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The age-herald., 1899-07-26
The Reforner

Before the monstrous wrong he sets him
 down One man against walled city of sin. For centuries those walls have been a.
 building; Smooth porphyry, they slope and coldly
 glass The flying storm and wheeling sun. No
 chnk, No creViee lets the thinnest arrow in. He fights alone, and from the cloudy ram
 parts A thousand evil faces gibe and jeer him. Let him lie down and die: what is the
 right, And where is justice in a world like this? But by and by, earth shakes herself, im-
 patient; And down, in one great roar of ruin, crash Watch tower and citadel and battlements. When the red dust has cleared, the lonely
 soldier Stands with strange thoughts beneath the
 friendly stars.
 EDWARD ROWLAND SILL.
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Mrs. William H. Kettig and her son, Hen- ry Kettig, returned yesterday from Cas- tilian Springs, Tenn.
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Shelter Renews Work

Leadville, Col, July 25.-The Arkansas Valley shelter, ore of the plants belonging to the American Smelling and Refining company, which has been closed since June b on account of the disagreement be- tween the wOrkmen and the managers over wages and hours of labor was reopened today. The old schedule in hours is in eff feet, but wages have been increased.
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Mrs. Benjamin F. Moore and her childre returned yesterday from Oliver Spring Tenn.
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WOMAN AND SOCIETY. \ ANNIE KERDRIcR WALKER.
RY AMNIE kENpRICR WALKER.
Gssssa Sss

United States consul here, and number of other Americans at a. concert given on the Olympia by the ships band. Admiral Dewey did not leave the ship today. He will sail about August 21 for Naples.
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Mrs. Solon Jacobs has returned from Louisville, Ky. She was accompanied by her two nieces, Miss Bertha Reynolds and Miss Virginia Reynolds, of Louisville, who will be her guests for several weeks.
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Plttsburg to Lake Erie is 6.7 mills per ton per mile, and under the favorable condition of down grades and no snows heavy freights from Birmingham to Mobile and Pensacola ought to be carried for ! mills per ton per mle the distance from Bir- mngham to Mobile by rail is PTS miles, at 1 miles would amount to s1.11 per ton. This is shown to be about correct for the rail- roads now give a rate of s1 perton for ex- port coal and s1.5O per ton for domestic coal to Mobile. The above figures show what it is possible to accomplish on rail- road lines. On the other hand we find that coal is carried from Pittsburg to New Or leans at a profit to the carrier down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at rate of one-third of a mill per ton per mile
 "The skilled and trusted engineers of the United States government have reported to congress that our heavy freights can be carried profitably from Birmingham to Mo- bile over Valley river canalized and thence over the Warrior river for one mill per ton per mile. The advantage that will accrue to us from this rate is apparent without further discussion, but lest some may be skeptical let us reduce the production to HSuleS anu see Wndl Will De the result.
 'To make the Warrior river navigable from Locust Fork where the Kansas City railroad crosses 1t to Mobile bay, every day in the year for the largest steamboats that ply the river at Mobile will cost about three million dollars. The Kansas City railroad bridge is twenty-two miles from Birmingham and seventy miles from Tus- caloosa The latter point is 360 miles from Mobile. By this route our heavy freight must travel twenty-two miles by rail and 430 miles by water to reach the sea, the cost per ton by rail would be about nine cents and the water freights about 43 cents, making total of 52 cents per ton to Mobile, or saving over the best freight rates the railroads could possible make of 59 cents per ton.
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Admiral Dewey Ente rtains

Trieste, July 25.-Admiral Dewey this af- ternoon entertained Fred W. Hossfeld, the
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business men of Birmingham when we bring these matters up in congress, to hold up our hands and aid us by showing an interest in them"
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INDEPENDENT.

