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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
WOMAN MURDERED
 FOR HER MONEY

Manassas, Va, November 2.-Murdered Tor her money and her body incincerated in the ruins of her home is the fate that overlook Miss Ella Smith some time last night. Miss Smiths charred body was discovered in the smoking wreck of her small house on the Bull Run bat tlef1eld this morning. The authorities are looking for negro who lived close to the Smith home, but who is now miss ing.
 Miss Smith received a large amount of money within the last few days, the proceeds of the sale of poultry, and 1t is thought that she was robbed, murdered and the house burned to destroy evil dences of the crime. Some years ago Miss Smith was attacked by a negro in her home, but successfully fought off her assailant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Good Place for CameIs.
,m Everybody's Magazine.

From EVerybody's Magazlne. Governor Glasscock of West Virginia, while travelling through Arizona, noticed the dry. dusty appearance of the coun- try.
 Doesn't it rain around here?" he asked one of the natives,
 "Rain?' The native spat. Rain? Why. say, pardner, there's bullfrogs in this we're
 town over five years old that haint learned to swim yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Hard to Suit Them.

From the Baltimore American.
 q am in hard luck"
 "How so?"
 "Told Milly she was the first girl ever loved, and she said she had no time to waste training mollycoddles." !"
 "Well?'
 "Then I told Amy that thought had loved many people before I met the real thing in her, and she asked me if my proposal to her was the re- suit of cultured taste--or only for lOrn hope" ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
The Wisdom of Silence

From Success Magazine.
 The late Judge Silas Bryan. the father of William J. Bryan, once had several hams stolen from his smoke-house. He missed them at once, but said nothing about it to any one. A few days later a neighbor came to him.
 Say, Judge" he said, q heard yew had some hams stole t'other night"
 Yes" replied the judge, very confden- tially, but don't tell any one You and 1 are the only one who know It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
$20.00 Hats For S9.95

This line of smart hats reached us Saturday by ex- press, these were picked up at a bargain in New York is why we cut the prices low. Every hat new and beautiful.
 If you want to order a Hat made talk with our New York Milliner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Millinery Values-$10.0
 Hats $4.95

Handsome beavers, plush es, velvets and fine felts, in all the popular shapes, styl- ishly trimmed and worth every cent of $10.00. Monday for $4.95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Father Was an Invalid.

rTO11f DuCCeSS MdEHZI11
 It had been hard day in the field and father and son were very hungry. The only things eatable on the table were 11 very large apple dumpings. The father had consumed 10 while the boy was eat- ing one, and then both reached for tho one remaining.
 Son. you wouldn't take the last apple dumpling from your poor sick pa. would you?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Aued Neuro Killed,

Alexandria, La, November 21.-Aaron Johnson, a negro, 115 years old, was thrown from a wagon and instantly killed here this afternoon. He was being con- veyed to the parish poor farm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
Kuppenheimer Clothing

Kuppenheimer Clothing The saving here Is like putting money in the bank.
 $500 Suits $12.45 Every thread pure wool in fall fabrics of fashionable weares and colorings. See this line of Suits.
 NEW OVERCOATS
 S20.00 Goats at $14.95 Without doubt this is the best top coat value in the city. There are grays, tans and neat mixtures in popu- lar fabrics.
 Underwear
 Men $ heavy ribbed under wear a regular Soc value for 39c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-22
KINGS, 1923 Second Ave- .
 AMAZING VALUES

Hundreds
  rading Moneysav purchase
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
DUCKS , ,'s5" PILLS
Will cleanse your liver and puri.
fly your blood and make you feel
like a new man.
In Memory.

