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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

The Virginia Iron company is rehearth- ing and improving the Victoria furnace at Goshen, Va, and it will soon go into blast.
 The blast furnace of the Ohio Iron com pany at Zanesville. O.. has been over- hauled and will go into blast very soon. It has been idle four years.
 The Hartman, Tenn, Iron company, if certain arrangements can be com pleted, will start its entire pudding and muck bar department and employ loO men.
 witherbee, sherman & Go. will blow in their Cedar Point furnace, Port Henry, N Y, at an early date. They will work up a stock of new material and make mill iron
 The Aineyville, Pa, furnace was re- lighted on August 5, after an idleness Of eighteen months. Stack No. or the Al lentown, Pa., Iron works will soon blow in. Stack No 2 of those works was light ed some weeks ago.
 The work of refining the old furnace at the Paxton furnace, Harrisburg, Ia, has been finished and fire is now burning in the stack to dry it: The furnace Will be ready to start in short time. No repairs have been made to the smaller stack No. ?.
 The Calumet Iron and Steel company of Chicago has leased it's furnace at Cummings, South Chicago, to the Calu- met Furnace company, Whlch was ln- corporated a few days ago by r. $. Wheeler, H. K. Penney and E. l. Toiot, with capital stock of $5o,oo0. The fur mace is now being thoroughly oyerhauled and will be ready to go into blast by the last of the month. It has capacity of about 1000 tons a week, and will be run either on Bessemer or foundry.
 The enormous amount of work done with steam shovels on the Mesabi range is shown by the achievement reported at the Lone Jack mine, where 277 cars of ore, or 6371 tons, were loaded in twenty four hours by two steam shovels. At the Mountain Iron, where more than twenty acres loaded direct from ore body, which had been loosened by blasting, l4o cars, or 3190 tons, of ore in ten hours, of which eighty cars had been loaded in five hours. During five days the average number Of cars loaded per shaft was TIT, or 1877 tons, with one shovel At the Oliver mine, in nine and half hours, 112 cars ot twenty-three tons each, were loaded and the daily output is about 6500 tons.
 The aggregate production of iron by .4ot tae i,,1 a fellows.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
AT SPBIGNER's.
Some of the Features of the Convict Farm
 and Its Cultivators.

Some of the Features of the Convict Farm
 and Its Cultivators.
 A visitor to Speigner's farm found that the watermelons grown by the convicts were striped like the convict suit. He also found that the convicts looked com fortable and contented. They had plen- ty of fresh air, good food and good quar- ters The only deprivation they suffer is in being deprived of their liberty. They have good medical attendance and their spiritual wants are looked after They have two preachers, one white and one colored. They do not seem to appreciate this spiritual instruction, however, for on Sunday the sick list is sweled to an alarming extent. On Monday there Is a rapid convalescence in the camp. They are like unruly school boys. And like school boys. they have feuds among themselves. It is difficult for the guards to keep them from harming one another. They secrete such things as nails, which they sharpen, to cut each other with. Some of the white convicts are inteili- gent men. One is physician, who once enjoyed a large practice, but in mo- ment of anger committed murder.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Sending Iron to England.

The shipment of 1000 tons of iron from Youngstown, O., to England is one or the first movements in current or traue that promises to assume in a snort tihe large nroportions We have not the least doubt that iron can be produ at lowed prices in America than in any other part of the world, and we should make the same statement concerning steel II It were not for the limitation upon the easy procurement of needed raw supphes thai inc customs tariff has thrown and still throws in the way of natural develop ment of this industry.-Boston Herald
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Watkins Is There.

We desire to say to the Leaders core spondent and all others interested that the Times will not knowingly take part in effort which will plainly result Tn Merchandising out currency 'lt does not care to have the per capita reduced from 80 at present to less than $2, as in China' s in Japan and $4 in Mexico.-Eufauia Times
 Mexicanize your office cats left hind leg, How in the name of the much desired fool killer are you going to reduce the silver money per capita by the free coin- ace of silyer2 You are like the Birming- ham News, you hardly think. Hunts Nille Tribune.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
THE SEVEN STAGES OF A RAILROAD.

