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The age-herald., 1901-09-25
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN YEAR WITH
 4OOO ENROLLED Much Larger Attendance Ex- pected Before End of
 the Week EXERCISESAT HIGH SCHOOL Superintendent Phillips Says New Building Is Needed-Total En- rollment Opening Day Last
 Year Was s,sse.
.EXERCISESAT HIGH SCHOOL

The public schools of Birmingham were opened for the term of 1901-2 yesterday morning under bright auspices. Between and o'clock the streets leading school ward presented scenes of animation as boys and girls, big and little, hurried along with books and lunch baskets. last September there was total enroll last September ,-lere was a total enroll ment of Sse6 pupils. Yesterday there was an enrollm ent of between 4oOo and 45oo. The number will increase steadily, and Superintendent Phillips estimates that when the three new buildings are ready for occupancy the enrolment will not be much below 5000.
 At the High School.
 The opening exercises at the High school were more formal than those at the other schools. There were 300 pupils present-2OO of last years High school and 10 new ones. They were assembled in the lecture room, where an interesting programme was carried out. Dr. Phillips began the exercises by reading the 18th chapter of First Corinthians, following which the school rose and, under Miss Kits direction, sang America" Then there was prayer, led by the Rev. Dr. A. B. Curry. pastor of the First Presbyte- rian Church.
 Dr. Phillips made a short speech of well come and introduced in turn A. o. Lane, president of the Board of Education; Dr. Curry, John L. Parker. members of the board, and Samuel Ullman, former presi- dent of the board, each of whom made felicitous addresses. M. Ullman was greeted with spontaneous applause, given as a token of the esteem in which the pupils held him. The programme was in terspersed with music.
 After the exercises were over the teach CTS were engaged until noon in the work of arranging the classes. At all of the schools the pupils were supplied with lists of text books to be used, and at most of them the teachers addressed the children on the line of work that would demand .neir attention during the pres ent term.
 Need a New Building.
 "Birmingham's greatest need today" said Dr. Phillips yesterday afternoon, lis a new high school building. The one now in use is entirely inadequate, and If this city is to maintain a creditable position in the matter of public educa- ton 1t must have high school building of large capacity and modern appoint ments. We should build not simply for the Birmins nam of today but for Great CT Birmingham. which must soon come into our limits. By 1910 Birmingham will need a high school building large enough to accommodate twelve to fifteen hun dred pupils"
 Asked if any organized effort would be made this year to induce the Board of Alderman to make the necessary ap- propriation for a new home for the high school, Dr. Phillips said that a number of prominent citizens had all ready taken the question up quietly. and that he hoped to be able before long to announce a tangible scheme. He felt greatly encouraged, he said at the in- terest that was being taken in this high school question
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Found Ladies' Jacket.-There is ladies' jacket awaiting identification at the police headquarters. It was found by Officer Whaley at the Twen- tieth street crossing last night about 8 o'clock. ,s ,asi5
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Police Commission to Meet.-The police commission will hold meeting today and pass upon the bids for fur nishing the winter uniforms for the members of the department.
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Car load flower pots. God den's Seed Store.

A good Gas Stove IS a won derful saver of time, work, worry; 'tis woman's best helper and friend.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

His Leg Amputated-Charles Lel- lich, a miner at Belle Ellen, who was injured in the mines two weeks ago, lost leg yesterday through amputa- tion at St. Vincent's. He will prob ably recover
The age-herald., 1901-09-25
THE ClTY Y.

The Elks.-Last night was initiation night in the Elks' Lodge, and amongst those who successfully rode the goat" was Dr. John w. Perkins.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25
NOTICE.

I want every man and woman in the United States interested in the cure of the Opium and Whisky habits to have my book on these diseases. Address B. M. Woolley, M. D., Atlanta Ga., Box 2S7, and one will be sent you free.
 S-7-6m-w -wed-wky
The age-herald., 1901-09-25
MIR. DURHAM VERY ILL.
Has Never Regained Consciousness
 Since Being Stricken.

