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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

14-months-old child, which was playing with MT. Blcomfield's pistol. He hac placed the weapon under his pillow last night, but it slipped out. Mrs. Bloomfield called the nurse and sent her child out with it. Bloomfield dropped off to sleep. He was awakened by the pistol shot. The bullet had entered his wife's head above the eye. She never spoke. An inquest was held and the jury decided that the shooting was accidental She and her husband were devoted Yesterday in talking to friends she said that she was perfectly happy. The couple formerly lived at Elgin III. Mrs. Bloomfield was 2 Miss Ella Schultz
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
TWO WOMEN ELECTED
Members of the Utah Legislature, Which Will
 Elect Senators.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 23.-The campaign for offices under the new state of Utah has begun. In a session which lasted nearly all night the republican county convention nominated members of the legislature who will name the first United States senators from Utah. Two women were among the members chosen.
 The most active candidates for the senate are Arthur Brown and c. w. Ben nett, lawyers of this city, and Isaac Trumbo, recently of California. Appear ances indicate that the Brown men are in the majority among those chosen.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
No Revision of Report on Winter whea,

Washington, Aug. 23.-A dispatch ap- peared in some western papers day or two ago to the effect that the depart ment of agriculture had revised it's re- port on winter wheat by increasing the average yield per acre from nine and a half to ten bushels. This would indicate an increase in the total yield aggregat- ing Il, ,O0O, 900. bushels. Secretary Morton and Statistician Robinson this afternoon requested the statement to be made that no dispatch of thts kind had been author ized by anyone connected with the de- partment and that it has no foundation in fact
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Buffalo's Pictorial Exhibition.

Buffalo, Aug. 23.-A meeting of repre- sentative men was held at noon today to take active steps toward sending to the Atlanta exposition a suitable. exhibit from this city. The plan for pictorial exhibit was adopted and measures in- dorsed for the raising of the necessary funds.
 The plan is to have pictures of the principal buildings suitably arranged with tablets showing briefly, but in a conspicuous manner, the principal fea- lures of the city's prosperity and her ad- vantages for residential and business purposes.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Bradstreet's Review.

New York, Aug. 23.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 The volume of general trade through out the east, south, southwest and on the Pacific coast is no larger in volume. In fact, at several southern and east ern centers rather more quiet is reported than week ago. The price of cotton is up again on further reports of damage to the crop. A dispatch from Dallas to Bradstreets says the north Texas crop will be later than last year and 20 per cent smaller in yield. The price is now about cents higher than a year ago, and cotton goods, notably ginghams, have been marked up in sympathy. Not only have Bessemer pig and foreign ores been advanced in price again this week, but so have steel billets and barbed wire, wire nails and wire rods Leaf tobacco. too, tends upward.
 Among staples which have remained firm are wool, lumber. copper, coal and leather Petroleum tends downward k of a cent: food products. flour. wheat, corn oats, pork, lard, sugar and coffee, present lower quotations.
 The outlook for oats would suggest moderate prices, as would that for corn, and hence for cattle, pork and lard. Su- gar is arbitrarily marked down. but that wheat should go down, in view of the ac- cepted estimate of short supplies at home and abroad, is not so clear. At the south. grocery. hardware and dry goods jobbers are relatively most active The Louisiana rice crop, it is estimated will amount to 100000 bags Needed rains have fallen in South Carolina Gen eral trade at the south is practically waiting until the cotton begins to move
 On the Pacific coast business is not par ticularly active. The Oregon as well as the California crop is short.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
The Old Time Telegraphers.

