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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-20
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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-20
Fever Sores

Fever sores and old chronic sores should not be healed entirely, but should be kept in healthy condition. This can be done by applying Chamberlain s Salve. This salve has no superior for this purpose. It is also most excellent for chapped hands, sore nipples, burns and diseases of the skin. For sale by all druggists.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-20

SAFFORD. January l9.-Ph. Fru- denthal of Solomonville, who has just returned from six weeks stay in San Francisco for the benefit of his health, was visitor in town Monday.
 Joe Phillips of Thatcher was busi- ness visitor in town yesterday.
 Mrs. II. !. Warner entertained this afternoon in honor of Mrs. & Hail of Michigan, who is spending the winter here.
 Dr. and Mrs. Lacy of Selomonville were visitors in the valley metropolis Monday.
 The Misses Sapp of Mt. Graham tun- nel were week end visitors in town, over Sunday.
 Mrs. J. A. Wardlaw is recovering from an attack of the grip.
 Mir and Mrs Mitt Simms and MT. and Mrs. Chambers were Sunday visit ors in Stafford.
 Mrs. z. C. Prina was charming hostess this afternoon when she enter tained the officers and members of the Eastern Star lodge. Delicious refresh ments were served and thoroughly en joyable time was had by all.
 The Afternoon Bridge club will be entertained by Miss Margaret Robin son on Thursday afternoon.
 Jack Cole of FUmarolc is business visitor in town this week
 Mrs. Beam was hostess at pleasant dinner yarty Sunday.
 The many friends of Mrs D. w. Wickershsm will be glad to learn that she is much improved from her recent illness at her home in Los Angeles.
 Will Thorpe has accepted position in the freight office in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Good Road Buildinu.

NO other public movement has had more rapid development, perhaps, than the sentiment for better roads in Ala bama, said w. M. Drennen yesterday.
 Even though the legislature never avails itself of the opportunity given 1t by the people to appropriate money for the building of roads the two years agitation of the subject will result in great good
 '"The campaign has been valuable In an educational way, and has served to arouse the people to a better appreciation of the need for good highways. Already sev- eral counties in the state have issued bonds and otherwise provided for the building of better public roads, and other counties are making plans for such work.
 Among the leading counties in the state that are now preparing for bond elections or are agitating the plan are Etowah, Cullman and Dallas. Morgan, Limestone and several others are already building roads with money secured by the sale of bonds.
 Though the state never appropriated a penny in this enterprise, the recent agi- tation has not been entirely lost. It has awakened the people and l feel satisfied that within 10 years every county in the state will become active in the work of road building"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
WOM EN.
From I,ippincoi

from LlpplncoltS.
 Men say woman are angels women say women are cats. Let us pause a mo- ment and reason upon this thing.
 If women are angels-however that does not seem to be the proper starting poin. Let us try again.
 If angels are cats--but no, that is hardly reasonable, for angels have wings and cats do not fly. We must begin again.
 If women are cats-but that isn't pos sible, for cats do not talk and how could d dumb animal express an opinion In words of a woman? Whatever cats may think, they never say a word about a woman, while women-well, women are not cats.
 Now let us return to the first proposi- tion.
 If women are angels, they wouldn't say women are cats Angels don't talk that way.
 Once upon time man married a wo- men. He said she was an angel; the wo- men said she was a cat. Happy man. not to know the difference between an angel and a cat.
 Men say women are angels, and by this token women say angels are cats. There fore, angels being cats, cats must be an. gels, and both being the same women are women.
 Which is precisely what they arc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
HN UNKNOWN HEROINE.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 While the men who proved themselves such heroes in the recent collision of the vessels the Florida and the Republic while Sealby and Binns are being laud- ed to the skies, and deservedly so-let us not overlook a heroine who proved herself worthy of the warmest praise. She was only slip of a girl, but her quick wit and tact prevented what would undoubt- edly have been a tragedy within a trag edy on the helpless Florida. The passen- gers from the Republic had been trans ferred to the Florida and were crowded in the cabin when a Frenchman rushed from the deck, gesticulating wildly, shout ing something in his native tongue, ac- cording to the reports, and he threw him. self into a chair in a frenzy of despair Those who were near him, not under- standing French, and on the qui vive for news. whether bad or good, asked a girl in her teens, who understood the language what he had said
 Without a moments hesitation this young heroine replied that the excited Frenchman had announced the Baltic would be there in half an hour" Even as she said it, the smile on her lips must have been difficult to keep there, for the terrorized Frenchman had in truth ex- claimed: We are lostl The ship will sink inside of three hours"
 It is to be hoped, when the full story of the accident is written, that this young girls name will be learned and placed with those who kept their heads under such trying circumstances; and while she was guilty of prevaricating, it is also to be hoped that she will not be placed in the Ananias club by those who do not believe with the little Japanese girl in a modern play. Tt is better to lie a little than to be unhappy muchr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
ENGAGED 40 YEARS.
Noted Painter Will Marry His Boy
 hood Playmate.

