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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
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Ws are sAoaOing our n<aV fine of Wo0lens b,ebarea f0r Me season ef 1895. N0fAtng has 6een Ae1t undone 70 make Me entire fine satgaefo,y ID poinf of aoOeliy aud /ashien.
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 Special aftenfion is raLld f0 ouy brices. Ws shall e6sr gyfafer 0alues Man eSer bsfore, fn0iting as soe 70 Me attention of aH buyers z0ho' must> mect Me nmes aoiM q MorengAiy gooa artieAe af e Aoa0 price.
 We faH yoar aHentfOn again 70 Me fact Maf Me new DnnIab Hats foy spring are nozO on sale. See Mem. De- tO''e yon make your burfAass (. ROG4N G CO.,,
 loII Nirsf AOsnue.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

APRIL F is the date fixed for the mar riage of Bishop Jackson and Miss Carrie Cochran. Bishop Jackson is well known to all Episcopalians of Alabama. He is about 40 years of age, handsome man, and as pulpit orator without peer. He was married several years ago to the daughter of MT. Pace, the Richmond mill Iionaire, who is largely interested in the Birmingham district. The bishop desired to locate in Birmingham some two years ago, but was forced to seek warmer cli- mate on account of the ill health of his wife, whose death occurred soon after ward. Perhaps the bishop will yet become citizen of Birmingham. Miss Cochran is the neice of Governor Oates, aud was Ala bama's representative in the tableau of beauty at the reunion. Her beauty has been the inspiration of poets and the de- spair of lovers.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

THE old fashioned novels dealt with the Indians and their scalping propensities. The new novels deal with social sins. Both are hair raising.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

MR. HEcIoR D. LANE says the advance in cotton is purely speculative, and is made by spectators to induce the farmers to plant a larger acreage. How does he ex- plain the advance in wheat?
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
MORE TESTIMONY
In the Aldrich- Underwood Contest Case-All Favorable to
 the Contestee.

Deputy Sheriff J l.. Thompson was ex- anned before Special Commissioner Thad WeatherIy yesterday and made statement regarding the November election, in so far as the Elyton box was concerned.
 He said there were no special instructions given by the managers with regard to iden. tifying negroes; that if a negro presented himself to vote and could be identified by any person present, whether white or black, or if he would make affidavit of citi- Zensbip and residence ia that beat, he was permitted to vote. He said about half of those who were challenged voted. and the most of the otbers refused to make the re- Quired affidavit.
 Witness said he saw no trouble there on the day of the election except a few words that passed between Deputy Sheriff Tom Smith aud Will Alley. He said Oliver Diffey, colored. identified two or three negroes, all of whom were allowed to vote.
 Tickets for illiterate voters, he said, were fixed by himself, r. E. Blackburn and l.. G Pettyjohn, the latter being the republi- can manager.
 Witness said he heard Deputy Sheriff Smith tell Demetrius Myers that if he came there to raise a disturbance he had better return to Birmingham.
 G. B. Burkhalter, returning officer at l. the Southside box, beat 21, was the next witness on the stand. He said the election was very quiet, with the exception of w. H. Mothershed, who was arrested several times for instructing voters how to vote, using "bogus' tickets in doing SO.
 He said it was just like a church, with the exception of Mothershed. There was Z no buldoZing; everything was perfectly clear and no obstructions were thrown in |, the way of anyone. He said but few illit- crate voters applied for assistance. Wit ness said that Mir. K. L. Houston, repub- lican manager at that box, remarked at the close of the counting of the votes that "if every box in the district has been managed like this there will be no contest, it makes no difference who is defeated.'
 Witness said there was considerable dis satisfaction among the negroes on account of an effort which they claimed Captain Kolb was making to get in control, and for that reason they did not take as much in- terest in the election as they usually did.
 MT. F. E. Blackburn of Elyton was the last witness examined yesterday. He told of the trouble between Deputy Sheriff Tom Smith and Will Alley. He said two ne- groes made affidavits of residence aud were permitted to vote, and all who could be identified voted. Oliver Diffey, colored, he said, identified several negroes who voted.
 He said MT. Pettyjohn, the republican manager, had expressed himself as satisfied that the ele ction had been fairly con- ducted.
 Witness said he heard it charged by the republicans since the election that dupli- cate certificates were sent out by the demo- crats, but as to that he knew nothing. If any had been sent to Elyton he was igno- rant of the fact.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