The condition of Jam es R. P. Durham of the firm of Simmons, Durham & Co.,, wholesale grocers. who suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home Sunday night, Is unchanged. He is in a critical condi- ton and has never regained conscious ness.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Car load flower pots. God den's Seed Store.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Dyspepsia causes its victims to live Tn misery. Hoods Sarsaparilla cures dys- pepsia.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

killed by a street car Saturday night, desires to express her appreciation of the kindness shown her by the Hors D. shoers' Union and others during her bereavement.
 Taylor Schools opens.-The open ing exercises of the eleventh session of the Taylor School were held yes- terday morning Prof. William P. Taylor the principal, is well known throughout the South, and his success in Birmingham has been marked.
 Picture of Late President.-An ex- press package containing a picture of the late President Mckinley and a smaller one of Mrs. Mckinley was re- ceived yesterday morning at the Mayors office. The pictures were sent by Edgar Morris from Buffalo. MT. Morris is well known here.
 Judge Bruce Not Dead.-The re- port circulated on the streets yester- day morning that Hon. John Bruce of the United States Circuit Court was dead is untrue. Word comes from his bedside at Walters Park, Pa., that he Is still alive, although very i'll. He went to Walters Park for his health about two weeks ago.
 China Company Incorporated.-Arti- cles Of incorporation were filed yes terday in the office of the Probate Judge by the Graves China Company. The incorporators are w. E. Graves, Hugh c. Carson and Edward H. Over by, all of Birmingham. The corpora In, oh i'm O rn Ol xUo y-a and lamps, and Birmingham Is the principal place of business. The capi- tai stock is stated at $125,000.
 Marriage Licenses.-Marriage li- censes were issued yesterday to J. R.. Self of Pinson and Miss Eula Thomas, James Owen Roebuck of Huffman and Miss Mary N. Thompson, John D. Chambliss of Birmingham and Miss Artie M. Tomlin. Davis William Beall of Lexington, Miss, and Miss Lou Gay Phillips. Clarence W. Black of Bir- mingham and Miss Mary Celia Vince lock.
 Recovers a Watch.-E. B. Gibbs, a railroad engineer, called at police headquarters yesterday morning and identified watch which was recov- cred from a negro Saturday night by Officers Patton and Smith. MT. Gibbs said that the watch was stolen from his person in First avenue and Twen- tieth street during the month of March, 1900. He did not report the loss to the police, and had heard nothing from the timepiece until he saw it advertised in The Age-Herald yesterday morning.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25
RAILROAD NOTES.

A rumor was current yesterday that J. L. Graham is the man who will receive the appointment as successor to General Freight Agent Winburn of the Central of Georgia who takes the place of Traffic Manager Hinton. It Is said official cir culars will be issued within few days and that the change is effective Octo- Der '.
 The Central of Georgia will run an ex- cursion to Columbus Saturday.
 G. W. Ely of the Southern Pacific Is in Birmingham.
 Evan Prosser of the Baltimore and Ohio, with headquarters in Louisville. was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Leon A. Bell of the Chicago Great Western was here from Atlanta yes terday.
 The Southern is advertising special rates of one fare to Atlanta during the Southern Interstate Fair which will be held October to 26.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Gar load flower pots. God den's Seed Store.
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Expresses Appreciatlon.-Mrs. Kon- rad Reichwein, whose husband was killed by street car Saturday night, desires to express her appreciation of the kindness shown her by the Horse- shoers Union and others during her bereavement,
The age-herald., 1901-09-25

Taylor Schools opens.-The open ing exercises of the eleventh session of the Taylor School were held yes terday morning. Prof. William P. Taylor, the principal, is well known throughout the South, and his success in Birmingham has been marked.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
Will Investigate.

