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The age-herald., 1897-08-04
WIND AND ELECTRICITY

Held High Carnival for Time Yesterday
 Aftcrnoon-olight Damage Done.
 The thermometer began knocking ear ly yesterday morning at the ceiling of its cage and for several hours it was almost safe bet that it would succeed in braaking through. At 12 o'clock the heat had reached the sizzling point and the old citizen made the proverbial as- sertion that it was the hottest day ever saw"
 Things came to a climax about 2:30 o'clock in an electrical and wind storm. The wind bl-w at an ominous clip, yet little damage was reported from over the city
 Awnings were torn into fragments, a
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E!yfOn Co.
S-1-sun-weds
Stockholders Meeting.

meeting of the stockholders of tho Virginia and Alabama Coal company is hereby called to be held at the office of the company, in the city of Birmingham Ala bama, on the 12th day of August 1897, at 10 o'clock 6. m., for the purpose of consid- ering proposition to approve, ratify and confirm all acts and proceedings of all meetings of the directors of said company heretofore held outside of the state of Ala bama; and all acts and proceedings of all meetings of the stockholders of said com pany held pursuant to the call of any meet ing of the directors held outside of the state of Alabama; and any and all cleo tions of directors and officers of said com pany at any meeting of the stockholders or directors held as aforesaid; and all acts of any officer of said company elected or appointed by or in pursuance of meetings held outside of the state of Alabama; and especially to approve, ratify and confirm the execution and disposition of the first mortgage bonds of the company now out standing issued on the 1st day of May. 1893 and the mortgage executed by said company to the Virginia Safe Deposit and Fidelity Company on the property of said company to secure such issue of bonds bearing even date therewith and to trans. act all other business of said company that may properly come before said meet ing. JAS. B. PACE,
 President.
 7-1O-td
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
THE LADY ShERIEE.

The wild west sheriff of boots and pistols fame is fast becoming Q memory. In his place comes the sweet girl graduate in be- coming clothes, we'll fitting boots and smiles for her deadliest weapons. Such is Miss Clair Ferguson of Salt Lake City, who has just been appointed deputy sheriff of Salt Lake county. Miss Ferguson en- tered the office of the sheriff last winter as stenographer. Today she is dctating to one of her own. Her work will be limited to the serving of papers and the notifloa- ton of jurors i''s.'f
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
noHBED WHILE ASLEEP
A Negro Hostler Was Relieved Of H
 Pocketbcok and Money

A N6BFO dUBUI5F w uS HeIeV6d or HIS
 Pocketbook and Money
 Yesterday morning about 10:SO o'clock Mitchell McAlpin, a hostler in the War ner-Smiley livery stable fen asleep in a buggy in the rear end of the stable.
 While asleep some one went through his pockets and relieved him of pocket book containing sS.70 in cash, besides eight East Lake car tickets.
 Frank Bell, a fellow workman. stated to MT. Smiley and several others that he saw Ed Hayes with his hand in Me- 'Alpin's pocket. Hayes and bis partner soon sfterwssds disappeared and have rot been seer since.
 Offers have been notified of .he loss aid are on the lookout for Hayes.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
IN A PAUPER'S CRAVE
IN IT The Dead Stonemason Was Buried by Order I of the Coroner.

The Dead Stonemason Was Buried by Order
 .rl, of the Coroner.
 The remains of William Glass, the mid. dle ag5 d stonsmaSon who was found dead ir nsrrow court behind the Pearson block on Seventeenth street and Second avenue, were inferred in an unmarlx= d grave bnl the polite ,s' field over Red Moun- tain yesterday af.ernoon.
 The Warner-Smii y company turned the body over to Miller & Co., tine county un- dsrtakers in the afternoon.
 Coroner BurkhaIter began his inquest yesterday morning. The remains were viewed and as much evidence secured as possible, when an adjournment was taken until chis morning at o'clock
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

