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The age-herald., 1898-05-23
SCHEDUL EOF WATER RATES
Signed by the Whole Committee and Will Be
 Submitted Tonight.

The special committee of the board of aldermen, which is to submit to the board for adoption schedule of rates to be charged by the Birmingham Water Works company, will make its report tonight. AL dermen Meighan, Drennen, Mcknight Kerr, Hentschel and Ashford, have all put their signatures to the document, and in all probability it will be approved and will become law before tomorrow morning. The report will be submitted whether the officers of the water works company are present or not. .r
The age-herald., 1898-05-23
BROTHERHOOD OF ENGINEERS.
Efforts Still Being Made to Bring the Next
 Convention to Birmingham.

". Sencesbox, of Birmingham. who Is the representative of the local Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the biennial convention of that order which is now in session in St. Louis, is working hard to bring the Brotherhood convention to Bir- mingham. Secretary Boes, of the Com- mercial club is cooperating with him and is sending literature advertising Birming- hams advantages to the officers of the Brotherhood If it will be of any assistance a representative of the club will be sent to St. Louis to assist MT. Sencesbox.
The age-herald., 1898-05-23
The Irish Rebellion.

Sydney. N. s. w., May 22-The Centenary of the Irish rebellion of 17sS was celebrated here today. The remains of Michael Dwyer who died in 1925 and the remains of. his wife were taken up and re-buried in St. Marks cathedral. The funeral, which was miles long. was witnessed by thousands. The foundation stone of the monument was also laid.
The age-herald., 1898-05-23
Lived a Fast Life.

From Pick -Me-Up.
 Come up to my house tomorrow night p said Henpecque." am going to celebrate my golden wedding"
 Golden Wedding? Why, man, you've only been married three years"
 T know 1t, but 1t seems like fifty, so ev- erything is all right"
The age-herald., 1898-05-23
Collaboration.

From the Indianapolis Journal. "Penniwiggle tells me that his wife help ed him to get out his last volume of verses.
 I didn't know she was literary" She's not. All she did was to persuade
 her father to stand the expense of the pub
 lcatiOnn
The age-herald., 1898-05-23
His Originality.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 q don't see anything extraordinary about him" said one young woman. How did he get his reputation for orignality?" "Oh," replied the other, "he's the only man in our club who hasn't tried to make joke on Admiral Dewey's name."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
FIGURES OF SPEECH.

While aunty was reading story one night, To good little Oliver's smiling delight, She came upon something remarkably queer That good little Oliver wondered to hear. And this was the something she placidly read: "Jane Ann then determined to enter the shed. And. cautiously dropping her eyes on the floor, They fell on the snake which had caught them
 before Interruption was rude, the dear child had been
 taught, So he said not a word but he thought. and he
 thought, And the longer he pondered the stranger it
 grew The thing that Jane Ann was reported to do He felt of his eyes with mysterious doubt And wondered how she could have taken hers
 out And how-this was really what puzzled him
 more They could fall on thing which had caught
 them before.
 Mary E. Bradley in St. Ncholas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Apt Quotation.

There is sometimes moro wit in the application to the business in hand of words already chosen for another pur. pose than in the invention of an appro- priate phrase. Bishop Whipple, accord ing to The Church News, loved to tell this story:
 A devout colored preacher, whose heart was agIow with missionary zeal, gave notice to his congregation that in the evening an offertory would be taken for missions and asked fer liberal gifts A selfish, well to do man in his congre. gation said to him before the service:
 Yer gwine to kill dis church eff yer goes on saying give. give. No church can stan it. Yer gwine to kill it. '
 After the sermon the oolored minister said to the people;
 Brother Jones told mo was gwine to kill dis here church eff I kep' a-askin yer to give, but, my brethren, churches doesn't die dat way. If any body knows of a church dat died cause it's been givin too much to de Lord, I'll be very much obliged ef my brother will tell me whar dat church Is, fer I'ze gwine Go visit 1t, and I'll climb on de walls of dat church, under de light of de moon, and cry, Blessed am de dead dat die in de Lord n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Wilkes' Rnttons.

