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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Unprotected Grade Crossinus

The railroad and the judiciary com mittees of the board of aldermen do not fully appreciate the dangers to which 50,000 people are daily exposed on the grade crossings of this city. Alderman Copeland's resolution calls for but five watchmen at five cross ings. No gates are called for at any crossing, and at least a dozen grade crossings go unmentioned As a mat ter of fact the railroads already have watchmen at the crossings named in Alderman Copelands resolution, that is to say, at Twentieth street and Powell avenue, First avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Fifth avenue and Twenty-seventh street, First avenue between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, and First avenue between Twenty-seventh and Twenty eighth streets.
 Protection is needed at all grade crossings in the city. Thus far the two committees have ignored many crossings-for example, the Eighth avenue crossing at the Frisco rail- road. Why should not citizen of that locality be protected quite as much as a citizen of First avenue or Second avenue or Fifth avenue or any other avenue? A smash in the populous district about the Eighth avenue cross ing might be as disastrous as those received at any other avenue.
 The situation calls for vigorous treatment, and it is one where as in many other cases half way doings ain't no good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
BALL BEARING JOURNALS
 AS USED ON FREIGHT CARS

From the Nashville Banner.
 One of the journals of the famous ball. bearing freight car. which was the only one ever successfully operated in the world. is in the office of MT. P. B. c. Barnett of this city and is attracting the keenest interest among the railroad fra ternity of the city. The ball-bearing axle, which was operated successfully for the first time in July. promises to revolution ize the railroad business of the entire world, and as soon as the manufacture of them is begun they will be adopted by all the railroads, as they can be in- stalled upon any freight car without q change of trucks, and by the great re- duction of friction will be an economical feature that cannot be overlooked.
 The ball-bearing axle was invented by Howe & Owen, and a company is being organized with a prospective capital of $1.000,O00 to engage in the manufacture of the new equipment Considerable Nash vile capital will be interested in the company, subscriptions to the amount Of SEQ, 900 having been secured.
 The journal on exhibit here travelled 26,O0O miles on an Illinois Central car, which had a capacity of 5000 pounds. It passed from New Orleans to Chicago. and at all important centers it was met
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Wood Burners.

'I see from the papers that the Coast Line has given orders to have their loco motives on certain lines prepared for burning wood" remarked a railroad man yesterday This is. of course, due to the scarcity of coal. It has only been within the past fifteen years that the railroads entirely ceased to burn wood. I remem- Der that most of the southern roads burned wood long after coal had been adopted by the northern roads. and the first coal burners in the south were looked upon as curiosities. It Is all a question of price. The~wood Is really much pleasanter to the traveller, as a wood fire has less smoke and fewer cin- ders. The engines which burn wood had enormous smokestacks. and 1t used to be the custom to paint these a brilliant red. Every engine looked as if 1t had an enor- nous whisky blossom on it's face.
 With the introduction of coal burn CTS the old custom of painting the loco motives in fancy colors disappeared. Coal was so dirty that it was found impossible to keep the paint on the locomotives looking clean, and every part of the ma chinery that was painted at all was paint ed black. The driving wheels and other portions of the engines were painted for merly in various colors, and in the days of wood burners the cars themselves were painted yellow, orange and other bright colors, but the coal burners have done away with all this. Nothing goes now adays except some dingy black or ugly red which will not show dirt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
MOODY BUYS EVENING CLOTHES
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 When William H. Moody secretary of the navy, appeared at the Marquette club banquet Thursday evening he wore new evening clothes secured especially for the occasion. The secretary paid to the club the honor not only of appearing In especially purchased raiment, but in clothing bought right here in Chicago.
 This special preparation for the event was occasioned by the failure of the rail- road company over whose lines Secretary Moody came to Chicago to deliver his trunks, and when he arrived in Chicago Thursday afternoon he was sans every thing but the business suit and linen he wore
 T can't make a post prandial speech in gray suit and tan shoes" said the sec- retary when informed of the failure of his baggage to arrive.
 Your speech wasn't in one of the trunks, was it? asked a member of the reception committee anxiously.
 NO, my speech is in the air as yet,r replied the head of the navy department. I'm out nothing but my evening clothes, and they can be substituted"
 Then Mir. Moodys secretary, Fred L.. Fishbeck, was directed to remedy the loss. Within short time a representative of a clothing house was called in, and when the banquet opened the secretary of the navy was on hand arrayed in conven- tional evening garb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
FURIOUS ALABAMA REPUBLICANS

