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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-30
TRAINS ARRIVE BIRMINGHAM:

ID. C. 'oAi
w: H: Green. General superintendent
W. A. Turk, G. p. A.. Washington. d. C.
c. A. Benscoter. A. G. p. K, Chatta.
nooga, Tenn.
J. P. Billups. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC r. r. co
Time table No. Il, taking effect S a. m. Juiv
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-30

BY Private Wire to Paine. Murphy Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
Smoking in COren.

In Corea all men and women smoke. They begin early. The pipe is brass bowl, with a reed stem four feet long and a brass, amber or glass mouth piece. Accidents often occur from persons falling with long pipe in the mouth, the stem of which is driven down the throat, through the cheek, or into the palate. During the reform period" after the Japan-China war, long pipes were forbidden to the com mon people, and they turned to cigar cites, which have become rooted in the popular affection. Native cigarettes, which are of poor quality, sell for one cent gold for twenty. Little cigars of cigarette size sell for IA cents gold per 100. American cigarettes are used exclusively in the palace, and thousands of them are smoked there. This makes them popular with the up- per classes, and the consumption of them is very great. The best of them cost one cent gold each. The import duty on cigars and cigarettes is 20 per cent. ad valorem, but, in spite of this, the American manufacturers are grad ually coming into control of the mar ket
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
Accomplishments of the Camel.

AccOm pAIShmentS 0f the Camel.
 ''I first formed my opinion of a camel some years ago, when I rode across the Arabian deserts, and 1 see no reason to alter it in any way. The creature has so many talents and so many ways of exhibiting them. And, to begin with, it can kick, harder, high CT, sWifter and oftener than a mule, and can use all four feet at one time in a kicking match. Then it can bite worse than vicious horse, and buck in a way to make broncho blush with absolute shame. No rider ever lived who can stay on that perch, seven feet from the ground, during a camePs ex- hibition of gymnastics. Then he can run away when he feels like it, and is often seized with desire to slope. Upon an occasion Of this kind his rider experiences sensation between being blown up with dynamite and strug- gling against the throes of an earth quake, until all his joints are dislo- cated, and he drops, a limp, inert mass, to the ground. Then this sweet crea- ture has way of evineing his dis pleasure that is at least effectual and convincing. He twists his snake-like neck into a circle, and, poking his ugly nose into the face of the rider, opens his eayernous mouth and lets out a roar of disgust in such a fetid breath that elevated human victim is fairly blown into the middle of the coming month Ga week being too short a dis tanee). :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
DOORS MADE OF VENEER.
Hall Doors, Not Even the More Costly Are
 Made of Solid Wood.

Hall Doors, Not Even the More Costly Are
 Made of Solid Wood.
 The very finest of doors are made nowadays of veneer on a body of pine. Even when made of mahogany or some other costly wood, doors have to be yeneered. The body of the door is made of plain, straight-grained ma hogany, while the surfaces are veneers of fine wood.
 In the finest doors the body is made of selected white pine, free from sap and perfectly seasoned, which is cut into narrow strips and then glued to- gether. The outer edges of this door are faced with what is called a veneer, but which is really a strip of the fine wood half an inch or more in thick ness. Tie inner edges of the frame, by the panels, are covered in the same manner with thick strips, in which the ornamental mouldings, or carvings, are made, and which are grooYed to re- ceive the panels.
 This built-up frame of white pine. with edges of the fine wood, is then Yeneered with the fine wood. In some lighter doors the panels may be of solid mahogany, but in the finer, larger and heavier doors the panels also are made of sheets of white pine with a Yeneering of the fine wood, so that the entire door is yeneered.
 It would be difficult, if not impos- sible, to procure at ans cost mahogany lumber in fine and beautiful woods of sufficient size for the larger doors. The built-up and veneered door of pine wood, however, has every appearance of a solid door, and, made of selected yeneers, it may be more beautiful than solid door would be. It is more seryiceable and remains longer per feet. It's cost is about half what a solid door would cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01

FOR sALEl AT HALF PRICE! A good, gentle family horse, harness and buggy; all in good shape and made out of good stuff. " big bargain for Il little money. Address T. Pearce, 10G Pine st. 2l4 tf .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
rhe Lnrgest Cnnnon.

The largest cannon in the world was taken by the British when India was conquered. The Cannon was cast about the year 1500, and was the work of a chief named Chuleby Koomy Khan of Ahmednugger. The inside of the gun is fitted up with seats, and is a favor ite place for British officers to go for a quiet monday smoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
Vbe First Interview.

