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The age-herald., 1902-03-09

two Greek words meaning Ia wat cry humor" and Ito flow" But we know that rheumatism arises from a poison circulating in the blood.
 It will occur to the sensible person, that to cure this disease demands the use of means that will banish all poisonous material from the blood. To accomplish this, it is only necessary to use for reasonable length of time the remedy that has been curing rheu- matism for half century. That remedy is Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic. It purifies the blood; that is what it is for: It cures because it is foe to all blood im- purities, and because it makes new, rich blood. When the blood is thoroughly re- newed and in its normal condition, rheu- matism must necessarily disappear. Get the genuine. Don't take any substitute There is no remedy that is as good as Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic.
 Detroit, Mich, Jan. 10, 1901.
 l commenced using your Iron Tonic when prostrate from a severe attack Of rheumatism. After using three bottles, all traces of this disease were completely eradicated from my system, and my gen. eral health was restored.
 As blood purifier Dr. Harter's Iron Tonic has no equal, and l most sincerely recommend it to all persons suffering from indigestion, fatigue, rheumatism, and the many weakened conditions or the system produced by Impoverished blood Marguerite F. Yeazell,
 No. $40 Second Ave-. 0sooo guarantee that above testimonial is EenuineJ
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
RINGS AND ELECTRICITY.
Combination That Gave a Denver
 Woman a Startling Shock.

From the Rocky Mount ain News.
 The diamond engagement and plain band wedding rings on the third finger of the left hand of Mrs. Clara Banker formed the connecting link of a complete circuit for an electrical current yester- day morning when she attempted to turn off an incandescent light, and almost caused her death by electrocution. Al- though she escaped with her life, through a wonderful exhibition of feminine pres ence of mind, her left hand was very badly burned by the current and a large piece of flesh torn from the inside of the little finger.
 Mrs. Banker is the wife of L. B. Bank er manager of the Gano Company, and resides at 2205 East Colrax avenue.
 When Mrs. Banker attempted to grasp the button to turn off the light the rings came in contact with the brass castings surrounding the upper part of the globe. In an instant she felt the effects of the current, and when she attempted to jerk her hand away she found she could not remove 1t. She attempted to pull her left hand from the globe by using her right hand to jerk with, but was unsuccessful. By that time Mrs. Banker says her entire left side began to grow numb, and she threw HerSeil pdchWdru WllH dll ner force. The sudden jerk released her hand from the incandescent light fixture and broke the current. Mrs. Banker threw herself with such force that she fell against the door two feet behind her, cracking one of the panels
 The effect of the current going through the woman's body almost completely un- nerved her, and for several hours she re- Quired constant attention. When she 5erked her hand from the light fixture, a large piece of flesh from the inside of the little finger was torn away. The other fingers and palm of the hand were badly burned, the flesh looking as though it had been cooked with carbolic acid.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
MIXED CHINESE DRINKS.
Two Weeks of Tired Feeling After
 Making New Years Calls.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 There is a young man in Washington who paid New Year calls on local China men a year ago, and, while he did not fall into the hands of the police or do anything that would give reason for his appearance before court he declined to make any calls this year.
 "A trip through Chinatown would be a delightful novelty" he remarked when a friend invited him to go calling. The novelty proved delightful for a short time, but later on 1t was case of "after the ball' with him.
 Have something to drink?" he was asked at the first place he visited The caller was so much interested in the dis the lighted punches of punk and pictures of Confucious that he did not hear what the host said.
 Hell take some" ventured the friend who accompanied him, and who was somewhat better acquainted with the Celestials.
 Its not so bad" the guest remarked. after impibing the thimble-shaped cup of the yellowish beverage which resembled orange cider. but which was really Chi nese whisky.
 Rice wine was served at the next place, and when the caller had mixed his drinks, and partaken of the sweetmeats there was a suggestion of revolt in his stom- acf.
 Not so much" he remarked when the host at the fifth place visited poured a peculiarly favored liquid from a bottle that had come from China.
 Drink it, old man." he was told. "Chinamen become insulted when you refuse what they give you"
 The young man would certainly not be guilty of such an offense, and so he man. aged to put out of sight everything in the shape of drinkables the Chinamen handed to him.
 I'm not full" he remarked when the round of Chinatown had been concluded, 'but that tired feeling has taken posses sion of me-"
 For two weeks there were but little change in his condition, and when the Celestials made their new resolutions last week the young man in question resolved that he would never again make calls on the first day of the Chinese year.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Some Facts AboutCotton Mills
BY M. w. MOUNT.

