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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
PENNIES ON THE CEILING.
A New Method of Collecting Charity
Funds.

From the London Graphic.
The landlords of some of the public
houses in the poorest districts in the
East End have invented a new method of
collecting money for the hospitals. They
recognize the fact that the average man
is usually charitably disposed when he is
in public house, and so they give him
a chance to do some good with his money.
incidentally they also furnish him with a
little innocent amusement. While the
man is slipping his drink the landlord os-
tentatiously takes a penny from his till.
He next produces a thin slice from a
cork with a tin tack run through the
center. He then places the piece of cork
on the top of the penny and wraps them
in a piece of thin colored paper. The pa
per is screwed up tightly so that the
point of the tin tack pierces 1t and is
twisted in the form of a tail" When
the landlord has completed these mys-
terious preparations he throws the penny
wrapped in the paper up 10 the ceiling
The tack goes into the ceiling and the
penny in the colored paper remains up
| there. Sometimes the tall is cut into
ribbons. and sometimes two or three
| pieces of paper of different colors are
used. In any case the customer wants to
'have a try" The landlord furnishes
the cork and the tin tack and the colored
paper. The customer finds the penny.
With very little practice any one can
make a penny stick on the ceiling, and
so, in course of time. the ceiling becomes
gay with streamers of colored paper.
When the ceiling is full the pennies are
pulled down and sent to a hospital-and
the fun begins all over again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
WHY MEN ARE BALD.

From the New York World
The news that the bare pate of Mr. John
D. Rockefeller is newly enhaloed with a
shining nimbus of delicate young hair
will be welcome to many men who sue
coed indlfferently In assembling concern
over their vanished locks. If the hair
that failed be in this case not lost for
ever. why may not others hope?
Many are the theories conceived to
comfort the bald-most of them fallacious.
It has been said by those who care not
men in lunatic asylums; the fact being
of course that man may be as "crazy
as LOOM. and as bald as the egg she
lays. Badness is described to improper
breathing, to lack of ventilation of the
scalp, to early insedateness of conduct
The modern tendency is to attribute it,
like most other ills, to digestive troubles.
Figuratvely speaking, men pull out their
hair with their own teeth corkscrews
sometimes aiding the process.
1t would be interesting to know how
many millions of dollars are paid out
every year by men for hair restorers.
Not much hair results but money is kept
in circulation. But if there were a sure
cure for badness the magic bottle would
contain. as DIR. Johnson said Of Mrs.
Thrale's beer watts. the Potentially of
growing rich beyond the dreams of
avarice.' Its inventor could buy out the
steel trust.
And yet men insist that the soy which
does not grow bald is the vainer onel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
CONFEDERATE RELICS
IN RICHMOND MUSEUM

locks of the hair of President Davis, do
mated by his daughter.
A large book filed with documents of
different kinds written and signed by
Gen. r. E. Lee.
General Wheeler's army orders.
Autographs of many distinguished Con-
tolerate officers.
A collection of all the envelopes issued
during the war.
Book of photographs of scenes during
the war, containing camp scenes, noted
battles. such as Manassas, Bull Run and
Antietam, and other scenes of events
connected with the great struggle.
A large collection of books. among them
war histories, history of Georgia and
number of works OF fiction rebound hand
somely outside the original covers. Sew
eral editions of works bound in wall pa
per at Mobile during the war.
School books for the children Of
Dixie, bound in the best material OBJ
tainable at that time.
Probably no place in the south is more
generally visited by tourists than the
white House of the Confederacy" 1t is
under the care of the Confederate Me-
mortal Literary society, Mrs. Joseph
Bryan, president. among the members
of which are some of the leading women
of the state
There is a certain melancholy interest
attached to the high porch which crosses
the eastern side, for it was by fall
to the ground below that Jefferson
Davis, Jr.. was killed many years ago
while reaching for some cherries from
the limb of tree that extended just
above the rail.
With each passing year the Jealous
women are adding things of interest.
Not long ago the shaft of the Confed-
crate ram Merrimac (virginia) was
mounted on solid masonry. 1t has attract
ed many thousands, who remember the
history of the one-tlme wonderful craft
The Confederate museum is an institu-
ton wherein the entire south takes
justifiable pride.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
STATES ALLOWED s4,o57, 5s5.
Large Amount Allowed as Result Of
War With Spain.