From the New York Telegraph
 Henry Singlewood Bisbing. the noted American painter of animals and land scape scenes, was a passenger on the Red Star liner Kroonland, which ar rived from Antwerp yesterday. For years he has been living in Paris, hav- ing been in this country only twice each time on a short vislt-since he left here in 1888. He returns to spend the rest of his days in this country. In cidentally, he is to be married.
 The bride is his first cousin, Miss Amelia Coryel1 Bisbing of Philadelphia. According to the story which he told, they have known each other for 50 years, and have been engaged for about 40. Bisbing when very young was adopted by Miss Bisbing's parents. and he and Miss Bisbing grew up together. When asked how it came about that the engagement was for so long, MT Bisbing, who in a few days will be 60 years old, and whose bride to be Is 5S, answered:
 Well I longed to make a reputa- tion as a painter. and preferred not to marry before l had achieved my am- bition. I wanted to come back with flying colors or not at all-I wanted to make myself worthy of my country"
 You certainly seem to have suc- ceeded," was suggested
 well, I hope Uncle Sam will think so and not treat me too harshly in customs duties when my studio comes in.'
 Mir. Bisbing then explained that on the French line freighter Texas, due to arrive shortly. he will have 4 cases of paintings.
 The date for the Bisbing wedding has not been set, but the ceremony will be performed very shortly, said Mir. Bis ping. Since 1883 the only times the two have met were on the two visits which MT Bisbing made to this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Wonders of the Wireless

The growth of the wireless in six years has gone on steadily, and it is done so quietly that few appreciate what is being accomplished. Fogs and thick weather do interfere to some ex- tent with the waves of the wireless system, but the system used by the United States has no trouble in con- municating with shore stations in any kind of weather This government has taken the lead in wireless matters, and it is advertising for the erection of stations which will carry messages 5000 miles in every direction. Our war ships are to be equipped to send mes sages for at least 1000 miles and to re- ceive over a distance of 5000 miles. What the government aims to do is to keep every ship in touch at all times with Washington.
 This is possible. Admiral Evans was at Magdalena bay in communication with a California station. An operator near San Francisco recently caught messages that were flying around Ja- pan, 5700 miles away, and San Fran
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
THE CHOIR INVISIBLE.

From Judge.
 'The late Admiral Coghlan," said an of f1cer of the navy department, twas all ways ready with a story. In this office here. apropos of swearing on the sea, he once told a story about a parrot.
 "Ie said that a young sailor sent a gray Belgian parrot to his parents. The bird swore terribly. It was only for the sake of the giver that the family kept it. But keep it they did, and day and night the house resounded with its shrill oaths. When the minister called they threw cloth over the cage.
 ''The minister called every Thursday evening regularly. But once, collecting for an oyster supper, he called on Saturday evening as well. His call was unexpected, but they got the cloth on the cage in time.
 "The minister had just begun to talk about the slushy weather, when from be- meath the cloth came a loud squawK.
 well, I'll be -! roared the parrot. This has been a - short Weeh'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
New Type of Snowman.

Frederic Thompson is a unique figure among American showmen,'' said an ad- vance representative of Polly of the Crcus,' which opens an engagement at the Jefferson theatre tonight.
 "The shop phrase, which carries a more or less sordid connotation, is used advisedly for the theatre represents only one of the phases of MT. Thompson's &C., tivities fin the realm of entertainment. He is a snowman par excellence. being the father of the summer park idea in it's present extravagant and bulky form. The fact that he proudly wears pioneer honors at the comparatively early age of 36 years argues a wealth of originality in the the assumption.
 Snowman Thompson is without ven- geance, and yet he is a different type from the one that the epithet usually suggests to the popular imagination. He did not get his start in life selling choc- olate drops in third-rate variety house, nor did he win his spurs by fiamboyant advertisement of attractions that the dear beguiled public failed to discover after paying the price of admittance.
 There are showmen who differ from those standard varieties. Richard Mans field, for instance, was thorough show man of the artistic stamp, and Mir Thompson is one of the creative species He is a builder of shows with the cul- ture of an architectural education su- perimposed upon the instinct for catch ing the attention of the crowd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Vindication Of the Mule

An attempt was recently made to supplant the army mule with traction engine. The subject was thoroughly threshed out, and experts were sum- moned on both sides. While it was conceded that the traction engine would be superior on good roads in a smooth country, yet it was proven that on difficult and mountainous roads the traction engine would produce a block ade and possibly disaster. The mule train would get there first. And so it was voted by the staff and the military experts that the army mule should be retained.
 Now that the mule has secured the army blue ribbon he may be expected to retain it against all the inroads and intrigues against him of science. The experts have spoken and their testi- mony should appeal to the pride of the mule even if he has none to expend on his ancestry. The army expert knows what the army mule can accomplish and the two are standing by each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Horticultural Schools.

