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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-26
Bids Wanted.

| Proposals for material and the build
| ing Of a shed at the State Orphans Home
and the raising Of the harm and making
the necessary repairs and improvements
| thereon.
| The Board of Directors Of the State
+! Orphans Home will receive sealed pro-
posals for furnishing the material and
| building shed, and the raising of the
| barn at the State Orphans Home, also
making the repairs and improvements
on the said barn.
| The following. are the. specifications:
The barn is 80 it. x6l it., which is to be
-, 1s) inches above the sur
raised e,gn.ee..
face Of the groun".
There are to he new sills exc, Of good
seasoned pine, snliced and we'll nailed.
All posts and siding to be nailed to the
sills.
| The foundation is to be of Prison stone,
one foot thick. to extend eighteen Qs)
inches above The surface of the ground
and six inches below the surface, or two
| feet of rock foundation.
! All Of the inside or cross sills are to
have piers. six foot centers.
The walls and piers to be built straight
and plumb, and laid with good lime and
sharp sand mortar, the joints to be well
! painted.
| The old stalls are to be taken downaud
| moved four "a feet towards the center OF
the barn, and eight Isl new stalls to be
built in the West end of barn. All the
stalls to have low Managers and stanch-
inns.
There is to be a sewer inches by in
ches laid under the barn.
The shed is to be Is it. by l27 ft-the
back wall to be 8 #. high and the front
wall Is # high.
The sills to be inches by G inches, set
in mortar on q stone foundation, the foun,
dation to be built of Prison rock. one
foot thick, and extend eight Isl inches
above the surface of the ground and six
[61 inches below-the wall to be laid il
good lime mortar.
The back wall is to have one row o
girths. and the front wall TO have one
row of girths.
The front is to be boarded six feet from
dred ana three [lO3l feet, and the remain
ing twenty-four [24l feet is to be boarded
to the stone foundation.
The posts are to lie inches by 6 inches
set eight Isl foot centers aud braced. TIL
plates are to bei4 inches by 6 inches, ant
the siding to be inch by II inches AM
battened with inch by inch battens.
The rafters are to be ? inches by in
ches, set two ri feet centers, with 4 inc
by inch girders and braced with 4 inc
by inch braces from posts to girders.
The roof is to be covered with one inc
sheathing lumber and shingled with red
wood shingles laid Il inches to tn
weather and we'll nailed.
The shed is to have three III stall
each eight Isl feet wide and managers.
The said proposals must be filed wit
the Secretary of the Board before
O'Clock a. IN. Thursday, April 3d. 1901.
The Board reserves the right to rejet
any and all bids.
TINE EXTENDED.
The time for submitting bids for doin
the work and furnishing the materi
specified in the above advertisement
1901, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
ORVIS RING,
Secretary Of Board of Directors.
Carson City, New, April Is, 1901.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-26

This old established hotel, known from Maine to Ore
gon and from Georgia to the Gulf has recently naugur
ated system of electricity throughout the entire build
ing whereby is lighted by incandescent lights
At the time this is the only hotel in Carson that is
lighted exclusively by electricity Frst-class through.
out Best ST. day house the Coast. Free bus to and
from all trains. Meals 25c, lodging 25 and 50 cents.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
Work In the Caisson.

1t is the strain within the bowels of
the working chamber, unnoticed gen
orally while there; the change Oh COM
ing into the outer air that the sand hog
(the Workman) breads. Under an air
pressure the blood is forced away from
the eytremities. 1t is driven from the
exterior into the central organs. espe-
cially toward the brain and the spinal
cord.
The man, exhausted by toll under
these conditions. climbs a long ladder.
He is in the airlock again, with the up
jerks up the bottom door. With a twist
of the valve be hustles Tire compressed
air out. The ordinary atmosphere rush
es in. The upper door is thrown up, and
Gods sun and air come to the prisoner
The reaction is too severe. The blood,
released by the sudden vanishing Of
30, 40. so pounds of air pressure on
each square inch of the body, refuses
to act normally. Heart and lungs weak
en-, vitality Gibbs. sand hog is never
sure that the next trip may not be his
last
The practical limit below ground is
so pounds of air pressure. The men
that can work in that atmosphere are
masters Of their trade. Yet now and
then man is met with who has the
strength to go farther. = Cromwell
Childe in Ieslie's Monthly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
Where the Leak Was.

