsptis's
Prtsby terians and Protestspts Epis,ops.
lians the percentage OF male members de-
creasiUg in the order shown, and there
being bat 95 ptr cent. male among the
Episcopaliaus. Among the Christian
S .ientists only 81 6 per cent. were males
aHd OF the Shakers, bat 2l.3 por cent;
but in The Greek Orthodox Church SO 8
per cent were males. q
Other silent features Of the report show
that there we're billion and a quarter
dollars invested in church edi6ces, and
that every day eight new churches sent
their spires skywsrd.
OF the total estimated population OF
continental United States 10 1906, the
church members formed 49,. per cent.
as sgsiust S2.7 per cent. for 1890 OF
This per cent. increase, the Roman
Catholic is credited with per cent
and the Proteslants with Is; the re-
msinder being divided among all other
denominations.
The total church membership for 1906
was 80, 936, 445, OF which number the
Pr)testsnls were credited with 20, 2S7, :
742, ard the Roman Ca holics with 12,-
079, 142. OF the. Protestant bodies the
NJ .lhodists numbered 5,749, S98; the
B ,piists, 5,662;2S4; the Lulheraps, g..
112. 494; the Pnsby yteriaus, !, $3.50, 555.
and the disciples or Christians, LAP +,
359. The rate of increase shown from
the Roman Catholic Church is 995 PER
cent, which is more tta1 twice that for
sll the Protestant bodies combined.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute,
RLACKSRURG. VA.

Degree courses in Agriculture, Horti.
culture, Applied Chemistry, Applied &c.
ology. Civil, Mining, Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Metallurey and
Metallography, and Preparatory Veter-
mary Medicine. Sixty-four Instructors,
Thoroughly Equipped Shops, Labora-
tories and Barns. Steam heating and
electric lights in dormitories; Library
Il 900 volumes. Farm of 100 acres.
School of Agricultural Apprentices.
me Year Course for Young Fa'mers.)
Total cos' Of session Of nine months. inclu-
ding tuition and other fees, board, washing.
uniforme, medical attendance. etc ,$27O 60
Cost to Virginia students, $226 90
The next 'essiOn opens, "Wednesday, Sep
tember 22nd, 1909.
PAUL 2. BARBINGER, NJ. D., L. t., D.
iy26 gm President
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
ARLINGTON INSTITUTE
A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS,

2l5 N. Washington street
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
The And. year opens Sept. %, 1909. Cata-
logu a, Lead5eater's and Aliens drug
stores, an |, after Sept. 1st. at tie School. A
few boarding pupils received.
Miss A. NJ, CHANDLER,
a1l6 d Principal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
WOMAN MURDERED.

News has just reached Bfoxton, Ga,
of the murder Of Miss Matte Graham,
one Of the two maiden sisters, which oc-
CURED sometime during Wednesday
night, near her home, two miles north
OF Hokesboro, in OCffee county. The
woman was dragged to q stream half 8
mile from her house, where evidences OF
a desperate struggle ensued. The body
was bta,en aud the skull crushed. The
motive Is believed TO have been robbery,
as Miss Graham WAS S rich woman.
Miss G aham was prominent and highly
connected. There is no clue to the per-
retrstors OF The deed. The sheriff late
Yesterday arrested William Mcleod, a
youth who is employed on the Graham
farm. aud under strict examination be
confessed to knowing where the body
had been hidden, although be denied
having murdered the woman. he was
placed in Dcuglss jail. A. B. Carter
another whise tenant, was also arrested
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
THELYNOHBURG TUNNEL.

An effort wa, made yesterday to enter
the Southern Railway tunnel at Lynch
burg which was partly destroyed By fire
last week, but it was found that the
hole, which is 900 feet long, was filled
With carbonic acid gas and the workmen
we're compelled to stop trying 10 open
the bulkhtad at the north end Of the
excavation.
Several workmen we're overcome by this
gas yesterday evening, one Of them be-
log nesrly killed. |! required Two hours
to revive him. The gas Is escaping
through two small aperlures, aud
nothing more can be done nptil it has
all been forced out by compressed air,
which is being shot into the tunnel al
l00.pouud treasure. There Is no longer
any doubt tha! the FIRE is out, bat pre-.
caution is being taken to Immediately
stop The tunnel up again should any tim
bers be found smoldering.
1t wss learned yesterday that the com.
ra1y has about decided to remove the
debris from the burntd end OF the tun-
uel and build a concrete srch. This
will have to be 400 feet long, at least.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
AVOIDED MID.AIR COLLISION.

