Ij^flkSTRESS JOY I
J ¥ A Romance of Natchez I
I * in 1798 1
«T{ By Orace MacQowan Cooke and Annie Booth McKinney
9 d *■ ■' W1CE as delightful as the average historical novel. .. . m
J® B J. The heroine is as fascinating in the modest cabin of her
jiB _ father—pastor to the scattered Methodists in the wilderness about ®
JS II Natchez—as in her uncle’s splendid home in New Orleans, where J2
w JT^ she crowns the gaiety of the season which is to test her vocation9 bK
jK by a dance with the young Due d’Orllans* The hero, a man of Ky
JK force and distinction, is admirably drawn.”—The Living Age, Boston. ^rt
H 44 A TRULY delightful historical romance. Great personages S
JK A move through its pages, but best of all is the sweet, fasci- «
%B k y nating girl whose name gives the book its title.... This book is
SB one that will be read with increasing interest.” 9
Ok Louuvule Courier-Journal. JIB
m VJ “T)Y every virtue of the fact of admirably finished work by new Bg
D hands. ‘Mistress Joy’ commends itself to the reader with 1
ffi -w especial emphasis. The dramatic construction of the story is strong
W I and consistent, the plot is possessed of exceptional interest, the char- Bg
9 J acters are unusually picturesque, and the literary style of the story’s ,
ffl telling is quaintly excellent.”—St Louis Republic. ffl
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"The -.elle of New York.”
Muddy as the streets were the Jeffer
son Theatre was crowded last night to
, witness "The Belle of New York," and
, none of them got their money’s worth.
The costumes were not fresh, the scen
ery was scanty, the singing execrable,
and the dancing even worse. It seems to
be the fate of comic operas to deteriate
the longer they are retained on the stage,
and "The Belle of New York" as pre
. sented last night was no exception to
the rule.
There were many comedians, so-called,
.in the cast, but Joseph Kane as the po
lite lunatic was the only one who meas
, ured up to any reasonable standard of
acting, although at times Arthur Deagon
as "Blinky Bill" sang well and acted
. acceptably. Mr. Deagon’s songs were
well received, and one of them rendered
. the audience for once enthusiastic.
Pearl Revere, as "Mamie Clancy,” a
Pell street girl, was a bright character
In the opera. She was wholly natural,
and her dancing was real dancing, and
her acting was excellent. Beulah Chase
Dodge as a Salvation Army lassie will
never outshine Edna May.
This musical comedy is full of catchy,
tuneful airs, but none of them were
sung well enough last night to tlx them
in the minds of any one. Mae Sailor as
"Fid Fricot,” from Paris, sang at times
correctly and well, but as a rule neither
soloists nor chorus did justice even to
the light music of the comedy.
The company was large enough, but
better singing and dancing than they are
capable of Is needed to please Birming
ham audiences. With the exception of
Joseph Kane’s fun-making and Pearl
Revere s bright face there was not much
else In the plotless play that any one
present would care to recall. This once
popular opera. Is out of date, anyway,
and Its jokes and lines often relate to
ancient history.
Richards A. Pringle’s Minstrels.
Tonight Richard’s and Pringle’s Min
strels will be at the Jefferson Theatre
This is the real thing In negro min
strels. Nature made them black and they
do not need the aid of burnt cork. On
former visits this company seemed to
please.
“When We Were Twenty-One.”
"H. V. Esmond has given to the Ameri
can and English stage a very remarka
ble and clever play. It comes at the
right time. It comes as a wholesome
check to decadence and degeneracy. It
Is as sweet as mountain air that has
been kissed by the heather, and all the
men are brave, sympathetic, honest, loy
al fellows. They are not ashame to wear
their hearts on their sleeves and do not
care how many daws peck at them”—
so wrote the critic of the New York
Herald about “When We Were Twenty
one,” which will be presented at the
Jefferson Theatre tomorrow matinee and
night.
"Lost River.”
" ’Lost River’ has a thrill a minute,
and the minutes come fast” Is the terse
and telling manner in which Joseph Ar
thur’s pastoral melodrama was noted by
the New York Herald, during the recent
long run of this Hoosier play at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre. The author
■hows Indiana characters In a series of
situations The scenery and mechanical
effects which will be seen here are the
■ame as used during the New York en
gagement and the chief Interest centers
In the scene where the heroine, riding
her wheel at top speed, overtakes the
villlan whose front wheel is overlapping
the hero’s and whose arm is uplifted to
■tab him In the back, just as the hero
ine fires the shot which shatters his wrist
■nd brings him to earth.
