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The age-herald., 1898-01-04
- 7------------- - FOR MY LADY.

Floral shoulder-straps are being largely
 worn for ball gowns in Paris, and, given
 good arms, they are distinctly becoming
 They are economical, too, in way ,as two
 or three sets of them may be kept going
 at once and may be worn in turn with eith- CT a white or a black gown. For these shoulder-Straps chrySanthemums are at the moment favorite flower in Paris, from the fact that the real blossoms are now availa- ble, but they are always a little difficult
 of manipulation, although their colors are delightful, especially in the case of the Japanese varieties A French gown of fine black gauge incrusted with jet embroider- ies and made up over satin petticoat in a deep shade of yellow, on which these flow CTS were. used, was very successful.
 A pouched bodice was embroidered with jet in quite a novel way, some of the jet resting in curves and scrolls upon the bare back. Loose-leaved yellow chrysanthe- and in this way connected the front of the bodice with the back. At the waist there was a jetted band and into this cluster of chrysanthemums had been tucked with long trailing ends and buds, reaching all most to the hem of the skirt. With this gown other flowers might easily be worn, but, of course, they must be chosen in col ors to harmonize with the yellow of the satin underskirt. Dark violets would look particularly well with it, while yellow roses, mixed With white gardenlaS, might also be worn.
 There seems to be no medium at all now between some such arrangement of shoul- der-straps as the floral kind, even without the supplementary frills, and the long, transparent sleeves of gauge, lace, chiffon or mousseline de soie, which find favor with so many, and which are cut at the wrist with long point which falls over the back of the hand A charming pink satin eve- ming gown had sleeves of fine cream lace, lined with pale pink lisse and jeweled throughout their long length with very tiny diamonds. The decolIete pink satin bodice had a full front, almost covered with an applique design of cream lace
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
Alabama Gold.

special correspondent eff the Annis- bon Hot Blast recently returned from the gold fields of Cleburne county, where he Inspected one mine, and heard from number of other enterprises in the county. The mine he saw is im a swamp near Arfbacooohee, once a town of 2,000 people, bllt now possessing thirty or forty souls. It was a mining center about sixty years ago. and the mine in operation Gs working chiefly "the old d1rt' of the early miInBng days. From pocket at this spot one man toi1a in one day $1S,0OO, and recently $15,000 was taken out near by. It is believed that the ddrt of the re belt contains from SIS to s25 to the ton, or cubic yard. Colorado dirt that yields $5 to $S is com sidered desirable and profitable.
 There is nloue or less difficulty in get ting the gold from such eahBhl There is lack of both machinery and waiter If the supply of waiter were abundant, the ether difficulties could be overcome. u IS iDl, dllki It W lIl lOl DS uiptil fItSNS capital is ait command. when the Tal- lapoosa river could be utilized.
 The manner of mining tal Cleburne is this-the dirt is carried in large pipes to the desired ,elevatil,m, and is then turned into long sluice boxes holding quicksilver which gathers the gold. Water Us needed fin the sluice boxes, but it Is chiefly needed in powerful streams to looseh the dirt from its or+gi- mad position, and prepare it for elevation to the sluice boXe,s.
 A number of mines in Cleburne are profitably worked, but it is plain that the gold belt in that county will not yield its maximum unitil an ample SUD- ply of water is turned through it. If enough money could be aittra cted to that belt to carry by means of a tunnel or deep cutting the Taiapoosa thrtcugh it. Alabama gold would again cut figure in the retm1ns of gold mining The gold is i'm the sol and rocks of Cleburne, but skll1 and capital are needed before it cam be largely brought out and placed in mems pockets.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
LOOK AT YOUR FOOT.
I. B. c.

