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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
DUELING IS ANCIENT CUSTOM
Had lts origin In the Judicial Combat
and Found Favor with
All Nations.

DuelIng in the proper sense Of the
word was handed down from the early
Germans, Danes and Franks, all of
whom carried the practice Of the
judicial combat to such an extreme
that only women, sick persons, Grip
pies and men more than 80 years old
were exempt from it. The judicial
combat was especially authorized by
Gundebald, king Of the Burgundians,
as early at sol A. d.
Finally the practice Of dueling was
carried into France, where 1t soon be-
came so common that it is estimated
that 5000 persons fell in mortal com
bat in the ten years of the reign Of
Henry w.
Single combats are said to have
been introduced in England by the
Normans. During the period of
chivalry in that country they were in
common practice, but in the strict in
depreciation of the word they could
not be called duels. In the literal
sense of the word, the duel was intro.
duced in England about the time that
the practice became prevalent in
France.
Dueling began in this country in
the early days of its settlement. In
fact, the code of honor was brought
to the new world by the hrst settlers
The first encounter of this kind tool
place at Plymouth, Mass, in 1921, two
Of the settlers deciding a question Of
honor with the heavy swords that
were carried in those days.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Clothes.

There are promotions in life. which,
independent of the more substantial
rewards they offer, acquire peculiar
value and dignity from the coats and
waistcoats connected with them. A
field marshal has his uniform; a
bishop his silk apron; a counsellor his
silk gown; a beadle his cooked hat
Strip the bishop of his apron. or the
beadle OF his hat and lace, what are
they? Men, mere men. Dignity, and
even holiness, too. sometimes, are
more questions of coat and waistcoat
than some people imagine.--Charles
Dickens o.. i.t
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Wives and Wives,

''MahomedansaFe not So much more
reckless in fheiTI. ,nGmber4 OF wives"
remarked the Arabian doctor who
makes his home' in New York, than
New Yorkers. The principal differ
enee is that. instead of living in New
Jersey rather than pay them alimony
in New York, we keep them a1togeth-
er In one house at home. Expensive
on account Of Easter hatsas Not at
all. The Arabian women wear wells,
which are not expensive. But in the
matter Of the number, OF wives! many
Mahomedans1 sc are; very exclusive in
that particular, For example, while
my uncle has 25 wives. my father has
never had, but @one, my mother. My
parents are both now nearly 80 years
old, but they are as much in love as
they were when they were first mar
ried, and I am their only son. My
uncle, who has 20 wives, has no chill
dren."
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Those FraII Roats,

TN an account of a wreck on the
Long Island coast that I read the
other day" observed the retired
yachtsman, II was panied to notice
in one paper that the crew left the
schooner in a 'frail boat sthv said
craft being properly describedsje the
Press as the ships long boat. l know
that is the conventional phrase to de-
scribe a vessels small boat, but. as. I
read it wondered if the frail, boat.
writer ever had seen one Of those
ponderous fabrics of oak. called the
ships long boat2 Or If he ever had
tried to haul a 14ltoot yawl of a
beach after it had been left high and
dry by the tide? Such job on a
hot July day probably would cure him
forever describing even such a boat
as frail."
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
TRIBUTE TO ~MorHER voLeE"
Haunting Melody q Borrow and IN
resi- Heard n Prison and0PaIaoe
Ii Russia.

There 10 an air so popular In Rus
STA that 1t is even more familiar than
their national anthem to the people
Of that great mysterious empire, says
a writer In the Travel Magazine. l
have heard It in all part of the cars
dominions, from the Baltic sea to Ber-
ing strait and from Archangel to the
Caspian; in the glittering palaces of
Petersburg and in foul prison dens OF
Siberia.
1t is a simple melody in the minor
key, suggestive, like most Slav music,
of sorrow and unrest, and IL is called
''Matushka," or Mother Volga," as
for some cryptic reason every Rus
sian, be he noble or nihillst, is taught
from childhood to regard this great
river in the light of maternal rela-
tive. Yet the river is full of sad as
sociations, for convicts formerly trav-
eled a portion of the journey to ST.
IBERIA along its broad, sluggish stream.
can never forget the haunting
sweetness of "Matushka Volga" as
heard it sung on a prison barge one
quiet summer evening by a party of
fettered politicals banished to the
great lone land of exile. For Mother
Volga" was their last link with home
and the loved ones they might never
meet again.
Fortunately the condemned are now
sent into Asia by the Trans-siberian
railroad and the unhappy exile is
spared at least one bitter parting
that from HIS well beloved Mother
Volga."
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
ordered to MuzzIe Rooster.

