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The age-herald., 1901-10-01
RAILROAD NOTES.

An official circular was received in Bir- mingham yesterday announcing the ap- pointment of w. A. Winburn traffic man. ager of the Central of Georgia Railroad to succeed E. H. Hinton, resigned.
 The appointment of w. E. Estes as as- sistant general freight agent was also announced. The position of general freight agent has been shelved indefinite ly. and all reports formerly to that of ficial will go to MT. Estes. W. w. Bugs may succeed the latter as freight agent at Savannah.
 President Samuel Spencer, First Vice President w. B. Andrews and General Manager F. S. Cannon of the Southern Railway will reach Birmingham from Atlanta tonight at 10 o'clock They will come on a special train and will remain in the city several hours. A visit will be made to Ensley and Sheffield. after which they will go to St. Louis via Cor inth, Miss. Superintendent Hayden will accompany the party through this divis- ion of the road
 J. Brantley, formerly rate clerk in the Louisville office of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, is the appointee who succeeds Horace Johnson as chief clerk to General Freight Agent deFuniak of the Louisville and Nashville. MT. Johnson resigned several days ago to accept the position of chief clerk to G. R. Browder, division freight agent of the Southern Railway.
 Sid B. Jones, who has been Ill for sev- eral weeks. will resume Us work as so- lciting freight agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad today.
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The Rev. J. R. Robinson.

The Rev J. R. Robinson died vest erday afternoon at o'clock at his home in North Birmingham. He was 50 years of age and had resided in the Birmingham district for a number of years. A part of this time he lived in Birmingham. where he made many friends.
 The remains will be sent to Buford, Ga., by the Warner-Smiley Company, and will be buried there.
The age-herald., 1901-10-01
TWO NEW FURNACES
 TO BE ADDED TO THE
 ENSLEY STEEL PLANT
Tennessee Company Plans to Make Test of Fitting and Stationary DeSignS-Entire System May be Changed-Mr, McCreery
 Says Corporation Will Make Small Finished Products

openhearth be added to the Railroad Company Ensly The furnaces will be stationary design and will be placed by the side of the ten operation In they successful than the stationary design. different those operation dent Ncce He believes he arrange the plant so that will be paying the design of the furnaces has decided naces of the stationary design by tng furnaces and With this end in the be Rumley and wombl furnace Birmingham this week. they McCreery beginning the
 TO TURN OUT SMALLER PRODUCTS. When the the arrange for the rolling than ton ties and other small steel articles will be but no eoachment will be made the wire plant of the Alabama Steel Wire Company which receives it's supply of blet the Tennessee Company
  let's small four inches in The plant equipped that bill lets small and oneaf inches and onefouh be rolled But the desires roll smaller felt that profitable market exists the South for smaller b While ected it is that the and the officials
  rather than rolling bet ufacturers there to sell the ties
 smaller finished products will be added experiments and tng
 WILL FFTY-ToN FURNACES -# openhearth will be placed adjoining the plant The plant built welman
 
  and MT
 
  
 
 possible,
 McREERY speaking of be 
 We design After careful study of the question and decided fecte than the ng rolling furnaces But will until thoroughly tested both methods After have made the test will decide the than the tltng will the stationary design.
 After decided
  entering rolled
  will 
 NOT TO MANUFACTURE "We will begin
  joining with blet But will make other small bfets bets smaller bilets still.
 We will fully plans along these lines after plete work the furnaces"
  McCreery in this
The age-herald., 1901-10-01
MAKES GOOD RECORD. Mir. BroyIes Ties Score With Champion
 Shot of the World.

!. c. Broyles. one of Birmingham's best live bird shots. returned yesterday from Cincinnati where he was entered fin the tournament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. In match shoot with J. A R. Elliott. the champion live bird shot of the world,
The age-herald., 1901-10-01

Jefferson.
 Mayor John Savage or Warrior called at county headquarters yesterday. He said that with proper attention his beat would give a good account of itself on the 11th of November.
The age-herald., 1901-10-01

The key to health Is in the kidneys and liver. Keep these organs active and you have health. strength and cheerful spirits. Prickley Ash Bitters is a stimu- lant for the kidneys, regulates the liver, stomach and bowels. A golden household remedy.
The age-herald., 1901-10-01

Removal Notice-Hillman F h ar macy, erly Browne's Pharmacy, has re. moved from 1928 Ed avenue to Hillman Hotel.
The age-herald., 1901-10-01
Mra. Wlnslow,s soothInn sxrun

Mro. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's a Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SoOTHS the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO, and is Twenty-Five cents a bottle
The age-herald., 1901-10-01
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Mrs. Bell Garie,

The funeral of Mrs. Belle Garis,. wife of Aaron Garis, who died Saturday. will take place this afternoon at Bessemer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Growing Hybrid Fruit.