Kansas City, March 24.-Through j. T.
Marchands, its special agent, the inter-
state commerce commission is said to have
come into possession of absolute proof that
rebates have been made regularly by local
railroads on eastbound shipments of pack
ing house products from Kansas City, and
criminal proceedings for violation Of the
interstate commerce act may result. The
investigation held in this city on Thurs
day last, when several local freight agents
were examined by the commission, will it
is said, be resumed in Chicago shortly,
and the railroad officials who evaded the
inquiry will be summoned to appear. It
is alleged that the commission intends to
prosecute for perjury some of the agents
who testified at the Kansas City hearing.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
the windlass. and as the animal walk,

the windlass. and as the animal walk,
round and round the center pin the rope
Is wound about the latter and the house
Is pulled forward. When the house has
been pulled up to the windlass then the
latter Is set forward again and the
pulling process is repeated. This opera.
ton is performed over and over again
until the house has been dra wn to the
new location which it is to occupy.
THE housemoving business isn't
what 1t used to be in this old town
not by long shot," said a professional
mover who has been moving houses in
chicago ever since the fire. "You see
q hre, or frame house. limit was estab-
iished long time ago, and now adays
there Is hardly ever single move with
IN those bounds, for you see most of the
buildings inside Of it are permanent in
the extreme, the frame houses are get
ting scarce and big brick and stone
houses are not moved as often as the
wooden ones. Most Of the house NOV.
ing Is now confined to the outskirts a
the city and people are getting 50 well
settled that there are comparatively
Few occasions for transplanting
dwelling"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28

Pensacola, Fla, March 24.-Great dam
age was done by severe southwest tor
nado, the winds raging from As to "a
miles an hour. The Russian bark Leitte
vas driven against the west side of Com
nandencia wharf with such violence that
all three masts of the bark snapped off,
leaving her rigging in mangled mass.
Every vessel i'll the bay dragged anchor
and the Norwegian Toly was being fast
driven ashore when she put on steam and
pulled out into the stream again. The
schooner Irene and two lighters loaded
with lumber were driven ashore at the
city front. \ small schooner capsized,
several lighters loaded with lumber sank
and the beach is strcwn with the wreck
age OF small boats and drift timber. There
was an unusually high sea, the water be-
ing nearly level with the wharves and all
morning vessels were Juggling, tossing and
pulling at their anchors amid the tangled
mass of wreckage There was no damage
of consequence ashore and SO far as known
there was no loss of life.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28

London, March 24.--The Speaker says
there are unmistakable signs Of more
trouble between the masters and the
operatives in the cotton trade. A period
of activity has been followed by reac-
ton accelerated by the high prices Of raw
cotton and other materials, poor de-
mand from India and an almost complete
stoppage of buying from China. The
Lancashire spinners and weavers have
held out longer than their rivals in the
United States or on the continent, but
the rapid closing down of the mills shows
their turn is coming, and as the Ameri-
can crop is likely to be insufficient even
for the reduced consumption, there is not
much prospect Of low level quotations for
raw cotton to invigorate the demand for
yarns and cloth. II some agreement
whereby wages may be adjusted accord
ing to the state Of trade is not soon con-
cluded declining profits will force the
masters to reduce wages.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
GREAT DAM MADE OF SODA

One OF the Most Wonderful Natural
Freaks In q Montana Canyon.
Probably few people ever heard of q
soda dam. but such freak of nature
really exists in an unfrequented part of
tne great West. A. o. Wright of the
Indian service, who travels extensively
through that section Of the country
west OF the Missouri River, in speaking
OF strange things he has encountered in
his tours alluded to this soda dam.
asked what he meant by q soda dam, he
said:
IN Box canyon, just above the hot
springs of the Jemez River, Arizona,
Is a dam extending from one wall Of
the gorge to the other. This dam is
nothing more or less than a massive
wall or pure soda, rising to a height
u 100 feet. and probably 600 feet from
emu 10 end. Natures forces, Of course.
started their work Of construction awav
back in the dim aud distant past, when
deposits Of soda contained in the water
thrown off by the springs we're made at
the base Of what has since developed
INTO one OF the natural wonders of the
West. Those deposits must have been
made with remarkable rapidity.
Just ten years ago the Jemez River
rose 10 an unprecented height, and un-
DER the abnormal pressure of the tor
rent lower section Of the dam gave
ray. leaving a breach in the wall of
soda about twenty feet high. When
the water subsided the lake formed By
the dam was Of course destroyed, leav.
ing the upper eighty feet Of the dam
high and dry.
Il passed. through that section of Ar.
iona this last summer and purposely
visited tie soda dam. was most as.
oonished to see that the twenty foot
breach he'd been nearly filed in. The
sooa iiUr1 the springs had made fresh
deposits and gradually patched up the
hole made In 1890. At the present rate
the breach will be entirely closed in
another Sear and the lake will resume
lte fOrmet proportions.
previous to the break in the dam
the lake above was fully 600 feet wide
and extended up the canyon for at least
three-Quarters Of a mile. Scientists who
have examined the dam are Of the opin-
ton that It will never attain height
much above 100 feet for the deposits
IN the wafer seem to sink in that great
depth before the brink is reached. Az
they fall, however. they will tend to
strengthen the base of the dam and will
gradual. decrease the depth of the
lake at Its lower end."-Washington
Star.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
Prominent Women sufrraxist,