From the Washington Times.
 President Roosevelt has precIpitated a rumpus in his party in Alabama by ap- pointing Thomas Roulhac to succeed the unlucky w. R. Vaughan as United States district attorney. Vaughan fell victim to the Presidents rage against offensive partisanism and pernicious activity. When he was put out of office most of the Alabama republican leaders-they are all leaders down there, so few they are made haste to declare his decapitation righteous, because offensive partisansm and pernicious activity are crimes. if the President says so. But when Roulhac was chosen indignation burst forth, and it is increasing. Roulhac Is a democrat, though he voted for Mckinley in lSs6 and it is charged that his appointment was made with the distinct purpose of rebuking the Alabama republicans for their past misdeeds and their present methods. They deny tlG right of the President of rebuke them and VOW they will prevent his nomination. They say they will start the balloting against the President. MT. Roosevelt has been made aware of all these threats, but at last accounts he was more worried over the ccal strike and his sore leg than threats | from Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Judges Wine.


 Many people claim to be judges of wine,e remarked an old citizen yester- day: '1n fact they resent any impliea= tion that they cannot tell a good wine from a bad wine.
 "Apropos of this. I recall an incident which happened here some time ago. The proprietor of a wine shop which he had bought from a former dealer lock. stock and barrel, discovered one day a barrel of sherry which was not on the inven- tory and which proved to be a sherry of fine quality. He searched the in- voices but could not find any trace as to where it came from. He wanted to order more but no one knew anything as to it's origin.
 He, of course. intended to sell 1t and he had the sherry bottled. He put three kinds of labels on the bottles. all of the wine in them being the same. On one bottle he marked the price as s4, another 8 and another g. He sent samples of each to various prominent citizens in town explaining that he had some fine varieties of sherry and asking their opinion as to which was the best. In nearly every case the most wealthy of the citizens said that the highest priced wine was the best and the g quality de- cidedly inferior, and they ordered some of the s4 brand. Those who were not quite so wealthy expressed their choice for the ss kind and ordered some of that. while the ones who could not pay over g said that was by far the best wine of the lott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
REAL DlscovERER OF GOAL GAS

From Chambers Journal.
 he discovery Of coal gas, which for nNlrly century has been our principal source of artificial Illumination, has gen. eraily been credited to the Scotsman Mur- doeh, then at Redruth, in Cornwall, In l792. But according to recent researches it would seem that there Is a prior claim to the discovery of Professor Minckelers of Limburg, Holland. who anticipated Murdoch in the preparation of carburetted hydrogen-to give our household gas it's right name-by nine years. According to the story now put forward by the Jour nal of Gas Lighting. Professor Minckel- CTS was experimenting as early as 17ss with view to finding a cheaper gas than hydrogen for irhating balloons, and by heating coal dust in a gun-barrel he pro-, duced the now familiar gas and lighted his lecture room at Louvain with it for some years It is now proposed to erect, by public subscription. a monument in honor of MinclSelers at his birthplace It may be added that he was appointed pre- lessor of natural philosophy at the Uni yersity of Louvain when only 23 years of age, and that he published there In 17S4 a memoir dealing with the production of coal gas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Denmark's Three Islands.