It is said of the Aberdeen Journal, which has recently celebrated it's 150th birthday, that in one of it's earliest numbers, now unhappily lost from the files, a participant in the battle of Gull loden was interviewed two days after that historic combat It was about the earliest newspaper interview on record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01

MEANTBD-to buy 300 to FOO acres Of 2i land Ia I'd GraDhie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
SSiOnal.

DR.J. P. P.Eh>LEY, Dentist Have moved k my partors to the corner of Main and Fourth, opposite the most CfHce. ,Telenhonr Nos: Old, 202; New, 250.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
wood for Golf sticks.

Scotch manufacturers consider beech and hornbeam as the best woods for golf clubheads, with ash the favorite for shafts. In the United States nick ory is considered the best for shafts and dogwood and persimmon for heads.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01

TOR SALE OR RENT Desirable two F story dwelling for sale or rent, No, H% Main street. Apply to Roberts x Johnson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
Largest Crater.

The largest crater in the world is in the Sandwich Islands. The circumfer- ence of the crater is about twenty miles, it's depth in places being 2.000 feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01
A DeIfcacy.

Plover eggs, which are at present esteemed great delieacy. were eaten only by peasants two centuries ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-01

We also pay dividends annually, either in cash paid up certificates which will increase the face of the policy The following table will illustrate of twenty pay ment life plans, at age s on a $Io,ooo basis Anual cost $34o8o, participating; S2726o nonparticpating:
Evening star., 1898-02-25

OuIIB, JdEItS fSdHhfN, 7 d. IoSI OoICUI di So
Young, William A.. Va........The Raleigh
Zepor. William T.. Ind. .2l3 N. Capitol st.
Officers of House of Representative.
Rev. H. N. Couden. Chaplain. IDS c ST. se
Alexander Mcdowell, Clerk. ....... Willard's
w. ]. Browning. Chief Clerk. .2O6 A st. Sc.
Benz. F. Russell. Sergeant Coz b ne
William ]. Glenn. Doorkeeper. -. Willard's
Jos. c. McElroy. Postmaster.22l f. Cap. st.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
E1echt & Company, SIS 9TH st.


lakes 1t has no stock and can be slowed
py hauiing In the cable until the shank Ia
urawn up into the hawser pipe leaving
ohiy the head and flukes projecting. and
these lying fiat against the side of the
Vessei. The head and fiukes are cast in
one solid piece and attached to the shank
Dy Dali and socket joint which permits
them TO rotate freely for a certain distance
IN any direction Thus when the anchor
Is dropped to the bottom it lies fat ,ipon
the g ound and there are no projecting
parts For the cable to catch upOn. AS
soon as the strain comes the fiukes turn
downward till they form an angle of about
1orty-nVe degrees with the shank. and
strike into the ground just as the blade of
noe Will strike into soft sand when drawn
Forward by the handle In the old anchor
only one fuke took hold at a. time, but in
the new one both work together, giving
much greater holding power. -
Lioyds shipping register gives a table
showing tt at sailing yacht OF three to
five tons requires forty-pound bower
and twenty pound stream anchor. while
cne of thirteen to nineteen tons should be
provided with a bower weighing 112 pounds
ard stream anchor Of seventy pounds. A
fisherman who has made a practical test
states that twelve-pound anchor of the
new type will hold an eighteen-ton boat
In tidewater and that 1t Is entirely too
heavy for small boats, being exceedingly
difficult to pull out when once it has taken
hold
Evening star., 1898-02-25
Remarkable. Artesian Well.
st. Louis Globe-Denocrat

The attention of the United States bu-
reau of animal industry has been called
to the remarkable qualities Of the water
which flows from an artesian well situated
Oh the ranch of Colonel c. M. Terrell, two
miles north of San Antonio. Tex. Expert
ments show that 1t is a sure preventative
Of Texas or splenetic fever, and it is prob
able that dipping station for all south
Texas cattle will be established at the well
When the water was first struck the large
pasture in which 1t Is located was filled
with cattle. all of which were covered with
the fever tick. short time after they had
commenced drinking the water 1t wa:
found that the animals were entirely free
from the ticks. The water has a tempera-
ture of 1O8 degrees. and has peculiar medi-
cinal qualities. which prove beneficial to
the animals when dipped. In all the dip
ping experiments heretofore made a chemi-
cally prepared water was used, which was
very injurious to the stock and for tina.
reason cattle dipping has not come into
general practice.
The artesian well is 1900 feet deep and
has now of 100000 gallons per day. Its
principal constituents are sodium sulphate
calcium suiphate and calcium chloride.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
INVENTION Of A NEW ANCHOR.
Old-StyIc Form Which Has Figured
In History and Poetry is Gone.
Prom fbfcayo pecord