Prominent Women Sufragists.
Here Is q list Of some Of the distin.
guished men who have advocated the
ballot for women: Abraham Lincoln.
Charles Sumner, William II. Seward.
Chief Justice Chase. Henry w. Long.
fellow. John ]. Whittier, Wendell Phil.
lips. John Stuart Mill, Phillips Brooks,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Quincy
Adams, George w. Julian, Joseph Cook.
James Freeman Clarke, Charles Kings.
ley, Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Rev. David Gregg, George w. Cable.
George William Curtis, Bishop Bow.
man. Henry Ward Beecher. Charles r.
living. Bishop Hurst Bishop Simpson.
BISHOP Gilbert Haven, George r. Hoar.
Rev. Minot Savage. Rev. John Pier.
pont. William Lloyd. Garrison, Theo.
dOre Parker and James A. GARFIELD.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
BLIND BARBER IN MICHIGAN
Sharpness in Hearing Makes Up for
His Lack of Niaion.

Sharpness in Hearing Makes Up for
His Lack of Vision.
In Detroit. Mich, there is q barber
who is stone blind, yet does thriving
business IN spite of his inability to see.
Edward Max, proprietor of the Cadil.
lac barber shop, during his blindness,
which lasted for seven years, has man.
aged his business entirely by touch and
hearing.
One would think that even customers
OF longest standing would hesitate be-
tore going to man who could not see.
but Mr.. Max has not only not lost any
OF his old customers, but has added
many new ones to his trade since he
lost his sight.
Mr.. Max is young-looking, pleas
ant-faced man. who carries out his ap.
pearance in his disposition. He was
quite ready to describe the way in
which he carries on his business in
spite of his great handicap.
Il can tell whereabouts In the shop
my men are and what they are doing,
just as easily as though l were look
ing at them ALL" he said, good atured-
~. Il know them all by their step. and
when they move can tell where they
60. Every man, as you know, has an
individual walk, just as he has an in
dividual temperament, and as the differ
ent BARRIERS In my shop walk about the
marble floor l know whether 1t Is Jim
my, who Is nervous, or George, who 10
slow and very careful. It is, of course,
easy to tell whether a mans hair or
beard Is being cut, the ring of the
shears being very different in each
case.
II can tell when a man IL being
shaved by the scrape of the razor, and
sometimes know whether the beard 10
q stir or a soft one.
when man is having an egg sham
poo hear the egg shell cracked and
the egg beaten and hear the customer
60 to the fountain afterward to wash
his head.
This may seem a little farfetched.
but everything done in a barber shop
has some very characteristic sound,
and II you had been in the hair-cutting
business as long as I have you would
recognize these movements and sounds
a. do.
Il can tell just about what the days
business has been and what we ought
70 nave made. My daughter Is the
cashier. and when she is away l make
the change myself. can tell all the
coins by the feeling. but, Of course,
DO not know one bill from another, and
never attempt to make change for
anything but q 81 bill"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
HUMOR IN THE AMBUL ANcE.

