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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-22
Drv Goods

New York, October 2l.-The advance in
the price of ruled print cloths to 21sc was
the feature of today's market. Wide odds
are in good request and strong, but not
quotably higher. Demand for brown cot
tons moderate at full prices. Bleadhed cot
tons show advances firmly maintained.
Ticks and other coarse colored cottoms
strongly held. Cotton yarns strong, but
demand quieter than of late.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-22

Washington, October A.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, s2S9,674 200;
gold reserve, 1854, 7S7 1874.
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last year. Private cables stated that spin
ners would renew buying next week. Flu
lures closed l to 2 higher
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Cincinnati, October H.-Hogs active. 1855
GAO; cattle firm, $2.75@550; sheep strong,
$20O@390; lambs firm, $3.0095.15.
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LITTLE ACTIVITY
IN COTTON MARKET
Changes Insignificant During
Early Part of Session.
SPECULATION HUNG FIRE
Crop Data Quite Favorable But More
Than Offset by Advancing Spot
Quotations = Close in Flu
lures Was Steady.

New York, October A.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady, with prices to points
higher and after settling to a level within
point or SO of last nights close showed in
significant changes throughout the fore
part of the session.
Unfavorable cables and an exceptionally
light movement fought for supremacy as
the dominating influence in the minds of
local trade, but subsequent developments
were indicative of confusion of ideas with
room operators more friendly to a policy of
contraction than expansion of commit
ments. There were few orders presented
from outside sources and speculation hung
fire most of the session Crop data was
quite favorable, but more than offset by
advancing spot quotations and strong cloth
market.
The market for futures closed steady.
with prices net unchanged to points high
er.
New York, October 21.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding 72s; net receipts, III; gross, 1850; sales,
LOO: stock, 11O257; exports to Great Britain,
1,691
Total today: Net receipts, 1901; exports
to Great Britain, IA, 691; France, 1884; Con-
tinent, II 1876; stock, 792,717.
Total since September l: Net receipts, l.
$50 5O7: exports to Great Britain, 42S,5l5;
France AS 997; Continent, 420,570
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Washington, October 21.-(special)-Th
fourth-ciass postmasters have been APP
pointed in Alabama: Coldwater, Cal4loun
county, W. NJ. Grogan Kentuck, Talladega
county, Richard Wade; South Caera, Shei-
by county, J. A. MacKnight.
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STOCKS, BONDS ~ COTTON.
Open for Business November ISf.

tive muttons, $S25@415; lambs, $S.SOq550;
stockers, S2.o0d315; culls and bucks, $1,000
$50; Texas sheep, $3.S5.
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WANTED-At Caheen Bros.
six experienced SalesladieS.
None other need apply.
Walthour VS.. Eaton.
Hickman w. Biddle.
"A Feminine Plant

"A Feminine Plant
From the Detroit Journcl.
Wife-You are SO different!
Husband-Iiow, my lover
Wife-Well, you are so Indifferent!
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possessed of that spirit of practical en-
terprise which has made Milton III. Smith
famous.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
,ccai Cotton Market
Middlng. 6s4G67sc.

The Iron Market.
Birmingham. October 20.-T'ne following
n "a tho rroront n11nt a f.nns In iron.
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The market for futures closed steady.
with prices net unchanged to points high
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CASH or CREDIT.-A SOL
i'd oak, well finished and
well made Chiii'onier; has
FIVE roomy drawers. You
pay so elsewhere for an
article not as good.
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EDUC1TJON4J.

The meeting of the committee to in- vestigate supervisors which was held last evening was quite as interesting as it was expected to be- MT. Fox tes- tified, and he escaped with a whole skin and unbroken bones, but his treatment by two members of the com mittee was pretty rough.
 We have been told lately that the in vestigation is becoming tiresome, that there are only two or three witnesses, that they take up all the time, and don't know anything anyway It is 0 tiresome investigation in some ways. Attacks on free opinion and free speech are tiring. It is true that the witnesses have been few. It isn't much fun to be witness in such court. It re- quires good deal of public spirit and courage to do it. As to the ignor- ance of the few witnesses who have braved the court it doesn't seem to us absolute Merely relative, as it were.
 Read the full and accurate account of the proceedings which we print this morning and ask yourself if the per formance isn't creditable to an educa- tional investigation in a university flown
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SHQnTING STARS

Shooting stars are only little masses of water-bits of rock or metal, or cloudlets of dust and gas-which are flying unreslsted through space just as planets and comets do, in paths which, within the limits of our solar system, are controlled by the attraction of the sun. They move with q speed of several miles a second, far exceeding that of military projectile but are too small to be seen by us except when they enter our atmosphere, and, becoming intensely heated by the resistance they encounter, light up and burn for mo- ment; for, to use Lord Kelvin's expres- sion, body rushing through the air at such an enormous velocity is during it's flight virtually immersed in blow pipe flame,." having temp arature compar- able with that of an electric arc. As a rule they are completely consumed in the upper air, so that nothing reaches the surface of the earth except perhaps a little ash, settling slowly as an im-
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FLoRETTE.
BEC4 USE.

