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The age-herald., 1901-07-28

slackwater navigation are parts of one whole-are parts of the water system of this district, He who doubts the building of either is pessinist This country is too great. too rich too powerful to be baked by the cost of an interoceanic canal. National safety and National prosperity alike demand the construction
 of such canal, and one that will speed fly be built, and it will be built on the practicable Nicarauga line, and not on the attempted lines Of DeLesseps. And as for the Warrior improvement that is mate rializing every day. and next winter in Congress the subject will be pressed by our distinguished representatives as it4 never has been before. and before ad- journment lift will doubtless be given to the work that will render navigation to the mouth of Village Creek but a mat ter of contracts and construction.
 All eyes are turned Southward even now. Says Leslies Weekly: Go South. young man! Consider what she is doing in cotton spinning. In 1890 her factories used 545,ooo bales of that staple, while in 1900 they used 1.5g7. 900 bales. Observe how she Is increasing her output of pig Iron. her product having increased from 1.ezs 40 tons in ito 2147,S4o tons in 1900. No- {. tice. also. that her coal production rose from 12.2s7 ,02o toms In 1894 to 1s.s7s,2s7 tons in 1899. And do-not overlook the fact that she is not only>making money. but saving 1t. her savings banks having S0,1a depos- itors, with total deposits of s14.Ao,1se in 1900. as against 4306S depositors. with ag- gregate deposits of $s.71s.ss4 in 1ss9" The, Southward movement will be, accelerated3 in wonderful manner when water traris- portation lends it's powerful aid to the central district of the central State of this richly endowed section of)the great est country in the world
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
We Do Not Want Village Creek to Be Made Arm of the Sea. But Give Birmingham Six Feet of
 S1ackwater Connecting Us With the Gulf and Mighty City is Assured.

demonstrated. All the world knows Ala bama iron. It is no longer an article that has to fight for a place in the markets It is now simply question of
 Transportation to the Sea.
 The value of the product and the eco- nomical production are well understood If need be, iron, and therefore steel, can be made in this district at least two dol lars cheaper than it can elsewhere be made. This Is partly due to an abund- ance of cheap labor, and partly to the fact that the three needful articles that go into the stock lie side by side, and can be collected at the lowest possible cost at a cost that no other district offers.
 But one problem remains and that Is a cheap transportation to the sea. Given a short water haul to the sea. Alabama furnaces will stand without rival in any country, for they will have at hand richer ores than the Cleveland district in England, and they alone in this country will be freed from railroad rates Pitts burg is in the hands of a. railroad com bine, and 1t frets under 1t. It has water transportation westward and southward, but a mountain wall bars the way to the sea. It is taxed on every ton it sends to tidewater from s1.50 to g a ton. Ala bama iron and steel will be fioated to the sea at a cost of 35 cents ton when the Warrior is opened.
 The three advantages of this district will then be:
 l. Cheaper production because of the absolute proximity of furnace materials
 9 The lowest possible cost of trans portation to tidewater.
 B. The lowest possible sea rates on iron and steel as ballast in cotton ships.
 These advantages cannot be exactly stated in dollars and cents, but over
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

HE past year has been one of nN marked growth in the Birming-
 ham district. There has been S nothing of the boom nature about the growth, but it has been steady and substantial. It is probable that great number of industrial plants repre- senting a greater variety of manufac- tured articles have been located in this city and vicinity within the past twelve months than in any former period of the same number of months. There have been no plants of enormous magnitude that called for extraordinary boosting, but in the aggregate they employ thousands of men and pay out large sums on their monthly pay rolls.
 As might be expected the greatest ac- tivity has been in the iron and coal and steel lines, but these are closely followed in others of considerable importance.
 The largest single plant and the one that represents the greatest investment and will employ the greatest number of men when in operation is the steel car plant of the Southern Car and Foundry Company. which is to be built at Ensley.
The age-herald., 1901-07-28
PROMINENT CONTRACTOR.
MT. A. Stockmar and the Work He Is
 DoIng for Birmingham.