Efforts are being made to cross the
grapefruit with the orange, and all
ready with some success. 1t is thought
that some new and valuable fruits
may be created in this way. A very
satisfactory hybrid has been obtained
between the Tangerine orange and the
''pomelo," which is the proper horticul-
tural name of the grapefruit.
The grape-fruit-so called because its
large spherical fruits grow in grape
like clusters of from three to eighteen
has only recently come into popul
lar favor. Fifteen years ago it was
practically unknown as commercial
product, though Florida people consid-
cred 1t tonic and refreshing. For lack
of market, great quantities of pomelos
were left to rot annually in the Flow
cry Peninsula. But Northern visitors
In that part of the country learned to
know and like the grapefruit, and
a demand was created by their desire
for it on their return home.
Fifteen years ago the first pomelos
were shipped to New York and Phila-
delphia, and were sold for nfty cents
a barrel. But the taste for them grew
and better prices were soon realized.
The great freeze of 1S94-5 reduced the
crop to a large extent, and the few
pomelos sold that year brought enor-
nous prices, sometimes as much as
from SIS to $50 box. The ordinary
price nowadays is from 81 to 81 a
box. Thousands of the trees have been
newly set out in Florida, and the pros
pect is that the supply will keep pace
with the demand which has been Gre
ated by the increasing appreciation OF
fruit consumers. If the experiments
In crossing 1t with the orange prove as
successful as is hoped, some interest
Ing novelties in the fruit line may be
Observation-Disclosures Saturday Even
ing Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

''In Ave or six years it will be hard
to get alligator SKINS" said William
Racquet. ''for the reason that they are
all being killed OF. Ten years ago 1t
was no uncommon thing to get skin
from ten to twelve feet long. but now
1t Is a rarity when we get one eight
feet long.
"This comes from the use Of alliga-
tor leather in the making of valises.
Formerly about the only demand for
the skins was for shoes. but now there
are very few shoemakers who use
them. 1t was fad. and the fad has
gone out Of date. But when valises
Of the skins came In the demand In
creased by leaps and bounds. There
are hundreds of alligator hunters along
the coast and their work is showing
plainly. For long time there were
plenty Of gators along the bayous and
the marshes close to town. but now We
have to go to West Louisiana and Mis-
slssippi and elsewhere to ind them"
Mr.. Racquet then spoke Of the dis
covery that the back Of the alligator.
long supposed 10 be useless for leather
purposes. Is now used In the heavier
valises. Formerly only the skin from
the under side was considered OF any
account. but now all parts Of II are
Of servlce.-New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
[GING HOME THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Drawn by Sarah s. stilw ell for Harpers Bazar)

