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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
LOTION, STOCKS AND GRAIN

All purchases ana sales are made direct on the exchange for which the order is given.
 Correspondents-J. H. Parker & co ~ w. Lee & Co.,. Purnell, Hagaman s ~ - New York; Fairchild & Hobson. Ne,y So' O. leans; Ware & Leland Chicago. Reference-First National Bank of p,- mingham First National Bank of Ronna Ga
 TELEPHONE NO. u6. Special attention given to orders ov.. telephone and orders sent from out of th. sity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

Massey Wilson received $500 more votes for at- torney general in the re- cent primary than any other candidate. Vote for him today and make his majority overwhelming.
 Fine coffee a speciality Venable's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
GOTHRAN & co.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade ,na New Orleans Cotton Exchange
 Rooms and Alabama National Ra.,.
 Building Private leased wires to New York. Ne,. nrieans and Chicago. e"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01

A Polar bear would not havea chance
in stalking seals If it were OF dark
er color. The only black spot about
il is the tip of its nose. The sailors
who first landed ON various unknown
arctic shores ami bays stated that thu
bears used TO take them for seals and
begin to stalk them at considerable
distance. lying down fiat on their
bellies in the attitude in which the
well-known photograph by Mr.. Gam
bier Bolton shows the old Polar bear
at the zoo. an wrigsliag along in that
position until they came to an ice
humnock. when they would get up.
peer over TO see of the seals" were
alarmed. ami wriggle on again. The
sailors added that they could always
see the black nose when the bear
got near. and vowed that the bear
put his Law over his muZzlc to hide
il, The arctic foxes. the blue" hare.
the ptarmigan ryper, and ermine all
undergo the seasonal change to white
by an identical process. The hair ar
feathers. as the case may be, Lose
color and turn pure white by what
may almost be described as an instan-
tancous process. In the foxes AMI
hirds the white comes in patches; blt
the speed OF the color change is re-
markable. There are many stories OF
people whose hair has turned white
from shock in a single night" Juds-
ing by the birds and foxes. these
stories must be true. No one ever
sees the process of fading going on.
The feather or patch of fur which was
brown or smoky gray suddenly whit
ems. Yet no one has actually seen the
color going. The explanation usually
given is that it takes place by night
There seems no halfway" tint be.
tween the white AMI the original col
or-The Spectator.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Life's Worst Telltales.

Many man is wondering why he
does not succeed while his desk. at
which he sits. tells the story of his
life. and shows the limitations of his
capability. The scattered papers. the
unified letters. the disorderly drawers.
the dust in the pigeonhcles. the lay.
ers of newspapers. Of letters of manu-
scripts. of pamphlets. of empty en-
pelopes. Of slips OF paper. are all tell.
tales.
II | were to hire a clerk. would
ask no better recommendation than
would he afforded by tho condition OF
his desk. or table. or roo,n. or work
bench. or counter. or books. We are
all surrounded by telltale5 which are
constantly proclaiming the stories of
our lives. cover them up as we will.
Our manner. our gait. our converse
ton. the glance OF The eye. the car
riage of the body. every garment we
wear. our collars. nec!ties ard cuffs.
are all telling our lifc-stories to the
worll.-O. 5. Marden. in Success.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
NAEcoNrs pEer.
Names OF Workers in Science TO whom
lie Owes Much.

