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The age-herald., 1898-02-09
Mortgage Sale.

Under and by virtue of a mortgage and the power of sale therein contained exe- cuted by D. D. Kinenbrew to the under signed the Bessemer Investment Com pany, on the 17th day of June, 1S96 and recorded on page 132 of Volume 210, of the Record of Mortgages in the office of the Judge of Probate of Jefferson county, Ala bama, default in the payment of the in- debtedness secured by said mortgage hav- ing been made, the said Bessemer Invest ment Company as mortgagee will proceed to sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, at public auction in front of the court house door of Jefferson county, Ala. bama, on Third avenue in the city of Bir-, mingham, Alabama, at 12 o'clock noon, on
 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1S9S the following described lot or parcel of land in said city of Birmingham. Alabama, to-wit:
 Lot number in block 103 formerly lot number p on the west side of Twenty fourth street between First and Second avenues, in the city of Birmingham. Ala bama, the said lot being a rectangle front ing 40 feet on 24th street and running back of uniform width along an alley 100 feet, THE BESSEMER INVESTMENT COMI
 PANY, Mortgagee.
 J. T. CLOVER, Attorney.
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The age-herald., 1898-02-09
FLORENCE BRIDGE CASE.
It Will Be Argued in United States Court at New
 Orleans.
Special to The Age-Herald.

SpeclaI 10 IHe ABt-EerdIu'
 Florence Feb. 8.-Judge W. J. Wood has returned from Washington, where he went in the interest of Lauderdale and Col bert counties in the case against the Mem phis and Charleston Railroad company.
 It is learned from Judge Wood, who is the principal attorney for the two coun- ties in the case, that the transcript of the record of the trial of the motion to dissolve the injunction before Judge Bruce at Huntsville has been forwarded to New Dr. leans, and that the case will be heard be- fore the United States court of appeals in that city within the next thirty days. Judge Wood and Messrs. Simpson & Jones, three of the strongest attorneys at the Lauderdale county bar, have been em- ployed to look after the case, and will go
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
LITTLE "CHUMM|E" SLEEPS Committed Suicide Without His
 Own VoIltion. NOTHING BUT A NEGRO BOY Who Was Stealing GasOIene From an Old Tank-His Little Black Body Laid
 Away in Potter's Field.
Special to The Age-Herald.


 Selma, Ala, Feb. S.-Ltttle "Chummie," alias the Yellow Kid" sleeps, and the strange part about 1t all is that "Chum- mie' committed suicide without his own voition. Who in Selma did not know "Chummfe," Q dirty-faced, 12-year-old ne- gro, full of pranks and sometimes inclined to take unto himself the property of oth- CTS?
 A grin always lighted "Chummie's'' face at the proffer of coin. "Chummie," the chore boy, who jeers and kicks with equal forbearance, was a fixture in Selma There'n be some sorrow for "Chummes" depart ure. He'll be missed as his little black body goes to dust in the Potters field.
 It all happened this way: He was found dead in a hole in the rear of the St. James hotel leading down to a gasoline tank that in the years gone by was used to generate the gas for the hotel.
 By the boys side were found two bottles filled with gasoline he had taken from the tank, @ little of the oil having remained there for years. He evidently went down to fill his bottles and became asphyxiated from the fumes generated when the oil reaches the air. So overcome was the boy that he couldn't shut the faucet off, and the little gasoline remaining ran out and the gas finished it's work.
 "Chummie was a little orphan negro. About two weeks ago he stole a wheel from Robert Creagle, ticket agent at the union passenger station.
 Miss Mary Jones, while coming down the steps at her home with MT. Peoples, in Summerfield, fell and crushed her hips. She is reported in a very critical condi- tion today.
 Minerva English, an old negro woman, 101 years old, died and was buried yester- day. She nursed several generations of the Weaver family of this city
 MT. D. Vance, an old and highly re- spected citizen of this county, residing near Dunklin's Bridge. died yesterday.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
LAND FOR A COLONY.
Twelve Thousand Acres Purchased by Gen. C.
 M. Shelly and J. H. Mountain.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Anniston Feb. S.-Gen. c. M. Shelley and J. H. Mountain have closed deal for 12O0O acres of land near Piedmont, in this county, and will colonize 1t with northern and western farmers.
 Northern farmers who have located in this section have invariably prospered and they have also been beneficial to the sec ton by introducing improved methods of farming and by their example encourag- ing the native farmers to be thrifty and up-to-date.
 The Piedmont, Ala, furnace which was started during a boom at that place some years ago and never finished, was sold yesterday in piece meal for $1,2o0.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
FIRST BATCH OF CODES.
They Will Not Be Sold Separately-Supreme
 Court Meets Today
Special to The Age-Herald.