| Miss Elder-Mr. Hunker at what age do you think woman ceases to be at l tractive?
 Hunker-Oh, I don't know! How old are you?-Harlem Life. Brother Pheer, think you gave two bits to the missionary cause last year Can't you increase 1t little this year?"
 Not bit, doctor. Chicago Tribune. Stern father-So you want to marry my daughter, do you? Young man (nervously)-Yes, sir Stern father-Thanks. Have cigar. Chicago News
 Harold" murmured the beautiful maiden, shyly, am I the only girl you ever told you loved?"
 T will tell you the truth, dearest" answered the manly youth leaning fondly over her. You are not"
 q think you might have lied little Harold-for me- she said, turning tear fully away.-Chicago Tribune,
 Old beau-Ah, Miss Clara, love you May I hope to some day call you my wife? Miss Clara-Have you spoken to my mother on the subject? Old beau Why-er-yes, I believe I did-some twen- ty-odd years ago.
 Jages What do you think of this discussion as to doctors Intentionally killing off incurable patients? Waggles -I don't think it is nearly so important as their unntentionally killing off cur able ones,--Life.
 The heartless landlord has come to evict the widow with eighteen children, many of whom are teething.
 But at the threshold the woman waves him back imperously.
 Mot to-day!" she cries.
 Why not ?" asks the landlord, with pardonable curiosity.
 Because" the woman replied mo pitiless storm of rain mingled with icy sleet rages without!'
 The landlord grinds his teeth in impo- tent rage; he may trample under foot the promptings of his better nature, but not the conventionalities established by long usage.--Detroit Journal
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 FORMERLY F. M. BROWN & co.
Of Interest To Women.

Bright women, stylish women, women who are careful buyers and compare values, never buy dress goods until they see what we have to say. This is one of our Reputa ion Making Departments. We've tthe only complete and comprehensive showing in town. For those wshe don't want the highest, we've other grades. Same care expended on their selection.
 T'would be strange if from among the great display, we could show some tempting spe- cials.
 Black Cheviots, 50 inches wide, 6o cents
 Black Camels Hair, AS inches wide, ,$1 %
 Black Zebeline, 52 inches wide, $1.00
 The best and intermediate grades in all of these, in prices as little accordingly.
 If you hav'nt seen our New Bias Plaids an English importation at 75c the yard, look at them before you buy another gown. They'll make trig street dresses
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.lNOTH ER SIDE.

There are at least two sides to every
 question. We have been told that the
 Boers are so tyrannical and intolerant
 that it will be good for the world when
 they are conquered and civilized The
 other day Boston minister said:
 To-day, if man is a Roman Catho-
 lie in the Transvaal he can have no
 rights; if American or English he is
 brought into court, tried when they
 wish to try him, his prosecutor speak
 ing Dutch, which he does not under
 stand, and if he is a Jew he is made a
 serf." Rev. Father O'Reilly, of the Church of the Immaculate Conception
 in Lowell, Massachusetts, who lived in
 the Boer country for five years, feels bound to protest against this assertion. He says: Under the constitution of the Transvaal all religions and all men stand on an equality; there is no re- ligious persecution of Catholic, Protest ant or Jew; no Catholic has need of emancipation. In Pretoria stands one of the finest Catholic churches In South Africa, with large conventual estab- lishment and schools attached; and President Kruger quite often attends the commencement exercises of the schools. The language of the Trans vsal is Dutch; the courts are conducted in that language. In Boston the lan- guage is English, the courts are con- ducted in English, and those who come before them are tried in English. don't know that the Germans, Italians Greeks, Armenans, or French, who are as numerous in this commonwealth | four times over as the British are in the Transvaal, are considered espe- | cially persecuted because the courts | are not conducted in their languages.
 If Father O'Reilly's statement is cor rect, as it doubtless is, the Boers are | not as black as they have been painted. l It is often the case that people who | stand in the way of civilization are | not as black as they are painted.
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perceptible ''smoke." Occasionally
 however, some mass larger than usual survives in part the fiery ordeal and its fragments fall to the groud as speci- mems of the material of 'other worlds than ours"
 The total number of these flying peb- bles In interplanary space must be enormous, though estimates differ rath- CT widely. An ordinary observer under ordinary circumstances will average about eight an hour in clear, moonless sky, Schmidt of Athens, however, in the clear Grecian air, nearly doubles the number, and reckons about fifteen to the hour for a single observer. It is found also that one person is able to note only about one-sixth of all that are visible at his station by party of observers sufficiently large to watch the entire heavens infinitely. If, therefore, We accept the estimate of Schmidt, it appears that about 2,200 must ordinari- ly come within the range of vision at any given station every twenty-four hours, though of course those that fall in the daytime cannot be seen-Prof. c. A. Young in Lippincott's.
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CHEERING EXPANSION.

