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The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The city of Birmingham loses valu- able official in the retirement of MT. George Eustis from the office of treas urer and tax collector. MT. Eustis goes out with a clean record and with the satisfaction of knowing that he has pleased every citizen of the city as far as it lies wl.-in ones power to please.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
 AND ELSEWHERE

Astrologer Raphae1s prophecies for this day, Wednesday,. August ', 1901:
 Very uncertain all day.
 Beware of losses. and do not specu- late. this being thy birthday. Those in employ may expect to lose it.
 The young will court or marry
 Much respected will be the child born on this day. and it will rise in life. If a female. she will marry a quick-tempered man."
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Selma s New Bridge.

From the Selma Times
 Work on the Louisville and Nashville bridge across the Alabama river at this place is steadily progressing. and the contractors expect to commence laying the foundations of the first pier in few days. The first coffer dam is completed and was pumped out this week.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
KILLED FATHER; DIED OF HEAT.
Retribution Finally Overtakes an Un-
 natural Son.

Martin, Tex, August 6.-Six Porter Sawyer aged IS, shot and killed his father and was overcome by heat and died trying to escape. The boy is said to have become angry at his father for whipping a horse and, slipping up from behind him, kileld him with rife. Fath- CT and son were buried in the same grave.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
About Persons.

NpOut TCISOuos Hon. Michael o'Brien of Providence, R. l., is at the Metropolitan.
 R. P McCord of Anniston is at the Metropolitan.
 A. c. Danner, the noted lumber mer- chant of Mobile. is at the Metropolitan. Dr. H. H. McConnaghy of Houston, Tex, is at the Metropolitan. At the Morris are Charles P. Jackson, Louis c. Cardinal and F. Lockwood of Montgomery and Hon. L. w. Grant of Anniston.
 H. Utiz, George Wilkes, Morris Well. s. A. Keeler, Sam Abrams. Mark Bernstein, Alex Mashinouk, w. E. Bowen, Horace Kean, Charles E. Day and E. M Sachs, all of New York; are at the Morris.
  H. V. Bachelor and T. o. Goodroad of Mobile are at the Florence. Hon. John H. Wallace, Jr., of Hunts vile is at the Florence P. W. Hendricks of Athens Is at the Florence. S. G. Gosnell of Anaconda, Montana, is at the Florence.
 Willis Brewer, Jr.. of Haynevilie is at the Florence.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Military Banquet.
From the Jasper Bugle.

From the Jasper Bugle.
 Company M of the Alabama National Guard will give a banquet on the evening of the Sth instant at the Jasper Inn in honor of few invited guests. The ban ouet will be the most elaborate ever given in the city of Jasper. Among those who will be invited are: MT. H. H. Chamber Jayne, Governor Jelks, Gen. W. W. Bran don, Col. B. L. Higdon, Major Parks and Capt. H. B.. Kennedy.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
improvements at Mobile.

From the Mobile Herald.
 Real estate Is looking up in Mobile. and good location are in demand. There has been a wonderful amount of improve ment in residence property in the city and many new buildings of substantial character have been erected. The im- provement and building has not been con- fined to one locality exclusively, but has been general throughout the city and in the suburbs.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
Gored by a Bull.

From the Jasper Bugle.
 Robert Sproul was gored almost 10 death by bull at the Black Water Dairy last Wednesday morning. He may recov- er His relatives and friends are suffering much uneasiness about him.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The envious Mobile Register thinks the sky is unusually low in this neigh borhood. Let the Register hold it's breath and Birmingham the Great will get there.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
ToLsToI WELL ENOUGH.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
 Moscow-Ceunt Tolstoi is approaching convalescence and Is eagerly planning a new novel inspired by his present illness. It will consist of reflections on life com posed under the shadow of it's end. The count is grieved at his inability to work hard.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Kina cotton's Best Year.