New York;. Aug. 23.-The fifteenth an- nual reunion of the Old Time Telegra- phers and United States Military Tele- graph corps will take place in New York September II, 12 and 13.. The programme of the arrangement includes elaborate provisions for the entertainment of mem- bers, who come from every section of the United States and Canada.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

Did it ever occur to the housekeeper to ask her grocer why he wished her to buy some other baking powder in place of the "Royal?" The other powders cost the grocers less because they are made from cheaper and inferior materials Though sold at the same retail price Royal is of far greater value than any other baking powder It is absolutely pure and of the highest leavening strength
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
IN THE COMMONS.
Ang1o-American Post Parcels Service-Trair
 Racing Cannot Be Stopped


 London, Aug. 23.-In the house of com mons today MT. Robert w. Hanbury, financial secretary to the postoffice de- partment, stated in reply to a question by Mr. Heaton that 1t was the intention of the government to follow up the efforts of their predecessors in office toward the establishment of a parcels post ser vice between the United States and Great Britain.
 MT. John Long, member for Dundee, asked whether the board of trade should not control the speed of railway trains which were now racing daily between London and Aberdeen. The extraordi- nary speed attained by these trains, he declared was certain to result in a ter rible accident.
 MT Charles T. Richie, president of the board of trade, replied that the board had no power to interfere in the matter. The public he said, must rely upon the common sense of the railway companies.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
SAIL THIS MORNING.
The Hale- -Whittle Party of Excusionists
 Well and Happy.

New York, Aug. 23.-(Special)-The Whittle-H Hale party of between twenty and thirty persons, held farewell services at the St. Dennes hotel, their headquar- ters, tonight. Sam P. Jones and family, Judge East and other distinguished per- sons are here to see them sail. The party carries a physician, photographers and stenographer. The party will sail at 8 o'clock in the morning by the Mobile for London. All are we'll and happy over their great tour.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

It is remarkable fact that the Ohio state food commissioner, in his official examination of baking powders, found no powder except the Royal to contain less than 10 per cent of impurities. The Royal was found practically pure,
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
THE RIsINGs IN SPAIN
Have no Republican Tendency, Says tt
 Government, But.

Madrid, Aug. 23.-The leader of the re- cent rising at Chovar, with one of his lieutenants, was arrested in an inn near Chelva, Valencia.
 The government denies that the pre- valiant risings have a republican ten dency. but the authorities nevertheless are taking the stricteSt precautions against further disturbance. At present Valencia is the center of the movement.
 The rebel leader arrested near Chelva proves to be Rafael Rosas Fastener. The republican agitation continues at Valen- ca, and several suspected persons have been arrested.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
West End Meetinaa.

The meetings conducted by the Advent ists will close for the present with the Sunday morning service at Il o'clock. There will be preaching there tonight and Saturday night, at o'clock, as usual. These meetings would have continued longer, but arrangements have been made by others to commence a union meeting there Sunday night
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Suicide of a Prominent virginian.

Alexandria, Va, Aug 23.-F. A. Reed, a prominent commission merchant of this city grand commander of the Knights Templar, grand senior warden of the Virginia grand lodge of Masons and at one time superintendent of the Mount Vernon Railway company, committed suicide here today by shooting himself in the head. He had been a sufferer from mental depression lately.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
THE LIST STANDS AT 22.

That Is the Probable Total of the Hotel
 Casualties
 Denver Col, Aug. 23.-The list of the dead in the Guinrey hotel wreck stands at twenty-two This probably will be the total list of casualties. Of these three bodies remain unclaimed by friends, though It is believed that they are the missing men
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Mr. Fenchel aoes to St. Louis

Mir. Adolph Fenchel, formerly book keeper for A. J. Kaufman has gone to St. Louis, where he expects to make his future home. MT. FeEchel has been a resident of Montgomery for a number of years. He leaves behind him a host of friends, who wish him success in his new field.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Yesterdays Withdrawal of Gold.

Washington. Aug 23.-Gold withdraw als at New York today for export to Flu rope as reported to the treasury amount ed to $935, ,000. This reduces the treasury gold reserve to $100, ,829,524.
 The treasury began the payment today of injusted income tax refund claims.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

If your grocer asks you to buy some other baking powder in place of the 'Royar' it is because the other powder yields him greater profit This is very good evidence of the higher quality of the Royal
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