AVOIDED MID-AIR COLLISION.
The American aviator, Glenn 81.
Ourtiss, at sunset yesterday a5ded dIs-
matte feature to the trial fights OF the
seroplanes entered for the contests Of
aviation wetk at Rheims, by sklllfully
guiding bis machine above another
seroplane and averting collision in
the air that seemed imminent.
The feat was accomplished whep, for
the first time in history, three heavier.
than.sir craft we're msneuveriug at the
same time. All we're flying rapidly,
when suddenly JuItiss saw NJ. Ddman-
set, 10 an Antoinette monoplsne, Up.
preaching at right angels aud on tue
same level with him, As quick as fash,
Ourliss realized the danger and, eleva-
ing bis plants, his machine instantly
shot upward and scared safely
over he Freuchnau. The thousands OF
spectators who lined the aerodrome
watched the msneuver with bsted
breath; but when they saw it success
fully and brilliantly carried out, they sp'
plauded the American wildly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
EDUCATION.
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY,

Alexan lria's Select Boarding and Day
School fr Girls Urinary Grammar and
High School Courses. Commercial Depart
ment quail 10 any Business College in Wash
ington Students prepared for cilice work in
seven m ,rths; complete Business Course, two
years. Positions guaranteed. Vocal and In
strnmental Music a specially. Boys under
or write for oat4logue. 1HE SISTERS OF
FruE uOTX Y CROSS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20
ATNXANDRIA va. FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 20 19O9H
alexandria Gazette.

PUBLIsHRD DAILY AND TRI.WKKKLf Al
GAZETTE BUILDING. $40 d 312 PRINCE
STREET.
TRRMs: Daily-I year, $500 months
$3.50; 3 months, $1:25; l month, AZ Genus;
week, 10 cents.
Tri.weekIy-1 year, $500; months, $1.6o
8 months, rs cents: month. 25 cents
on respect. resolutions adopted by societies
or persons, unless Of public concern, viii
My be printed in the paper as advertise
msnts.
Entered at the Postof5ce Of Alexandria, Vtr
ginia, es second class mstter.l
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-08-20

HAVING concluded to retirs from
L L business on account Of my health,
I have sold my stock to MESSR5.
ROSS e. PIERCE, whJ will conduct The
business al the house have formerly
occupied, 2l4 King street. These gen.
tlemen come TO me well recommended
for integrity and for fair dealing. de-
sire to thank the public for the patronage
given me 10 the past and bespeak for my
successors the patronage aud courtesy
extended to me. j. B. WATKINS.
We, the undersigned, having pur.
chased the stock and business o! Mr.
B. Watkins will conduct the
FEED BUSINESS
a, bis SUCCESSORS st 2l4 Krg street.,
AItxandris, Va, ard hope by attention
to business, fir dealing AID m1dtrate
profits to merit q portion, at lesst, Of the
patronage Of the public.
Respectfully,
ROSS & PIERCE
Successor to j. b Watkins.
july.7 I'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-09
Quite Nat~~t.

''That piaH had some very uaturI toucl les" "
 ''Dra ina of domestic Mfe. eh?"
 "Yes they had s new servant in every scene. and the heroine was h brunette in act and a blond tn act 2 2"-Louisville Courier Jouruat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-09
His Hnit Work


 Aunt AIyra Finer vas what he: Possessed 1f uiiiiriu. energy and un- faiinG strength herself She made lit. t!e allowance for idteue>s ea the part of any one. and she declared that she could put UP with a mean maa easier than with lazy oue.''
 Aunt Alyira's husband, Unrte Ethan. wat ! small. wizened. weak looking man. whom Am Al.ira dae!araI te bs mighty wIry. IL he did look so sptnd..a'."
 One day a summer boardHr vhc chancel In be staying ac q tarn,louSe near t'I' Fifrf homestead wandered over 10 tllr little brown tavuhouse and sat down for q chat Hifh Aunt .Alvtra. Tho visitor took note of the nneriaouS quantity of s;tnye We. | piled u> i. the back yard a"d ovnrt,owtng from the great woodshad. The whole yard wa S;rrwH will ! I'ae ea;ler es't3lateI 'hat th"r. were u,.. less than twenty l.:#., 6art.
 "N.,l.i; au e..or:l.sus quantity of W0 q ttu have" h. sn1 tn Aunt Tifer Yes. tAecc ;> constterabIa." >i,r re pied T ral'late on- .eltin' most o' 1t 'n tae fal
 ttI,=''i. # '''
 ''Di'. EfhfI nui It LIS sort . '<.at.t,n' wo:, thtH,, tt,s gnp' ttl::is for a man tn have some kla! , k1itttn' york 'n d. Nhrn ar's res .a l9a ttlat v-ont! ni'a t.as s..n" F~han'- i<nitttn work '-Eoutt's ,,npanit.a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-09
AMkMardiA PuA.

Old Lady (to new curatet-Ah. sir. we do enjoy your sermons They are 50 Instructive We never knew what sin was until you came to the pastsh.- London TelegeaDh
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
TERRIFIC BOILER
EXPLOSION AT DENVER

Denver, Col, June l6.-Three are
known 10 be dead, one probably ia
tally injured, nine seriously injured
and three missing as the result OF the
explosion of n 20O-ton boiler In the
power house OF the Denver Gas and
Electric Company, located at Sixth
and Lawrence streets, at $3.50 last
night
So terrific was the force of the
explosion that the heavy boiler was
thrown 500 feet into the mir. IL
crashed through the roof OF the plant,
completely wrecking the generator
and walls, cut off the. lights, and for
more than two hours the city was In
darkness.
Houses in the vicinity OF the plant
were rocked on their foundations.
One of the first bodies taken out
was that OF Joseph Peril, age 7, who
was playing in the alley behind the
plant at the time of the explosion,
and was crushed under the debris.
The property damage is estimated
at between S250,0O0 and 100000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
DEAF MUTE ARRESTED
BECAUSE HE TALKED
LrnIted press Lensed MIC. |