he asked with a snort when they had
started homeward. Wasn't he eau
tion?" but Mabel was in a brown
study and did not respond satisfactory
ly. Her abstraction continued until
after supper, making Rob uneasy at
such unusual conduct, and giving her
mother real concern Then came the
unburdening, followed by consultation.
with the result that Rob was dis
patched in the morning with the cut
ter with note to Miss Church, which
read thus:
Dear Friend: I, too, am lonely this
Christmas Day, and disappointed, for
the friend expected has not come,
and hope that you will do me the
kindness to come in her stead. Please
do not disappoint me. Your sincere
friend, MABEL CLIFFORD"
Miss Church was sitting at the win
dow, with her steel-rimmed specta-
cles astride her nose and her Bible in
her lap, when Rob drove up. Curiosi-
ty quickly brought her to the door.
Utter amazement was depicted upon
her countenance when she had read
the note.
"Mercy mer' she said, 81 don't see
what the child wants of me. But if
it's a-goin' to be any disappointment
my not goin,' why I'm a-goin' to CO."
and she put on her wraps without an
other word.
Mabel devoted herself to her guest,
who enjoyed the day immensely. She
was interested in -Mabels
fancy work. Mrs. Gifford's recipe for
ginger cake, Rob's account of how he
caught the mink that aad been robbing
his henroost, and Mr.. Gifford's politi-
cal views. 1t was intelligent interest.
too, with touch of quaint humor that
made her company very agreeable.
II had no idea that Maria Church
was so well informed" said Mrs. Gift
ford to her husband. discussing her
afterward
"She's just like her father, old John
Church-shrewd. honest and plain
spoken" said Mr.. Clifford.
The dinner was pronounced a great
success by Miss Church, whose opin-
ion was of value from the fact that
she was a judge of good cookery, and
was never known to pay undeserved
compliments. The browning part OF
the days pleasure was the Christmas
tree entertainment in the church in the
evening. She beamed on the minister
when he made the customary remarks
and rejoiced audibly when little Polly
Pratt, yellow-haired tot, screamed
with delight over the huge doll pre-
sented to her. She was nearly worr
out with excitement and pleasur,
when the evening was over. and sai(
to Mabel when putting on her wraps
while Rob was getting the horse read,
to take her home:
'I'm real glad I didn't disappoin
you, / never had a better time in m,
life" and Mabel answered earnestly:
II am SO glad you didn't, Miss
\ Church. never kad nicer Christ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

ity except at high temperatures: and
their qualities Of not cumming and
Of resisting the deteriorating effect
Of the air.
When the distfllation is carried on
In q vacuum, the residue, once the
paraffin is extracted, has characters
tics OF its own. One of the last prod
ucts to be thrown of is the neutral
and heavy grease, the petroleum,
known indlfferently when refined az
cosmoline or vaseline. The purifica-
ton Of this material Is accomplished
while 1t is hot by filtering through ami
NAL charcoal, like many Of the lighter
oils. 1t serves either as a lubricant
or as a base for ointments, preferable
In many respects to animal fats. for
which 1t has been largely substituted
in the pharmacopoea. The residuum.
after everything possible has been ia.
ken out of the crude oil, still has some,
though only a slight. value. Enough
heavy oil remains, In certain varieties.
to make them useful as coarse, cheap
lubricants. while others serve as tar.
Petroleum and its products are ap
piled In surgery and medicine: in the
making Of Ice and the production Of
light: in paint manufacture and the
preparation of oil cloths; In the manip
ulation Of rubber and in washing wool.
Where It Is cheap. 1t replaces coal; In
almost all modern plants some one
of the petroleum derivatives Is used
for the enrichment Of gas. For gen.
eral fabrication. the parafiin oils are
the most serviceable products machine
users know. Altogether. over 200 diff.
ferent products are now derived from
this treasure of the rocks, which re-
finers first treated merely for the sake
of fluid used In filing lamps.-New
York Post
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
~TAs Candle ON the Plate"

"The year that lived Ia Chicago 1
noticed one night in passing through
the Polish Jew quarter something l
have since seen elsewhere" writes
the Rev. David NJ. Steele. In the La
dies Home Journal 1t was the
candle on the plate A man dies. and
for want Of means to pay the rent
his family h 10 be turned out ON the
street. The widow sets a plate on the
pavement uear the door and puts a
lighted candle on n. For the length Of
time that Il win burn II Is a summons
10 the nelghborH passing By TO put In
nickela. dimes and pennles-whleh In
yariahiy they d0~untli a fund 10
raised sualelsnt to save the family
frOm evictlon. Would the same thing
happen Ca the stock Exchange n a
bank faliedf'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
FIGHTING WITH GIANTS.
Major Austin's Expedition. Along the
Anglo-Abyssinfan Frontier.