A MAGAZINE writer calls attention to the fact that South Carolina was first of the colonies to agree to forming tue American Unicn. She also took the first step toward seeding. And her notification act is ot forgotten. h fact, South Carolina is "the Harry Percy of the Union"-bold, brave, impulsiye, quick to form a friendship and quicker to resent an insult. The prospect now is that her best and wisest men will frame the new constitution and will main- tain her traditions.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

P. H. FITZGERALD of Indianapolis has completed plans for colonizing IA ,OO0 Federal veterans in Georgia. He is now in correspondence with Ex-Governor Northen relative to the purchase of 100, ,0OO acres of land in that State. These ex-soidiers will not only add to the wealth of the South to the extent of their productive capacity, but they will distribute in the South large sums Of pension money. The South is tHxed heavily to pay pensions to ex-Fed- erals, and the only way it can get some of the money back is by inducing them to move down here.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
MRS. W. B. FRAZER TO LECTURE

On Monday evening, March IS, Mrs. W. B. Frazer, the gifted humorist and dra- matic reader, will give an entertainment at the Southside Baptist church. This talented woman comes here highly recom- mended and the Birmingham public should give her hearty welcome. 3.16.2t
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

A spring medicine is needed by nearly everybody. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the fa- vorite. Try it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

THE American Manufacturer, in giving it's reasons why iron and steel are cheaper, says: "In the United States the greatly re- duced cost of iron aud steel has resulted chiefly from the largely increased use of machinery, not only improved machinery to do what machinery did years ago, but to do what labor did at that time. 1t is re- 6uced labor cost, the result chiefly of new methods and improved machinery, that has reduced the cost of production in iron and steel.p p
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
AT BLOUNTSVILLE.

BLoUNTsvrLLE, March 14.-[Special Correspondence. 1-Evidence in the AL drioh- Underwood contest was taken here today, and all tends to show that if any fraud was perpetrated in the election held here in November it was dope by the republicans or third party. Our box, the strongest democratic box in our county, was thrown out, and many believe 1t was rendered illegal by precon- certed arrangement with the mdnagers not to sign their names to the certificate,
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

WHEN Moses received the command ments he broke them, and men have been breaking them ever since.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD, SUNDAY. MARCH IT, 1895

of all good and was abundantly rewarded. Like-t the blessed Master, he had q cross to carry. It was manifested to him in divers ways that he was destined to the work of the conversion of Ireland. He received his mission aud benediction from Pope Celes- tine. When in the midst of his great work he was offered worldly riches, but he de- cliued all self. interest and devoted himself to his labor of love.
 St. Patrick wrote his confession when he was old. It is full of good sense and piety and written with spirit. He was thor oughly versed in the scriptures. He con- verted the whole country by his preaching and rendered Ireland a devout nation. Many teachers were called from Ireland to go to other nations that considered them- selves far advanced in the arts and sciences.
 St. Patrick converted and baptlz d the Kings of Dublin and Munster and the seven sons of the King of Connaught, and before his death almost the whole island. He founded several mouesteries. Thcmas Gale in his history says that St. Patrick took that name only when he was ordained bishop, being before called Maun. He died and was buried at Down, in Ulster.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

Mss ELLA NELSON, daughter of Gen. R. M. Nelson of Selma, has been selected to represent Alabama in the tableau of States at the reunion of ex-Confederate veterans in Houston this spring. This was most happy selection. Miss Nelson is queenly young lady of IS years of age, and is musician and composer, She will represent the beauty and brightness of AL abama with honor to her State. As Bir- mingham did not receive the honor of be- ing favored with the representative of Ala bama, we know of no city in the State more deserving than Selma. Birmingham has the chief officers among the Veterans in the State, and 1t was but proper that she should divide
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17
spair of love

