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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
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ALI THE WEEK.

Matinees Tuesday. Thursday, Christ
 mas), Friday and Saturday. THE GREATEST VAUDEVILLE BILL EVER OFFERED IN BIRMINGHAM TEN-ICIII. the Japanese Wizard & Co. LOCHARTS PERFORMING F l. E . PLANTS. Waterbury Bros and Tenny, Flood Brothers.
 TALKATIvE MISS NORTON. Rae and Broach and others. THE MOST EXTENSIVE vAUDE-
 WILLIE BILL EVER BROUGHT SOUTH
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Gives EmpIoyes Present.

President Halcombe of E. E.. Forbes Piano company has in years past given to all his employees a neat sum of money as a Christmas gift This Christ mas on account of the growth and pros perity of the company during the year, the sum was doubled.
 L. o. Parsons. the veteran salesman of the house. in well chosen words and in behalf of the employees, presented MT. Halcombe with handsome Turkish set.
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FALLS FROM HORSE.
pr. J. c. Miller, the Indian Doctor, Is
 Injured.

While riding horseback near the Van derbilt furnace yesterday morning about u:9O o'clock, Dr. J. c. Miller was pain fully injured by the horses falling. In some manner the horse stumbled and Dr. Miller had his foot badly mashed and bruised.
 Dr. Miller is known as the Indian Doc tor" He is an old Confederate veteran. The horse was crippled by the fall
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Mohile Man Stabbed.

Montgomery December 25.-An Adver- tiser special from Mobile says:
 Ernest Wimberly, a well-known young man of this city, was fatally stabbed to- night at the corner of St. Francis and Warren streets by two negroes. One wound Is in the neighborhood Of the hear; and the other in the side. Charles Hum- phreys and Joseph N. Golden were ar rested, charged with the crime. The cause of the difficulty is not known.
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MAY CLOSE TRADE.
British Cable Company Offers to Pur- chase Interest in Tanning Island.

Honolulu, December 15, via Victoria, B. C., December 25.-The British Cable com pany, owning the Red line from Vancou- yer to Australia via Tanning Island has made an offer to James and Henry Bick- nell of Honolulu to purchase their half interest in Tanning Island. a
 '4<ing Greig owns the other half in terest. James Bicknell leaves for San Francisco on the Zealandia and may close a bargain with the British com pany after he arrives.
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Prelate to Investlaate.

London, December 25.-The Rome cor respondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs that as an outcome of the negotiations with the Saxon court the pope has sent a prelate to Geneva to inquire into the circumstances of the flight of the Grown Princess of Saxony. with a view to ar ranging a reconciliation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

RUNAWAY BOY.-w. M. Bullard a blacksmith of New Decatur, was in the city yesterday searching for his son, who ran away from home on the 11th of this month in company with four other boys, and has not been seen since. The other boys have all returned home, and they are unable to tell the whereabouts of Claud Bullard, the boy who ran away from home. The missing boy is about F years old, of dark complexion, dark hair, and he has two scars on his upper ,ip MT. Bullard has offered reward for in- formation of hts son.
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Railroad Man Killed.

Buffalo N. Y, December 25.-James Leeming of New York general freight agent of the Erie division of the Erie railroad, died here today. He was oper- ated on for appendicitlcs on Wednesday. MT. Leeming was a man of national rep utation in railroad circles. He was born in Brantford, Ont, in 1S57
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Henry Campbell Doughty.

Henry Campbell Doughty, aged years died yesterday at Ao9 Third avenue, in Avondale. The funeral will be conducted today from the residence, and the inter ment will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
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DEATHSAND FUNERALS
J. s. Palmer.

J. & Palmer, aged Sl years died yes terday afternoon at o'clock at his resi- dence in East Woodlawn The remains will be sent this afternoon to Renlap, Ala. for interment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Snow in souh Dakota.

Bonesteel, s. D., December 25.-The thermometer stands at F degrees below zero and the snow is feet on the level. Much stock on the range Is dying.
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PERSONAL.

Mir. and Mrs. A. B. Loveman entertain ed last night in honor of two engaged couples, Joe Slaughter and Miss Bertha Solomon and Joe Loveman and Miss Car rife Solomon. The house was beautifully decorated and the entertainment was one of the most brilliant of the season.
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LOST.