On the evening of Octobre 8, 1909,
the angel of death came and removed
from us, our beloved grandmother,
Mrs Margaret Loney. How We miss her
but We must bow in submission to
the will of God, who doeth all things
we'll. Her suffering on earth is done
and she is now resting in peace with
the redeemed on high. She leaves five
children, twenty-six grandchildren an
twenty-three great grandchildren and
many friends who are saddened over
her departure. All was done for her
that loving hands could do, but she
lived her allotted time, lightweight
years, five months and one day. May
we, whether our days be many or few
strive TO follow the straight and mar
row path that leads 20 that land,
where death nyeer enters and where
Well never say, good bye.
Violet.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
WORLDS PRODUCTION
OF Pure GOLD.
Fast Approaches Half Billion
DolloarS Annu-
ally

The November circular of the Ma
tional City Bank discusses the rapid
increase in the production of gold and
silver, and says:
"lt is estimated from data now al
hand that the worlds output of gold
for 1909 will not be less than $450,0O0,
600 as compared with the worlds
product for 1908 of $434,O00,0 goo, and
should the present rate of annual in
crease be maintained for the next tire
years Il will in 1912 exceed $500, 900 600
There is every reason to eXpec- that
the worlds PRODUCT will increlse an
nually for several years to come. The
probable life of the mines of The Rand
has been the subject Of much specu-
lation in mining circles, the consensus
Of opinion being ina, these mines Will
contribute largely 20 The worlds on
put of gold for at leasr a quarler OF
a century. AT this time here is no in
dication of a decline in the gold pro-
ductiCn of the South African field
On the contrary, the output from this
source is growing from year TO year.
The greatest feature in these mines Is
represented by the dep,h at which
they can be successfully worked In
the mines of nearly all oJher paris
of the world heat increase one degree
Farenheit for every So verticle feet
of depth obtained, while in the mines
of the Rand the increase of heat is
only one degree Fahrenheit in 26J
verticle feet. This physical condition
will admit of the successful working
of these mines to a great depth
and will much prolong the period OF
their productivity.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12

are copies or adaptations. This instru-
ment as part Of the original outfit
given to the pioneers of the brainy,
backboned aud four-limbed races, wher
they We're sent out TO multiply and re.
plendish the earth, Is surely worth
considering well. 1t consists essen
TALLY of sole or palm, made up of
small bones, and for five seperate dig
its, each with several joints.
In the hind foot of frog the toes
are very long and webbed from point
to point. In this it differs a good deal
from the toad, and there is significance
in the difference. The "heavy-gaited
toad" satisfied with sour ants, hard
beetles and such other fare as it can
easily pick up and grown nasty in
consequence, so that nothing seeks
to eat it, hobbled through life, like
a plethoric old gentleman, until the
present day, on its original feet. The
frog, seeking better diet and greater
security of life, went back to the ele-
ment in which it was bred, and, swim
ming much, became better fitted for
swimming. The soft, elastic skin be-
tween the fingers or toes, is just the
sort of tissue which responds more
readily to inward impulses, and we find
that the very same change has come
about in those birds and beasts which
live much in water. | know that this
is not the accepted theory Of evolu-
ton, but | am waiting until it shall
became so. We all develope in the di-
rection of our tendencies and shall,
doubt not, be wise enough some day
give animals leave to do the same.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
rage WASTE
TERRIBLE TOLL.
Thousands Of Babies Die
Needlessly Every Year.
How to Prevent it is The Ques-
tion Discussed by Cressy
. L. Wilbur.

American race waste-more serious
than race suicides pointed out in
Census Mortality Buleiln No. 104, in
which it is estimated that annually in
the United Staes from 100000 to 2OO,-
900 babies under five years of age die
from preventable causes. This great
loss of life amoung the little ones
at the period when they are most low
able could be prevented, is the opinion
of DR.. Greasy l.. Wilbur, Chief Stats
tician for Vital Statistics of the Gen.
sus Buraeu, who prepared the bull
letin, on the basis of present day
knowledge of sanitary measures. For
the accomplishment of effective pre-
ventive work in this direction, Dr.
Wilbur holds that the prompt regis
tration of all births and the more
careful and precise statement of cause
of death by physicians are essential.
In Analysing and comparing the to-
tails obtained in the complication of
transcripts of death returns received
for the year 1908 by the Census Blu
reau from the entire death registration
area of the United States, as set forth
in the bulletin, those for age periods
show a somewhat increased per cent.
of deaths of infants under one year
for 1908, although the ratios for each
of the individual years from one TO
four are identical for 1907 and 1908.
OF the total number of deaths, 691,-
574 returned for 1909 from the entire
registration area, it is stated in the
bulletin that nearly one-fifth were of
infants under one year of age and
over one-fourth of children less than
five years of age. 1t is declared that
the brute force of the figures repre-
senting the actual deaths Is more
impressive, however, than any ratios
or than the rates of infant mortality
even if the latter cold be computed
in the absence of proper registration
of births. Here are the figures:
More than one-eight of a million
bodies, under one year of age and
fully 100000 children, under five
years of age, died among about one
half of the total population of the
United States in the year mentioned.
1t is considered probable that fully
100000 more died in those cities and
states not included in the Census Blu
reau death registration area. In this
connection DR.. Wilbur quotes Prof.
Irving Fishers conclusino that of all
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12

