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The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-14
- within SIX inches Of tie top and
4Lnn rAnrnn ocroroa Nth co.Ncnt

- within SIX inches Of tie top and
these stones covered with cement.
This cement floor is built on a slight
incline to carry waste water TO q drain
pipe located IN n r. The
storage room ~ IS seven fee, high,
sixteen feet six inches wide and
twenty-six feet SIX inches long. Above
this - Is the ice room. six feet high,
end the same width and length as the
storage room. It has a capacity Of
100 tons 0: ice. Over this is q
space IL, the floor of which i Gov
erei with sewiust to 4 depth .: two
feet
Such a building must be very
strong, especially the floor holding
the lee. Wide joists laid close to
gether and braced. and the whole sup
ported by heavy tinbers. will accom
p!ish :hi:: The floor IS made Of two
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-14
FhRIi and GARDEN
How to Load 4 Wagon.

How to Load 4 Wagon.
Dvncntter tests made at Cornell
show that the distribution Of the load
On wa1ons hes little effect on the
draft. Tie tests were made on nearly
level scl with a wide-tjred wagon
weighing i-C0 pounds audlOaded with
one ton .. pig iron. Tie average OF
four tests showed tie following re
suits:
Load evenly distrib-
utea $50 ~. 1Yaft required
Load oy-r front axle. 25i 10. draft required
Load over hind axle 80 !b. draft required
This shows 10 erpreciable differ
ence IN the draft, whether the load is
over the frOnt or hind ax,es. But it
does show chat The draft is Go per
cent. grca:u with the load placed at
one end Of the wagon than when 1t Is
evenly distributed. The four tests
were uniform, showing that under the
conditions tested the results were
very accurate. In tests that have
been reported by Professor S%anbcrn,
of Utah Experiment Station, the draft
was found to be ten per cent. greater
with the load over Che front axle than
when it was placed over the rear axle.
The diff: ence in results at Utah ard
Cornell was probably due to difference
Of conditions under which the tests
were made. But tie results of both
establish the fac: that q load placed
over tie front axle does not draw
easier tnan when evenly distributed
OF even placed ovcr.tEc rear axle.
Tests were also made at Cornell to
determine whether the common
method Of high hitchinG 10 buggies
was as advantageous as @ direct hitch
to the front axle. The test was made
on level floor with a phacton Weigh
ing $50 pounds, and the power fur
nlshcd with \ rope attached to aNiEd-
lass at q height Of about four feet six
inches, the ordinary height at which
horses draw at the collar. The aver
age of SIX tests showed that when the
rope was attached direct to the front
axle, the draft was 1877 per cent.
greater than when attached to the
whifietree. Tests were then made on
an incline to determine whether the
direct attachment would he more adj
v%antagenus, but it showed that the
direct attachment required 1873 per
cent. more draft than when attached
to the whif1etree. But when tests
were made with all obstruction one
inch high before the front wheels, the
usual method of high-hitching only
showed an advantage OF six per cent.
over the direct hitch to the front axle.
This shows that the usual manner OF
hitching to buggics is probably the
most advantageous method of attach
ment.
The effect Of oiling wagons was very
marked in tests made. The wagon
used was one that had not been IN
service for several months, and the
soindles had become dry aud gummed.
The total weight Of the wagon and load
was $3.50 pounds, and when drawn up
n slight incline it required 224 pounds
draft. The wagon-wheels were then
taken of and the spindles wiped clean
and oiled, and her drawn mp the
same incline. and the draft required
was Ia pounds. Or. in other words,
the wagon with dry srindles required
twenty-eight per cent. more draft thar
the same wagon when we'll oiled.-
Country Gentleman.
The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-07-14