upon as cheap a scale. Yet Texas buys more cotton materials, probably, than any other two states in the Union
 Considering the fact that there are sev- eral mills in contemplation to be erected near Birmingham, and that the hand- some mill in the outskirts of the city was designed by the same architects who created the show" mill of the Uni ted States a few words about the latter might prove of especial interest.
 This mill-the Olympia-is the largest mill under one roof in the world. It Is situated upon the outskirts of Columbia, S. G. and its electric plant supplies pow CT to three adjacent sister mills, the Richland Granby and Palmetto Around these mills is grouped model mill vil- lage containing 5000 people. Three hand- some churches, two schools, a large store artesian and hydrant water, park and a perfect system of sanitation pro- vide for the wants of these mill opera tives. while pretty homes and plenty of ground for gardens foster in them love of home.
 The Olympia mill is four stories in height, and in one place five stories. It's floor width Is 553 feet in length by 161 in width with a distance of IS feet from floor to floor
 It has two towers in front 140 feet in height handsomely finished in terra-cot- ta, one cont aiming a clock in it's top, which has four faces and the other having large bell In these towers are wide stair cases and each ..olds near the top a tank containing 10000 gallons of water to sup ply the sprinkler system. The building is elegantly finished with steel beams, venetian mosaic tiles and floors where desired and Tennessee marble wainscott- ing. The most perfect and up to date machinery equips the power house and engine rooms and all the best improve ments are used in the manufacturing departments. Fine freig--. and passenger elevators are also provided for the use of employees.
 The weave rooms are fitted with 40-inch Draper looms and turn out 100000 yards of print cloth per day in widths 64x64 and S0xS0 inches.
 United the Richland, Granby and Olym- pia mills represent total capital of $5.- 0OO 900; run over 1850 spindles 4700 looms and consume more than 26.50O bales of cotton annually.
 When capital puts up mill costing $2,- 100000 it looks ahead and sees prosperity follow the investm ent in that section of the country and permeate throughout the limits of its influence
The age-herald., 1902-03-09

are called upon and the capital is re- plenished.
 At each table are eight attendants or croupiers. At each side of the layout having the capital of the bank between them, are two croupiers, eac.l lrnished with a rateau, or rake, by means of which the stakes that are lost by the players are pulled off the board and winning wagers are pushed to the favor ties of fortune.
 A third croupier, seated on a higher stool, watches the game for the purpose of settling all disputes. At each end of the layout there Is still another croupier, whose duty it is to see that all wagers are properly placed. These attendants are relieved by others after two hours serv- ice.
 How the Wheel Pays.
 It is known to all players that there are thirty-six numbers and zero on each wheel There are six combinations that pay even returns. They are red and black, odd and even, and high and low. One half of the numbers, of course. are red the other half black; one half are odd and one-half even. From one to eighteen inclusive are the low numbers: from nine teen to thirty-six high.
 On any one of these combinations sum not less than $1 or more than $1200 may be wagered by any player. If the bet is on black and the ivory ball drops in a black cell the bank pays; If the ball falls in red cell the wager Is confiscated; If zero wins the wager is imprisoned and belongs equally to the bank and the | player.
 From the even wager to the extreme of bet on a single number, the chances against the success of the player length en. It has been told in the cabled des- patches that Mir Schwab was fortunate enough to pick a winning number. If he did. the bank returned his wager adding to it thirty-five times it's value. The limit placed by the bank on the size of a wager on a single number is $36. If MT. Schwab wagered the limit, as he Is reported to have done, his gain on a single play amounted to $1260.
 There are numerous other combinations A wager may be placed on two numbers; if 1t wins the bank pays seventeen times the value of the wager, the limit of which is $72. A transversale, or bet on three numbers. pays eleven for one, and the limit is $10S. Four numbers may be joined in single wager, and if either of the four wins the bank shoves back the original wager. with eight times its amount added to 1t. This bet is limited to $144.
 Six numbers may be played in combin atlon, and odds of five to one are laid against any one of them winning. The banks limit on this combination is $216.
 As the numbers are arranged in three parallel columns on the layout, wager may be made on twelve numbers in col umn or on either the first, second or third twelve A wager on twelve numbers pays two for one, and the limit is $500. Wagers on twenty-four mum bers are taken. the odds being one to two, and the limit B. 400.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09