Ing up to look in tho mirror and exclnim: "Oh, I am so ugly am too homely to live. I want to dlel''
 One morning his sister went into the room to awaken him, but he refused to leave his bed and drew the covering over his face, moaning to himself, "Oh, am go ugly, so uglyP' They tried to pacify him, but without success. He refused to eat, declaring that he intended to kill him. self by starvation. Finally Mrs Miller became convinced that the only way to save her brother from death was to have him recommitted. She applied to Judge Clearwater and Meyers was sent to the Mid dletown asylum. Since his incarceration he believes himself to be growing better looking and thinks he will some day de- velop into handsome man.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
ALLEGED SANITARY vIoLATERs
Over Fifty Cases of That Class Were Heard
 YesterdaY Morning

The session of the inferior criminal court yesterday morning was almost entirely devoted to hearing cases of al- leged violation of the sanitary laws The specific charges were for violating ssc- tions PA, 245, PIT, 234 242. 265.
 There were fifty-thre+ such cases heard, and fines of from s2.5O to s15 were assessed. e
 Jim Hall, grand larceny of diamond pin; continued until today.
 Emma Clayton, grand larceny; not guilty. She is one of the alleged shop filters.
 Oscar Jones, affray; $5.
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him. MT. Pinkerton hunted up the artist, man named Luatke, known in that rough country es "the cowboy artist, !" and commissioned him to make copy of the picture in oil. Tho model of the pie ture was an old time trapper we'll known throughout tho west as "Death on the Trail"
 One of the most striking features of the picture is that no matter how many may look at it the revolver and the sneering face seem to be turned directly at every person in the group. You may view it from the foer CT fren tho oiiling, still the muzzle and tho face are pointed at you.
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 Early yesterday morning MT. Robert Ru herford, the popular conductor on 'the Birmingham Mineral railway. was awakened at his home in Elyron by his young son and the barking of his mas tiff s
 MT. Rutherford hurried into the hall way after securing pistol and found a negro in the rear end with his coat, watch and money. MT. Rutherford fired several times aJ him, but the negro ran away, not, however, before the dog. which had broken loose. had secured a hold on him. . a.rf
 MT. Rutherford believes that one of the bullets took effect as there were slight bolod spots on the floor. The dog bit him s,evs rely. .-ir..-
 have mop yet. succeeded in arresfing the Would-be burglar. -.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
A PlNKERToN PICTURE.

In the home of William A. Pinkerton, the detective, at Chicago, hangs paint ing which has an interesting history
 In 1898, during one of his trips through the west, Mir. Pinkerton visited Spokane, Wash, and there ran across m old &C., quaintance, Doc Brown, an old time gam- bier and faro dealer. At that time he was running public gambling house in Spo- kane with o barroom attachment. Hang ing in the barroom was water color painting of Q masked man with revolver in his hand, depicting a western highway man, or ''hold up." He was attracted by this singularity of tho picture. No matter how one stood the eyes of the highwayman were upon him, and the muzzle of the re- volvsr seemed to be directly pointed at
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
MRS. WlNsLOWs SOOTHING UP sYR

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHfNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS. TT SOOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, AI4- LAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COI1C. ard is the best remedy for DTARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Re sure and ask for Mrs. WinT- lows Soothing Syrup" and take no othsr hfrd. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
Cheap Summer Excursion Rates to the East
 via tha Sontharn Raj way.

On Aug. 12 h, 18th and 14th the South ern Railway, short line 10 the east and northeast, will sell round trip tickets to Washington. Norfolk, and Richmond at the low arate. of one fare for ths round trip, final limit fifteen days from dase of sale. .. d.
 Take advantage of ghis low rate for a short summer outing.
 Pullman sleepers. vestibule trains, and excellent schedules. For detailed infor- nation call at passenger office, No. z North Twentieth street, or write
 J. P. 'BILLuPS," Tray. Pass. Agt.
 8-4-td. .N@ Birmingham, Ala. NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS.
 On the 12th day of Angus, 1897, at Tus- calo5sn, Alabama, we will let all of the masonry and superStructure for the con- struction of the Alabama river bridge, on the line of the Montgomery division of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, near the city Of Montgomery. Contractors can bid sup arately for the masonry if they so desire. Masonry to be of hard burned brick, with one outer course of paving brick of Chat torooga, Birmingham or other manufac- ture. We will also let superstructure Warrior river bridge on same day.
 Plans and specifications can be seen in the office of the chief engineer at Tusca- loosa, on and after August 9th
 THE HANOVER CONSTRUCTION co. S-1-10t.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
Sacred Concert at East Lake Sunday by Chace's band, Phil Memoli, director. aug1tf
Cheap Retes to Washington, Norfolk and Rich
 mond via Southern Railway

