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lot g, block 10, woodlawn.

s12,00O-Mattie B. Baugh to P. H. Lal. lande, lot l. block S6o, survey of Birming. ham, fronting 100 feet on the north side of Iroquois street, near it's intersection with Pawnee avenue and extending to 6 mean depth of 3o9.4S feet.
 $3O00-A. R. Aldridge to Mrs. Elizabeth Tindall, part of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter and of the north east quarter of the northwest quarter of section 23, township 1S range west.
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New Bar BARRETTES lOc

content may crystalize at any moment into action.
 Since the above article was dispatched, the Chinese government Is reported to have rejected the petition for the im- mediate establishment of constitution
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-17

Choice of any "Knox" Hat formerly up to SIS, at. $6.95
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BENSCOT LITHIA WATER
 Try it at our risk.

Special car service to Corey, account band concert, this aft ernoon.
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Skirts 98c ]
Regular $1.50
 Garments

value that has made Marx Muslin
 wear Section famous. Compare it with any
 in town.
 VxT EVE been waiting for these Petteoats telling w you about them, and you've been waiting too. Here they are at last.
 Made of best quality cambrc with deep knee
 founces of Swi> Hamburg embroidery, in blind,
 open dot scroll effects; others of bands of open
 work embroidery with frIl match. Another style
 has deep founce of filet lace and tucks.
 The Skirts made good and full, the embrod cries just like you'd buy at the counter, with good heavy, strong edges to stand and tear All the Shirts have full dust rtffle, of them trimmed In every way $1.50 Skirt Rummage Price ..... 98c
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Silk HoSesl ;;:s; s;s;''' ;f:s;

Value that no women will pass
 lightly by H BOUT 50 dozen pairs of the prettiest black silk A Hose had and on the basis of quality and cost to they should sell at $1.5O-but for one day we say "a Dollar
 They have that delightful, crisp that always look in Silk Hosiery; silk in thread except the foot heel double slhlise-even the garter is silk. There all sizes plenty too, in black but not all sizes in the This is silk Hose value that will ''make good in every way. They guaranteed by the makers against any defect.
 RUMMAGE SALE-
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take a little of our pure rye whiskey
and 1t will never harm you. In fact
it will do you good whether you are
tired in body or In mind. Good thing
to have a bottle in the house both
for social and medicinal use. II 1t Is
good enough for doctors to recon-
mend It certainly should be good
enough to drink.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-05-21
HAMPTON. PHOEBUS AND OLD POINT-C Continued.

| the house, conferred by custom upon
the husband. Is a purely honorary one.
carrying with il not the least vestige
of actual authority. A single Illus
tration will serve to show the real
insignincance OF the title. For two
weeks past about nine out of ten OF
the homes OF the land have presented
a picture OF rutnless desolation. The
tenth will doubtless assume that ap-
pearance within the ensuing TWO
weeks. II is rampant at this season
OF the year, to which has been given
the name spring nousecleaning. To
man, the masculine element of the
American population Is opposed 30
Wholesale housekeeping at any period
of the year. except when he is away
on his summer vacation. Does any
body suppose for moment that If
man were In fact, as well as In name,
the head OF the house, he would per
nit the annual tearing up of the cs-
Enlistment TO resemble the home OF
a Messina sufferer after the earth
quake? Would he consent to eat his
meals in the Kitchen ana sleep at
night on coach in the parlor after
beating carpets all afternoon In the
back yard? No: sufficient has been
said TO demonstrate that man Is not
and never has been the real head of
the house. Then why make a fuss If
Uncle Sam let's him retain the empty
honor of the title?-Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
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FORTUNE COMES HER WAY.
Unexpected Wealth May Come to Nor
folk Lady.