Mayor Jones, of Toledo, says he Is
"a man without party" He adds:
will never again wear the label of any
party or claim political loyalty to any
thing less than all of the people. In
this way | shall be free to vote and
act for principles, whatever party name
/ bear on the one hand, or Independent
of all parties if need be on the other;
and the whole people shall always have
the first claim on my services and af-
lection, rather than fragment of them
named political party.
OF course nobody in this republic
ought to claim political loyalty to any
thing less than all of the people, and
few do. 1t is sometimes hard work,
though, to tell just where all the people
come in. Still, Mayor Jones' position is
a sound one, and if he exercises good
judgment he may occasionally vote
right
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n CHEERING PL1y

1t is figured that the system of retire
ment and pensions which the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company is preparing to
adopt will require the payment by the
company of about $4,000 year. The
age for compulsory retirement will be
fixed at seventy years. Employees who
have been thirty years in the employ Of
the company, but who have not reached
| seventy years Of age, will also be enti-
tied to the benefits of the pension fund
The pension allowance will be based
upon length of service and the average
wages received by the employe during
| such service. The fund will not be put
taken by the board of directors in the
fall. This pension fund Is not to inter-
fere in any way with the employees re-
lief fund, but will work in harmony
with this fund, the rules governing the
pensions being put in form through con-
ferences between the executive officers
OF the company and the managers of
the relief fund. The benefits sought to
be realized by the railroad company
through the new system are not solely
In the nature of benevolence to old and
faithful employees. 1t is expected to
benefit the service of the company,
stimulating employees to the best attain
ments and giving them feeling of Sc
curity concerning their future. 1t will
also relieve the company of the neces-
sity of retaining in it's active service
men whose usefulness and efficiency
have been lessened by the infirmities
of age, but whose records for faithful
ness render it impossible to turn them
adrift.
1t Is probable that the great railroad
company Will find that the money it
costs to keep up its pension system is
well spent.
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.L.XPRE SSIFF.
She-What a little mouth your young
friend has! 1t doesn't look large enough
to hold a tongue He-It doesn It'd

She-What little mouth your young
friend has! 1t doesn't look large enough
to hold tongue. He-It doesn' It'd
Bits.
Dasher-I hope you don't object to my
smoking? The Rev. Mr.. Mylde-N-not
in the least, Tiff you don't object to
my being sick."-Tid-Bits
THE linotype machine has revou-
tionzed the printing business" In
deed it has. Typographical errors
which were impossible ten years ago
are quite common now.--Detroit Jour
nal.
Two friends meeting, one remarked:
Il have Just met a man who told me
looked exactly like you Tell nle who
it was that l may knock him down"
replied his friend. "Don't trouble about
it," he said; Il did that myself. lid
Bits
Expression.-"T hey tell me, Grimley
that your daughter sings with great ex-
preston"
Greatest expression you ever saw.
Her own mother can't recognize her
face when she's singing. Boston Trav-
eler.
Two Irish reserve men, who went into
a hatter's to buy hat were delighted
with the sample shown them, inside the
crown of which was inserted looking
glass.
What Is this glass for?" said Pat.
Mike impatient at the display Of
such ignorance, exclaimed:
What for? Why, for the man who
buys it to see how it fits him!"-Spare
Moments.
''Phalim," YEARLY said Mrs. McGor-
ry, with some difficulty making herself
heard above the lusty bowls of her
leather-lunged offspring, "yez will how
to how'd dhe baby for whole. Try to
git him quoted av We can. Sure oim
ahl worn out wild his yells.' "Oll not
how'd hint" indifferently replied her
husband, who was luxuriating with his
pipe and newspaper. "Ut's your duty,
not moline Av yez can't keep dhe little
monkey still, lave him YELL for ahl OF
care" "Ut's yure duty as much as ut
is moline! Half av him belongs to We,
anyhow" "Wull, thin, do pivot yez
PLACE wild yure half, an lave my half
holler ahl ut wants to. Oim busy!"-
Harper's Bazaar.
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SOME GOOD VICE.