On Aug. 12dh, 18th and 14th the South trn Railway will sell round trip tickets to the above mentioned poin.s at one fare final limit lift en days from date of sale
 J. P. BIIAUPS, T. P. A..
 S-4-td. B;rmingham Ala
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Dancing at East Lake five nights a week. Music by Mon- tano's band. augltf
BOLD, BAD BURGLAR

Negro Was Found in the Hallway and Was
 U ed fJr a Target Without Success
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1t robs the world for a man of abii~
ity to live in idleness-Ram's Horn.
People who deserve criticism gen.
orally look on it as abuse-Aurora, H..
News.
Every man knows of position SUI
perior to his own that he could fill
much better than the Incumbent
Puck.
The dangerous person in politics is
the one who persists in calling things
by their right names-Washingt
Post.
To have family properly balanced
the man should know how to accum-
ulate and the woman how to save
Fond du Lac Reporter.
A man never looks so interested in
the sermon as he does the minute after
he has snored in church and scared
hims self awake.-New York Press.
Excellence is merely relative mat
ter. The man who cannot sing may
have a voice admirably adapted to cry
ing CLAIMS, oranges or charcoal.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The villain teaches us that the only
way to excite the sympathy of men
and women for one person is to first
excite their hatred Of somebody else
Dallas, Tex, News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
WE KNOW TOO MUCH.

So says a servant, Lord, of thine,
He thinks the men who feed the swine,
Who reap and pillow. and plow and sow,
And coax reluctant grains to grow
Are overeduoated Now,
Who speaks the truth, this man or
thou?
An older teacher said, Q Lord.
(And spoke, or claimed he spoke, thy
world,
That they who trusted in thy name,
And wished to keep themselves from
blame.
Should add to their experience.-ADD.
Not take away the mite they had
A little more of knowledge. Who,
In telling us the thing to do,
Is right, o Lord?
Hast thou created me to till
The weedy soil, against my will?
To keep me more content hast thou
Ordained that I shall guide the plow?
While others strive for manhood's
might
bS loIlsoHie SIuuy udy ana night!
Am | a fool
Because I've spent year in school?
Would ten devoted years of thought
For manhoods sake, avail me naught?
Must I be ignorant to be
Contented, happy, strong, and free?
Dear Lord, my duy is not plain;
Shall | in ignorance remain?
Or may I still presume to go
To school, that may learn and know?
II. S. Varnum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
A LIFE LESSON.

There, little girl, .ont cry.
They've broken yo>r doll, I know,
And your tea set bese
And your toy hc-se, too,
Are things of the long ago;
But childish troubles will soon pass by
There, little girl, don't cry.
There, little girl, don't cry.
They've broken your slate, I know,
And the glad wild ways
Of your school girl days,
Are things of the long ago;
But life and love will soon come by:
There, little girl, don't cry.
There, little girl, don't cry.
They've broken your heart, I know,
And the rainbow CLEANS
And your youthful dreams
Are things of the long ago;
But Heaven holds all for which yor
sigh;
There, little girl, don't cry.
james Whitcomb Riley
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
A RATHER SHADY STORY.