Among the latest joys of empira
building In Africa are week long fighta
with giant savages. In an extremely
interesting account of his expedition
along the Anglo Abyssinian frontier,
Major Austin tells, among other things
of an encounter with the Turkhana,
a tribe of giants inhabiting the shores
Of Lake Rudolph. One night these
tribesmen came upon some members
of Major Austin's caravan and killed
three Soudenese soldiers.
A second attempt to rush the camp
was after some trouble beaten off, and
when the expedition moved of these
gigantic tribesmen hung on to its
skirts.
It took a month for the caravan to
get clear of their country, and during
that time thirty members of the expe.
dition died.
The hostility Of the Turkhana seems
strange in the face Of the entirely diff.
ferent demeanor observed in them by
the late Captain Wellby, whose useful
life was cut short In the unending
war.
When this gallant officer passed
through the Turkhana country he
found that the tribesmen fed at hie
approach. leaving their villages entire.
~ deserted.
Penetrating into the bush the cap.
tain and his party saw several Turk
hama men moving through the forest
They appeared, said the captain, to
be filed rather with fear and curios.
ity than with any intention Of hostil.
ity.
These warriors, who moved about
the bush in little groups, were men Of
enormous stature, many of them per.
feet giants in their build. They were
magnificent specimens of savage man
hood. and all were armed with. spears
of unusual length.
The most curious feature Of theiI
personal adornment was their fashion
OF dressing their hair. 1t fell in thick
carefully woven masses right down tt
their waist, forming a sort OF net. in
which were primitive trinkets and
other ornaments.
AS for the Turkhana women. they
were SO deadly frightened when they
saw Captain Wellby and his men. that
1t was plain they thought their last
hour had come. But by his kindness,
and making some little present to
them each time he encountered them
the captain eventually overcame their
fears. and by degrees the Turkhana
women. susceptible like all their kind
to the charms Of the sons of Mars, lost
the despairing look which had over
spread their faces when they first
saw the white man.
Once, when the captain came upon q
party of Turkhanas. the savage giants
sprang to their feet and gazed at him
in profound establishment, making nc
sign either Of hostility or terror.
Then. all of a sudden. without any
visible cause. they turned and fed
leaving everything behind them but
their spears.
Somehow these gentle giants seem
to have overcome their fear Of white
men.-London Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Shamrock and Glover.

There has been a great deal of dis
cussion as to whether the Irish sham
rock of old times was the plant that
Is now known as the clover, many
persons eontending that 1t was the OK
alis aeetocella. and that it could not
have been the clover, because, they
say. the last named plant was intro
duced into Ireland from the Continent
at a period subsequent to that when
the shamrock was originally known
and used. According to correspond
ent OF the Gardeners Chronicle, of
London. who has made a painstaking
search through all the literature Of
the subject. reaching back hundreds Of
years. the shamrock Is clover, and al
ways was clover. and nobody ever
had any doubts on the subject until
they were raised by Mr.. Bicheno, in
1880. who was Secretary Of the Lin
naen Society. This search, however.
has shown that Mr.. Bicheno was
wrong, and that the clover leaf, long
before NJ. Patrick's time. was used as
an emblem Of the Trinity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

pictured Kriss as coming, strange to
say, from southerly direction and
not out of the frozen north, as he used
to appear to the watchful parental
eyes of generations gone by. His new
tangled vehicle seems to follow route
that lies over the hills of Staten Island
and just touches corner of South
Brooklyn before it leads up toward
Liberty's little island and the sky
scrapers of Manhattan. To the youth
full higher critics. of the Christmas
saint. these disclosures ought to fur
.nish new material for reflection New
York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

III have one criticism to make" said
stranger who had been Draising
Washington. "You do not treat the
models OF great. ingenious or otherwise
interesting patents with consideration.
Many Of these are crowded in cases
In an ill-lighted room. on the top noor
OF the Patent Once. and visitors are
admitted only between the hours OF
D and 2. Many other models are stored
In the old city postofiiee building on
@ street. These ought to be brought
together. grouped. properly displayed.
labeled and cataiogued The Govern
ment should create an inventors mu-
scum. A great deal more space Is CIV.
en- to collections Of Indian relies.
clipped tomahawks and broken ar
how-heads than 20 models OF devices
with which man has pulled himself up
to the present level Of civilization
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
SUPERVISING NEWS.
How Editors Are Importuned to Keep
Items Out of the Paper.

