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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
COUNTY TEACHERS
WANT PAY BY MONTH
Agitation Started to Have Legislature
Pass Bill to Relieve
Them.

A movement is on foot to have a bill
passed at the next meeting of the leg
islature to provide for the monthly pay
ment of teachers of the county public
schools. Under the present law they are
paid quarterly, while teachers of the
public schools in the cities are paid
monthly.
The teachers in the county schools see
no reason why they should not be paid
monthly also, and their friends through
out the state including many public men
of influence are taking up the matter
and it is probable that the legislature
will pass the desired bill.
DR.. ]. H. Phillips superintendent of the
public schools of Birmingham favors the
proposed change, as does Prof. w. II.
Bowen of the East Lake public schools.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
TON OF STOLEN BRASS.
Two Negro Thieves Are Caught Red
Handed by Police.

Early yesterday morning Policemen
Cole and Shirley arrested Henry Skies
and Jack alias yellow on a charge
of stealing brass from the Sloss furnaces.
The negroes were caught red handed,
having over a ton of stolen brass at
their house when arrested.
The two policemen located the brass
Monday and were looking for the thieves
several days. but were unable to catch
them. Monday night they went to the
house where the brass is kept and wait
ed for the negroes to return, which they
did early in the morning. after having
been out on another raid. The house is
on Third avenue between Twenty sixth
and Twenty-seventh streets
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
TO SPEAK MARCH 8.
Mr.. Osborne Howes of Boston to Ad.
dress Commercial Club.

Secretary Gibson received a telegram
yesterday from Mr.. Osborne Howes of
the reciprocity commit tee of the Boston
Commercial Club, asking what hour it
would be convenient for the members of
the club to hear him speak on March
g. Mr.. Gibson replied that o'clock would
be best suited, and the members of the
club and citizens will be notified of the
time. The address will be made in the
auditorium of the Commercial Club rooms
in the First National Bank building.
Mr.. Howes was invited to address the
club at the last meeting on the ultimate
union of Canada and the United States,
or the Englsh-speaking people of Amer
lea He will endeavor to show how the
present racial and trade relations will
necesstate such a union.
Minister WI and Col. A. X. Mcclure,
who were also invited to address the club,
have not been heard from.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
PLAN MEMORIAL WINDOW.
Elks Desire to Honor the Late Rev.
Owen p. Fitzsimons.

Birmingham Lodge No 70, Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, at its meeting
last night, appointed a committee to con-
fer with the new rector of st. Mary s.
Highlands with a view of plac-
ing a stained glass window In the church
as a memorial to the late Owen p. Fitz-
simons, who was both rector and Elk.
st. Mary's has already many elegant
stained windows and if the proposition
of the Elks is accepted this church will
probably take the lead in the way of
ecclesiastical art
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Broken Axle Causes Derailment of Ten
Cars.

A special dispatch to The Age-Herald
from Admission says a broken axle on a
west bound freight from Atlanta on the
Southern railroad ditched ten cars last
night about o'clock about one mile
west of Iron City. A wrecking crew was
sent from Atlanta and the road will be
blocked until sometime today. An I'M
known negro tramp was killed.
No information regarding the wreck
could be obtained in Birmingham, the
railroad officials stating they knew moth
ing about it. The Atlanta train, was how
ever, late on account of bad connec-
tions with the trains from the east
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
SAYS THEY WILL BE WATCHED.
Mayor Drennen Thinks Temporary
Prison All Right for 80 Days.

Mayor Bremen says that in spite of the
present temporary quarters for the citys
prisoners being a wooden building, he
does not believe any of them will escape.
II was there yesterday morning" said
the mayor, land there were but two
prisoners there at the time About twelve
or fifteen of them had, however, been
taken over t. Judge Feagns court. They
could escape from the building if they
were not watched, but We have a watch
man night and day and with the electric
lights burning at night there is little
chance of any of them getting out.
This prison is quite comfortable and
from sanitary standpoint is far superior
to the old city prison. There are three
stoves in the building, one in the wardens
office and one each in the white and
colored divisions of the prison. The pris-
oners are only to be kept there about
80 days.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
WANT ASPHALT PAVING.
TWenty-first Street Property Owners
Circulating a Petition.

