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Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

The Yankee genius continues to hold his prestige throughout the civilized world as an all-round hustler. When the bicycle fever first struck the country a little manufactory was started in Grand Rapids. Mich. and the Evening Press in speaking Of the bicycle industries. says:
 There are now six bicycle factories in successful opers tior in this city and tEey are fast making Grand Rapids oi.e
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07
A GoOn scHEMn

Birmingham has hit upon a good way to increase the revenue of the city. Her city prisons were becoming crowded and great many of the inmates idle. The city has closed contract with the Sloss Iron and Steel company hiring :hem the convicts at $5 per head per month, and as a result the hobos and other petty criminals who have not heretofore feared the punishment are becoming alarmed and as result crime will be reduced in the city.-Washingi.o News
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07
ALMOST TWINS.

When the Montgomery Advertiser and the Ala bama Monitor Crank Baltzslrs pspeD are Of one mind, we may expect something interesting in state. politics, And a com parison Of their editorial pages would lead one to believe that such an unnatural alliance is nevitable-AIexan- der City Outlook. t5 ts
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

Among the many gentlemen who are mentioned for the presidency of the state university is Prof James K. Powers of the State Normal school at Florence. He is a born educator and ranks high in the educational world. ard if he should be selected to the important position, we have no doubt that he would preside over that noted institution with great ability and push it to the front in the educa tionaI world
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

of the centers of the trade At least two of them are actively pushing the sale of their products in Europe, and one has an established trade in Mexico. Almost every variety of wheel is made here, and every Kind of pocketbook can find a wheel suited to it's capac;ty"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07
WANT TO SEE HER PRospEB

Birmingham is now sure of a half A million dollar cotton mill. Another fine feather in the Magic City's cap,A Bir- mngham has a field peculiarly her own and we want to see her prosper more and more.-AlexanGer City Outlook
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07
WITH THE STATE EDITORS
GOLDEN WEALTH.

Tallapoosa county has golden wealth in her hills, and7it is attracting big cap ltal and many .prospectors.. The tidal wave of development is coming our way. Alexander City Outlook.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

Mobile wan-s cotton mill, and is ready to put up her share of the ca pital" Savannah Press
 It Is difficult to credit a statement like this in connection with & town tha. has for years had more than fourteen mil Hons of It's capital tied up in government bonds.-Macon News
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

Thorsby, the new Scandinavian town, will have new pap5r this week, to- be published by MT. M. F. Taylor, of De- triot. Mich. Thorsby is forging right to the front, and Is destined to be one of the pride cities on ,he Louisville. and Nashville 70
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

Nero should have waited q few centur- ies before resigning as he did. If he were alive today he could borrow some money of John Bull and be protected in the pastime of murdering Christians and committing all kinds of arson
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

It would seem from the municipal elec- tions held in Cincinnati, Columbus and Eanesville, O., having each elected demo- cratic officials, that democracy of the Bryan type Is neither dead nor sleeping
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

The death blows Weyler is administer 4ns 70 the Cuban patriots bear striking Resemblance to tn. death blow adrlinis- .tersd to free silver last fall The patri- cts aie thriving on just such death blows and tho free silver "co, rse" is g1llivant- ing soVer the country at a rae calcula ted tG drive ths gol9bugs to drink
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

Join the party for Wilmington. N. C., to tfe Southern Baptist Convention May 6-14, 1897 via the Southern Railway. Tick cts will be sold May 3rd to Eth. at one fare for the round trip. limited to fiften days. Through trains carrying Pullman drawing room sleepers.
 J. P. BILLUPS,
 Tray. Pass Agent
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

The Spanish soldiers In Cuba have not been paid off for eight months. Weyler seems more capable of standing off his own soldiers than he is of standing off chose under the command of Gomez.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07
Special Notice to Subscribers to the
 State Herald. ee,s.