Once. years ago, when Daniel Web
ster was secretary of state, there was
an important foreign matter up for dis
scussion before the cabinet. and the Ut
most secrecy was of course maintain
ed, but the whole thing was blazoned
about in few hours after the cabinet
meeting. So the president hastily sent
for his cabinet to talk over this leak
Each man had different idea of it.
Finally Mr. Webster arose, saying,
"You. gentlemen. go on with your dis
cussion. and I'll be back in minute"
In few minutes he returned and re-
peated every word that had been spo-
ken in the room in his absence He
explained that if, by standing close to
the door outside the cabinet room. you
held your ear to it, you could not dis
tiuguish one ineligible word; but if,
moving back from the door and little
to one side upon certain spot in the
carpet. you kept an attentive ear, ev-
cry word could be plainly heard as
though whispered.
Some enterprising eavesdropper had
Oeen experimenting with the door and
had found that upon that exact spot
there was some acoustic property Of
the door or room that conveyed the
sound in perfect ntirety.-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27

las and OF pedantIc utterances, as a
rule, which is interesting Even in his
shilling prefaces to which Swift al
ludes the reader will have no difficulty
ia discovering a man of genius, one Of
many loyable traits and great charac-
teristics, and at least Dryden's own
iikings and judgments are set forth
pleasantly and frequently in a convinc-
ing manner He is one Of the old writ
ers that weary moderns given up to
novel reading could proftably turn
back to and peruse to their own great
advantage
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
Neglected Dryden.

Notwithstanding Lowelps high praise
of Dryden's prose works and the accu-
sation he brings against literary plum
derers Of this magnate of letters 200
years ago. few people except scholars
now ever open Dryden's essays. though
they are well worth careful perusai
and study. in spite of Swift's malicious
and witty lines:
Read all the prefaces Of Dryden,
For these our critics much confde in
Though merely writ at first for filing
To raise the volumes price shilling.
There is truth as we'll as wit in this
Characterization, for Dryden was in
some respects but a literary hack, al
though man of genius. But, being
genius, it was impossible for him to
write anything, however carelessly and
slipshod, without something finding its
way in that will arrest the readers at
tention even vet, after the lapse of two
centuries. Unlike the other and small
er literary hacks of his time, whatever
Dryden wrote he wrote freely, and
there is an absence Of cramped formu-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
Brother Diekey's Sayings.

~
it's man dat do de hoWlin.
Job Wuz pashunt man, but he never
had ter wait fer railroad train.
Solomon wuz mighty much mar
ried man, en- yit dey calls him de wis
est man!
Ananias wuz kilt fer lyin. In desc
days men git prize fer it.--Atlanta
Constitution.
Breaking Up the Mess.
Lasting friendships are formed in the
officers mess abroad ship in our navy,
but no effort is made to keep track Of
mate when he is transferred. This
strikes the landsman as a queer freak
Of nature, but the sailors accept it as
a matter of course never to be ques-
toned. Men get into pretty close COM
munion with each other when they
breakfast, dine and sup together for
three years. AS a rule, they learn each
others history to the minutest detail,
able and distant. Close attachments
grow up, yet when the memorable or
der arrives from Washington, sending
the mess to the four winds of heaven,
breaking up, SIS It were. the family,
warm hand shake ends it all. Each Of
fcer goes into a new mess, and the old
is forgotten.
It was my good fortune to be intro
duced to as fine mess as ever broke
bread together on a man-of-war. The
devotion of the officers to one another
was an inspiration. Finally the sepa-
ration came. One went to some navy
yard, another to the Philippines, an
other to China, another to Washing
ton, etc. They were scattered all over
the world. One day, meeting the lieu
tenant commander, who had gone up
for promotion, inquired when he had
heard from Lieutenant So-and-so.
why, not in several MONTHS" he re-
piled. ''In fact, not since he was or
/ dered to his new station. You know
we fellows don't follow each others
movements after mess is broken up.
We form new associations. new
friends, and the old drop out of sight
We never think of writing to each 9th
er. 1t is more than likely we shall new
er see each other again as long as We
live, and we haven't the time or in
| clination to worry over each others
fate."-New York Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
$1,000 Offe red for its Equal.