There are supernumarlea, a male quar
tet. a country “orchestry,” three horses
■nd scenery, provided for this pastoral
melodrama. "Lost River” will appear at
the Jefferson Theatre next Monday and
Tuesday and Tuesday matinee.
"Foxy Qulller.”
A musical engagement of the greatest
Interest to the lovers of melody Is an
nounced in the coming of the Klaw and
Erlanger Opera Company to the Jeffer
son .Theatre next Wednesday and Thurs
day. "Foxy Qulller," De Koven and
Bmlth’s successful comic opera is to be
the vehicle and Jerome Sykes, the bright
■nd particular star. The light tuneful
ness of the music and the fun of the
piece will be all the more enjoyed by
the regular patrons of the theatre, from
Tint’s Pills
stimulate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen the digestive organs,
regulate the bowels, and are un
cqualcd as an
ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE,
In malarial districts their virtues are
widely recognized, as they possess
peculiar properties in freeing the
system from that poison. Elegantly
sugar coated.
T4e No Sobstitate.
the fact that Mr. Smith has really told
a story in the plot. The very fact that
De Koven and Smith are responsible for
“Foxy Quiller” insures a delightful even- j
ing. In addition to Jerome Sykes, who
of course, plays Foxy Quiller, the cast
includes, Eleanor Kent, Grace Cameron,
Lillian Seville, Marian Bent, Almira For
rest, Marie Christie, Julius Steger, Harry
Macdonough, Adolph Zink, Louis Casa
vant and many other favorites.
Among thfise in the cast of Foxey Quil
ler, which will be setn here Wednesday
and Thursday nights is Miss Lillian Se
ville, a young Southern girl who has met
with ,considerable success on the stage.
Miss Seville’s home is in Baltimore
where, before going on the stage, she
was well known as a vocalist. She has
a beautiful soprano voice, a most grace
ful stage presence, and is a unusually
attractive brunette. Miss Seville has rel
atives and many friends in Birming
ham.
TUSCALOOSA.'
City Is In a Prosperous Financial Con
dition.
Tuscaloosa, December 5.—(Special.)—
General Manager C. H. Ackert of the
Mobile and Ohio and party spent last
night in Tuscaloosa, and left at 7 this
morning for a trip over the Searcy
branch, and after that went to Mont
gomery. The party is making an inspec
| tion of the Montgomery and Artesia
j branch of the Mobile and Ohio. This is
Mr. Ackert's first trip over this portion
of the road.
. Ben Knox, a negro from Knoxville,
Ala., was shot and instantly killed at the
Tuscaloosa oil mills last night by Tossle
King, a young man who had been depu
tised to assist in arresting him. When
Mr. King told the negro to throw up his
hands it is said he attempted to draw
his gun, but before he could use it Mr.
King fired on him. Four shots took ef
fect in the negro's body and he died af
ter running about twenty or thirty yards.
King was not arrested.
The city council met last night and
elected Frank H. Walter assistant dis
penser at $50 per month. The dispensary
was located in the old Perry and Walter
stand. The report of the finance com
mittee showed that the present board a
year ago took charge of affairs with a
net liability of $529.13, and now have a
balance of $5282.54 above current ex
penses. The city has $4290.13 in bank.
During the last year $1666.66 of bonded
indebtedness has been retired. The con
dition of the city as shown by the report -
is far better than it has been in some
years. The contract for numbering the
streets of the town for free delivery was
given to Mr. Benham for $265. The board
adjourned to meet again Monday night.
Stillman Institute opened its annual
session yesterday. The public exercises
will be held Monday morning at 10
o’clock, when the Rev. D. C. Lilly and
Professor Phillips Verner will deliver ad
dresses. A new dormitory has just been
added to the school. Among the pupils
are Kondola and Kassonga, two natives
of the Congo Free State, who are edu- i
eating themselves for the purpose of be
ing missionaries in their native land.
A very enjoyable dance was given at
the Sigma Nu hall complimentary to the j
visiting ladies now in the city. The ger- ;
man was led by Frank Fitts and Miss
Melville H. Minge of Faunsdale.
Beginning Monday the accommodation
trains on the Alabama Great Southern
will carry mail to all stations from this
place. When the Pan-American trains
were put on the accommodations were
relieved of the carrying of mail except
sealed pouches between Birmingham and
Tuscaloosa. The new arrangement will
give Tuscaloosa six daily mails on the
Alabama Great Southern and two on the
Mobile and Ohio.
HUNTSVILLE
City May Soon Establish Its Own
Electric Light Plant.
Huntsville, December 5.—(Special.)—The
lty Council of Huntsville has directed
the committee on lights to investigate
the feasibility of establishing an electric
light plant so that the city may have Its
own light service.
The council has raised the license on
beer saloons to $150 and on regular sa
loons to $250. A license of $35 per month
has been placed upon Itinerant mer
chants.
A stock company will be organized here
In a short while to establish a steam
ferry boat across the Tennessee river at
Whltesburg. At present It is very dif
ficult matter for even a small number
of wagons and teams to get across and
when the water Is up, to cross Is Im
possible.
The friends of Postmaster William T.
Hutchens are circulating a petition to
have him re-appolnted to the position.
Capt. James H. Bone Is understood to be
a candidate for the appointment.
Hon. A. S. Fletcher, one of Madison
county's delegates to the constitutional
convention, Is building a $20,000 residence.
The home will be completed next month
and It will be one of the finest in North
Alabama.
Mate’s Story Is Confirmed.
Mobile, December 6.—The investigation
Into the killing of Steward JeffrieB by
Capt. C. M. Morris, of the British Bark
Blrnam Wood, November 18, while en
route to Mobile and the subsequent suicide
of Captain Morris, has resulted in con
firming the mate’s story as heretofore
transmitted.
G9TH SESSION OF
THE METHODISTS
Large Attendance at the Con
ference in Greenville
BISHOP HENDRIX PRESIDES
Permanent Organization Is Effected by
Electing the Same Secretaries
and Assistants as Last
Year—Honor Roll.
Greenville, December 5.—(Special.)—The
sixty-ninth annual seSsison of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, convened
in this city yesterday at 9 o’clock. Bishop
Hendrix presided. The attendance is very
large, but the city is not taxed to enter
tain them.
After roll call a permanent organization i
was effected by the election of Dr. J. M.
Mason as secretary and Dr. A. J. Lamar,
W. P. Dickerson, George Fountaine, E.
S. Crawford, E. A. Dannaly, A. E. Bar
nett, C. H. Motley and M. M. Sweet as
assistants.
The conference will hold its business
sessions from 9 until 1 o’clock daily. The
afternoon will be devoted to committee
work. Preaching services will be held
daily at 3 and at 7 o’clock.
Various reports on the different church
work were made, and all show marked
improvement in every particular. This has
been a gTeat year for the church all
over the conference.
The roll of honor, as the superannuated
preachers are called, was called, and all
of them continued on the list for an
other year, viz: A. H. Mitchell, W. L
Powers. J. W. Shores, G. F. Ellis, S. H.
Cox, W. A. McCarty, B. D. Gayle. J. W,
Solloman, B. L. Bellman. M. M. Graham,
R. Smiley, W. H. Morris, D. J. Wright,
J. S. Williams, D. C. Standley, J. K.
Powell, G. F. Fisher, A. A. Hasley, D. D.
Reeves, J. O. Andrews, E. M. Turner
and W. H. P. Connerly. The following
were also added to the list: L. F. Cald
well and S. A. Pilley.
E. C. Moore, Thomas Mangum, C. C.
Daniel, E. O. Mayo, J. T. Eskford, J.
D. Byrd, W. H. Chambers, W. W.
Crymes were passed to the second year.
In answer to the eighth question: Whal
preachers are made deacons? the commit
tee reported and the conference passed
W. R. |!ickerstaff, A. W. Coleman, D.
R. Slaughter, Thomas G. Jones and Jo
seph E. Carter.
The following deacons for one year
were passed: W. B. Parrent, T. Reynolds
and Nell Gillis.
The following traveling preachers were
elected to elder's orders: J. W. Reinhart,
C. A. Williams, I. W. Calker and A. C.
Bowen.
The last-named gentleman left a short
time since for China, where he goes
as a missionary, and the bishop called
the attention of the conference to the
fact tPLiat he would need to be supported,
when a collection was taken up, amount
ing to a considerable amount, the mem
bers responding from $5 to $100 each, all
pledging the same amount yearly.
The Rev. J. S. Frazier of the publish
ing committee of the Alabama Christian
Advocate of Birmingham, read a paper
relative to the consolidation of that pa
per with the New Orleans Christian
Advocate. The report stated that no ac
tion had been taken in this direction, and
recommended that a committee be raised
to consider the matter.
To the question: That local preachers
are appointed to the order of deacons, J.
E. Bird and J. C. Mayo were reported
favorably and passed by the confer
ence.
Dr. J. W. Rush preached at 3 o'clock
this afternoon and A. L. Andrews this
evening at 7. Both gentlemen preached
to large congregations.
Kills Himself In Tree Top.
Detroit, Mich., December 5.—A special
to the Tribune from Holland, Mich., says:
Nelson Culver, during a fit of tempora
ry insanity, ran from his home at Ham
ilton and climbed to the top of a tall
tamarack tree. When he saw his friends
at the foot of the tree trying to rescue
him, he pulled a gun and blew his brains
out. His body dropped to the lower
limbs of the tree, about fifty feet from
the ground, and dangled there, while his
life blood ebbed away.
WHAT GOES UP
Must Come Down.
Nothing Is more certain than that the
use of so called tonics, stimulants and
medicines, which depend upon alcohol for
their effect, Is injurious to health in the
long run.
What goes up must come down and the
elevation of spirits, the temporary ex
hilaration resulting from a dose of medi
cine containing alcohol, will certainly be
followed In a few hours by a correspond
ing depression to relieve which another
dose must be taken.
In other words, many liquid patent
medicines derive their effect entirely from
the alcohol they contain.
Alcohol and medicines containing It are
temporary stimulants and not In any
sense a true tonic. In fact It Is doubt
ful If any medlelne or drug Is a real tonic.
A true tonic Is something which will
renew, replenish, build up the exhausted
nervous system and wasted tissues of the
body, something that will enrich the
blood and endow It with the proper pro
portions of red and white corpusoles,
whloh prevent or destroy disease germs.
This 1b what a real tonic should do and
no drug or alcohol stimulant will do it.
The only true tonic In nature Is whole
some food, thoroughly digested. Every
particle of nervous energy, every minute
muscle fibre and drop of blood Is created
dally from the food we digest.
The mere eating of food has little to do
with the repair of waste tissue but the
perfect digestion of the food eaten has
everything to do with It.
The reason so few people have perfect
digestion is because from wrong habits
of living Ae stomach has gradualy lost
the power to secrete the gastric juice,
peptones and acids In sufflclnet quantity.
To cure Indigestion and stomach trou
bles It Is necessary to take after meals
some harmless preparation which will
supply the natural peptone and diastase
which every weak stomach lacks, and
probably the best preparation of this
character is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
which may be found In every drug store
and which contain In pleasant palatable
form the wholesome peptones and dias
tase which nature requires for prompt
digestion.
One or two of these excellent tablets
taken after meals will prevent souring,
fermentation and acidity and Insure com
plete digestion and assimilation.
Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets are equally
valuable for little children as for adults,
as they contain nothing harmful or stim
ulating but only the natural digestives.
One of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest 1,800 grains of meat, eggs or other
wholesome food, and they are In every
sense a genuine tonic because they bring
about In the only natural way a restora
tive of nerve power, a building up of lost
tissue and appetite, in the only way It
can be done by the digestion and assixa
1 illation of wholesome food.
A STRONG LETTER TO DR. HALL
Stevenson,, Ala.. June 6. 13 1.
Dear Sir; I have been a great sufferer
from bladder trouble for two years and
my case was of a very serious nature
compelling me to have several painful
and dangerous operations. I have also
taken many different remedies; I taken
Swamp Root three years. Warner's
Sale cure two years, and they only gave
temporary relief.
After having two operations and pre
paring for the third, I saw your Texas
Wonder advertised, and purchased a bot
tle. And I got almost Immediate relief,
and have continued to Improve every
since.
My doctors said my bladder had grow
ed together In three places, and I was
suffering almost death. No man living
can say more than I can say for your
Texas Wonder. And I call It a World's
Wonder and I hope all who suffers will
give a trial.
Wishing you success, I am,
Yours Truly,
W. C. DANIEL.
Sold by all druggists. P. O. Box 629, BL
Louis. Mo.
MAY SELL TWO
LAND COMPANIES
REPORT THAT BIRMINGHAM AND
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS ARE TO
BUY SHEFFIELD'S LAND COM
PANIES AND REORGANIZE THEM
Sheffield, December 5.—(Special.)—A re
port has been current in Sheffield for
several days past to the effect that ne
gotiations are about concluded for the
sale of the two land companies in Shef
field.
These two companies represent about
two-thirds of the original landed property
embraced in the formation of Sheffield,
and have been for several years badly in
volved in debt.