A recent trip through the cotton belt of the country. beginning with North Carolina and ending in western Texas has resulted in the demonstration of some interesting facts not commonly discuss ed in relation to the distribution and manufacture of cotton. The greatest num- Der of cotton mills have been and are being erected not with view, principal ly, of being in the center of cotton district where the output would be con- stunned literally on the spot, but fuel, water supply and transportation facilities being equal they seek only fields where cheap labor may be had
 It is confidently asserted that in the two Carolinas and, to some extent, in Tennessee and Alabama, no less than 800 new mills will be erected during the year. In Texas three or four are under way and in Mississippi few more. These figures are the more astonishing when 1t Is considered that the cotton crop has been short in the first states named, while Texas has had a good crop, al- though not up to her standard Labor has been scarce in all the cotton fields ex- cept in certain localities. There are patches of cotton fields in every state named unpicked today for want of labor to gather it, and in Louisiana many an acre of cane soured in the field and was burned because labor from the cotton fields did not come as usual to take off the cane crop. t-7=#=#==.-
 It Is not my purpose to explain here any of the causes noted for this condi- tion In the field of labor, but merely to give general idea of the cotton situa- tion today and mark the comparison be- tween the need of cotton mills in Texas and her short supply with the numer- ous mills in the Carolinas. About the most succinct explanation of the situa- tion In Texas was given by a man in Beaumont when asked why. with cheap fuel easy transportation and big mar ket for raw material Beaumont did not have a cotton mill?
 We are too prosperous for a cotton mill" he replied.
 Labor Is high in Texas and in the oil fields common labor receives $2 50 per day and skilled labor not less than S5.
 In the Carolinas child labor can be had from ten cents a day up and adult labor
The age-herald., 1902-03-09

is literally thirty and forty" from its manner of play Six packs of cards are used, being dealt by croupier. Each card has It's numerical value, the face cards each being worth ten.
 Two rows of cards are dealt, the crou- pier counting as they fall The first line Is complete when the total of thirty has been surpassed, after which the second line Is dealt in the same m amer. Wagers are made before the first card falls. the players simply guessing which line will have a total nearer thirty.
 If each line has a total of thirty-one, all wagers are imprisoned, that being the advantage claimed by the bank. If the two lines have equal totals of more than thirty-one there is no gain for bank or player. The minimum wager accepted at trente ct quarante is A and the maximum is $2. 400. All wagers must be made in sums that are multiples of four.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Why Lord Rossiyn Failed.