Gold locket. with initials 'TI M. G." 6ngraved. Finder please return to Bir- mingham water works office and receive reward.
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All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald En. graving Department.
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Killed His Wife.

Eugene, Ore, December 25.-George Carter shot and killed his wife and then killed himself today. Jealousy was the cause.
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DIR. MORRIS GIFT.-Dr. Lewis Cole man Morris has presented to St. Vincent s hospital a large and powerful microscope. The gift Is in memory of Dr. Morris brother, Dr. Edward w. Morris. who died in 1901, and who was a staunch friend of the hospital.
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CITY ITEMS

SUNDAY SCHOOL.-Tne Christmas ex- ercises of the South Highlands Presby- terian church will take place tonight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
Many Uses for Peanuts.

There arc reports ol wonderful now KIND Of
peanut, called the .IauanaScsc White Mammoth,
grown in Mltagor'ia county, Tex. II is of Eidnt
size and is said to yield cicEty.Scvcn barrels 10
the acre.
One reason for being interested in this news is
The fact that tho peanut crop nf the old;imc pea
nut growing region oi the Sou,h has been dimn.
i>hng alarmingly OF late r"ar'. lLrs" areas that
formerly produced from fifty TO one hundred
bushels an acre now Welding not more than
twenty bushels The cause OF the trublc is care
less farming neglect to tcrilizc the soil. and
lack of rotation OF crops. Virginia, however, still
has annual output Of something like three
million bushels; Tennncssce and North Carolina
come next.
The finest peanuts in the world come from Nir
ginia, and in that state is the greatest peanut
market, at Norfolk, where are number OF large
"factorieS," in which the newly gathered ''goo
bcrS." n they come in from tho r,tra! Districts
are winnowcd and screened to clean them, ana
sorted and shipped to iobbers in other cities.
1t is now believed that the peanut was orig
inally native OF BRAZIL and that it should prop
crly make n fifth in the list OF plants OF great
commercial importance credited to America, the
others being the potato, tobacco, maize and cot
ton. As far back aS the seventeenth century it
was extensively cultivated in the Old World
and had become such an important article OF
food in Africa that the slave dealers loaded their
vessels with it, using it as provendcr for their
cargoes Of captveS.
African peanuts, which are small and nearly
round, and contain single kernel. used 10 he
imported largely into this country, but they
have been driven out by our superior varieties
However. the African nuts contain greater
percentage OF OIL for the sake of which immense
quantities OF them, mostly raised in Senegambia,
and along the east coast are shipped To Mar
settles for conversion into pure "olive OIL The
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
Colored Snow.

Aletcorologists have been lately prying into
tl,c phenomena of black, red, green, yellow anu
various other colored snow storms, reported at
various times from portions of this continent
aud Of the old world.
They find that colorcd snow actually does fall.
Samples Of black snow which fell some time
since over Indiana aud Kentucky were sent to the
weather bureau for explanation. They were
turned over to Plant Psychologist Woods, OF the
bureau OF plant industry who. upon analysis,
discovered that the black matter was silt, coTre'
Sponding to the fine sediment found in dried up
streams on ponds.
The black snowfal,es contained minute plants,
such as grow in stignant water, cells OF deeayed
grasses bristles of plants, hairs OF animals, pollen
Of flowers, butterfly scales, PARTICLES OF white
lead, colorcd grass, ashes and sand. Perhaps
this miXture had been blown IN by the wind
into snow cloud,
Black snow fell over considerable area OF the
west in lsG In lStS large extent OF Ontario,
Canada. was similarly covered by mantle Of
black snowHakcS. The territory thus bllckened
was fifty miles long by ten wide, 1t WAS esti'
mated that about 800 tons Of black matter thus
descended nom the Sky
This matter, ON analysis, WAS found 10 be COM
posed mainly of vegetable substances which had
lain some time in Decay II WAS thought TO have
been carried by the clouds either from Europe or
from some distant part OF the Southern United
states. InlN sIlttutdAloH was hl0Nh Nl''l 'AH
fact that the entire area Of Canada and ot the
northern United states had long been buried in
white SNOW,
Red snow fell to the depth Of about siY inches
at Kaemtcn, Austria, in March, l>0S. 1t also
covered the plateau OF the Kocng,Iuhl. aud blew
over the Odenwald mountains, Germany, The
drifts ON the latter gave beautiful tints, varying
from mahogany 20 brown.
Analysis slowed this red SNOW To be due 10
particles of mineral dust revealing chalk cle-
lucnts. Yet there were no chall, deposits within
long distances from the places where the phe'
nomenal storm was most severe,
Red snow falling some years before in Switler'
land Mas found on analysis to contain large pro-
portions ol lime, silica, aluminium, non and
magucsia. Under the microscope It revealed
siay,three distinct forms Of animal and rege-
table life
Crimson snow covers the SUBMITS OF certain
cliffs of tho arctic regions. The red c0loring
matter there SStends TO depth OF about foot.
Microscopic analysis by explorers has revealed
that this pheh homeEon Is due to the red eggs
OF minute insd dcts thriving in the SNOW caps and
the high poinls Of dry land. Red snow is also
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
Animals Listen to Music Inaudible
to US.