In Kansas there are 7,533,35S apple
trees In bearing; 4,O5S, 762 peach
trees. l,212.5S4 cherry trees, and
C2S,2S3 plum trees.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17

at one-quarter or one-sixth the prices of
theater attractions This is made possible
by cooperation, and this is one of the
reasons why the Lyceum should be accord
ed a generous support. The larger the
membership the smaller the cost of each
entertainment. The membership should be
carried to 400 members, for that would re-
duce the price of each entertainment to
sixteen cents; and surely there should be
400 subscribers to series Of entertain
ments given by such men as Robert ].
Burdette There is certainly that number
who appreciate a high class of entertain
ment; and if the people show desire for
better things they may be sure all enter
tainments will be of a better class, in the
theaters and out OF 1t. It rests with the
public to determine what the nature of
public entertainments shall be in this city.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17

change were made 1t would necessitate the
recoinage of four billions of silver into two
billions of dollars. There would be an i'm
mediate loss of two billions of dollars either
TO individuals or TO the government but
this would be the least of the injury. A
shrinkage of one-half in the silver money
of the world would mean a shrinkage OF
one-fourth in the total volume of metallic
money.
This contraction, by increasing the value
of the dollar, would virtually increase the
debts of the world billions of dollars, and
decrease still more the value of property
of the world as measured 10y dollars.
Besides this immediate result, such a
change in the ratio would permanently
decrease the annual addition to the world 5
supply of money! because the annual silver
product, when coined into dollars twice as
large, would maAaz-oply half as many dol
lars.
The people of the United States would be
injured by a change in the ratio, not be-
cause they produce silver, but because they
own property and owe debts, and they can
not afford to thus decrease the value of
their property or increase tlhe burden of
their debts
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Third Season of the Lyseum.

Mr.. Robert j. Burdette will open tonight
in the opera house the third season of the
Birmingham Lyceum. The course has this
season been made up with unusual care
and judgment. Miss Bentley will again
read, but all the other names in the list
are new and of high standing. The third
season, too, will be opened in a larger
house, and when the Jefferson theater is
finished the entertainments of the series
will be held in it,
The Lyceum deserves the support of
every thoughtful citizen of this town. 1t
offers entertainments wholly unlike those
of the stage proper-nor wholly alike the
teachings of any other place. The lecture
platform in its popular form is an Ameri-
can institution, and time does not seem to
lessen its popularity or influence. 1t af-
fords both instruction and pleasure by
bringing before the people thoughtful peo-
pie loaded with their best thoughts. Nor
will art be neglected. Music will have due
prominence. And all this will be furnished
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Mr.. MckinIeY's SuIu Treaty.

When congress meets early in December
the nature of the bargain with the Sultan
of Sulu should be brought to the surface.
The Sultan is now an United States Off
cial, drawing pay from the treasury and
running the machine in the Sulu archi-
pelago to suit himself.
The sultan is a Mahommedan, and Ma
hommedans believe In rather more polyga-
my than the Mormons do. Mr. McKinley's
new official is said to have four hundred
wives; but as there is no provision in the
constitution concerning plural wives, the
question is after all one not so much of
law as of sociology and custom. Our new
sultans subjects doubtless follow in his
footsteps so far as their wealth will per-
nit, and altogether Mr.. Mckinley seems to
have taken under his wings one of the
twin relics.
He has also endorsed the other twin; for
our sultan has even more slaves than he
has wives, and all through the Sulu archi-
pelago slavery is a recognized institution.
And yet the thirteenth dH'ehoiheh' NC
clares: Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted shall exist within the United
States, or places subject to their juris-
diction." 1t does exist by the grace OF
President Mckinley in the archipelago of
Sulu which is as much a part of the
United States as the city of Mo-
bile We bought both from Spain-Mobile
and Sulu. Both stand on one bottom-pur-
chase from Spain. If President Mckinley
has a right to recognize slavery in Sulu he
has a right to recognize it in Mobile or
anywhere else for that matter. 1t is said
however. that the president has entered
into a bargain with our sultan, as to the
freedom of the slaves They are to be per-
mitted in the course of time to buy them
selves.
The remarkable treaty with the Sultan OF
Sulu is kept from the people. 1t is not
"preaty" that must be ratified by the SEN
ate, for the Sulu boss is an American.
There is no reason for secrecy in the case,
unless the Ohio election is reason. Con-
gress should speedily take steps to unearth
an instrumentthat has at one fell swoop
re-established in the United States the twin
relics
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
PRICE OF DIAMONDS