Doctor's Story OF a Man ana wom.r
with Broken Legs.
when l was an ambulance sur
geon," said the young family physi-
clan. Il used to start like fire horse
at the sound Of the call. was lust
as much Interested in the work at the
end OF two years as was the day I
began. 1t was the excitement OF the
life that made me so fond Of it. had
all sorts Of experiences at all sorts Of
hours. There was an element of dam
ger in 1t. too, but that only added to
the charm.
Zone night had a call from the
West Side In the neighborhood Of
Chelsea square. 1t was for q drunken
man who fell down and broke his leg.
On the way back to the hospital with
nim l picked up drunken woman to
whom similar accident had happened.
There was nothing to do but put her in
the ambulance along with the man.
after that the ride across town was
exciting enough for cowboy. At first
the patients sympathixed with each
other. Then they began to cry in
chorus. At Broadway they fell to kiss
ing each other. At Third avenue they
were 6ghting like pair OF Kilkenny
cats, and | had my hands full Ia keep
Ing them apart The woman had
scratched the mans face dreadfully
and he had nearly closed her eye with
a punch. When we struck the asphalt
In 26th street they were singing. We
have all been there before, many I
time. and such singing! The uproar
attracted crowd who evidently
thought had an ambulance full Of
lunatics. When we reached the gate
they swore eternal friendship and at
the Office they parted In tears."-New
York Sun.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
New Jersey Fossils,

In the blue shales of a valley few
miles from Montclair. N. j.. are found
fossil fish Of kind which is almost
extinct only three specimens now sur
viving. They belong to the order OF
ganoids. which possessed no interior
bony skeleton, but only an outside Gov.
ering Of bony or cartilaginous plates.
They were the earliest known verte-
brateA A number Of excellent speci-
mems show distinctly the shining. bony
scales Of this peculiar species Of ash.
which. according to geologists. must
have existed ages ago.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
Gk|lR SIePjRo

The crust Of earth under Japan must
be comps ratively thin, judging by the
Number II earthquake shocks in that
country. They average over i've hum
bred year.
Philadelphia was the largest Of Amer.
lean cities at the time the first census
was taken, 10 years ago. and New
York WIS saco,.G. los.nn was then
third. ChHrlt Ason FOURTH and Balti.aor1
flfth.
The tyrhoon Of the Orient is an own
sister Of the West India cyclone. It Ia
generally in low attitudes, late In the
summer or early in the autumn, at the
western edge Of the Pacific, not far
from the Philippines. 1t begins its
career 'y moving westward, but in
time returns to the coast Of China and
Japan.
The Charter Oak is in Hartford.
Conn.,. and concealed the charter OF the
colony Cor several years from 1857.
Washington took command OF the army
under an elm tree in Cambridge. The
treaty elm, under which william Penn
signed the famous treaty with the In
dams In 1852, was upon the banks Of
the Delaware. 1t died in 1929.
The largest hothouses in the country
devoted exclusively to the cultivation
= orchids are in New Jersey. -Four
hundred varieties may be found there
from Colombia. Venezuela, Brazil
Ecuador. Bolivia, Costa Rica. Guate-
mala, Honduras and Mexico, the prin-
eipal supply sources: also from other
tropical and sub-roplcal countries, in
ciuding one from the Philippines,
which has taken kindly to American
soil.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-03-28
HOUSE MOVING CREW AT WORK.

Ing to extract his house, but he u COM
PEELED by city ordinances to figure pref
ty carefully with the neighbors among
whom he proposes to plant his building.
II majority Of the residents In the
block and ON the same side OF the street
where the man wants to put his house
object to the proceedings then the
whole affair might as well be declared
on, for an insurmountable barrier has
been encountered. Or II the property
owners for $50 feet in either direction
on the opposite side Of the street object
the efforts Of the mover might as well
be discontinued. The law requires that
the majority Of the property owners in
the block on the side Of the street to
which the house is to be moved and the
majority Of those within $50 feet In
either direction on the opposite side
must first give their consent to the
placing of the house in the new local
ity.
After ali Of these matters have been
looked after and settled satisfactorily
then the actual active preparations for
the moving Of the house are begun.
Houses are still moved BY that same
old simple process that has been In use
for decades. The house IL raised from
lts foundations on sjackscrews, or
sacks" q they are called. and after
ward placed upon broad. heavy rollers
Of solid wood. A great windlass IL
placed fifteen or twenty rods down the
street and u anchored By heavy pins
driven into the ground. A big. thick
rope. strong enough t. pun many tom,
b then pulled from the windlass to
which one end y fastened The ether
end b fastaned 70 thu house. 4 horse
= attaehed . . Ghalt ooanoctod WITH