Vice. Consul General Hanauer who
represents this country at Frankfort,
believes that the manufacturers Of this
country will find profit in paying atten-
ton to the possibilities of trade in Rus
STA. He points out that for the past
five years, the National Association of
Manufacturers in the United States and
other trade associations, steamship and
transportation lines have directed their
efforts towards increasing trade with
Latin America. While he indorses all
attempts to increase our exports, he be-
lieves that an equal amount of money,
time and energy expended upon fur
sian empire would prove more profit
able Russia, he points out, has not
only an immensely larger population
than Latin America, thus affording us
wider market, but the vast empire Of
fer the best and most profitable field for
our promoters of railroad, electric and
other enterprises, for the construction
of waterworks and drainage systems,
building streets and canals, works in
iron. making dry docks and harbors,
and opening mines. Americans have
the most favorable chances to employ
their capital and skill in Russia, as the
people of that country are rather Jealous
of Europeans who figure in the role of
pioneers whereas they have no fear Of
American assistance in developing the
resources of their country.
This is good advice. There is a big
market in Russia.
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acteristic of the sport than usual. This
ating wrinkle. This is a yachting skirt
made of real sail cloth and with the
help of saimaker, The skirt is made
with strap seams and double stitching,
The present sheath skirt can be made
according to very simple pattern. 1t
must be cut and fastened under the
strictest supervision, because sailmak-
ers are not inclined to have much pa
thence with making clothes. Therein,
to the fad chasers, comes the distinc-
ton Of a sailmaker's skirt. Such a
skirt grows softer with frequent wash
ing, nothing except mildew hurts 1t, 1t
hangs beautifully and does not look the
least bit like the usual duck skirt, or SO
say Its admiring wearers.
The yacht girls latest fad Is to twist
about her sailor hat a private signal
flag, one of those three cornered affairs
that fly from the main flagstaff Such
a flag sets nicely about the hat, the
point hanging Just over the brim. A
girl who is we'll taken care of will have
a collection Of these signals, besides one
or two yacht club signals. To wear a
fleet captains flag of any well known
club is very swagger, and now that the
fad is just in and that the shops are
not yet making such ensigns, there Is
much distinction in wearing a flag scarf
that must have been given by the own
err. FLORETTE.
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An INTER ESTING QUESTION

