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The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-25

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-25

As portraits Of Hawali's handsome
young agent at the Omaha Exposition
fail to appear In any OF the numerous
group reproductions published, u ~
safe TO declare again that Mr.. Shlngle
Il attending strictly 10 business.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-25

A writer for a japanese paper says
something about the bestowal OF hon
ors on the distinguished dying that a
good many men have wanted said. The
japanese essayist declares that the
practice Of elevating to the peerage
men who are on the death-bed should
be discontinued. 1t Is suggested and
argued that man who Is really de-
serving honors should be given them
in due time or good time.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
COST OF BAD ROADS.

From the Louisville C0urier-Journal.
 The comparative cost of hauling over good and bad roads is very strikingly il- lustrated in paper from MT. Charles E. Ashburne, Jr., on the subject of macadam- ized highways. The incident related came under his own observation. MT. Ashburn says:
 "A machine weighing 16,000 pounds was drawn four miles on the Brock turnpike, macadamized road. It required four mules (4,OO0 pounds to a mule), and one and one half hours of time, at a cost of 15 cents per mule per hour. or a total cost for four miles of 90 cents. After travelling four miles on macadamzed turnpike the route lay a little less than 2,OO0 feet on a dirt . road To travel this 2,000 feet it was neces- sary to use ten of the best mules and seven men; and with this force 1t took nine hours to complete the journey. The cost was $19S0 at which rate four miles would have cost $209.0S or, in other words, $2OS. IS Is absolutely thrown away for want of a macadam road. A macadam road, such as would have prevented this enormous out lay, would cost about $100 per mile for every foot of width; that Is, 12-foot road, 200 per mile; 16-foot road $l ,6o0 per mile, etc."
 MT. John M. Stahl in an article in the Illinois number of Good Roads ventures upon calculation of the cost of bad high ways The amounts involved are greater than the national debt. For 1892 he esti- mated the wagon freights at 800 900 900 tons, which he calculated would require transportation over country highways an average distance of eight miles. This would be equivalent to moving 4000 900 900 tons one mile. He puts the cost of moving by horse power with ordinary vehicles at twenty-five cents per ton per mile. This would amount for the required transporta- tion to the enormous sum of $1,0O0. .ooo, ,0oo which is nearly $2OO .00O, 900 greater than the present bonded debt of the United tates.
 This stuypendous sum is wasted every year with a. cheerful prodigality that would be ludicrous were it not mortifyng. It is wasted in the face of the fact that fair
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
Earrings Once More
The Latest Fashion

The latest fashion chroniclers.@ say:
 Touching matter of import, honesty de- nands faithful reporting of the fact that rings are dangling from many pretty pairs of little pink ears. To tell the truth, these have only been seen in the "hupper surcles" of society, but who pray sets the fashion. if not that, very coterie?
 To make these barbare ornaments popu- lar the Jewellers are contrivng the more sensible little attachments by which ear rings can be comfortably worn and no cruel hole forced through the under lobe. From the top of the ring thread-like gold hook passes up into the hollow of the ear in front and at the back little gold foot lies against the tender lobe with d firm, yet not annoying pressure. Thus the ornament is hung safely and painless ly.
 Stud eardrops are most distinctly out of this new race. Long, lovely drops, so long as to almost touch the neck, are the mode, though a pair of perfect pear-shaped pearls dangling from the tip of the lobe are, like solitaire diamond rings, the ex- pression of utmost elegant refinement In jewels.
 Perhaps if there is a woman who is go- ing to have her cherished diamond ring
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
FUN FOR ST. VALENTINES DAY.