Montgomery, Feb S.-Secretary of State Jackson today received the first batch of the new civil and criminal codes, and they are being stored away to await orders from any individual who desires to purchase them. The secretary informed reporter today that neither civil nor criminal codes would be sold separately. The two go to- gether. The books are handsomely and securely bound, and are valuable docu- ments.
 The supreme court will meet tomorrow at noon and hand down some opinions. The court is now disposing of unfinished busi- ness, and will probably remain in session the balance of this week.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
MARRIAGE AT SYLLACAUGA.
The t'Gobe Trotter" in Town-Deegates to
 the kIondike.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Sylaeauga, Feb. S.-J. w. Standfield, of Clanton, Ala, and Miss Maggie Thompson, of this place, were married here today.
 Harry Chester, the "globe trotter," who Is walking from Boston, Mass, to New Orleans and return, a distance of 4,4o0 miles, for a purse of s60O stayed here last night. Chester left Boston Oct. 29, and is now on his way back.
 When at Montgomery instead of going direct to Birmingham, he came by Column bus, Ga., walking about 150 miles to get to speak to friend he knew to be here.
 T. H. Bass left yesterday for Klondyke.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
Cars Go Down Emba nkment. Special to The Age-Herald.

Auburn, Ala, Feb. 8.-This morning, at 1 o'clock, just above the depot, the through freight on the Western road had an acci- dent, which caused eighteen cars, most of them loaded, to fall down an embankment thirty feet. The engine and twelve cars remained on the track and also eleven cars behind the derailed cars.
 They carried full loads of freight, most of which will be saved.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
TUSCALOOSA DEMOCRATS WANT THE
 CONVENTION HELD IN BIRMINGHAM
Special to The Age-Herald.

 in made the
  the 
 
  the holding the nex
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

Charles Day, of Oakman, last his house by fire Money to the amount of s10O was also burned.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

Eighteen hundred people were vaccinated in Talladega in the course of a house-to- house canvass.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
Summer Resort Leased
 Special to The Age-Herald.

Huntsville, Feb. 8.-Hotel Monte-Sano, the mountain summer resort near here, was leased today to J. H. Donell, formerly of Mobile. The hotel will open for busi- ness May 15 and run through the hot sea- son.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

The ladies of Anniston are considering the organization of a village improvement association.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

your pathway. During the past twelve cured thousands. many perhaps. who were worse than you.
 treat only private diseases Syphilis Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure, Womb Trou- bles Lost Manhood etc. n.uso.,,. If not I refer you with permission to the First National Bank. the Ala bama National Bank. Steiner Bros, Bank, all of this city. as to my responsi- bility for my contracts.
 cure many patients by mail treatment. Write or call at my office. All consulta- fiai. Offices Jefferson County Bank build ing corner 2nd avenue and Fist street, Bir- mingham, Ala. Yours truly,
 r. B. HOLLOWAY, M. D..
 Specialist Private Diseases Proprietor of Holloway's Private Medical Dispensary. 1-1-d-w-tf
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

The First Baptist church of Pratt City are considering the plans for the new church.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

Keep your eye on East Lake. Big attractions this spring and summer.
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The age-herald., 1898-02-09
StriCtIu One-PriCe GIothier.
NEWS OF THE STATE.