Wilkes had the courage which does not always accompany a sarcastic tongue, for he fought two duels and was nearly killed in one of them, and when challenged on third occasion he behaved himself, on the authority of Croker, who was certainly no admirer of his, Hike a man of temper and honor. " His most serious encounter was with Mr. Martin, and Wilkes was only saved by two buttons diverting the bullet. One of his admirers procured these pre- eious relics and put them in a case with the following inscription, "These two simple yet invaluable buttons, under Providence, preserved the life of my be- loved and honest friend John Wilkes In a duel fought with Mr. Martin on the 16th of November, 1763, when true courage ard humanity distinguished him in a manner scarcely known in for mer ages.
 His invincible bravery, as we'll in the field as in the glorious assertion of the liberty of the subject will deliver him down an unparalleled example of pub lie virtue to all future generations. :" Wilkes would probably have said to this, as the Duke of Wellington to the obsequious gentleman who escorted him across PiooadiIly, Don't be d---d fool, sir !'-Cornhill Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
CHARLES KINGSLEY.
Why the Great Author Compared Him.
 self to the Strassburg Clock.

Why the Great Author Compared Him.
 self to the Strassburg Clock.
 Every one of the great army of Kings leyites will welcome this story of the immortal Rev. Charles It comes from an English lady whose country resi- denee was under his spiritual care and at whose table he was, therefore, fre- quent guest The good man well es- tablished habit of talking much about things of which he knew little is the cause for the story. He had habit, particularly at dinner tables, of holding the guests agape with minute stories about the inhabitants of Mars or the fishes of Kamehatka All of this availed except on such unhappy occasions as when he came unexpectedly across some one who had liked in Mars or fshed in Kamchatka. It was on such an unfor- tunate occasion that Kingsley gave this excuse, which deserves to be preserved. Some unknown little man from the very foot of the table interrupted very brilliant discourse about, say, the eli mate of Mars, with a very unexpected tI beg your pardon, Mr. Kingsley, but what you state is wholly untrue. I have lived there and am able to assure you that you have been grossly misin- formed.
 Embarrassed only for moment, Kingsley replied: 1T am very sorry if I have been making misstatements. You know, of course, that would not do so intentionally. But fear that it often happens. However, always console myself with remembering an incident of my youth. was on the usual grand tour and came to Strassburg. was be- ing shown the famous clock by lequa- eious and ready witted old dame. I saw how the works went and how the apcs- ties marched. But as she was growing far too eloquent over the wonders of the work I said: Yes, my good woman. It is a very fine bit of work. But must call your attention to the fact that al- though my watch saysi is only clock this great dial says it is nearly 3. know my watch is correct. Can not your great clock keep timer She was very indignant. It keeps the time quite good enough, sir, always within an hour of the correct time. Why, what would you have? A clock which does so many very wonderful things cannot be expected to do them all well. And may I not console myself sometimes with the thought that perhaps I, too, am like the Strassburg clock? Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
IN BONDAGE.

Silent, forever silent. through the years. The dreary years which empty come and gos Why do cry to ore who never hears And, far away, my griefs can never know9 See herel I burn the letters one by one, Although my heart burns with each burning
 word. If chains are broken, freedom must be won. My chains arc loos'd, but my heart has not
 stirred. What else is left for me to cast away, What clinging memiry from the too sweet
 past? Upon the altar, midst the fire, lay This little relic, dear. It is the lasti And now claim the freedom which gain. am no more slave to long dead things. No victim to swell thy triumph train, But freed bird, with new recovered wings What shall do with this great gift long
 sought
 A gift which looked, far off, so passing sweet2 Clasped in my hand. it fades and turns to
 naught
 Once more come and lay it at thy feet.
 Lillian Robinson in Sketch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
A SHERMAN ROMANCE.
His Old California Sweetheart Loyal to
 the General.