The only official competitive test of a national character, from which consum- CTS can obtain the actual facts as to the relative values of all the principal brands of baking powder. is that by the chief chemist of the agricultural depart- ment at Washington, D. O., who acted also as judge of awards on baking pow ders at the Chicago Columbian fair. The Royal Baking Powder was found to. be the superior powder and highests in laaveninn strenRth. ,'. .
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
A ROAD PARLlAM ENT.
Secretary Martin Issues Call For a Meeting in Atlanta

in Htdntds
 Washington Aug. 23.-The secretary of agriculture is charged by act of congress to collect and disseminate information regarding the public roads To this end and under that authority Secretary Nor ton today issued.a cali for Road Par liament" in the hall of the house of rep .resentatiyes at Atlanta, Ga, on the 17tR. 18th and 18th of October. 1895. under the
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Purport of Bishop McDonald's Summon

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 23.-The interest the vatican is taking in the settlement of the Manitoba school case and the restoration of separate schools to the Roman Catho- lies of the province, is shown in the sud- den call of Bishop Mcdonald to Rome, he having left for the Holy Sea at the. re quest of the pope yesterday. The de- termined fight that the Orange order has made against the Catholic schools in the dominion has aroused alarm and, it Is understood that Bishop Mcdonald visits Rome to receive instructions how the campaign may be carried on againstzthe alleged prosecutions
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
SAD BEYOND BxPREssfoN. A Young and Pretty Wife Accidentally
 Shoots Herself.

Atlanta, ,Ga.. Aug. 23.-Mrs. Ella Bloom field, the young and pretty wife of s. B. i.loomfeld. shot and killed herself while her husband were awakened by their
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Return of vice-President Stevenson.

Vancouver, B. C.. Aug. 23.-Among the passengers returning from Alaska by the steamer Queen, which touched here yes- terday, was Vice-President A. F.. Ste yenson, accompanied by his two brothers w. w. and J. C.. Stevenson, and his wife and two daughters.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
The News Confirmed.

London, Aug. 23.--A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai confirms the re- port that Liu Ping Chang, formerly vice. roy of Szu Chuan, has been appointed imperial high commissioner to investi- gate the outrages upon foreign missions.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
SET HER SISTER ON FIRE.
Horrible Charge Preferred Against Min
 nesota Woman.

ncsOta W Oman
 Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 23.-Miss Lora Perkins was arrested last night on the charge of killing her sister, Mrs. Lola Hawkins, by setting her on fire on Au- gust for the sake of s700O life insurance The warrant was sworn out by pr. Todd, medical Inspector of one of the. insur- ance companies It had been supposed that Mrs. Hawkins had met her death by accidentally overturning lamp.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Garment workers' Strike Practically over

Boston, Aug. 23-Secretary Felse of the Garment Workers union stated this af- ternoon that the strike of the garment workers in this city was practically over, that fully two-thirds of the bosses have acceded to the terms of the strikers have signed the contract and furnished bond
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

There is certainly no baking powder so Royal. Its perfect purity, as we'll as its superiority in leavening power, are mat ters of fact no longer disputed by honest dealers or makers of other brands.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Elevated to the Rank of Count.

Yokohama, Aug. 23.--Mr. Mutsu Nun emitsu, minister of foreign affairs, has been elevated to the rank of count.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24
Strike of the Jute Workers spreadinr.

Edinburg, Aug. 23.-The strike of jute workers fin Dundee Is still increasIng Over 25,000 men are now out. There has been no disorder.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-24

where large number of negroes are em- ployed.
 The coroner is investigating the case.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21

The following query was recently pro.
pounded in The American Bee Journal and
answered by leading apiarians in different
sections of the country: "In rendering
out the wax from old brood combs does it
make the wax darker if it is boiled in a
cast iron kettle than it would be if tin
or copper kettle was used?' James He'd
den replied Iron should never come in
contact with hot wax" A. j. Cook said:
II do not see why it should, but l should
not wish to boil the wax much in any
kettle" J. M. Shuck replied: 1.-The kettle
does not color the wax. Excessive heat
ing colors it, and worse than that, ruins
it. Heat it just enough to get the wax
out, and no more; boiling does no good. "
H. D. Cutting said: "Some grades and
mixtures of cast iron will darken wax
every time; while other grades will have
no effect on 1t. You will notice that
some iron kettles will always rust after
use and put away for few days, while
others never rust. Copper is best, as you
arc sure of the results"
The editor of the journal quoted from
concluded with: Eyes, take the tin or
copper kettle every time. If the irsn
kettle is old, well used and perfectly
clean, it might be used, but the ordinary
run of iron kettles will color the wax"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
The Heliotrope in Winter.