pleasant and original St. Valentines day celebration is a salmagundi party. In the invitation the hostess requests each guest to send her. the day before the en- tertainment, an original valentine, inelosed in an unaddressed envelope. These valen- tines the hostess carefully sorts over, writing the name of a guest on the one most appropriate for her, then laying them aside in a dainty basket, ready for distribution.
 Seven games furnish the amusement. At the first table euchre is played; at the sec ond, dominoes;. third, fish pond; fourth, jackstraws, and at the fifth, tiddledy- wink bean bag answers for the sixth game, and for the seventh spread out on the dining room table is set Of parlor croquet The winning couple at each game progresses to the table above, just in the ordinary progressive game of cards.
 On entering the room each guest is pre- sented with a gilt bracelet, having upon it tiny colored bell; partners are chosen by matching the colors of these bells The bracelets, which may be purchased at any large dry goods store take the place of talies, the players as they progress re- ceiving, instead of well known star or punch" a bangle to hang on the brace let, and in the originality of these ban gles lies their chief charm. They are fas-
  snap on and which may also be bought in quantities at any dry goods store. The winning couple at the card table receives tiny cards to hang on their bracelets; those at dominoes, tiny dominoes; at the fish pond, small shell; at jackstraws, a min- ute section of straw suspended from a ring; at tiddledy-winks, flat gold bangle Is given; for those progressing from bean bag, tiny satin bean bag, and from ta- ble croquet, small wooden ball.
 Those having the greatest number of bangles on their bracelets win respectively first second and third prizes. An empire fan, showing two cupids frolicking upon 1t, is a pretty, inexpensive present for a first prize, silver bon-bon box in the shape of a heart for the second, and a white satin, spangled lovers knot for the hair for the third.
 The valentines are then distributed, great fun being had over guessing the sender. Refreshments consisting of fancy cakes and ices in the shape of hearts are served during the reading of the valentines.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
MON NTEvALLO.

Capt. H. c. Reynolds has returned from Washington, where he. has been for several weeks lobbying for the passage of the land appropriation bill for the school here He will return later on and has strong hopes the bill will become law. e
 The enrolment of the Girls Industrial school has reached 366.
 A broom factory and steam laundry are being talked of here and strong probabil- ities of both being organized.
 Contracts have been let for the erection of modern brick drug store on Main street. It will be managed by Mir w. B. McLuny, of Mississippi.
 MT Burgess Little. the banker has let a contract for stylish residence.
 Miss Nellie Evans. teacher of scientific cooking, gave a delightful chafing dish party to few friends Friday night.
 By far the most important steps ever taken for Montevallo is the movement to get the Louisville and Nashville railroad to extend it's mineral branch from Calera on to Montevallo and tap the Montevailo coal mines at Aldrich and the Montevallo Lump Coal Company's mines at Dogwood and on to the coal fields beyond. This ex- tension has been talked of for some time but the matter is now taking definite form and bids are being made to induce the Louisville and Nashville to come in. This means much to Montevallo and the adja-
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
In the Social Realm of
 Birmingham and Elsewhere

Miss Knoxie Walker, of Montgomery, will probably reach Birmingham tomor- row. and will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs B. l.. wyman, S13 Nineteenth street, North.
 The Woman's Auxiliary of the Young Mems Christian Association will meet Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the rooms of the association.
 This afternoon at o'clock there will be held an important meeting of the Greene. with the president, Mrs. R. F. Johnston, at Mrs J. T. Nixons.
 Mrs J. Bruce Morson will entertain the Tuesday Whist club this afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock
 Miss Godsticker, who has been the guest recently of her relatives, MT. and Mrs. H. Simon, has returned to her home at Dallas, Tex.
 Miss Blanche Divine, of Chattanooga, is visiting Miss Iura Brown, at her home on Sixth avenue.
 Col. s. w. John returned .]ast night from a visit of several days to Montgomery. The Phoenix club will give one of it's enjoyable euchre parties this evening. Mrs. H. B. wheelock has sent out cards for Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 8. at 2:3o o'clock. when she will entertain at euchre at her home, SO9 North Nineteenth street.
 