It is said the hand indicates the degree of refinement, but it is not nearly so good a guide as the foot. Often a person will have a lovely face and hand and the foot will betray the lack of arstocratic blood sfgnifed by the graceful fingers. A very small arched foot tells of an arbitrary spirit, pride, elegance and reserve. It is rarely seen except in the far east or in Spain. An arched foot is capable of more work than flat one and in some countries flat-footed man has no chance of becom- ing a soldier.
 The Japanese foot has been praised for it's strength and beauty. Japanese can walk incredible distances without feeling weary. They do not cramp their feet the way we westerners are apt to do.
 Clothing made of paper is not so very new after all, for Pompeian excavations have revealed shoes made of paper. These shoes would be cheap, light and waterproof and the suggestion might be good one to follow.
 Scarpology Is the art of reading character from the shoe soles. According to a Swiss physician a symmetrically worn heel and balanced character. If the outer edge is worn off the wearer Is headstrong and will ful. If the inner edge is unduly worn the owner is feeble and irresolute If the toe and outer edge equally rasped and ran down the wearer is probably thief. This science is as yet undeveloped; but it is well known that changes in the bone structure affect the walk.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04

coaling. She is to become one of the great passenger and freight boats ply ing between New York and Liverpool.
 The same line has in the Cymric. which was launched in October, the largest carrying vessel in the world She is 600 feet aoug. GA feet wide, and 42 feet deep. This vessel was designed particularly ito carry dead meat and cattle
 These gpeat ships require 30 feet of water, and scarcely an American port affords such a depth at peIllods of low water. Even, New York lacks a S2-foot channel, and congress will be asked to provide such depth, alike for war and merchant vessels, at many ports. Doubtless lthe charmed of New York and the bar at Southwest Pass below New Orleans, will neceive early attention. As things are going in sEip-building, it is difficult to say how long a 32-1oot channel will mIeslt the demands of com meTHce and war.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
The Ship Island Quarantine.

When infection was carried in 1886 from Ship Island to Biloxi, congress promptly ordered ahe removal of the station, but after a while local interests led to it's return to Ship Island Imfec- ton has again been carried to the main land from the station-uhis time to Ocean Springs. from which point it spread widely, resulting in Ghe Iess of many lives and causing a paralysls of trade that affected mi lions of people.
 The trouble seems to be that Ship Island is out of sight, and cannot there fore be closely supervised and watched as quarantine stations are that are under many eyes, 'It is impossible" says the New Orleans Times Democrat, lat remote point like Ship Island, where there is no outside supervision, ito keep a watch over infected vessels and see that no tugs or other vessels go near them, and sGhat theGr crews and pas sengers do not mix with other persons in danger of infection. If the station were immediately i'm front of New Or iSeaniN, VI JuS'I opptEuu1 NunSIS any mixing of infected and unaffected vessels or persons would be known to the public and could be reported, it would not be half as dangerous as 1t is at Ship Island.
 The case in favor of removal seIems to be too clear for argument. But there are opposing interests. The federal off, fidials would, by removal to Chanda- leur island, be, ito some extent inconven- fenced, and the lumber trade of Bitoxi would not enjoy quite so wide choice roif vessels!
 Shall the interests of the south-of the entire country, or that matterLbe jeoparded by a handful of officials, and another handful of lumber ner- chants?
The age-herald., 1898-01-04

have i<sued are concerned. But after all there is nothing in the new scheme that will prove beneficial to the country fin the next five years. 1t is, in fact, a scheme to psrpetuaite the national bank system-Eo give the banks a chance to live and enjoy their privileges even after every United States bond has been redeemed.
 A mulch bellaer and more satisfactory plan could readily be found in short and simple bill repeating the 10 per cent. tax upon state bank circulation. Each state could then determine it's own bank should establish a banking system that tended to destroy confidence in the is sues of its banks, the notes would be apt to stay alt home, and there mi ght be no harm in that. As long as the gov erTnneult circulation stands at something over $500, 0,000, GOO, there need be no fears over the use GIT non-use of state money in states ether than that of issue.
 The best currency we can have is one made up of government issues, and state notes. The latter would furnish the element of elasticity. It would also furnish money nicely adapted to the needs of each Iocality, for the forty-f1ve states can each for itself provide for It's own wants much better than the federal government can provide one thing for an The Indianapolis people have in- question without bringing to the solution of the problem any plan that VIII prove acceptable to the people.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
South American Trade.

