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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
The Future Iron Centre.

Under the above caption the Atlanta
Journal has the following editorial:
Birmingham is no longer known as a
boom town. 1t has solid basis of pros
perjty and greatness that Is generally
recognized and Its future is assured
There are many reasons to believe that
Birmingham is the future center of the
iron industry in this country The un-
equalled advantages of he Rirmineham
district for the manufacture of iron ard
steel are admitted on all sides. and the
development Of these natural resources
is proceeding at an interesting rate.
The shipments from southern iron fur
naces during the month of June this year,
were 100,962 tons. and for she six months
ended July the record was over GOO, 900
tons. For the year the total, 1t is be-
lieved, will be over 100000 tons and may
reach 10000 CONS. This Is the probable
shipment for the year. but not the whole
production. In 1896 the production was
1,s33,295 tons of pig, against 1000 tons
twenty -flve years ago.
"A great part of this iron went from the
immediate vicinity OF Birmingham. The
capacity for iron and steel production in
the south is being constantly and rapidly
increased. Steel is now made at Bir-
mingham by the Martin process a cost
of 80 per ton for ingo $, from $11 to- $12 a
ton for billets. Sl% fer at=el rails and SIG
Cor steel rods.
Birmingham steel can be delivered in
England at a lower price than che home
quotations of English steel Low aa was
the cost of pig iron in Alabama and Ten
nessee 1T is said that tits ~ c:,nts ton less
now. 1t is also stated on good authority
that the southern furnaces can sell a
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Mike Dwyer Reported to Have Lost That Much
= at Saratoga.
From the st. Louis Poss-Dfspatch.

From the st. Louis Poss-Dfgpatch.
Mike Dwyer the famous turfman, Is
reported to have lost no less than 100000
at the Saratoga meeting.
When Crocl1et was left at the post last
week he carried a very heavy bet for
MIR. Dwyeu. He plunged on steeplechas-
krs and fiat horses to get out, and only
succeeded in getting further in debt
When he LEFT: he had arranged with the
layers to SETH within a week.
The news of his big losses was some
thing of surprise, because Mr.. Dwyer
was coreideped to have entSred in on an
ether lucky year. Ben BruSh won the
Suburban for him and Previous captured
several big stakes. His horses alone are
worth considerable sum and he has
plenty of property.
1t was only lack of ready cash which
compelled him to ask postponment of
settling day.
Mike Dwyer is probably the greatest
plunger this country ever saw. I'm his
old and prosperous days, when the Dwyer
brothers were sweeping everything be-
fore Them he thought nothing eff betting
$25, 900 to win $1,000. Most people prefer
Odds butt Mr.. Dwyer has always had a
fondness for short prices. He bst 100000
10 win $4,000 on Joe Cotton one day and
$50, 900 against $4,000 on Hanover. Anoth-
er big bet was $4,000 against $1,000 ON
fremont.
He was successful up to the time of
his unfortunate trip to England with
Mr. Croker His trip COST him world
of money and it broke his nerve to a
great extent. When he returned to this
country he was aged and poor in health.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
BUSINESS and Politics.

With very few exceptions the newspa-
enough to give business the preference
over politics in the preliminary furry
which has preceded the advent of better
times. This Is one way to expedite the
are so busy making governors and con-
gressmen that they have no time to build
mills and factories and look after their
farms they may expect hard times.
Especially. in this off-year the people
can afford to devote THEMSELVES to material
interests. They can in their leisure mo-
ments abuse the Dngley tariff, and speak
a word for the reformsI which are imper-
at1vely needed. but there is no reason
why they should neglect their work and
business here IN Alabama to discuss poll
tics and take care of the personal inter-
ests of few office-seekers.
Every man should take an intelligent
interest in politics. but he makes a great
mistake when he devotes too much time
to it. The first duty of Alabama Is to
develop her matchess resources and come
to the front as one Of the richest and
most powerful states of the union. The
men who are working for this result are
worth more to the people than all the pol
itlctans on the continent. Take care of
business first. and then talk politics. Re-
verse this rule of action and you will soon
have no business left to take care of.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
The Excursion Idea.