A petition is being circulated among
the property owners of Twenty-first
street asking that asphalt be laid on
this street between Third and Fourth
avenues. The petition is being generally
signed
The Southern Paving and Construction
Company have the contract of paving
Twenty-first street between First and
Eighth avenues with vitified brick, but
they are willing to modify it so as to
lay asphalt If desired.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
Senate Combinations.

Washington, February 1s-The follow
ing combinations have been made by the
Senate: Postmasters: Tennessee, w. L.
Trent, Knoxville. North Carolina. Tyre
Glenn, Greensboro: H. ]. Ramsay, Sails
bury; j. f. Wray, Reidsville; ]. w. c.
Long. Statesville; z. l.. Ware, Kings
Mountain.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
FAIL TO AGREE.
North Birmingham Still Divided On
Question of Incorporation.

No agreement was reached last night
at the mass meeting of citizens of North
Birmingham in regard to Incorporating
only one town instead of having two.
Opinion was so divided that an agree
ment was impossible, so the meeting ad-
iourned until February 25.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19

Florence Hotel Arrvals-J. D. Patter-
son, Atlanta; w V. Davis and wife.
Goodwater, Ala; NJ. j. Sprungard, Gin
cinnati; r. s. Lewis. Kansas City; e. N.
Cottingham. Blocton; L. d. Hines and
family, Tupelo. Miss; Mrs Dewberry and
daughter, Chicago; Cleve Kingsbery, At
lanta: j. III. Lammon. Huntsville; r. S.
Wright, Meridian, Miss, j. l.. Logan,
Blocton Ala; w. e. Cutliff, Baltimore;
VIM. T. Derme. Fayetteville. Ala. r. G.
Wood, Union Springs; ]. III. Medium,
Charlotte N. c.; George G. Thompson,
Nashville: Ben Huffman, Chicago, ILL.,.
B. B. Holman, Selma: r. r. Howard. Mo-
bile; Samuel Sherro, Evansville;' d. A.
DeHart, Greenville; c. r. Bonnie. Nash
vile; ]. M. DePew. Chicago; p. c. Pal
mer, Cincinnati; J. d. Framwell. Pales-
tine, Tex; C. B.. Smith and wife. Win
chester; T. j. Mathews, Galveston; o. ].
Oden. Fort Worth, Tex; I. M. Johnson
Alexander City: A. L. Clark, Richmond
C. B. Thomas, Chattanooga A. w. Clos
ter. Gallotin. Tenn; G. f. Cramton and
wife. Atlanta; L. G.. woodson. Detroit
W. S. House, RussellvilIe; w. Il. Carlisle.
Opelika w. r. Morris, East Liverpool,
S. e. Seay. Kansas City; Walter Hoff-
man, New York. p. II. Glenn, Alabama
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following deeds have been placed
on record.
N. Webb ct al. to L. Gelvers lots /,
and 8, block q South Highlands, $34O0.
b. j. Saunders to M. Reed, lots 3 to IS
inclusive, block C, West Birmingham,
$1525.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
Commissioner Poole to Attend.

Mayor Drennen has received a letter
from r. r. Poole, commissioner of ag-
riculture stating, that he will be in Bir-
mingham to attend a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Alabama State
Fair Association which will meet in the
Commercial Clubs rooms at 1880 O'Clock
Thursday morning.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19

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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19

Mr.. Thomas Rensford who has been
very i'll since Thursday with pneumonia
and gastritis is slowly recovering at his
home on the South Highlands.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19

Mrs. w. X. Cornish entertained the Ep-
worth League of the Simpson M. E.
church Monday evening at her home on
the South Highlands
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
PERSONAL

II. C. Miller of the City Court who has
been quite i'll with rheumatism is much
better.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
Yell for Da COstas.