At first the incorporators, Striving and pushing for chartered right To enforce the doctrine, right means might. Then the wealthy syndicates. With their glowing bits of facts and fancy, Sounding like tales of necromancy And then the bankers, Seeking to sell the bonds. solid as rock; Keeping themselves the freely watered
 stock; This for the investment good as
 gold; A brand new lamp-better than those of
 old Then the car trusts; Mortgages on wheels, Foreclosed so readily, without appeals. And then the receivers No coupons more to pay, All debts deferred until some other day; A voting trust, protecting all the stock That gruesome bears are sure to try and
 knock. The siXth,stage shifts Into the reorganization plan Where all the wreckers join in ope great
 band: Where innocent experience, dearly bought Is daily learned by some. by others taught The last scene of all in this eventful mys-
 tery: Two streaks of rust-a mortgage-and. a
 history! w. H. T.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age-Herald has fitted up neat neat readine room adjoining its business office, where daily papers from all east, 3sn,, ,nints will be kept on file for the benefit and and Information of the public, Papers from aria the the following cities can always be found there: Boston. New York, c,,,p Pnlis- ma deIphia. Baltimore. Richmond, Charies- ton. Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta; ';1,a Ifa- cinnaf Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville Sbattanooga. Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans. Galveston, Houston, Dallas ana many other cities not named:
 Citizens of either of the cities apope named or any party desiring to read are welcome to call at any ana all llineS; ',7; night or day, as the reading rooiii "ii' always be open.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

State and it's followers cannot keep Gads- den from prospering.
 In this city today there it not a single laborer who cannot secure work at fairly good wages. The wheels of every indus try in the town are now running except in two, and one of them, our big furnace, will go into blast ip a few weeks, The wheels are in the head of the States edi- tor. but there are not enough of them to grind out the truth even occasionally. The State could make better use of it's space than to ridicule the efforts of those who are trying to promote the welfare of AIabama.-Gadsden TimeS-NewS.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

sound of the tocsln of war or menace to the nation.
 Help the veterans to make the carnival a success. They deserve encouragement, and they ought to have it. The occasion will be one of reunion and peace, and it comes also as a hamburger of prosperity.
 Should the matter of the home be car ried out our city will have that within her limits that bespeaks the noblest senti- ment of the human heart-gratitude and remembrance for service done in the past.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Rival of the Ferris.

The Phenix Wheel will be 125 feet in diameter. resting upon the highest part of the midway at Atlanta, fully oo rect above the lake level, carrying passengers nearly 200 feet above the general eleVa- tlon of the lake and the plaza, and giving a commanding view of all the buildings the grounds and the surrounding coun- try. The wheel will be lighted by elec- tricity at night. It's capacity Will De about 250 people at each feVolutioi'- Sumter Sun.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Where the Shoe Pinches.

One of the free silver "conteffees at Washington flied up his voice and pro claimed that Grover Cleveland was the cause of his defeat for an office. A very large percentage of that crowd are howl ing for free silver because Grover CleVe- land has trodden on their toes.-Courler- Journal
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
The Usual Answer.

Skeptic: "How can the United states e nal<e RI cents worth of silver dollar?' Free silyerite: Why stamp it dollar and it becomes dollar" Skeptic: Then if the government stamped io-cent piece dollar it would be dollar? Free Silverite: ell = =? -?-.'-NashVllle American.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Cross tons.

AIthOugh Ihe festF1Cteu UpeT2tiUI1S Oi the year 1894 affected the more prominent iron ore mines or mining operations these were as a rule, equipped with more improved machinery and labor saving devices, and some of them com manded greater capital than the smaller mines hence mining was continued, al- though in some instances considerable ore was stocked. The statistics show that in 1894 forty-four mines produced 9,134 POT gross tons, or 76S9 per cent of the total iron ore output of the entire country in 1894.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Not Whereon to Rest It.

The garrulous old gentlemen who have inst met in Washington explained that their object was to lift the democratic party into the free silver camp. Iney
 have adjourned doubtless to go in search of the fulcrum on which Archimedes said he could lift the world d.-Courier-Journai.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Jeff It to the silverloons.

The populist governor of Nebraska has had a spasm of common sense. lie de- clined to aid in the breaking up of the solid south for the benefit of the rePuoil- l can nartv. In this he sets a good eX- ample to the 16 to 1 democrats of this re- eion,-Scimitar.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

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 ..,,+ advertisers or subScrib- CTS prior to February HULL Under decree of court ,,r, to that date have been s-e' and transferred, hence cariesiieo
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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Eight Cent Cotton.-If the cotton crop is as short all over the south as it is in this section, there is no reason why the staple should not bring cents this fall. We think MT. Lane is imminently correct in advising the farmers of Alabama to hold to every bale they possible can.- Brundidge News.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Fugitive Cashier Naturalized.

Sedalia, Mo-. Aug. 1.-The statement is made in a letter received here today from J. c. Thompson, the fugitive cash fer of the closed First National bank that he has taken out papers of natural ization in Mexico and became a citizer of that republic.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
IN ALABAMA.

Gin Blown Down.--Tim Fauk's new gin house which was not complete, was blown down yesterday. Four men were at work on the house at the time, but not hurt. Some machinery which had been placed underneath was damaged. The loss has not been learned.-Troy Messenger.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Merc,,ru Could Get Damages.

And the Montgomery Journal has com mitted a grievous sin against the Hunts vile Tribune. It clips from the Irinuhe and credits the Mercury. The Tribune has a just provocation, but we hope'to see an amicable adjustment-Shefiield Reaper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Cold Weather Gone.