NORFOLK, VA. May 20-if infor'
nation contained in letter received
today is true. Mrs W. +. King, oil
13l Bank street. is worth $4,000.
Lord" exclaimed Mrs. King. and
didn't think il was worth a cent.
have the certificates, though, at my
home in New Rochelle, and ] am go
ing to write for them Immediately.
hope the news is true"
George Van Sky, of Baltimore, to
day asked for information as 10 the
whereabouts of Mrs. w. L. King. who
was formerly Miss Carrie Louisiana
Stone. OF New Rochelle, n. Y. He
stated that he was anxious to locate
Mrs King because she held lis shares
of stock in Nevada mining company
and that she had dividend OF $50,
600 to her credit on these liS shares.
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and al 1910 for demand. CONNER
cial bills. 4S3ha4.si. Bar silver
k3Ss Mexican dollars, A.
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Trade in Stocks Still Remain
Extremely Dull.
MORE ACTIVE AT THE CLOSE
Out of Respect to Late King Edward
the Exchange Does Not Open Until
Noon-Littie Change is Manifest in
Situation of Several Days.
By Associated Press. }

NEW YORK, May 20.-As tribute
of respect to the memory of the king
of England and during the funeral ser
vices of that monarch, the stock ex-
change did not begin its session to
day until noon. The character OF the
market was little changed by that or
by any other matter. The extreme
cullness of the market was &C
companied by the strong undertone
which was manifested. An influence
On this result was the promise OF a
strong bank return for the week to be
made tomorrow.
The estimates of the weeks cur
rency movement indicate that large
shipments have been coming into New
York from other points and the sub
treasury. also, by reason of the month
ly pension payments, has made large
contributions of cash to the banks.
The gain in that item promises, in
consequence, 20 reach as much as
$4,000, 900. The easier tendency for
money rates, both for call and time
loans, is explained by this develop
ment.
Another influence is the almsot total
lack of demand for stock market pur-
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AN EMPTY TITLE.
No Spring Clesnings II Husband
Were Really FsmiIy's Head.

An English suffragette who is Wis
ting in New York is audibly excited
over the census directors ruling that
enumerators shall regard the husband
as the head of the house. Widows
may be heads of households. but not
wives. Miss Suffragette declares this
decision should evoke a protest from
the women of America that will shake
Washington TO its foundations. In
her opinion this question of domestic
authority should not have been rails
ed al this time, but. now that a pub
lie official has had the temerity TO es-
tablish mans position as the lord OF
creation, the women should do some
thing besides meekly acduiesce.
Our suffragette visitor betrays an
amusing misconception Of the real
status OF domestic affairs in this
country. Therefore, let us hasten TO
inform her that the title Of head OF
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Assistant Secretary Adee, of the de
IIartment OF state. who has now gone
to- Europe on his annual tour awheel
came down TO the ground floor of the
state department building at tho
close of business one afternoon not
long ago and was getting out his bicy-
Gle preparatory to starting home. Tie
saw one of the officials OF the depart
ment sitting in the hall.
"Why don't you go homer" asked
Mr.. Adee.
The officials explained he had
lame foot and was waiting for taxi
cab.
"Ah. I see" said Mr.. Adee. You've
got lomomotor ataxicabibus. Wash
ington Times.
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CHICAGO Grain Market.