DR.. Edward c Lyman, of Jamestown,
n. Y, recently performed a surgical
operation of great rarity and interest.
A boy of fourteen was suffering from
general tuberculosis, which showed it
self locally in the decay of the larger Of
the two bones between the knee and
ankle DR.. Lyman ard his partner, DR..
Laban Hartshorne, determined to re-
move a piece of the boys tibia, eight
inches long, and to replace il with a
piece of the ti5ia of living dog. They
procured a perfectly healthy animal
and etherized it. Then they carefully
dissected eight inches OF the tlDla and
removed from the bone its tendons,
muscles, blood vessels and nerves, eX-
ceDt from the back of the bone. They
then cut off at each end Of the eight
inches of the dogs bone and placed it
in the exact site of the eight inches Of
the boys bone hat had been removed.
Then the dogs leg was securely ban
daged to the boys leg.
The piece Of dog bone, il site on the
boys bone, was still nourished by the
sells still run through it's muscles to the
back of the piece OF borrowed bone or
course, the firm baIdages prevented
any motion by the dog.
The ends of the dogs ZONES united
with the ends of the boys bone. The
dog was again etherized and the mus
cles and blood vessels we're cut from the
back Of the piece Of bone that the boy
! had taken.
After a while the boy was able 10
wax on his composite leg. But tubercu-
iosis again showed itself and the boys
tibia again decayeG, but only above and
below the piece of bone he had l~ken,
from the dog, for the dog did not suffer
from tuberculosis and was far health
Ter than the BOY. Nothing was left FOR
the surgeon but to amputate the boys
leg at the knee joint.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
WAVE POWER UTILIZED,
Engineer Invents a Motor That Prom
Uses to Accomplish Great Things.

San Francisco has brought out a new
wave motor "lIch seems to promise
/ better and M e practical results than
previous devices for utilizing the enor-
nous lost power of the ever shifting
sea. AS described Dy the Call, it APP
pears simple in conception, yet uner-
ring in execution, anG its advantage
over other motors, as claimed by the
inventor, is that the whole machinery
is on the solid land and not out on the
surface of the water, at the mercy OF
wind and tide, breaker and calm.
A float or large buoy is securely an
chored in the water, and on it is strap
ped strong pole or mast long enough
that its top will describe considerable
of an arc as the structure pitches on
the inrolling waves. Of course, the
float will move forward and backward
to it's anchor, but this motion is an
assistant
From the top Of the mast wire ropf
goes over a cogged drum, drawn
around an ordinary l.ulley stationed
below, and up over arother drum down
to a heavy weight Within these
drums are pawl and "a net wheels 50
arranged in relation to each other that
their revolutions in opposite directions
| roll the fiywneel COL st,-ntly in one di-
rection.
The pull of the float not only sets the
| fiywheel in motion. but raises the
weight, and the Stacking of The wire
rope permits it to sink again without
checking the oyerturning fywheel
The recurring tug on the wire rope
caused by the pitching float imme-
diately begins to lift the weight, and
this is the philosophy Of the wave gen
dered power.
At the place where J. NJ. Dwyer. the
| inventor, has tried his motor, there are
hardly any waves, and even under
those conditions he found that the
! machine worked successfully. He in
tends to move out t. Bakers Beach
where the breakers are heavier and
more regular. Mr.. Dryer is a mining
engineer from Ell Dorado, and has
spent considerable time in the study of
q new practical plan for utilizing the
power Of the sea- His invention is pat
ented, and a company Of mining men
are interested in the new motOr-NeW
York Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
WVII,HI III, IHa:5 =
wv , MUSES.
THE POET GROWS DEFIANT.

! The poet, and the poets dreams!
/ The words on rapture bordeTi
| But that is not the way it seems
| When rhymes are made to order.
Mans soul in poesy may speak;
Divine the impulse given!
But verses at so much a week
Proud Pegasus is driven.
l would not write for wealth or fame
But as the muses. call me;
Yet there's a poet I could name
Whose sordid ways appall me-
He forms in verse whatever thought
IS wanted by his paper;
His poems by the yard are bought
A journalistic caper.
He writes of green hills far away;
Indeed, they are quite distant.
Of course. he'd have them blue or gray
Were editors insistent.
rural, shaded nook is found,
While idling near the streamleti
Jul nIOA4CSy LC, 1bONS II1S
His nook is but a dreamlet.
He seeks the sea, a yachtsman bold;
The sea is fresh and choppy;
His boat is on the pillows rolled
While office boys yell copy
He climbs the great Sierra steep
In fancy, free, exulting;
He climbs the stairs at no such leap,
With heart disease resulting.
No lofty theme too high for him;
He sings of El Dorado;
For want of food he's pinched and slim
With all his rhymed bravado
He says that life is full OF bliss;
He MARBLES joy unstinted;
His statements in parenthesis
Have never yet been printed.
No trouble in the world he knows
That is, while he is writing.
PrOof-readers are his constant foes;
With them he's always fighting.
He has to work amid the noise,
The talking and the laughing
Of prosy men and careless boys;
The clicky telegraphing.
The peace that should refresh the soul
Of any man poetic
Or poet not in such control
With him is theoretic.
l would not write for wealth or fame,
But as my thoughts inspire me;
To work like one whom l might name,
No publisher could hire me-
Thomas e. human.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
A BOYS FIRST LONG TROUSERS.