New York Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
Diamonds are scarcer and more valuable
today than they have been at any time
since the great diamond mines were dis
covered in South Africa and the price will
continue to rise so long as the war con-
tinues between Great Britain and the
Transvaal republic. The price of the
stones has been rising steadily ever since
the trouble started in the Transvaal and
it is now fully so per cent. higher than it
was year ago. The last direct advance
in the London market was one of per
cent, made last Saturday.
AS soon as the importers and wholesalers
in Maiden Lane heard yesterday that the
Beers had invaded English territory there
was a stiffening of prices all around, and
while no exact figures could be obtained
as to the amount of the advance, because
there were few sales, it is known that offers
We're refused yesterday afternoon at prices
at which the goods were offered the day
before.
Buyers were anxious to get in before the
rise, which was considered inevitable, and
holders of stock preferred to wait.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE

From the Marion Democrat
Col. John w. Tom1inson has announced
for governor of the great commonwealth,
and he is one of the purest and truest men
that ever offered for the high position of
governor. He is an original bimetallist, ar
dent supporter of w. ]. Bryan, the great
tribune of the people. We are soul, mind
and body for Colonel Tomlinson for COVER
nor of Alabama. If the silver advocates
want true blue for governor, now is the
time TO rally to the cause Of one who has
at all times in the past and will in the fu-
ture stand by the people. He is man of
wealth, education and refinement, and de-
serves the vote of every silver advocate in
Alabama. II we mistake not, Perry will
go solid for Tomlinson.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
LAURADA SURVIVORS
Famous Filibusterer Wreck in Zapa-
dine Bay

Seattle, WASH, October 16.-By the United
States revenue cutter Corwin, which has
reached here, survivors are brought of the
steamship Laurada, which lies a wreck in
zapadine bay, st. George Island.
The Laurada, Captain Frank White, left
Seattle September II for Cape Nome with a
crew Of forty-eight officers and men and
twenty passengers. She carried a full cargo
of general merchandise, hay lumber, cattle
and sheep
The Laurada encountered rough weather
from the start, and on September q she
sprung a leak. She was run into the shall
low waters of Zapadine bay, where her
crew, passengers and cargo were landed
and housed in several abandoned cabins.
The Corwin, attracted by signals, took
aboard the crew and passengers, taking
some to Dutch harbor and bringing the
remainder to Seattle.
The Iaurada was built in Great Britain
and became famous shortly before the out
break OF the late Spanish-Ameriean war
as a hlibusterer and successful blockade
runner.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Local Texation for the Schools.

In a good part OF the state there are no
free schools, no public schools; for pay
school is neither a free nor a private
school. Tt is private school with pub
lie subsidy, the amount of which is in
many, If not most cases, carefully conceal
ed by the beneficiary and the county SUI
rerintendept in order that more fees can
be extracted from the parents of pupils.
Such school would not be tolerated in
any other state. 1t is not school that the
self-respecting poor would send their chill
dren to. 1t is a private school, unlawfully
using public money. a
The question before the. people ~ this
state is this. Shall there be publ jse polls
in every. township open and flxf to al?
snail public schools take the place of fhe
pay schools. which are absorbing the
pubnc money wrongfully?
The state appropriation cannot be in
creased 1t will be next year a million dol
lars. 1t is a magnificent sum. Mississippi
may do a little better relatively. but Ala
bama is doing well by Gner children. But
in very many cases this great sum goes to
from which the children of the poor are
excluded 1t is diverted from its true ap-
pication. The state is neglecting the very
children who most need state help
The remedy consists in a local tax
wherever the people desire tia tax evenly
laid by local authorities instead of a local
tax assessed by a pay teacher. Candi-
dates for the legislature are about to be
nominated; and If local taxation for school
purposes is desired every candidate for the
legislature should Zoe questioned as to his
views on local taxation for school pur-
poses. A constitutional amendment is
needed. The tax is one that belongs to
local self-government 1t is essentially
democratic. 1t glves the people of any
the purpose of having real free school,
open to all. 1t aboiis'nes the pay" feature
so far as public money is concerned. 1t
puts Alabama in line with Louisiana and
IcTly Oluef states III une ullOn. SuCn an
amendment would not impose local tax
for school purposes except where the peo-
pie want such a tax in lieu of the pay"
teachers tax.
Candidates for the legislature and cand-
dates generally should be brought face to
face with this issue, and replies insisted
upon that cannot be misunderstood. The
pay" school must be elimina ted from the
public system il illiteracy is to be material
ly reduced in this state. 1t is essentially
dishonest and vicious. And the only way
in which it can be abolished consists in
giving the people the power they should
have had from the start-the power to tax
themselves for school purposes. Local
taxation when desired, should supplement
the state appropriation, making the latter
beneficial to all the children of district
or township.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
THE TOKEN OF THE ROSE