For quick and good repairs
on any kind of machinery,
phone 2lO. John D. Lykes.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19

old 4-Father Rye Is a swallow
smooth and SLY.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
ge 80.
BEN NJ. JACOBS,
Station Agent, u. s. Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Alabama.
Washington, February Embarrassing
cloudiness with rising temperature and
probably rain Wednesday; Thursday fair
and colder; fresh southwest wind.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-02-19
THE WEATHER.

Birmingham, February Is, 1902.
Local observations during the "a hours
ending D. m, Central time:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-24
Sabed Sixty Lilies and Lilies in Poberty

borrowed boat, with crew of three men,
you attempted to make your way out
through the stormy water to the rescue
of the imperiled men. At the first effort
: our boat was capsized in the breakers
Trying again, you reached the schooner
and returned with two Of it's crew. At the
third endeavor your boat was swamped,
and when freed of water again reached
the vessel and took off two men.
ION the fourth passage the sea threw
you and your crew out of the boat; one
man swan ashore; another got a line
thrown from the vessel and was taken on
board; you and the remaining man sue
ceeded in getting in the boat, bringing it
alongside the wreck and taking off the
last two of the crew and the man who
had been taken aboard. Thus six men
were saved from imminent destruction. In
the last trip you were serevely hurt when
thrown from the boat and each effort at
rescue was made at the hazard Of your
life.
THE recital of such deeds is their suf-
f1cient eulogy. But in sending you this
medal, the token of the public honor due
to heroiSm such as yours, it is fitting that
L should at least remark that you add in
your own person another to the splendid
list of keepers in the life saving service
whose heroic energy has been expressed in
individual feats of rescue and who have
thus conferred luster upon the establish.
ment. l have the honor to be, very re-
spectfuliy, JOHN SHERMAN,
Secretary"
Capt. Napier has not kept list of the
rescueS in which he has been instrumental
in saving human life.
II never put them down on paper"
said Capt. Napier, ''for when I savId @
life it was just an incident to the business
of a sailor. guess 1 must have helped
at least sixty out of the water. 1t might
be more and it might be less. 1t doesn't
make much difference now, for / am
through with it all.'
did you have any particular desire to
gain prominence as a life sayer?'' the CAP
tain was asked.
20, no; I just happened to have the
chance I was lucky, 1 suppose. Other
men would have done the same things
have done if the chance had been pre-
Sc nted."
Pressed to relate some of his experiences
as a life saver, Capt. Napier excused him
self on account of his failing memory. He
remembered the chief incidents of his ca
reer, but could not recall the details.
"The medal given me by the citizens
Of Buffalo, he said, was for saving the
crew Of the brig Banner in 1849 The
ship was trying TO enter the harbor bu.
missed the entrance and struck on the
rocks above the rapids The current was
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provision under the law by which pensions
may be granted to members of the United
States life saving service, and the only
chance open for the veteran life saver is
a special act Of congress.
Friends Of Capt. Napier have tried sew
eral times to secure him pension, but
the red tape which blinds the actions Of
congress has always prevented.
Capt Napier lives in a big, rambling,
tWo-Story frame residence on the south
edge of ST. Joseph Since the death of his
wife fourteen years ago he has been the
sole occupant of the house, two or three
rooms on the ground floor meeting his
simple needs. The spacious yard is grown
up with weeds, and a general air of neg
lect prevails around the mouse. In the
rear is a barn, in which the captain keeps
an aged horse and a wabbly buggy. Once
or twice week he ventures to the bust
ness district of the town in his buggy, his
physical infimity preventing him from
walking the distance.
One would expect to detect at least
trace of vanity in such man as Capt.
Napier when he is recounting his exploits,
but his modesty is always uppermost. Yet
the simple narrative of his daring per-
Torrance off the harbor Of St. Joseph on
Oct. 10, 1877, awakens admiration. 1t was
this exploit which prompted action by con-
gress and which called forth a letter of
praise from Secretary John Sherman,
When asked to tell the story of this res
cue Capt. Napier produced this letter and,
pointing to it, said that it told the story
better than he could give it. The letter
reads as follows:
Treasury Department, May g. 1S7S.--
Capt. Joseph A. Napier, keeper life saw
ing station No. 6, district No. 10.-Sir:
have the honor to transmit herewith life
saving medal of the first-cIass, which has
been awarded you under the authority Of
the act of congress, approved June 20, 1874,
in recognition of your services in rescuing
from drowning, at the peril Of your life,
the crew Of the schooner D. g. Williams,
near the harbor on Oct. 10. 1877.
1.-TWO other exploits, only less signal in
gallant humanity, appear by the evidence
in your case, submitted to the department,
to have been performed by you prior to
the passage of the act authorizing the
award Of medals for such deeds-one the
rescue of the crew of the steamer Mer-
chant in 1854; the deliverance of two men
from capsized boat in 1859. Your services
at the wreck of the schooner d. G. Will
lisms, the date of which allows its recog-
milton by a medal, was even more extra
ordinary.
1.-The vessel lay in an October gale
stranded on the outer bar of the harbor
of st. Joseph, the sea flying over it and
It's crew up in the rigging for safety. In a
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membrane is Gust right for their propa-
cation and workings.
Summer colds are acquired in a number
Of ways, cooling off, being the moss
common. Through a long sultry August
day people swelter and perspire in stuffy
downtown offices. Then they go home in
the evening and seat themselves on q
damp lawn, or sleep all night in front Of
an electric fan, and wake up the next
morning with a well-developed cold. And
yet they wonder how they Caught it.
Hay fever is another common disease,
and an annual visitor that never fails to
make its appearance about this time Of
the year to those who are troubled with
the affection. Hay fever. however, is not
as common as one might be led to think.
as many persons who think they have
this disease are only bothered for .
time with cold Of the ordinary summer
brand.
Hay fever is a chronic disease. Many
people have been known to have the "hay
fever" because 1T necessitates trip to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-24