In Mount Vernon. one Of the sub
urbs north Of New York man was
arrested the other day because his
rooster had disturbed his neighbors
BY growing at the break of day. AL
though there Is no ordinance in the
village which prohibits the keeping of
chickens on a mans premises. the
owner OF the aforesaid rooster was
found guilty Of maintaining a nuts
ance and warned 10 keep his rooster
from Growing early in the morning
like other roOsters in less sensitive
neighborhOods. Now the amateur
chicken raiser has the choice between
muzzling his rooster or exchanging
him for one Ut q "crowless" brand.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
IN DEFENSE OF The PILLORY
English Writer shows Some Good
Points About This 'od-Time
Form Of Punishment.

Perhaps one Of the few really demo
cratic institutions ever created was
the ptiiory do not say that IL was
q humane institution, though 1t was
certainly more humane than our sys-
TEN Of silent Imprisonment. But be
Ing humane has nothing to do with
being democratic. You may have hui
name and inhumane democracies, just
as you may have humane and inhu-
name despots.
The point is that the pillory was a
real appeal to the people. If it was
cruel, II was because the people we're
cruel, or perhaps justly indignant.
The people threw dead cats (the less
humanitarian, believe threw live
cats), but they could throw bouquets
and crowns of laurel IL they liked.
Sometimes they did The argument
about the old public punishments cuts
both ways. The publicity was an ad-
ditional risk for the government as
well as an additional risk for the pris-
Oner, and this is specially true of the
executions for treason. It was no
small thing that half q million men
might possibly treat as a martyr a
nan whom the king was treating as a
murdFer; that the prince had to con-
ceds to every obscure rutaan exactly
Whist that ruffian probably wanted
mcat-fums.A q. X. Chesterton, In
LcAdon News. '-.."
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
yovsniis' Astronomy.

On her third birthday little Eliza
beth was alisaBd. assoc special cohees-
sion, TO postDonslSoiaEsa6 bed us4il
eight o'clock. AS she stood at her bed
room window she saw for the first
time an her life the full moon in all
Ats slIVery shSry
ooh, Lucy" she cried 10 her nurse.
come quickly There's big hole In
the sky and you can see right through
% heayeR.~ ".
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01

HAS your son had any success as
lawyer" 7't1
saMell, sE6f to TELL the truth, he
hasn't. He has Beea pfarticilts now
Eor neafly eleven years and he has
never been elected TO the legislature
or been appointed receiver for any
thing or even become president Of
any railroad company. It begins TO
look as II he may have to exc out 4
living just pracucins law
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Wild Flowers in the south.

.
One morning you drive through the
woods and see. nothing but the usual
green of winter. two days after on
the same road you behold afar what
seems to be huge white sheet show
ing through the tree trunks and
bushes. 1t is not a sheet, merely a
solid curtain of Cherokee roses, waxy
white, fragrant and blooming so
thickly that only here and there is
any green to be seen. eI"''1
A big dead tree that has been show
ing gray and hideous for months turns
over night into an enormous purple
bouquet; it is the work of wistaria,
sending down showers of lavender
sweetness with every pun Of wind.
Sweet olive, bridal wreath, wild jas
samine and so others rush into a
prodigality of bloom that seems a
wicked, delightful extravaganza to
northern eyes, and the noble army of
lilies marches up the side of each
path and waves its banners beneath
every wall-Pass Christian CORE
spondence ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Carrier Pigeons for Country Doctors

Carrier Pigeons for Country Doctors.
Provincial medical men have made
and are making considerable use of
pigeons In connection with their prac-
tice. They win take with them
basket Of pigeons in their motor cars.
After visiting the patients the neces-
pary prescription is written out and
forwarded home by pigeon post; the
dispenser at once makes up the pre-
scription and practically before the
physician has finished his rounds and
long before he has reached homo
again the boy In buttons starts on TO
deliver the bottles Of medicine in his
bicycle car. In many provincial dis
tricts Il IL Of course useless to write
out prescriptions to be sent to the To-
cal chemist. for the nearest is often
some miles Gway.-London Tit-Bits.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01

There IL enough hydrogen gas in a
man says the Medical Index Lancet,
to carry him up to the clouds. He
contains enough fatlto make rs can
dies and large cake OF soap. and
enough phosphorus to make S,O64
boxes of matches. His remaining con
stituents will yield. II utilized, six
cruets of salt, a bowl Of sugar and ten
gallons OF water.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Explained.

