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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

MarrIage Licenses.-Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Rob ert Stewart and Daisy Norman, Albert B. Higgins and Annie c. Niederer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Building Permlt.-The following building permit was issued at the city hall yesterday; Joe Meltz, to erect two one-story frame dwelling houses on Twelfth street, between Avenues F and E, to cost $50U each.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
J l. P !.
Those suffering from weak nesses which sap the pleasures of life should take Juven Pills.

I68 One bottle will tell story of marvellous results. This medicine has more rejuvenating. yitalizing force than has ever only on receipt of this adv. and si.
 Made by it's originators c. l. Hood Co.,, pro- prietors Hoods Sarsaparilia. Lowell, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21
CITY ITEMS

Meets Todays-The Alabama Car Service association will hold its regu- lar quarterly meeting at the Hillman today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Glen Williams. Robert Hobson, Lay ton Green, Arthur Bryant and Joe Dunnie
 Negro Bound over.-Allen Marshall, a negro, was bound over to the erimi- nal court yesterday by Judge Feagin, the charge being burglary and grand larceny and the bond set ct $200.
 Mass Meeting Today.-There will be a mass meeting in Woodlawn this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The object of the meeting is to induce the street railway company to again put on sale the $4 books of tickets.
 Building Permlt.-The following building permit was issued at the city hall yesterday; Joe Meltz, to erect two one-story frame dwelling houses on Twelfth street, between Avenues F and E, to cost $5OU each.
 For Grand Larceny.-Dandy Rollins and Willie Marshall, both negroes were bound over to the criminal court yesterday by Judge Feagin on charges of grand larceny. Bonds were set at S200 in each case.
 Bound over.-Bob Dandy, the negro who stabbed H. D. Taylor, city man. ager of Dunne & Lellande, some time ago, was yesterday bound over to the criminal court on $500 bond The trial was before Judge Feagin.
 Trial Postponed.-The trial of R. l.. Leatherwood, which was to have been held before Justice of the Peace H. s. Abernathy yesterday, has been post poned until o'clock Thursday after noon. Leatherwood is an attorney in this city. He is charged with obtain ing money under false pretenses.
 Accepts InvItatIons.-Mayor Dren- nen yesterday addressed letter to the president of the state fair accepting the invitation extended him to deliver the address of welcome to the gov ernor and the national guard at the fair grounds Thursday evening. The mayor will also make an address on negro day.
 Robbed Cash Drawer.-A man was locked in J. Friedman & Co.'s store on First avenue, near Nineteenth street, Sunday afternoon and that night he robbed the cash drawer and stole some clothing. He escaped through the rear door and was not captured The robbery was discovered yesterday morning.
 New Cots at Jail.-Y esterday was cot moving day at the county jail, when over two hundred iron cots were taken from the cells and replaced in each instance by those made of can vas. The new cots can be washed, and they have the other advantage of having no steel or iron attachments that could be used by a prisoner in endeavoring to effect an escape.
 Week of Prayer.-A week of prayer is now in progress at the Third Pres byterian church, and services will be held every night at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. E. B. Willie of St. Louis, Mo-, conducted the service last night. To all of the meetings this week the pub lie is cordially invited, and the pastor asks all of those interested in the work at this church to join with him in prayer for blessings upon 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

For Grand Larceny.-Dandy Rollins and Willie Marshall, both negroes, were bound over to the criminal court yesterday by Judge Feagin on charges of grand larceny. Bonds were set at s200 in each case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-21

Bound over-Bob Dandy, the negro who stabbed H. D. Taylor, city man. ager of Dunne & Lellande some time ago, was yesterday bound over to the criminal court on $500 bond. The trial was before Judge Feagin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
NO. Z.
WILMINGTON.