Birmingham has becomesa mecca for contractors and builders. Of course ft requires skill. businesss arumen and cap the strongest and most expert builders meet in competition. Therefore when you find one of these insthe front rank here there is4 a certainty sthat he knows his business.
 Among the most prominent of Bir- mingham's builders and contractors is Mir A. Stockmar, and one of the sev- eral great contracts now being executed by him Is the new CitysHaIl, which will cost one quarter of a million dollars. This building now we'll under way. is of brick. stone and marble. and will be completed early'in 1902. sand ready for occupancy before spring. From present appearances it win proveta lasting mon- ument to the excellent workmanship, skill and management of A. Stockmar. who is personally experimenting it's construction.
 Besides this building MT. Stockmars large force of mechanics may be seen in different parts of the city with saw. hammer. trowel and square. forging away in tfe great work of improving and building up Birmingham.
 In addition to his general contract work he has a marbies yard at the cor ner of First avenue and Eighteenth street. where with fuN equipment and expert workmen feais daify-turning out monumental and interior decoration stone work of the very finest quality, and can here furnish anything from a mile post or e foot stone to the most mag nidcent and imposing marble column
 Mfr. 6toclxmar ranks among our most prominent. pubzic- spirited citizens He sis member of the City, Councel rep- resenfing the Ninth war34on the board. and while this is tho first public office he ever held he manifestsl deep concern for tho welfare, of the municipality and ,is proving himself most efficient ofll- cef.
The age-herald., 1901-07-28

It is stated that tho plant of the Edi- son Portland Cement Company. at New Village. N. J., may start in November. SAf the start the output will be 150o bar Ion per day. andrby April l. 1908. the out
 < to. .naeun0a. l01 s4aaly.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26

At the corner they were calling for the
patrol wagon when Mr.. Bowser's fami-
ly butcher happened along and induced
them to listen and finally decide on let
ting him go. He llmped back TO the
house. The moon still shed her glorious
beams. but he saw her not. There was
a mist lowering around the cat wait
ing at the gate. but be gave 1t no heed.
With signs and groans he drew himself
up the steps and kicked open the door.
and as he saw Mrs. Bowser In the hall
n extended his arm until his finger
almost touched her nose and hoarsely
whispered:
would be assassin. behold your
work. You were coming to exult over
my corpse. Make no excuses to me. for
they won't go. Tomorrow. woman. we
separate forever. and ~
He couldn't get but another word.
and as he stood painting and gasping
and g~esturing she went back up stairs,
and the cat demurely followed.
NJ. QUAD.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
THE MlNSTREL's LAST LAY.

An aged negro minstrel once lay dying In Algiers,
Where he'd lived in lonely exile for full many
weary years.;
He had sprung his faded outfit Of conundrums Ger
and DER =.
Till his fierce and outraged countrymen could
stand for him no more.
To the natives gathered round him as Death Crap
pied with him there
He narrated this sad story with Whit breath he
had to spare:
81 was born In old Kentucky, where the meadow
breezes blew.
(There's a gag that is a corker; but, OF course,
| could handle lines from childhood, so they put
me on the stage.
Chat, perhaps, is rather youthful, but a sumner
fort its age.)
l was always late in rising, so ] soon became a
star.
you'll be hardly up to that one, all ~untutored
as you are.)
.My best Jokes were seldom spoken; they were
nearly always bawled.
(Bald with age. I'll whisper to you, II that last
one had you stalled.)
I was called a burnt cork artist, though I didn't
always draw.
(f you tumble next to that one, may l meet my
mother-in-lawD
But l never learned the knack OF getting popular
with folks
Till my father left me all his superannuated jokes.
s.While my brothers and my sisters sacked the old
mans money bags
(see itO l said, Take the baubles, but give me
those ancient gags
Now, when my remaining fires nearly up the
chimney few.
Il will SCOT me (Grab emil Crab 'eml) to retail
to you a few,
And your ohildren's c~hildren's children, II per-
chance some time they may
Tread the boards as negro m~insirels, can make use
OF them some day.
why docs our old Shanghai rooster cross the
road with stately strideY'
Simply just because he wants to get upon the 9TH
or side.
when the late Jay Gould expired and his daugh-
ter Anna wed.
Who, pray. tell US, were the drinks oni' Here's
the answer: on the Dead
1T is said that at Niagara such a fall a man will
get
Reply, you say NiagaraS Why. is that place run
ming yetg'
''Fricnds. I see that ! am dying by your sympa-
thetic glance.
Like the dog, my breath is coming ia abbreviated
pants,
So ! bid you keep these treasures of the wit Of
ether days
And. like chickens. to convert them into market
able LAYS.
Like the man that led the camel. l am going with
the tied
Which last witticisrn choked him. and he winked
one eye and died.
Morning oregonian.
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TOOK 4 SEAT ON TIL Top sTEP.
haul the interior Of the piano. He
treated her with a bland c~ondescenslon
during the dinner hour and had no in
formation TO give. and 1t was not until
the meal was finished that he said:
MRS. Bowser. you may have seen
something in the papers about the dis
pute between Professor Boxly and DR..
Hurley"
II don't remember" she replied.
Probably not. If 1t had been a bit Of
social scandal. you'd have remembered
all about 1t. but as it related to medical
science you didn't think It worth read
ing. The dispute. as I.may inform you,
arose over the cause of malaria. The
doctor asserted that mosquitoes caused
malaria by inoculating human beings.
and the professor contended that the
NEON vss.directly responsible for it."
But how could the moo be respon-
sible? What an absurd ideal"
Don't 60 too fast. my dear woman.
II you had read his articles, you would
not call the idea absurd. Have you
wei noticed a mist rising from the
earth at nightT"
"0f course"
well, that mist is caused by the
MOON even when the o Is not to be
seen. The mist is sometimes quite
dense. At other times you do not per-
ceive It This mist is composed of the
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
She Moti0ued.