How does II happen that third Of
the population Of your vast country
- IN the east?" asked the visitor.
Il presume the discomfort of rid
ing brake beams has 70 be regarded
as factor" explained the native
student OF sociology
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
snent n Freely

When a girl is told that she has =
fortune in her voice. she goes hTne
and declares dividends for the benefit
Of the Observation-Disclosures News.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Calls for Eoralyeness.

Dionysius; Everything that is in
voluntary deserves to be forgiven.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-07-01
Tribute TO Learnino.

Beaconsheld; Learning is better
than house and land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans February 19.-Secretary Testers statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraphic advices compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and the year before. It shows a dearease for the week Just closed of 1S, 409, against a decrease of 119062 last year and an increase of 60S0 year before last.
 The total visible is 5,594, ,075, against 5,607,- ASA last week, 4.773,047 last year and 5,5S5,- S39 year before last. Of this the total of American cotton is 4.4l9075. against 44S2,4s4 last week, 3.603171 last year and 4270,839 year before last, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil. India, etc, 1175,000. against 1.125,0O0 last week, 1,169.- S76 last year and 1,315000 year before last.
 The total worlds visible supply of cotton as above shows a decrease compared with last week of S,40e. an increase compared with last year of 1,02S and an increase compared with year before last of S236.
 Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there Is now af1oat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 3,262,000, against 2,s11 ,000 last year and 3,O15,oo0 year before last; in Egypt, 310OOO. against coo last year and GOO year before last; in India, 465, GOO, against 56S GOO last year and 610,0O0 year before last; and in the United States, 1,557,00O against 1,165,OQ0 last year and 1,720000 year before last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
NINE MIL. LION DOL. :
 LARS FOR SALE

The first mortgage bonds of the California Consolidated Mines com pany are secured by the immense and valuable holdings of that cor poration, on which is about to be erected the most modern and eff eient plant ever installed on a gold mine. There is already in sight and ready for treatment ore that will pay a profit in excess of $9,000, 900. Only $1, ,25O, 600 in bonds can be is- sued. Hence the security is of the very highest character.
 The bonds bear 6 per cent inter- est, and investors receive, without additional cost, stock of the com pany equal to the amount of the bonds purchased.
 The stock will inevitably become a great dividend payer in a short time as l am prepared to prove, and parties with money to invest should investigate the proposition before subscription lists are closed or the stock bonus reduced to 50 per cent.
 Mining and treating low grade, free milling gold ores is the safest and most profitable business in the world, as careful investigation of the subject will prove. The Alaska Treadwell mine is perhaps the low est in values of any other large gold property operated today, run ming about $2.35 per ton, yet it has paid in dividends up to this time over SS,500,000. The Homestake. another low grade mine has paid in dividends over s15,000,000, and it is the low grade mines of South Africa which supply the enormous European demand for the precious metal It may be stated here that the Rand" stocks increased in value within the past two years over 100 per cent, owing to i'm provements in mining methods and the largely increased scale upon which operations are carried on
 The people of Alabama are now afforded an opportunity to invest in one of the worlds greatest gold mines on a ground floor basis, why not investigate the matter?
 Full and accurate Information cheerfully given.
 Wm. H. Short, Fiscal Agent 21O4 First Ave, Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
$1e,e73,3a4.os

