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Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-22
woMAN At WORK.


A census bulletin recently issued. Civ
ing the statistics of occupations in the
United States. presents some interesting
revelations as to the extent of woman
employment in callings generally re-
garded as masculine voeations. The
tables disclose the fact that many
women work IN mines and quarries, and
find employment as civil. mechanical
and electrical engineers. auctioneers,
draymen. hackmen and Transfers. hos
tiers, livery stable keepers, locomotive
engineers, pilots. sailors. blacksmiths,
carpenters. painters and plumbers. The
clock and watch making industry is a
calling to which women are well adapt
ed. and there were nearly 5000 women
engaged in it in 1890, chiefly in the great
matchmaking factories. There are
women harness makers, iron and steel
workers. marble cutters, brick and stone
maSons and paper hangers. They are
represented among the roofers and
skaters. the ship and boat builders and
the stove makers. In fact, women are
represented in all of the 200 callings
enuperated in the census classiflcations,
except the army and navy service, and
of all the persons over 10 years old in
gainful occupations 17.22 per cent are
women.
The professions offer an inviting field
to them. AS teachers they outnumber
the men two to one. They outrank the
latter as musicians in point of numbers,
and as artists and actors thy are very
numerously represented. Men and wo-
men artists are about equal in number.
n Id
preachers and $500 as physicians At
that time there were over 800 women
dentists, geo lawyers and nearly 900 jour
nalists.
Over 100000 women were employed in
agricultural labor and the oversight of
farms. In the Southern States the negro
women have always been engaged in
such work, so that the figures as to this
calling are not significant as indicating
anything novel in woman's employment
in these days. There are thousands of
women thus employed in the Northern
States. In the German counties of Penn
sylvania it has long been the custom of
the women to assist in the lighter forms
of farm work, and during the harvest
season they may be seen diligently en-
gagged in the fields of almost every farm.
AS usually pursued in these localities
the employment is heathful and invigor-
ating and preferable to many of the Sc
dentary occupations to which women de-
vote themselves.
One-seventh of all those in gainful oc-
equations in this country in 1890 and one
fifth of those in manufacturing and me-
chanical industries were women From
this it may be seen how far they had adj
vaneed in securing opportunities as wage
earners at the beginning of the present
decade.
Referring to these facts the Philadel-
phia Ledger expresses the opinion that
with the increase of womens colleges
there will be a greater invasion of the
professions. Half of the professional
service was performed by women when
the last census was taken. and the
figures of the next census will be still
more surprising. The rough work of the
world will continue to be performed by
men, but very much of it's professional
and much of it's lighter and delicate me-
chanical is to be done by women.
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THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age-Herald has fitted up neat
reading room adjoining its business
office, where daily papers from all east
ern southern, western and northern
points will be kept on file for the benefit
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.
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HOW About Your Summer Trip9

Tickets are now on sale to all regularly
authorized summer resorts and watering
places at greatly reduced rates via the
Southern railway. As a specially con-
venient point to while away few days,
we suggest Cumberland and st. Simon s
islands. Train leaves Birmingham at 2:55
p. m. and arrives at Brunswick at a. m.
the next morning, making direct connec-
ton with steamboats, to and from Cum
berland island and ST. Simon's island,
I'll trains carrying Pullman buffet sleep
ing cars. ~.
For detailed information and general
Hst of resorts in Georgia, Virginia and
the Carolinas, confer with
4 l.. A. SHIPMAN. T. P. A.,
2201 First Avenue Birmingham
Telephone No. 1866. iun2-a0t
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railroads to make reduced rates into the
city on account of the celebration. At
noon the grand parade will take place,
after which the public will adjourn to
East Lake. where the following pro-
gramme will be executed:
Bicycle race, half mile. Prize, bicycle
sweater.
Tub race. Prize. $3.50.
Half mile foot race. Prize, fine pair
shoes.
Baseball game. Prize, box cigars.
Fat mans 100 yard race, 225 pounds
and over Prize, half dozen linen hand
kerchiefs
Merchants foot race, 100 yards. Prize
walking cane.
Tug of war between Greeks and French
Prize, one box cigars.
Greasy pig Prize, one pig.
Clerks foot race. 100 yards. Prize,
Clerks Benevolent and Protective Assoc
citation pin.
p. m.-Oration by prominent speak
er Ito be arranged.
Grand concert at s o'clock by Chace's
band.
Grand display of fireworks at o'clock
p. IN.
Aerial salute of six pieces of two
pound bomb rockets.
Grand illumination of grounds by
twelve pieces of Bengolas surmounted
by batteries of Roman candles
Discharge of four pieces of sanisson
Grand set-piece, Tree of Liberty"
Balloon with firework attachments.
Display of six pieces of Amori bat
teries.
niagara Falls" S5 feet high.
Discharge of six pieces of chain rock
cts.
Two pieces of flying pigeons.
Discharge of twelve pieces of 12-inch
variegation bomb shells.
Set pieces, "1slfin Waltz"
Two pieces of electric sprcader bat
teries.
Three pieces eight-pound telescope
rockets
Set pieces, Clerks Benevolent and
Protective Association"
Two dozen two-pound. extra size rock
cts
Two pieces golden streamer rockets.
Flight of bouquet of 100 colored rock
cts
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ALABAMA.
aApsnEN.
General and PersonalvNotes in and Around
the Queen City.