Sir John Iubdock now Lord .NlbHy, The IA
nous observer OF bees and other animals, hGs been
making some new discoveries.
Lord Avcbuy'S more recent Investigations have
led him to the conclusion that the difference be-
tween the minds OF animals and those OF men is
one Of degree rathen than OF quality. ON the
whole he thinks that animals certainly have
some glimmerings of reason. With regard to the
senses OF hearing and sight lac has found that
some animals can hear sounds inaudible 10 US ami
can perceive rays OF light that are invisible 10
the human eye. Atmospheric ybra ions varying
from 33 To 300O ptr second strike the human ear
aud produce the sense OF sound. But certain ami
mails can hear vibrations more rapid than this
/. e. they can hear higher notes than we can
In the same way vibrations Of the ether inn
pignIg on the human Ictina produce thn sense
Of color These, mentioned on the ample scale ot
millions Of millions Der second vary in LumGpr
from 400 to 700. BY the aid of the thermometer
and OF photography respectively we have diScoy'
cred the existence OF lays beyond he red at m"
one end Of the spectrum and beyond the violet
oi the other. Il las been found that aaimal,
are sensitive to rays beyond the violet end. 1t
Is therefore quite possible that the world aroun |
MS is to animals "ul OF Music which we cannot
see, and OF sounds which We cannot conceive"
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in tho Alps and Pyrcnccs II described
by Aristotc 300 years before Christ.

seen in tho Alps and PyrcncCs. II described
by Aristotle 300 years before Christ.
Yellow snow fell in the Engadinc, Switzerland
in March, 1895, the same day which occurred
the red snowstorm OF Austria before mentioned
Green snow has several times been in
Spitzbergcn, an island in the Arctic ocean. 1t
is supposed to be due to the mature forms OF
the insects developed from the red eggs, thought
to give the crimson cliffs OF the Arctic regions
their beautiful tints.
Luminous snow once fell upon Lake Awe,
Scotland. The flakes continued to glow after
settling upon the clothing OF persons traversing
the lake. When this snow was touched, the
hands of the persons remained aglow, il
rubbed with phosphorus DR.. Devlle, of Paris
has also reported shower of phosphoresccnt
rain whose drops gave off bright spark and
cracking noise on striking the ground (D Dur
ing these explosions n distinct odor OF phos-
phorus was perceptible..
Mr. Barac, in the journal OF the Meteorological
society, gives analysis of sample OF the dust
which he collected at Fiume (lIungary) the
10th OF March during the red dust shower known
as the rain of blood" The dust analysed as
follows
Per Cent
SesquioXide of n........"............. 996
Peroxide OF manganese. ..................... 1.93
Magncsia .......................... oiO
Carbonlc acld..... .............''.....'..'... sOo
Organic matter. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0dS
Also traces OF soda, sulphuric and hydrochloric
acids, etc. With a microscope OF $40 diameters
NJ. Barac found that the mass in the main was
colorless, containing, however, colored particles
of irregular form, partly made up OF angular
fragments OF crystals, also mineral particles and
silicious skeletons OF micro'organisms (Diatomes)
and lastly particles Of carbon
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
SUPERSTITION DYING OUT.
No. 13 and Haunted House Va
garies Are Fading Away.
rom the New York Tribune