Tacoma, Wash, Juune 15.-Af-
ter a silence of SO years, c. Il. Vance
n deaf mute, recovered his voice,
only TO be arrested for using t.
Vance met two pretty girls on @
street last night, and was so pleased
that he spoke to them. The girls de-
clared the mute had been for sever
al days following and trying to
mash" them, and in police court to-
day Vance was fined 500. Vance's
brother and neighbors swore in court
that the prisoner was born deaf. and
that he has never spoken an intelll-
gible word in his life. The girls,
however, alleged he approached them
in a very gay and lightsome mood
and passed the compliments OF the
day. The judge accepted this ver-
sion,
enlivened when A. Il. Bowman, a
stranger from Oklahoma, was
mulcted 500 because he accosted a
married woman whom he did not
know. He pleaded loneliness, but
Judge ArntSon was obdnrate, and
Bowman paid the fine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
VENEZUELA WILL OWN
LINE OF STEAMERS
[unIted Pros Leased wIre.l ]

Washington, June 16.-The state
department was officially notified
through the American legation at
Caracas, that the steamer Nanticoke
and the tug Dispatch. suspected
of being about to engage in a filibus-
tering expedition to Venezuela, have
been purchased by the Venezuelan
government, and will be placed in
the government navigation service
on the Lake Maracaibo.
II is understood that the new Ven
ezuelan administration will place the
vessels in competition with a private
company, which was granted mo-
nopoly by former President Castro.
This private company is practically
under Castro's control, despite the
fact that he is barred from the re-
public of which he was once dicta-
tor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
STANFORD TO HAVE
A TROLLEY LINE
[rnIted Press Leased wlre. ]


Stanford University, Cal, June 10.
surveys are being
made today for the trolley line that
to connect the university campus
with the town of Palo Alto. The ap-
pearance of the engineers on the cam
pus was hailed by the members of
the university community as the first
actual step toward bringing the hith-
erto isolated campus into direct
touch with the outside world.
Since the establishment of the uni
versity, visitors and students have
been compelled to depend upon car
riages and antiquated busses for
transportation to and fro from the
quad" This state of affairs ex-
listed in Difference to the expressed
wishes of the founders. The first
step in advance was taken a year
ago, when the trustees of the univer-
sity passed an order permitting auto
mobiles to use one road on the ex-
treme edge of the campus.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
Reform school Supplies.

Salem, Ore, June 8, 1903.
Sealed proposals will be received,
and are hereby invited, for furnish
ing the Oregon State Reform School
with supplies Cor the next six months
ending December 81. 1909. List OF
required goods will be furnished on
application to the superintendent OF
the school. All goods must be In
'trlct accordance with the samples
and in original packages when pos
sibl Goods to be delivered I. o. b.
at the reform school on or before
July 10, 1909. N. II. LOONEY,
6-9-7t Superintendent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
Deafnens Oannot be oureIi

by local application, as they cannot
reach the dleased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that Is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is cured by an
lnfamed condition OF the mucous
lining Of the Eustachion Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing
end when 1t is entirely closed Deaf
ness is tho result, and unless the in
hammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are
,aused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
ut an inhamed condition OF the
mucous surfaces.
We Will give one hundred dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY g. CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold b: druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-06-16
The Modesty OF Women

.iaturally makes them shrink from the
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
aminations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential In the treatment Of diseases OF
women. Yet, II help can be had, II is
better 10 submit TO this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
Is that so often the woman undergoes al!
the Annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands \of women who have been
cured bX DR.. Rerce's Favorito PrescrIP
tlon writN In. APPRECIATION OF the cure
which dispvar5gs NxNh the examinations
and local treatmentsSS There Is no otheI
medicine SC sure and -Saie- -Iar delleaie q
women as "Fav"-' crase.tptlon." IL
cures de6IIV IN 81, IrTegllarity and
female wea@ness. 1t always helps. II
almost always cures. II Is strictly non.
alcoholic, non secret, all Its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con.
tains no deleterious or habit-formina
drugs. and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement Of those most eminent in the
several schools Of medical practice Some
Of these numerous and strongest Of pro
fesslonal endorsements OF its ingredients
will be found in q pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in Q booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. R. V. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, N, Y. These professional on.
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount Of the ordinary lay, o.
non-professipnRl testimonials.
The most intelligent women now-a-days
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead Of opening their mouths live
q lot of young birds and gulping dowr
whatever is offered them. rFavorite Pre-
scrlption' IL Of KNOWN COMPOSITION. IL
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
DR.. Plerce's Medical Adviser is sent frs,
on receipt Of stamps 70 pay expense ~
mailing only. Send 10 DR.. r. V. Pierce.
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bou0d
II sick consult the Doctor, free OF charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierces Pleasant Pellets invigorats
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels