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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
ET,EcTRrcrpy vs STEAM

John Brlsben Walker, editor of the Cosmopolitan, predicts that the Denver and Rio Grande railway will be the first of the great railway systems to be con- verted from the old ways of steam to the new world of electricity. He says: What are the obstacles in the way of using this new motive power, the en- gineers of the road alone understand. But I doubt if there are others than those incidental to the additional capi- tai which a change would involve for new machinery" It seems from this statement that Mir Walker regards the application of electricity to railroads as having passed beyond the experimental stage. He is right. The successful oper- ation of electric motors has become fa- miliar to all. The only obstacle in the way of their universal application to all railways is the lack of capital; but cap ital will seek this investment eagerly just as soon as the commotion stirred up in the financial waters subsidies.
 No doubt the first railroads to adopt electricity will be those running through the coal fields, for cheap coal in gener- ating electricity will be quite consider
 
 roads traversing the Birmingham dis trict to be among the first to take this progressive step. With a change from steam to electricity will come the de- mand for new rails, new machinery, and various improved appliances, thus giv- ing work to many thousands of men, and inaugurating an era of prosperity such as was seen when so many steam railroads were being constructed.
 Electric railroads possess a number of advantages over steam railroads The matter of grades is of very slight consid- eration on electric railroads. The steam railroads have been forced to adopt overcome steep grades and have effected considerable economy in this way. But these heavy loco motives are very trying on the rails and wear them out in few months. Not many years ago a thirty-five pound rail was considered heavy enough and was expected to last for fifty years. Now the life of the heaviest steel rails is measured by months instead of years.
 An international railroad congress will soon be held in London, and America will have several of it's leading railroad men there as representatives. No doubt this question of the substitution of electric subject to come up, and if it is decided to apply electricity then the world will witness a revolution in railroads.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
GADSDEN.
The Commercial Club Doing Good Work.
 Some Live Industrial Notes.

Gadsden, May 25.-(Special Corre- spondence.)-The Commercial club of this city is proving power for good in the developing of Gadsden and her sur roundings At the meeting held here day or so since it was decided to push the work of raising Etowahs assess ment to the Alabama exhibit fund, and the matter was placed in charge of Pres ident s. w. Riddle. It is safe to say that he willNget together a strong com mittee to aid him and make success of the undertaking. At the same meeting Mr. Peter Wagnon of Ball Play submit ted a proposition to the club relative to a new boat for the Coosa river trade. He proposed to furnish $2500 toward building a $5000 boat, same to ply the waters between Rome, Ga., and River side. this state. Messrs. w. R. Phillips, c. M. Baugh and W. P. Lay of the Com mercial club were appointed a committee to investigate the proposition. This boat if built will be of great importance to the Queen City of the Coosa.
 Matters industrially are of a brighter hue, and every industry is on the inn proving line. The Elliott Car works, 1t is currently reported, are adding to their already large force of employees, and are pushing an order for 800 cars recently secured All of the sawmills are work ing overtime on account of heavy or ders for material
 It is whispered around that one of the furnace plants will soon go into blast. and if so, will add greatly to the pay rolls of the citys industries. The same authority also gives it out that if iron continues to advance in price both fur naces will be put in operation.
 MT. Ally Haygood of Birmingham has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. J. NJ. Bev- ans, in this city.
 Gadsden Is soon to have another in- dustry in the shape of a bottling works. H. A. DeBlieux of Dayton, Tenn, will remove his plant from that place to Gadsden in short time
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hot sunshine. The bridge at this place had been injured last year by having a pillar destroyed by dynamiters, and the authorities are now watching for the miscreants and If caught they will be summarily dealt with.
 The mountains around Huntsville abound in fine cedar timber and 1t is now being cut and hauled to the city daily for manufacturing purposes. Yes terday a stick of cedar measuring 24 inches in diameter at the smallest end was seen on a wagon by your corre- spondent.
 The Baptist Sunday school of this city will run an excursion to Chattanooga on the 30th. This being Decoration Day it is thought a great many will avail them selves of the opportunity of visiting the national cemetery there.
 Huntsville has been enjoying the pres ence of a number of prospectors from Indiana and Ohio the past few days. They express themselves as being pleased with the surrounding country.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
ALABAMA.
DEMOPOLIS.
Rev. J. D. A. Brown Breaches an Able Com
 n1anna.-nnt Sa1.rn OIL


 mencenent Sermon.
 Demopolis May 26-(Speeial Corre- spondence.) )-There were no services at any of the churches today. all having given way to the commencement exer- cises of the Marengo Military academy, the commencement sermon of which was preached today at the opera house be- fore a large congregation by the Rev. Dr. J. D. A Brown of the Presbyterian church of Eutaw. who chose as his text the goth verse of the goth chapter of Proverbs: "The glory of young men is their strength, also part of the 1dth verse of the l chapter of the First Epis- tie of St. John: T have written to you, young men, because ye are strong. Upon this text the minister proceeded to deliver one of the strongest and best applied sermons it has ever been our fortune to listen to. He did not make the mistake of shooting above the heads of the part of the congregation to whom he was expected to preach, which same is a most general error of preachers on these occasions. He impressed upon the young men the importance of the strength which God had given them when employed in the service for which He intended it, showing that the pecu- liar excellence of young men is their strength as that of childhood is trust and that of old age experience.
 He drew a strong picture of the prop
  pany the Christian character saying that manly courage was one of the most essential qualities in that character, and that effemnacy was no more to be borne in men than was roughness in women, each having it's path in life separately and clearly marked and in each both could do good work for the Master; but it was never intended for the charac- ters to interchange any more than the lamb and the lion or the eagle and the moth. He emphasized the importance of active. aggressive work just at this period of their lives when their strength is at it's zenith, and also the effect of their lives on others, saying that it would be as far-reaching and as lasting as eternity itself.
 He then went on to the necessity of self-eontrol, quoting Jeremy Taylor. who called 1t 'Reason's girdle and passions bridle," but said that he would not have them think that he meant for them to give up all the pleasures of youth on the contrary, he wanted them to enter heartily into all the innocent pleasures they could find, and enjoy them to the utmost, for religion does not mean abne- gation of nature, but rather purifcation of it.
 With q closing plea to them that they
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
The Sound Money Platform.

New York World: The platform of the convention at Memphis gives a def1nl- tion of sound money, which differs in no essential respect from that furnished Tn the Worlds editorial yIsterday. It states clearly and convincingly the req sons why American citizens. rich and poor, employers and employed, inves- tors, merchants, manufacturers and the great toiling masses, should stand firmly for sound money.
 Bimetallism is desirable, and the Mem phis platform so declares But bimetal- lism, as the platform also shows, nQ- where exists in fact. and cannot exisA anywhere except by international agree ment.
 There is no country in the world which is not on a basis either of gold or of silver. and there is no silver basis country in the world which is enlight- ened and progressive, and not one, to quote the platform, where the wages of labor are sufficient to sustain the working classes in comfort and inde- pendence."
 We are at present and have been for many years on a gold basis. A basis of bimetallism without international agree ment is impossible. We have but one choice. We must maintain the gold standard or we must change to a silver standard.
 This convention has bravely faced an issue which it has been the custom of politicians to shirk. It appeals to the intelligence of the people, It points out dangers that are universally menacing. Above all else it shows clearly that while no class of citizens could escape the calamitous consequences of a delib- crate lapse from sound to unsound money, the worst results of such a blum der would fall upon those who toll for their daily bread-the farmer, the la borer, the mill hand, the small trader, the clerk and the wage-earner of every name and kind.
 The sound money men do not propose to diminish by dollar the silver now in circulation or to take from 1t any of It's legal tender power. They propose in- stead to increase the coinage as fast as the demand for it shall appear and to the demand for it shall appear and to stimulate that demand by the withdrawal of all circulating notes of less denomination than $10. They have no thought of discredit- ing any of the money we have. Their sole purpose is to keep all of it upon a sound basis, so that every dollar of it shall buy 100 cents worth of goods at all times and in all places.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

Methodist church. Prior to the exercises the church was beautifully decorated with choice flowers.
 At exactly 10:30 o'clock a. m. the children's exercises began. under the ex- cellent supervision of Col. R. H. Smith of this place, who is superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school here. Col onel Smith is a very intelligent gentle man and knows just how to train chil- dren.
 The children acquitted themselves real nicely. The recitations were just splen- did. The presentation of the banners by R. M Crump was very impressive. After the childrens exercises were over Rev MT. Lester, pastor of the Metho- dist church, delivered a short address on the great importance of attending church and Sabbath school, holding his audience captive as never before for quite a while.
 Mrs. Dr. H. P. McWhorter of this place is quite sick with pneumonia.
 Lemmie, little son of l.. s. Nicholson, is very sick with whooping cough.
 The heaviest rain of the season fell here yesterday afternoon. Everything was flooded with water.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
Abraham Was for Honest Money.

The Newport Herald says: Some body has discovered that the Bible fa- vors bimetallism. Genesis, xxiii chap ter, 18th verse, reads as follows And Abraham weighed to Ephraim the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, 400 shekels of silver, current money with the merchant Elizabeth Cady Stanton says of this in the Woman's Tribune: If our bimetal- lists in the halls of legislation were more conversant with sacred history, they might get fresh inspiration from the views of the patriarchs on good money Elizabeth Cady Stanton is not close reader of the pentateuch, or she would have observed that it distinctly says that Abraham weighed to Ephriam the silver-he did not count it. As a matter of fact, silver at that time was worth, as expressed in United States money, a little more than $1 an ounce. Yes, silver was good money then, by weight"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
A Chinaman's Ideal Wife.

The Chinamen of Australia, when they take notion to marry, write to a matri- monia1 agent in Hong Kong something as follows: T want a wife. She must must not have left her fathers house. She must also have never read a book and her lashes must be E inch in length. Her teeth must be as sparkling as the pearls of Ceylon. Her brIGth must be like unto the scents of the magnificent odorous groves of Java, and her attire must be from the silken weaves of Ka-al-Ching. which are on the banks of the greatest river in the world, the over flowing Yang-tse-Kiang."
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
WOMAN AND THE WHEEL.
The Opinion Growing That Cycling Is Mod-
 est and HealthfuI

The Opinion Growing That Cycling Is Mod
 est and HealthfuI.
 From the Philadelphia Press Slowly but surely all women are coming around to the fact that wheeling" is not only modest, but the very correct and health full thing to do.
 Those very women. who threw their hands up in an agony of horror at the mere suggestion of bestriding a machine now say sweetly to each friend: And how is your suit to be made dear?"
 The schools for learning. to mount and guide a wheel in Philadelphia are not so large and prosperous as those of New York, Chicago and Washington, but just give them time. A number of women are learning here. and accom- plishing good results. The lessons are inexpensive and satisfactory.
 The wheeling academies find it difficult to secure sufficient competent instruct ors to accommodate the host of women and children who are hourly asking for admittance. Many schools employ twenty male teachers, and continue their lesson hours from a. m. until 10 D. m., and yet they complain that they can't pretend to handle the scholars.
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would always walk in that path which was filled with every blessing and which led straight to the eternal throne of God, he ended one of the most forceful sermons that has ever been delivered in Demopolis. He will conduct services al the Presbyterian church tonight.
 Your correspondent saw a novel sight this morning as he came up the street In one of he leading drug stores, Dr. Smiths he saw a number of our young men, with their left arms barred, lined up at the counter and looking exactly like the picture of the bi-chloride of gold patients at Dwight, III. They had just been vaccinated.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age-Herald has fitted up neat reading room adjoining it's business office. where daily papers from all east ern. southern, western and northern and information of the public. Papers from the following cities can always be found there: Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Charles ton, Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Gin cinnati, Louisville, St. Louis. Nashville, Chattanooga. Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, Houston, Dallas and many other cities not named.
 Citizens of either of the cities above named or any party desiring to read are welcome to call at any and all times, night or day, as the reading room will always be open.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
SPRINGVILLE
A Change Of Programme at Spring Lake
 College Commencement.

College Commencement.
 Springville, May 27-(Special Core spondence) lowing to a variance in the schedules of Rev. J. B. Gregory and the railroads, that gentleman failed to preach our commencement sermon as announced. The pulpit in the morning was ably filled by Dr. s. l.. Russell, and at night by Rev. MT. Walston, with a most eloquent and practical sermon. Dr. Russell took for his text the follow ing from Luke, xii, 15: For a mans life consistent not in the abundance of the things he possesseth." The house was full and the sermon was strong.
 The united societies will hold their an- nual exercises tonight. Col. w. c. Ward will deliver the annual address tomorrow Tomorrow night will be devoted to elo- cution and music, and Wednesday night will be held the annual concert.
 Miss Otis Greene is visiting her cousin Miss Alice Woodall.
 Miss Minnie Woodall returned home from Ashville yesterday where she has been teaching in the Ashville high school.
 Mir Will Byers of Ashville is in attend ance at the commencement of the Spring Lake college.
 Miss Hattie McArthur of Bessemer is expected in the city today to visit Miss Mclaughlin.
 Such bevy of beautiful young ladies have never before honored our com mencement with their presence.
 Misses Annie Williams and Emma Wood of Collinsville are visiting Mrs G. Nj. Truss.
 MT A. w. Woodall made a flying trip to Birmingham last week.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
An Honor to His Race.

The Clayton Courier, speaking of a negro in that county. says: One of the most thrifty and independent farmers in Barbour county is Joe CapeIs, colored. who lives on and cultivates the farm of Mir. N. K. Stephens few miles west of Louisville. He has been on the farm he is now on for nineteen years and is well equipped with implements and stock for the successful management of his agricultural operations. He has but little to do with politics, and is a leader in morals industry and economy among his people.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
BOILER MAKING.
truth.

There is very stringent law in this State in regard to the construction of boilers. It allows the boiler maker to bore a small hole for the rivets with ma chinery, but the hole must then be cut larger by hand. This entails a large additional expense. The law makers ev- idently thought that the boring of the holes by machinery weakened the plate around the hole, thus making the boiler unsafe. A scientiis gentleman informs us that this is all a mistake-that the boring of the whole by machinery does not weaken the tensile strength of the sheet. In Pennsylvania and other States, where large number of boilers are made, there is no such law on the statute books and the boilers are made entirely by machinery. This gives the boiler mak- CTS in those States a decided advantage in the matter of economy over the Ala bama boiler makers. The making of boilers is fast becoming one of Birming- hams most important industries, and if our boiler makers were not handicapped by this law they could enlarge their works and spread out into new terri tory.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

w H. Harvey. author of Coin, claims to be a descendant of the Harvey who discovered the circulation of the blood. Unfortunately the present Harvey does not profit by the discovery of his great ancestor. If his financial theories were put into effect the circulating medium of the body polite would be clogged and congested Before Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood everybody thought it remained stationary in the heart and veins. And that would be the case with debased curreney-it would remain stationary in the pocket of the man who happened to get it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
'BRUNDIDGE.
Enterprising Farmers Find Profit in Rais-
 ing Hogs.

Brundige. May 25.-tSpecial Corre- spondence.)-Mr. W. E. Henderson, one of the livest farmers in this district, has demonstrated the fact that there is money in hog raising. This week he shipped 1000 pounds of home raised meat to Montgomery firm, and the best of it is, he has more of the same kind of product to sell, all of which was raised at good profit.
 Carroll & Andrews also shipped 1000 pounds of meat to Montgomery this week, which was purchased by them from farmers in the county.
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a fine of S2 for the first of fense and $5 for the second This may be a good law, but it does not sound American. and is rather harsh Many a poor man or woman cannot earn bread and clothing for their children. The State should go further and s1nn1v these
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

Pennsylvania has at last compulsory education law. The child is required to, attend school four months each year from the time he is years old until he is 13, and the penalty upon the parent for failing to send the child to school is
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
HUNTSVILLE.
Wholesale Slaughter of Fish by Use of by
 namite--Valuable Piece of Cedar.

Huntsville. May 26.-(Special Core spondence) )-News reached the city yes terday that some miscreant had been using dynamite in the creek at Bell fac tory for the purpose, 1t seemed, of kill ing fish. The gentleman reporting the occurrence said that the water above the mill at the bridge was literally covered with fish, which were decaying in the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
JASPER,
Congressman Bankhead Makes Free-silver
 Speech.

Jasper, May 26.-(Special Correspond ence.) .)-Hon. J. H. Bankhead addressed a large and attentive audience here last night at the court house in the interest of free silver. His points were clear and incisive. making, no doubt, many con- verts. The sentiment of the people here has been considerably divided on the subject.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

are many strong party men among them. but his kind helps swell the number and what he says in regard to the effect on the Democratic party smacks largely of truth
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RgThe present management Of the AGE-H E BALD has no claim against advertisers or SubScrib- CTS prior to February 11th, 1S96. Under decree of court accounts up to that date have been sold and transferred, hence cancelled as between the debtor and this paper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

is about 9S years old, lives twelve miles from this station and drives in town quite often for so elderly a gentleman. He is quite spry for his age and has as magnificent a mind as one would care to meet
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28
COLD WEATHER

Wards coal yard Is prepared to furnish you with Carbon Hill or Galloway coal on short notice. Buy your coal from them once and you will have reason to become q regular customer. Supply of stove and kindling wood on hand. Telephone 4S7.
 11-29tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

A rather neat oratorical flight was that of MT. Depews on the occasion of the presentation of the Huntington DOT trait of Cyrus W. Field and his Atlantic cable coadjutors to the New York Cham Der of Commerce. When in Genoa year ago." said he, Hooking at that splendid statue of Columbus, which is it's chief monument. I noticed upon the base this inscription: There was one world; let there be two, and there were two. After four centuries Mir. Field came with his cable and said: There are two worlds; let there be one, and there was one MT. Depew well says there is but one world. Eevery nation is closely bound up in the welfare of every other nation. It then behooves every nation to conduct itself honestly and honorably. A nation cannot afford to do mean thing. century ago this country repudiated it's foreign debt. Ii had a debased colonial currency. It was then cut off from the world. It could not afford to do such things now.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

Not 10 per cent of the daily transac- tions of the banks and trust companies of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal timore Chicago and St. Louis are set tied in actual money More than 90 per cent is made up of cheeks and drafts
 While the money of the United States is under $2, ,000, ,000, 000 it takes nine times that or $l8,000. .000 900 to cover the vast amounts involved in the commerce of the nation. There is an abundance of money for all business purposes. The greatest trouble is that it is not equally divided. and so it would be with the free coinage of silver at Is to l. T
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

The wires inform us that Professor Langley made a test of his flying ma7 chine at Washington. and that 1t was a success. The energetic management of the Atlanta Exposition will no doubt get him to give an exhibition for the ben-i eft of the visitors who have never seen 8 flying machine.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

Strong nerves depend upon pure. rich red blood. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the only true blood purifier.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-28

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