ARGUMENTS for and against the consti- tutionality of the income tax has been closed, and the, Supreme Conrt has taken the matter under advisement. The Su- preme Court several years ago decided that an income tax was constitutional, but the present court may possibly reverse that de- cision. The constitution requires that direct tax shall be apportioned among the several States according to population, and if the court holds that the income tax is a direct tax its unconstitutionality would follow. It was also contended that the in- come tax violated the principle of uniform ity. Again decisions of the Supreme Court were produced to show that under the law it was uniform. It is estimated that only ? per cent of the population will be reached by this tax upon incomes of S4000 aud over.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

WE trust our industrial exchanges will not fail 10 include among their new indus tries in Alabama the new morning paper to be issued in this city. A newspaper is as much of an industry as cotton mill. The newspaper takes blank paper, the raw material, and turns out the printed page, which js the finished product. The news paper also finds crude thoughts falling to the ground like over-ripe cotton, and spins them into the thread of fancy and weaves them into the warp and wool of wisdom. A newspaper, as does m industry, draws money to town. Many of its subscribers and advertisers live at distance, and the money they send adds that much to the circulating medium of a town. The largest sum newspaper sends abroad is for blank paper. If there was paper mill in Bir- mingham, all the money expended by the newspapers would be kept at home. The new paper will create additional demand for blank paper. and we should have paper mill.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

: IN the early history of man ufacturing the
 master workman took direct interest iu
 the apprentice. and gave him the beueft of
 his personal advice. Now the mills are so 3 large that it is impossible for the artisan to take the Interest in his apprentice that he once did. This makes industrial schools salls the more necessary. In England the
 textile school has now taken the place of
 the apprenticeship system. The overseers . of New England's mills are mostly from
 the textile centers of Europe.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

ONLY the brave deserve the fair. Only those who are willing to undergo fatigue and bear all mishaps with patience can succeed in raising flowers. He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart. It is the inner garden. To win he must woo, as Jacob wooed Laban's daughter, though drought and frost consume. He must have not only the glowing admiration, the enthusiasm and the passion, but the tenderness, the tboughtfulness, the rever- ence of love.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17

tbe captain and crew rarely abandon a ship as long as there is the least hope of bringing her into port. It Is considered dishonorable to abandon vessel as long as two piauks hold together. When a captain steps on board his ship he knows that be will stay with her, whether she lands on the further shore or on tue bottom of the sea. s'Don't give up the shipl'' is the creed of every true seaman.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-17


 IN pursuing diversified farming and fruit growing our farmers should not forget the wild persimmon. It could be easily culti- vated and made valuable crop. The early rpening varieties have often been sold for S6 bushel in the cities. The persimmon is easily grown when once fairly estab- lished. but it requires careful handling at first. When well established we may ex- pect the tree to live and bear an abundance of perfect fruit every year, for neither tree nor fruit is molested by insect or fungi, as are almost all of our other fiuits. If one has an old tree which bears inferior fruit it may be top-worked in the same manner as the apple, pear and plum. In this way one may soon transform the worthless tree into one bearing rich, luscious fruit. There are few people who are not fond of sweet, we'll ripened persimmons; they are good when eaten from the hand, better with cream aud sugar, and they are the best of all when made into pudding, as is done in North Carolina.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12

Awell known electrical authority has
pointed ont that it is now as easy and
cheap to have an electric elevator in n
private house as i'll Il large Office build
ing. Stairs are literally Il barbarism, to
which women frequently owe i'll health,
ana towhich many delicate persons may
attribute the deprivation of the full en-
Joymcnt Of their homes. The cost of
operating az electric elevator i'll, say, IL
five story house, making 80 or 60 trips
every day, will not exceed So or 81 per
month. The devices for operating these
elevators have been so improved that an
invalid or a child can manage them.
The old lever arrangement can be dis
pensed with, and the elevator ascends or
descends on the pressure OF a button 1t
will stop only at each floor and will
start only when the elevator door is
closed. New York Times.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12