T he report mentioned says the compan
ies are to be reorganized and that a
strong syndicate of Birmingham and New
York capitalists have agreed to buy the
property and place it once more in shape
to become an active agent in the develop
ment of Sheffield.
Col. N. F. Thompson of this city Is
named as having interested and formed
this syndicate, and there is generally ex
pressed belief ihat the report is correct.
Colonel Thompson Is absent from the
city at the present time and his confir
mation of the report cannot be obtained.
AGUINALDO NOT
INTELLIGENT MAN
IN OPINION OF CONGRESSMAN
WEEKS, WHO SAW HIM, HE IS
MORE CUNNING THAN INTELLI
GENT—FEELS INFERIORITY.
San Francisco. December 5.—Congress
man Edgar Weeks of Michigan, who ar
rived from Manila on the transport Han
cock, when asked about conditions In the
Philippines, replied:
"I saw Agutnaldo and spent half a day
with him. He is not an Intelligent man,
and I think he feels that he is Inferior
In Intellect to the Americans. He seemed
to me not clover, but cunning. The gen
eral opinion among the military men Is
that Agulnaldo should be allowed to es
cape. He Is a dead Issue, and Is no long
er a menace to the United States. It Is
supposed that he does not want to run
away os he would at once be assassin
ated by the friends of General Luna
whom he ordered to be killed.
"The new method of educating the na
tives as adopted by the government Is
wrong. Refined, handsome young ladies
from Vassar and other colleges went
down to the Philippines to educate these
natives. They have had to put up with
all kinds of privations and to eat na
tive food and In some places their lives
have been in danger. I think this entirely
unnecessary. In place of these young
ladles, discharged soldiers of education
who have become acclimated should be
appointed and the young ladies should
be sent home.
"The question of the Sultan of Sulu
and his harem is a very small matter
when you are confronted with the great
questions that are now Involved, The
Sultan lives In a dirty tumble-down house
and he may have several wives, but he
Is a very Insignificant individual. I do
not fear any trouble with him.”
GALVIN ACQUITTED.
• _.. —
Jury Out All Night—Returned a Vep.
diet of Not Guilty.
Columbus. Miss., December 5.—(Special.)
Joe P. Galvin, who has been on trial the
past week for the alleged murder of
Capt. W. B. Harris, was acquitted by the
Jury this morning.
The case was given to the Jury last
night at 6 o’clock. Nothing was heard
until this morning at 10 o'clock, when
they asked for the coat which Captain
Harris wore when shot; also for the pis
tol which Galvin claims Captain HarrlB
tried to shoot him with.
Galvin Is now In jail for protection.
From the courthouse to the jail he was
accompanied by eight deputies. Friends
of the deoeased Captain Harris are loud
ly denouncing the verdict. This ends a
case that has excited more interest than
any trial for years.
Cut Her Throat With Axe.
Macon, Ga., December 6.—Mrs. R. J.
Roland, aged 62, wife of a farmer living
near this city, was found in her yard
early today with her throat cut, an axe
having been used. Her husband and son
had gone to their work leaving her alone.
No clue has been found as to the mur
dei er.
Tonight a tramp named George Hans
ley was arrested on suspicion and Is now
held In Jail. He claims to hail from At
lanta.
Chief of Police Resign*.
Columbus, Ga., December 6.—Chief of
Police Wiley Williams of this city to
night tendered his resignation to the po
lice board to take effect December 16.
Chief Williams Is one of the four mem
bers of the board of directors of the
National Asosclatlon of chiefs of police of
the United States and Canada and Presi
dent of the Georgia Association chiefs
of police and sheriffs, and had only re
cently been re-elected for his ninth term
as chief of police of this city. He re
signs to enter other business.
Illustrate your advertisements. The
Age-Herald Engraving Co. makes
cuts. Both line cutB and half tones.
DON'T EMPLOY A COOK.
SAVE MONEY.
USE A GAS STOVE.
ARRESTS MT»
TWHEGROfS
Charged With Being Implicated
in Opp Killing
FEARS OF A BIG LYNCHING
Friends of the Two White Men Who
Were Killed May Attempt
Summary Jus
tice.
Andalusia, December 5.—(Special.)
Sheriff Bradshaw returned to Andalusia
at 12 o’clock today with twenty-two ne
groes who are accused of complicity in
the killing of J. W. Dorsey, a merchant,
and Fale Atkinson, city marshal at Opp
last evening.
The negroes brought in today were
chased with bloodhounds and captured
by the sheriff and his posse.