Gadsden, June 21.-(Special Core
sDondence.)-A. Lyon of Marshall county
has shipped a car load of fine peaches to
a commission firm in Chicago. This is
the first shipment of the kind ever made
from this section
A company from Boston, who are put
ting in a plant at Columbus City. Mar
shall county, for the manufactured cleo
trio appliances. have on foot now
scheme to build a single track, elevated
electric railway from Guntersville TO
Scottsboro. This same company expects
to purchase the property of the columbus
City Land and Improvement company,
which is to be sold at chancery sale IN a
few weeks.
Dan Jarrett of Marshall county, ar
rested on a charge of Illicit distlling, has
been discharged, there being no evidence
against him.
daughters of Rev w. H. Richardson,
have returned home from Bellewood
seminary, at Anchorage, Ky.
Gadsden will be well represented at
the National Epworth league conven-
ton in Chattanooga, as some twenty-five
delegates from the local order here will
attend.
While George W. Clark of Marshall
county was out driving one day this
week his horse ran away and throwing
him out he was badly bruised up.
Miss DOVie Reed or DekdlD county
was thrown by an unrlly horse and one
ankle broken and the other badly
sprained last Wednesday,.
The Etna Iron works at Tecumseh,
Cherokee county, has let the contract for
another large steam ore masher When
complete it will employ 200 men and ship
800 tons of mashed ore per day.
A slick swindling game was success
fully carried out in this city this week.
A man giving his name as A. Reed sue
ceeded in getting the good graces OF
John Burel honoring $575 in money and
a gold watch and then skipped Reed
claimed to be section foreman on the
Alabama Great Southern and promised
to give Burel a job. Burel will offer
reward for the arrest of the slick scoun-
drel.
w. p. White of Alfalfa gave notice
that he will make application to Gov
ernor Oates for pardon of his son, Wal
lace White, who was convicted for as
sault with intent to murder.
pleasant german was given at the
Knight of Pythias hall Monday night,
and was participated in by about fifteen
couples. and a most delightful time was
hads until / o'clock.
7. Il. Guin visited Rome, Ga. this
week on business in connection with
Rome's big factory.
Sam Bloch has returned to Alberts-
vile.
Rev. u. A. Parker, presiding elder of
the Guntersvile district, was in the city
this week.
Col. L. l.. Herzberg and M. D Sibert
are taking in the commencement at the
university al Tuscaloosa this week
w. Ohio Beal of the Birmingham
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claims to be SO embarrassed that It can
not at present, meet the interest. 1t
It is a pity that better financing was not
done in this Southern Industrial center
The town or State that is unwilling on
unable to pay its just debts must bear
tainted name for a generation; and
its impairment of credit will cost it in
the long run many times the self-denial
the meeting of its obligations would have
required. Capital does not stop to in.
quire into causes and ascertain reasons
for the action of debtors It will take
good many years yet for Virginia to re-
cover from the efforts of the readjusters,
whatever her grounds for reputation
may have been. Birmingham iron in
dustries are flourishing once more, and as
a representative manufacturing city she
owes it not only to herself and Alabama,
but also to the whole South. to make as
honorable and prompt a settlement of
her debts as lies within her power. And
she ought to stop at no sacrifice in dis
charging her just obligations.
The above from the Louisville Courier
Journal does Birmingham an injustice.
No efforts have been made to have the
eitys debt repudiated. Birmingham is
merely suffering from the hard times.
but is now on the road to recovery. All
that the Courier-Journal says about the
faint of Reputation is true. Neither
city, nor a State, nor a nation, can afford
to repudiate it's debts. Birmingham is
handicapped by low tax rate, and thua
suffers in comparison with other cities.
But she must and viii save her credit.
Colonel Watterson says there is close
connection between "moneyand morals,
and so there is. The moral effect OF re-
pudiation is greater in nation than in
a State or city.
III fares that land to fastening ills prey,
Where demagogues declaim ana dollars oe-
cav.
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woRKMEN AND WAGES.