b Lacy Hoge was attending circuit
court yesterday.
j. B Tutwiler, OF Richmond, was here
yesterday on business.
W. B. Glascock, OF Baltimore, paid
Salem visit yesterday.
Miss Lena Sayers, who has been in
disposed for two weeks, is out again.
Maj s. @. Green, OF Wytheyille, re-
turned from Roanoke to Salem yester-
day.
J. W. Jones, of Vinton. was in Salem
yesterday on business with the Steam
Laundry Company.
Leon Palmer and family will break
up housekeeping in few days, and go
to Hotel Duval TO board.
DR.. Renalds, of this place, was called
by telegram to come to Madison county
on account of the serious illness Of his
father.
The Misses McCommon entertained
number of their friends at birthday
party last evening, at their home on
Pennsylvania avenue.
The game OF football which will be
played this afternoon between Ale
gbany Institute and Roanoke College
teams will be called promptly at 4
o'clock on the college grounds. Admis-
sion rs cents. LADIES free. This game
is expected to be very exciting, az bo:h
teams sre in good trim and will fight
hard for supremacy.
In the circuit yesterday the petition
matter of Mrs. O. P. Chapman and heirs
In the cause OF Dixie Land Company,
which was SO deliberately argued this
term, was decided by Judge Blair in
favor OF the company. Sixty days time
was allowed petitioners to prepare for
an appeal, which WAS requested. Tho
adjourning order will be entered to- day
Taking the court term altogether, II
has been very satisfactory one, and q
large amount of business, principally
chancery matters. was disposed of by
arguments or decree.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12

to seek some relief from the men tai and
physical exhaustion from my labors
After trying several remedies that were
commended to me as being exception
ally good for the nervous exhaustion
which [ waa subjected to. 1 was event
ually induced to mare trial of DR..
Greene's celebrated Nervurn, and the
greas relief which it afforded me was
almost inotentaneous in its fleet, and
L have no hesitation in unqualiiiedly
endorsing DR.. Greene's Nervura as the
best tonic and restorer Of nervous and
debilitated system of any remedy that
nave ever tested. II is remarkable for
the rapidity with which tia restorative
qualities assert themselves. It is abso-
lutely harmless, and the instantaneous
relief which it affords to the nervous
and tired system is grateful in the ex.
treme. / can readily understand WHY
it is that SO many hearty rccommen'
da'ions are given by people of promi-
hence, especially those in our profession,
for DR.. Gr ene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy, and my own experience
justlhes me in recotnm ending it as alb
solutely the best remedy with 1 have
ever used"
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12
MISS PAULINE HALL.

Pauline Hall, the empress of song, is
celebrated the world over as the Repre-
sentative American Beauty, who has in
the presentation of her new operate
comedy. "Dorcaa." achieved the success
OF her eyentful life. In converse zion
with the representative OF this paper she
stated
Il hsve in my professional experience
esssyed number OF roles thst have
been more Or less trying upon the
physical and nervous system, but in
none that 1 have attempted hsve l
ever experienced tho terrific strain that
the various Characters which l assume
in my new operatic comedy, 'Dorcas,'
have subjected me to. The assumption
OF ono character IN presentation is
generally conceded to be sufficient
undertaking for any one person. but in
'Dorcas' L assume three, all different,
and | might say Numerically opposite
to each other.
The terrific strain naturally result.
Ing from such difficult work, which Is a
new and direct departure from anytt ing
l have ever presented to the public be-
fore, naturally had very distressing
effect upon me, and was constrained
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12
Delicate Point.

An officer who discharged tho duties of
provost marshal in southern city in 1869
had many puzzling questions to settle
One day he was confronted in his Office by
big lrishmnn who had insisted upon an
Immediate interview on u matter of ''prcat
Importance.
An does yer honor know an ovid man
DC inc name nv Sargint?" inquired this
individual eagerly
He WAS informed that the man in cues
tion was unknown tn the provost marshal
and requested to proceed with his business
as quickly as possible
We'll, yer honor" said the AIilesian.
with his hnnds deep in his pockets and his
legs planted wido apart, "owld Snrgint
has fnrrum oop at the head NV the river,
ABBOTT foivc moilo from Yorktown, yer
honor, an whin the ribls was raythratin
from Yorktown he tux me out in tho ward
wild him an sat down on u log forenjpst
mo, yer honor
Tho Union cannons was maxim n
blithcrin Mise, sure enough, but it was
mcslf that was glad to be hcarin 'en,. ycr
honor, an ovid Sargint he p'intcd wild his
thoomb over his lift shoulder an SAYS he:
Molke, do you moind thin cannous?'
says he.
:" OF do that, says Oh, ralc prompt Ioikc.
An are yez skeercd mt thin cannons2'
says lie.
"'Niver II slsecr, says Oh.
An is yer wolfe afcarod nv tbim can
nons Moikc? says he.
:" No more than if they was popgunsl'
says Oi.
Thin, says ovid Sargint to me, saws
no, II you're not skccrcd, says he, AN the
ovid woman's not afeared, says he, why,
Then the twos av ycz can howld on TO the
landr
Now, what Dim afthcr akin ycz."
SAID the Irishman, bending forward to
search the provost marshals face for en-
conragemcnt, what Oi'm afthcr akin ycz
Is If thin wurrds don't consthitoot u good
toit!c to the land, yer honor?"-Youth's
Companion.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12