Although the Cubans reject Ameri- can cottons, preferring those made in Europe, yet other countries take our goods readily in increasing quantities. The returns for the fiscal year ended June 30 have just been published, and they show that the cotton fields brought into the country over mil lion dollars day the year through, as the following table tells us:
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
FLOODS PREVAIL.
Virginia and North Carolina Get
 Heavy Rains.

Christianburg. Va, August 6-The greatest flood in the history of this sec tion poured down from Sunday night un- til 10 o'clock this morning, when it ceased.
 The Norfolk and Western Railroad be- tween here and Radford is reported washed out in several places. No trains have passed over it today.
 A new mill belonging to c. G. Palmer & Son on NH creek in this county was swept away by the flood this morning.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
THE TWO CHAMPIONS.

From the Boston Transcript
 It Is said that the roar of a lion can be heard further than the sound made by any other living creature. Next to that comes the note of woman who has found a mouse in her bureau.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The Sultan of Sulu-our Sultan--has an uprising on his hand, and If he should be in battle slain a new wing would have to be added to the pension office. widows department.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
New Enterprise.

From the Mobile Item.
 The Item understands that the Hercu- les Cooperage company, located at One Mile creek. has been requested by some influential citizens to establish furni- ture factory in connection with their ccoperage plant, which will necessltate the employment of from 15o to 200 men. The matter is under consideration and 1t
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

M. Santos-Dumont may come to America. but he will let somebody else steer his steerable balloon across the brine
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

Professor Triggs has not yet spoken upon the strike, and nothing in this country is determined, not even steel strike, until he formulates himself.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Outdolnq the Strikers.

Knoxville. Tenn. August 6-Eight cars were operated by the Traction Company today instead of the strikers. but none were run after p. m. It looks as if the company would carry out it's promise to run a complete service tomorrow.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

Albemarle. N. C.. August 6.-The most destructie rain in forty years fell in this vicinity last night Little Long creek washed out fill on the Yadkin Valley Railroad and swept away about two hun dred feet of the track Trains have been tied up here for twelve hours. Several bridges and water mills were washed away
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

Teddy" discards Freddy Funston of Kansas and accepts Bub Yates of nn- nois aa a running mate.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

One more downward step will land Klpling in the Afford Austin class.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The drouth has plutocratized pota- toes of the Irish sort. The sugary po- tato of the South is still democratic.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
Sorrow With Governor Jones.

An inti.na'e friend of Governor Jones' family writes:
 There was one universal word spoken in Birmingham yesterday relative to the terrible death. by trolley car accident,
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The balloon business will boom the overcoat trade.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

Corn. King Phillips is a commoner again.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
THIS GENEROUS LORD A FIDDLER

From London Cable.
 Lord Mountstephen, who has given s200,- 900 to augment the salaries of twenty min isters in Scotland, began life as dry goods peddler. e
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

An outburst of oratory from Web. Davis Is momentarily expected.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

This is Million-Dollar schwab's busy day.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

The dog days still have some power left.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

in big strikes, the one being as ob- jectionable as the other.
The age-herald., 1901-08-07

of Miss Caroline Jones, daughter of former Thomas G. Jones, in Montgom- cry. the bitter story of which the Age Herald told, and that word was sorrow real sorrow for Governor Jones because of the great trouble that has come into his life!
 of Governor Jones knew how fully the zen s-ous-hearted people cf Isirn ingt am sympathized with him in his sorrow truly sorrow with him--it might be of some comfort to him in this dark hour he is come to know.
 strong men talked as tenderly of the statesman's grief as did good women, and every one of them all shared his grief, saying,
 CT sorrow with Governor Jones'
 "seldom or never has the grief of one man been so fully shared by great and good -Birmingham is al- ways good in charity in charity's wider sense! s sfts
 'aThousands of people here know Gov ernor Jones personally, and all of them know him for his truly great qualities of mind and heart. All of them spoke of him with affection yesterday; and thus human grief made all of us kin.
 "He Is brave, strong man. But what are bravery and strength in the presence of a sorrow like his?
 And the fair young girls noble mother, whom such a great multitude of Ala bamians have known and reverenced through long years-what of her? No power on earth can comfort her; none can comfort him.
 And that bitterly cruel story that their child was demented? When she was very little Carrie Jones suffered from a fall, which caused a nervous trouble. This nervousness did at infrequent times and for few minutes cause her to run wildly; but apart from that there was never any thing out of the ordinary in a bright young life, for she was wonderfully bright and charming, with glorious Titan hair, perfect complication, a perfect fig ure nobly planned
 She was of the brightest intellect and was thoroughly educated, and devout Christian given to charity. Withall she was one of the loveliest types of noble Southern womanhoodv'
The age-herald., 1901-08-07
WHAT STRIKERS DEMAND
 WHAT MORGAN WILL GRANT
All other matters of detail to be left for settlement by conference.