His Old California Sweetheart Loyal to
 the General.
 When General William Tecumseh l Sherman WAS raw subaltern in the United States army, without fame or laurels and little apparent hope of win ming either. relates the Chicago Chron- icle, he wooed and won beautiful Spanish girl then living in Monterey, Gal. Dona Maria Ygnacia Bonifacio fell beneath the ardent glances of the lank, ungainly youth just as the flag of the sister republic was lowered before the triumphant army led by Scott. To- day she is still true to her early love and unaware of the fame and death of her lover.
 California was then Q part of the Mexican republic. Sherman, like many another, was forced to make war against the land of the Montezumas. In the closing year of the struggle, when Cali fornia was occupied and became a part of the United States, Sherman was as signed to duty on the coast. Here he met the fair dona lost his heart to her and won hers in return. She was a member of all old aristoeratic Spanish family, and the subaItern was congratu- lated upon his luck. To emphasize his devotion, the young officer in 1855 planted rose tree before tho entrance to the home of his beloved.
 Then came the inevitable misunder- standing which accompanies every TO- nance. The lovers disagreed. Sherman left the army and went east to take up the law. He never afterward saw his sweetheart, nor did she ever permit his name to be mentioned i'll her bearing. She speaks Spanish only, never reads a newspaper, and while the nation has sung the praises of the hero of Atlanta the Spanish maiden knows nothing of him from the day he left her. She still, although long past her youth, waits for the return of the man whose image has never left her heart.
 But in spite of the separation of the sweethearts that rose tree throve and waxed great. Now it's branches have spread until they form q beautiful bow CT over the doorway of the old Spanish mansion. Here the dona, sole survivor of her race, sits and waits, silent and alone, for the return of him who can not come. Under the bower of roses due to her lover's care she stood recently and permitted her portrait to be taken. She is still very beautiful in spite of the ravages of time and secret sorrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Another Nuisance.

It was the first time ha was being married, and he was naturally o little nervous and upset, but ho managed to say " Yes" all right and to keep time to Mendelssohn, sailing down the aisle, and to sign his name in the register without making more than dozen blots
 He thought then that it was finished, but when they got to the church door they found it was raining
 "Confound itl' he cried putting up his umbrella. Another nuisance nowf'
 And then, though he cannot guess why, the people around all laughed, and his mother-in-la law bridled and his wife refused to speak. Pick Me Up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Too Personal.

One of the women's patriotic secie- ties held an open meeting in Washing ton recently, and tho members were called upon 5o respond to various senti- ments of a patriotic character. The woman who had the affair in charge notified each member of the toast she would be expected to respond to ten days or so before the meeting To one young woman whom, as it happened she did not know personally at all she sent the toast, "Our Flag The young woman received 1t, and at once went to call on the head of the society in state of great distress. She simply could rot respond to the toast, she said. She didn t know whether joke was intended, but she had been ehaffed unmereifully about 1t already aud just simply wouldn't go near the meeting if she were to be call. ed on to speak on that subject.
 Why, what on earth is wrong with that sentiment?" asked the head of the society.
 The pretty young woman hesitated She blnshed.
 We'll 9 she said, you see, I'm go ing to marry man named Flagg. ''- Washington Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Story of a Ring and q Slipper.

The daughter of a wealthy resident of the hill section presented a young woman friend with pair of dainty slippers, and in the toe of one of them she placed Q valuable ring, set with an opal and two diamonds. The present went to the destination, but the slippers did not fit, and the recipient of the gift did not discover the ring. She sent the slippers back to the store, and they were placed on the shelves with the thou sands of other similar boxes
 On Monday the foorwalker in the shoe department received a severe shock when yoang woman rushed into the place and rambled off lot of talk about missing jewels After some difficulty he managed to get tho facts of her story to- gether, aid then every one of the em- p1eyees was ordered to begin a search for the slippers. In two hours they were found, and the ring was just where it had been placed. Brooklyn Eagle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
HELPS THE PLUMBER.

The House Rat Eats Quantities of Lead
 Pipe and Creates Sewer Gas.
 One of the most persistent and de- structive assistants the plumber has is the house rat. A rat can eat out plumb. ing as fast IS an average honest man can pay for it. To rat greasy lead pipe is toothsome morceau. When hungry rat forsakes the barn and finds his way into the cellar of house and thence up through the walls to the space between the floors. the first thing he tackles is the grease on the outside of lead waste pipe. If be finds other food shortly thereafter, he spares the pipe, otherwise he eats the pipe and the water escapes through to the ceiling below and ruins the plaster. The plumb CT is sent for and repairs the leak, but he doesn't tell what caused it.
 Once upon g time a rat was ''hoist by his own petard, so to speak. He got into house and found his way to lead pipe, on which he tried his teeth. It was pleasant chewing and put fine edge on his teeth, so he continued. Soon he had eaten large hole in tho pipe and stream of scalding water poured forth. Before he could escape he had been sealded to death, to say nothing of being drowned. But he had the satisfae- tion of knowing that he had ruined fine ceiling and that the carpet under heath it had been soaked full of limo- water. There is no great loss without some small gain.
 Just to show what they could dc, some rats once ate 90 feet of lead pipe under bathroom and over tbe kitchen of big hotel in this city. The floor of the bathroom was marble and under it was fireproof floor made of iron beams and hollow tiles The pipes were laid in the space between the floor and the girders. Rats were attracted thereto by the odors from the kitchen. They met the lead pipes. When their appetites were satisfied, the space was filed with lead dust
 Rats like to eat drain pipes from kitchen sinks because they are lined with grease. The only way to keep them away is to pack the pipes wien mineral wool. Mineral wool is a suo- stance made of furnace slag through which a jet of air has been forced while it cooled. The mineral wool gets in.1 the eyes of the rats and drives then away. Modern plumbers discourage rats by laying iron instead of lead pipes.
 Rats, strange to say, are great breed CTS of sewer gas. They gather up bones and scraps of meat about the kitchen yard and carry them up into the rafte-s between floors and ceilings The pres ence of this pIunder IS sooner or later discovered by the odor, and the plumber is sent for to discover whence the sewer gas comes. It is not always well to tel the housekeeper the truth.
 Thus it is the humble brown house rat helps his friend the plumber earn an honest livelihood, and the plumb0f thanks him in his own gentle way Kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
He Could Read Hands.