The Latin republics that lie south of Mexico pald for foreign-made goods last year $4O9, ,263, ,62O! This great sum fairly represents their annual purchases from other countries.
 The propositon of this sum that comes to this country is very small, although sthe people of thds country are the heav- jest purchasers of Central and South American products-of coffee, sugar. rubber and other crops and products.
 A very determined movement has been organized to secure to, this country a. fAir and reasonable share of Central and South American trade. Philadelphia Boston. and New York are all in it. If these great cities would help this dis trict of Alabama to a waterway, they would find in it's coal and iron an ef- ficient ally and helper. They could not in amy other way so quickly build up a trade with Latin America. Let a yes- sel take from the three ports all avae goods they have to ship, and then let her call at Mobile for coal and iron and SeAo" pHife eAOcSu to uii Cut her cargo, loading back with coffee, or other South American products.
 If these great cities cf the north would say to their representatives in congress. 'open at once the rivers that lead from the mineral district of Alabama t,o the guff"-1f they would say this to their representatives, they would secure what they cannot soon secure, namely, full southbound cargVes. And they would at the same time swell the aggregate of the country's trade with the Latin re- publics. If they would consult their patriotism, instead of their sectiona1hsm. they wicmld dema nd the appropriation in question, a matter of less than two millions.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04

time at that, when the mills up in my country will be forced out of business by the south. The climate down there. in the first place. is so mild that workingman can live for less than he can in the north. He needs less heavy clothes, none, or very little coal, and rents and food are cheaper. Then again, the immense amount saved over the northern mills who have to pay for the transportation of the raw material to the mills. This Is also saved in the south.
 'I have told all this to the people, and further that they may as well realize that New England as cotton manufacturing section has seen its best days. The indus- try in that section has been on the wane for some years, and the climax is not far off. They cannot possibly compete with the d.. .as now as later. The reductions in wages which have been, and are continually being made are only a forerunner of what is to come. The next few years will, in my opinion, see the breaking up of this one time important industry in New England, and it's transfer to the southern states" The New England people are very deject- commencing to see that it had to come. The advantages of the south were for a long time kept in the background on ac- count of the results of the war, but 1t was always only question of time, as to when the great upheaval was to come.
 H. E. C.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
JUST ANOTHER DREAM.

Burton was riding in a street cara quire-and was sitting on the side seat of the grip. The conductor, a tall man with brown whiskers, came around to collect, and Burton pulled out handful of silver. A dime fell from his fingers and bounced out into the mud.
 The car sped on, Burton looking back re- gretfully for his dime. Out from the depths of nowhere-he had not been visible before an ashy color. The dog ran to the dime and picked it up. How he could pick up so small an object as a dime with his teeth Burton could not understand, but he did, and a small boy came up, patted him on the back and took the dime away. As the boy and dog disappeared in the dis tance a newsboy in tattered coat stood on the step near Burton and explained that the dog was trained to gather money and always contrived to be on hand when coins chanced to fall from the cable cars. said the boy. "Dat dog gets 1t all."
 Burton laughed cheerily, and, turning half around on the seat, which had grown suddenly wide and was covered with red plush, saw the man who has the program privilege at the baseball park.
 ''Did you hear the news?" said the pro- gram fiend. "Anson has traded McGraw and Mccullough for La ChanceP
 Burton managed to get out a sentence to the effect that Anson didn't have McGraw, didn't want La Chance and that there was league, when a sharp pain in his left leg awoke him and he realized that he had an attack of cramps in the muscles of his neither limbs.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04

interests between capital and labor are mu- tual. and should be so regarded by both. Many of the centers of industry up here are over a magazine that a spark may at any time explode with terrible results. It Is due to the above causes. For the south's sake don't let such spirit ever gain foot hold there.
 The facilities for both agricultural and industrial development in the south are ab- solutely unequalled on the face of the globe, and to these the attention of the world should be constantly directed. If this be done a new and grander era will soon dawn over the south one that will make it above and beyond comparison the richest of all other sections. I want to see a "Solid south" along the above lines, and as Bir- mingham can become the industrial metropolis of that region, why should not her energies be concentrated in this direc- tion?
 It is to that end that would contribute, and if for this any there choose to crlti- cise then am proud to feel that they are in very small minority and must grow less. N. F. THOMPSON.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
INfANTiLE WIT.