A number of new books have been added
TO the free library.
DR.. S. e. Lawton OF Brattleboro was in
town on Wednesday.
O. f. Butterfeld has been in Jamaica
this week on business
w. *. Johnson has been very i'll from
pneumonia, but is recovering.
Frank II. Aldrich remains about the
same, and his recovery is considered
doubtful.
Charles a. johnson has bought the farm
upon which he lives Of the estate of John
A. Johnson.
Leslie w. Boyd who has been i'll from
the measles is recovering and will soon
resume his usual labors
Mrs Abbie b. Buell. and Mrs Gertrude
+. Kingsley have associated themselves
for the purpose Of carrying on dressmak-
ing.
The public schools close this week The
graduating exercises of the High school
occur on this Friday, evening al school
hall
1t seems good to got the mails from
West Dover as heretofore and we trust
there will be no further interruption in
the service.
Mr. Parker of the firm Of Parker & Gif-
ford Will occupy the house on Shafter
street heretofore occupied BY Mr.. John
son. who will move to Jacksonville.
The auction sale of property belonging
TO William B. Clark on Saturday was well
attended. considering the very stormy
weather and good prices were realized
Harry l.. Adams is IN town settling up
his business affairs and will go to New
Jersey in a week or two Mrs. Adams and
the children will live in Melrose. Mass.
for the present.
We understand that Frank L. Allen.
Warren r. Boyd and NJ J.. Burr have
consented to act as trustees Of the village
the other two that We're elected positively
declining to serve
Notwithstanding the very severe and
stormy weather Of the past week the rail-
road trains have been very nearly on time
but trains on the Boston & Maine have
been from one to four hours late in sew
eral instances.
The suit of Mrs Mary NJ Crafts VS..
Richard LeRay of Halifax, was continued
until Feb Nth, at which time il is ex-
pected the case will be tried by jury as
before, and it is to be hoped that a deci-
sion will be rendered.
The baccalaureate sermon for the first
class to graduate from the Wilmington
High school was delivered by Rev. w A.
Estabrook in the Congregational church
last Sunday morning: The text was taken
from Matt:vii:l6. The subject was Mans
Greatest Text Book as Fruit Bearer"
and the central thought "Ye shall know
them by their fruits The closing
thought was that the lives OF the class
Will depend very largely upon how they
treat this greatest of textbooks. The
music as rendered by the choir was one of
interest in all respects.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
The Modern School Teacher.

Twas Saturday night, and teacher sat
Alone, her task pursuing;
She averaged this and she averaged that
OF all her class was doing.
She rcckoned percentage SO many boys,
And so many girls all counted
And marked all the tardy absentees
And to what all the absence amounted.
Names and residences wrote in fun.
over many columns and pages;
Canadian. Teutonic. African. Celt,
And averaged all their ages.
The date OF admission of every one,
And cases of fagellation,
And prepared list of graduates
For the county examination.
Her weary head sank low on her book,
And her weary heart stil lower;
For some of her pupils had little brains,
And she could not furnish more
She slept she dreamed. it seemed she died,
And her spirit went to Hades,
And they met her there with a question
fair
state what the per cent of your grade
isl"
Ages hut slowly rolled away.
Leaving but partial traces,
And the teachers spirit walked one day
In the old familiar places.
y mound of fossilizcd school reports
Attracted her observation,
As high as the state-house dome, and as
wide
As Boston since annexation
She came to the spot where they buried
her bones,
And the ground was well built over;
But laborers digging threw skull
once planted beneath the clover.
disciple of Galen. wandering by,
Paused to look at the diggers
And plucking the skull up, look d through
the eye
And saw il was lined with figures.
Just as thought" said the young NJ. u
How easy it is to tell em,
Statistics ossif:ed every fold
OF cerehrum and cerebellum"
IT'S a great curiosity. sure" said Pat.
by the bones you can tell the creature
20, nothing strange said the doctor.
that
Was a nineteenth century teacher
-GChicago Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
The Bill Passes the House

The oleomargarine bill passed the
House Wednesday by a majority of
"a votes. When the bill came up
Tuesday for amendment and discus
sion under the five-minute rule, the
opposition put in their best efforts
against it, but without substantial ef-
feet The only important amendments
adopted were one placing renovated
butter under the supervision of the
law, and one providing that nothing
in the oleomargarine act shall forbid
a state to permit the manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine entirely in that
state and according to its laws. There
was no division on the final passage
Wednesday, the real test of strength
having been made on a motion to re-
commit with instructions to report the
minority bill, which was, defeated by
a majority of "a This was accepted
as the final test of strength for and
against the bill in the House. The
majority in the House for the Grout
bill at the last session of Congress
was log.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
Col. Haskins's Speech.

The full text of the speech of Col.
Haskins in support of the proposed
oleomargarine law, delivered by him
on Tuesday of last week. shows that
it was strong and carefully consid-
cred argument The speech covers
the ground more thoroughly and more
conclusively than any previous effort
of the kind. and we reproduce it else
where in this paper as a very complete
monograph on the subject. Mr.. Has
kns's argument is under three heads:
First. the need of oleomargarine legis-
latiOn for the protection of the far
mers; second, the rightful power of
Congress to control the manufacture
of oleomargarine; third, the proposed
legislation is not aimed at the mann
facture of oleomargarine in and of
itself. but only at its manufacture
and sale under the pretence that it is
butter.
Upon this latter point especially,
Mr. Haskins takes the only tenable
ground. There can be no reasonable
or defensible contention on the part
of anyone that the manufacture of
Oleomargarine as a food product is
not lawful and legitimate. The thing
that is unlawful and illegitimate is
that it should be made and sold, and
that people should buy it and eat it by
the million pounds. under the pretence
that it is butter. Every man has a
right to know what he is buying and
eating, If. knowing this, he chooses
to buy and eat oleomargarine, there
is nothing further to be said. With
the matter placed on this broad
ground, and their rights properly pro-
tected, the dairy interests of the couu-
try have nothing to fear from the
oleomargarine competition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
Get Naccinated.