The New York papers devote consid-
cradle space to daily stories of the big
excursions which are now bringing
thousands of merchants and other visit
ors to that city. These excursions were
started for the purpose of helping the
trade of the metropolis, and the move
ment is said to be a gratifying success.
The idea is by no means a novel one
Several southern cities have given 1t a
practical test in the past. and there
should be a series of such cheap excur-
sions to every business center several
times year from points in the trading
territory around it. 1t is a good thing
from every point of view. 1t stimulates
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
Let Il Alone.

After a long period Of depression, when
some of the young men read of the for
tunes made i'm a few days by the lucky
investors in Futures" 1t is natural that
they should be tempted to try their luck.
Don't try 1t. Resist the tempta ton, and
1T will be money in your pockets. There
arc more losers than winners in these
speculative ventures, and many good
man has been hopelessly ruined by in
vesting in Futures"
The slow but sure road to fortune is the
best. It Is all right for the young men to
try to accumulate money and property,
but they should not be too greedy. A
man does not need a bg fortune to make
him happy and useful citizen. There
are men whose fame fills the world who
have only q very limited supply of wealth
and yet they are happy ard comfortable
What good will it do you 20 acquire inn
many years, and they are a daily worry.
Big fortunes when rapidly made are gen.
orally squandered.
Strive for competency, but don't yearn
for the whole earth. Let specula Son
alone when it borders on gambling. The
great majority Of spectators die bn pow
erty. Only a very few succeed and keep
their fortunes. Here in this favored re-
gion there Is prosperity for all who de-
serve it, and they do not need to engage in
desperate ventures. Stick to legitimate
HuSiuoSsf
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
The Watchword.
BY Arthur B. Mitchell


crave not money nor earthly power,
Nor would by kingly riches above my fell
lows tower.
Let me build my little cottage by the open
sea,
Where on each silvery crest
Shall the shining symbol rest.
Forever: Liberty.
Let me mingle with the toilers.
Whom, with brawny arms and sinews or
steel,
Will Iassist to wrest from Its spoilers;
My country, with both shoulders to the
wheel
And hearken forever on, as of yore,
From lake to gulf, from shore to shore,
Throughout this land of inequality,
Let our watchword be-
Forever: Liberty
Ny country, tbs thee I serve,
No hardships, nor violence, nor deadly
pain,
Shall from my purpose swerve;
This most lofty aspiration of my brain.
And should fire and fagot ancient antiquity
recall,
For thee, nay country, for thee would I fall,
For what would life's worth be without
Oh, cherished of the free
Precious kbertyl
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

long ton of pig iron at a. profit for 50
and can lay 1t down in England for $50
a ton. These are big facts and have a
mighty meaning for the south.
Steel making at Birmingham is already
successful industry and its growth to
immense proportions at an early day Is
assured
The Journal takes a friendly interest
in the progress of Birmingham's great in
dustries, and very sensibly concludes that
its development and prosperity will help
Atlanta and the whole south. This is the
right view ITO take of It. The building up
of this great iron center will be benefit
and blessing to every community in the
SOIL hern and western states
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
His Rank

Didn't I hear that man address you
as colonel?" said Mrs. Whiffett to Tired
Traddles, as she gave him some cold
victuals.
"Yes'm."
"You don't belong to the army?"
"Yes'm."
mot to the United States regular
army surely?"
NOM"
ut can't BIZ that you belong to the
Salvation Army?"
Nom"
'"Then what army are you a colonel
IMP"
1.-THE army Of the unemployed, num-"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