Washington, August 1.-THE annual re-
port of the auditor for the war depart
ment shows the amount allowed the
several states on account of the war
with Spain aggregate S4,0575S5; other ac-
counts settled during the year are given
as follows:
Quartermasters $54, 507 500; engineers
$20,049,5lS; subsistence $10714,993; signal
service $3.50 637 paymasters $50, 1872. 474
The record of deposits by enlisted men
of the army under provisions of the act
of May Is, 1872, shows that 70, 500 were
made amounting to $1,776,SS1, and that
47,2l6 deposits were withdrawn, amount
ing to $1,176.02S, upon which the deposit
tors received interest amounting to $34,-
0SS
During the year the sum of $536 O45 was
placed to the credit of the permanent
fund of the National Soldiers home I'M
der the act of March 3, 1883, being the
amount retained from pay of enlisted
men of the United States army on ac-
count of 121s cent fund.- fines by general
courtmartial and amounts due from de-
serters at large, and dishonorably dis
charged soldiers.
There was withdrawn from this fund
durin gthe year for current expenses the
sum of $4,000 and the amount paid the
treasurer Of the home on account of in
terest on the funds was $S7.661.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
REsELs oAPTuRE cuMANA.
Government Authorities Evacuate the
Town Without Struggle.

Willemstad, Island Of Curacao, August
19-News has just reached here that the
seaport of Cumana, in the state of Ber-
mudez. Venezuela, was occupied at noon
today by the Venezuelan revolutionists,
without the firing of a single shot.
The government forces commanded by
General Velutini and the local authori-
ties of Cumana evacuated that town last
night. They withdrew to the island of
Margerita, about forty miles north Of
Cumana. on board the steamer Ossum.
A report is currant here that number
of British war vessels under the COM
mand Of an admiral win visit Laguayra,
Venezuela, in a few days. No reasons
for the presence of the warships In
question at Laguayra can be obtained,
and the report is causing considerable
speculation.
Cumana, which is about 200 miles east
Of Laguayra, was occupied for a short
time by the Venezuelan revolutionists
last May. Upon this occasion also the
government forces left the town without
offering resistance Cumana is about
fifty miles east of Barcelona. The revolu-
tionsts now hold the customs ports Of
Cuidad Bolivar Guyaira cano Colorado
La Vela de Coro, Carupano, Barcelona
and Cumana.
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eruption of Mont Pelee. The pressure
began to fall off as soon as the erup-
ton occurred at Mont Pelee. and the
oil has been seeking a lower level ever
since. This theory calls for a sub
terranean line Of communication about
five hundred miles long, but the the
orists see no difficulty in the way Of
their pet explanation.
Whatever the cause may have been
and may be. it is certain that the oil
in Spindle Top is now 800 feet below
the surface, and that powerful pumps
are now necessary. No well in that
district can now be depended upon
to yield 10000 barrels a day, and one
half of that amount will be a good
average, even when the pumping ca
pacity is at it's best. At present the
wells are not producing over a thous-
and barrels each a day on account of
inferior pumping facilities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
Dramatic Stars.

zone of the chief negotiations of Mr..
Froham abroad this summer was procur-
ing a release from Sir Henry Irving of
Cecilia LOTUS who will appear with e.
II. Southern in New York as Ophelia in
Hamlet late in December in the Garden
Theatre" said a man connected with
the theatrical profession.
Though Mr.. Sothern will play Hamlet
this seanson, the preliminaries for his
second Shakespearian production in 1903
1904 in the way of designs for costumes,
properties and scenery, were begun. This
is to be Romeo and Jlliet on a sump-
tuous scale.
For his new star Miss Bertha Galland,
after her impending season with 'Not1
Dame. Mr.. Frohman had promises of
plays from Pinero and a comedy from
Anthony Hope, to be finished during the
winter.
Mr.. Frohman said that his principal
efforts while abroad have been in the di-
rection of contracts for plays for the
new Lyceum theatre after the current
season. when his new stock company Is
TO occupy the house. For this he has
already in hand a new romantic comedy
by Anthony Hope, entitled, Captain
Dieppe,' and five-act play by Comyns
Carr, author of King Arthur based
upon the same legend from which Wag-
ner drew Tristan and Isolde Both of
these plays, by arrangement with the au-
thors, are likely to have their first pro-
duction in New York before they are
seen in London"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
No More Texas Gushers.