CHICAGO, ILLS, May 20.-Wheat
prospects in the Lone Star state here
tofore so glowing, were voted into the
comet class today for dimness and un-
certainty. In one stretch of thirty-nve
miles, there was said to be only one
field of wheat left. and that so burn
ed up the grain would not be cut. the
alleged news saved the day for the
bulls. The closing price for active
futures scored in consequence a net
gain of a shade to IS May delivery
finished half down. Corn showed a
loss of 4 to q. and oats. - to Aa%-
Final figures for provisions were I'M
changed to Is lower.
Articles Open High Low Close
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$3.50 Recipe Cures
Weak Kidneys, Free
Relieves Urinary ard Kidney Trou-
bIes, 5seksche, strsinins,
Swelling, Etc
Stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't Il be nice within a week
o. so to begin to say goodbye forever
TO the scslding. dribbiing, straining.
OF too frequent passage Of urine: the
forehead and the back
aches: the stitches and pains in the
back: the growing muscle weakness;
spots before the eyes. yellow SKIN;
sluggish bowels: swollen eyeiids OF
ankles: leg cramps. unnatural short
breath: sIeeplessncss and the despon-
cency7
have a recipe for these troubles
that you can depend on. and II you
want 20 make a quick recovery. yOu
ought 20 write and get copy % u.
Many a doctor would charge you $50
Just for writing this prescription, but
have n and viii be glad to send Il
10 Won entirely free. Just drop me
a line like this: Dr. A. =. Robinson,
X. -IeSs Isuck Building. Detroit. Mich.
and 7 will send u by r urn mail IN
, plain envelope. A. sou VIII see
when you get II. this recipe contains
only pure. harmless remedies. but u
has great healing and pain-conquer.
ing power.
II viii quickly show iis power once
you use h. 80 7 think you had better
So what ~ r. without delay. ! vill
send you q copy free-you can use
" and cure yourself 81 home.
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poses. Notwithstanding the accumu-
lation of cash, the banks manifest
but little disposition to purchase mer-
camille paper, the rates oil prime
grades of which range from "a to
) IA.
An incident of the day was a re-
vival of rumors that United States
Steel would be listed on the Paris
Bourse.
The expected increase in the diyi-
dend rate on Chesapeake q Ohio was
greeted by fractional decline in the
price of that stock. The speculative
operations iii Reading and in Canad-
ian Pacific were continued in des-
ultory fashion. Neither these nor
any other operations we're sufficient
to give animation to the market.
The days advance regarding crop
prospects were considered favorable,
but not decisively enough so to make
an effective influence in the stock
market
The tone of the closing was strong,
with considerable show of activity.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales,
par value, Sl,290,000. United States
bonds were unchanged on call. Total
sales for the day were 295, 900 shares,
including: A. c. L., 100; c. & O.,
$500: L. & n, 800; y. & W., 5000;
Reading. 72,70O; Union Pacific, 49,
600; United States Steel, $4,000; ".
c. c., 5000
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Two full registered druggists at
HuLI,'S Cut Rate Drug Store night
and day. Phone 2SS. sa-su-f.
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The only place to sci! or buy every
thing. such as Furniture OF all des
cription, Iron Beds, Springs. Dressers
Hall Rack, Parlor Lamps, High
Office Desk, Chairs from Csc up; Show
Cases, Soda fountains. Job Printins
outfit, Cash Register, Clock, 2 DroF
Head Sewing Machines, Cook stove
Mating. l0c per yard up; Reirigera
tors. Rugs, Gasoline Stove, Pictures
1exz0. Csc up; Extension Table, lt
gallon Air Pressure Tank, $50 pairs
of Children's Shoes at Auction Satur
day $50 p. IN. WHITE FRONT
AUCTION HOUSE, lis W. Queen St.
Hampton, Va
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SICK HEADACHE

Probably comes from a disorderej
stomach or a sluggish liver. Medical
suen tel ne that :he liver Is nature
garbage collector. If II does not work
properly. the system Is poisoned with
the unhealthy matter that Is diverted
into the blood instead OF passing on
in the natural way. ~TISlT Is
positive relief for this condition. caus-
iar slmos; Immediately activity OF
the liver and bowels in a safe. easy
manner.
Eater like candy-no gripinE A
weeks treatment Ioc. For sale and
recommended BY all druggists and
HULb'S CUT RATE DRUG STORE
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, ID. {, May ~
The condition of the treasury at the
beginning of business today was as
follows:
Trust funds:
Gold coin. ss55,256.ses.
Silver dollars. s4S9,929.OOo.
Silver dollars of 1890. $S,7iS.0o0.
Silver certificates outstanding
siSe, 92a. O00.
General fund:
Standard silver dollars in general
fund, $2.0S9,223.
Current liabilities. s9i597,i46.
Working balance in treasury Offices
$l9.i75.519.
In banks to credit of treasurer OF
the United states, $37i72.f50.
Subsidiary silver coin. $2Li0i,0S6.
Minor coin. Sl365,13f.
Total balance in general fund, $S2.-
1907.
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Aess Pork. per bbi.-
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK. May 20.-Money on
call steady, Sa31z per cent ruling rate,
3: closing bid. 2iz; offered at 3A per
cent. Time loans, very dull and easy;
sixty days and ninety days, SAa4 per
cent: six months, 4a4A.
Close: Prime mel camille paper, AZ
to per cent; sterling exchange firm
with actual business in bankers bills
at 4.s4.f0a4.s425 for sixty day bills,
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Baltimore Grain Market.

BALTIMORE md. May 90
WHEAT-quiet; southern on grade
about LOG.
CORN-easier; spot. 63A.
OATS-steady: No white. 49a-
49,: No. 3 mixed. 47a47h.
RYE-dup; No. . western domestic,
S3aS4.
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Cotton Market.