1 Trade is certainly following the flag |, in our new islands. The commerce of those islands under Spanish rule and
 under American government are two vastly diffrent propositions, as Is shown
 by the treasury reports for the nine months of 1899. Our sales to Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippines for this period were greater than in any corresponding period in the history of the country, except those to Cuba in the year in which reciprocity treaties were in force before the insurrection prostrated the business of that island. OurNtotal exports to these islands dur ing the nine months of 1899 were $29, ,921,- 77S. against $11, ,933,S ,S93 in the correspond ing months of 1898 and $11, 4S0,1 153 in the same months of 1897.
 Indications that our flag is followed by rapid and orderly industrial devel- opment are found in the character of the exports sent to these islands. Ex- ports of agricultural implements to Cuba in the nine months of 1899 amount to s79,226, against $2,55O for the corre- spending months of last year. To Por- to Rico they amount to $4,3S2, against $426 last year and $2235 in the same months of 1897. Under the head of ear riages, cars and other vehicles" we shipped goods to Cuba valued at $112,- 739, against $1a,561 in 1898. Our coal ex- ports to Cuba for the nine months were 2S0,24S tons, against 162,O49 last year. To the Philippines we exported 42,2S9 tons, against 11,O65 tons in 1ssS
 That American control has been more profitable for these islands than for the United States, however, is shown by the fact that our imports from the various groups aggregated for this period $53,- 273224 which exceeded our exports by s2S, 351, 451.
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COIN SWEATING.
The Art of Stealing Gold With Acid
 How the Chnamen do it.

The Art of Stealing Gold With Acid
 How the Chinamen do it.
 Sweating a coin is merely robbing it of a portion of its legal weight without in any manner altering it's appearance. Manifestly gold coins alone would ap- peal to the sweater, for silver would hardly pay for the trouble. In countries tries where paper money is employed sweating has taken no root. Also in countries like England, where the larg- est coin is a sovereign, the practice would hardly become epidemic. It is in the western portion of America that coin sweating has assumed the largest proportions. In the Eastern States paper currency is universally circulated, but west of the great Rocky Mountains the. gold twenty dollar piece, the ten and the five dollar coin are used al- most exclusively Ten or fifteen years ago the Government found it necessary to pass measures against con sweating, but even the manifest injustice of ar resting a person for merely passing" such a coin--such person being almost certainly quite appealed to Legislators t0 such an extent that the law was made only to affect the actual manipulator of the unlawful process. The consequence of this has been that the authorities have had the greatest difficulty in securing convictions against the malefactors, who have debased no end of coins on the Pacific Slope
 The process of robbing a coin of a part of it's metal is simple, The gold piece is merely immersed, or suspended, in aqua regis, mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, which attacks the metal at once. The manipulation keeps the piece in his bottle only a short time, for a few minutes suffice for the to absorb and hold in solution as much as six or eight shillings' worth | of the gold from a twenty-doll piece. The coin is then washed in water and l polished with whiting as otherwise it's surface would betray the ordeal through l which it had been passed show
 'pockmarks" in great variety. The process is continued with other coins
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Yes, even in these busy days, we'll show and sell you Homespun and Cancels Hair, 52 to 58 inches wide, especially the stunning wan light and dark grays at 75, 98, $l, SIPS de $l.sO
 Our sale of versible, Plaid Skirting and Golf Cape Cloths, has been out of proportion almost even with the enormous Dress Goods business we are doing.
 We and the best are inseparably linked in the matter of imported trimmings. Selection is merely a matter of individual taste:
 New Appliques, jet spangled insertings, $2.98, $3.98, $4. .98 and 5000
 New Black Velvet Applique, SIPS, $l.49, $2.o8 and $5.o8
 All kinds of Fur Trimmings, silk fringe, black and white, knotted and fancy headings; sTomT Thumb" firing es and festoon patterns. for evening and dinner gowns, made of jet and chenille.
 3 Desirable Designs that show heir French origin.
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fact that the old sort simply won't go. The materials of this gown, too, made it seem still more of a desperate push. Ii was fine feathers, nothing less. White broadcloth was the main stuff, the pan els of lowered lavender rep silk finish ed with ermine and bands of ecru gui- pure, A knot of white satin held the silk bolero. If only few women with means enough to afford such dresses will only order and wear them, it will be enough to set many others to copy ing
 Shoe strings are a feature in which the careful dresser Is exact. The right sort is silk ribbon with the ends rapped in silk thread. One can do that for herself, and the strings will last; or she can buy the regulation silk string and lot of them will be needed. In any case, the string in the shoe must be fresh, of good color and carefully drawn. Gloves should have care, too. Even if one Is not rich that can be managed. Get castor for hard use, it always look well, wears well and the right shade of gray will cleanse satis- factorily. A heavy kid is better for the tailor get-up, and a change of three almost new and one as yet unused, will serve Better far such collection of suitable gloves than lot of worn, un- suitable cheap ones.
 FLORETTE
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FASHION NOTES.
Making Progress Slowly.