Better wages are paid in the West than
in other sections of the country but
other advantages are not equal. In the
early days of gold mining in California
walters in the hotels were paid IS day
in gold, but they didn't save anything,
for everything else was high in proper
ton. The farmers of this country num-
Der 100000. Each one has an average
of five persons dependent on him. So
that there are 2o,O00,OOO people de-
pendent on agriculture. The far
mers largely outnumber any other
class. In 1880 the iron and
steel workers numbered ia, 500; miners of
all kinds, 234,225; merchants, 4S1, 476;
printers 72,726; carpenters, S73,143. The
foreign element is most numerous among
the iron and steel workers.
Only IS per cent of native Americans
resort to mining as means of livelihood;
nearly one-half of the British immi-
grants find employment in the mines: of
the Canadians nearly "A per cent are so
employed.
In 1880 only 8 per cent of the popula-
ton in Mississippi was, engaged in manu-
features, while Arkansas had but per
cent; South Carolina, Alabama and
Texas, per cent; North Carolina and
Georgia, per cent.
The cotton raising States show an ex-
cess of wage earners over the average
this being due to the fact that in these
States the women and children of the
colored people work in the fields and
thus raise the general average.
OF the total American population born
of native parents 80 per cent were earn
ing wages when the tenth census was
taken. The proportion of bread winners
among our immigrants is larger than
among the native population.
The most numerous of the professional
classes in our country when the tenth
census was taken was that engaged in
education. There were 227710 peda-
gogues who taught the young American
idea how to shoot in the most approved
fashion
The number of blacksmiths in this
country when the tenth census was
taken was 172,726, under this designation
being comprised not only those who
shod horses, but a great variety of ma
chinists who classed themselves among
the knights of the forge.
In the States South of Mason and Dix
on's line, according to the tenth census.
the persons engaged in agriculture con-
stituted more than one-half of the total
number of wage earners. The same
statement is true also of the Northwest
ern agricultural States.
New England has a greater proper
ton of wage earners than any other sec
ton of the country, in Rhode Island the
proportion reaching AZ per cent. or nearly
one-ha1f of the entire population. This
remarkable state of things is due to the
employment of women and children in
the mills.
The wages of any class of employees in
this country is greater than that of the
corresponding class in any country in
Europe, and it is probable. although this
fact is denied by some, that the pur-
chasing power of the wages is also
greater.
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HEFLIN.

All Hope ofthe School Lost-Merchants and
Others Putting in Improvements.
Hefiin, June 2l.-(Speeial Correspond
ence.)-The people in this section feel that
the death knell has sounded as to the
prospects of the industrial school being
located anywhere but at Tuscaloosa
Admission was all the place that made any
bid that could have given our section
the benefit. Man is only mortal, and in
ference goes to make impression. This
week the trustees of the Girls Industrial
school go TO Tuscaloosa. Some of them
are trustees of the State university. Two
very significant birds could be hit with
the same stcne by deferring the visit to
Tuscaloosa. Today the best people of
the state will be gathered at Alabama's
the capital and the full bloom of the uni
versity, the company. the music and
numerous other grand entertaining ar
rangements win go far toward
making Tuscaloosa the favored point.
AS rule those advantages which
the state proposes to give her
c''ii@ran are not kent before the re-"
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lucky is considered the stronghold of the
free silver men in the South. The free
silver leaders in Kentucky are among
the most eloquent and plausible in the
South. They have moved Heaven and
earth to carry their cause. If the sound
money men win a victory it will be
great honor for Secretary Carlisle. He
rallied the honest money forces when
they were on the run. and turned defeat
into victoory
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want every man and woman in the
United States Interested ia the opium and
whisky habits to have ons OF my books on
these diseases. Address b. III. WOoLLEY,
Atlanta, Ga. j, Box $50, and one will be sent
Won free cc27 sat-1V
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A FINE PROGRAMME

Mapped for the Fourth by the Clerks Be-
nevolent and Protective Association.
The Clerks Benevolent and Protective
association has about competed all of
the arrangements for their Fourth of
July celebration. They propose to make
a gala day of it, and have gotten the
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BIRMINGHAM AGE- HERALD.
FRANK P. 0'BRlEN, Editor and Proprietor.
AGE, y oI. q tAeE-HEEAID. Vol. 7

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HAYNEvILLE.
Masonic Lodge Organized-Officef Named.
Crops Damaged by Rain.