the diseases of infancy, having the
median age of one year, AZ per cent.
may be prevented; and that of the
diseases of childhood having median
age two to eight years, 81 per cent.
may be prevented.
ut does not seem unreasonable"
DR.. Wilbur states, when we consider
the fact that there is apparently no
reason why infants, if properly born,
and this means simply the prevention
of ante-natal diseases and the i'm
provement of the health and condition
of life of their parents, should die at
all in early infancy or childhood, ex-
cept from the comparatively small
proportion of accidents that are strict
ly unavoidable"
The bulletin continues with a
statement that the general death rae
of country is largely dependant
upon its infant mortality, because the
deah rates of infants and young chill
dren are high and they affect a rela-
lively numerous element of the popu-
lation. Exact study of the incidents
of disease upon infancy and childhood
is most important, and 1t is impera-
lively necessary that here should be
more effective registration of births
throughout he Unied States for this
purpose. The extremely important
rate known as Infant mortality" is
the ratio of deaths of infants under
one year of age, not to population but
TO the number of children born alive
during the year. This most import
ant ratio should be readily available
for the comparative study of deaths
of infants in all of our states and
cities, but the bulletin states, in the
great majority of them unfortunate
ly, the registration of births is worth
less, and ratios calculated upon the
returns would be deceptive and unre-
liable.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
fake MENDENHALL'S
Chill and Fever Tonic, as
a general tonic for tired
feeling and malaria.
INSANE MAN BURNS
House and RARN.
]. E. Bruce of Muhlenberg Coun
ty Drives Family
Away.

Greenville, Ky, Nov. 81. E.
Bruce, who lives near Bremen, in
this county, was brought here and
lodged in Jail charged with arson.
On Saturday morning. Bruce drove
his family, consisting of a wife and
six children, away from home and
set his dwelling on fire, and also
destroyed another dwelling house,
consuming all of the household goods.
He then drove his stock, consisting
of mules, horses, cows and hogs in
to his barn and fastening them up in
it set it on fire, destroying every
thing.
No one saw him commit the deed,
but some of his brothers and neigh
bors captured him and brought him
to Jail. The deed has caused a fur
ore of excitement in that community.
Bruce was tried in the County Court
here in June and committed to the
asylum at Hopkinsville, but was re-
leased few days ago as cured by
the officers of that institution.
He has left a wife in destitute con-
dition and with six small children to
support. He will be returned to the
asylum.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
Lived 1852 Years.

VIM. Parr-England's oldest man
married the third time at 120, worked
in the fields till 1872 and lived 20 years
longer. People should be youthful al
so. James Wright, of Spurlock, KY,
shows how to remain young 81 feel
just ike a sixteen-year-old boy" he
writes, after taking six bottles OF
Electric Bitters. For thirty years Kid
ney trouble made life a burden, but
the first bottle of this wonderful
medicine convinced me- ! had found
the greatest cure on earth" They're
a godsend to weak, sickly rundown or
old people. Try them. SOC at all
Druggists.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
Evolution of the Foot.