No more solid streams of oil are
now thrown out in Texas by the gas
pressure. The level of the oil is no
longer the top of the derrick, or a
point in the air still higher up. 1t
has fallen to a point 500 feet below
the surface, and the 50,000-barrel
gusher has fallen to a 5000-barrel
pumper. Pumps are now in great
demand in the Beaumont district, and
the question now is, when will the
level fall to the bottom of the well?
The old story is being repeated in the
Texas district, and in few years
Texas oil will be a commodity that
cannot be sold in competition with
dollar-coal, If indeed it can be now.
Some attribute the loss of gas press
ure in the Beaumont district to the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED.
U. S. Officials Say, However, That the
Turkish Situation Is Not Grave.

Washington, August 19.--It is admitted
at the state department that there is a
renewal of tension between the United
States and Turkey. but the officials dom
deem it prudent to disclose the present
condition of affairs. They say, however,
that the condition is in no way grave,
but is of that strained character which
has occurred from time to time with
Turkey in recent years. 1t is gathered
that the present tension grows out of
the long pending claims of Americans
who suffered loss during the Armenian
outbreak. TO some extent the Stone alb
duction gave added cause for irritation.
The American minister, Mr.. Leishman,
has been given wide latitude to deal with
the situation as circumstances may de-
mand There Is the fullest confidence
on the part of the authorities in the
course being pursued by him and he has
been given such free hand in directing
affairs, it is not thought desirable to
prejudice any steps he may be taking
by official comments as to what has
been or will be done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
Effect of prouth.

while record breaking crops are re-
ported from the west Alabama has suf-
fered more than usual from the drouth. ,,
said commercial traveller
1.-THE cotton yield will be fairly good.
but Alabama farmers will make no corn
and stock raiser at Fort Payne told
me that the grass had dried up. In
every part of Alabama and Mississinn,
L hear complaints from the farmers.
Birmingham, depending, as it does, on
its industrial activity, is not much af-
fected by the local crop conditions, but
the merchants in other cities who de-
pend upon agricultural products are
naturally depressed by bad crop news.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
Barber Shops.

1.-THE barber shops In the towns of 15,OOC
and 10000 in the middle west are furn-
ished more handsomely, as a rule. thar
those of the large cities, said Birmlng-
ham tonsorial artist.
"The comparatively cheap rents in the
smaller cities accounts for the better
furnishings in the shops of the class OF
towns referred to. IN Birmingham. Gin
cinnau and Chicago seventy-five dollars
a month for a shop may be considered
the minimum. In smaller towns central
can be rented for s25'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
KENTUCKY THE TAILENDER.
Has Contributed Less to Mckinley
Fund Than Any other State.

Canton, o., August ia letter contain
ing a draft for $67 has been received at
the headquarters of the National Me-
Kinley Memorial association from Sam
J. Roberts, q former Cantonian, now edi
tor of the Kentucky Leader, published in
Lexington. About four months ago Secre-
tary Hartsell wrote to Mr.. Roberts. ask
ing him to aid in raising subscription to
the fund from Kentucky.
At that time Mr. Hartsell said that but
$500 of Kentucky's portion had been sub
scribed, and that the state was likely to
be the tail-ender in the list of states. Mr..
Roberts replied that he could not take
charge of state subscription, but would
raise 10 per cent of Kentucky's quota
among the citizens of Lexington. The sum
raised by Mr.. Roberts is more than a
third of the amount contributed by the
entire state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
VAsQUEz NOT INSANE.
Haytl Will Offer the United States
Unrestricted Reciprocity.