Dr Emmanuel Pfeiffer defied the
Boston health authorities and entered
Galloupe's island pest-house to prove
his anti-vaccination theories. When
the period OF incubation of the disease
was ended the health officers found
Dr Pfeiner at farm house in Bed
ford. Mass. suffering from a virulent
form of the disease. He will probably
recover but his life hung in the bal
ance several days. Hundreds of peo-
pie We're exposed to the disease
through Pfeiffer's recklessness. Two
other anti-vaccination physicians in
Philadelphia demonstrated their theor-
les in a similar manner recently by
coming down with the disease.
The outcome OF Or Pfeiffer's expos
urc ought To be "A lesson to the anti.
vaccinationists 1t is better to take
precautions than to run great risks.
Medical students have taken similar
risks TO Dr. Pfeifer's. with the differ
once that they were vaccinated. and
have failed TO contract the disease DR..
Durgn. the member of the board of
health who permitted the visit of DR..
Pfeiffer says of the visits of other
medical men During the past 90
years have given permission. as mas
been my duty. to hundreds of advan-
ced medical students and physicians
to inspect smallpox patients for the
purr,pcp nf 70 10 riyipu tbn,ncolVnc
with the disease. The only prccau-
ton to themselves has been vacci-
nation. The public has been protect
ed by the processes of disinfection.
am not aware that single person in
all this time has ever contracted the
disease from such visits with the eX-
ception of DR.. Pfeiifer.'
Smallpox has not been so prevalent
in years as at the present time. Whole
villages in New Jersey and Connect
cut are swept by the disease. Ninety
cases are in the pest-houses in New
York, Philadelphia has 465 patients,
Boston $50, st. Louis $50. In London
plague ships anchored Is miles down
the Thames are overcrowded and TEN
porary barracks are being erected on
the banks of the river to accommodate
500 people. The disease is reported
almost daily in some part of the coun-
try. The victims in the large cities
are in almost every instance persons
who We're never vaccinnated, or who
were yaccinated at an early age, and
have not been revaccinated.
Get Yaccinated.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
Narrow Gauge improvements Prom
ised.

While no formal report of the pro-
ceedngs at the Central Vermont di.
rectors meeting in st. Albans last
week Friday morning has been given
luton regarding the Brattleboro and
Whitehall road adopted by the meet
ing. calls for immediate improvement
in the condition and operation of the
road, and specifically directs the man
agement to buy an additional locomo.
tive and a sufficient number of new
roads business. This resolution was
offered by Hon. J. l.. Martin. Opposi-
ton was made to it on the ground that
it is not customary for directors spa-
citically to direct the management as
to what purchases or Improvements
shall be made. Gen Mccullough
by showing that such action was am.
ply sustained by precedent. and by
urging that, in a case like the present.
ample and effective measures should
be taken for the relief of the com
munity affected. The resolution was
then adopted. The plans of the man
agement are not made public. 1t
would take several months to have a
new narrow-gauge locomotive con
structed, but it is understood that one
or two locomotives Of ample size and
in good condition can be bought of a
narrowgauge road in Colorado
Evidence continues to accumulate
daily, not only in regard to the shame
full condition of the road, but as to
its disastrous effects on the business
men effected The ills may, however,
be borne with some thing more of pa
tience in view of this promise of re.
lief. We hope the improvements will
materialize. but at the best it will
be a long time to wait
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
Ocean Derelicts.

Perhaps it is the natural instinct
to personify every craft that floats
perhaps it is because they were once
the domiciles of living beings. that
makes human interest in derelicts un-
iversal. They are the embodiment Of
pathos, the menace Of tragedy,
From the slavery of man they have
gone forth to the freedom of the sea,
which means, after all, that they are
stumbling blindly on to that destruc-
tion which ultimately awaits all things
which are without the law. Some of
them last but day; others float for
years The average number ahoat is
usually about twenty, but in 1873 an
average of thirty-five a month was re-
ported Most derelicts are made off
the coast of the United States in the
Gulf Streams, and they are prone to
follow in the wake of the liners. Of
ten they follow the ocean river around
its great circle, and many of them
get into the Sargasso Sea.
THE most notable derelct was the
Fanny f. Wolston, a three-master
schooner, lumberladen, which was
abandoned October Is, 1891, and was
last seen in 1894. She drifted at least
ten thousand miles, following the
great circle in zigzag wav In this
she differed from the w. l.. White, a
schooner which was abandoned off
Delaware during the blizzard of 1888.
The White was a fast traveller and
started Immediately for Europe. At
times she attained a speed of thirty
five miles a day. She fiOated first to
the Grand Banks, and hid in the fogs
that hang over that region. She stay
ed doggedly in the mist, floating around
in a comparatively small circle. loom
ing up suddenly under the bow of lin
ers. sending cold terror to the hearts
of fishermen, colliding now and then
with other vessels and making a gen.
eral nuisance of herself After sew
eral months of this fun she sudden
ly left one day and continued her jour
ney to Europe. grounding at last on
one of the New Hebrides after a cruise
of ten months and a drift of $500
miles.
Then there was the Fred b. TAYLOR.
schooner cut in half off our coast by
the steamship Trave. The people on
the Trave waited TO see the two parts
sink, but, strangely enough, they re-
mained ahoat. They became sepa-
rate derelicts. and each went on a
voyage of its own. The stern stood
high out of the water, and the wind
blew it north, but the bow, sinking
low, was carried south by the cold
shore current which runs from Labra-
dor south to Hatteras between the
coast and the Gulf Stream. The bow
was destroyed of North Carolina.
The stern grounded on Wells Beach
Ainslee's Magazine.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
Abraham Lincoln.