Real estate mon are gradually for
getting most of the Old time supersti-
tions which used to cause us much
trouble" said a dealer the other day
TO a reporter. The number of houses
which canont be rented or sold on ac-
count of being haunted or because some
terrible crime was committed on the
premises is rapidly decreasing. We
run across only few people who balll
at living in house No. Is. Even elderly
men who have made big fortunes are
beginning to believe that there is moth
ing in the old SAYING that the aged
rich man builds mansion to die in it.
New Workers are entirely too practical
To hold to old superstitions: besides.
the big apartment houses which we are
building all over town are bottiug out
the old houses, which may have had
histories"
Tell me something about the haunt
ed houses which are still standing in
this city" the agent was requested.
Now you are getting on dangerous
ground. In these days of well-dehned
libel laws, you can't talk about mans
property in way that will depreciate
its value without paying we'll for your
fun, Circulating ghost stories about
particular houses is not calculated to
improve their renting value, and the
owners might be able to show that we
had done them real damage. There is
one house in West Eleventh street that
Is never more than half-filled, because,
years ago, some one thought the house
was haunted, and the story of the terri
bic ghosts that walk about the halls
at night has been handed down from
tenant to tenant, There are other
haunted houses, but We are trying to
forget where they are, hoping that the
stories will be forgotten, 1t is general
ly difficult to rent or dispose of houses
IN which sensational crimes have been
committed. Long murder trials in
which the houses figured prominently
usually cause them to remain vacant
for a long time.
The idea that it Is unluoky To live
in No. 10 is rapidly disappearing. |
know of but one woman who has given
the house a new number because it was
No 13. John ID. Rockefeller jr,, cer-
tainly has no regard for unlucky, thir-
teen, lie win begin housekeeping with
his bride at 10 West Flfty-fourth
street"
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japanese dwarf plants are produced by very
simple method according to q writer in tho
Standard. 1t is said to consist chiefly Of cutting
the roots when they first begin to appear. Ono
method is to scoop out the inside OF orange
and fill the skin with rich mould. The seed is
put in the mould, and an aperture is left at tho
top through which the seed may sprout. With
the aid OF sunshine and proper watering, the
Seeding shoots upwards, whilst the roots break
through the orange skin. The roots are shaved
off continually and the vitality of the plant be.
ing thus llindered, dwarf plant Is the result.
When the roots cease to grow the ends are var
pished over and the orange skin, with its con-
tents, is embedded in pot or vase. With ar
tistic treatment, the tree becomes more gnarled
and stunted every year, and it may be trained
to whatever shape may be desired. A specimen
Of Pnus parvifora, an sale in London few
DAYS ago, was in the lower part OF the trunk
singularly suggestive Of an octopus whilst an
other dwarf tree, also OF the pine family had its
branches and leaves so trained as to resemble
Japanese boat The oct0pus'like specimen Is
supposed to be two hundred and fifty years oil,
and the boat,shapeI pine about stSty'hye years
old,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
The Cure Of Corns on the Sole of the
Foot,

Foot.
ILLS, OF Glouscccr, writes to the British
IL Medical journal that II the patient will give
the toes free play by adopting boots and socks
having II straight inside line, avoid the eonycn-
tonal cvcrsion Of the foot and acquire the habit
oi pressing the toes against the ground in every
step, the callosites will disappear. They are
due to defective function Of the toes. Removal
may, Of course, br fastened by the use Of
solvents, such as mixture oi salicylic acid and
collodion.
Another correspondent states that he should
like very briefly, TO call attention to u method
OF treatment which he las practiccd for some
time past namely, the free and complete eScisi1n
OF the com Having removed by this method
very considerable number Of these growtlis. many
Of which were invctcratc and had been subjected
to all sorts OF treatment, he can confidently rec
ommcnd it efficient. The operation can be
rendered perfectly painless by local ancsthesia;
the wound, If the edges he approSimatcd,
heals by primary union in about five days. Tie
relief from pain is immediate and complete and
the cure is permanent.
Still another correspondent writes that lie has
found that corns on the sole OF the foot rarely
resist the following treatment: piece OF sili-
cylic and ercosote plaster musln as suggested
by Unna, is cut rather larger than the and
applied TO it. This is removed each or every al
tcrnatc day As much of the corn as is then re.
movable is ground OFF with pumicc store, and an
other piece of the plaster muslin applied, and so
on until the part is normal lie uses the muslin
plaster containing acid saicylc 20 per cent,
crcosotc 40 per cent, and has found that it is
more comfortable to wear il il is ''hackcd' with
one or two thickncsscS of ordinary plaster. OF
course, q properly fitting boot with sufficiently
thick sole is sine qua non.
Another writer suggests that the hest relief he
found take A niece of moderately thick
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-18
New Embalming Process.