"The presidents and other officers Of state agricultural schools and like in stitutions have just held most inn portant meeting at Auburn" said Pres ident J. B. Hobdy of Albertville yes- terday.
 These meetings were inaugurated last year under the supervision of state Commissioner of Agriculture J. A. Will kinson and are of far more value than the 1ayman can appreciate.
 There is a broad awakening in ag- ricu1tural matters in the entire eonn- try and the agricultural schools are being more fully appreciated than formerly. It is true that these insti- tutions have not been effective in prae- tical results as we have desired and 1t is to increase the efficiency that these annual conferences are held.
 By comparing notes and exchanging experiences the heads of these institu- tions are better prepared to regulate and improve the different departments of work. In this day of scienuhc eN- perimentation farming is regarded more as a skilled profession than for merly and education is necessary to success. The agricultural schools of the state hope to prepare young men for the business of farming.
 "The meeting at Auburn Friday and Saturday was largely attended and many interesting and important ques- tions were discussed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
WHAT IT IS TO BE DRINK

From the New York World
 An authoritative definition of what constitutes drunkenness has long been needed, and the want is now supplied by Judge Hart of Nashville. who is hearing testimony in the Carmack mur- der case. On the question of the fitness of juror who habitually uses intox- icants Judge Hart ruled that "a man is drunk when he is so much under the influence of liquor that he be- comes nuisance to the general pub lic."
 An old view of drunk kenness which has had wide acceptance was that q man is not drunk so long as he can lie down without holding on. A British justice has recently held that man cannot be regarded as drunk if he can find his way home alone. These pre- eedents are now further amplified though the Nashville decision is sub ject to appeal and review by the higher courts.
 It is obvious that between the ex- tremes of drunk as a lord" and sober as a judge" wide latitude of indul- gence in stimulants is allowable. The question of capacity also enters into the case, as between Poe, for whom one glass was too much, and Pitt and Dundas, who divided seven bottles of port between them in an evening. But 1t is made clear that any amount of tacking and filling in getting home and | any number of stabs at the keyhole are permissible. the one restriction being 8 to interfering with the pub ; | lie peace.
 The Nashville decision Is against boisterous intoxication, the won't go home till morning" and the rolling, l reeling" kind-the condition of noisy | inebriation described as "gloriously drunk" It is in favor of a state of | gentlemanly exuberance which does not interfere with the enjoyment or com | fort of other persons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Six Bosses In the Senate

In last weeks issue of La Follettes Magazine it is stated that the party caucus has created six bosses in the Senate. In the order of their control they are Adrlth, Hale. Elkins, cullom, Gallinger and Foraker. Only one of .ae six will be lacking on March 4, Mir. Foraker. The rest will be on hand, doing business as bosses in the Senate in their accustomed manner.
 Do they rule" says La Follette's Magazine, because of their superior mental endowment? Far from it. They are not great men. In the main they are quite an ordinary lot. They are the product of bad system.
 Legislation in the United States Senate is controlled by committees. The appointment of the committees is controlled by party caucus. The eau GUS Is composed of few bosses, with a few independents and many towards and followers. When the committees are announced the bosses are found upon the committees which controi ap- propriations, finance, transportation, tariff, commerce, foreign relations, military affairs, naval affairs-and they have not overlooked the judiciary con- mittee nor the committee on rules"
 Senator La Toilette edits the maga- zine bearing his name, and he certain ly knows what is going on in the Sen ate and the inside machinery of the body that is the mainstay and hope of the special interests of the country. The only one of the six bosses who is not tied to Standard Oil or the rail roads Is Cullom or Hale, and the latter wants ship subsidies, and the former can be trusted to gumshoe in behalf of a good many Illinois interests. The great mass of consumers has no friend and active supporter among the six bosses. All six can be depended upon to oppose an income tax and to sup port a tax on the poor mans breakrast table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
HAT PINNED ON STRAIGHT.
The Achievement of Woman Passen-
 senger on the Republic.

