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Evening star., 1898-07-06
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To Philadelphia (day boaD every day Except
Sunday at z:3o Observation-Disclosures. 81 90
To Philadelphia might steamers1. 81 90
To Philadelphia and return by Tafl........S3 So. 90
To Cape May tfrom Philadelphia by raid. 80. So 70
To Cape May and return Cten days.. sl..........S4.25 -
10 Cape May and return tsessoLj.......-...S4.5O 81 30
To Atlantic City from Philadelphia by raid 81 rs
To Atlantic City and return tten days So 55
To Atlantic CITY and return (seasoB( ..... 81 20
To Asbury Pars, Ocean Grove, Long Branca. .s4.0O
To Asbury Pfrk Ocean Grove, Long Branch and
return season (from Philsdelphia by rain. II. So 90
To New York from Philadelphia by raid. 81. 90
To New York and return eleven days $500
Night steamers Except Sundays from wharf.
Light and Pratt streets. at pm. W -lte fer de-
scriptive pamphlet and fishing grounds at Better.
ton. Tickets Tor sale at OFFICE ONLY. Also tick.
et9 to Albany Troy, Saratoga Springs. Newport, n.
l.; Fall River, New Haven. Bridgeport, Conn;
Portland, Me. points north. Tickets 10 Phil.
atielphla on sal. fl Washington at 3. o. Ticket
Offices Pennsylvania avenue, and B. -. depot,
CLARENCE SHRINER, Agent 2o4 Light St. Bal
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Through Sleeper Washington 10 Buff
faIO ia u. and D.

Daily on Royal Blue Line and Lehieh
Valley route. leaving Washington sos
pm, arriving Buffalo 1890 am. next day.
Advertisement.
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This IS the proper time to have your fur
naces and latTobes cleaned and repaired
s. s. SHEDD & BRO, 49, 9th NV.
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Atlantic City and Return via d. ant
o. $500.

10 am. and 1906 noon, Fridays and Sat
urdays. Tickets good to return until Tues
day following.-Advt.
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Something newi Blue-fame coal oil cook.
ing stoves. A. Eberly's Sons, 71S' 7th NV.
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Jas. F. Oyster sells those famous 5-lb.
boxes of best Creamery butter at 81 70 9Ot
Pa. ave, Center, Riggs and K st. mkts.-
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1898-07-06

Carnations Lasr the Longest.
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Use ''Kenny's Cheon," the best SOC. tea in
America. Pure American-refined Sugars
sold at cost.
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When You Want to Hire n c,rr,
remember that Downey's Model StabIas
le22-2S l. St, are headquarters Phone az
advertisement. W.
Evening star., 1898-07-06
Baths and Fairgrounds.

There is no reason in the nature of
things why schools should not furnish
baths to those children who are not bathed
elsewhere. The cost of two bathing tanks,
one for boys and one for girls, in each
large school building would be slight. The
difficulties of administration are much less
than they at first appear. have no doubt
that most of us will live to see the school
buildings erected in crowded and poorer
districts of our large cities equipped with
bathing facilities.
'Fifth-This title, I suppose, covers mat
ters not included in the program elsewhere
L will speak of but Fairgrounds.
I'm villages and small cities, with the
country all around, the necessity of play
grounds is not so apparent, but in large
cities they are necessary for physical and
moral health. The great obstacle seems to
be the cost of ground. Except in the very
largest cities. this should not be allowed 10
interfere. No school superintendent should
allow his board of education to rest con-
tented with new school site that does not
include ample Fairgrounds, for free play
is the best exercise.
In the very large cities the roof play-
ground. adopted in New York, seems to
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
NORTHERN IMMIGRANTS
Passed Through Birmingham Yesterday
Going to Iota, La, Rice Fields.