All other matters of detail to be left for settlement by conference
 MIR. MORGAN'S ULTIMATuM.
 Conditions under which we are willing to advise settlement of labor difficulty: z
 Tin Plate Co.-Business shall proceed under the contract signed with the Amal- gamated Association as of July 1, 1901 American Steel Hoop Co.-Company shall sign the scale for all mills owned by the Ame can Steel Hoop company that were signed for last year.
 American Sheet Steel Co.-Company shall sign the scale for all the mills of this company that were signed for last year, excepting the Old Meadow and Saltburg mills.
 >-~<<<<<<%~<~<-<~ is thought the new factory will be in operation about the first of September There is ample room for the new estab- lishment, and transportation facilities, both water and rail, are good.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
Trouble with the Cashier
Feeding Thousands Find II Hard
to Balance AccoUnts

names and turned over to the man.
agement. The management decided to
give the young woman another chance
II she would come and apply for the
position. which she declined to do.
Another cashier was taken on in her
pace. and lasted exactly four days.
Another girl succeeded; she lasted two
days. Still another came. and lasted
four days. In all eight girls were tried
out behind the marble desk, and then
the company was nc better of than
at first. Days came when there were
shortages to be taken out Of the young
woman's pockets, and others when
they honestly turned In what was over
and above the amount on the cash
register. But the shortage and the
overcast continued, and the company
has decided to give up experiments and
to charge the difficulty, not to incom-
petence of the cashiers, but to 1mpos-
sibility of filling the position without
mistakes. The trouble is said to be
that the $500 or 5000 changes made
during the day are not. as in dry goods
stores or other concerns, more or less
scattered throughout a day, but are
all crowded into an hour or 80. The
rate at which one girl makes change
during that one hour is at the rate OF
10000 in a day of nine hours.-New
York Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
somethine About Seals.

About the beginning Of the last cen.
tury people began to hunt seal. They
found it q very profitable occupation
and large numbers were captured; II
has been SO profitable that or many OF
the islands where seal were hunted
they have been exterminated, and now
they are mostly . in museums.
There are several species Of seal and
some will get extremely tame, fond Of
their owner, love TO be caressed and
will learn tricks very much after the
manner Of a puppy. The seals body
is covered with q double fur, which,
when 1t Is. Immersed in water, is
pressed very. closely to the body, and
excludes water. This fur is very valu--
able, and as you see q lady. wrapped
III a cloak o. coat Of fur from q seal'e
body you know It has cost her several
hundreds Of dollars TO get the warm
covering. But It Is an animal good
for even more than it's beautiful Jack.
let. az the Esauimaux and the Alaskan
indians live very largely upon its flesh
and fat. Seals are said to be fond ot
music, and will follow q boat In which
q mute or violin IS played. They often
come out on the land. and. lie about on
the rocks and play and tumble about
like happy children
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14