! The boy seems to have devei opei,
very early in life, fondness for new
clothes-a fondness which his wife
sometimes thinks he has quite out
/ grown. 1t is recorded that almost his
first plainly spoken words were Coat
and hat" uttered upon his promotion
into more boyish apparel than the
/ caps and frocks of his infancy. And
/ he remembers very distinctly his first
pair OF long trousers, and the impress
sion they made upon him, in more
ways than one, They were a black
and white check, and to them was at
tached that especially manly article,
the suspender. They were originally
worn in celebration of the birth of the
New Year, in 1S4Sor 1S49, and the
boy went to his fathers store in Hud-
son street, New York, to exhibit them
on the next business day thereafter
Naturally they excited much comment.
and were the subject of sincere con-
graduation. And two young clerks
of his father, the boys uncles, amused
themselves and the boy by playing
with him then popular game called
Squalls" They put the boy. seated,
on long counter, and then slid him
backward and forward between them
with great skill and with no little
force. But, before the championship
was decided, the boys mother broke
up the game. boxed the ears of the
players, and carried the human disk
home in disgrace.
He remembers nothing more about
the trousers, except the fact that for
time he was allowed to appear in
them only on Sundays and HOLIDAYS,
and that he was deeply chagrined at
having to go back to knickerbackers
at school and at playa Boy 3
Knew" by Lawrence Hutton in De-
cember st. Nicholas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-18
FACTS ABOUT CHAMPAGNE.

The first authoritative record of
champagne was in the fourteenth cen
fury.
In France champagne is only served
at the dessert, and it must be nettheT
too sweet nor too dry.
There is no stimulant known to med
icine as efficacious in bringing about
cheerfulness of mind as champagne.
Since the eighteenth century the
bottIing Of champagne and the her
metical corking OF the came became
general.
The best manufacturers use no labels
in France proper, the brand of the
corks being sufficient to protect their
product.
Champagne is noxi0us in some cases
of sickness, which cannot stand de-
velopment of carbonic acid gas, like
heart disease.
All champagne is dosed; liquor being
addde TO the wine makes it stronger
or lighter, dryer or sweeter, according
to the brand 1t is applied with a
machine, which appoTtions the exact
quantity to Ll,h bottle without error
or waste.
The lropevines mostly grown for
producing champagne are called plan
tie doree'' the same as the black Bur-
gundy wine), the "meunier' Cmiller
vine) and the "gros blanc" and petit
blanc Qarge and small white cham
payne vines.)
The first champagne corks consisted
OF stoppers made Of oiled hemp, cork
not being known at the time. Cork
for shoppers was first used in the alb
hey of Haut-Villers, the father butler,
Don Perignon, having introduced the
I innovation about 100.
During the hot season the dangers
Of champagne production begin, viz:
the bursting of the bottles. If the loss
! does not exceed s per cent all is well.
/ If it rises to Is per cent. the place
must be made cooler, and if it should
reach 20 per cent. nothing remains but
/ to open all the bottles.
/ The cost of champagne bottles is
! very high, as they must be fawless to
stand the enormous pressure of the
liquor. The testing of these bottles
/ is attended to by an expert who strik-
! ing two bottles lightly together with
! the sides. recognizes by the sound
whether they are perfect or not.
/ The district for the production Of
champagne is large, covering about
| $4,000 acres. A good location in the
/ champagne district is very valuable.
but most Of the vineyards are small
! and there are a larger number Of land
ed proprietors owning vineyards Of not
more than one-half or three-quarters
Of an acre.