1t is evident, says e. H. Aitken, In
the August Strand, that in what is
called the evolution of animal forms
the foot came in suddenly when the
backbone creatures began to live on
the dry land-thatis, with the frogs
How it came in is a question which
still puzzles the Psychologists, who can
not find sure pedigree for the frog.
There it is, anyhow, and the remark
able point about 1t is that the foot OF
the frog is nat rudlmentary thing
but an authentic standard foot, like
the yard measure kept in the Tower
of London, of which all other feet
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12

publican party may bring out can
didate Of their own in the Middle
West. 1t would be either Senator Dol
liver or Senator La Toilette Such 4
thing could happen.
Then Theodore Roosevelt may be-
come a formidable factor in the cam
paign. There is no doubt that his hold
on the masses is as strong as ever.
and he has managed 10 keep in the
limelight since leaving the White
House. He will get a great reception
when he returns from Africa lie may
consent TO run, especially ii the RoOse-
welt policies are not carried out by
ton Post
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
N { Nd EN.HALL'S
CHILL TONIC
Best for Malaria, Chills and
Fever. Guaranteed.
Roosevelt May Become a Factor.

Politicians already are taking in
terest in hep reside tia! campaign of
1912" said ]. A. Owen, of Chicago, at
the New Willard.
President Taft, of course, wants the
nomination, and probably will get it.
The long trip he is now making
around the country is a forerunner of
the campaign he will make in 1912. OF
course, he has the advantage, and all
the chances are in his favor for
denomination. Still, there may be OPP
position to him by the insurgent'
election in the House and Senate
which oppose the Tariff bill. 1t is
possible that this faction Of the Re
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
They SAW Two
REAL GHOSTS.
Two Specters Witnessed in One
Night at an Old Man
sion.

lNO BOStS nave Deen seen III nOt
evening at Renishaw, the residence
Of Sir George Sitwell, near Chester
field. Reinshaw is an old house dat
ing from 1925, and more than one
ghostly legend is associated with 1T.
Sir George, who formerly sat in
Parliment for Scarborough, is a grea
antiouary and good sportsman. He
was Instrumental in capturing "spir
it. at the London headquarters for
the Spiritualists in 1880. Lady Ida
Sitwell Is the sister of the present
Earl of LonGesporough.
Sir George Sitwell's story appears ii
the Daily Mail as follows:
Last Saturday two ghosts were seen
at Reinshaw. Lady Ida had been to
Scarborough to attend the lifeboat
ball, at which she sat up until 4
O'Clock in the morning and had re-
turned home that afternoon. After
dinner party of ski was absent
for few ours-sat in a drawing
room upstairs, Lady, Ida on sofa
facing the open door.
Looking up after speaking to a
friend no her left, she saw in the
passage outside the figure of a wom-
an, apparently a servant, with grey
hair and white cap, the upper part
of the dress blue, the skirt dark. The
arms were at full lenth and the hands
clasped. This figure moved with a
very slow, furtive, gliding motion, as
If wishing to escape notice, straight
toward the head of the old staircase,
which | removed 20 years ago.
Lady Ida called out: who's that?
Who's that?" then the name of the
housekeeper: then to those who were
nearest the door, Run out and see
who it is; run out at once" Two
rushed, out but no one was there The
others Joined them and searched the
hall and passages upstairs.
AS they were coming down, one of
the party, Miss r., who was a little
away from the rest, exclaimed: 81 do
believe that's the ghost" There in
The full light of the archway below.
within 20 feet of her, just where the
door of the old ghost room used to
stand until ] removed it to put the
present staircase in its place, she
saw the figure of a lady with dark
hair and dress, lost in painful thought
and oblivious of everything about her.
The dress was fuller than the modern
fashion, the figure, though apaque,
cast no shadow. 1t moved with a
curious gliding motion into the dark
ness and melted away at or within a
yard of the spot where a doorway.
now walled up, led from the staircase
to the hall.
There is no doubt that these figures
were actually seen as described. They
were not ghosts, but phantoms-re-
versed impressions of something seen
in the past, and now projected from
an overtred and an excited brain. In
both cases the curious gliding move
ment, the absence of shadow, the abb
solute stiffness of the figures, which
moved neither hand nor head. and
hardly seemed TO breathe point to
that conclusion. Such an experiment
goes far toward solving the ghost
problem. Chests are sometimes met
with, but they are not real ghosts.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to he
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
constitutional treatment. Halls Cat
arrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the
constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous SUR
face of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address: F. j. CHENEY 4
Co., Toledo Ohio. Sold by all Druggist
Toe. Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipatino.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
QUlCK'S PILLS
For Liver Ills
Saves Doctors Bills.
The Telephone Girl.