Old-Stylc Form Which Has Figured
in History and Poetry is Gone.
Prom the Chicago Record.
For hundreds. perhaps thousands of
years, the general shape of the anchor has
remained unchanged The one found n
the woods OF a West India island and sup
posed TO have been brought over from
Spain by Christopher Columbus differs. HIT
tie from those In use at the present day.
though somewhat lchger in the shank.
The appearance of the old-style anchor is
familiar to every one. but the details of its
operation. which is not so simple as it
sc ems. may not be so well known. Ii con-
sists of long, straight shank bearing at
its end two recurved branches. or arms
called the nukes. Each fiGke is broadened
at its outer end into shape somewhat re-
SembliES that Of the well-known aCe Of
srades. AT the other cid of the shank Is a
reg to which the cstle is attached, and
just below the ring Is a straight crosspiece
called tine stock. lonee: than the flukes and
at right angles to tfem. Now, as the
f1ukeS and the stock are at right angles to
each other 1t follows that they cannot both
lie fiat on she ground at the same time,
and as the stock Is the longest it generally
assumes recumbeEt position and the
ffukes are forced to stand upon end. one
pointing up into the air or the water and
the other downward into the ground. AS
SOcH ttS tne SIHiin comes upon the cable
the f1uke which Is pointing downward
strikes into the sand. mud or gravel OF the
bottom, just as a plodghshare strikes into
the ground whea the horses start. The
only use of the stock is 10 keep the fiukes
in position where they will bite instantly
when the strain comes.
The device is inge NOUS. but has some
serious defects. Perhaps the worst of these
is that one of the fiukes or one end OF the
stock is always pointing upward and that
the cable Is liable tc catch upon it and
turn the anchor around that the fiukes
will not eaten and the anchor will drag.
Its unwieldiness Is another objectionab BILE
feature. for. with the stock pointing in one
direction and the fiukes In another large
heavy anchor is one OF the most unwieldly
objects imaginable. 1t is sometimes so
constructed that when rot i'm use the stock
can be folded against the side of the shank
but even then II is one OF the most incon-
venient and unhandy articles in the ves-
sells equipment. and 1t is fortunate that
the sailors of the lake marine are so sell
dom caliet; upon to make use of .heir
ground tackle"
Last fall. however. an anchor was pat
ented that does away with all these dis
advantages. and all eady IL has been adopt
ed by some OF the largest vessels on the
Evening star., 1898-02-25
Spring in England.
From the London Times.


The first week of February brought with
1t taste of wintry weather The week
ended however. in the open country with
a brilliant wintry day. continuous sunshine
and bracing air combining to render out
door conditions exceptionally attractive
after the long spell of unseasonabIy mild
weather. The precocity of the season q
well shown by the forward state of h. dgt-
low heritage. amongst waich the dark fol-
iage OF the cuckOopint. the whorled leaves
OF the goOse-grass. and already album
dant growth OF un7belltferous weSds are
conspicuous. The elder Is in leaf aazsi
catklns had shed their pollen before jan
uary rad run It's course. and the hedge
row sallows are resplendent with the iustcr
of their silky buds. In gardens the goose
berry and currant bushes ate dotted over
with the green tips of the young leaves
which have too soon escaped from their
Imprisonment, and the condition of pear
trces-especiaIly wall fruits such tnat
not few growers have abandoned the
hope of any crop this year. Th. winter
accnite. which at this early date is often
only just peeping above the ground, is al
ready ripening its many-seeded follicles
We may add that turnips and swedes left
in the ground to be hurdled with sheep are
beginning to run freely. and unless we
should experience further checks such as
was imposed by the frost at the end of tho
week. the fields will soon be yellow with
an undesired blossom developed at the ex-
r pense Of rhe roots. Rape. too, an exceed
ingly valuable crop in sheep farms. is
making rapid growth. while the appear
ance of pastures I'm general and of water
meadows in particular, is such as would ne
timely even a couple OF months hence.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
SPORTS M,s:Hl1NERAL
Schedule Meeting ST 20 Western
Baseball League.
DIX
ST. LOUIS BROWNS. GIE 10 TERMS
Nine Of Them 50 ff7F' fa'b Have Signed
Contracts.
WANT TO p LAY IVES

