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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-06-09

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-06-09

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-06-09

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-06-09
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The age-herald., 1899-11-05

does fully million tons It practically esab
 he production overake consumption in the 9o we'll established that pervadng condition of pros pery country would admit of overproducon in 190 possibly throughout entire period of fat If followed by fat in all fairness and they who the population the pey established Jones Valley at the end o that there will be twenytree furnaces Jefferson county alone Seven fat will asured such period would also double the varied and eethe lowest in price quality other country The dreams of the city fact coming true before And all this in twenty-five years!
 chronicles today the advances of this remark period healthy steady but vigorous growth The Age Herald present ownership has and ropered with it's advocated
 thing the upbudng of the town and district It is that upbudng welded to it, rather welded in it. osperng prosper suffering when they sebacks Never committed with local and district conditions
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
EDITORIAL
 SECTION.

With thousand houses of erecon this city and this words crowded to repetion Cots nightly placed boarding houses family roof that may have his he finds not Even chair boarding house table premium The central has doubled itself although carpenter tere bcmason and neaahand mill and brick is endeavorng to furnish homes the
 And what is true of the entire district There is activity in the mines the coke around the furnaces along the railroad ne among founes and fnshers of material all who coal interests whether they be sawms dae table gardens trade office employment The district fairly pusates with life energy Every will is in moon stack that blow ing engines melt iron is in blast very the Wiiamson" and the Mary Pratt lonely torc boom be gotten ready country and to good money.
 All this expansion here elsewhere will however the market The years product of the country will greatly ceed 5000 900 ton and the years consumption will call if
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government has bought these and we are taking them to Paris for the government, where they will be placed on exhibition during the Paris exposition. I understand that they will then be presented to the French government by this country.
 'sSea lions are very sportive When in wild state the males will get off the rocks into the water and after they have caught all the fish they want to eat one will make a dive, and, coming to the surface with a fish, will toss to another. which Will Tn turn pass it along, and in this way they seem to be playing baseball.
 .'These which I have sold to the city, II a proper tank is constructed for them in the Highland park zoo will afford great amusement to the little visitors, as well as be instructive to the grown people who have never seen them in their wild state The tank in which we placed them yester- day is entirely too small, and ooupt whether they will long survive it if 1t IS not enlarged.
 '',Those which I have sold to the city Of Pittsburg will eat about sixty pounds or fish A day This should not be fed to them at once but should be dealt out in small lots Sea lions cost in this country about $500 each I am a native of Australia. Fitzsimmons and I came from the same town. I have the honor to be a personal friend of Andrew Carnegie, and It was he who advised me to go to Homestead some years ago During the days of the old roller skates I owned and conducted three rinks in Pittsburg I expect to stay in Paris taking care of the sea lions, untll the exposition is over, when I shall return to the United States
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the door-sill because he was too faint to get into the house, the precipitation stream ing from forehead and from chin, and my mother trying to resuscitate him with cup of cold water. which be was too faint to hold to his lips while saying to us:
 Don't be frightened; there's nothing the matter; little tired, that's all, little tired"
 Ever since that day when I hear people talking about the independent life of farmer, I see through the sham.
 Farmers want not your fatteries, but your sympathies. "The man with the hoe deserves more consideration from the man with the pen And why not? You generally find that the man with the pen is descend- ed from the man with the hoe.
 The only time l envy the farmers calling is this time of the year when the hoe gets its reward in the corn grown and cut, and shocked, and ready to be husked. If you have recently been in the fields Of New York and Pennsylvania and New Jersey, you know that the corn is all cut The sharp knife struck through the stalks, and left them all along the fields until man came with a bundle of straw and twisted a few of these wisps of straw, and then stood it in the field in what Is called shock.
 In few weeks the farmers will gather one day on one farm, and another day on
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was blown out to sea. There was no set tlement within 100 miles of us, and for five weeks we lived on fish and such raw herbs as we were able to dig up. It was very cold at night, and we had to sleep out without fire or blankets, and we suffered terribly. I lost my hearing through ex-- posture, but gradually regained 1t. The schooner finally became waterlogged and was a floating derelict. She picked up at last by a government tug. Two of the three men who were on her died as a result of the hardships which they endur- ed
 'It is an old saying that fish is good for the brain, and I firmly believe the adage. Seals and lions live fish entirely. and they can certainly do every thing but talk. They do converse In some manner among themselves. They are mammals and possess a great affection for their young. The sea lion Is polygamous, and the male guards his mates with the great est care. They are very jealous, and if one male approaches the resting place of the females belonging to another 1t is a sure sign that there is going to be bloody fight. They are easily tanned and learn to know their keepers and appreciate any kindness shown them quicker than any other animal taken captive.
 Even now these sea lions, which we have only had in our possession a few weeks, seem to know us and in a month longer could hardly be driven away. We sold ten of them in Chicago, two in Co., lumbus. three here and will leave five in Philadelphia. Three died during. the trip across the continent. so that we will have about twenty-five left. The United States
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ing peg is thrust in until it strikes the corn, and then the fingers rip off the sheathing of the ears, and there is a crack as the root of the corn is snapped off from the husk. and the grain disimprisoned Is hurled into the sunlight.
 The air is so tonic, the work Is so very exhilarating, the company is so blfthe, that some laugh, and some shout and some sing and some banter, and some tease neghbor for a romantic ride along the edge of the woods in eventide in car. riage that holds but two, and some propheA sy as to the number of bushels to the field, and others go into competition as to which shall rifle the most corn shocks before sum- down.
 After awhile the diner horn sounds from the farmhouse, and the table Is surround ed by group of jolly and hungry men. From all the pantries and the cellars, and the perches of fowl on the place. the rich est dainties come, and there is convivial and neighborhood reunion, and scene which fills all our memory, part with smiles and part with tears, as we remem- Der that the farm belongs now to other owners, and other hands gather in the pro- ducts of the field, and many of those who mingled in that merry husking scene have themselves been reaped, Hike as shock of corn cometh in in his seasons"
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SEA LIONS ARE HIS GAME
Interesting Talk With a Man Whose
 Business is Catching Mammals