J. A. Day. pioneer business man of Thomasville, is dead.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

The Silver Star newspaper has been moved from Oneonta to Chepultepec
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

S. w. Guest, of Attalla, has made an as- signment to B. F. Hammond. The lia- biities are s4,S00.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

memory getting we'll Thus
  concluded Lydia Pnkhams  friends think almost mira >ous
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

A Monroe, North Baldwin and West Escam- bit continues unabated. Almost every week trains of emigrant wagons pass through Monroeville leading in that drec- ton. 2
 The pulpit of the Methodist church at Falkville has been changed from the rear of the house to the front of it, and the seats have been reversed. It is considered desirable change
 Double Springs Herald: For the first time in several years Winston county has a saloon. It is located at Haleyville, and we predict that the good people of that place will be heartily tired of it before the year closes
 Pratt City Independent: The Mcdonald property, which was sold at public auction last week was bought by the following parties The property in center of city to Messrs. Eubanks and Daniels for $530 the two lots with small houses to Messrs J. w. Harrison and Henry Jernigan for $550, the Adamsville property to Mrs. Black.
 Sheffield Reaper: The Hamilton Creek Ore company has leased is mines, rail- roads and properties to the Midland Ore company, also of Tuscumbia who will oper- ate the properties, and will in the next month ship from four to eight hundred tons of ore daily from the mines at Hematite, Ala. to Sheffield.
 Hayneville News: Mortgages are coming in thick and fast, and from Dec. 1, 1896, to the close of business Saturday, Jan. 29, the total amount embraced in all the mortgages was $159,447.35, divided as fol- lows: To Montgomery, $46,2OS; to Lowndes county, $72459.35; Dallas county, 27,230; But Ter county, $1,050; miscellaneous, $12,500.
 Scottsboro Age: Last Thursday was a gala day at Esquire Jim Rossons'. From far and near the boys and girls came to eat Miss Marys good cooking and listen to the squire's tales The ladies found the quilting frame swung up before a roaring wood fire and they fell to work and by evening turned out a beautifully finished quilt. The squire received the men out among the trees where saw and ax wielded by strong and willing arms soon laid low thirty wagon loads of wood. About fifty guests were present.
 Monroeville Journal: It is the intention of the Peoples Line of steamers to put on a new lightdraught steamer capable. of navigating the Alabama river at all stages of low water the whole year round. Work on the new boat will begin in Mobile, where it will be built out and out, in March, and it is expected to have the new boat in, running order by the first of Au- gust. The boat will have capacity of l,500 bales of cotton or other freight in proportion. It will not draw more than . sixteen inches light, and will be able to carry freight equal in weight to 1000 bales of cotton in thirty inches of water.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
A SURE THING.
This is what you want and what I car


 the way of a Cure for any n!, form of PRI- VATE D I s = EASE.
 Don't ire t and grbeve over your trouble at Q time when you should be asleep. T h e dark c l o u d 8 that hang over your dejected Abrow can be sbrushed away, , and the bright iSunSh l n Q of happiness be made to light
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
a STANDARD LOAN co.
2o1o FIRST AVENUE,

Loans money on watches, diamonds. jew- elry, pistols, guns, mechanical tools, music cal instruments. Old gold and silvef bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale.
 1-9-tf.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09
WOMEN DO NOT TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH.
Modest Women Evade Certain Questions by
 Physician, Write Freely to Pinkhann

eminent physician that Women truthful they qualified; truth bnt whole truth male phyen
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

Emigration to the pine country of South Monroe, North Baldwin and West Escam- bit continues unabated. Almost every week trains of emgrant wagons pass through Monroeville leading in that direc- ton. 2
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

The pulpit of the Methodist church at Falkvile has been changed from the rear of the house to the front of it, and the seats have been reversed. It is considered a desirable change.
The age-herald., 1898-02-09

Double Springs Herald: For the frs time in several years Winston county has a saloon. It is located at Haleyville ant we predict that the good people of tha place will be heartily tired of it before the year closes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09
Methods of Authors.

George Eliot generally wrote doubled
I'D on a sofa, her feet curled under
her, sofa pillows and pad Of paper
on her lap.
Mrs. Browning generally wrote in
bed.
Harriet Prescott Spofford writes
anywhere-on her lap-meanwhile
taking an animated part in the con-
versation going ON about her.
Anthony Trollope always wrote
standing up very straight at high
desk, with his watch before him, tim
ing himself to a certain length ot
duty.
Whittier and Longfellow were very
methodical, always had their desks in
perfect order and demanded utter
quiet.
Walt whitman could write any
where. He has been seen writing on
the edge of newspaper in an omni,
bus, his elbow all the time joggled by
the driver, quite serene and comfort
able.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09
Grateful Wrena.