She had been carried a block past her
street. and in her Indignation she said
to the conductor:
"Sir. you must have seer me motion
for you to stop"
Sorry. ma'am. but | didn't" he re-
piled.
"Then you are either cross eyed or
nearsighted."
Neither. ma'am. The fact Is | was
mentally figuring to myself the cost Of
your hat. and ] had just got 1t at S25
when ! noticed you waving your um-
brella. 1t isn't one a month that a
lady with a Paris hat takes my car.
and | hope you'll overlook my absent
mindedness."
She not only did SO. but her smile
was bland as she went her way.
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germs Of malaria. There is always
most mist nj a full moon. and conse-
quently the number of cases of malaria
are greater. Dc you follow mel"
mo. ! don't" replied Mrs. Bowser.
81 don't believe the moo is any more
responsible for malaria than my old
shoes. while it is quite likely that mos
Qultoes are."
Good. Good." cbuckled Mr.. Bowser.
II am glad to hear you express a de-
cided opinion. We now rome to the
Interests OF medical science TO prove or
disprove the professors theory"
"W-what are you going to doY"
'Ofer myself as a sacrifice. Tonight
we have a glorious full moon, and there
will be a mist. | will sit In the full orb
OF night aud make a square test. II
malaria follows. then 1t follows that
Professor Boxly is right. III not, then
] will permit myself TO be bitten by
mosquitoes tomorrow night"
but II you have a bad case of mala
ria you may die" protested Mrs. Bow
oer.
Exactly. my dear woman-exactly."
said Mr.. Bowser. with a flourish of his
hand. III | die. however. II will be in
the interests of science and save thou
sands Of others. Some one has got to
sacrifice himself. and why shouldn't it
be meY'
Mrs. Bowser could say nothing fur
SAer. Having made up his mind to sit
iu the moonlight. Mr.. Bowser would sit
there even II the house took fire. He
WAS In no hurry. however. He got down
tie encyclopedia and looked up "Aiaia-
RI" and Mosquitoes" and by 10
O'Clock be felt himself thoroughly post
ed Az Mrs. Bowser was ready to go
mp Stairs she asked:
"Where do you propose to carry out
shis ~experience7"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
HOLMES, JR.
Another One of His Astonishing Do
Inestic Discoveries.