From and after this date, all subscriptions to the Daily State Herald are due and pay able monthly or quarterly in advance. Under no circum- stances will subscription ac- counts be carried in arrears longer than three months.
 Subscribers will please bear this fact in mind and govern themselves accordingly.
 All past due accounts must be paid at once.
 J. A. ROUNTREE, General Manager Daily State- Herald.
 April 4, 1897
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

There seems to be some doubt in the senate as to a state of war in Cuba but there is no doubt about there being a state of war in the senate.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

AS election day approaches in Chicago the growing strength of Carter Harrison explains why the gold bugs of that city object to making the fight along natioral issues.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

The first state convention of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy will meet in Montgomery Thursday.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-07

With approach of spring take Hoods SarsapariEa. to purify your blood It will make you strong.
The herald., 1897-08-31
Gondola English

A newspaper published in Lucerne
during the holiday season for the service
of English and American visitors, which
is very scrupulous as to the purity of its
own English, beth in grammar and
specimens Of "gondola English in Ven
ice. They occur in a placard of direc-
tons which are intended to protect the
guileleeS English speaking tourist from
the extortion of boatmen, and also to
protect the boatmen from British or
American suspicion of overcharges. Two
out of the series will be sufficient to jus
tify the advice of the critic that such
public notices should be submitted to an
Englishman for revision before they are
printed; I'm the hours of night, cal
culated from the ascending to the ex-
tinguishirg of the lanterns, one pays an
augmentation of thirty cent. for every
hour" "2-It is the rule that no more
than four persons can be embarked ia
a gondola, and no more than six in a
bark. In the exceptive case, when a
greater number is EN- barked to the max
imum of six in a gondola and eight in d
bark, one pays half of the price in addi-
ton to the price of the tariff
Does this unlucky "one" free the other
five in a gondola, or the other seven in n
bark, from paying any addition TO tha
price of the tariff" And how do the six
in a gondola or eight in a bark decide
which of the crew shall be the "ons''
who pays the addition ?-W estminster
Gazette
The herald., 1897-08-31
OF Value to HousekeeperS

A little borax in baby's bath will pre-
vent the skin from chatting and fron
breaking out from the heat.
Kettles should be washed as soon as
you get through using them, and not be
allowed to stand until cold.
A damp cellar will cause many kinds
of sickness and great attention should
be paid to the proper airing and drain
ing.
Nuts when dry may be restored tc
freshness by soaking them in milk or in
milk and lukewarm water for several
hours.
Knives should be gently rubbed with
oil before they are put away for any
length of time, to prevent them from
rusting.
Many lung troubles come from super
fetal breathing. Deep, full breaths
should be drawn and the lungs fully
expanded.
In either hot or cold weather the win
dows should be open at night and the
house thoroughly ventilated at all times
and seasons
A good knife should never be used
for stirring potatoes or other vegetables
when frying, as the heat destroys the
temper of the steel.
An application of cologne water or am
monia to the stings of mosquitoes, bees
or hornets will cause immediate relief.
The stings should always be removed
from a wound by forceps or gentle pres
sure.
The herald., 1897-08-31

ton, they greatly increase the area oi
cultivation, they develop the mineral
wealth of the country and open up psIw
industries. They are mos. effective
preventive of death from starvation by
their carrying power in time Of famine
and distress, and in years of prosperity
they are the most reliable instrume nts
for the augmentati tion and distribution of
wealth, ard, so far as the recuperative
powers of the mass OF the people are
concerned, they are the reaGiest agency
the government can employ. Last year
| announced to the house that we pro-
posed to largely increase the railway
program of expenditure for the next
three years. and during that period there
were to be constructed by the S.ate about
5000 miles, costing Rx. 1860, 600. and by
private companies 1926 milss, casting
Rx1 16. 1S9, 900, making an aggregate of
1851 miles and Rx. 45, $4,000 of expend.-
ture. After consultation with the vice
roy, we have determined to adhere, as
far as we possibly can, to this increased
outlay, though it may be necessary for
the present year to reduce our proposed
expenditure for a crore; but I believe for
the reasons / have all'aady stated, that
the prosecution of this policy will be
most effective famine preventive instru-
men,t, and one which should be vigor-
ous.y pushed through, even although it
may occasion for the moman some finan-
cial inconvenience London Railway
News
The herald., 1897-08-31
One Hundred and Sixty-Five Bats in
a Bedroom Roof