Names of Workers in Science TO whom
He Owes Much.
A. the annual dinner of the Eng;-
neers. where he was guest, Signor Mar
conf, among other things. said:
desire 10 say i'll this presence that
J cave built very greatly on the work
u, my PFC icceSsors. and wish to men
fion MaXwell Lord Kelvin. Prof. Hen
- lrof. i.er,z. Prof. \. G. Bell"
fAis is dow nright disinsenuous. Sig
yer Narconi is not ignorant of the
history ot wireless biography: OF it
h' nsisht say. All of which saw. and
PAT Of which was" The names OF
the men wno. tar more than himself
have made his recent triumph possible.
are known to him, all. Why. then, are
the real workers. 10 whom he is in
deh.ed. passed in silence. and others.
TO whom ne owes litile--in one case
nothiug-set in large view?
The existence of electric waves was
predicted hy Maxwell in 1864. They
were actually discovered by Hertz in
1857 But neither Maxwem nor Hertz
oscillations to transmit signals That
idea came first in view with the dis
covery O: the delicate coherer by Prof
Branly O: Paris. Yet even he failed to
eaten sight OF its tremendous POSSIBLE
little. II vas Prof. Lodge Of Liverpool
who appears TO have been the first
and il was he who rugged mp the little
Taper or decoherer which makes it
easy 10 spell ont words on tape. just
n with an ordinary Morse instrument
Prof. Bose. the Hindu savant. also con-
triOuted his share. Perhaps he was
the first 10 actually send signal. The
form Of the sender or oscillator. which
Signor Marconi uses was devised by
his countryman. Prof. Right. The idea
of tuning two instruments 10 work
in unison. so that they will respond
10 no others. of which Marconi makes
much. is. again. due 10 Prof. Lodge,
who gave il its name 'syntony." Why
are all of these names left out? Is
the young man unwilling to divide his
honors? And what. pray has Prof.
Henry who died before the Hertz
waves were known. to do with the
case? Or Lord Kelvin. who has con-
;ribGted practically nothing 10 the sub
lect" And il Prof Bell is 20 be men
toned. because he invented the tclc-
phone WHY not Morse. who devised the
key which Marconi employs 70 send
his signals ?-Harper's Weekly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
WOMEN IN PULLMAN CARS.
Ore Preferred travelling With Men Al
ter Experience Win Her Own Sex.

When The woman who had just re-
turned TO this city from visit to the
Pacific Coast told her family that
she was the only woman in the Pull
man car on the journey from San
! Francisco TO Denver. they were sorry
Tor her. and offered sympathy in gen
erous quantities.
But ] never enjoyed a trip more
she exclaimed. somewhat to their
amazement 1t was just too lovely
for anything"
II would be frightened To death. ."
said a timid young woman. who had
never been West OF Pittsburg. I'D
have gone into another car. Think
Of riding for two days with nothing
but men about"
The men were lovely. and | had
an experience with carful OF woman
when | went out. said the returned
traveller. Never before did | know
how selfish women could be. You
know that there is only one dressing
room for women in a Pullman car.
but il has two looking glasses. and
there is plenty of room for two women
to fix up ~ time Bu; do you think
the woman who gets the dressing
room first will let another in until she
las entirely finished. and 10 sou think
she will hurry the least little bit be-
cause there are seven other women
waiting outside to make themselves
presentable? II you do. YOU don't
know women. At least you doa't
know the sort who travelled to the
Coast a month ago.
There was one woman. an ugly
old thing. who could have printed all
day without improving herself. VINO
used to get into the dressing room
just about the time the rush started.
She would lock tho door and stay
there for an hour. Other women took
nearly as long and il was IL o'clock
before go; chance TO dress. Tho
porter sympath!zed with me. ard en-
tered into conspiracy to deprive
the ror;ly matron OF her monopoly.
lie fixed the lock. so that the dress
ing room door could not be licked.
lie promised to tell me when she
mad been in the room fifteen minutes.
and in the morning he brought the
word.
Il hurried 10 the dressing room
prepared to weather a gale of frowns
and storm OF shifts for intruding
tried the door. but could not bulge
il.
Use dead certain fixed dat lock.
said the porter. She mus b. ieanln
ON de door
Then he put his shoulder 70 il. and
the door gave way The woman was
too indignant to speak and did not
recover her humor fa~ the rest of
the trip. Don't talk to me about the
unselfishness of women. They don't
know the meaninc OF the w0rd-when
they are riding i'll Pullman - New
York Tribune
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Itary.s Industrial Adv,,.c..

The industries of Italy show a re.
markable advance. This Is largely ow-
Ing TO the development CT electricity
as motive power. | vas lately in
the valley OF The Nerina. says i writ.
er in the Eiinburg Scotsman. where
are the Marmore Falls, formed by the
plunge which the River Velino takes
over precipice. 600 feet high into
the River Nera below Around the
falls manufactures OF all kinds are
springing up. while down the united
streams as far as TERM there are
nothing but huge factories at work
or in process OF construction Ii Is
proposed to light Rome from the Mar.
more Falls, from which il is distant
seventy miles. The production of cot
ton goods has risen in some five years
from 10000. 600 francs G2oOc.00G) to
l00.00o.000 francs (e4.00o.000): while
the expectation OF silk has increased
from 100000 pound weight to nearly
100000. In spite of emigration. the
population of Italy increases by about
half a million g. year. education is
spreading. for it is now free and COM
pulsory. and altogether the conditions
of life in Italy are steadily sWe!iorat-
ing.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
HE LOVED AND LOST.
why His Ideal Married the Man from
-. i.uuis.