With good management the heliotrope
may be made to bloom profusely during
winter in either the window or conserva.
tory. To have a supply of winter and
spring blooms, select plants that were
started from slips in June, and which
have low, bushy forms.
During the Towering stage the plants
should have from so degs. to go degs. OF
heat, and about once week, or when in
full bloom twice q week, they may with
benefit receive liquid manure at the roots.
The plants, like the flowers themselves,
after cutting do better for not being
crowded together or with others.
The heliotrope delights in compost
consisting of three parts Of fresh loan OF
decayed turf to one part ofrotted manure!
with a good sprinkling of sharp sand
added.
In dealing with that common pest Of
such plants, the green fly, care must be
taken that the foliage be not injured with
the usual remedy-tobacco smoke: This
remedy may with safety be applied in
moderately strong volume If the simple
precaution of Swinging or otherwise com
pletely wetting the foliage just previous
to starting the fumigation is observed
otherwise the plants would be liabla te
become badly burned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
Things Talked About.

Every sheep raiser makes his own luck,
according to the care and attention he
gives his flock, says Rural Home.
Prominent fruit growers find that
thinned peaches are of superior size and
excellence and sell much better than the
unthinned ones.
Prominent commission merchants rec
ommend that the LIE Conte pears be
shipped so green that they will keep two
weeks and not mellow up till the retail
dealer gets them.
An English farmer says: my twenty
five years experimentation with potash
on Norfolk soils warrants me in advising
it's application to roots in preference to
any crop in the ordinary rotation"
Henry Stewart thinks quicklime is as
Indispensable in dairy as ice. 1t is eX-
ceedingly absorptive of moisture, taking
up one-third of it's weight and falling
slowly to fine, dry powder, without any
appearance Of moisture.
Professor Beal asserts in The American
Agriculturist that there is probably nc
more beneficial wild animal living il
America than the skunk, which does ar
untold amount of good in digging up and
devouring the common grubworm, the
Larvae of lachnosterna fusca, pest to al
grass lands and q curse in strawberry
beds.
The International dairy show is to bt
held az Chicago at the time of the fa1
stock show, Nov. 1926.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
What Others Say.

If f1ockmaster attempts to winter his
sheep without shelter enough to keep
them dry, though it may not furnish much
warmth, he will not get a good fleece,
says Rural Home.
The promptest, cheapest and most effec.
tive means Of restoring a worn out orchard
is, according to DR.. IT. H. HoslSins, to
dress it heavily with coarse, ground bone
and unleached hardwood ashes sown upon
the surface and plowed in.
Fall blowing, after corn or potatoes
or beans are removed, and thorough and
repeated plowing after oats and barley
are harvested, are the true methods OF
killing Canada thistles, says Joseph Har'
ris, in American Agriculturist.
A prominent dairyman holds that salt
ought always to be kept in place where
the COWS can get at it whenever they
want 20; that it keeps them in good con.
dition, positively increases the flow OF
milk, and that they will never eat more
than is good for them.
Professor A. J. Cook, of Michigan. is re-
ported US using only large, fno mares te
do farm work. uo finds that high grade
Percherons are Gno walkers. and to break
them it is only necessary to hitch them
in at three years of age and 60 to working
them. Tie fall colts are valuable and
can be raised at profit.
Apropos of mulching winter wheat, &
correspondent Of Country Gentleman says
"Whc:l was 4 boy. before tho war. bucl
in old Virginia, it was common custom
for farmers TO scatter straw thinly ove'
the poorest knobs Of their wheat fields ii
tho fail, and always with good results
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
Selecting Seed Corn.