Flavel Scott Mines.
Inc Caliph sat in council and there came
A message before the gate, who prayed
An audience, and thereupon the king
Babe him appear.
The herald bowed him down,
crying, Allah, il Allah. Thou, o King,
Art mighty in thy victories and reign
Ihey fame has reached thy brother Caliph' S
ears,
Mustapha, who is mighty as thou art
And he has sent me, saying, Seek the King
And ask of him one word and what he says
VIII be inviolate, as War or Peace?
trusting his honor, so bid him choose,
And what he chooseth is and so will be-
Thus spake my master, Mustapha."
Alone
Within his garden walked the King. The
Sang merrily. The wind played thro' the
leaves
And bore the flowers perfumes far and
wide,
AS walked the Caliph all absorbed in
prayer
"Allah.'' he prayed, make me to clearly
The right of this. Let not towards peace
Hold me my throne, nor let tyrant's word
Bring desolation to a fruitful land.
Send me some sign.''
And softly praying thus,
He plucked his good sword from its jeweled
sheath,
blade so sharp that as he drew it forth
1t Topped a rosebud from the parent stem
With scarce a shock.
The tender rosebud fell
Upon the garden walk before the King,
Who picked it up and sighed, while loving
tears
Shone as the dew.
"And this is war; unused he,
THAT when the sword is drawn the in
nocent
Must suffer first and be the first to fall"
Then dropped the sword upon the garden
path,
And turning in his steps the Caliph sped
Back to the council chamber, and he spake,
Unto the messenger the one word Peace"
And while the people greeted his glad word
They noted that he held within his hand
rose half-bown. while at his side no
sword "a ~
Hung in the jeweled eheath. aAs>..
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
PEN PICTURE OF JOHN r.. M'LEAN

From the New York World.
john r. Mclean, democratic candidate
for governor of Ohio, is feet inches
high inclined to stoutness, and weighs
175 pounds. He has a short, small mus
taohe, and no beard, face broad and full
features would be called heavy, eyes rather
small, head large, especially at the top
giving him a forehead which would be
called bulging or overIhanging.
The difference in size between the top
and bottom of the head is more than the
usual proportion. His head is entirely
bald on top, with hair only on the sides
and back.
He wears a black sack coat and vest
striped trousers turn-down collar and a
red four-in-hand tie.
His characteristic gesture in talking is
to put the forefinger of the right hand par
alel with the eye, and not more than an
inch from it. He holds it there and shakes
it at the auditor while he talks.
There are no wrinkles in Mr.. McLeans
face.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.

From the New York Press.
AS soon as a man ceases to love wo-
man he begins to be in danger.
You can tell a woman's character best
by what she wears and mans by what
he doesn't.
If women were as careful about their
souls as they are about their compilations
probably heaven would have to be en-
larged.
When a girl thinks she is going to fail
to get a man she begins to hint around to
him that she has always felt sure there
was to be tragedy in her life.
When you see ten women in a millinery
store, one is going to try to make her hus-
band buy one for her and the other nine
are getting points on how to fix over their
old ones.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
SOUTH AFRICA
From the Chicago Tribune.
THE STATE FAIR

From the Sheffield Reaper.
The state fair at Birmingham promises
not only to be the best rair held in the
state, but will be the best. Every county
in the state should have a display there
and every person in the state should endea-
vor to make the attendance one of over
flow. Whatever is done to help Brming-
ham on this occasion will return through
out the state tenfold But for the Magic
City, Alabama would today be only spot
on the map. There's nothing too good for
dad" Birmingham.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17