MulPs Lightning Pain Killer instant
" kills Cholera, Group, Rheumatism,
Diphtheria or any other pain, internal
or external. 25c. Safe for children.
absolutely pure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
THE INC COMPLETE ANGLER.

| kns1 by heart each rule and rote
And ran, II need be, freely quote
What half dozen writer's say,
From Walton to Sir Edward Grey.
A new steel conferred rod is mine,
And eighty yards Of perfect line,
sht as en- Re, vet tough as steel
Spin on my latest patent reel.
My fybook of abnormal size
Bulges with various casts and flies,
And knowingly ! pause and choose
Which of the many flies to use.
One gi1lie holds himself aloof
And also holds my waterproof;
A second near at hand is set,
Armed with gaff and landing net,
And keeps an ever watchful eye
On me and on the tempting fy.
ALI that the anglers heart could wish
Is mine-except, of course, a fish.
st. James Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-27
Horses for Sale.

Good farm team for sale, for cash or
n time. Also, seed oats and barley.
81 JOHN WOODS.
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
OF THE
 MONONGAHELA CO.
J. B. Finley Pays a Visit to Bir- mingham District.
INSPEcTS COAL PROPERTY
Accompanied by George w. Theiss, Secretary of the Company-Be- ing Shown Around by
 L. B. Musgrove.

J. B. Finley, president of the Monoga- hela Coal and Iron Company of Pittsburg; George w. Theiss. secretary and treas- urer of the same company, accompanied by L. B. Musgrove, manager of the Co., roma Coal and Iron Company, have been making a tour of the Birmingham dis trict and express great surprise at the industrial development in Jefferson and Walker counties.
 The Monongahela Company bought large mining interests In Walker county several months ago but up to this time the Pittsburg officers have not inspected their property A house party recently given by Mir. Whitney at Gold Hill. North Carolina, brought large number of Pittsburg and New York men to the South and MT. Whitney and Mr Theiss decided to use their visit as an oppor- tunity to come further South and see their Alabama property
 They were so well pleased with the sit uation that within few weeks it Is said negotiations will begin for the purchase of other mining property in either Jeff erson or Walker Counties it being the ultimate intention of the Monongahela Company to control the coal trade of the gulf MT. Musgrove, manager of the Corona Company. which is a part of the Monongahela interests, said last night that MT. Finley regarded this as a most valuable coal field. They expect within a few years to practically stop coal ship ments to the gulf as the rates from Walker County are so much cheaper
 Speaking of the Whitney house party, MT. Musgrove said:
 There were fifty of us with MT. Whit ney. and we had a royal time for three or four days. MT. Whitney must have spent $25,000 In fitting up his place in the North Carolina gold mining region, and Is enjoying life as we'll as develop ing some valuable mines"
 MT. Musgrove exhibited a watch charm, a duplicate of which was presented to each of MT. Whitney's guests. The charm Is made of pure gold from the North Carolina mines, and the center is an en- graved Indians head. Around the edge are letters forming the words "Whitney Reduction Co.," The gold contained in each of these charms is worth intrin- sieally probably $23 MT. Musgrove says another industrial party from Pittsburg and New York will visit the Birmingham district next week.
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
OIL FOUND IN
 MOBILE COUNTY
BIOLOGIST DISCOVERS IT IN A SAMPLE OF WATER-QUANTIT
 AND QUALITY CANNOT BE As- ORPHANED WITHOUT BORING.

| The State Geological Survey has discov- cred oil in the upper part of Mobile coun- | ty near Citronville. Not enough of it has been found for an analysis but that the oil is there is beyond doubt. 1 The oil soaps up through the sand and | is found bubbling in the small pools com- l mon to a swampy country. The oil was discovered by the analysis of a sample of bad tasting water sent to State Geologist Smith. In telling of the discovery Dr.. Smith said:
 "I was sent sample of bad tasting wa ter from near Citronville with the ex- wrong because stock refused to drink 1t. I found few drops of crude oil floating on top of the water. A week or 80 later 1 went down to Mobile county and upon examining the pools in the vicinity of Citronville. saw oil floating on the sur face of several pools. I got probably two or three spoonsfull, but not enough to make an, analysis. I went a second time to investigate and I have sent my assist ants several times.
 There seems to be no doubt that oil
 