.yhy His Ideal Married the Man from
-. i."ui-.
Ad He Loved and Lost
Yes. there Is such . thing as love at
first sight" said the man whose face
betrayed some great sorrow eating at
his heart. Il have. as may tell you,
experienced the feeling and that's
what ails me now II was on Mis-
souri, Pacific train that met an angel.
My heart was palpitating after the first
glance at her. | had been hunting for
my ideal Tor years and years. and there
she was before me. She was all alone.
and of course FASTENED to invent an
excuse 10 introduce myself and become
acquainted. am sure it was mutual
attraction. | don't say that ii | had
asked her 10 marry ne after the first
hour she would have consented right
off the reel. but Yet | realized that
only little patience was needed.
was making my case more and more
solid every minute when a disaster
happened"
Husband or father APPEAR" was
asked.
Not at all The train stopped at a
water tank in 4 lonely locality. My
impression was that il was being held
up by outlaws In attempting TO arise
to secure my revolver fen and rolled
over the floor When | got my gun
it went OF anu wounded n fellow-pas-
senger in the foot: When | rushed
for the platform 10 ,iefeEd the ear |
bumped against brakeman and fell
head irst into mud hole beside the
track. 1t delayed the train seven min
utes 10 get me out. and ii took haif
an hour TO sc:ane the mud on in the
baggage car. by this time the conddc-
tor had called me q f0oi. tie brakeman
an i,.ot. and the passengers had held
a public meeting and
"'Kcsolved. IS there Is aa ass among
us named John quincy Jackson. and
as The aforesaid ass las caused great
excitement ana distress Of mind. etc.
etc
And about tho young lady-the an
gel-your deal2'
oh. nothing. except that she was
the first one 10 suggest the meeting.
ard she drew NJ the resolution with
her own hands losI her. of course.
I lost her II a lop-shoGidered. squint-
eyed man from 81 louis. and shall
never love again not on through
train provided with every luxury de-
manded ny the wealthy and aristocrat-
ic traveller - Detroit Free Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Right of Trial by Rattle"

The Dymoke claim in England 10
the Kings championship reminds one
OF the antiquity of the office. which
was established by the conquero.
after the battle of Hastings. when the
dignity was conferred on Robert de
Marmion. Lord of Fontenay. But the
championship is closely interviewer
with The trial by combat.
Vow many 8ritons are aware that
trial by combat formed an essential
I.art OF BRUSH jurisprudence until the
beginning OF the reign Of George ~.
CT h0w il cnGad? At that time. there
being charge OF murder against 4
certain Abraham Thornton. the gentle
man was advised by his counsel To
claim his right OF trial by battle ;"
Accordingly. when brought before the
court Of iing's bench he flung down
his gage.
A solemn argument was afterwarj
held on the case, when the judges
were unanimous that he was entitled
to wage his battle. The nearest
male relative of the deceased. lad
Of 10. being manifestly unable To meet
Thornton in combat. declined any fur
Their proceedings. The public feeling
was So much outraged that the attcr-
ney general of the day Immediately
introduced a bill for abolishing the
right of peal in all criminal cases.
a bill which, however, did not pass
without opposition.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Shutting Out the Idier..

Wall street is about 10 lose one ut
its sights which was always shown
to visiting strangers by their suidin:.
friends. 1t was 4 view OF the clerks
in the sub-treasury counting gold and
silver coins of all denominations
This interesting performance-they
count with lightning rapidi,y-could
always be watched by our countr-
cousins from the Pine street stoop
of the sub treEsury building.
Here also was favorite ioungins
place for idicrs of the neigh borhood
especially on hot summer days and
during sudden showers. II offered an
excellent shelter for passersby. Here
stood millionaircs. clerks, day labor
ers and messenger boys in truly demo
cratic order ,ill the sky cleared up.
and here many 2 game of craps was
played on United States territory by
tho newsboys ~ the district
All this annoyed the counting clerks.
and so the government has decided to
put stop TO it all by erecting a high
iron balustradc between the pillars
which supper, the roof. This will
keep ont the curious and the idlers
and will prevent further disturbance
of the governments counting machin
ery-New York Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Roosevelt. stor,e. of Iir. in the West.