Although not a case for the Psychical
Research society, nevertheless the ex-
periences of a dweller in Newington,
near Sittingbourne, up till quite recently
must have been uncanny, indeed. 1t ap
pears that for some time past he has
been disturbed in his slumbers by Pc
culiar noise from the ceiling above his
bed, and not being of a particularly
superstitious nature, he attributed it
to bats. But his patience was sorely
tried and last week he determined to
put an end to the nuisance. After the
roof had been opened by the local
mason, the long suffering Newington-
ian, with the aid CT a bee-smoker filled
with tobacco and brown paper, drove
out no fewer than 165 bats from above
his sleeping chamber. So long had the
animals been left undisturbed that they
had formed quite colony in this roof,
for there were several nests, made after
the manner of mice nests with pieces of
hay and straw and bits of wool; but all
the bats, old nd young alike, were driven
out, though not without considerable OBJ
lection from the elder ones 1t was
peculiar feature of the eviction that al
though it was broad daylight at the
time, these denizens of the night found
no inconvenience in finding their way
to another resting place westminster
Gazette.
The herald., 1897-08-31
AN ELUSIVE COMMODITY
Most of the Gold Mined Never
Reached the Mints

Gold has always proved a rather elusive
article of commerce 20 this nation. From
1850 to 1870 we mined an average of over
$50, ,0C0, 900 a year. but from 1868 to 1876
we exported $3.50, 000 900 of gold in excess
of our imports Of the coin. This, Of
course, was a little war memento and
really helped to reduce largely the ma
tional debt incurred by the rebellion
From 1877 to 1883 we imported s275, 600, O00
in excess of our exports for the same
period, and this no doubt was due to the
large investment in our railroad stocks
and bonds from Germany, France an6
England. AT no time since 1889 have our
imports of gold exceeded our exports.
The banner year of disaster for us was
in 1893. when the exports of gold in ex-
2ass of the imports was $S7 5O6 463, and
with silver added to this first year of
Clevelands second administration a
.otal of $105 900, 600 in coin went out of the
country.
Much of this represented the with
drawals by investors, who disposed of
their holdings after the advent of the
Democrats to power, but gold has been
an elusive quantity at all times since the
earliest knowledge of the metal. While
!. is true that an enormous amount is con-
sumed in the arts and manufactures, yet
it is impossible to trace the yellow metal
the world over The several nations OF
he earth have mined upwards of 7000,-
900, 900 in the century, and yet, as before
stated, the total coined value of the prod
act is slightly below $4,000, 100000. The
making of jewelry the manufacture of
gold leaf, the use of the metal in plating
and in other branches of art are in eX-
cess of the demand for ii for coinage pur-
poses. 1t being the most ductile and
malleable of the metals, nations have
used it in the arts and manufactures
from the earliest times and, of course,
an enormous quantity has been lost to
money service. A single grain of gold,
it is estimated, can be beaten into Leaf
of fifty-siX square inches and the gold
leaf can be reduced to the 300, 000th part
of an inch in thickness. New York Mail
and Express.
The herald., 1897-08-31
FIRE IN CHINATOWN
The Alarm Given by Mongohans
Discharging Firearms

Fire broke out at 2:3O o'clock this morn
ing in a Chinese cigar stand belonging
to Long 81 and located in a two-story
brick block at 31S Marchessault street
AS soon as the fire. was discovered the
Chinese in the neighborhood rushed out
and began yelling and discharging fire
arms TO sound the alarm. officer Davis,
who is on that beat, heard the racket,
and imagined that there was a good
sized fight on hand. In all seven or
eight shots were fired.
He hurried to the scene, and learning
what the matter was turned in an alarm
from box g. The department promptly
responded and were soon a t work on the
fire. The loss is not thought to amount
to much, although it could not be posi-
lively stated at the t.me of going to pres..
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The herald., 1897-08-31
PERSONAL

c. L. Loud, who is interested In fruit
drying at Pomona, is at the Van Nuys.
F. Estudillo of the Indian agency at
San Jacinto is registered at the Hollen
beck.
Miss Breck of the normal school re-
turned from her vacation in the north
yesterday
F H. Lowe, with the Wilmington
Transportation company at Avalon. is
in the city.
DR.. Rendon. who owns large planta- :
ton at Merida. Mex, is at the Nadeau.
accompanied by his wife.
Baron B. " Schroeder and Baron A. v.
Schroeder registered at the Van Nuys las /
night from Hamburg, Germany.
Secretary Frank Virgins of the cham
ber of commerce returned from a flying
visit to San Francisco yesterday
Gordon Mclean, who is connected with
the Detroit Copper Mining company at
Morencia, Ariz., is at the Hole rbeck, ac-
companied by his wife.
The herald., 1897-08-31