 Mrs. N. E. Bollinger Of Layneld is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. P. T. Hale. on Avenue C..
 The approaching marriage of MT. Sam
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

ly good roads may be built under an intel lgent contractor and with raw material near at hand at as low as S00 or $500 a mile in such localities as Jefferson county.
 What makes 1t worse is that even the primary cost of the roads is not saved. In Jefferson county, where conditions do not vary materially from other counties in Kentucky, the sum of $30 900 to $36,000 is spent annually upon the roads, but no turnpikes are built and few of the old high ways are kept in repair. Yet, properly managed by men whose services could be had for the asking, this sum would be sufficient to keep the old roads in good condition and build fifty miles of good turnpike in addition. In four years the county could have a complete system of turnpikes, the value of farming lands would be advanced $5 to $10 an acre, a million dollars or more would be saved yearly to farmers and market gardeners, and rural life would be made ten times more attrac- tive. Is it not preposterous to delay this matter longer in Jefferson county or any where else in the state?
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

Barnett of Atlanta, formerly of Eufaula and Birmingham, to Miss Leary, also of Atlanta, has been announced. Miss Leary is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. J. F. Leary, formerly of Union Springs and Montgomery. but now residing in Atlanta The marriage will probably occur in the spring.
 The waman's Christian Temperance union will meet this afternoon at o'clock at the First Methodist church.
 Miss Mamie Waller has returned to Greensboro, after a very pleasant visit to Miss Rinnie Leigh Head.
 Mrs. Dr. Thomas D. Parke Is visiting relatives and friends in Selma.
 MT. Sale Phelan of Montgomery spent Sunday in the city.
 Miss Annie Laurie Vert of Decatur will visit Birmingham early in February, as the guest of Miss Mary Johnston.
 Mrs. Ellis Phelan of Waterbury, Conn, and her two daughters, Misses Natalie and Sarah, are the guests of Mrs. Temple Hawkins, Nineteenth street.
 Miss Minnie Merle Lame entertained a few friends on last Saturday evening.
 MT. Allen Woodward returned yesterday from Sewanee, Tenn.
 MT Sydney Phelan, of Atlanta, is visit ing relatives in the city.
 The Birmingham Federation of Woman's 8 Literary Art and Music clubs will meet this afternoon at o'clock at Elos hall, corner of Fourth avenue and Twentieth street.
 The Nineteenth Century club will not meet this afternoon announced. owing to the meeting of the locad federation. Their next meeting will be held Wednes- day week with Miss Fannie Meade.
 The Daughters of the Confectionery will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:3O dnstead of Wednesday, with Mrs. Herman Saks. This will be the last meeting of the local
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
The Best Way in Which
to Keep Youthful

The following advice from exchange gives some interesting views on the subject of keeping young while growing old--a theme always interesting:
 Probably other good thing that this latter end of the century has brought wo- |, man, says that writer. has been received with such devout gratitude, as the addi- tional lease of youth The ballot is bless ing which we have not yet decided we want, not every woman is crying for a higher education, the privilege of working on equal footing with men appeals only to women who are bread-winners. but every daughter of Eve would stay her feeting youth if she could. No woman is strong minded enough to view unmoved the first wrinkles or gray hair, the first faint proph- ecies of coming age
 The customs of the past accorded to our grandmothers but brief springtime of life. When a woman married she was supposed to be done with the frills and frvolities of life. She tucked her glossy locks under matronly cap, and thereafter lived in the reflected pleasures of her husband and chil- dren, and was forced to find an outlet for all the energy, the ambition, the aspira- tions of her young soul in ordering her household affairs. At 35 she was middle aged, at 50 she was old.
 Not so today is a woman judged. We have found that age is an elastic condi- tion that fits Itself to the heart and mind of a woman as well as a man. The woman of 30 who has travelled, thought. who has enriched her heart and brain with experi- ence and feeling, is in the best sense still in the flower of youth, while the matron of 50, still abreast of the times full of in- terest studying, perhaps. 8 new language or art, is in the very prime of life. She has outlived many of the triviaties and some of the sorrows of life. her horizon Is broadened and her heart schooled by many experiences and she is the center around which society revolves. At her age her mother had long been relegated to the chimney corner. No one would be crude enough now to call her old
 The poets and the novelists have made our ideals and are responsible for the worship we have given youth. but we are beginning to think for ourselves and ask if there are not other qualities that may offset bread and butter, pink and white ness. We refuse any longer to accept as possible the herones of romance who at IS were capable of all the complex emotions of a woman of the world, the apomb to carry off difficult situations. the subtlety
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
East :$$ $ES$; West