San Juan, P r., August ia letter
which has been received here from the
republic of Santo Domingo says that
William l.. Bass the most extensive
planter in the republic, declares that the
report that President Vasquez Of Santo
Domingo was insane, was without foun-
dation. Mr.. Bass is quoted as saying he
was positive the island OF Hayti would
offer the United States straight and un-
restricted reciprocity.
A dispatch from San Juan, dated June
49, said the situation in the Dominican
republic was decidedly critical. The gov
eminent was said to be IN momentary
danger of being overthrown, and the
finances of the republic were described
as in a deplorable condition.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
Insurance Laws.

'Advices have been received by several
prominent insurance companies in New
York conveying the intelligence that the
commercial bodies of Missouri MISSISSIPPI
pi and Tennessee are trying to combine
on uniform demand for a modification
Of the several laws passed by the sep
arate states relating to insurance COM
panies, which have had the effect of fore
ing them to withdraw, thus leaving the
business enterprises Of those states in
precarious condition." said a st. Louis
agent at the Morris.
Missouri was the first state to realize
the mistake her legislators had made in
enacting laws that made it virtually i'm
possible for the insurance companies to
comply with. When the companies failed
to do this they were repeatedly fined until
some of them determined to withdraw
1t was not long before the large insur-
ance lines were left partially unprotected
because of the inability of the brokers to
get enough companies to underwrite a
line thereon. This was reported to the
applicants for insurance, and was the first
time they realized what had been done.
when 1t was found impossible to get
the companies to undertake to under
write the risk of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, thus seriously impairing the
possibility of success for that enterprise,
the commercial bodies began an active
operation of a combination to appeal to
the citizens of the state for a change of
sentiment. Representatives OF this COM
bination have been in New York dis
cussing the situation with the insurance
companies and they left last week much
impressed with the information that had
been furnished them. They assert that
with what they have learned they be-
lieve they can materially modify the
laws as they bear upon the operation Of
insurance companies, and at the next
session Of the legislature this will most
likely be done. In the meantime, however,
the works on the exposition ground are
almost wholly unprotected against fire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
APPEAL IN ANDREWS CASE.
Supreme Court Grants Writ of Error
and VIII Postpone Removal.

Lansing, Mich, August 19-The supreme
court today granted a writ of error in
the case of the people VS.. Frank c. An
drews and ordered that Andrews be re-
rnanded to the custody of the sheriff of
Wayne county until discharged by due
process of law.
The effect of this action is to prevent
Andrews immediate removal to jackson
prison and will keep him in the county
jail while his attorneys are arguing the
motion which will be made in the circuit
court for bail for Andrews pending the
settlement of the bill of exceptions that
will be filed in the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
FOREIGNERS SUCCESSFUL.
Defeat the American Tennis Team In
Slashlng Game at Newport.


Newport, r. L. August ia slashing
match in doubles and full score Of single
matches started most successfully today,
the annual national championship lawn
tennis tournament at the Casino. 1t
threatened to rain continually, but no
moisture fell until late in the afternoon.
In all, it was a day of good sport, with
the doubles event between the Doherty
brothers, the champions of the east, and
Collins and Waidner of Chicago, cham
pious of the west, as the leading feature.
The foreigners won but 1t required most
careful play to do it.
1t was in the fourth set that the breezy
young Westerners made the foreigners
extend themselves to the limit to win the
set. From the start both Collins and
Waidner were on their toes and had the
latter played with the same steadiness
as his more experienced partner, the
result might have been different. But
their success in work at the net, in ire
mendous smashing, and in lightning cross
court strokes, which the Doherty's found
impossible to handle, appeared to intoxi-
cate both of them, especially Waidner,
until the latter threw caution to the wind.
When Waidner began to drive out of
court, the Dohertys were quick to seize
on the weakness and fed him balls con-
tinually. In the last two sets Collins
and Waidner scored only II places and
piled up A errors. which gave the Doher-
tvs the match. The championship match
in doubles between the winners of to-
days event and Ward and Davis, the
present champions, will take place Thurs
day forenoon.
AS the drawings in the championship
singles brought together very few players
of equal ability today, scarcely any of
the matches in this event went more than
three sets and a great majority of them
were closed up In short order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
lGLEsIAs AGAIN ARRESTED.
Charged With criticislng and Attack
ing Porto Rico Authorities.