Jackson and Marshall are the two coun-
ties that are to hold with the sanction of
the democratic state executive committee
primaries in December. Jackson will bal
lot for choice for a governor and also for
for county officers. Marshall has outdone
its sister county by ordering ballots for
choices in the case of all state offices that
are to be filled next year, as we'll as for
an United States senator and county offices.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
THE WHITES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Mr.. Z. Edmund Garrett, member Of the
legislative assembly, Cape Colony, appends
the following note to an article entitled
1.-THE inevitable in South Africa" in this
months Contemporary:
The white population in South Africa Is
now at least S20,000,000, an increase of 77,44O
by immigration going to the English side.
What Olive Schreiner's estimate is based
upon Chat the Dutch outnumber the Eng
fish by 'tabout two to one) Is mystery.
Even in Cape Colony they are but eleven
to eight. Various statistical authorities
whom I have asked put the Dutch through
out South Africa at ten to nine, as about
equal, and even at eleven to twelve. The
following figures are those of the President
of the United Chambers of Commerce, my
friend, MIR. J. w. Jaeger. They were not
intended to prove any theory either way,
are based on official and commercial data,
and err, if at all, in overstating the Dutch
proportions:
Total. Eng
Whites. Dutch. lish.
Cape Colony, with Bech-
uanaland -. -. -. 100000 265, 200 49,, 800
Basutoland 49,. $500. $50 800 $50
Orange Rree State -. 93700 $500 1850
Natal, with Zululand. ..203,650 $4,000 "123, $50
Rhodesia ..... -. 49,. 10000 1,5OO $500
Total. ....... ........S20,O00 $4,000 1888, 400
'Nearly all adult males.
English" means, of course, non-Dutch
Europeans. Were adult males only taken
into account, as potential federal electors,
there would be large English majority.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
A Long War Probable.

If the outbreak of the Boer war had been
delayed it would doubtless have been brief;
but it cannot well be closed now before
next May. The Beers have seized t!ie
railroad tunnel at Laings Mex. AID pas.
sage of the mou1ain by mule paths will
wse~leieuls. The british found 1t so in 1881
also seized Van Reenan's Pass
lch access from Natal to the
I. State is easiest had; and they
on the west side, destroyed as
can the railroad that comes up
- ia, one thousand miles away
~. = TAN the advantages of early
ro,'.. Snd position.
Yer did not leave England
,,,.u -. G. Nay, and it will certainly
Hember before he is ready
49,. - IN of campaign is. Of
unknown, but 1t is known that he
Mart with an almost irreslstibls-foree.
objective point is probably Pretoria.
and the indications seem to be that he will
operate from Natal. If so, Laings Mex
must again be prominent as the scene CT
war.
Pretoria itself is said to be well prepared
against seige. Its lines and forts have
been filled with heavy guns, and German
artillerists have charge of them. Its ware
houses are packed with food supplies. Gen.
eral Butler will not, it is thought, Vlarch
against it until, like General Kitchener, he
is fully, ready, and such preparations con-
sumo time. A short war, war of the
Spanish sort, need not be expected. 1t
will last all winter, and it will be very
wasteful of life and treasure. But the well
fare of the South African empire is the
stake and Great Britain will that it
is prosecuted to finish, and that finish
means the erasure of two republics from
the map. 49,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
INCOME TAX IN GREAT BRITAIN

From the Chicago Tribune.
Statistics just completed by the income
tax commissioners of Great Britain show
that out of total adult male population
of 12,50O000, more than 100000 earn less
than $3.50 year.. The income tax is col
lected at the rate of 16 cents on each s.
above $3.50, and the total tax, which last
year amounted to nearly $1O0,Oo0, 900, was
contributed by not more than 100000 peo-
pie.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
PLACES HIM THE LEAD

From the Baldwin Times. I
The announcement of Hon. John w. Tom
linson for governor was received with gen.
uine qualification by his host of friends and
admirers throughout the state. His long
and faithful service to the democratic party
and his eminent fitness for the office, makes
him a strong candidate and places him at
once in the lead of all the aspirants for
the gubernatorial chair.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
Mobile also has gallery gods.
MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION

From the Gadsden Tribune.
Hon. john w. Tomlinson, candidate for
governor, is making an active canvass of
the state for the nomination for governor,
and is making very fine impression every
where he goes.