NEW YORK. May 2o.-Cotton-
Spot closed quiet. 5 points advance
middling uplands. i5.25; middiing
gulf, 1850: sales. $500 bales.
Futures opened steady and closed
Sta
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s RENENuE CUTTEE.ARAc On IAE PoTor1Ac RIVER

had some college training or whose edu-
cation has progressed t. the int where.
in civil life, they would embark upon a
profession. Other things being equal, a
preference is given to the gradu ltes Of
technical schools. However, as stated
above, competitors in the examinations
will be rated without regard to any con-
sideration other than the qualiff atoms
shown by their examination papers. In
cidentally, each prospective cadet is warn
ed that he must Danish thoughts OF matri-
mony for the next few years, inasmuch
as the marriage of a cadet is considered
as equivalent to his resignation.
When the boards of officers who have
been in Charge of the tests this spr.ng
furnish to the revenue cutter officials a
report of their findings with regard to the
young men who are up for examination
the successful applicants will be subjected
to rigid hysical examination, and then
those who come through this deal salts
factorily will signalize their formal entry
into the service by taking the oatn o.
Office. A short interval will be granted
each young man in which to procure an
outfit Of uniforms and then he will be in
structed to report or board the NJ" "tics
ship Itasca, the floating schoolroom
of the service at anchor al Arunde.
cove, an arm of Chesapeake bay, reached
by rail via south Baltimore. If the new
conner arrives at the cadet school expect
ing an initiation of hazing he is doomed
to disappointment, for there are seldom
more than three or four dozen cadets in
the schools at any one time. and TINS
number is rather too small to encourage
the practice of such pranks. However,
the newcomer quickly learns to dispense
with the. easy, colloquial style that may
have chare cterized his conversation on
bility Of adding str to any express
sion, however brief, addressed TO an OIL
ficer or a first classman.
The new appointee who comes into the
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nAJGEMLE ohAPDWo
@eeAncE. JoA~sror