There is great excitement here and
fears are entertained that the friends of
the dead white men will attempt a whole
sale lynching. The sheriff landed the ne
groes safely in jail and has taken precau
| tions to resist the mob in case one is
formed.
J. W. Dorsey and Marshal Fale Atkin
son went to the turpentine quarters near
Opp yesterday evening to arrest a negro
who was accused of stealing a pistol
from a white man. The negro was bar
ricaded in his cabin and fired on the of
ficers as they approached. It developed
that the negro had about fifteen of his
fellow workmen In the house with him.
A general battle ensued In which Dorsey
was killed and Atkinson fatally wounded.
A white man named Fitzsimmons who
was with them was shot twice in the leg.
Two negroes were killed and several
others wounded. The names of these are
at present unknown.
j The attempt to capture the negroes at
that time was given up and Sheriff Brad
shaw was sent for. He left Andalusia
at once for Opp with deputies and dogs
and returned today with twenty-two ne
groes.
J. W. Dorsey, one of the white men
killed, was a prominent merchant of
Opp, a member of the council and treas
urer of the town.
CLOSES THE PORTS.
General Chaffee to Stop Supplies to
Insurgents.
Manila, December 5.—General Chaffee
has Issued orders for the closing of all
ports in Laguna and Batangas provinces.
The quartermasters there will cease pay
ing rents to the Filipinos for buildings
used for military purposes, as It is known
that a large proportion of the money
finds its way' to the insurgents in the way
of contributions, and General Chaffee in
tends that no more government funds
shall find their way into the hands of the
enemy. The reason for closing the ports
is that too many supplies are found to be
getting into the possession of the insur
gents.
General Chaffee Intends giving Bell,
commanding the troops In the Balangas
province, every assistance he may require
to subdue the Insurrection.
Governor Taft is Improving rapidly and
now expects to return to the United
States on the government transport
Grant, which will sail before Christmas.
PASSES THE HOUSE.
Atlanta May Have a New Union Sta
tion.
Atlanta, December 5.—The bill to erect
a union railroad station on the state of
Georgia’s property In Atlanta, passed the
House of Representatives late this after
noon hy a vote of 107 to 65.
The bill provides for a commission of
nine to be headed by the governor of
Georgia and consisting of four members
each from the house and Senate to be
chosen by the speakers of those bodies.
This commission will receive bids and in
spect plans for he erection of the depot,
and advertise the project in the newspa
pers of New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. One half of a million dollars
of the state’s money Is made available
for the project on January 1. 1903. but the
commission Is empowered to proceed with
the work as soon as the bill shall have
passed the Senate which is expected by
next Tuesday.
SUES FOK $100,000 DAMAGES.
SiosG-Sheffield Company Accused of
Breaking Contract.
Florence, December 6.—(Special.)—The
United States Iron Company has brought
suit against the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and
Iron Company for *100,000 on an ore con
tract. The suit was filed In this city, but
has been transferred to New Jersey, as
the Sloss-Sheffleld Company Is incorpor
ated under the laws of that State.
Messrs. J. C. McGlanaha and W. L.
Granberry of Nashville are In the city
taking depositions in the suit, which will
be tried December 15. The suit was
brought to recover damages for the al
leged failure of the Sloss-Sheffleld Com
pany to take ore under a contract with
the United States Iron Company.
The Wandering Shade.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
I was wandering down a pleasant street,
when suddenly I came to a place where
many people wer e gathered, shouting and
In great excitement. Also there were
several strange engines with smoke com
ing from their tops, and men in black
armor and helmets rushing to and fro,
while other knights In blue beat back the
multitude.
Now there was smoke coming from an
upstairs window, ar.d 1 wist that it must
be a fire.
But what interested me moat was a long
snakelike tube which the struggling
knights tore from one of the vehicles and
rar. with tow:rrd the Are.
“By Hector and Gee-Whiz!" quoth I.
"but the spirit moveth me to see what
strange modern contrivance this is!"
S I went forward, took up the end of
the tube and squinted therein.
Alas! Even as I did so, I neard one of
the black knights sheut:
“Let ’er go!"
There was something doing. Yea, verily,
There was the swlshy rush of waterspout,
and when I came to myself • found I had
faded away, and that I was Buffering
from water on my ghostly brain.
By my halidcm! Methlnks the devil
himself would not be safe in the world
at this date.
For a;ack! Things have nu»de a long
hike since the days of — «-i„
Round Table.
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For Christmas Cigars.
. 2.00 up for 25.
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