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Capt. J R. Mullett, the only man in the world who makes a business of capturing sea lions, left Pittsburg last evening for Philadelphia to join the carload of lions which he had sent on east after placing three of his cargo in the zoo at Highland park. Captain Mullett is a small but rug ged looking man and has lived life of ad- venture. When asked what city he called his home he said
 'I have made the capture of sea lions my business for almost twenty-five years. Every seal or sea lion which belongs to the family of seals that you see in cap- tivity has been captured by me. Sea lions and walruses are nothing more than big seals. All of the sea lions on exhibition have caught on the coast of California. They are like the fruit of the golden state they grow larger on the California coast than anywhere else in the world.
 "It takes fifteen men to capture 1,5OO- pound sea lion. We get between them and theLsea, and when they run for the water we throw a lasso over them, but as their necks are larger than their heads the rope slips off. We keep on throwing and event. ually tire the sea lion Then. while we all hold him down with the ropes. another man places a crate over the brute and his capture is effected.
 "I have been bitten all along my legs and thighs. and let me say right here that when lion bites you he takes a piece Of flesh out every time. My assistant, w.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
PROSPEROUS YEAR AN JONES VALLEY
 THE GROWTH OF THE AGE-HERALD.
EDITORIAL
 SECTION.

Brmnghams morning journa and newspaper
 hopeful coming greatness of it's city and districts and newspaper desous of promang in every possible that makes for local deve opment and progress sagger but 1t sagger AgeHad All that be found in it's schedule
 pull together in order to win for the south trumphs plainly intended when materials
 were placed nexhausbe quantities in this district Each should help firm believers the
 the valley district well the state and the country All should catch the spirit without the dme The sound but the fairy tales of that period were fairy tales Let us have the spirit and magnet those with of the Casan building what conditions that understood years Age Herald will have story to tell that because place. it acual and the place. belief Work faith will however, bring every and detail of the picture in the veyear period assigned The record it. and has full faith that it's expectations for November 1904 will fully
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L. Wemple, who Is veterinary surgeon, has lost part of a hand and has been se- verely bitten on several occasions. The little, ordinary seal, which is found all over tho world. will not live over month in captivity, but the sea lion, like those which have placed in the Highland park zoo, will live for years with careful atten- ton.
 ''While travelling with the sea lions we keep them alive by spraying them with water from a tank in the roof of the spe- clal car We feed them on fish. Nothing that lives In the sea drinks water; there fore it is not necessary to give them any drinking water. All fishes and seals ana whales and everything which lives In the salt water has it's thirt satisfied by ab- sorbing water Many human beings lose their lives every year from an ignorance of this fact. If a sailor, when he is ship wrecked and out of fresh water, would only drop over the side of the boat or raft on which he Is floating and rest in the wa ter for awhile his system would absorb enough water to satisfy his thirst.
 'I was a seafaring man for many years and the first sea lions I caught were on the Chincha Islands, off the coast of South America I saved two of them, and the late P. T. Barnum bought them from me for the sum of slo,000 This gave me the idea of making a business of catching them, and I have been following it up with the exception of few years ever since.
 This last summer the schooner which I was using was wrecked off the coast of Oregon I had fifteen men with me. We saw a rookery the rocks along the coast, and, leaving three men on board to attend to the schooner, I took the bal ance and went ashore to make few cap lures. While were on the rocks storm came up and the men on board the boat were unable to handle her, and she
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another day on another farm, and they will put on their rough husking aprons, and they will take the husking peg, which Is piece of iron with a leathern loop fastened to the hand, and with it unsheath the corn from the husk and toss 1t into a golden heap. Then the wagons will come along and take 1t to the corn crib.
 How vividly to those of us who were born in the country comes the rememberance of husking time! We waited for 1t as for the gala day of the year. It was called froHc. The trees having for the most part shed their foliage, the farmers waded through the fallen leaves, and came through the keen morning air to the gleeful company.
 The frosts which had silvered everything during the night, began to melt off the top of the corn shocks. While the formers were waiting for others, they stood blow ing their breath through their fingers to keep up warmth of circulation. Roaring mirth greeted the late farmer as he crawl ed over the fence. Joke and repartee, and rustic salutation abounded. All ready now. The men take hold of the shock of corn and hurl it prostrate, while the moles and mico which have secreted themselves there for warmth attempt to escape.
 The withe of straw is unwound from the corn shock, and the stalks, heavy with tihe wealth of grain, are rolled into two bundles between which the husker sits. The husk-
The age-herald., 1899-11-05
LARGE PLANTOF
 ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
It is Powerful Enough to Furnish an Adequate Supply for Entire
 Jones' Valley.

The present plant occupies one-half of the lot only The other half is reserved against the demands of this prosperous city. To- day the company is putting in place two 1,000-horse power engines, and also the largest railway generator to be found south of the Ohio river. Still greater ad ditions will be made next year to the plant; and if the demands call for such an exten- sion, the plant will be doubled by building over the entire lot Room for growth has, in other words, been reserved.
 The people of Pratt City are rejoicing oyer the good service that the Consolidated has placed within their reach They have as good lights and a like opportunity for power that the people of the central city possess. The new city of Ensley has a like efficient service-the youngest city in the land provided with electric lights. Avondale and Woodawn are served in like manner, and East Lake soon will be. How ard college can then use in its laboratories and shops electrical power, while 1t lights its halls with the incomparable product of electricity. The young ladies of the Ath- aeneum can discard the dangerous coal oil lanmp, and the pleasure grounds of this great resort can be rendered doubly beau tiful.
 People have become accustomed to cleo tric lights, and We accept them as we do sunlight, but If the current were suddenly withdrawn, we would soon see and appre- ciate what a blessing the Consolidated places in every street. in every home that seeks it-that carries us here and there that stands ready to delieve us of toil-that lifts us when we desire to go upstairs and carries us safely back to the street level again. Great is electricity, and the Con- solidated is its servant in Jones valley.
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BIRMINGHAM'S RANK
 AS A TRADING CENTER
Few Cities South of the Ohio River That Can Compare With Ala
 bama's Big Metropolis.