When men r very young they think
they know all about women; when
they reach middle life they confess
they understand only few members Of
the sex; when they attain the full ma
turity Of their mental power and have
had . wide experience they give the
problem up and confess that women
are past finding out. An experienced
mar is amused II not angered to hear
callow youths Boosting about their
knowledge Of women's ways. One
youth in a cafe the other night deliver
ed the declaration that no wise man
eve had a proposal Of marriage re-
jected by a woman because a wise man
could find out what the answer would
be before he put the question. There
are a hundred little ways Of finding
out a woman:s mind" said he, land
any man of experience can tell
whether his suit is favored. The pres
sure of the hand, the tones Of the
voice, little attentions scarcely per-
ceptible but offering glimpses Of the
heart, speedily forgiven, all are signs
by which a man may foretell infallibly
whether the answer to his proposal
will be yes or no."
The error of this young solon lay in
the fact that he took reason to guide
him through the labyrinth of the femi-
nine mind. He was not aware that
women are inclined to be cold toward
the favored but yet unaccepted lover,
and that no matter how infatuated the
girl may be she will rebuke any symp-
tom of assurance or confidence with
instant and condign punishment. But
she does this, not. because she dislikes
audacity in a sutton, but because she
deems it unbecoming to surrender
without a contest and it humiliates
her to have him think that she is an
easy conquest. A girl may fancy a
man and wen encourage him, but
when she faces the question and is
compelled to decide whether she will
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14

Women and Their
Ways Mystify the
Other Sex. > -
PULLING
- TO MEN

have him OF not many considerations
may affect her choice and make her
wish she had not suffered the affair to
go so far. Men do not and never will
know women. Women do not know;
themselves. The sex is full Of contra7
dictions. When q women is fondest oe
b man she most delights to tease or
torture him. When she dislikes his
very presence she is often most gra-
cious. Women are often called dreams
and, like dreams, they go by con-
traries. Few men ever get really &C.
quainted with q woman until they
have married her and lived with her
awhile. She will hold her true self In
the background and recede as he adj
vances. That is why many girls who
are popular with men are disliked by
women, who know them better. and
why the favorite of all the ONE is
sometimes neglected by the men and
permitted to become an old maid.
That, too. is why many men, o
after marriage, discover that they
have made a grievous mistake. A man
Ou6AL AOI AAdl4y q 6AAA AL AAsfty1 uOA
should he marry one whom he does
not know very we'll. A man ought to
consider how his inamorata will look
ten years after the wedding. He
should compare her with her mother
and should ask himself: Were she
to become fat, shapeless and middle-
| aged would l love her still?"
Beauty does not last except in rare
cases and the man that marries should
bear in mind that his bride will not
always be pretty and graceful. Let
him look at the wives of his friends
and then marry-if he dares. II the
sentiment that inspires him is the real
thing, II he is ready to take the bitter
with the sweet, let him marry, by all
means, and be happy forever after
ward. Buff his love is an emotion of
sudden origin and transient nature let
him beware.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
HEAT OF EARTH's INTERIOR.
Its Enorsy May some Day BE Tran'
formed INTO Electricity.

Its Enorsy May Some Day BE Trans
formed Into Electricity.
New methods Of utilizing natures
energy constantly are being discovered
and doubtless the future has in store
greater discoveries than yet have been
made. T.. G. Mendenhall, in Cas-
,sier's Magazine writes Of the stored
energy of the heat of the earth's in
terror and the possibilities of using it
as a source of power. He says: "The
stored energy of the heat Of the earth's
interior is beyond power Of calculation,
and some not entirely unsuccessful
attempts to utilize this have already
been made. From a short distance be-
low the surface the temperature in
kcreases downward at an average rate
which indicates that at a depth of
fifty miles it Is not less than 5000
degrees Fair, and there is abundant
reason for believing that the earth is
an intensely hot body with only q
thin layer of poorly conducting, cold
surface matter. These are the essen
tial conditions of a heat engine of
1ET Isl. 49, rI#H.T
enormous capacity, and is in many
parts of the world comparatively high
temperatures are found very near the
surface, while in all parts considerable
ranges are possible within reasonable
differences of level, the interior heat
Of the earth, which has an origin more
remote in time than the sun or its own
axial rotation, is worthy Of most seri-
GUS consideration as a possible and
reasonable source Of power. Its inn
portance will be greatly enhanced
when we are able ito transform heat
energy directly into electricity on a
large scale and with economy, avoid
ing the great waste which necessarily
accompanies the use Of the steam en-
CINE; and this must soon come about"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
wINpmILLs IN the WEST
Important Par They Play on the Great
Farms Of tho Plains.