had watched the preparation of fire
'proofng materials. Her experiments
| were carried on in the basement of a
boarding house until last April. when
she hit by accident or ins,pirati on the
combination which the chemists have
been trying to unlock. Since then the
experiments have been carried on in half
a dozen chemical laboratories in the
city by experts, but the secret of the
! combination is locked up in the head OF
the diScoverer, Mrs. Frances Shaw, Irv-
ing Park.
TWO small frame houses have just
been put together and coated with the
enamel, and as soon as Chief Svenie of
the fire department returns from his va
cation a test will be made as to whet ther
they are fireproof. The chemists say
the thin coating of enamel put over them
VIII be an absolute preventive, accord
ing to the results of the eXperime nts they
have made.
The enamel itself looks like white
shellac. F. H. Trip, an enamel expert
has been conducting the experiments
with the enamel applied to butter tubs
at his offices in the Ogden building but
short time ago the experiments were
transferred to the Agricultural depart
ment at Washington, where number OF
severe tests have been made, and the
enamel has been pronounced absolutely
odor proof.
The thin varnish of the material iS
spread over the wooden tubs with
brush. and 1t was said, according to ag-
ricultural department officials, one of
them Secretary Wilson, the butter will
keep indefinitely within the shellac coat
ing. T.
The enamel, as it was nodded into
brick for the test a Racine, is designed
for a lining to fireproof safes. The re-
suits, as the Waukegan test ard Racine
test demonstrated. have been almost in
credible. Where iron and steel have
been blistered and shriveled UP the en-
amel has not even become warm. EN-
periments are stiM going on to perfect
the material for this use.
Application already has been made
70 the officials of the Paris exposition,
and negotiations are under way at pres
ent to quote the buildings of the entire
exposition with the fiTeproof enamel.
In the last few days stock company
has been formed to carry on the expert
mentS and tests ardto place the enamel
on the market.
Mrs. Shaw, the discoverer Of the en-
amel is 35 years old, and for several
years past has been engaged in shipping
butter from the Iowa dairy farms to the
Chicago retail market. She believes the
inspira tion for his discovery came to her
one day under the shadow of the Acad
emy of Sciences in Lincoln park, after
she had suffered a considerable loss
from large shipment of butter becom
ing rancid in cold storage. She abso
utely refuses to talk about her discovery.
1t is her intention to publicly announce
the result of the scientific tests of the
new fireproofing in few weeks.-Chica-
go Tribune
The herald., 1897-08-31

of deathbed repentance. Mr.. Webb
moved that the report of the finance
committee be accepted-ard it was.
The main issue having been decided,
the rest of the business went with a
rush. resolution from Mr.. Conrey
that $4,000 be included in the estimate of
funds for bonds, to be used in the pur-
chase of additional ground for the Gus
ter street school. was carried.
The following communications was
read by the secretary and, on Mr..
Webb's motion. was accepted:
To the Honorable the City Council of
the City of Los Angeles-Gentlemen: In
view of the fact that public interest and
the necessity of the people of the city OF
Los Angeles demand the building and
equipping of certain school houses. and that
certain additions be made to certain school
buildings heretofore erected, and that lands
be acquired upon which o build such school
houses, the cost of which Will be too great
TO be paid out of the ordinary income anc
revenue of said schools. and that your hon
oorab,e body has received assurance that
Los Angeles city bonds will find a ready
market if payable in lawful money of the
United States" we would therefore request
that no further delay be had in calling the
election for the issuance of bonds for said
school purposes. but that such election be
called a. once in accordance with our esti-
mate already adopted by your honorable
body.
This request is made for reasons above
stated. and as the necessities of the school
department for more school room is caus-
ing endless embarrassment. we would re-
spectfully request that your honorable
body take immediate action in the matter
(Signed) L. n. MATHIS, President
BY H. L. johnson, Secretary.
BY order of the board of education.
Dated Los Angeles. Cal. August 80, 1897.
Then occurred the last diversion of the
evening. when Mr.. Davis made a motion
that the appointment Of an engineer t.
the high school be reverted to the high
school committee. Before the motion
was seconded d Mr.. Webb moved that Mr.
Davis motion be laid on the table. A
general exchange OF please ntries fol-
lowed to which Mr.. Davis Mr.. Webb and
Mr. McInerny. all contributed, until, by
a roll call tie voc, both motions were lost
and without loss Of time the board was
adjourned
The herald., 1897-08-31
A NEW FIRE PROOF ENAMEL,
A Chicago Woman's Discovery Tha,
Is Being Thoroughly Tested