The Mcmphs Medical college has for several
weeks been experimenting with an cmbalnliny
fluid for which great possibilities a'c predicted.
1t is asserted this discovery is superior 10 the en-
balmng preparation used Icy the Egyptians, for
while tho infusion will preserve tl'r subject for
all time, humanity speaking, as did that of the
aniccniS, ii prevents the shrivclin. IN that WAS
inarparahc from tho Egyptian cmbalming. a'l
il docs not call for tho >walls and hludagcs III
which all Egyptian nrimmics were cncascd.
The principal experiment un so this time las
hccu upon the body nj dog. which was treated
thirty days ago. rodo, il books as natural rs in
life. 1t is rigid but in perfectly natural pose.
There il no trace of odor about It. nor is there
any other visible symptom Ci decay
The fluid pctrh"s the body. Neither arsenic
nor strychniun is used in the preparation.
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Decadence of Madeira.

In 1859 the vines of the Island OF Madehl were
attacked by the dread odlum disease and totally
destroyed. The vineyards were at once replanted
but later the phylloNerl affected every vine
yard in Madeira, and reduced the production Of
these vines. OF late yeals they have gone out Of
fashion in England, being largely replaced by
the light wines OF Germany and France. The
expectations Of Madeira wine have never since
been so great as before these vlsitations, al,
though it is said that there has been recently a
revival in the taste for Madcira.-BeyeMges
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\ correspondent says that as the result %
experiments he has mlda under careful timing
he finds that the greyhound is the fastest OF all
iour.looted animals. When going at iull gdllo2
Il can cover twenty ynds second, or about n
mile in minute and twenty'eight seconds
speed that comes very near that OF carrier
pigeon. There are few Thoroughbred horses that
can exceed nineteen yards secoDd. Grey.
hounds have been known 10 better that by four
yards. FoXhounds have record OF four miles
in six and hall minutes, or nearly eighte, a
yards a second This speed Is 10 some exteEt
an inherited gift, as wolves can run at the rate
OF a mile in three minutes. Nansen says that
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Definitions.

WHAT Is A LARA liar is man that sslls
a tale which is not true with, full conscious
ness OF It's not being true.
There are two classes OF liars Who si6uld he
kept separate and distinct from each other in
the readers mind, .e.., ~.
The one who tells tale which Is not accord,
ing to the dictates of truth, but yet is plausible
and therefore cannot be questioned; and who far
thernore remembers all the details tpt his story,
as he told it, the first time, and whom he told il
to, and repeats the same stony in all is details
to others, even to his first victim Without deSii'
tion from his text '.t-'t'
That kind of 4 liar is what | call an hucresttns
liar and is in my estimation rather more than
liar, he Is a romancer, .... ...,-.
Tic fo6i on the other hand who tolls hsii
story AMI forgets the number OF fish when he
repeats lbs story is liar beueath contempt. n"'
.-...y,,.. ,........ Car Seller, NJ. d 1i
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snails have long been employed in this country
for cleaning windows.
The creatures are dipped in cold water, and
then placed upon the pane They crawl around
slowly. devour:ng all fcrcgn matter and leaving
the glass quite bright and clear. They are, OF
coulsc, used only for upper windows not easily
reac he'd from outside Water snails also COM
mand n ready sale. Almost every aquarium
owner kccps Il few water snails. They are the
hest OF scavengers and keep the place as tidy
as a new decentralization Answers.
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Preparing Copying Paper.

4 method of'Treparing paper which can DC
used for copying without dampening, has been
patented in England. Tissue other thin paper
is treated with an oeo.resinous substance, pre-
ierably turpentine, and then with glycerine.
Manifold paper. already prepared by treatment
with turpantinc, may be treated with glycerine
alone, provided such manifold paper has been
recently manufactured. The turpentine ami
glycerin may be mixed together, but it is pre-
fcrrcd to use them separately.
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For Consuming Smoke.

new and ingenious contrivance for consuin-
ing smoke is being utilized in Berlin. When ap-
piled TO II furnace it saves coal and consumes all
the smoke. 1t has already been applied TO sew
cral large engineering works in Germany with
complete success. The German naval department.
has been submitting the device to severe tests
upon torpedo boat, and the results have been
so satisfactory that it is proposed to adopt the
system throughout the service.