President Roosevelt never grows
weary OF relating personal experiences
OF the lime when he lived on a ranch
in the Far West Dinners and lunch.
cons al the White House are frequent.
~ enlivened by "reminiscences OF the
strenuous life he led in the cowboy
region. While entertaining a dclega
ton of labor leaders at luncheon
few days ago. the president told sey-
cral stories typical of that part OF the
country.
Il remember on one occasion" sail
he. we were having a cowboy dance
on our ranch The music was fur
nished by Z iidjlr.'. the only one in
that section. During an inteTmission
between wild and hilarious break
down the fiddler went out of doors
and became involved in a quarrel with
4 cowboy. The result was the fiddler
was killed. The most singular feature
OF the incident" al led the president.
with characteristic enthusiasm. was
ehc intense anger the crowd splay Ell
because there was no one to furnish
the music TO keep the dance going.
Not word of sympathy was express.
Cd for the unfortunate fiddler. ari
after much cursinr ana swearing ut
the dead musician the dance hal to
break up"
The president told another story OF
the small value placed upon human
ire in those days. "A freight train
vas passing one Of the ranches in oar
neighborhooi one day" be said.
Three brakcmen were punched %.
gether on top of one of the cars y
group of cowboys. somewhat reckless.
~ inclined. with nothing better to do
were boasting OF their craftsmanship.
One of them said. just watch me plug
that fellow in the middle Up went
his rife. a report rang ont and the
brakeman topried over MORALLY
wounded. New York Herald
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01

How many there ar# who have been
very successful iu 9a rt money. but
whose minds are larren of any
t..irg beautiful as is the hot sand OF
,hc sahara Desert. These people are
always ready 10 invest in land stocks.
or houses. but are never able TO buy
books or collect library.
w know men who started cut as
bright. cheerful boys. with broad. gen.
erous minds, who have become so
welded to money-making. so absorb
ed in their business. that they cannot
find time for anything else. They
never travel or visit their friends.
They consider ii foolish or e>trava.
CANT to go to the opera or a good
play: the daily paper limits the ex-
tent OF their reading; recreation of
any kind is re!egated to a faraway
future. and yet these men are sur
prised. when they retire from business
late in life. 10 find that they have
nothing 80 retire to. that they have
destroyed the capacity tor appreciat-
ing the things they thought they
would enjoy.-Success
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01

There is a boom in embalming in
England A representative inter
viewed a big undertaken on the new
system of ''arterial embalming" of the
dead. He said:
Il have emba aimed 80 cases during
the past l. months and am convinced
that when the general public realizes
the advantages of embalming and that
the modern method is rot "A long AMI
costly operation. but can be accom-.
plished in two hours without disturb
ing the body and without resorting
to the CHASTITY mutilation of bygone
times, the custom Will become as
general in England as it is in every
city and town in America
1t is absurd to expect the sanitary
authorities 20 get any coed results
by the distinction OF sick rooms when
the corpse is allowed 10 remain in the
house during the days between deas,
and burial. Bl; ii cmhalmed all dis
case germs and bacteria are destroyed
and the body presents as perfect an
appearance As one who sleeps. No
matter what contagious disease the de.
ceased suffered from. after embalming
there need be no fear of infection
and friends who Travelled from con
siderable dist ances To attend the last
sad rites OF burial may view the
boGv.-I-ondon Express
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
She Gained papa.s Consent.

y pretty girl announced to papa her
engagement 10 dear Choliy. TIE old
man became very gave AT once
Chol!y had good salary. was 10 all
appearances a nice. steady young man.
but then said papa, let the en-.
gagement be long one. my dear. In
that case you viii have time - find
out each others faults and fa.lings.
and discover serious defects OF char
actor which would make you wretched
for life il you marry"
But. papa. interpnced the sweet
girl Il object TO long engagements
ii ,hey are so apt to b. brokea. don't
vou know" And while the Old man
mediated she rushed off into TIL. par
Tor to tell Cholly it was all right and
resume the yum-yum business.-Louis-
Vile Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
One Bad Eject.