From the Chicago News.
 Two of Chicagos survivors from the steamship Republic, which sunk after col lision with the Florida off the New Eng land coast and whose passengers were saved by wireless. arrived in Chicago wednesday. These first eye witnesses of the disaster to reach the city were Mrs. J. l.. Stack, wife of an advertising con- tractor, and George E. Van West. Mrs. Stack was alert and cheerful and wore the same natty garb she had on during the rescue.
 Mrs Stack and her companion, Miss bear the honor of being the only two women aboard the populous Republic that stepped into the lifeboats wearing hats A dilemma faced by Mrs. Stack before leav- ing the doomed steamer was unique in the annals of sea disasters. She had three hats in her stateroom-all of them be- coming-and amid the hoarse cries of ex- cited seamen and the cries of those who feared the threatening waters she really couldn't decide which hat to don. Fin ally she chose the dark one with ostrich leatnerS, pinned IL on perIecIly straight and grabbed a life preserver.
 Soon came the word" said Mrs. Stack, that every one must dress and get a life preserver. This was the point where Miss Mott and I did the wise thing. We dressed fully, putting on our wraps and hats. I had three hats to select from and do you know, for a time I couldn't decide which one to wear. But I finally made the decision and my next move was to put on a life preserver. We went on deck and there we found the condi- ton of other women most amusing. Some were scantily clad and thought of noth- ing but the comforting possession of a life preserver. One woman I saw wore nothing but a waist, skirt and a pair of shoes, but she was clinging desperately to a bunch of violets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
THE SEA.

By Lord Byron. There Is a pleasure in the painless There is rapture on the lonely
 shore, There is society where none intrudes Iv the deep sea, and music in it's roar; love not man the less, but nature
 more, From these our interviews. in which
 l steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the universe, and
 feel What I can neer express, yet cannot all
 conceal. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue
 ocean-roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin--his
 control Stops with the shore-upon the wa
 tery plain The wrecks are all thy deed. nor doth
 remain A shadow of mans ravage save his
 own When, for a moment, like drop of
 rain, He sinks into thy depths with bub-
 bling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffinsd
 and unknown
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Trade and Finance.

Henry Clews in his Saturday circular letter says in part:
 "So far as trade and finance are con- eerned affairs are at relative stand- still. On all sides there is a disposition to wait for fresh signs of encouragement and to postpone important negotiations until confidence becomes more settled. Among the causes of this hesitating spirit are d) a too violent recovery after the panic, @ the uncertainty connected with tariff revision. and (9 the high prices of many commodities which check consump- ton and discourage future contracts. Two important offsets must be taken into con- sideration, CD the prosperity of our agri- cultural classes, and @ the great abund- ance of cheap money Between these con- flicting influences, which almost counter balance each other there is period of vacillation that may continue until one set of forces overcomes the other. Just which will prevail cannot be told at this juncture; but it is sufficiently plain that a period of waiting can do little harm; in fact, may do much good, so long as the undertone remains as sound as it now is.
 "Readjustment is still incomplete, and the fall in value since 1907 has not been panics. Stocks are now on a higher level than before the panic, and commodity prices have shown a very slight decline; much to the disappointment of those who complain of the high cost of living"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01
Business Improvement

The panic of 1907 will be remem- bered as one of the most violent in the history of this country, and the busi- ness recovery that followed the panic will be recalled as a notable evidence of the soundness of our financial ana commercial conditions. In six months after the panic there was a general re- vival of trade, and throughout the greater part of 1908 business was as prosperous as it had been in the six months preceding the panic. The de pression that followed previous panics covered a period of several years.
 Confidence having been restored, gradual improvement will continue un- til prosperity comes into full swing once more. Just when industrial con ditions will be equal to those of 19O6- a year of ord-breaking prosperity no one can predict with any degree Of certainty. But one thing is sure-the worst is past; and with the coming of spring there will be continued improve ment in trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-01

raising and farm life. He carries with him the two celebrated stallions Fred s. and Beausant. Fred S. sired some of the finest horses in this state. One of his progeny won a s40,OOO stake the past year. Beausant the picture horse and prize show winner. has some splendid colts in the younger class in Alabama. These horses will return to Alabama during the seasons.
 During the distressing periods of the last decade William Jones was a broker on Morris avenue. He was the first per- son to bring into operation that prac- tieal charity. soup stands. for the poor and hungry during that period. William Nabers had sout on his farm 60-gallon syrup kettle. MT. Jones brought this kettle to Morris avenue and had soup made for the hungry day after day. After this several other persons also joined in this charity which, by the way, aided hundreds of worthy people. among them a large number of rolling mill people who had been suddenly deprived of the means of supporting their famllies.'