It will require only little study of the figures quoted to explain why Lord Rosslyn failed with his system, with the result that the $5O,0OO taken by him from England to Monte Carlo went to swell the dividends of those holding stock in the Casino. All systems are based upor the idea of doubling the amount of tho wager after loss. Carried to It's leg'ti mate end this would Go. put the ar. itt a |, limit placed by the bank makes that i'm. possible.
 Lord Rosslyn started his wagers play- ing S100 un one of the even chances He could only double three times Then he could hope for nothing better than a steady grind, with zero coming along occasionally to cut a slice off his capital. It would be possible to figure almost to m exactitude how he fared.
 The first day he played with varying success, owing to the latitude given to him by tho possibility of doubling his wagers three times. If he sat three hours at the table he made 1S0 wagers. The result must have been that he quit the day betting 5000 on each turn. So long as he kept up that pace, the percentage would take about $25OO from him in the course of a day. His s5000O disappeared as the dew under morning sun.
 With MT Schwab it was different. He was at Monte Carlo for recreation. He had no system. His gold was dropped hap hazard on the layout. Losses troubled him not at all. After a few failures, he went away to enjoy himself in some other manner If fortune smiled on him at any of his visits he won enough to recoup his losses and make his stay profitable.
 Perhaps he left Monte Carlo before luck turned against him. If so he will be talk ed about as the lucky American" and others will attempt to initiate him. and then the bank is certain of taking back with interest. that which 1t put out, for it makes no difference whose money is on the layout so long as 1t is covered. An individual may dash in and get away with prize. but 1t really is not the banks money-it is the cash left by un- fortunate players.
 Trente ct Quarante.
 Trente ct quarante has never been popu- lar in America, but at Monte Carlo it is played by as many as risk their money at roulette. The game taIxes fta name which
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
What Shall Be Done With the Bad
 Nearo7

From the Nashville Palladium. Colored
 Organ.
 You read the papers, then go to church and hear a great deal said about the pro- gress of the negro race. But so far as the masses are concerned this is misleading. If you want to see what the young negro as a whole is doing in and around Nash vile you take a stroll around these "dives'' or hangouts. There you will find on Sum days all the way from twenty to two hundred at place gambling, swearing. drinking, fighting and doing every other imaginable thing that is low down. They usually throw away their weeks earnings Saturday nights and go around Sundays on the dead" chancing for luck of some sort.
 Go with them to their homes and in many cases 1t is a miserable little den. where often poor, half-starved children are found. getting through on charity or otherwise. Now. to arrest and fine one of this class simply adds the fine to the city treasury. but does no further good. We find that they are going to be a class of heathens who will not listen to advice. and have no regard for law and order.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
For quick and good repairs on any kind of machinery. phone BIO. John D. Lykes.,

Da Costa-a-Nickle.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Trente ct ouarante.

Trerte ct quarante has never been popu- lar in America, but at Monte Carlo it is played by as many as risk their money at roulette. The game takes its name. which
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
He Took Precautions.

From the Baltimore American.
 Excuse me, your serene heftiness,' murmured MT. Toady of Sheecawgo, as he knelt before the throne.
 As the naughty monarch extended his hand for the chaste salute MT. Toady deftly drew a bottle of germicide from his pocket and applied some of 1t with A sponge before imprinting his kisses just abaft the third knuckle.
 Thus did modern science administer a hump to the ancient traditions of roy alty.
 When I saw the bottle" explained the grand chief guardian of the Royal Stairway, q thought he was from Ken lucky"
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
An Obliginq Burglar.
the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 John" she whispered, there's a bur- glar in the parlor. He just bumped against the piano and struck severai keys"
 You don't say. I'll go right down." said he.
 "Oh. John, don't do anything rashi''
 Rash? Why, I'm going to help him. You don't suppose he can remove that piano from the house without assistance. do you?'
The age-herald., 1902-03-09

All they want is what they call a good time. Now, what must be done? Every state should have hundred or so thou sand acres of land with schools and church houses all inclosed, and every one of these bad negroes should be sent there, where they should be well fed. clothed and educated, made to work and kept till they are made useful citizens.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
Beginning at Home.
From Lii

From Life
 Jasper-I understood that you had turned over a new leaf and were even going to love your enemies, but it seems to me that you love no one but your self.
 Mrs. Jasper-Well. I am my own worse enemy.
The age-herald., 1902-03-09
..El)hIkI Iljn

The ancients supposed that rheumatism was caused by the flowing of watery humor, hence the name,
 which is derived from
Evening star., 1902-04-30
The Change-of-Date Question.