judgment of President Mckinley II he
had failed to nominate him.
Next Gen. Wood went to the Philip
pines, where, as governor of the Moro
province, he taught a half million
heather pirates, slave dealers and head
hunters that American sovereignty means
something. He established order among
them, freed their slaves and surprised
their headsmen by quoting the Koran to
them, especially that part counseling
men that It's better to have only one
wife than many. He took the field him.
self on bushwhacking campaigns through
DOGGY forests and overgrown junGles.
Once when his interpreter was ambush
ed, the general seized a rifle, leaped into
the jungle and killed every man Of the
attacking party one by one while they
were escaping in "a long boat. Then
from 1906 to 1908 he commanded the en-
tire Philippine Division, with its $1,000
troops, and since the latter date ne mas
been commander of the Department OF
the East, with headquarters at Governors
Island, n Y.
At the outbreak Of the war with Spain
this remarkable man stood only thirty
fourth on the list of assistant surgeons
and his pay was but S2.6i0 Today he fs
the ranking officer of the entire military
arv of IS GO Had he remained in the
Medical Corps he would now be =
surgeon with the rank of major and
drawing $500 year
Unless the rank of lieutenant general
is restored and some junior officer 10
jumped over him to fill it Leonard Wood
will be the senior officer of the army for
the next fourteen years or until 1924.
Meanwhile he will be one of the chief
actors upon our stage Of events and you
will hear much of him.
JOHN ELFR ETH WATKINS.
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more. and on board it's floating adjunct.
the practice ship Itasca. At the expira-
tion of that time they are comnisSi ned
third lieu.enants in the revenue cut er
service, ranking with second lieutenants
in the army and ensigns in the navy. Just
here it may be pointed out that aside
from the sentimental considerations that
draw red-blcoded young Americans to
this form of life afioat, not the leas or
the influences that are just now attract
ing increased numbers of young men to
the revenue cutter service is found in the
monetary emoluments offered. The sched-
ule pay of the officers ranges from Sl,4OO
per year, the salary of third lieutenant,
to s., 800 per annum the salary OF cap
tain, but the pay is increased 10 per cent
for each five years of service, and the
time spent as cadet is figured in, SO
that the pay of third lieutenant two
years after being commissioned, is $l.54O
per wear, and IL an officer be twenty years
in reaching the rank Of captain he will,
Immediately upon promotion to that rank.
be entitled to yearly salary of $500,
with the assurances of three-auarters pay
and allowances when he is :e-:-ed for age
upon reaching sixty-four years.
The especial desire of the officials of the
revenue cutter service is to secure as
cadets a number Of young men who have
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mar, composition, English literature, gen.
eral information and one modern IAN
guage-French, German or<Spanish.
With the increasing size of the classes
presenting themselves at the revenus
cutter examinations and the keener COM
petition on the part of young men to cap
ture the coveted cadetships, it goes with
out saying that the whole standard of
the examinations-in point of the percent
ages made by the contestants-is con-
stantly advancing. At the same time
it may be confessed that an applica mt
for cadetship does not have to attain
absolute perfection in this brain test.
He may even make a rather poor showing
In some of the branches and yet pull
through if he pass muster in the es-
sentials. The applicants for appointment
as cadet engineers have placed before
them series of questions relating al
most entirely to engineering subjects.
These latter. If cadetship be won. have
a probationary period of only six months
before being commissioned third lieuten-
ants of engineers in the revenue cutter
service.
The line cadets. however. who are. OF
course. greatly in the majority. must I'M
dergo q course of training covering three
years at the Revenue Cutter Cadet School.
located between Washington and Balti-
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service in the spring arrives on board the
schoolship az a particularly busy time.
All hands are actively enga ged IN getting
tie ship ready for the annual practice
cruise which continues the entire summer
and extends to number of European ports
or else up the Atlantic coast as far az the
northernmost parts i'll Maine. Thus the
cadet who joins the school in the spring
has as his first experience taste OF what
might be termed the practical side of HIS
new profession. whereas the cadet who
enrois after the autumn examination
must concern himself with a considera-
BILE interval of application to book learn
msone Ths fo extends from ON
cadets live all the while on board the
training ship, their studies are pursued
In zee tat'nn halls on shore
During his three years of training for q
commission each cadet receives pay at
the rate of $500 per year and a ration of
30 cents per day. The sum oss10 is how
ever. withheld from his pay each month
in order that upon graduate he may
have to his credit sum of money sum-
cient for the purchase of tn uniform
and outfit of a commissioned officer The
cadets are required to purchase their uni
forms and text bccks and to pay their
mess expenses. but on the allowance
above mentioned are enabled to have a
small sum each month for pocket money
There has been mora&or less agitation
during recent years in favor of the re-
moval of the Revenue Cutter Cadet
School First it was suggested that Uncle
Sam acquire all or portion of the James,
town exposition grounds and install the
school on Hampton roads. Later the sug-
gestion was made that the school be re-
moved to New London, Conn. However,
the present location has so many advan-
ages, including its proximity to the head
quarters of the service in Washington,
that most of the officials have been some
what loath to make any change.
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fully equipped even to extra shoes for
the horses. They carried machetes in
stead of sabers, and were the only volun-
teers armed with Krag-Jorgensen car
bines shooting smokeless powder.
1t was after the heavy skirmish at Las
Guasimas-in which Theodore Roosevelt
had his first experience on the firing line
that Gen. Young fell sick, and Col. Wood
was ordered to succeed him. Roosevelt
now succeeded to the full command of
the regiment which thereafter was to
bear his name and before which he was
to make a record on San Juan Hill. Wood.
with his brigade also experienced some
of the fercest fighting of that battle,
within whose first hour he lost his horse
and all Of his staff officers. X
The two comrades of the Apache cam
paign were now to be brought together
again after twelve years. After San
tiago's surrender, Lawton was put in
command of the city of Santiago. They
are the two best men in the army here
Shafter wired to Alger. Wood transform
ed Santiago from a prolonged slum into
''spotless town." and then he succeeded
Lawton as governor of Santiago prov
ince. Once while he was having trouble
in making the Cuban army disband and
go to work as individuals, mob gathered
outside his palace and threatened him.
Armed only with riding crop he went
into the midst of 1t alone and dispersed
it. In the December following the war
he was commissioned major general of
volunteers. This was within seven
months from the time that he had began
to organize the Rough Riders with
Roosevelt, who was now governor
of New York. Wood was now thirty
eight and Roosevelt forty.
Elihu Root made two selections that
have been pregnant with history. He
selected Gen. Wood to be military gov