Ssn Jusn, August 19-santiago Iglesias,
pre- sident Of the Federation of Workmen
of Porto Rico, has been arrested at Aqua
Adilla for issuing a pamphlet criticizing
and attacking the insular authorities for
their attitude on the recent labor strike.
He was 1eleased on $500 bail.
Santiago Iglesias was sentenced in De-
cenber, 1901, to more than three years
Imprisonment en- the charge of ccnspir-
ing to raise the price of labor in Porto
Rico. The case was appealed to the SUI
rreme court of the island, which re-
versed the decision and acquitted Ige-
sias of all chal ges.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
1t is the man who can keep his mouth
shut that can keep his brain open.
1t is astonishing how some girls who
don't look 1t in their everyday clothes
can fill bathing suit full up.
If there were nobody In the world to
tell it to, a woman wouldn't care any
more for secret than man does.
The uneasy thing about trying to get
rich is that the more a man gets, the
more he realizes how mucn more there
Is to get.
The girl woo knows how to cook may
not be fast Splinter before marriage.
but she wins the long-distance matches
afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
SwitzerIand's Anniversary.

Switzerland has just celebrated its ma
tional festival, which was established on
August /. 1921. and has been kept up
without interruption during the six cen
turtles that have since elapsed" said a
Birmingham man who was born in the
Swiss republic.
''Thi year the day was rather dampene /
by an execution taking place at Berne
in the morning. BY evening, however,
the popular spirits revived. and the fire.
works on the mountains were splendid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
THE SHAH ENTERTAINED.
Persian Monarch Enjoys the Ballet and
Animated Pictures.

London, August 1.-THE shah Of Per-
STA, who reached London yesterday as
the guest of King Edward, was enter
TENED tonight at the Empire Music Hall.
lie went to the hall in carriage accom-
panied by the prince of Wales end es-
corted by a detachment of the household
cavalry.
The shah was received with loud cheers
when he entered the building. and ne APP
Iarently enjoyed the ballet, the animated
pictures end the otner attractions offered.
Today the sheh gave reception to the
members of the cabinet and the foreign
diplomats, ard he took long drive.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
seaboard Air Line.

1.-THE engineers are making good prog
ress in locating the Seaboard's line from
Coal City to Birmingham and from At
lanta TO the East and West road. which
is to give the Seaboard a line to this
city" said Chief Engineer Bushnell at
the Human last night
1--WE expect to have the line from Coal
City under construction within the next
few weeks. There will be two tunnels,
but that work should not take very
lcrg."
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DROWNED HIS FOUR CHILDREN
Put Them in Cistern and Shot Him
self With Revolver.

Saline. Kas. August 19.-Joseph Ander-
son, farmer living east of Salina, in a
fit of dependency today drowned his four
children, three girls and a boy. In els
tern and then shot himself with a revolt
yer.
Anderson is still alive but will prob
ably die. Financial matters had affected
his mind. The crime was committed dur
ing the absence of the mother. The
oldest child was 6 years of age and the
youngest a babe of four months. Ander-
son left a note telling the mother the
children could be found in a cistern.
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Captain Carter will have to excuse
the world outside his prison walls, for
it still thinks he has had rather more
fair play than he was entitled to. He
is no martyr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-08-20
One BOY Kills Another.

Ozark, Ark, August 1s.-George Camp
bell, aged To- was instantly killed last
night at Sandy Creek church, near here,
by Theodore Wade, the same age. Wade
and another boy was fighting when Camp
bell ran up and stabbed Wade in the
arm. Wade seized the knife and cut
young Campbell's throat killing him in
stantly Wade is under arrest.
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General Uribe-Uribe may get there
after all, and if he does he should i'm
mediately sail for this country in or
der to meet Col Chatfield-C hatfeld,
poet and bookmaker of Chicago.