TWO ENTERTAINMENTS.
One Performance on tho Stage. the Other
. In the Audience.


In the Audiences.
L attended recent performance given
by some amateur actors and actresses
very good they were, too-and while
enjoyed tho stage entertainment I was
not unmindful OF the one that was in
progress directly behind me.
1t was furnished by an old lady and
two young ones-whcn 1 say "young
ones" | don't mean children-and it's
beginning antedated the overture in this
style:
Can you read tho programme, moth
er?'
"Why, yes; but it must be wrong.
Here's Annie's namo down, and it says
she's servant. l thought you said she
was an actress.
"Only servant i'll the play, mother. {"
But that seems n kind of mean thing
to play. She doesn't have to do that,
goodness knows"
"She has to play whatever they give
her to play. She's beginner, you
know
"Well, wouldn't begin that way"
Annie" appeared presently.
She said, eyes, my lady," and "No,
your lordship," and 81 will tell her
ladyship that you are here" aud few
more Summers of that sort very we'll,
thought.
But when the French count with the
pointed beard chucks her under the chin
L could hear the old lady behind mo get
ting into fine rage.
"Well, the idea of our Annie letting
man do thing like thatr'
But, mother, that's i'll the play"
Il don't caro- if it is. suppose he'll
kiss her later OH The ideav'
Well, he did kiss her shortly after and
got q good slap i'll the face for his pains.
The old lady almost rose in her seat.
Good, goodp' she cried i'll q very
audible voice.
II Thought Annie wouldn t stand any
thing of that sort''
She objected to the young girls little
love affairs with the footman, however,
and could hardly be kept i'll her chair
when the two plightcd their troth.
II don't call that play acting" she
said 'They were just like two serv-
ants, and don't like it. F"
When the curtain dropped, they all
went around to the stage door, and
somehow l felt sorry for Annie, coming
from the stage full of hot enthusiasm,
only to reccive-mentally at least-a
bucket of cold water. Polly Pry in
New York Recorder
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12
MEERSCHAuM.
How 1t Is Mined and Dried and Prepared
For Market.


Meerschaum is extracted in the same.
way MS coal. Pits from 30 feet to 1875
feet deep arc dug. and us soon as the
vein is struck horizontal galleries,
sometimes of considerable length, are
made, but moro than two galleries are
seldom to be found in one pit. The
stone as extracted is called cham tnsh"
(rough bloolk) aud is soft enough to be
easily cut with knife. 1t is white,
with yellowish tint, and is covered
with n red clayey soil of about ono inch
thick. In this state the blocks are pur-
chased by dealers OH tho spot, not by
weight nor by measurement, but ao-
cording to approximate quantity, either
per load of three sacks or per CARLOAD,
the price varying from e5 to $50 per
load, according to quality, These rough
blocks arc dried and subjected to GER
tain preparation before being conveyed
to Eski-Shehir. Some of them are as
small as walnut, while others attain
the Size of a cubic foot Those which
combine regularity OF surface and sizo
arc the best. The manipulation required
before they are ready for expectation is
long and costly. The clayey soil attach
ed is removed and tho meerschaum
dried. In summer exposure for five or
SIX days to the suns rays suffices, but
III winter room heated to the required
temperature is required, and the dry
Ing process takes eight or ten days.
When we'll dried, the blocks are we'll
cleaned and polished. Then they are
sorted into about p classes, each class
being packed with great care i'll sepa-
rate cases and each block being wrapped
i'll cotton wool. Engineering and Min.
ing Journal