Wireless telegraph may mean
much to science and progress" said
the woman. but it will play havoc
with the delights OF sea voyagins
The chief charm OF ocean going to the
rational human being is the getting
away from eycrything-the peace
passing all understanding that eman-
a;es from the knowledge that no tele-
grams nor telephones nor mails can
interrupt nor perturb you. Wireless
telegraphy will change all that. They
may call it the trump of science over
time and space: and 4 good many
others mourn il as the taking away
OF the LAST retreat from the MOL and
term for what is popularity known as
civilization. Kansas City Journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
WHY INDIANS PAINT.
An Explanation Of the Cu.to--- Given by
u Former Indian Agent

An Explanation Of the Custo.-- Given by
Former Indian Agent.
The question why Indians paint
their faces so hideously has long pul-
zlod people interested in the habits
Of the ahorigines. The other night
the question came up at club in ST.
Paul.
\ former Indian agent said that he
had heard but one legend bearing on
the point.
Il was sitting at campfire one
night. said he. in village OF JAG
arilla ApacheS listening TO the stories
and legends that were being told whcn
| propounded the old question again.
hardly expecting even the expression
OF ignorance that hides so many of ;ha
thoughts OF the Indians
TO my surprise however. re-
ceiyed the answer that | least ex-
pected. An old fellow who had sat ali
the evening listening 10 the stories
without changing his attitude. grun,ed
and Strengthened up as he heard the
question. Proceeding with all due
so!emnity he told the following leg
end
Long ago. when men were weak
and animals were big and strong. 4
chief of the red men who lived III
these mountains went out TO get a
deer. for his people were hungry
After walking all day he saw a
deer. and shot at il; but the arrow
was turned aside and wounded a
mountain lion. which was also after
the deer. When the lion felt the
sting of the arrow he jumped up and
bounded after the man. who ran for
his life
He was almost exhausted. and
when he felt his strength giving way
he fell to tho ground. calling on tho
big hear-who. you know. is the grand
father OF men-to save him.
The big bear heard the call. aal
saw that 10 save the man he had u
act quickly; so ne scratched mis- foo1
and sprinkled his blood over the man
Now you must know that no ami
NAL will eat of the bear or taste of
his blood. So when the lion reached
the man he smclled the blood and
turned away; but as he did SO his
foot scraped the face of the man.
leaving the marks of his claws on the
blood-smeared face.
When the man found that he was
uninjured. he was so thankful Ina.
he left the blood to dry on his face.
and never washed it at all, but lett
it until it peeled OF.
Where the claws OF the lion
scraped it OF. there were marks that
turned brown in the sun. and whore
the blood stayed on il was lighter.
Now all men paint their faces that
way with hood. and scrape it OH in
streaks when they hunt or SO to war.
New York Sun.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
PEARLS or THOUGHT.

He vino Gatters you is your enemy.
-Carian
self-tr'r-t is the essence of beroism
Emerson.
Lying is a certain mark OF coward.
ice.-SGuthey.
We cannot always ohlise. bur we
can always speak obligingly Vol
tsira
H. VINO loses his conscience has
nothing lett worth keeping -Izaak
Walton.
Monuments are the grapplng-irons
that bind one generation Ia another
Joubert
Next to the slanderer We detest the
bearer Of the slander 10 our ears
II. H. Catherwood
The passionate are like men stand.
ing on their heads: they see all things
the wrong way.-Plato.
Misreprcsent nothing. No perma
nent success was ever built upon a
foundation Of fraud Insurance
Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-03-01
Men for General Homework.

In West PhiladeiI hia, the other lay
four men answered an advertisement
calling for man to do general house
work.
OF the four men who made applied.
tiop for the place. one was 4 China.
mai. one 4 colorei man. who had been
porter in club. one Il retired sailor
and the other a widnwer.
The man who advertised would not
tell which Of the men he engaged. but
he was not loath TO express his pre-
ference FOR man to 10 the work
rather than a woman. With his wife
and daughter he had lived in Japan
and in China. where they depend en-
tireiy on men servants. Five years
ago they brought 4 Japanese servant
with them from abroad, but when he
had save,l enough to live in comfort
Mt home he went back.
Women tried in his place did not
give satisfaction to the family. AMI
so advertisement was made for \ ger
eral Homework man