Professor johnson, of the Michigan
Agricultural college, has practiced the
following method of selecting seed corn
for number of years with satisfactory
results:
When huslling, the most perfect ears
are selected and sent to the drying room.
A second sorting follows, when all ears
not up to the standard are rejected. The
corn is then tied up with wool twine in
lots of fifty ears or more, or strung on
wire with Smiths device for hanging up
corn" The ears are then hung up in the
drying room. The room below the drying
room is heated by coal fire, and the
chimney from this room passes through
the drying room, thus securing dry and
even temperature. First-Selection OF
perfect ears when corn is husked. Sec.
ond-A careful second selection. Third
The hanging up of the corn. Fourth
A dry and even temperature in the dry.
inc room
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
OPPORTUNE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT
THINGS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

Diseases Of the Respiratory Organs OF
Horses Usually Classified Under Three
Heads-Local and Non-Contagious, Gem
eral and Contagious, Chronic or Acute.
Diseases of the respiratory organs pre-
vail to q great extent among horses, and
are classified under three heads Under
the first head-local and non-contagious
explains veterinary surgeon in Ohio
Practical Farmer, we find a disturbance
of the respiratory apparatus caused by
cold, which attacks the. bronchial tubes.
and the nasal organs are also involved,
resulting in a discharge, more or less,
from the nose. Such disturbance is
amenable to treatment, and cannot be
considered infectious or contagious, ex-
cept when in more advanced state. The
word contagion means the propagation OF
disease by contact. Infection means
almost the same, but in the latter the
virus must be received into the system,
while in the former it has only to come
into contact. Any disease of the respira-
tory organs, if allowed to run unchecked,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
Pedestrians on the Big Bridge.

1t is entertaining to note the democratic
effect of the Brooklyn bridge upon pedes-
trians. Thousands Of persons patronize
the promenade every day on their way
back and forth. As rule the walkers do
not "hoof it" because Of poverty, but on
account of the exercise.
The walk is about one mile and an
eighth, just long enough to stimulate an
appetite for supper without fatigue The
promenade is frequented by millionaires
and workmen alike. Charles Pratt, the
millionaire, can often be seen, with his
coat on his arm, leisurely strolling over to
this city. The Rev. DR.. Talmage is also
frequently seen walking over. A notice
able feature is the absence Of conventional
street formality. A man or WOMAN who
assumes the most dignifed posawhile ON
a public thoroughfare win apparently
throw aside all fear Of observation, and
saunter across the river in the most care
less and comfortable way.
But when the other side Is reached coats
are put on, caps adjusted, the ladies glance
over their shoulders to see that their dress
improvers hang just right, and backbones
are stifened to the perpendicular regarded
as necessary to conform to ordinary street
manners.-Ernest Jarrold in New York
Journal
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-08-21
The Jessie and Yale Strawberries.


The Jessie strawberry is very favorably
reported upon from many localities,
though here and there appears an account
of Its having failed to come up to expec-
tations. Professor Green believes it will
become a standard variety. Secretary E.
Williams, of the New Jersey Horticultural
society, considers it promising berry,
and this opinion Is entertained by Mr..
Hale, of Connecticut; Mr.. Lovett, Of New
Jersey; Mr.. Kellogg, Of Wisconsin, and
other progressive growers Of small fruit.
On The RuEA New Workers. grounds,
while the Jessie did fairly well there, it
has not shown itself to be at all remark
able Mr.. Kellogg, who has had it on
trial four years, says: "Of new varieties
I know of nothing so near perfect in
every respect as the jessie" Of the pis-
tillate new varieties, by the way, this
grower thinks, no one will be disappoint-
cd with Buhach and Ontario.
The Yale, chance Seeding strawberry,
that originated in the vicinity Of New
Haven, Conn, it is affirmed, Is one
OF the most promising of the new
sorts for late family or market berry.
The Yale has perfect flowers, which en-
ables it to be planted without other vari-
eties to fertilize them. The berries are
sound, of good size, Of deep red color;
the flesh is solid and red. The fruit
ripens ten to twelve days later than the
Sharpless