An Illinois gentleman sends to the
Montreal Herald a pretty bird story:
Close to my window, as 1 write this,
see wren's nest. Three years ago
drove some nails in a sheltered cor
ner; a pair of wrens built their nest
there. The old birds often come into
my Office and sing. One of them has
repeatedly alighted on my desk as l
have been writing, saying plainly by
his actions, "You won't hurt me. We
are friends" A few years since, in
knot-hole in dead tree, near a path
from my office to my house, lived
family of wrens, with whom I had
formed very intimate acquaintance
One day, while was passing in hur-
ry, l heard the two old birds uttering
cries of fear and anger, and as l got
past the tree one of them followed me,
and by its peculiar motions and cries
induced me to turn back. l examined
the nest and found the young birds all
right, looked into the trees branches,
but saw no enemies there, and started
away. Both birds then followed me
with renewed cries, and when l was
few yards away they few in front of
me, fluttered moment, and then dart
ed back to the tree Then one of them
came back to me, fluttering and crying,
then darted from me near to the
ground under the tree. l looked, and
there lay a rattlesnake coiled ready to
strike. secured a stick and killed
him, the wrens looking on from the
tree; and the moment did so, they
changed their song to a lively, happy
one, seeming to say, THANK you!" in
every note.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09
Graves of the Presidents.

Washington's tomb is brick vault
at Mount Vernon.
John Adams and his son, John Quin-
cy Adams, lie buried in granite vault
beneath the Unitarian church at Quin-
cy, Mass.
Thomas Jefferson lies under an obe-
lisk in little graveyard on the road
from Charlottesville, Va, to Monticello.
James Madison rests on the old Mad
ison estate near Montpelier, Hanover
county. Va.
James Monroe's body lies beneath
huge block of polished Virginia marble
in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va
Andrew Jackson reposes under
massive granite monument amid
grove of magnolias in corner OF the
Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn.
Martin Van Buren, is buried in the
family lot in the village cemetery at
Undertook, N. Y.
William Henry Harrison sleeps at his
home at North Bend, on the Ohio riv-
err an unfenced mound over the family
vault marking his grave.
John Tyler's vine-covered grave lies
within few feet of Monroe's, in Holly
wood cemetery, Richmond.
James X. Polk is buried in the prl-
vate garden of the family homestead at
| Nashville, Tenn, limestone monu-
ment with Doric columns marking his
resting place.
Zachary Taylor's ashes were inferred
at Cave Hill cemetery, Louisville, KY,
and subsequently removed to Frank
fort.
Millard Fillmore's grave in Forest
Lawn cemetery is surrounded by a
stately shaft of Scotch granite.
Franklin Pierce sleeps under mar
BILE monument in the cemetery at Con-
cord, N. H.
James Buchanan is buried at Wood
ward Hill cemetery, Lancaster, Pa, a
simple block of italian marble forming
| tie headstone.
Abraham Lincoln rests under great
pile of marble, granite and bronze in
the Oak Ridge cemetery at Springfield
Ill.
Andrew Johnson lies on cone-shap-
ed eminence near Greenville, Tenn, on
which his sons have erected a marble
monument with a granite base.
Ulysses S. Grant will sleep, after
April 81, in the magnificent temple on
Riverside Heights, near which his re-
mains lie in a temporary receptacle.
Rutherford B. Hayes is buried at
Fremont, o.
James A. Garfield reposes under
towering monument in Lake View Gem
etery, Cleveland, o.
Chester A. Arthur is buried in RuraI
cemetery, Albany.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09