nestic Discoveries.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., clutched his com-
p~anion's arm and In low, distinct tones
said:
"Hist, hist"
"Why?' the other asked, looking
around, mystiied.
There" the great amateur detective
replied, pointing at a middle aged man
who was crossing the street just ahead of
them, zig one whose wife went away
hst night to rest in some nice, cool, quiet
place. leaving him to stay at home and
get his own meals
rs be some friend of yoursY"
II never saw him before. This Is
merely another of my astonishing deduc-
tions."
Holmes, you are q constant source Of
wonder to me. / can't convince myself
that you are not possessed Of occult pow
crs. You must have second sight or
something of that kind. am getting 80
that | almost hate to think when ! am
with you. fearing that you will know
what | am thinking about"
Sherlock gave his shoulders n slight
shrug and continued In n careless way.
as If 1t really didn't amount to much:
"No, l am not supernatural. Honestly,
I wouldn't lie to you about a thing Of
this kind. It's merely my wonderful gift
of deducing. l ought TO have mentioned.
too, that he gets his meals on a gas stove.
Now l will tell you how | know all this.
because i see that you want to find out.
Notice, please. that he twists his mus
tache up at the ends and that he shaves
regularly. A married mar who has TO
get his own meals right along when his
wife Is ut home soon lets his beard grow.
partly to save time and partly because he
gets discouraged and doesn't care TO keep
on looking handsome. So it Is clear that
this man Is his own cook only Temporal
rily."
But how do you know he Is his own
cook. that he uses a gas stove and that
his wife went away last night?"
"Ah. there is where my deduction
comes In. You see. you didn't notice
when he passed us that his eyebrows
were singed of. That tells the whole
story. He turned on the gas and then
looked for a match. A man always does
that when he starts to get his first meal,
but never a~fterward."
This Is wonderful" said the man who
had been listening. Come in and have
a cigar"
While lighting his panatclla at the
swinging gas jet the great amateur de
tectiye got TO thinking Of something else
and singed off the south end of his left
eyebrow. after which he went out &c
look around and make more Deductions
Chicago Record-Herald.
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81 shall sit on the front steps," be re-

81 shall sit on the front steps," he re
piled.
"And how long will 1t takef"
81 can't say about that. Ill give 1t
two hours anyhow. You 60 right % bed
and don't worry about me. 1t win take
the malarial germs a day or two 20 de-
velop. | think I'll take the cat out for
company"
Five minutes later he took a seat on
the top step. with the cat at his left
hand. 1t was a warm and balmy night.
and he was In his shirt sleeves and
ba%reheaded. The cat wasn't up on ma
laria or mosquitoes. and she didn't care
n continental whether the moon was
full or not in sight at all, but she purr-
ed In contentment and kept her eyes
open for flying bugs. Mr.. Bowser
wasn't doing his work In a slipshod
fashion. He had notebook and pencil
with him, and he jotted down notes
for the benefit of Professor Boxly and
mankind in general:
40 o'clock-Just sat down in the full
light OF the MOON"
10:05-Think l observe a slight
mist"
"10:10-Am positive there is a mist"
"10:20-Feel shiyery, and the cat has
shuddered once or twice."
"10:30-Slight GOODNESS up and down
the spine"
"10:40-The cat is looking around in
a strange manner. as IL seeing germs"
I'll o'clock-Cat Is still uneasy. and l
believe I have absorbed the germs of
malaria. If the disease should prove
fatal
That was the end of his notes. Just
her an old woman with n cane and n
basket came along and halted at the
gate. Mr.. Bowser was watching for
mists and gave her no attention until
she opened the gate and entered and
said:
Yes. It's the same man, and now
he's got to make things right"
whats the matter, my good wom-
an?' he asked.
1.-THE matter Is that you passed a lead
nickel Off on a poor wilder. l wan a
good nickel in exchange"
you mean you came here asking for
charity and | gave you a bad coiny
That's 1t, sir. You knew l was a
widder who hadn't bread in the house,
but you worked a game on me-"
81 never didr' exclaimed Mr.. Bowser.
you must be miataken In the house."
Not at all, sir. l remember your
bald head and red face and way Of
speaking. Yes. 1t was you, and now
you must do the right thing or I'll
make trouble"
woman. go on! l know nothing
about 1t. You are either drunk or
crazy"
But she refused to 60 on. On the
contrary. she began talking In such
shrill zones that the neighbors Weakened
and looked out of their windows. Mr..
Bowser forgot the moon, the mists.
mosquitoes and malaria and seized the
woman by the arm and led her to the
gate. She fought back and raised her
voice still higher. and of a sudden two
policemen came running. They saw a
woman in the grasp of a a and that
was sufficient. They seized Mr.. Bowser
on either side and wrenched and JAM
med and jerked him. Then as he tried
to explain they slammed him against
the fence and bundled him around and
poked him In the ribs. and then away
they went dragging him between them.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
MOI The Kind Wanted.