"Oh, I don't know" said little Willie Green; '"Tommy Sparks may have had more firecrackersn me, but I got more burns n him."
 Grandpa-"Why is little Tootles crying?" Guiltless Johnny-"Oh, she was yawning a minute ago and-she spraned her mouth." Fond Mother-"Oh, Peter, Peter, thought I told you not to play with your soldiers on Sunday
 Peter-"But I call them the salvation ar- my on Sunday
 "Oh! groaned Tommy, the day after Thanksgiving, as he took a bitter dose of medicine, "I wish I hadn't been so thank full yesterday"
 Willie never objected to repeating "Now lay me- until he was put into trousers. But that night he resolutely shook his head when asked to say his prayers. "I want a grown-up prayer now, mamma" he urged. 'I ain't a baby no more"
 First Child-"We've got new baby at our house.
 Second Child (contemptuously)-"Th nothing; we've got a new papa at ours."
 Mother (holding stick over her 4-year- old son)-"Now, Sammy, what will you be If I don't whip you?' (Expecting the an- swer, IA good boy.'D
 Sammy (sobbing)-"A mef' dis minister"
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
SHOPPING.

"Where are the linens lsept?"' she asked, '"Downstairs,'s was the reply. She sweetly smiled and grabbed her train And quickly hastened by. Once down, she ventured to inquire,
 'The linens, are they here?" "Just three rooms over to the right
 And straight back in the rear." At last she reached the point proposed,
 'The linens-"-like a crash The answer came across the shop,
 ''They're six rooms over-Cash!' Again she jostled through the crowd, And faintly asked the clerk, '"The linens please?" Upstairs" he said. With tantalizing smirk She reached the top, quite out of breath, ''The linens, sir," she said, 'In the annex building five floors up.
 And then walk straight ahead." Accomplishing the long ascent, Her temper sorely tried, She sharply asked the man In charge,
 With wrath she could not hide: ''win you tell me where the linens are, Or if they're in the store?" - "We used to keep them. a'am," he smiled "But do not any more."
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
Great Engines, Cars and Ships.

These are days of record d-breaking and large achievements. For example, two twelve-wq1eel locomotives have just been placed on the Great Northern railway line that exceed in size and strength any thats have ever been built. The cyl finders alre 21 inches in diameter, and have a stroke of 34 inches! The weight of engine and tender in working condi- tlon Is 30S750 pounds. Many important parts of thlese great machines alre con- s1tructed from cast steel. They are to be used to draw freight over the Rocky mduntain divide, near Helena, where the grades and curvatures are ex- cessfve.
 The Chicago and Eastern Illinois, a coal-carrying road, is procuring coal cars of unusual width One of these cars has an inside length of 35 feet 7k inches, an inside width of g feet inches and an inside height of feet 61a inches The bodies are constructed of southern pine The sfdmg is placed outside the stakes, thus afforddng capacity of 1,176 cubic feet, tir S0,000 pounds The bolster consists of maaleabGe iron and steel, and no fears are expressed as to the strength and endurance of such canys When the rates upon coal from this dis Hrict Ito Mobile are materially reduced, such cars will become a necessity.
 In the water, like effolits are proceed- ing. The new Monarch in the New Or leans cotton trade Us 47O feet Iong, 5e feet wide, and 34 feet inches deep. She can carry 3O,000 bales of cotton, and 1000 head of cattle, and it is proposed, when she makes her initial trip from New Orleans. to putt on her the largest cargo of cotton ever caar1ed in one bot tom.
 The White Star Lime Us now building, however, the Oceanic, which will be the largest vessel afoalt. Her length will be 7O4 feet. Measure this distance upon the ground, and ycu will have definite Sdea of her size She will be 25 feet longer than the Great Eastern, and 55 feet longer than the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. She will have exceptional coal capacity, the cladm being made that she could Eali around the wodad without
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
TO DEVELOP BROWN ORE BEDS.
Sloss Iron and Steel Company Increases Its
 Capital to S5,00O,o00.