a kindly smile. "What you have said,
Mr.. Ainsworth, only confirms the re-
port I have received from my daugh-
ter and increases my respect for you.
was poor young man myself some
years ago and 1t has always been my
desire that my daughters should be
chosen for themselves and not for their
wealth or worldly advantages. MY
wife and I have been spending the
summer in Germany with my eldest
daughter, who married German
count" He paused moment and his
countenance fell. 81 suppose she is
happy enough, but l would much pre-
fer that she had an American hus-
band"
AS If to terminate the interview, he
rose to his feet. Suppose you come
up to our home this evening? Perhaps
Alice can settle this question"
AS Walter Ainsworth approached
handsome stone house, situated on an
aristocratic avenue, he saw an elegant
carriage drive up and Alice herself
alight and walk rapidly up the steps.
Could this stately young woman
dressed in handsome costume of silk
and velvet, be his girlish companion
of the summer? His heart sunk with
in him.
He was shown into an exquisite little
reception-room, richly furnished in
white and gold. Five, ten, fifteen min
utes passed and still Miss Gordon did
not appear. Suddenly he heard a
faint rustic and turned quickly toward
the doorway. The curtains parted and
there stood slight, dark-eyed girl,
simply dressed in an old blue serge
skirt, with a pink cotton waist, while
battered straw hat swung on her
arm. A merry yet tender smile lighted
up her face.
"You see have not changed. Have
you?" she said.
"Say no more, dearest" he whisper
ed, as he took her in his longing arms.
''The gifts of the gods are not to De
denied. Chicago Daily News.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09
Silas Cordon's Daughter.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

1t was hot day in, July when Walter
AinswOrth left the dusty, noisy city
for few weeks stay at an old home
stead in the highlands. Scarcely had
he arrived at the hospitable coun-
try home and exchanged greetings
with Mr. West and his kindly wife
when the children began to tell him of
Miss Gordon, their boarder, who had
been sent into the country for the ben
eft Of her health.
There she comes noww exclaimed
little Robert West, and, looking to-
ward the woodland, Mr.. Ainsworth saw
approaching slight, dark-eyed
maiden, simply attired in a blue serge
skirt with pink cotton waist, while
a broad-brimmed hat Of coarse straw
was tied under her chin with white
muslin strings.
AS he seated himself at the bounti-
full supper table, Miss Gordon quietly
entered, and, as an introduction was
given. slipped into the chair beside
him. Mr.. Ainsworth chatted merrily
with Robert, planning fishing e2cur-
sions and long tramps over the hills,
now and then addressing a remark to
Miss Gordon, who listened with SYM
pathetic attention. When he looked
at the girlish, innocent face beside
him, Walter Ainsworth realized that
a new and charming element had en-
tered into his annual vacation at the
y old farmhouse on the hill.
\ Happy were the summer days as
they flew by Often as Mr.. Ainsworth
and Robert came home at night carry
ing their fishing rods over their shout
ders. with a basket Of fish that was
some times full and sometimes empty
Miss Gordon and little Mollie West
would come over the hills to meet
them, and enliven the long walk with
tests and laughter. Sometimes the
whole family would crowd into the
big spring wagon and ride away for
picnic at some picturesque point in the
neighberhood. Sometimes when rainy
weather kept them indoors Miss Cor
don would entertain the children witt
games and stories.
One evening Alter the little ones
were put to bed and Mr.. Ainswortf
was sitting OH the moonlit porch talk
ing 10 Miss Gordon, he compliments
her on her nsver-failing fund o
amusements with which she beguilei
ne children.
"Wen, you see, teach in a kinder
gaften in the city during the winter,
she said, half-apologeticany. THAT Il
where learned to love children"
where do you teach?" he asked
with interest
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-09
A Charitable Duchess.

The Duchess Of Portland is an untir-
ing charity worker and her name has
headed many list of patronesses Of
hazaars and church social affairs.
While she is seven duchesses sehind
the Duchess of Marlborough, she is
said to be the greatest ducsnss in
England. Eer popularity is soTething
tremendous. AS most will rerfsmber,
she was Miss Yorke. and her capture
of the wealthy, good-looking 5Tke was
one of the greatest catches 7ver re-
corded in the annals of gossip tattling
London town. She is the devoted
mother of two children. The MARQUIS
Of Titchfield was born in 1898 and
Lady Victoria Dorothy in 1slR.