President b. B. Johnson of the Western
Base Bail League. with those members not
included in the schedule committee, arrived
at Kansas City yesterday for the regular
meeting of the league. The arrivals in
cluded Matthew kililea, Chas. F. Comis-
key Gus Schmelz. G. A. Vanderbeck and
Messrs. Schuman and OBrien, the latter
two being the managers Of the new Omaha
team.
The schedule agreed upon by the COM
mittee is, it is said, generally acceptable
to the respective clubs but it is probable
tt at some minor changes will be suggested.
The schedule provides for the opening Of
the season about April 20. when the Millers
will meet the Blues in Kansas City fer
four games.
President Johnson is confident that the
seeson of 1898 will be u prosperous one for
the Western League. He says the players
&C rtracts are now coming in steadily.
The magnates held a long meeting yes
tcrday afternoon, and we're in session
again last night. resolution was adopted
protesting against its proposed rule for
the drafting of players from minor league
clubs upon thirty days notice. The protest
will be laid before the National League
presidents at their meeting in st. Louis
next week.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
TENDERFEEr FOR kLONDIkE.
One Train That Contained 200 Men
and 100 Dogs.

From the Helena (MontD Independent.
There are now trailing across the state
from east to west some OF the mctleyest
crowds Of men that ever crossed a conti-
nent 1t is the crusade to the Klcndike
that is now on in earnest. In few months
the movement will be reversed and thous-
ands OF the crusaders who now have money
will be working their way back home again
without any. but rich in experience.
Every west-bound Northern Pacific cx-
press that passes through Helena IL loaded
down with Klondikers. Yesterday there
were fourteen coaches on No. 1. the west
bound train, which pulled In about on time.
Nine coaches make an ordinary and
heavy train, but the rush was so great
that five additional coaches mad been at
tached to the train. The through Pacific
express was not exceptionally heavy yes
terday. for every day there are from three
to six additional coaches to each westward
bound train. The passenger list OF yesfer-
days through train included about 2D
nen bound for the gold fel1 is and 100 dogs
Most of those bound for the klondike
are young men. but there are few gray
headed enthusiasts among hon. Many OF
them are from the far LAST, and there are
delegations from Iowa. illinois and other
miGde states. A railroad man who came
into Helena yesterday the Pacific eX-
press said that 80 pec cent OF the klon-
dikcrs travel armed, anG many of them
exhibited their weapons in trua Buffalo bill
were in the Wild west IL would lie advisable
to have their trLsty six-shoo.ars ct nGfd
ready on the instant 70 repel ths attack OF
train robbers.
I'm one car alone" said the railroad msa
there were about thirty men who wore
dig Colt revolNers in scabpnrls attached
to harness under their arms Nearly all
of them also had big hunting knives
stuck In their belts. The weapons were all
bright AMI sh.r.y. and made imposing
array. II the train had been going the
otner way. one would easily have imagined
a filibustering expedition on the way 10
liberate Cuba. / think from the way some
of them talked, they rather looked for the
train to be held up AMI were almost look
ing for the adventure. Tuase mAn exhibit
ed their weapons In the way that might be
Plains. They would get of when the train
stopped AMI walk up aid Gown the plat
form, with their big guns and knives ia
plain view. They were on parade and II
did them good to walk through large
crowds at the more important stations.
These fellows and their arsenals we're never
parted. They actually slept with their pis-
Now. L suppose that the r-mamen. of
those men must have cost cacn of them I'm
the neighborhood OF $50 Some of then.
had rifles well revolvt-s. and | sew
one man with a shotgun. Although they
had expended so much Zoe guns they dill
not waste any money on the dining car.
Nearly every Klondik-r on the train either
brought his provisions with him or ate AT
stations along the line. And they had no
money to spend for sleeping car berths.
either. Perhaps they were only inursi,g
themselves 10 the hardshps they proposs
to subject themselves to on their way TO
the gold fields
Evening star., 1898-02-25
RARE AND EXPENSIVE DRUGS.
Extract From 7O.OOO Flowers Put In
One Pound of saffron.
From Chambers journal.


Saffron would strike an ordinary observer
As decidedly expensive at So shillIrgs a
pound, until told that IL is composed Of the
central small portions only OF the flowers OF
a crocus. 10000 of which it takes to yield
the material for one pour d. Altar of roses
sells at EDS odd per pound, and il takes io-
90 poun1s-or nearly five tons-of roses TO
obtain one pound of the OIL Aconite ex-
tracted from the root Of monkshood, is said
to be the very strongest poison extant, the
dose being oae-six-hundredth of a grain.
1t is sold at the rate of f21 per ounce.
Turning from the vegetable to the animal
world IN search of rare drugs, the writer re-
fers to the musk of the Asiatic deer which
at to to "a an ounce must be a prize TO the
willy hunter. In some Of the tropical seas
floating sweet-smellng mass of ambergris
is met with. worth at present e. 10 shilin2s
per ounce, or tSS per pound. in the maI Set.
This embergris is said TO be the diseased
hillary product of the wna'e. Another pc
culiar animal product III use as a lrug - a
solution of the pure venom of the rattle
snake. given occasionally IN malignant sea-
let fever; while less strong. if perhaps aarL-
ly less repulsive, is powdered cockroach,
which in six-grain doses has been pre-
scribed. with good effects, 1t is said, fol
drOpSy.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
Michael to stick to the Wheel.