From the Manufacturers Record.
 The iron industry of Alabama is to re- ceive additional impetus as the result of financial deal which has just been closed. The Sloss Iron and Steel company, of Birmingham, one of the largest iron pro- ducers in the south, made a proposition to it's stockholders several months ago to take additional stock in the company to the amount of $100O,00O to develop ore Hands which it had acquired. The time limit for the sale of this stock has expired, and one of the officials of the company in- forms a representative of the Manufac- turers' Record that the entire issue, with the exception of a few shares, has been taken. The transaction increases the com pany's capital to s5, 900 900, and means that $1 100000 is available for it's plans.
 The section selected for the company s operations comprises the famous brown ore deposits near Leeds, Ala. These beds are pronounced by experts to be among the richest, if not the richest, in this country. They were examined by party of mineral experts in 1897, and the most conservative were surprised at the depth of the ore veins and their wide range, one calculation being made that some of them extended over a distance of fifty miles, The Sloss company has obtained control of a 1rage area of the deposits, and work on a branch of the Southern railway has begun The haul to the furnaces is about eight miles, and the official referred to is authority for the statement that the new mines will re- duce the cost of the raw material to the company to 55 cents per ton, a reduction of 50 cents from the present price. These figures seem almost incredible, but are the result of careful calculation.
 Much of the additional stock was taken by northern shareholders of the Sloss Iron and Steel company.
The age-herald., 1898-01-04
FROM THE SNOWY NORTH.
Words of Praise for the South by a Former
 Birmingham Man.
Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. 1. 1.

Pittsburg Pa., Jan. 1, 1S9S
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 A New Years greeting to The Age-Her- aid and it's readers! For one and all I wish added jjoys and richer blessings in the year that is just beginning. over those
 of the year that ended last night. That
 ending found me tied up in snow drift
 twenty miles west of this city, an experi-
 ence I never had before, and one that I
 hope I may never have again. It was a
 wonderful transition from the weather that
 I left in Birmingham on Wednesday last,
 and shows what great country we have,
 where in railroad ride of thirty hours
 one goes from genial sunlight into arctic
 winter.
 believe it is privilege accorded to every one on New Years day to give advice to those they love and esteem, and therefore avail myself of it, to say few things which
 I think will tend to promote the welfare
 of Birmingham. I do not think any one
 will question my devotion to the south in
 general, or to Birmingham, in particular. though I am aware that there those who have criticised my past career by charging that was too fond of appearing in print. To these would say that began my life, almost, in a newspaper office, and early imbibed the highest opinion of the value of ''printers' ink" and desiring to see
 the south occupy that position in the race for prosperity to which she is justly entitled, have in that behalf rushed into print" whenever and wherever I felt that one object could be attained If this be a fault, please don't let it ever escape me, for I expect to cherish it more and more till life ends.
 I see a great and glorious future for the south and for Birmingham, if her people will be but true to themselves and alive to the opportunities that lie open before them It is to the manifest advantage of, Bir- mingham to aid in promoting the general development of the south. It is in that field where she can have home market | to build up her industries in absolute su- premacy. The south can now get capital | and settlers almost unlimited, if she goes about obtaining them in earnest. To me | this is of such transcendant value and inn l portance that I lose patience with those | whose mission 1t is to point out these facts | when I see them neglecting this great work, and keeping alive questions and mat | ters that are retarding the south's ad- | vancement. Let the pen and pulpit of the | south speak in thunder tones against the | taking of human life, which it is believed l up here is something of a pleasure to the people of the south. It matters not wheth- | CT this applies to white or black. 1t is stand | ing as the blackest stain on southern civ l ilization for there is a genuine feeling among the masses up here that life is not | properly protected in the south, and until
 that feeling is enumerated the south must | suffer from it.
 | There is another danger which is being | felt up here, and which should mover be | permitted to take serious foothold in the south, and that is the class antagonisms created by demagogues and agltators. The