 hood, but no one can tell anything about quality or quantity as yet. There could hardly be any fake about it. that is possibility of some one having scattered the oil about to burn land, for evidences of oil were found about in different places over an area of three miles, and then the matter has been investigated at dif- ferent times during the past three months.
 "The prospects are sufficiently encour- aging to justify another test of boring wells. The State Geological Survey has investigated it for enough to know that oil actually exists though in what volume cannot be ascertained without boring. The nearest point to Citronvile where borings have been made is forty or fifty miles.
 "The Geological Survey is at present making some shallow borings by which we expect to be able to pronounce upon the quality of the oil and its proper or igin. I may add that this is the first dis covery in Alabama of oil seaping through the sand"
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
DEATH SENTENCE
 FOR 4 H|GHWAYMAN
Will Dorsey Convicted by Jury
 in Criminal Court
FIRST VERDICT OF KIND
Solicitor HefIIn Says Highway Robbery Has Become as Common as
 Grand Larceny and It
 Must Be Stopped. Ei

Will Dorsey a negro, was found guilty of highway robbery in the Criminal Court yesterday, and is the first man in Ala bama who will suffer death for such crime The jury was out for eighteen hours, and it is understood were debating the question of fixing the penalty at death or confinement in the penitentiary for life. They returned verdict at 1:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 The crime for which Will Dorsey will die was committed about five years ago at Stockton, a small town in Jefferson County, and resulted in the shooting of David McNamara and the robbery of his family.
 The evidence showed that Will Dorsey, accompanied by Sidney Walker and Jim Kelly. went to the house of MT. Me- Namara for the purpose of robbery. knowing that McNamaraa had just been paying off his hands. They knocked at the kitchen door and the son answered the su nmons.s When he opened the door the negroes said they wanted some oil. and asked for David McNar5ara, the fa- ther Mir. McNamara then went to the door. and told the negroes it was too late to get oil as the commissary was closed.
 They then forced their way into the kitchen telling the old man 1t was money they wanted and not oil. Mrs. McNama- ra hearing the noise in the kitchen hur- ried to her husband and the three ne- groes immediately covered him with re- 1a1 hot was in the place. Mrs. McNamara jump ed between the negroes and her husband and plead for his life. saying they could have every cent of money in the house. George McNamara then handed one of the men $7.50 and as he did so Sidney Walker grabbed Mrs. NcNamara and jerked her from between Will Dorsey and her husband Dorsey immediately fired and MT. McNamara was shot through and through with H-calibre bullet It was thought for long time that he would not recover.
 The negroes all escaped but Dorsey was finally captured in Oklahoma Territory and brought back to Birmingham.
 In his argument to the jury yesterday Solicitor Heflin urged upon them the ne- cessity of fixing Dorsey's punishment at death as an example to other highway men, who have been running at large in Jefferson county. He said 1t was true that no man had ever been sentenced to suffer death for highway robbery in Ala bama but if the legislature had not in- tended the punishment to be so great they would never have passed the law. Mir. Hef1in said that highway robbery in this county was becoming almost as com mon as grand larceny and that something should be done to stop 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
BIRMINGHAM TO @
 HAVE VAUDEVILLE
STOCK COMPANY AT AUDITORIUM WILL CLOSE THIS WEEK AND BOYLE 6 EDWARDS WILL FUR. NlsH NEW ENTERTAINMENT.

Birmingham will have a vaudeville the atre. This will be the closing week of the. Boyle Stock Company and very soon thereafter the Auditorium will open as a vaudeville theatre, under the same management-Boyle and Edwards.
 T. J. Boyle, the actual manager of the Auditorium, has decided that Birming- ham likes vaudeville better than stock productions, and for this reason will change his bill.
 It was intended to open with the new line of attractions a week from tomor- row, but the burning of the Lyceum the atre in Atlanta may interfere with some of the performers. who were booked for Birmingham. It was intended to bring them from Atlanta here, but the destruc- ton of the home of Vaudeville in that city breaks up the circuit for the time being.
 The stock company has not been a failure; on the contrary, 1t has done what few new companies have done-paid ex- penses. Not a week since the house op- ened, so the managers state, has there been a deficit between receipts and ex-
 