Representative De Almonds proposition
for combination amendment to the Con-
stitution postponing the date of the inau-
guration and advancing the sessions of
Congress does not seem likely to command
the greatest possible strength in the House
1t solves the problem of providing for jan
uary meetings of Congress by cutting off
one session of the Fifty-ninth Congress-
When similar suggestion was made to
the House In 1883 by Representative Grain
the House refused to adopt 1t. largely, it
Is now thought by those who participated
in that action, because of the unwllingness
of members to curtail the life of any Con-
gress- The alternative proposition OF a
heightened Congress has never been brought
before the House, and in view of the ex-
perience Of 1888 1t would seem to be de-
sirable to try that plan now rather than
the old one.
There is no practical obstacle in the way
Of the heightened Congress. as The Star
has already shown. BY the dropping Of one
congressional election and the extension OF
Evening star., 1902-04-30
Congress and the District.

Ihe hasty manner IN which the appro-
pridtions committee OF the House proposes
" iorce personal tax measure applying
to the District through that chamber raises
Important considerations affecting the
functions of the committees of both bodies
haying 10 do with local affairs Congress
II the exclusive legislature of the District
II Is responsible for the justice or Injustice
vi Whatever laws are enacted. Full power
aS IN Its hands, and the only function of the
Dls'rlct Is that Of petition. fulfilling the
part OF one who lays before an arbitrary
and unlimited power facts and consh1era
Tons which should govern its action if if
taxes the welfare of its charge into consid-
Grafton
In regard to the question of taxation. az
well as TO other general legislation tbe
District committees have been in the habit
of examining into local questions. hearing
"hat was TO be presented on the mart of tho
citizens. and then. after delfberatIon of
submitting to Congress the results of their
AapoTs, on which Congress has acted In
thls matter OF the best form of taxation for
the District the House District committee
Ads repeatedly and extensively in mast
years considered various phases of the
case, and the Senate committee has re-
Gently had the matter under careful con-
slieratlon. The project now is for the an
pr0priations committee of the House to
ignore these committees and in the bastv
way inevitable in legislation by means of a
rider on an appropriation bill to dispose
0H-hand of matter of the greatest conse
Guence TO the District.
II the District committees are willing to
abdicate their functions. either coufessjnp
an inability to come to a definite concIu
sion as TO the wisest revenue-producfne
lesisiauon for the District. or admitting
'he superior ability of the appropriations
committees 10 persuade Congress of tho
0u4uIiess OF the conclusions reached. there
Is nothing the District can do In the mat
Ter but TO submit
III Is not to be assumed. however. that
even II this abdfcation is carried ont and
the appropriations committee takes charge
or the District committees business tho,
IL VIII urge on Congress any inconsiderate
or unjust method of dealing with the Dis
trlct II is not to be assumed that legis
Iation accomplished in this novel manner
VIII any more be based on feeling of
hostility toward the District, or on indi-
'ldual pettishness. than In case of action
py the District committees themselves. The
ooAsation TO listen to representations by
the people of the unrepresented District
rests as sQuarely and completely on the
appropriations committees as on the Dis
trict committees. So that without refer
ence TO the particular agency which Con-
gress employs in getting at what is Just
! and wise in taxation matters the obIiga-
ton rests upon the national legislature to
. act with full consideration Of the Dis
trfcts welfare: and on the other hand the
people OF the District have the same in
alienable. though not extremely valuable
privilege. OF presenting facts and figures
In seif-protection to the new legislative
agent ~ to the old
In this taxation matter the District's DO