From the Baltimore Sun.
Now. comes the denouement; for upon a.
final flourish of trumpets, the matador,
who in this particular performance was
woman, steps forth with a brighter red
flag or cloak on a staff in her left hand
ard good Toledan blade in her right.
4 iden beneath the right edge of the red
flag. The bull makes q dash for the wo-
man, ladies turn their heads and ask me
what see, andI repor. a calm, deliberate
and skilful step to the left by ths. female
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

matador, a quick flash of fha sword. a
hsnd CT the body 10 the right, and over the
bh1rs neck squirting of blood not very
c6pious. and the sword has pierced the
animals neck close to the. shoulder. The
jlgular is severed. the beask trsmblls, his
knees give way and he falls amid the ap-
plauee Of the audience at'the skill eff the
swordswoman. Before the matador pro-
cesded TO the slaugh. err she formally asked
permission of the presiding alealdo to do
the killing, and upon his formal consent
proceeded with swordtIn hand to the front
of fha hulI
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
A Smart Girl

Yes" said the pretty typewriter, in
reply to her employers proposal of mar
rage, II will become your wife upon
one condition"
Name it, my darling"
THAT after we are married Won will
employ a man in my place"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
Substantials.
From Ozark (Ala.) Star.

T TOHI OzdTh IAI5.J oldl.
The Age-Herald has adopted very
sensible course in dsvoting more atten-
tion to industrial matters than to poll
tics. The people of the state are very
willing to have an industrial revival in
stead of political revival. They have
grown tired of reading so much politics
and are hungaring and thirsting for some
of the SubStantials,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
Importont to Horsemen

Never go up to horse and put your
hand on him without first speaking to
him." said Col. Yerger to his colored sta
bleman, Sam Johnsing.
whats dat for, boss?"
''If you don't speak first the horse will
be so startled that he will fly both heels
at your head, and then I'll have a lame
horse on my hands,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
They Want News.

From Sulligent (Ala) Lightning.
Lightning endorses the course of the
new Age-Herald in avoiding any men ton
of the financial situation at present. The
people are not going wild now to SUBJ
scribe for this paper because 1t advocates
free silver. nor for that one because it
favors the gold standard. The people
want news now.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
Some Ground For It

Mr.. DarleyI have ben reading an
article which takes the ground that hui
man beings are simply aggregatlons of
microbes, formed of piled up bacilli, in
other words. What do you thing Of
that?
Mr.. Fosdck-Well, I met gentleman
from Berlin who told me that HI was
q Germ man.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Those one-idead people who live north
and attempt to regulate the affairs of
the southern people should not forget
that lynching took place within one
Thursday
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
Open the Gates.

Is it not about time FOR the surround
ing Alabama towns 10 open up. Several
of them quarantined against Birming-
ham couple of weeks ago because of the
smallpox scare. That scare has disap-
peared. There Is no more smallpox
Raise these absurd guarantees.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Aunt Maria-Girls, here comes tina
young man who was out driving with
Jennie Higgins the day she had two
ribs broken.
Girls-Oh, introduce him. quick!
Aunt MARRIAGES., the buggy turned
over, and
Girls Sitting down again)--Oh, pshaw!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Philadelphia now has mysterious
murder to grapple with, which has shaken
the old town almost as much as did the
Cadwalader wedding, when the house
maid became the wife of the anstocratic
head of great family.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Wheat may reach 50 per bushel, and IL
demand for it. The price of wheat has
no more to do with the price of silver
than the Cuban question has to do with
the proposed annexation of Hawaii, and
the bullet-headed editors who say it has
should be looked up in an insane asylum.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
At the Club

'.Pete Amsterdams wife has left town.
so I invited Pete to come here and have
a little game of poker with us this ev-
ening, but he hasn't showed up"
''Well, a man who will act that way
don't deserve to have his wife leave town
from one years end to the other," re-
piled Col Percy Yerger.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Jack Brokeleigh Csroducing a reyolver)
You refuse me? Then farewell. This
shall be my last resort.
Miss Gotrox sizing up the weapon)-
VIII, you ought to be able to get 81 or
S. on that.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

From the time Mr.. Mckinley officially
crossed the threshold of The White House
he has been constantly appointing some of
his "old friends to Office. 1t would seem
that the time has come for him to show
some consideration to his old enemies.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