A new firaproof has just been discoy-
cred by Chicago woman, Mrs. Fra nces
Shaw. Half dozen expert chemists are
busy testing its unheard Of properties TO
resist heat. The discovery and the re-
suit of the experiments wfhica the chem
lists have been making are to be formally
announced to the scientific world in a
few weeks. and the experts who have
been at work on the enamel for the la st
fur months say the discovery will en-
tirely revolutionize modern fireproofine
methods.
The inventor of the wond,anrut enamel
is woman who has but slight knowl
edge of chemistry. but from childh cd
The herald., 1897-08-31
Hack Drivers Eracas

Frank Evans, a hack driver employed
by Lusk. and a colleague named Rich
ardson engaged in lively scrap in front
of the Western Union telegraph office on
Spring street late last night. Richardson
had the worst Of the encounter and was
taken TO the receiving hospital after mid
night for repairs. His injuries consisted
of a cut on the side Of the head and an
other abrasion over the left eye No ar
rests were made
The herald., 1897-08-31
Blackburn Again Arrested

Charles F. Blackburn was brought up
from San Diego last night by United
States Marshal Pourade and locked up
in the county Jail on a charge of unlaw-
fully using the mails. Blackburn is the
crank who wrote scurrilous and threat
ening letters to Col H. G Otis He was
arrested over month ago, but escaped
a Cotton from the officer who was bring
ing him to this city He was again ar
rested at San Diego and will now have
to stand trial on the charge.
The herald., 1897-08-31
Undelivered Telegrams

There are undelivered kilograms at
the Western Union telegraph office, cor
ner of Spring and First streets. for the
following persons Mrs NJ. Lewis. Mrs.
Clara Greening, Mrs F. Martin. F w
Jones. L. A. Hamilton, Mrs. F. Lee. Mrs.
Anna Lassen
The herald., 1897-08-31

The Salvation army officers are giving
the poor children an outing today tc
Santa Monica. Staff Captain and Mrs
Dunham will be in charge of the party
The herald., 1897-08-31
Indian Railways as Famine Proven
tive

In his speech introducing the In6ian
budget, Lord George Hamilton, after re-
ferrtng to the limited extent to- which
further irrigation work could be under
taken, said: "On the other hand, the
extension of railroads wherever under
taken after proper surveys have been of
great benefit, not only to the districts
through which they run, but to the COM
nSunity at large. They facilitate migra-
The herald., 1897-08-31
Citrus Trees

Young citrus trees will want constant
attention to prevent spindly growth. A
little light pruning in rapid growth now
taking place may save much cutting out OF
wood later on, and at a time when 1t may
tend to check growth. Whenever shoot
shows signs of not being able to stand
alone, cut the tip off to make it stocky.
This also applies to old trees with young
BUDS They are apt to get top-heavy and
be broken off by the wind, and should be
tied in such a manner as to strengthen
until a complete union is made. Do not
sacrifice any more of the young growth
than is absolutely necessary. as the trees
require every leaf to help root formation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-17
TEXAS TIPS.


II Is said that State President Sanger
will not call a meeting of the board of
directors till some time during the first
part OF February and that San Antonio will
be the place.
Rev. Homer r. Wilson, State chaplain OF
the division, Will tender a reception to the
commercial travellers on Saturday eve. the
I'D instant. at his elegant home on West
Seventh street, Fort Worth. The reverend
gentleman Is anxiouS to have the boys
shape their route so that many will be able
to be on hand.
Rumor has it that Post J. Fort Worth.
will present the name OF State Director
Howard w Peak for the office OF president
at the coming State meeting In Houston.
and the Panther City boys will swoop down
on the Bayou City In goodly numbers.
The State chairman OF the railroad COM
mittoe is busily engaged on a communica-
tion regarding the mileage question In
Texas, and promises TO send q copy for pub
LEGATION in a few days
And now comes State Director d. w
Mcheaux with the information that this
section Of the State will also have a candi-
date in the field for the presidency of the
division. In the person Of All picckmann,
the president of the San Antonio post