Yesterday afternoon ON the south-bound
Louisville and Nashville, there was a car
load of emigrants from Findlay o., on
their way to Iota, La, where they will en-
gage in the cultivation of rice. There were
thirty-three passengers comprising the
party-just seven families. All of their
household effects were shipped through
Birmingham day or two ago.
One of the emigrants, an old gentleman,
said that all of the party had been farm
ers around Findlay, but that their section
was too crowded and that they had sold out
to move SOUTH Several of the families
have invested In Louisiana rice FARMS and
others will rent for the time being. If the
venture proves successful the party seemed
to think there would be number of other
farmers to follow them from Findlay. They
spoke very highly of the excellent manner
in which the party had been treatd by the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
IN GOOD CONDITION.
Committee Looks Into Affairs of Roll
ing Mill.

The special committee appointed by the
mill to make an examination of the condi-
ton of the books and general financial
condition of that company, was In the city
yesterday. The committee which was ap-
pointed by the stockholders in Louisville
on December consists of President Milton
II. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, George w. Norton, a prominent
broker of Louisville, and Hon. J. A. Van
Hoose of this city, the latter representing
the Birmingham stockholders.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Norton came down
from Louisville yesterday morning, and
they together with Mr.. VanHoose, spent
most of the day at the Office of the rolling
mill. They were at work almost continu-
ously until the afternoon, when Mr.. Smith
left for Montgomery and Mr. Norton re-
turned to Louisville.
Mr.. VanHoose stated last night that the
result of the conference had been very
satisfactory thus far. The committee
found, of course, that the financial stand
ing Of the rolling mill company, its as
sets and liabilities, were in the exact con-
dition in which they were reported by the
officers OF the company when the company
first assigned.
Mr.. VanHoose stated that the committee
was still undecided as to the recommends
tons 1t would make to the stockholders, or
at what time the meeting of the lat
ter would be called to hear this report
But the general situation was quite salts
factory.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
PARKER PICKED
FOR The WINNER
In the AldeFmaniC Race by the Know
Ing Ones.
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
License Schedule for 1899 Will Be
Adopted.
POLICE COMMISSION COMMITTEE
Will Appear Before Body to Ask for In
crease in Pay of officers-Lane
Wants Salary Accordingto
Term of Service.
POLICE COMMISSION COMMITTEE

The city council will meet tonight, adopt
There are two candidates to succeed I. Il.
Ashford, who resigned as representative
from the ward some time ago. One is
Thomas Parker and the other Lew Lo-
cams. The friends of the two gentlemen
have been working like beavers in their
behalf, real warm campaign having been
carried on.
1t was said last night by those who pro-
fess to stand on the inside that Mr.. Parker
will be the successful candidate, although
it is acknowledged that the vote will be
close. The friends of Mr.. Lozams are still
confident and 1t is not doubted that he
would make capable representative.
The council will likely adopt the report of
the license schedule with very few changes.
The committee will have very few in its
recommendations.
Pay of the Policemen
with the question of increased pay for po-
licemen. The interview of Mayor Evans
in The Age-Herald yesterday morning has
created considerable comment.
II think that the salaries of the police
men should be graded said Police Com
missioner A. o. Lane in discussing the sub
ject which is now such a general topic OF
conversation in the city, according to the
length of time they have been on the force.
''In the first place, however, 1 am of
course in favor of increasing the police
mems salary from the present salary of
$50, which is all they are getting. Such pay
is entirely too small for man to live on,
especially if he has a family. The reduce
ton would never have been made had 1t
not been an absolute necessity.
''Then as l said at first, think that the
policemen should be paid according to the
time they have been on the force. Say di-
vide them into three classes, paying the
newest and necessarily the most inexper-
fenced ones $50, the middle class SOS and the
oldest men in the business So A police
mans business has to be learned just as
any other calling has to be learned, and it
Is not expected that a man new at the
business can be of as much use to the city
as one who has been going his rounds for
years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

a ! CO.. Pick Leaf smoking mst Tobacco
| stands unrivaled for purity and flavor.
| Made from the purest, ripest and sweetest
| Tobacco 1t will please you. Try it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
FLORENCE HOTEL CIGAR STORE.

If want Postage Revenue Special Delivery Stampsgo
to Florence Hotel Cigar Store
If the best Cigars Birmingham
Hotel Cigar Store
want change for nickel $1,000 Florence Hotel
Cigar Store
If want to buy fine Ppe-Meerschaum Briar-go to
Florence Hotel Cigar Store
We would cash your checks money change
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

See that your baby is en-
tered this afternoon!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
TURKEYS.