Important Part They Play on the Great
Fsrms Of the Plains.
IA thing that strikes an eastern
man strangely" said the man just
back from a western "trip, sis the
prevalence Of the windmill in the west.
This is supposed to be the age Of
steam and electricity, of new ideas in
every line Of human activity, but you
would be inclined to change your mind
If you ever saw the forests Of primitive
windmills that dot the western plains.
They first come into view when the
traveller crosses the Mississippi into
Iowa, and by the time he gets to Ne
braska and Kansas they seem to be
staring in the car windows at every
revolution of the wheels. And they
are the most useful adjunct the west
ern farmer possesses. Usually a man
associates the windmill with Holland
but the western variety is a different
brand and used for exactly the oppo.
site purpose that Hollanders employ
them for. In that country the mill is
used to get rid of the water; in the
west it is employed to produce it. The
enterprising manufacturers make them
in all styles, some tall and graceful.
others low with a half circle Of fans
at the top. The big ones are useful
in grinding corn, but most of them
are engaged in pumping up water for
irrigation and to Stake the thirst OF
the cattle, horses and hogs. For the
latter a system Of pipes conveys the
water to various parts of the ranch.
The wells reach way down into the
earth, where an e%xhaustless supply is
found, and while few furnish the
source of any extended irrigation sys-
tens, nearly all have connections with
the garden and yard. The small
streams which abound in the west gen
orally become stagnant during the
summer, but with the standpoint and
the wind pump the great reservoir of
nature is tapped and great streams of
water are furnished. Many ranchmen
have built milk houses around the
wind pump and the fresh, cool water
is kept running through large tanks
made for milk cans, enabling them to
furnish their own tables with choice
cream and butter and an overplus
that in many Eases pays for the family
groceries," G
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
a RANGER EXPLOIT.
with Two Guns q Sergeant siays His

with Two Guns 9 Sergeant siays His
Enemy,
AS in pursuit of other classes OF Of
lenders the Rangers clinched their ef-
forts with a killing whenever 1t was
necessary. One night a sergeant and
a private went out to watch q water
Ing place known as Green Lake water
hole, where the fenees had been cut
repeatedly. Theyflay in wait all night
and In the early morning three men
rode up to the spring, cut the fence
surrounding 1t and drove their cattle
into the water. The Rangers, who had
observed. the whole proceeding from
their ambush, .sprang up at This juno
ture and ordered the men to surrender.
instead Of doing 90 they fired upon the
Rangers. bringing the private down at
the first volley. The sergeant re-
turned their fire, telling n man and
wounding the other; who was never
5theless able to run away. The third
man Jumped behind q rock, and the
sergeant, noting his movement. did
likewise. From their entrenched po-
sitions the two men began q duel that
lasted for hours. They lay in the
sand firing at each other whenever the
:moyement Of IN arm Or leg displayed
the slightest target, but neither one
yenturing to raise his head except just
after his ensny had hred.s This hrst
Inc sergeant fnally turned to his adj
t.~a rYS~a nnnrodnsa rifaafav Whera
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-14
SHADOWLFSS LIGHT.

In an improved form Of arc lamp
for street and other lighting purposes
designed by an inventor Of Washing
ton, D. c., the carbons are SO placed
as to throw no shadow underneath the
lamp. One of the objections to the
arc light heretofore has been the shad-
ow cast by the mechanism necessary
to support the lower carbon. but the
new lamp overcomest this by suspend
ing both carbons in an oblique posi-
ton from the top Of the lamp as IL
Illustrated. It is understood that the
light in an arc lamp is produced by
the passage of the electric current be-
tween the slightly separated points