 good in view of the fact that there was nothing in the house with which to start a season of stock. Manager Boyle says he will give the people what they want. and it strikes him from every indication he has seen that vaudeville will please bet ter. tz
 q In speaking of his new venture last night ne said that he would bring some of the best headliners in the country here. An arrangement has been made with a circuit, composed of Norfolk, Atlanta and other cites in the south. whereby the Birmingham house gets it's attractions direct from New York every week.
 Lucius Henderson. Morris McHugh and Lee Sterrett of the stock company here will probably go to Nashville to join the Boyle and Edwards forces there.
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
HAVE SENT OUT
 THE INVITATIONS Circular Signed by Officials and
 Many Merchants. EXTEND RAILROAD RATES Cheap Fare Will Be Good From Hunts vile and Other cities-eood
 Roads Special at Green.
 vile, Tenn.
EXTEND RAILROAD RATES

The invitation committee of the Good Roads Convention of North Alabama yes- terday issued the following invitation to all state and county officials, and other prominent citizens of Alabama:
 Under the auspices of the Good Roads Convention of North Alabama, the South ern Railway will give daily exhibitions in this city, from Monday, the 18th inst, to Saturday, the 2Sd inst, inclusive, of the latest Improved methods adopted in the construction of public roads. A short ses- sion of the cony ention will be held daily during tfis period in the hall of the Com mer cial Club in First avenue, near Twenty-hrst street, where addresses will be delivered upon the subject of improved foad-mal.ing.
 '"The members of the Good Roads Con- vention of North Alabama believe that good roads are essential to the prosper ity of all classes of our citizens. and are anxious that the people of our state should derive the benefit presented by this practical exhibit of road making.
 "The undersigned, therefore, take pleas- ure in cordially inviting you to attend l our conyt ntion as a member, and to wit ness the daily exhibition of improved road making. Very respectfully, FRANK Y. ANDERSON. Chm, J. B. GIBSON, W. H. KETTIG, J. B. COBBS. 70 COLEMAN BLACH, W. J. OUTLAW, HARRY JONES, JOSEPH MARTIN nfiaif Irn.. intni
The age-herald., 1901-11-10
THEODORE THOMAS
 10 APPEAR HERE
His Orchestra Engaged by the
 Choral Society
GIVE TWO PERFORMANCES
First Musical Event Will Be Concert By Evan Williams, the Great
 Tenor-other Treats ars..s.
 Promised. Es

MT. Guckenberger accepted the propo- sition yesterday from the Chicago or chestra, Theodore Thomas conductor. for two festival performances in the week beginning April 6. The exact date will be nam ed later. The price to be paid the orchestra is to be 5000 for each per- formance.
 The question of artists is still In abey- ance. MT. Thomas will have a list to submit, but it is understood that the fes- tival management will not be required to take any of his singers. In other words, MT. Guckenberger will have the right to go outside and get his singers. Five hundred dollars was the amount paid for soloists last year.
 Up to a few days ago MT. Thomas thought it would be impossible for him to make Southern tour next spring. In that event MT. Guckenberger had intend ed engaging the New York Philharmonic orchestra, from which organization he had a most favorable proposition.
 The festival will be held under the auspices of the Birmingham Choral So- ciety. This society will also give two grand concerts between now and Janu- ary, the first being a song recital at the Jefferson theater. November 27 by Evan Williams, Americas greatest tenor, who lowered over all the artists at the Wor- cester, Mass, festival last Septem Der. MT. Williams made a splendid impression at the festival here in 1900.
 The other concert will be at some time in December. and will come under the head of chamber music The Lister manns, violin and violincello, will be the principal performers.
 The programme for the Evan Williams concert will be as follows.
 1. Chorus-"Be Not Afraid" from Elijah; Mendelssohn.
 Song Recital by MT. Williams: 1. Recitative-"Deeper and Deeper Still" air Wait her angels" from Jephthah Handel.
 ?. Songs ta)-With the green lute- | band;' (b) "The Miller and the Brook" Co '"The Vane;" Schubert. Intermission. | 8. Song Cycle" "Summertime:' Iandon Ronald; (a) Day Break; (b) Morning; (c) Evening; (d) Night.
 | Gypsy Songs-(a) q Chant My Lay;'' l tb) Songs My Mother Taught Me;p (c) "coudy Heights of Tatra; Dvorak | 5. Preis-lied for Tenor and Chorus | Wagner; Mr. Williams and Festival | Chorus.