TURKEYS.
Our Xmas turkeys will be
extra fine this year. Give us
your order now. -
Fowlkes q Myatt Co.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
Committee WIN Appear

''These are a few Of my individual opin-
ions on the subject. There is a special COM
mittee from the commission consisting of
is to appear before the city council tomor-
roy night to see what can be done for the
better payment of the force. don't know
what plan they have agreed upon or how
much or what they will ask for, but the
plan I have outlined would be my idea of
the matter"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

, General Fred s. Ferguson yesterday re-
ceived cablegram announcing the death of
the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur r.
Gray at Headington, near oxford, England
Mrs. Gray was formerly Miss Laura Fer
guson of this city.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21
Suit for Divorce

Through his attorney, B. M. Allen, Robert
]. Fowler, Jr., has filed suit in. the city
court for absolute divorce from Lorene T.
fowler on the grounds of adultery and of
compulsory marriage
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

Trustees, patrons and friends of the East
Lake Atheneum are respectfully invited to
recital Thursday evening, 22d inst, 5
O'Clock Car leaves city 7;06 and returns
$3.50.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

You'll find many nice pieces and an easy
task to make selection. Call and see..
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

Hoods Sarsaparilla, containing such Gu
rative power, is the best medicine that
money can buy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-21

S3-Sterling silver mounted
brush and comb, %. Full line
of other silver novelties at
popular prices.
e. Lowinsohn,
2OlO First Avenue.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10

pendicular embankment through which
the train often passes for miles with
out break.
AS the wheel revolves, the snow
chips pass back through the intervals
between the shovels, fall into large
sized fan elevator, and are hurled
forth on this side or that side of the
line, according to the quarter from
which the wind is blowing. In u
graceful arch of silver dust, the snow
is flung into the air to hight of sixty
or seventy feet, descending like a
fountain over the half-buried posts OF
the telegraph. From the smoke stack
a volume of fire is rising. There is an
uproar like the sound of artillery gal
Looping over cobbled street. As a
spectacular effect the snow plow is a
great success. Some of the bigger
plows weigh over fifty tons by them
selves, and with the machinery that
operates them the total weight is over
100 tons.
The cutter, with its own private en-.
gine, as it were, is placed on mass
i've truck which is inclosed like the
cab of locomotive and linked to a
heavy freight engine, the 'Hog.'
Following behind this travels another
engine drawing its load of tools and
it's complement of workers. The men
who operate snow plow draw high
wages, the expenses in this respect on
one job amounting to over $3.50 6
day. A rotary in good hands will
clear snow blockaded track at the
rate from two to twelve miles an hour
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
A Genuine Bill. But Split.

A few days ago a sensation was
caused at Ionia by the discovery of a
counterfeit $10O silver certificate. The
bill had been offered to the cashier of
one of the local banks, and pronounced
by him to be bogus, and this
opinion was confirmed later by Secret
Service officer who went there to in
vestigate the matter. The bill had
partially split in two, and it was sup
posed to be one of the kind where the
front and back are printed on separate
sheets OF thin paper by counterfeiters,
and then pasted together, with the
silk threads between. The bill was
sent to the Treasury officials at Wash
ington, and on Monday the Ionia cash
ier and the Secret Service officer were
astounded at a dispatch from Wash
ington stating that the bill was genu-
inc and that 500 in currency had
been sent on to redeem it. This is
the first instance known of q United
States note splitting in two.-Detroit
Free Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
Towns Which Have Disappeared.

The North Sea is slowly but surely
absorbing the counties of Norfolk and
Suffolk, in England. The Cromer of
Casar's day now lies two miles out at
sea under many fathoms of water, and
the tides are stealthily creeping toward
its successor, and already wash the
place where the brick wall of q light
house stood not long ago.
It is difficult to realize that the vii
lage of Dunwich, in Suffolk, was at
one time royal town, the seat of
King Sigebert's government; and that
as late as the fourteenth century it
was a populous and prosperous town,
and maintained fleet of war vessels.
A stealthy enemy was even then at its
gates, and gradually the port was
blocked with sand; houses crumbled
into the sea by hundreds, and stately
mopasteries and churches were en-
quilted. To-day, Dunwich has shrunk
to tiny village with population OF
little over 200 souls It'll
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
FIGHTING SNOW DRIFTS.
THE WHITE FOE OF TRAFFIC IN THE
CANADIAN NORTHWEST.