An interesting question has been
raised by the death in Detroit of a man
who went there to attend the Christian
Endeavor convention. He went to De-
troit from Winona. He filled every re-
quirement of his ticket. He deposited it
with the joint agent and under the
rules of the road had until August Is
to take that ticket and go home. But
he died and his friends are poor. They
and also buy one for the man who
must accompany the corpse from De-
troit to Winona. They asked the dis
trict passenger agent OF the Michigan
Central if the dead man cannot travel
on the ticket he bought, and on which
the railroads agreed to carry him. Mr.
Hall looked up the rules and one of
them says that no corpse shall be car
ried for less than one full first class
fare, and that the corpse shall be ac-
companied by passenger to look af-
ter it. Then the man wanted to know
how it would be if he bought a first
class ticket for the corpse-could he
then ride on the ticket which belonged
to the man, now a corpse and which
is on deposit at the joint agency. He
thought this was a square deal, as the
railroad would get full fares both WAYS
for one person and they would get moth
ing otherwise. Further, he thought the
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proof" exclaimed his two questloner
at once. Don't need any proof he re
piled, nonchalantly, Haven't I confess
ed?"
All Is not gold that glitters. Ice, fol
instance. Nine-tenths of all the mer
who went to the Klondike in 1898, be
lieving that fortune awaited them ir
the frozen camps of the North, returned
empty handed, declares a Seattle mar
who has kept some track of the gold
hunters
The manager of the employment de-
partment Of the Swedish national asso-
citation at Chicago says that 5000 ser
want girls of that nationality in the
city are visiting Sweden this summer.
Complaints there are more than usually
loud Of the scarcity of domestic help
and its unsatisfactory character
Benjamin F. Abbott, an Atlanta law
yer told a Tribune interviewer in New
York that as far as he had been able
to find out, Georgia's is the only capt.
toll building in the Union which has
been built within the appropriation If
Brother Abbott hasn't been able to find
out about the honest and economical
building of Connecticuts capitol he is
not very inquisitive.
There are not less than 100000 Greeks
living in Constantinople, says d. N.
Demetriades Of that city. ''They are
occupying important places In the bust
ness world, many of them being bank
ers and leading merchants, while a
great number are successful in the pro-
LESSONS. Still, considerable per cent.
of the educated young Greeks con-
stanty migrate to Athens because Of
their innate love for the mother coun-
try. Athens, by the way is very live
and growing city"
Live grasshoppere will eat dead grass
hoppers. A Missouri farmer mixed par
Is green and bran together and let
grasshopper eat it. He died Twenty
ate him up. They died Four hundred
ate those twenty, and they died Eight
thousand ate those four hundred, and
they died A hundred and sixty thou
sand ate those eight thousand, and died,
and the farmer was troubled no more.
,Ln he s.
but he was no liar
Under the new assessment law in
Chicago the personal property valua-
ton in that city, now very nearly com
plete, has increased from s139955,2S5
last year to 1924, 5ss, 4s5 this year. To
this will be added about $8, 900 900 more
in completing the assessment. For
Cook county, based on official figures,
with the same exceptions, the personal |
property total is 1913, 6S5, 49, represent
ing an assessed valuation of $62, 1877 09O
instead of the s21 ,512,9 1913 on which taxes
were paid a year ago.
The people of Beverly Farms Massa-
chusetts, are discussing proposition to
purchase the residence there formerly |
occupied by DR.. oliver Wendell Holmes |
as a summer retreat and converting it |
into q memorial of the Autocrat. The |
plan contemplates the laying out of a
park surrounding the house, the walks
of which would be named after charac-
ters in DIR. Holmes books The house is
now occupied as summer home by the
poets son, Chief Justice Holmes of the
Massachusetts Supreme court
There has been a contest over the
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each IN
sertion. Five Cents a Word for a full week
tseven tines.
Display advertisements per inch, one In
serton, $780, each subsequent insertion, 40
cents; one week, $500 one month, $40;
one year, $40.
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 10
riages, Dea tbs and Funerals, so cents each.
Local Notices, Is cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business (all matter to De
include Wants, 10 Let, For Sale, etc.
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THE MAJORS NEW TRUST.
A Great Promoter Takes the Landlord
into His Cnofdprpa

A Great Promoter Takes the Landlord
into His Confidence,
1t was the landlord again with his bill
for the rent of the office, but he had
scarcely entered the door when the
Major advanced with outstretched
hand and greeted him with:
Good morning to you, and 600 d
morning. You have come for the rent,
and of course, you have brought the
bill? All, eee-I see. | was just about
to send telegram asking you to call.
So many months rent-so much. Cor
rect to a cent, and you don't know how
glad l am to do business with man In
business way. Excuse me, While I
lay the bill away. where 1t will be safe
and undisturbed for months and years
to come. There-'tis done, and
I'm after the remit" announced the
landlord in a decided voice
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Her Disadvantage all
bosb, If you had wanted to keep Mr..
Walsingham from kissing you you
could have done it. I'd like to see him
lsiss mel Gertrude suppose you
would. but he never will. He told me
vo,,r face had in it the dignity of an
tiouitv. AS for keeping him from kiss
ing me, 1 suppose l might have been
able to do so if it hadn't been necessary
for me to take both hands to get my
veil up.-Chicago Herald
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The manager of the employment de-
partment Of the Swedish national asso-
citation at Chicago says that 5000 SER
want girls of that nationality in the
city are visiting Sweden this summer
Complaints there are more than usually
loud Of the scarcity of domestic help
and its unsatisfactory character.
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railroads were bound to carry the man
who bought the ticket. No settlement
of the matter is yet reported, but
doubtless the railroad companies inter-
ested will do the fair thing.
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election of Judge in Schuylkll county,
Pennsylvania, held as long ago as 1895,
but lust decided The certificate of
choice had gone to a Democrat, but his
Republican competitor claimed that it
was based on illegal votes cast. The
court examined into the case, and found
that there were 952 illegal votes thrown
for the Democrat. This would seem to
have given the Republican the office,
but the court in the course of its ex-
animation found also that there had
been / O33 illegal votes cast for the Re-
publican.
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FASHION NOTES.
Hints OF Boating Rigs