Way back in 1868 when Andy John son was President the need of naval bases in the West Indies was deeply felt, and a treaty was negotiated in which we bound ourselves to pay Den mark s25,00O,O00 for the islands of St. Johns and St. Thomas alone. Santa Cruz was not included in the treaty. This great price was to be paid be- cause St. Thomas has a valuable har- bor which could become an important coaling station. Denmark ratified this treaty, but Senator Sumner opposed it's ratification by this country, and nothing came of 1t.
 General Grant later on tried to se- cure a base in the West Indies, but his effort, too, failed, and no foothold was ever secured there until the war with Spain burst upon us as the re- suit of the destruction of the Maine in Havana harbor. We now hold Porto Rico, and have treaty rights in Cuba, to say nothing about the Isle of Pines The building of the isthmian canal renders the possession of islands in and around the Caribbean sea desir- able, but, on account of what we have, not imperative.
 The price of islands have therefore fallen. In the pending treaty with Denmark, we are to take all three of the islands at s5,OOO,0O0, and it is be- lieved the landsthing will ratify the treaty, and that the senate will do likewise. The islanders desire annex ation to this country, although it is provided in the treaty that their civil and political rights shall be deter mined by congress. This means that they will be thrown into the Porto Rican class, being simply colonists or subjects, and the supreme court has agreed by a vote of five to four to tolerate this innovation upon ancient American principles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
BulIdlnqs Here and in Mobile.
H"99 ''O'V uHU VI "'UUIEC' The Mobile Item is moved to spea
as follows:


 as follows:
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has taken fright at the growing unpopularity. in New York and Chicago, of the sky scraper." We advise the All. to keep its linen in position. The sKy-scrapers referred to in those cities go to over shadowing heights. The ten and twelve story shanty doesn't enter that class.
 The ten-story or twelye-story build ing comes nearer that class than the two-story or scant three-story structure of Mobile. The difference is consider able. The one is a grounding, while the other does reach slyward.
 Birmingham's third skyscraper will soon be begun, and 1t will no doubt be twelve-story structure on a large lot It will shelter from 200 to 300 offices. But it is not with it's size that we have to do, so much as with the nature of it's construction. These high buildings in Birmingham are the only modern up-to-date buildings in Ala bama-the only ones that consist of steel frames, brick walls, with fire proof floors, ceilings and partitions. They are noteworthy in the respect of fire. They may not be absolutely fire proof; nc building perhaps is; but they would in conhagration burn slower than any other class of build ings.
 The Item is invited to come up, as many other good people have done and are doing, and see our skyscrap- CTS. The view from the top is free to all. and is one of the finest views to be found in Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Retail Trade Good.

"The retail merchants are busy, not withstanding four thousand mine work CTS in the Birmingham district are on a strike" said Second avenue man yes- terday.
 September was a good month with all tle retail men and October promises to be even better month. If all the wage earners were at work we would have a record breaking fall trade. As it is, we have no right to complain.
 Birmingham Is a great shopping cen ter-the best shopping town between Louisville and New Orleans. People come here from every section of Alabama and from the southern part of Tennessee. the western part of Georgia and the eastern part of Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
NEGROES DO NOT MIGRATE.

From the New York Sun.
 There were 6,5OO,OO0 colored persons in the United States in 1SS0 100000 in 1890. and S,SO00 in 1900. A general movement" of colored inhabitants from one state to another or from one section of the ooun- try to another, due to economic. political or hygenic reasons, has been declared to be in progress at intervals of two or three years, since the close of the civil war.
 But the figures of each succeeding cen sus prove that the colored population of the United States is by no means mil gratory; it changes little by year ex- cept as the result of the ordinary increase in population. Various ambitious projects of leaders to 'colonize'' certain states have failed entirely In Kansas, for in- stance. there are only 5000 more colored inhabitants than there were twenty years ago, though Kansas has long been the mecca of many colored colonizers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Southern Railway Decorations.