Railway Lines Blockaded Ey Sweeping
Avalanches-An Army of Men Re-
quired to Clear the Tracks-Great
Snow Sheds For Protecting the Trains.
''North America is the battle ground
of the biggest snow fights on earth
There are thousands of men in the
northwest whose only occupation dur
ing the winter months is to fight snow
It is exciting work, too, life that in
wolves the greatest hardships and con-
tinual risks. One might search the
world over for more desperate and
dangerous employment.
1t was Canadian Pacific engineer
who spoke. We were travelling over
the Rocky Mountains at midnight.
Through the glass-paneled door at the
tail of the train one could see the icy
crests of the Mountains in the pale
moonlight. In the wake of the sum-
mer fires the trees stood up thin and
rakish, like the masts of ships. Else
where they we're shrouded with droop-
ing branches and spattered stems, in
the universal snow. The snow gave
an impressive sense of peacefulness to
the impenetrable silence of the noun
tains. I looked out upon the solemn
stiffness, the broad stretches of mo-
tionless white, the deep passages of
avalanches carved along the mountain
sides, with feeling of awe for the
immensity of the power that had so
changed the face of nature.
But the railroad man had no
illusions. To him the snow was q
foe. foe to be feared, foe against
whom men and engines had often
measured their strength in vain.
Every now and then the scenery
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
rHow a Chameleon Changes Color.

The chameleon is little lizard, who
possesses the wonderful power of
changing his color to suit his own con
yenience. Florida produces several
species of these lizards in abundance.
Up to the present day no one has un-
derstood the process by which the lit
tie lizard effects his changes. Now it
is known.
Certain colors through the medium
of the optic nerve produce contrac-
ton or expansion of the pigment or
color cells. The result is protective
tint or one which resembles that upon
which the animal is resting. The eye
receives the stimulus or impression,
which passes from the optic nerve to
the sympathetic nerve, so reaching
the various series of the lizards little
color cells under the skin.
The pigment cells are distributed all
over the body with more or less regu-
larity, and upon their contraction and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
Disappointed in Love.

There is IN old lady residing south
of Kokomo, near the HowardTipton
county line, who has been ''man
hater" for forty years. She is a spin
ster leading hermit's life, and has a
comfortable sum of money secreted in
her home.
Since being disappointed in love
forty years ago she has never spoken
to man. She is seldom seen in town,
and her small trading is always done
with women clerks. She has made a
will and purchased cemetery lot.
Explicit directions have been given
that no man shall preach her funeral
sermon nor act as pall-bearer. A
womon is to offer prayer at the grave
Women shall act as pall-bearers, a
woman shall drive the hearse, and
women lower the body and fill the
grave. No men are to be allowed in
the funeral procession, and newspa-
pers are forbidden to mention her de-
mise. indianapolis Ind.) Sentinel.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10

dust has cleared sufficiently for the
engineers to see around them, it may
be that they have only advanced a
yard, possibly the engine fires have
been extinguished, not improbably
the engine may have been thrown oil
the line.
The one recourse which then re-
mains is to coll in the assistance of a
small army of men, that way may be
forced through the snow with pick
and shovel, and, while these opera
tions are progressing, the passenger
train has to be kept constantly on the
move, lest in few hours it become
incapable of movement at all.
At such time it is no unusual thing
to see several hundred men at work
on single drift. Perhaps eight or
dozen platforms are cut in the snow,
and thus what is removed from the
line is passed upward from stage to
stage. climbing the steep walls in tiny
shovelfuls, until it finally reaches the
open waste, thirty or forty feet above
the heads of the workers on the ground
level.
The men are brought to the spot in
special trains and fed and housed as
best they can be. They work day and
night, sometimes shoveling for thirty
six hours at stretch.
The thing that has simplified the
task Of snow fighting more than any
thing else, especially in the prairie
country, is the rotary plow. The ap-
pearance of the rotary" as it is fa.
military called by railroad men, re-
minds one Of nothing 30 much as the
screw propeller of steamship. 1t is
huge rosetto of fanges, about twelve
feet in diameter, that bores its way
into snowbanks, clearing just enough
space to enable the waiting train to
pass through. AS the winter goes on,
the snow is piled higher and higher
on both sides, until we have the per-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
A Spin on an Ice Yacht.