The telephone girl sits still in her
chair and listens TO voices from every
where. She hears all the gossip, she
hears all the news, she knows who is
happy and who has the blues; she
knows all our SORROWS; she knows all
our joys, She knows every girl who is
chasing the boys; knows of our trOu-
bles; she knows Of our strife; she
knows every man who talks mean t.
his wife; she knows every time we
are out with the boys She hears
the exscues each fellow employs; she
knows every woman who has a dark
past; she knows every man who is in
clined TO be fast" in fact, there's a
secret beneath each saucy curl of that
quiet, demure looking telephone girl.
If the telephone girl told all that she
knows it would turn half our friends
into bitterest foes; she could sow
small wind that would soon be a gale;
engulf us in trouble and land us in
Jail she could let go a story which
gaining in force, would cause half our
wives TO sue for divorce; she could
get all our churches mixed up in a
fight and turn all our days to sorrow
full nights; in fact she coud keep the
whole town in a stew If she'll tell a
tenth part Of the things that she
knew. Oh, brother dosent it made
your head whirl when you think what
you owe to the telephone girl?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
An Essay on Man.

Man that is born OF woman is small
potatoes and few in a hill. He ris-
es up today and flOurisheth like a
ragweed, and tomorrow or next day
the undertaken hath him in his ice
box. He goeth forth in the morning
warbling like a lark and is knocked
out in one round and two seconds
In the midst OF life he is in debt and
he tax colleo or pursuch HIM wEcro-
ever he gcc, h. lie gcc.h fl:Jh I'll
he bright sual'g.., 20 absorb ozone
and meeteth the bank collector with
sight draft for 1851 The banister
OF his life is full of spllnters and he
slideth down it with considerable rap
idity. He cometh home in the even
tide and meeteth the wheelbarrow in
his path. And the wheelbarrow riseth
up and smiteth him to the earth and
falleth upon him, runneth one of its
legs into his summer clothes, and a
blizzard striketh him and filleth him
with woe and rheumatism. In the
early fan he putteth on his winter
clothes and a wasp that abideth there
in filleth him with great excitement.
He cometh home late from the club,
and the faithful watchdog treeth him,
and stitch beneath until the rosy
morn. He marrieth a red-haired heir
ess with a wart on her nose, and the
next day her paternal ancestor goeth
under with few assets and great la
biiities and cometh home to live with
beloved son-in-law.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
Smashes all Records.

AS an all-round laxative tonic
and health-builder no other pills can
compare with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They tone and regulate stomach
liver and kidneys, purify the blood
strenthen the nerves; cure Consti-
patton, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Jaun-
dice, Headache, Chills and Malaria.
Try them. zoe at all Druggist.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
Kills to Stop the Fiend.

The worst foe for IL years Of
John Deye, of Gladwin, Mich. was a
running ulcer. He paid doctors over
$4,000 without benefit. Then Bucklen'
Arnica Salve killed the ulcer and cure
him. Cures Fever-Sores, Boils. Fclons.
Eczema. salt Rheum. lnfaillible for
Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns. 2jc
at all Druggist.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-11-12
Won't Slight a Good Friend.

Won't Slight a Good Friend.
IF ever l need cough medicine
again know what to get" declares
Mrs. A. L. Alley of Beals, Me-, for
after using ten bottles of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and seeing its excel
lent results in my own family and
others, / am convinced it is best
and lung trouble" Everyone who tries
It feels just that way. Relief is felt
at once and its quick cure surprises you
For Bronchitis, Asthma, Hemorrages,
Group, LaGrippe. Soar Throat. pain in
the chest or lungs its supreme. soc
and s1,OO. Trial bottle free Gauran-
teed by all Druggists.