Wards coal yard can furnish coal and wood on short notice. They have the best coal for summer use in the market Buy from them and you will not com plain. Will also put coal in for winter. Telephone 4S7. 7-19-tf
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
She Knew.

Tones asked his wife-Why is a nus band like dough? He expected she would give it up, and was going to tell her It was "because a woman needs nm, put she said it was because he was nara 10 get off her hands. Mobile Register
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Lesson for the Merchants.

The Baltimore American estimates that $500. .O0O, ,OOO were spent advertising last year. Great as the sum is, it IS propapiy many times less than the sum made out of it by the vertisers.-Rochester Her aid.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Like Gotham.

The heart of a Christ would shrivel with chill fear to stand where the cur rents meet in Piccadilly Circus; but man walks by with laugh or stops With jest.-Barron in the Chicago Iimes- Herald.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
Notice.
S-13-til-25

We have just received a carload of choice California wines, such as Clarets, Port, Sherry and White Wine They are equal in quality to any imported wines; prices are within reach of everybody. Special Inducements to parties buying by the barrel. Samples free of charge. Give US call.
 M. 6 A. WISE
 Corner Morris Ave. and 20th Str
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
co JIM }lA CLUB RAIDED.
Ruthless Coustables Seize Its Choice Stock 0
 liquors

Columbia S. C., Aug. 17.-This after noon three state dispensary constables, Speed, Davis and Lafar, assisted by two city police officers, armed with search warrant, issued by an administration trial justice visited the rooms of the Co., lumbia club, and going into all the pri- Vate lock boxes in which the members keep their liquors for their personal use, seized every bottle of it, together with all the glasses, spoons, bitters and other appliances in the rooms.
 One of the members, MT. M. W. Rob- inson, who took a bottle of whisky that belonged to him and poured it all over the floor in the presence of the consta- bles, was arHested but was released upon his own recognizance. The club is one of the most exclusive social or ganiZa tions of gentlemen in the state, and some of the most prominent men in Columbia are members. They have never allowed a drop of liquor to be sold nthe premises since the liquor law went into effect, but adopted the lock box sys- tenn. Several declare their intention of bringing proceedings against the raiders immediately in the United States court for contempt ir. seizing liquor intended for personal use only in violation of Judge Simonton's injunction.
 A curious crowd blockaded the pave ment in front of the building to watch the bles bring the liquor down and put it in a dispensary delivery wagon.
 Hoods Sarsaparlla cures summer weakness because it makes rich, pure blood.
 Official Route to Boston, Mass.
 On account of the Knights Femplar conclave at Boston August 26 to August 30 the Southern Railway company will sell tickets at rate of one fare for the round trip August Is to August 20, good returning until September 10, with privi- lege of eXtension to be good leaving Boston not later than September 30. Cy- rene Commandrey No. 10 has selected the Southern Railway company as the official route and have arranged for special train to consist of Pullmans latest improved sleepers, including modern dining car. The train will be handled through from Birmingham to Boston without change and is to contain Memphis and Birmingham commandery and sir knights from Mississippi The members of Birmingham commandery can secure sleeping car assignments by conferring with Messrs. M. D. Montague and George r. Wheelock, committee on transportation, who will assign you quarters at the headquarters of the com mandery at Boston. It will be under stood that any person who desires to make the trip can take advantage of the above rate The Southern is the only line that takes you through Atlanta, Bal tmore. Philadelphia and New York city with variable route north of New York Passengers using this line are landed within a few blocks of the headquarters of the commandery.
 L. A. SHIPMAN, T. P. A., 220i Second Avenue. S-13-til-25
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Kentucky could have forgiven Jo Blackburn anything quicker than for casting his vote for $5,000, ,000 subsidy as compensation to the sugar bounty losers, and never mentioning Nelson county xxbiclxy
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

The Florida Times-Union is labor saver It wants the match factories to sharpen the other end of the match so it may serve as a tooth-pick.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Foraker has officially denied the report of returning prosperity.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

"If you are for free silver you are Jeff fersonian. and your home is in the Pop ulist party" aptly says an exchange.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

In England they open public meetings formally with My Lords and Gentle men" They never have seen anything funny about it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

A NeW York man has committed sui eide because he was unable to obtain financial aid to perfect the model of a flying machine.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
THE PHILADELPHIA FURNACE.

Alabama's share of the cold wave got side-tracked.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
ABoUr rHE COTTON CROP.