If amy more foreign gentlemen should
find 1t necessary to fight duels it will be
we'll for them to bear in mind that Bir-
mingham is prepared to make armor
plate to meet the demand.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
A Sure Thing

I'm give you good cure for sleaplcss-
ness
What is NJ
Run over he names of your creditors"
why, it would be TIM to get up before
was half way through"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Perhaps that long delayed commission
of Mr.. Hughes to be postmaster has been
placed in the wrong pigeon hole by Post
master-Genera1 Gary.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Poughkepsie, N. Y, is very much ex-
ereised over little girl who bites. There
are girls, big and little, in Alabam ma, who
have been known 10 kick.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

There is difference between the late
Petroleum V. Nasty, who was postmas-
ter. and Mr. J. w. Hughes, who is not
yet postmaster.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

1t will be wisdom upon their part to keep
in the middle of the road.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

While it may be true wheat Is going up,
the consumer is not unmindful of the fact
that -four is close behind on the ladder.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Perhaps Secretary Sherman may for
get about having written that friendly
note to Japan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Spanish justice means the murder Of
innocent women and children.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22
A Woman Matador at Cardova

The prison system of Georgia is in grsat
need of fumigation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

Those who object to harmony in poll.
tics are generally those who have the
least influence but want all the Offices
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-22

About the only trace of the populist
party in the south is Tom Watson, and
he Is fast passing beyond the divide.
IL John L. Sullivan should be elected
mayor of Boston it will be a clear case of
the Office hunting the man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13

a novel proposition was made lIaf
long ago to the Receivers of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. The b. e. o.
has branch running from what is
known as Alexandria Junction, near
Washington to Shepherds on the Po-
tomac River, where a car ferry is oper-
ated in connection with the lines lead
ing south from the Capitol. A professor
of an eastern college desired to lease
this short stretch of track for the pur-
pose of educating young men in prac-
tical railroad work. In his letter he
explained that he thought there was a
wide field for bright and energetic boys
who could be thoroughly well grounded
In the practical side of railroading pro-
vided they could be educated on a reg
ular line of road. He believed that by
the employment of veteran railroad
men as teachers that the boys could
profitably spend or 3 years working
as trainmen, firemen, engineers
sWitchmen, station agents, and in other
capacities required in the railroad SER
vice. AS this branch of the b. & o. is
of considerable value the Receivers
were compelled to decline the offer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13
Two Birds with One Stone.

1t is told of Jesse James and his
gang that they once stopped at the
house of poor widow and ordered
dinner while on a raiding tour in a
certain locality. After the widow had
hustled around and gotten up the best
dinner possible, she told Jesse she was
in great trouble, that the martgage on
her farm was due that very day, and
the man would be there in n few
hours to turn her out if the money
was not forthcoming, The bandit
asked how much it was and handed her
the $500. The man came, received
the money and released the mortgage,
but had not gone far on his return
trip when he was told to ''throw up
his hands," Jesse not only took the
$500, but all the money and valuables
he had on his person, and rode away
with contented and happy smile on
his face. -Tulare (Cal. Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Icebergs sometimes last 200 years
before they entirely melt away.
Frogs subsist on insects, and are
themselves devoured by variety of
other animals.
1t is said that if the earth's atmos-
phere were suddenly increased in
thickness to 700 miles the sun could
not penetrate it and the earth would
soon be wrapped in ice.
A lamp-wick which does not require
trimming has been invented. 1t is a
thick coil of clay, perforated with
minute holes, through which the oil
ascends by capillary attraction.
The overhead trolley now is in
Cairo, Egypt. The line was opened q
few weeks ago. The cars are divided
into three compartments-for natives,
for Europeans and for women of the
harem.
A ton Of Atlantic water, when evap-
GRATED, yields eighty-one pounds OF
salt; ton of Pacific water seventy
nine pounds; the water of the Dead
Sea more than twice as much-197
pounds to the ton.
A remarkable cave has been found
near Decorah. Iowa. In winter its
temperature is about sixty degrees,
while in summer it is usually below
zero, the frozen moisture depending
from the roof in the form of icicles.
For the purpose of removing horses
from burning buildings a new fire
mask has been placed on the market,
consisting of hood to cover the eyes
and nostrils to prevent the horse from
seeing the fire or smelling the smoke.
In recent test of floor material, the
most durable turned out to be tile
made of rubber. An English earthen
tile comes next. Vermont marble,
fagstone, granolith, marble mosaic,
yellow pine, oak, Oregon pine and teak
came in the order named.
There are no fish in Crater Lake,
Oregon, the deepest fresh water lake
in the world, and the Government
has decided to stock it with trout.
The natives used to say that the lake
was bottomless, but soundings have
shown its greatest depth to be 1000
feet.
One of the first instruments to be
shipped to the Klondike is Professor
Elihu Thompson's X-ray jewel tes-
ter, which will be used by miners to
test their ores. Many people have a
lingering hope that in the new gold
region diamond mine may come to
light, and in case of such glittering
find the assayers would be greatly
helped by the classifying which the
jewel tester would renderp possible, and
even professionals could apply the
test. This instrument can be applied
to any ore or mineral find.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13
Origin OF "Blue Flood. "