swift and heavy gale was blowing. I
was captain Of the brig Northampton
then, and taking four of my men we went
out to the vessel. 1t was hard job,
but after two trips we saved the eight
men of the crew.
II think it was the wreck Of the
steamer Griffin in the straits of MackinaW
that came next. 1t went ashore in a gale
and was pounding to pieces with thirty
passengers on board when I took four II
Lly crew and went out to it. I was cap
tain of the schooner Woodbridge at the
time, and there was no life saving station.
We worked five or six hours before the
last passenger had been brought to tn"
shore. The citizens of Cleveland gave me
a gold medal.
'"The third medal I received was from
the crew of the schooner J. Y. Scammon,
which went ashore just north of South
Chicago in 1851 l was harbor master or
Chicago then, and upon learning Of tile
wreck I took a lifeboat off the steamer
Illinois, put it on a dray and hauled it
to the scene of the wreck. It was an
awful nasty job, for the snow was falling
and the air was chilling. We got ten out
of twelve men off the wreck after working
nearly six hours.
Several years later cannot recall the
date, was lying at anchor, wind bound,
near the mouth of the st. Clair river
when little schooner went ashore with
crew of four men. They gave me sill
yer medal
The watch given me by the citizens
of Chicago was for saving the remaining
members of the crew of the schooner Msr-
chant on April 81, 1854. when it went
ashore the outer bar of the Chicago
harbor and went to pieces. I took three
of my crew from the schooner ottawa,
and borrowed a lifeboat from steamer,
and after long struggle we saved three
men. Seven other men were lost during
the storm, some of them members of the
crew OF the wrecked vessel and others
were captains of vessels who Joined IN
trying TO rescue the men. We had to
make three trips to save the three men.
II think the narrowest escape I ever
lad was in 1853. when / jumped into the
Chicago river to save a man who had
fallen into the water at night I had $500
in specie in my pockets, and the load
nearly pulled me down to the bottom. But
I got out with the man somehow"
Capt. Napier, began sailing the lakes
when small boy, and was captain of a
vessel before he reached his majority. His
birthplace was Ashtabula.- O., and the
family contributed three boys to the ranks
of the sailors on the lakes. One of his
brothers. N. w. Napier, was CAPTAIN Of
the Alpena, which went down with all on
board on Oct Is. 1880
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IRENE. and many times terminates
fatally.
The acidity of under-ripe fruits or vege-
tables causes the same state Of affairs, al
though a person with a strong constitu-
ton and perfectly healthy stomach may
be able to pull through without feeling
the effects OF his indiscretion to airy great
degree. Wilted lettuce is one Of the most
dangerous vegetables that can be eaten
Phe fragments of the leaves are quite
likely to cling to the intestines of the
eater, causing the most excruciating pain.
The small boy is one of the greatest Of
sufferers during the month Of August. It
is very common sight to see him bare
footed, and with three or four toes band
aged up, nail or some similar wounds no
doubt, and giving every opportunity for
him to become victim of the deadly te-
tanus or 1ockjaw. That there are not
more cases of this fatal disease is to be
wondered at, when it is known what
chances the barefooted boy takes.
During the month of August the bac-
terra Of tetanus are very active, and are
lying around loose everywhere. By all
the laws of chance 5 per cent. of all the
youngsters who throw aside shoes and
stockings should become victims of the
disease. The barefooted boy wades
through the bacteria of tetanuS up to his
knees, giving the germs every chance to
enter his blood through the sores,
scratches or fresh cuts that are always to
be found on the exposed legs of the bare
footed youngsters.
The small boy runs a big chance when
1t comes to watermelon, and even the
adult has often to contend with the pains
that may be caused by the luscious fruit.
,Watermelons have the faculty Of tasting
the best on hot day, even when they are
not lipe Once the eyes Of the small boy
are attracted by the cool looking green
and the thoughts of the rich, red heart
inside. collie or any other disease will not
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SUMNER COLDS
SLEEPING OW me ZHN</H