At the thirty-sixth annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held at Washington last week, the Southern Railway management received a notice from the chairman of the committee on decorations that the committee appoint ed to award prizes for the best three dec- orated buildings in Washington on this oc- casion decided that the Southern was en- titled to the first prize. The committee congratulated the company on the decor ations and thanked it for the part it took in making the capital city so attractive to the large number of visitors. The magnificent appearance of the general of flee building of the Southern railway on Pennsylvania avenue was commented on by thousands.
 The decorations were exclusively of nu- merous large national flags and the ef- feet was most dignifed and pleasing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

flor so stanch a republican-that the coal operators in resenting the Presidents 8 effort to settle the strike:
 Felt secure In their independence as a result of the duty of 67 cents per ton on anthracite coal which had been covertiy and in a cowardly manner smuggled into the Dingley bill-
 And which he said should be repealed at the next session of congress. secre- tary Moody is squarely on The Worlds ground in this matter. So he Is on the proposition for government seizure and ownership of the mines. Congress has not the power, he says to take the mines. and if it had he flor one would oppose it.p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Some Good Men.

'I hope President -Roosevelt will ap- point on the strike commission either Grover Cleveland or Richard Olney as the proinent citizen, and Professor Rich etts of Columbia university of New York as the mining engineer" said coal op- orator last night.
 Everybody would endorse the appoint ment of MT. Cleveland, except. perhaps, Editor Watterson, and all geologists and coal men know Professor Richetts by reputation. Richetts is not only one of the greatest of the theoretical miners but he is a very practical man as well. I have seen him in his overhalls dig ging coal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
SUCCESS.

By John Trotwood Moore. Iris the coward who quits to misfortune
 Iris the knave who changes each day, Iris the fool who wins half the battle, | Then throws all his chances away. There is little in life but labor,
 And tomorrow may find that a dream; Success is the bride of Endeavor,
 And luck-but a meteor's gleam. The time to succeed Is when others,
 Discouraged, show traces of tire: The battle is fought in the lfomestretch-
 And won-'twixt the flag and the wirei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
EYE STRAIN HEADACHES.

fTOIn lnt IOulA D OOHApeitiAOiis
 Reference has been made here more than once to the headaches which re- suit from eye strain-either overwork with practically normal eyes or any work with imperfect eyes; but so much suffer ing results from the neglect or ignorance of this fact that no apology is needed for frequent return to the subject.
 The causes of headaches are legion bad stomach, nasal disease, uric acid diathesis" and other things-but it is not an exaggeration to say that eye strain is more frequently the fault than all the other causes combined, yet 1t is perhaps the most frequently overlooked. not only by the sufferers themselves, but by their medical advisers. Many and many a per- son who had been a martyr for years to periodical sick headaches had consuiteo physician after physician, and had oieteo' taken "headache cures" and done every thing but the right thing, has finally had h,s ayes tested and fitted with proper classes. and then found the headaches disappear as by miracle.
 Usually these sufferers are people who use their eyes a good deal-they are stu dents. seamstresses. watchmakers. book lxeeners. library workers or merely great readers, or women given to fine embroid- cry or lace work.
 The eve strain headache Is of no special tyne. and perhaps this is why it is so often unrecognized. 1t may be only an !, occasional dull pain in the forehead or temples, it may be a general racking headache which the slightest noise or a bright light makes unbearable. It may be constant 1t may be irregular. or it may recur with the regularity of ma- larial attack Sometimes the pain is worse at night; sometimes the patient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When a woman doesn't lace it's sign she doesn't have to.
 A woman's grace is what the Lord makes 1t; her shape what she herself makes 1t.
 The easiest mark on earth for anybody is the idiot who thinks he understands woman.
 In dealing with women the wise man will back pearl necklace against all the logic of the ages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