AT last | have discovered why we
haven't sold more of those bathing
SUITS" said the head of the depart.
ment.
"Why Is ifY' asked the proprietor.
IL overheard one OF the saleswomen
emphasizing the fact that they won't
shrink" was the eply.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
Terrible Grind.

She was old and gray and presented a
most pathetic picture. bending wearily
over her wheezy little hand organ.
You must find this very hard, my poor
woman" remarked n kind gentleman as
he dropped some coins into her rusty tin
cup
The dull, tired eyes were raised TO his
for n moment gratefully. and then the old
gray head was bowed again YEARLY over
the little organ.
"Yes." she said softly and in a tone of
profound sadness: Eyes. II Is a terrible
grlnd."-New York Times.
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peilcacie. out of senaon.

Old Moneybags was tired of hearing all
this stuff and nonsense about the poor.
Some one had called his attention TO his
own fat way of living. with delicacies out
Of season on his grooming table and
"Delicacies out of season." he thun-
dered. "What II / do use ice in the sum-
mer time? Don't the poor get to use It In
the winter. when It's fresh? And have
TO put up with the cold storage stuff!
Observation-Disclosures sur.
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Nothing Serious.

Mother-Why. Tommy. you haven't
been fighting. have you? Poor little
Horace has a very black eye.
Tommy-Naw; fight nothin. Horace
was cuttin up too much. and | just
'pacifed" him!-New York World.
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A Natural Conclusion.

Willie Williams had been regarding
Mr.. Jones-Smith In silent speculation
for some minutes during that gentle
mans call upon his elder sister.
mir. Jones-Smith." he finally ven
tured. lis 1t because you ape the Eng
lish. as pa says. that you look SO much
like a monkey Y'-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26
A. You Nay Have Noticed.

LOOK AT the stuff that goes TO waste
in the grocery business" said the
lounger in the store. "and think Of the
small margin on most OF the goods.
Where does the profit come in?"
''The profit" said the impatient man
with the basket on his arm. comes
from having only one clerk to wait on
Sc customers."-Chieago Tribune.
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am a farmer located near Stony Brook, one of the most malanous
districts in this State, and was bothered with malaria for years, at times
so could not work. and was always very constpated as well FOR
years had malaria so bad in the spring, when engaged in blowing.
that could do nothing but shake. must have taken about z barrel
of quInine pills besides dozens of other remedies, but never obtained
any permanent benefit. Last fall, in peach time, had q most serious
attack Of chils and then commenced to take RiPans Iabules, upona
friends advice, and the first box made me all right and have never
been without them since. take one Tabue each morning and night
and sometimes when feel more than usually exhausted take three IN
a day. They have kept my stomach sweet my bowels regular and
have not had the least touch of malaria nor splitting headache since
commenced using them. know also that sleep better and wake up
more refreshed than formerly. don't know how many complaints
Ripans Tabules will help. but do know they will cure any one in the
condition was and would not be without them at any price.
honestly consider them the cheapest-priced medicine in the world, as
am twenty-seven years Of age and have worked hard all my life. the
same as most farmers, both early and late and in all kinds Ct Nv w ea !.
and have never enjoyed such good health as have since last fall; IN
fact. my ~neghbors have all remarked my improved condition and have
said, "Say. John. what are you doing to look 81 healthy 2 "
w II lease oebad health thai RJP ANS win not enent.T hyb snhh gMns p pH1pn NJ
s ssss ssasss s% sSi s "a Id e g s 4; .saa. @' roe ss e: sa e ~ Sss s%S TOE Ts 'I SS ss:Ss Ca
" Spruce st. New York
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Sherlock Holmes, Jr., clutched his com
panion's arm and in low, distinct tones
said.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-09-26

$50 you're an actor, eh? Then why
aren't you working?"
"Well. yer see. I'm Jest maxim a
study of rural life fer me new drama"
New York Journal