the cool northern lakes, and assures Il
pleasant vacation. Others have plain,
ordinary, everyday summer cold, which
they may call hay fever because 1t
Sounds more like an aff1iction, and polite
people are supposed to commiserate those
troubled with the pseudo ailment.
The numerous summer picnics are an
other source of disc ase. Sunday-scho1l
picnics, which are very frequent during
the month of August, have been known
to be very productive Of ptomaine poison
ing This is caused for the most part by
eating ice cream, as well as canned goods.
No picnic party is ever complete with
out a large quantity of ice cream in the
commissary department, and to save time
and trouble canned goods of all kinds
form large part Of the good things.
Perhaps the NEST prolific source of dis
ease in August is the eating Of fruit and
vegetables At this time Of the year
everybody eats more or less vegetables
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denies during the month of August from
various causes
Many diseases, such as diphtheria. con-
sumption and others that terminate ia
tally, date their incipiency from the
month of August. 1t is the month of the
long trailing skirt Of f1imsy pattern that
gathers up the dirt, filth and disease
germs Of the streets
A consumptive expectorates his germ
laden sputum on the sidewalks and a
lew moments afterward the germs are
swept up by beautiful silk skirt and
carted TO home, where the direful dis
ease Is spread. The windows are all open
at the time and the presence of the dis
ease is not Immediately apparent Within
a few months cold weather arrives and
the rooms are almost Theoretically sealed
Then there is sickness, heavy doctor bills,
and. finally-death.
For years the evils and dangers that
Turk in the folds Of the long trailing skirt
have been written, prea ched and shrieked
against, but the warnings have always
fell upon deaf ears Women will ever be
the willing slaves Of Dame Fashion and
will bow low before her juggernaut rather
than disobey her dictates, though she be
responsible for epidemics of diseases that
will Stay their innocent thousands
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prevent him from satisfying his appetite.
The result Is painful to the Small boy
ana ludicrous to others. Happily his in
oulgenee seldom terminates fatally.
There are many other diseases to be
found In 4 city the size of this all tha
year round. which cannot be attributed to
any particular month of the year, but
just as many cases of these affection can
be found during the month of August as
at any other time. The death rate for
tuberculosis continues very high in spite
of the fact that the sufferers from the
fatal disease are in the sunshine and open
air more than at any other time of the
year.
Scarlet and typhoid fever occur in cpl