extensive, much more important than it is if the railroads would give the mer- chants a chance to compete with certain other jobbing cities. The country tributary to Birmingham is comprised within radius of only about fifty or sixty miles. whereas our merchandise should be finding it's way all over Alabama. Instead of the volume of the jobbing trade asgresating Sl1000,000 it should reach $20, COO or $25,- 000.000. "Give a railroad commission similar to the Georgia commission" said we'll known and enterprising wholesale merchant, "and the firms already here would not only double their business in few years, but new capital would come, new houses would be started, and in a very little while Birmingham drummers would be in evidence in every corner of the state and Birmingham, as jobbing city, would hold her own with Atlanta and Nashville
 Another factor which has prevented Bfr- mingham's iobbins trade from increasing at tho rate it should is "the commissary." Our merchants are cut out of q large share of business that might naturally be regard ed as theirs, because the companies which conduct the "commissaries" buy job lots from first hands.
 Yet, in spite of the drawbacks, the en- ergetic merchants of Birmingham are prospering.
 As already remarked, a jobbing business of 11,000, ,000 for this year is not bad showing for young city. But Birming- ham is a railroad center, and If freight rates for groceries and dry goods and other merchandise were favorable, the mercan- tile situation wiuh be much more satisfac- tory in every way than it is Expansion is the order of the day, and every live mer- chant appreciates the fact that he must as a rule, either reach out for new terri tory and constantly add to his trade, or else take a back seat.
The age-herald., 1899-11-05

The mercantile interests of Birmingham are in a very flourshing condition. The retail trade was perhaps never better than it has been this fall. Birmingham is one of the best shopping centers in the south. There are indeed few cities south of the Ohio river that can be compared to it. Our merchants carry fine stocks and their mot to is ''snall profits and quick sales
 The wholesale trade is betetr by 9 per cent than it was last year. and better by 50 per cent. than it was in 1S93 As promi- nent jobber remarked few days ago: "If any merchant in Birmingham says he is not doing better this year than he was last he was not cut out for his business and should go at something else.'
 The volume of the jGbbing trade in this city will reach probably $11, ,O00,O00 this year; not a bad showing for young city which has been advertised only as a great iron center.
 Our jobbing interests have been built up chiefly by the pluck and enterprise of the individual firms engaged in the wholesale trade For the railroads, it is protested, have discrimnated consistently against Birmingham jobbers. When the transpor- ta ton companies took care' of our heavy traffic. coal and iron, they seemed to think they were doing enough for the place and for themselves. Their policy of concession to the furnace interests was wise, liberal, and business-lke. But their trea atment of the wholesale merchant class on the other hand has been, it Is claimed. as illtberal and unjust as could well be imagined. This has been the complaint for years, and the grievance is more pronounced now than ever before For while the jobbing trade is prospering today it would be much more
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This town has no plant more complete, than the great plant of the Electric Light and Power company, near the Union sta- tion. It was preceded by a number of weak companies that speedily drifted into failure and bankruptcy, and the town did not possess a strong company until the Consolidated Electric Light and Pow CT company was organized This company has modern plant pow erful enough to furnish both light and power to Jones valley from one end of it to the other. Its lighting current already extends to Pratt City and Ensley, Avondale and Woodlawn, and its power current will soon reach every portion of the valley. Electric lights will soon be fur nished to East Lake also. The enterprise, as we'll as the strength of this company makes for the up-building and comfort and convenience of this city and of the sur rounding district, and these features of It are, or at least should be, appreciated.
 All along the miles upon miles of wire owned by this company any person can obtain at the lowest possible rates either illumination or power, no matter how small the individual need may be. There is not a household or small shop machine that cannot be supplied with power-with power that is free from smell, danger or other ob- jections-that is wholly and readily manag- able at all times. The time has gone when a man must run a sewing macnlne or spend his time over a small lathe All such machines can be operated by electrl- cal energy.
 This company stands ready to fill the other half of their lot on Nineteenth street.
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mingham Southern, with at least two more to come.
 There has been quite a lot of talk con corning the extension of the East ant West into Birmin gham, and from all ac- counts the day is not for distant when this line will bid for Birmingham business. Then there has also been rumors of the Mobile and Ohio and the Illinois Central trying to secure entrance here, and this, too, is not beyond the course of what may happen. In fact, concerning the Illinois Central, President Stuyvesant Fish is re- ported to have made the statement that when Birmingham commenced to make steel the Illinois Central would commence to run trains into the Union passenger station. If this be the case, then 1t will not be long until I. c. engines will be seen pulling into the greatest city in the south.
 There nave also been reports that the Chattanooga Southern will build a branch to connect with the Trussville branch of the Louisville and Nashville
 Taking what is already. a fact and exists and the prospects of a near and bright fu- ture there is no southern city that can boast any higher of her railroad facilities nor of a better center than can the Magic City of the south.