The wind is strong and steady, and
the boat glides faster aud faster. Sharp
exclamations of pleasure testify that
the passengers are enjoying it. The
speed increases. Before lies field
smooth as plate glass and as level as
billiard table. For two miles it ex,
tends without flaw. At its further
edge lies tremendous crack, filled
with ground up ice and heaving black
water. The full power of the wind
strikes the white wings as the smooth,
est ice is reached, and the craft darts
away at tremendous pace. Faster,
faster, she flies, till she is travelling
faster than the wind that drives her.
The al seems to be full of electric
sparks, frosty haze blurs the view,
every heart is throbbing with delight
at the wild, free speed of it all. Be-
fore one has had time to think, the
crack seems to be rushing at the boat.
A moment of intense anxiety, catch.
ing of breaths, wild pumping of
hearts, then shrek of excited joy
The good boat has flown the gap as
hunter clears his fence-has flung it
behind her with never rap, and is
tearing away over another good bit, as
though she has no need to touch any
thing more solid than the cold, sweet
air.-Outing.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
Queer Way to Catch Turtles.

Most voyagers in tropical seas are
acquainted with peculiar fish, Z.
remora, known generally by the triv
ial name of the Sucker" The dis
tinguishing characteristic of this fish
is laziness. Unwilling to exert itself
overmuch in the pursuit of food, it
has developed an arrangement on the
buck of its head exactly like the cor
rugated sole of tennis shoe, and as
artificial in appearance as If made and
fitted by the hand of man. When the
sucker finds itself in the vicinity of
any large floating body, such as a
ship, shark, or a piece of tlotsam,
whose neighborhood seems to prom
ise an abundance of food, it attaches
itself firmly thereto by means of this
curious contrivance, which permits it
to eat, breathe and perform all neces-
sary functions while being carried
about without any exertion on its part.
1t can attach and detach itself instan
taneously, and holds so firmly that
direct backward pull cannot dislodge
it without injury to the fish. The
Chinese, who have successfully trained
the cormorant and the otter to fish
for them, have taken the remora in
hand with the happiest results. Sew
eral good sized specimens having been
caught, small iron rings are fitted to
their tails, to which are attached long,
slender, but very strong, lines. Thus
equipped the fishermen set out, aud
when basking turtle is seen, two or
three of the suckers are slipped over
board. Should they turn and stick to
the bottom of the sampan, they are
carefully detached by being pushed
forward with the inevitable bamboo,
and started on the search again. AT
last they attach themselves to the SUI
pine turtle. Then the fishermen haul
in the lines, against which gentle
suasion the hapless Chelone struggles
in vain. Once on board the lugger
the useful remora is detached, and
is at once ready for use again Cham
bers' journal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-03-10
Household Hints.

Clothes carefully folded and sprin.
kled are half ironed
Black cotton hose should be dried
and ironed on the wrong side to pre-
vent fading.
The line, as soon as its duty is end
ed, should be reeled up and placed in
bag until next time.
Black and white calicoes are bene-
fted by having handful of salt add
ed to a rinslng water.
Calicoes should be washed in clean
water, dried in the shade, and turned
on the wrong side to dry.
Red tablecloths keep their color if
a little borax is added to the rinse wa
ter and they are dried in the shade.
Pillow slips sho1ld be ironed length.
wise instead of crosswise, if one
wishes to iron wrinkles out instead of
in.
Dish towels and common towels can
be ironed just as well in half the time
if folded together once as if ironed
singly.
Clothes when brought in should be
separated and folded at once; if al
lowed to lie together, many wrinkles
accumulate.