There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern emigrants than the line of this popular railway. The productions Of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section of country in the world. Come and see. The through restibuied limited between New York anu New Orleans is via the Att lanta and New Orleans Short Line. the most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through rich country, tssinihs with attractive and prosperous towns and villages all the way from Atlanta to Mont. gomery. For rates of fare or other infors nation write or call on
 GEO. P. ALLEN. T. P. A.
 D.. P. oRoURKE. Pass. Agent
 Selma, Ala.
 New Orleans.
 Montgomery Ala. JOHN A. GEE. Gen. Pass. Agent. E. E. KIRBY, c. T. A.,
 12 Kimball House. GEO. c. SMITH,
 President and General Manager.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
Mexican International Railroad Eagle Pass Route

The shortest standard gauge line and the fastest time between principal cities in the United States and Mexico.
 No change of cars at the frontier. Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping cars daily between San Antonio. Tex, and the City of Mexico. Direct line to Monterey, Du- rango, Zacatecas, Aguas. Calientes. San Luis Potosi. Guadalajara and City of Mex ico. All trains met at the frontier by rep- resentative of this department to attend to inspection of baggage, exchange of money, etc.
 For further information call on or ad- dress any agent on the Southern Pacific company, or c. K. DUNLAP, Genl Freight and Passenger Agt.. Eagle
 Pass, Tex. ~
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

that it will tap.
 Dr. Bush and his mother from Macon, Miss, are visiting Miss Edna Bush, one of the teacpers in the school.
 Mrs. R. E. Neil. of Selma. will give an elocutionary recital here one night next week. Betsy Hamilton is also billed for the near future.
 Dr. Wilkinson and wife. of Prattville, visited their son here this week.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
IN THE SOCIAL REALM.
-BY MRS. GEORGE c. BALL~----.sw


and fnesse to deal with williams and out wit seoundrels, the strength of heart to rise to heights of passion and self-abnega- ton. These. things come only with age and experience. They do not belong to IS, but 10 2S and over. It has been reserved for this day. to realize the French proverb about age, and as long as a woman keeps her heart yonng her interest in life fresh, she carries her own spring time with her. and with her it is always May and all the flowers are blooming.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

Many scientists of modern times have assumed to have discovered the secret of sex, but none of them ever attained such notoriety or such widespread att tention from scientific men as has Dr. s. l.. Schenk of Vienna, Austria His claim, early in January, that he was able to control the sex of an infant was followed by such a flood of seeming verification that savants all over the world are await ing with breathless interest the publication of his report to the Vienna Imperial Acad- emy of Sciences. ga
 Dr. Schenk is one of tho most eminent scientists In Europe. He teaches em- pryology in the Royal and Imperial Unt- versity of Vienna For thirty years he has made a special and elaborate study
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

reset, she will listen to a word of wisdom and follow the latest fashion, and select her setting in the form of coronet in various colored gold. The smart and novel settings for large stones are ducaf coro- nets, while small gems exauisitely placed in prongs of gold to represent sovereign rulers crown, the diamond set exactly in the top. Almost entirely have these new crown designs taken the place of the long-loved, but painfully overcopied marquise rings
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

of that branch of the science of biology which relates to parliamentary creatures fin their prenatal existence.
 Prof. Schenk is of medium height, rath- CT stout and has very pleasant face. He differs from most professors in Euro pean universities, for he is of a very coIfl- panionable nature. He Is exceedingly agreeable to American students. There Is nothing striking or peculiar in his appear ance He might be called handsome. and walks with a military air. He is rather bald, and his hair and beard are gray, the beard trimmed closely.
 Dr. Schenk is a man of truth. He is not 'sensationalist. and did not try to make any money out of his discovery, merely referring 1t to the Academy of Science. He simply says: "Of mv own choice, am the father of six boys and four of them are alive"
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
NOTICE.