Crops Damaged by RAIN
Hayneville, June 20.-(Special Corre-
spondence. III. G. Tompklns Lodge NO.
545, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
was organized here last Monday py
Grand Secretary H. c. Armstrong the
following officers were duly installed:
III. Nj. Caffey, w. M; w. M. Garrett, Jr.,
S. w: d. X. Middleton, j. W.. C. w.
Garrett, secretary; w. e. Haynes, treas
urer; T. D. Stallings, S. W.; e. ii. Prltch-
EFT. j. W. The lodge starts out under
exceedingly favorable auspices anu
Colonel Armstrong says that there is no
reason why it should not rank among
the brightest in the state.
The crops are being considerably
damaged by excessive rainfall, especial
" of the fine lands lying on Big Swamp
creek. There has been two regular
spring freshets within the past ten days.
which will necessitate the replanting OF
hundreds of acres of fertile iand III corn
as it is too late TO replant coltoh'
Tho Way of the Transgressor.-Th
Cherokee Sentinel prints the folloWing'
Rev Henry Wright, a Methodist preacn-
er, who was arrested about ten Gays
ago near cav Spring, Ca, charged With
stealing some books and an organ OUT
of the church house at Round Mountain,
was brought before his honor, Judge
Savage. last week and plead guilty to
the charges. He was fined $40 in one
case and 500 in the other. The way OF
the transgressor is hard, though it be
reputed preacher.
Tapped His Grip.-Says the Admission
Hot Blast: sgd Trap had something
over $50 in silver extracted from his grip
Yesterday afternoon on an Alabama Min
eral freight train, somewhere between
Wewoka and this city. The money was
tied up in a handkerchief and placed in
the bottom of the grip, under his coat
and other articles. In his coat pocket
were the collections for Trap. Tyler IL
Co.. for several days, in bills, checks, ETC.,
but they were not moleSted. On the car
were two or three passengers besides
himself and he was in and out of the car
several times. The grip was not locked.
but he thought he would be near enough
to it all the time to prevent robbery
There is no clue to the guilty person
Florence Takes Proper Steps.-The
Herald prints the following: An inn
portant meeting of the Florence Bpsi-
ness league was held Tuesday afternoon.
The league, realizing the Importance OF
a creditable state exhibit at the Alta
exposition in which Florence could
represented discussed the NATTER
length. 1t was determined by the lei
that Florence ought to do what i
every town in the state has done
Contribute to a state exhibit A cor
tee composed of Messrs. Eugene
son. John t. Ashcraft and NJ.
was appointed to Solicit y
fr,@,,,.it,,,e1 m Eli o.
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The bears say that the advance in
iron is speculative-that it will not go to
the point where the miners can claim
increased wages and the railroads will
advance their freight rates. Well, we
shall see. In the meantime we are en-
1oying the thousands of dollars a day
that the advance is bringing into the
mineral district.
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Professor Walker of the Boston Insti-
tute of Technology remarks in his adj
mirable treatise on political economy:
1.-THE distinction between gratuitous
coinage and free coinage is not sufti-
GENTLY observed. Where no seigniorage
charge is made, but the coin contains the
full amount of bullion which corresponds
to it's mint value, that is gratuitous
coinage. Free coinage exists where any
owner of bullion has the right to have it
coined on the same terms as the govern
ment. or any other citizen. whether with
or without a seigniorage charge"
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unconscious agent of the biggest finan-
cial steal on record. and is helping de-
lude the people SO that the operation
may be carried through with success.
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a5The present management of
the a GE-H Il RAID has no claim
against advertisers or subSorib-
ers prior to February 11th, 1890.
Under decree of court accounts
UP to that date have been sold
and transferred, hence cancelled
as between the debtor and this
paper.
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PRESS, UNITED PRESS, NEW ENGLAND
ASSOCIATED PRESS, NEW YORK Asso-
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Steel rails have advanced from s22 to
S24 a ton.
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THE CITY'a DEBT.

The city of Birmi9 kham is trying to
obtain an extension &of time from its
bondholders. The effofys to have the debt
renndiated have fail Il hut the tosTn
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Professor Meek's toast, 1.-THE Coming
Woman, May She Never Come was in
terpreted by the Age-Herald to mean
that she had already come, and hence
could not be expected to come. This in
depreciation was not accepted by the
State press. The editors say Professor
Meek referred to the woman who wears
boomers. wants to vote and otherwise
crowd man out of his sphere. Perhaps it
would be more proper to say that she
wants to share mans sphere with him.
Like the Growing hen, who comes to no
good end, she would usurp the preroga-
tives of masculinity. She would wear
the comb and gay feathers of the chan
ticleer She seems to see the SUNRISE
of the day of her deliverance from the
thralldom of sex, and she issues shrill
and piercing note of defiance, which
awakes all the barn-yard fowls and calls
forth an answer to her challenge from
all the neighboring game-cocks.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
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The cotton crop of Alabama brings
into the State $25 900 each year, and
her coal 100000.