The origin of the term "blue blood"
Is most suggestive. After the black
Moors were driven out of Spain the
aristocracy of Spain was held to con-
sist Of those who traced their lineage
back to the time before the Moorish
conquest. These people were whittier
than those who had been mixed with
Moorish blood. The veins upon their
white hands were blue, while the blood
of the masses, contaminated by the
Moorish infusion, showed black upon
their hands and faces. So the white
Spaniards of the old race came to de-
clare that their blood was "blue,"
while that of the common people was
black. The phrase passed to France.
where 1t had no such significance, and
was, In fact, quite arbitrary, and thence
1t came to England and America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13
ITS WORST FORM
u nNA1N Dill assist Digestion and cur
nUCW 5 PtllS Constipation. 25 cents.
What Children Fear.

President G.. Stanley Hall of Clark
University has been collecting facts
concerning the fears of children. The
fears of children, he says are gener
ally created by parents and servants
He found that 1,701 children had g.
456 fears, the leading ones being the
fear of lightning and thunder, reptiles,
strangers, the dark, death, domestic
animals, disease, wild animals, water,
ghosts, insects, rats and mice, robbers,
high winds, etc.
A few of these fears are rational. In
New Jersey no children were found to
be afraid of high winds, but in the
West that fear naturally leads all 9th,
ers. At Trenton, however, sixty-twc
children were found who dreaded the
end of the world, fear created entire.
ly by adult teaching. His tabulation
shows what education can do IN this
respect.
No child was found to be afraid Of
the devil. Two hundred years ago and
less that fear would have led all the
rest. Few were found who were
afraid Of ghosts, a fear that would
have stood high on the list not long
ago. The fear Of robbers and of wild
animals is a survival, though robbers
have not disappeared as completely as
the wild animals.
Forty-six New Jersey children were
afraid of being burned alive, a mon.
strous thing to inculcate in the child
mind Fear will always be one of the
strongest influences in human life, but
at least 1t Is possible by teaching what
real danger consists of to eradicate
groundless fears.-Chcago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-13
Anti-Rheumatic Potatoes.

, Corporal Tanner, of the Algiers pre-
einct, sat out in front of the station
the other night in his shirt sleeves and
took in the glorious breeze that came
down Morgan street in all its glory. II
has been a rare occurrence to see the
Corporal in negligee attire. He has been
suffering terribly from rheumatism,
and throughout the summer has worn
his heavy woolen coat, even when the
humidity would WOO it from him. When
fate had him transferred to Alglers an
Irish lady living over there told him of
the virtues Of the potato. She gave him
two small ''prathles" to carry in his
trousers pockets, and he swears that
he at once felt the rheumatism sneak
ing from his bones. In few nights it
was all gone. The potatoes have begun
to get as hard as rock, and Corporal
"Bilr' swears he will carry them
through life.-Chicago News.