All persons holding claims against R. M. Quigley & Co.,, or their sub-contractors, for work done or material furnished in the construction of the Montgomery Division of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, will please at once file the same with
 ROBERT WOOLFOLK, Treasurer of Hanover Construction Com- pany. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 1-19-30t
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

ty-two years old, and was Miss Grew before her marriage to the son of the great fnancier. It was a. love match and had the sanction of both sides of the house. She is pronounced brunette, with dark blue eyes, wavy hair and beautiful figure.
 Young Morgan has been placed in charge of the London branch of the great bank ing house of J. s. Morgan & Co.,, founded by his grandfather. It was on this mis- sion that the young couple sailed, and in
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
MARDI GRAS,
New Orleans and Mobile, Feb. 22 -Rcdaced r' Rates via Southern Railway.

On account of the Mardi Gras Carnival at New, Orleans and Mobile,- February p, 1898 the Southern railway will sell tickets from all points on it's line to these points at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold February 16 to 21 in- elusive, limited to return March 5. 1898.
 Call on any agent of the Southern rail- way for further information. 1-2S-td
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

Rosenstihl Bros., Jewellers, ll7 goth St., have engaged MT. J. H. Havill, of Chicago (who is we'll known here), to con- duct the great auction sale of their entire stock, beginning February l.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

the public eye, For fair young Mrs. Jack Morgan was the first woman to take advantage of Uncle Sam's rule per- hitting the registering of personal valu- abes by persons going to Europe. By this act she will have no trouble getting through the custom house her re- turn trip.
 Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., is twen-
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
MRS. WlNSIOW,S SOOTHING SYRUP

MRS. WlNSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
 Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for theip CHILDREN WHILE TEETIENG. with PERFECT SUCCESS. IT SOOTHES the CHILD. SOF'TENH the GUMS. AL LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND COLIC. and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twepty-tive cents bottle
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
MRS. M0RGAN'S SEALSKINS.
They Gained Notoriety for the Young Wife of a
 Young Millionaire.

The world at large didn't know that J. Pierpont Morgan had a son, or that the son had a wife, until it came about that the Dingley bill brought them both into
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

so doing had occasion to register various sealskins.
 Tho young matron was obliged to leave a magnificent home behind her. At No. East Thirty-sixth street, block from the parental Morgan roof, the happy pair left palace of a house given them by Morgan pere as wedding present The Morgan fortune, however, will not be se- riousy diminished by the setting up of a similar abode in the British capital.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

chapter previous to the assembling of the state convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy and as much business of inn portance is to be transacted, every mem Der is requested to be present.
 Miss Mary Leigh Reynolds who has been the guest of Mrs. J. O. Cross has returned to her home at St. Louis.
 Dr. Sam Nabers will lecture at the South Highland Presbyterian church at an early date on his tour through England on a bicycle.
 Mrs. Charles O. Locke, who is visiting relatives at Eufaula, is receiving many social courtesies from friends in that city. Mrs. Cliff A. Locke gave handsome card party in Mrs. Locke's honor few days ago, as did also Mrs. J. E. McCor- mick.
 Mrs. John V. Smith, of Scale, is visit ing her sister, Mrs. George Hughes, of Avondale. rt
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
IT. < Supreme Court Adjourns

Washington, Jan. 31.-The United States supreme court today adjourned until the Fist of February without deciding any Of the important cases before it.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01

The weakness following a severe illness ia wholly overcome by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The times., 1898-01-30
This Cat a Vegetarian.

(From the Concinnati Commercial Gazette,
At the vegetarian jubilee in London re-
Gently some remarkable exhibits were made'
One was vegetarian cat, a sleek and hand
some pussy, who, having been brought up
in vegetarian family, had not only learned
to love veget able food, but had forgotten the
feline taste for mouse flesh. Mice OF the
pluInpest and most tempting appearance
could run across the floor with perfect i'm
punfty in the presence of this vegetarian
tabby. She just winked sleepily at them
and gave a contemptuous curl of her an
tIcaruivorous tail. A new race of cats is
thus brotIgh5 into sight the reformed feline
who will not eat meat nor kill mice. But
the new vegetarian breed of cats will never
become popular with the ladies.