wakes with headache which disappears after cup of coffee. The only charac- teristic of eye strain headache is that it is persistent, and does not yield, at least, permanently, to any course of dieting. medication or hygienic living. The only effective treatment is removal of the strain by correction of any imperfection in the eyes. and by a reform of bad eye habits, such as reading very fine print or reading in a poor light on a railroad train.
 But a word of caution is most necessary here. The glasses must be fitted by skilled oculist after a careful examina- tion of the eyes. for badly fitted glasses will only make matters worse, and by leading the patient to think that the eyes are not in fault. cut off all hope of cure by competent oculist. aerstsst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Immune.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They've got a lot of typhoid fever in Washington
 What causes it?"
 "The Potomac river drinking water.'' Drinking water? I s'pose that's the reason the congressman never get it." From the Philadelphia Record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
No More English Coal.

London, October 14.-The largest firm in the Liverpool coal trade has received a cable dispatch from New York, sent last night, saying that no further offers could be made for Eng fish coal. Four steamers were char tered yesterday to take coal to Boston from the Tyne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
JUDGE FEAeIN MEANS BUSINESS

From the Gadsden Journal.
 The Birmingham judges now me all parties convicted of carrying concealed weapon sl0O and sentence them to 1sO days Imprisonment besides Don't mis- understand-s10O and 1s0 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
NATURALLY.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 It is said that the two New Workers who represent Rhode Island in the United States senate will soon pay a visit .c that state. The people of Rhode Island are naturally very curious to see what their senators look like.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

and inspected by railroad presidents and officials in large numbers, who were quick to realize the advantages and were eager to investigate the car in actual use
 1t carried several loads. One was of pig iron, another of coffee and third of steel bolsters, and showed no weak ness under the strain. The maximum weight on the balls was 12O,000 pounds, the loads ranging from 74,600 to Ss,0OO pounds. and the car making up the re- mainder
 The test was made by Professor Kerr of the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago, and he estimates that the de- vice will reduce the friction of all rail- road bearings 50 per cent Professor Kerr estimates that the frictional resist ance in the bearings is less than 95-100 of per cent, and when it is considered that the brass bearings have a resistance of from 15 to 20 per cent, the immense saving Is at once apparent
 The ball bearings have many advant- ages, especially on roads where the curves are sharp, as they practically eliminate the added resistance of the bearings in turning. and the universal adoption of the device is thought to be the matter of only few years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Chawfa Mana Vajiravudh, Grown Prince of Siam, is in this country, and he is said to be looking for a wife. He needs several hundred wives for that matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Steel Prices Reduced.

Berlin, October 1.-The rolled steel sym dicate today reduced prices in Germany by SIPS ton. probably as a concession to public opinion. as there has been much agitation recently over the high domestic and low export prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
About Persons.

s. P Kennedy of Anniston is at the Morris.
 w. E. Reed of Russellville is registered at the Morris.
 J. B. Stuart of Atlanta is at the Metro politan.
 P. s. Hay of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 Harvey E. Jones of Mobile is at the Metropolitan.
 D. M. Hill of Lexington. Kyo is at the e Morris.
 T. J. Garner of Anniston is at the Met ropoltan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15
Coal Strikers cross Frontier.

Mons Belgium. October H.-A band of French coal strikers yesterday crossed the Belgian frontier at Quievra and defied the authorities. who ordered them to re- turn. The strii0.s refused to disperse until forced to5Z 20 so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

How could the wastage of Missouri mules have been in South Africa 120 Der cent? Any one who knows the American mule knows better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Russell Sage is now convinced that he cannot carry his s70,000,000 when he crosses the Styx. He will not have even a penny for Ferryman Charon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Secretary Moody spoke well in bor- rowed evening clothes. This was in Chicago. His speech was not, how ever, second-handed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Queen Alexandra is trying to re- habilitate the word lady" She is trying to reinstate it in the English language.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

Denmark is $945,000 in the hole, and is anxious to close out her job lot O, islands in the West Indies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-15

The Crown Prince of Siam should study the Duke Boris methods, and carefully avoid every one of them.