nOW G0lLOEB are lmpOE(uncQ 10 4AScKl
Items Out of the Paper.
The practice of excepting things out
of the paper makes it very difficult
for daily newspaper to do its duty
and give all the news. There are in
terested parties ready to throw them
selves into the breach at every impor-
tant occurrence, and importune the
newspapers not to, publish the facts.
There is hardly q week in the year
when the Newspapers of the city are
not called upon to suppress some news
Item, and sometimes it happens several
times in week, says the Little Rock
(Ark.) Democrat. Men will even ask
and expect an item of news to be sup
pressed when the entire community is
already talking about it. They will
ask the editors and publishers not to
mention a certain occurrence when, as
a matter of fact, its publication would
harm no one.
If the paper declines to "leave OUT
the item the applicant becomes very
indignant; if it yields, and contem-
porary later publishes the news 1t
never occurs to the gentleman that he
has injured the legitimate business Of
a newspaper, and he ought to apollo
give and do so no more. On the con-
trary, when a local newspaper "leaves
OUT an item, which appears later in
an out-of-town journal, the very men
who ask for its suppression are the
first to say, "You must read such and
such papers to get the news"
Did it ever occur to the men who re.
quest newspaper not to publish a
certain item that it would be just as
reasonable to ask a merchant not to
make certain sale? You are asking
the newspaper to omit it's most attrac-
tive feature, and to become tedious and
perhaps tiresome, merely for your ben
eft. Possibly you may have business
relations with the newspaper That
certainly gives you no right to make
exactions which amount to the same
thing as if some one demanded that
you dispense with the most desirable
part of your business.
The newspapers get tired and sick
Of being importuned to keep things
out. The reporters get discouraged,
the newspaper readers, hearing of
something which ought to have APP
peared on time, make derogatory re.
marks at the apparent lack Of enter
prise manifested by the journal that
has been worked and imposed upon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

During the blizzard of 90 l started
one day from the central ONCE OF the
Bureau Of Charities to distribute
money to some cases reported for "ln-
slant relief" In an attic 1 found a
poor widow, a seamstress. with one
child, boy of six. The room was cold
and bare; there was no fire. the win
dows We're loose and snow lay upon
the floor. The boy had been kept In
bed for two days to keep warm.
asked the usual questions and gave the
woman So. All this before discovered
the boy. Suddenly his head bObbed
from beneath the bed-clothes, and at
sight of the two bills his eyes became
moons. "Gee-e-e. Misterl All that for
us? Then we can give some to Ted
Burns mother down stairs to buy coal.
Can't we. MomY'-The Rev. David NJ
Steele. in the Ladies' Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
ANNE n ,MooDRUER

Of it. When folks git old and uninter-
estin' people don't banker after hayin'
EN- round much, and I'd'no as blame
'em any. But when you git used to
yet own you miss 'em when they're
gone"
Eyes, indeed" said Mabel, fervently,
swallowing the lump in her throat with
difficulty. 'I'm SO sorry you have to
live here all alone, Miss Church"
There's them as has asst me to live
with them," she said, "but somehow
can't leave my home. where I've lived
all my life, and I'd'no as I could git
along with 'em If I did. There's yer
brother come back
did you notice that rooster, Min? ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
rs. rssssss c.s.hs /. rAl.a.

NJ. Eugene Darand. a merchant a
Noisy lie Sec. has a fox terrier Tor
which he would refuse a high price.
NJ. DuFand called on eustoDer and
left his pony cart with The dos IN
charge.
Hearing q frantic growing. he ruahe.l
to the street and found a man IN tha
cart endeavorlng 10 drive %. uhils
the dog had him b. the naps % m
neck. The robher was prompflg a..
rested.-Paris CoFrespondanea Nsw
York Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20
Eln.l Ter.r :. . aeassssIssIsaI s..llsa

The Eiffel Tower Of Paris proves 10
be a meteorological station % unique
Interest. owing 90 the height Of the top
most platform above the surrounding
country. The great wind velocity 10
the most striking feature Of the rec
ords. The normal velocity exceeds
eighteen miles an hour. which h more
than three times a. great a. AZ q
height Of seventy feet. and rain gauges
are practically useless. on the Top plat
form. ON account Of the foFce Of the
Wfnd.-Suecess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

A Hlnda bakers assistant Ina bom
la. on setilns 40 Ia business for him
self. bethouEhf him of catering for the
English community a. well a. for the
ualite oae. Win thls end La View be
had lhs lells~ias aollncation painted
over BIZ doeFvay "k1m nux solicita
ienpoeifai pstFcaaEr. ne IL a arst-
ciana bsstssa ieatsf i.enloa Dalir
MawM
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-12-20

hear that jolly old voice urging on
Dasher and Prancer, Bonner and Bit
zen, and all the rest of the famous old
four-times-four-in-hand team. In other
words, reindeer as motive power are
out of date, and the metropolitan San
ia Claus comes this year in an auto
mobile. Nor is this all of the new rev.
citation. The stores decorators have