The revival of the empire gown was prophesied long ago most positively This was soon followed by the an- nouncement that its restoration was un- der full headway. But somehow gowns of this sort didn't appear in great numbers, and it looks now as if dressmakers were resorting to rather desperate means to advance the fashion.
 That is, they are making the current empire gown quite a different matter from former ones in all but the fash
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official organ of the Vatican. referring to the Dreyfus case, asked recently, 'why should the Church be blamed for not eepousing the cause of a Semitic ac- cused of treason?" To which ''The London Times replied, "Who founded that Church but Semitic accused of treason?''
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nomination on the old platform, so that there can be no doubt as to the sue cess of the Republican ticket next wear
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each ln- sertlon. Five Gents Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements. per inch, one ID, cents; one week, $3 20; one month, $l0; one year, $40. --
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse, 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths, and Funerals, 90 cents each' Local Notices, 15 cents per line. .o,,,
 Yearly advertisers are limited to lenll own immediate business Gall matter to pc unob1ectionable), and their contracts oo not include Wants To Let, For Sale, etc.
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Experts figure out that telephone line across the Atlantic, even if it could be built, would not pay unless patrons were charged seven dollars a minute. Cheap enough.
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ions essential characteristics, There is shown here one of the new crop, and look at it will convince any one that dress designers are impressed with the
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Mrs. Annie Williams, waitress in a New York boarding house, tried to do good in season and out of season. She handed religious tracts at mealtime to boarders who she thought needed them. This practice was discouraged so Mrs Williams tried something else She secured a number of small cards on which Scriptural texts were printed, and the next day one of the boarders found in his oatmeal advice that he honor his father and mother. Another boarder discovered text in a plate of hash Finally, selections from Scrip ture appeared in the soup, the mashed potatoes, and the dessert and Mrs., Williams was fired out into cold world.
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Some Philadelphia folks visited Bos- ton and were amazed 70 find that the sexton of one of the Boston churches is Harvard graduate. Their amaze ment moved the Boston Herald to re- mark: Apparently these Quaker gen. tlemen are somewhat lacking in an adequate appreciation of the Boston standard of culture and refinement in all the walks of life here. The distin- guished visitor should have traced the antecedents of some of our representa- tive hackmen and street car conductors if they desired to learn how extensive ly college training enters into the oc- equations of Bostonians. It is ae per- Wasive as it is ennobling. In fact, we believe we have some of these college graduates in our city council, even.
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Editor Mcclure of the Philadelphia Times thinks the evidence is clear that the Republican leaders engineered the success of Bryan in Nebraska, this year, in order to insure his re-nominaton next year He says: Analyze the vote in Nebraska and the point is clear. In Omaha there were 5000 registered Re publican votes, 3,2O0 registered Demo- crats and Populists. and 5000 regis tered without preferences indicated, showing a majority of nearly 2,000 Re nublicans over all. As shown by the figures. the Republicans should have carried Nebraska by 5000 to 5000 ma- dority at least. The vote, therefore, is 1,naccountable when compared with the registry. There can be no other infer ence than that the State was given to Bryan in order to encourage his
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Tn discussing lynching in a message to the legislature, Governor Candler of Georgia takes the ground that almost, if not quite, ell of the criminal acts on the part of lawless negroes can be traced to the people whose utterances in their newspapers and through incen- diary letters sent to negroes in the South have greatly aggravated situa- tion which they profess to deplore. Of course. Of course. And those very same people are responsible for the 1ynchings too.
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at present six smokeless powder fac tories in operation in the Chinese em- pire. Official estimates state that the output of these factories will soon amount to 50OOO "catties" month. The government is said to have over 2,00O,0O0 cartridges loaded with smokeless pow der in its magazines already. The dowager empress has also authorized the speedy erection of factories for the manufacture of small rapid-fre cannon, and it is presumed that large orders for the necessary machinery will soon be made.
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There are smart people in New York. An auctioneer there the other day coaxed and shouted, but business was dull Suddenly he took a half dollar from his pocket and put it up for auc- tion It sold flor forty dents. Nine more followed all being sold for forty cents. By that time the news had spread to the street and the auction room was crowded. Having drawn the crowd and awakened the fever of buy ing at total cost of one dollar, he turned back to the selling of his regu- lar stock, and did lively business.