Colonel Poker-I decline to play with you in the game, sir.
 Major Moherly-Why, colonel, do you mean to insult me?
 Colonel Poker-No, no, no. I mean that you are too we'll posted in the soi- enee of palmistry. Louisville Courier
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28
Read and Prayed.

A writer in the Rochester Post-Ex- press tells good story about an English bookseller of whom lady inquired for one of Browning's works, and the good man answered that he had given up keeping Browning, and what was more he had tried to read him and could make nothing out of any of his poems. Indeed, " the lady answered, and then, being in search of another poet, she added, "But have you Praed?'' ''Yes, indeed, ma'am, I haze prayed over it, but still get no light
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28

Pens to the number of 3, 500, GOO are u used throughout the world every day in the week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-28

George J. Smith, who discovered the fabulously rich Treadwell mine In Alas ka. has committed suicide. Returns are coming in early.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-10

The Maryland Legislature at An
napolis has been kept quite busy this
week and a number of laws have been
passed.
The following legislation of inter
est to this county is now in process
of becoming laws:
a bill Incorporating the Farmers
Insurance Association of Garrett, in
troduced i'll the Senate by Senator
Ravenscroft.
The bill authorizing the appoint
ment of two additional justices for
the county has passed it's second
reading in the House.
Mr.. Moon has introduced a bill pro-
viding for the election of school com
missioners and examiners in Garrett
county.
Mr.. Jacobs introduced bill in the
House to incorporate the Mich aels
Cemetery company.
A petition from residents of Bloom
| ington district asking for law pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor in Bloom
ington, has been presented by Mr..
Jacobs and referred to the temper
ance committee.
The bill to pay the school commits
sioners of the county $4,000 out OF
the State school fund has passed its
second reading in the Senate.
The House bill appropriating 1892
20 for the relief of George Kitzmiller
William Bray and Samuel Friend, OF
this county, to satisfy judgment rem
dered against them as executors il
the Circuit court of Garrett county
has been reported favorably and
passed its first reading.
The bill amending the laws defining
the duties of the county treasurer
and the law relative to holding Cir
cult Co urts have both passed in the
House.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-10
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-10
ESTATE OF ,EBENEZER KITZ-
MILLER, DECEASED.

This is to give notice, That the subscribers
of Garrett county, hath obtained from the
Orphans Court of Garrett county, in Mary
land, Letters of Administration on the per-
sonal estate of
EBENEZER KITZMILLER,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All persons
having claims against the deceased are here
by warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers legally authenticated to the sub
scribers on or before the 10Th day ofSeptember
next; they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit of said estate. All persons
knowing themselves indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Sth Gay ofMarch
1898. -
G. W. KITZMILLER, Admir-.
l-3 Blaine, W. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-10
ESTATE OF J. q. BROWNING,
DECEASED.

THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That the Sub
l scribers, of Garrett County, Maryland,
hath obtained from the Orphans Court for
Garrett county, Letters of Administration
on the personal estate of
]. Y. BROWNING,
late of Garrett county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to the
subscriber, on or before the 9th day of Sept
next; they may otherwise by law be ex.
cluded from all benefit of said estate. All
persons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 22nd day o.
A. c. BROWNING, Admir-
51-3 GAINESVILLE, w. Va
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