North Capitol and o streets and New
York avenue-Henry X. Beck ct al, trus-
tees, to Stephen Van Wyck, all square 60:
SO.
Bates street northwest between North
Capitol and 1st streets-Rufus X. Helphen-
stine ct ux. to Henry NJ. Baker, lots 195 to
2O7, square 615; $40.
l. street northwest between 18th and 18th
streets-Same to same, lot 81, square 24S;
SO.
No 636 G street southeast-Isador Kauf-
mann ct ux. to Samuel Bieber, part original
lot I, square S17; $40.
Connecticut Avenue Heights-Jno. H.
Lane ct ux. to James b. Winner lots SO and
81, square .: 81 900.
Addition to Congress Heights-Henry c..
Longnecker ct ux. to Mary H. Sattes, lots
q and 2S: $500.
Holmead Manor-Wm. 8. Mfnnix ct ux. to
Eva b. Middleton lot ., block AZ: 80
l street northwest between 18th ana 10th
streets-Anna M. Cole to Arthur J. Tyrer,
lot 45. square 1&3; 80
v street northwest between 10th and 18th
streets-Jane. A. Riggs to District Of Co.
Nmbia. lots 10 and H. square IT'S. $21 075.
I street northwest between 18th and 10th
lot 49, square 1S0;s SO. s14sy
P street northwest bftNeen 10th and 17th
streets-David WarnSF 81 lux. to Chas B.
Purvis, lot IL, square 1S0; SO.
F. street northwest between Goth and .21st
streets-Chas. H. Weaver to VIM. r. and
M. Viola Granger, lot 81. isduare 1903: s.. 600.
n street northeast between nth and 18th
lot 70. square 9s1: 81. 100. .a,
1lth street northwest between G and III
streets-Wm. f. Lexf5 ct ux to VIM. H.
Davis. part OF lot 16. squire $40; SO.
Evening star., 1898-02-25
NINE HAVE COME TO TERMS.
Carsey and Taylor Among the First
to Sign Contracts.

to Sign Contracts.
A special from st. Louis says that while
the Browns blank contracts ware sent out
only last Friday. President Muckenfuss has
already received nine OF them back proper
ly signed The signers are Taylor. Carsey,
Lally Crooks, Clifford, Gilpatrick. Hall,
Donnelly and Turner.
Mr.. Muckenfuss said Thursday that the
report that an opportunity had not been
given some of the players to sign was in
correct. Il mailed them myself last Fri
day." he declared. 1.-The league rules very
plainly state that contracts must be Offered
TO players before March or the club has
no further claim to them
The signing Of Wilfred Carsey, Russ Hall
and Jimmy Donnelly insures the coming to
st. Louis of these three man. VINO, many
persons believed, would not be seen in that
city this season. The trouble that Carsey
had with the home club last summer, when
hs jumped the team and returned to mis-
home on Staten Island, has been adjusted
by Won der Ahe's removing the fine i'm
posed on the little twirler
Evening star., 1898-02-25
WANT TO PLAY IVES.
Return of the "NapOIeen of BiIIia rds''
From SucccnAfuI Trim

Clarence Green of Chicago Tuesday de-
posted SO in support of a challenge on
behalf of George Sutton. The proposition
is for Frank c. Ives to give Sutton so
points IN a 3OO-point game of cushion car
oms for $3.50 sideTgsQaon is playing
strong billiards. and Green thinks Sutton
can defeat either Schaefer or Ives at these
Odds.
Ives has returned to CRfta go, and pro-
nounees foolish tho tales, that he would
never again play billiards there. and has
agreed to meet Sohaefer for the champion
ship medal there ApfiEiS Since he left
Chicago Ives covered 1000 miles In twen-
ty-six days. He met Julius Bake in the
City Of Mexico. 1t was there that Ives
played three nights, with the champion of
Mexico. SDaniard named GULL. who got
5. while Ives made loco at straight rail-"
IL to "the Napoleon's", 800 at 12-inch balk
cushions