20o,9Ss. against PIP. 453 last year, making the total thus far for the season 6,332 5O5. against 5,659, ,357 last year, an increase Of 67S, 154.
 Northern mills takings and Canada dur ing the past seven days show an increase of 13,6S6 as compared with the correspond ing period last year, and their total talk ings since September l have increased SO6,9l0. The total takings of American mills north, south and Canada, thus far for the season have been 3.299 40, against 26l0,599 last year. These include 1,9l2,SS6 by northern spinners, against 1,105976.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the % lead- ing southern interior centers have de- creased during the week 100, 20 bales. against a decrease during the correspond ing period last season Of 104,9S9 and are now 39s,754 larger than at this date in 190S
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 1l.1ss.16S against 9,26s, ,297 for the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
NEW HIGH RECORDS
 IN GRAIN PRICES
May Wheat Reaches the Top
 Figure of S1,15 l-2
FRESH IMPETUS TO WHEAT
Corn Reaches Top Mark of the Day Early When a Reaction Sets in. Close Is Lower-Oats and Pro
 visions Close Steady

Chicago, February 19.-Grain prices scared to new high record marks on the Board of Trade today, wheat for May de- livery advancing to s1.151a. The highest point for corn for May delivery was reached at 661aq669sc, while the best mar ket for oats for the same option was 65lac. Wheat held the advance and closed strong at net gains of 4eQ9tc to 11aQ19sc, but coarse grain weakened under profit taking sales and closed heavy. Pro- visions closed steady.
 Fresh life was infused into the bull campaign in wheat which during the past few days had degenerated into a state of siege, with the bears apparently occupying the point of vantage. A viz orous onslaught by the leading bulls re- suited in prices being advanced from ESQ &c to 1s4q1Bc above the low point of the day with the May delivery leading in the gain. The bulge was due chiefly to the active support given to the market by prominent bulls and the revival of de- mand from that source was said to have been based on l cent advance at Kan sas City. The market displayed decided strength during the remainder of the ses- sion. The range for the day for May delivery was between $1. .139sd1 .1SM and $1.151s.
 The closing quotations were at the top notch. July sold between $1G1.OOls and $101
 
 Corn reached the top mark of the day in the first few minutes of trading, after which the market developed considerable weakness. Prices advanced a trihe higher in the first few minutes when the May delivery sold at 661ha66ssc. a new high record mark for the season bulge, how ever, inspired liberal sales for short ae- count, which, added to realizing sales by local holders, soon caused a reaction. Talk of an increased movement helped to weaken the market. The low point for the day for May was reached at 657sc
 The market closed rather weak with prices a shade to 14c below yesterday S final quotations with May at 653sG66c and July at 65Ac.
 Oats for May delivery touched a new high record mark for the season at 55hc, which price was reached on initial trans actions The advance, however, brought out liberal profit-taking and the market soon weakened and continued heavy the balance of the session. During the day May sold off to 55c. The market closed easy with prices Q shade higher to 14Qyssc lower with May at 55Ac.
 Provisions were quiet and steady. There was some buying at the start, owing to the bulge in coarse grain, but later some of these holdings were sold with the de- cline in corn and oats. At the close prices were unchanged to 215c lower
 Cash uuotationS ranged as fol1oVvs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
KICKS WHEN LAW
 WAS NOT VIOLATED