Silk and cloth is to be permissible
combination for fall gowns, and many
of the suits thus composed will be made
up in the most simple manner possible.
Here is an example that was quite
tailor-like in it's severity. oyster COL
ored cheyiot was the main fabric, dark
blue and white silk appearing in reyers
and skirt panel. The tabs were held by
bone buttons This may mean that
crystal has had it's best day. although
it Is worn a great deal now. Since
much of it is cheap imitation stuff, it
is all the easier to believe that fashion
ables will give it the go-by.
In general this years boating rigs are
in their trimmings less markedly char
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An Iowa lawyer was made referee
by two disputing brethren as to who
was the ablest lawyer in the State. He
replied calmly, 81 am" "Where Is the
proof?' exclaimed his two questioners
at once. Don't need any proof" he re-
piled, nonchalantly Haven't I confess
ed?"
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All Is not gold that glitters. Ice, for
instance. Nine-tenths of all the men
who went to the Klondike in 1898, be-
lieving that a fortune awaited them in
the frozen camps of the North, returned
who has kept some track of the gold
hunters.
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REAL ESTATE NEWS.

The realty market provided q surprise yes
terday In the form Of an active Monday. The
nrst day OF the business week has como to be
accepted a. the dullest AMI yesterday was tho
nrst exception In months. Tho substantial
dealing throughout the past week leads to the
belief that the few days which will be devoted
to business this week will carry on Yesterdays
good record. Friday and Saturday will be
practical holidays In the market 80 far ms the
brokerage business Is concerned and the New
York Real Estate salesrooms will also b osed
on Friday.
There were number Of good sales reported
at private contract yesterday, and the majority
were all the more i'm portant because they were
portant transaction in point Of value WINS that
Involving the plot 93x92xSUx65 at ST. Nicholas
avenue and l51st street. IL was purchased
with the Intention OF improving. and modern
SevSn-S story apartment house will be erected
on the site. Private dwellings figured largely
In the selling.
In the auction room OF the six offerings
scheduled two were bid In and four secured by
the plaintiffs. The list for to-day contains Ave
Huctioneer william N. Ryan succeeded In
selling sixteen OF the twenty lots advertised
for sale at public auction at Edgewater, y. j.,
on saturday The a prices .N Paid for individual
William F. Hayemeyer took title Yesterday
10 No. 81 Wall street for stated consideration
OF $40. 900 Mr.. Havemeyar gave n mortgage
OF 100000 on Nos. 81 and 80 Wall street and
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80 and 81 Beaver street to the Brooklyn ssv-
ings Bank.
Henry Corn took title TO Nos. SS8 and $40
Broadway from Henrietta Corn for q stated
consideration OF $245.O00. A mortgage Of
$4,000 was placed on the property.
1t was again reported and again denied yes
terday that final contracts had been signed for
the sale OF the plot 150xl00. on the northwest
corner OF Central Park West and sixty-sixth
street. John r. Foley OF Foley Il Sniffen said
that tho sale had practically been made. and
that the buyers OF the property were Irons Il
Todd. The latter firm have already filed plane
for 100000 apartment house to cover the
plot The price paid for the plot was about
$215.0O0.
Auctioneer Philip A. smyth succeeded In
selling his entire Offering VI seventy-two par
cells OF property In Yonkers. including the Oaks
and Springtide, two country mansions and
stables. and sixty-four villa lots and plots on
Fairyiew and High streets and RidReway and
Vineyard avenues. Tho two mansions were
secured by heirs OF the Curtiss estate. to which
estate the property belonged. and brought
sac. 900 and $lS.750 respectively. The entire
sale nettod about $100.OO0.