The Hon. Hector D. Lane evidently had good grounds for his prediction regarding the falling off of the cotton production, and consequent increase of price for the amount brought out. Hale county farm- CTS give it out that although the plant is exceptionally fine, the boil is lacking or damaged. They attribute this to the heavy June rains and the extreme dry July days, the effect upon the cotton be- ing to shrivel and sere it.
 Hale Is one of the principal cotton pro- ducing counties in the Black Belt, and, therefore, this information comes with a certain amount of truth upon it's face.
 Taking this into consideration the farmer would do well to heed the advice of the Commissioner and hold back, rather than sell at first offer, thereby losing all chance of. better prices.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

The saloon men of Atlanta have applied for permission to extend their opening hours to F o'clock. They are meeting with much opposition, and will probably be denied
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Not a Mark Tapley.-It is urged upon the people by some newspapers to be cheerful. We. would like to know how man can be cheerful with no money in his pocket, rough fare on his table and no new clothes to wear. This is the con dition of many in this neck of the woods. Singing psalms to a dead horse would be as efficient as singing cheerfulness to these poor mortals.-Clayton Courier.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

The weather bureau had better make an assignment.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

The silver craze has been killed by that terrible enemy of the calamity howier, "6eneral Prosperity" and will be buried by the side of it's twin brother, the Me Kinley bill, says the Louisville Post. This puts the Post on the silyerloons' b1ack1iSt
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

ditiOn of many in this neck or the Woous. Singing psalms to a dead horse would be as efficient as singing cheerfulness to these poor mortals.-Clayton Courier.
 "Bill Oates:"-We have a new office cat, and it is in many respects remark able creature, but in it's predel1ction Tor the democracy does it attract the most attention. So thoroughly is 1t imbued with sound doctrines that 1t will not consent to sleepy on a package or eX- changes containing one Of any other view, and especially does 1t aDhor any thing in the way of free silver at l6 to l. It is a gold bug of the most plutocrahc type. We have named him Bill Oates. and. he wears the title with fitting dignity and, pride-Carrollton West Alabamian.
 TAlladegas Furnace.-The prospects for the opening of the furnace grow brighter every day, and though the mat ter is kept quiet for business reasons, yet an undercurrent is very perceptible which augurs well for the blowing in Of the great plant. Attorneys are busy looking up titles and writing deeds, MT. IYey has been suddely called home rom his vacation trip and the wires are Kept warm with messages between parties ln- terested so that we hope soon to be able to tell our readers that the last act has been consummated in the deal which means so much for Talladega.-Tallade- ga Reporter.
 Another Railroad for Dothan-There was an enthusiastic railroad meeting at the city hall Friday, and Dothan came up with the balance due for the 5. A. & G. For some days there has been a seeming indifference on the part of our citizens in the matter and the amount subscribed for the survey had not all been paid in. The meeting Friday called on T. F. Williams for a statement of his investigation in New York which was made Short speeches were also made by B. G. Farmer J. R. Crawford G. H. Malone and J. T. Thrasher, after which collection was taken up by Messrs. Farmer and Thrasher and the amount necessary was collected. Dothan has come up so far with her part and the plucxy little city will get the eastern terminus of the road. The $500 dona- ton to the road required of Dothan will be due and payable not until the road is finished MT. Adams, representing the road, left for Montgomery Friday to ar range to commence work on the road. The balance of right of way will be got ten up, after which MT. Adams says the work of grading will be commenced at once.-Dothan SiftingS.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

Hon. William H. Denson claims that the gold and silver dollar should be kept on an equality as well as parity What does he mean by equality? That every gold dollar must weigh as much as sil- yer dollar?-Age-Hera
 oh, well, don't you know that Colonel Bilrs think-works and tallx-works never keep in sight of each other? If he has ever thought about it since he made use of the expression he is doubtless wonder ing what the deuce he did mean.-Mont- gomery News.
 The News is inclined to be hard on Billy in the Low Ground" If his think works and talk-works are not on parity that is no sign he oughtn't to have a 50 cent dollar if he wants it. Only he should dwell with it in solitude and leave the rest of the world with honest money.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19

The Gadsden Times-News of recent date contains the following interesting item:
 Robert Campbell superintendent of the Weller Pipe Works, who went to Bir- mngham recently to purchase iron for his plant here, informed a Times-News man that it was difficult tor him to pur- chase two car loads of pig. The furnaces could not keep up with their orders, and refused to quote prices in advance. This shows what a healthy condition the iron industries are in, and the refusal to quote prices for future delivery shows that the iron makers are confident of another ad- vance.
 The Times News is the kind of paper each town needs--it booms it's own town and minds it's own business. It is a cred if fo EtoWah county.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-19
MT. W. T.-About a year ago I favored

MT. W. T.-About a year ago I favored silver, but since then I have given the matter some study. I have arrived at the conclusion that we must accept gold as measure of value I don't believe in any frolicking with the financial system. If the leading nations of the world would get together and agree to uphold silver that would suit me exactly; but pending an international agreement be- lieVe in maintaining the existing system.