Huntsville, February 19.-(Speeial.)- Charged with being a vagrant, S. l.. Fowlkes an alleged detective in the en- ploy of the Law and Order league, was placed under arrest yesterday afternoon after he had purchased bottle of what he thought was whisky from a member of the city fire department. Men on duty at the fire station claim that Fowlkes had been logging them to sell him whisky. They have been approached in this manner by other parties many times and they say they are sore over the in- situations. They disposed of Fowlkes as they have disposed of others, passing him out a quart of neatly sealed red liauor- afterward proving to be vinegar-in re- turn for $1. Fowlkes returned to the station after finding that he had bought vinegar and demanded his money back It was refused and he kicked up dis turbance, finally being placed under ar rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galyeston-Quiet; middlng, 9-16c; net receipts. 9956; gross receipts, s956; sales, 1Oo stock, 141,414; exports to Great Britain, 1s,S57 coastwise, 525.
 New Orleans - Steady; middling, 7-16c; net receipts, 41S5; gross re- ceipts. 41S5; sales, 2OO0; stock, 61.699; exports to Great Britain, 21,500; to France. s,400; coastwise, 274.
 Mobile-Steady; middling. 9kc: net receipts, 1743; gross receipts, 174S; sales, 125; stock, 5S.667; exports to Great Britain, AS.
 Savannah-Steady; middling, 9 5-16c; net receipts, 2716; gross receipts, 2716; sales 125; stock, .O30; exports to Great Britain, 5294; coa stwise, 2S1S
 Charleston-Firm; middling, 9 3-16c: net receipts, 415 gross receipts, 415; stock, 21.040.
 Wilmington-Quiet; middling, 9 3-16c; net receipts, 206; gross receipts. 206: sales, 3S; stock, 757S.
 Norfolk-Steady; middling, 99-16c, net receipts, 7771a gross receipts, 777h sales 156; stock, 3457S; exports to the continent, "A; coastwise, 1188.
 Baltimore-Nomnal; middling. 9%c; net receipts, 2314; gross receipts, 2S14; stock, 2o,S59; exports to Great Britain, 142O to the continent, 1420
 New York-Quiet; middlng. 9S5c: gross receipts, S763; stock 1s9,744.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, ss5c; net receipts, 49; gross receipts, 299o; ex- ports to Great Britain. 1912.
 Phiadelphia-Quiet; middling, 10.10c; net receipts. 25; gross receipts, 26 stock, 4793
 Newport News--Net receipts, 467; gross receipts. 467; coastwise 467.
 Brunswick-Net receipts, 562; gross receipts, 562; stock, 562.
 Texas City-Net receipts, 1147; gross receipts 1147; exports to Mexico, 1147.
 Jacksonville-Net receipts. 40; gross receipts 40; coastwise. 14O
 Total today, at all ports: Net 24.TO2; exports to Great Britain. 42,2S3, to France, 9,400; to the continent, 14e4: to Mexico. 1147; stock, 79695S
 Consolidated, at all ports: Net. 14o.- 125; exports to Great Britain, 112. 800; to France, 34,004; to the continent 32. 554; to Japan. 16364; to Mexico, 1147.
 Total since September l, at all ports: Net, 7,s91, ,567; exports to Great Britain. 2,7S5, 4S0; to France, 797 ,0S5 to the con tinent, 2,527,352; to Japan, 1S2,656; to Mexico, S14S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Weekly Cotton Statement.

New Orleans, February 19-Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued before the close of business today shows an in crease in the movement into sight com pared with the seven days ending this date last year in round figures 1S 900. a decrease under the same days year be- fore last of 67,000, and an increase the same time in 1906 of 25,000.
 For the 19 days of February the totals show an increase over last year of 93,000 an increase over the same period year before last of 79,O00. and an increase over the same time in 1906 of 262,000.
 For the 172 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the 172 days of last year 1888, 900, ahead the same days year before last same time in 1906 of 25,00O.
 The amount brought into sight dur ing the past week has been 227535 bales, against 209, 905 for the seven days ending this date last year, 294,- 062 year before last and POP. 290 same time in 1906; and, for the 19 days of February it has been 779,S9o, against 6S6,937 last year, S5S,S92 year before last, and 517,557 same time in 1906.
 The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 1881, ,5G7, against 6,742524 last year, 7.96S,5G4 year be- fore last and 6,035,0l6 same time in 1906 Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada S90.S29, against 4Gl, ,935 last year, SS6. .767 year before last and 654597 same time in 1906; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commer- eial year 6524 425, against 391,572 last year. Al 459 year before last and 5O2 s59 same time in 1906; southern mills takings 1,373,- O0O against 324320 last year, 13s7, ,s15 year before last and 1,31S,4l6 same time in 1905
 These make the total movement for the Fl days of the season from September to date 109ol,S2l against S,920,291 last year, 10,6S2, ,635 year before last and S505,- SSS same time in 1906.
 Foreign exports for the week have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-20
Hubbard Bros. 6 Co.'s Letter.

New York, February 19-(Special. )-Ad- verse advices from Manchester and Liver pool brought about only small decline, as the distant positions were bought in a limited market 10 absorb the offerings. There was a little liquidation in May and July for Wall street account, due to the feeling that the depression in the steel industry could only mean a lessened demand for cotton goods. No disposition is shown in any quarter to look for any permanent decline, so that the short in- terest excepting that against cotton in the various markets, is very small. The trade feels that the investment demand in the new crops will sustain prices, regard less of the lower Liverpool and that we only have to remain firm to cause an im- provement abroad. There is really noth- ing doing and the deadlock is unchanged.