slower of growth. and devoid alto
gether of many brilliant qualities
which Douglas possessed. Lincoln nev-
ertheless outreached him by the mea-
sure of the two gifts he lacked: the
twins gifts of humor and of brooding
melancholy. BOttOmed by the one in
LONELINESS. his character was by the
other drawn upward to the height OF
human nobility and aspiration His
great capacity of pain which but for
his buffoOnery would no doubt have
made him mad. was the source of his
rarest eNcellencies. Familiar with
squalor, and hospitable to vulgarity,
his mind was yet tenanted by sorrow
place of midnight wrestlings In
him. as never before in any other man.
were high and low things mated. and
awkwardness and ungainliness and un-
couthness justified in their uses. AT
once coarser than his rival and infin
itely more refined and gentle. he had
mastered lessons which the other had
never found the need of learning or
else had learned too readily and then
dismissed He had throughness for
the others competence; insight into
human nature. and a vast sympathy
for the others facilc handling of men:
a deep devotion to the right for the
others loyalty to party platforms. The
very core of his nature was truth
and he himself is reported to have said
of Douglas. that he cared less for the
truth. as the truth. than any other
man he knew.-fW G. Brown in the
February Atlantic.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
The Sandman.

over the hills and far away
He comes, at closing of the day,
To kiss my baby's eyes;
And his hair is gold with sunset light
And his voice is soft as dreams at night
And he gathers lullabies
one he takes from the bumbleboe,
Singing. hummng drowsily;
And the robin gives him one;
And down beneath the grasses hid
lie rohs the little Katydid
And leaves her there alone.
Then over all the sunset lands
He scatters down his golden sands
And spreads his soft gray wings,
And every little sleepy head
Goes Misunderstanding off to bed
Because the sandman sings
Harriet +. Blodgett
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
POINTS ON SUGAR MAKING.
An Experiment Station Bulletin.

During the past few years the Yer
mont Experiment station has conduct
ed a series of experiments dealing
with the flow and composition of sap
in the sugar maple. In spite of the
poor seasons a large amount of data
has been secured bearing on many
points of practical as well as scientific
interest Among the findings are
some that throw light on the question,
which side of tree gives the most
sap?
In the season of 1901 four trees
were selected for this work and tap
ped at the usual height on the north,
south, east and west sides. The
trees represented as nearly as posi-
Bile all conditions of exposure. The
results expressed in pounds of sugar
obtained may be seen from the follow
ing table:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14

William Travers Jerome, the new
district attorney of New York. is a
fearless man and may do a great work
as a public official. but he seems to
have been correctly sized up by some
of his friends who told him that in
pouring oil on the troubled waters he
used vitriol. His exploit in sluggng a
coroner's clerk, for which he was ar
rested, was followed by bad break at
a dinner given in honor of John C..
Sheehan, the former Tammany leader.
at New York Tuesday night. When
Jerome's opportunity to speak came
he charged Sheehan with having been
cowed by Croker in 1898. Sheehan
calmly and deliberately replied giving
Jerome the lie direct. and as the latter
had spoken from hcresay evidence he
was compelled to sit quietly and swal.
low the calling medicine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
coaxed to do the Dragging.


Or w Seward Webb's announcement
that IL is with great reluctance that he
has finally consented to allow his name TO
be used as a candidate for governor Of
Vermont conforms 60 the usual formula
I'm such cases All really ambitious can
didates for office usually allow themselves
TO he dragged thus from the charms of
private life into the arena of public ser
vice, even if they have to coax somebody
to do the dragging.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14

The Senate judiciary committee has
reported favorably Senator Hoar's bill
making punishable with death the act
ual or attempted murder within the
jurisdiction of the United States of
the President, Vice President or any
other officer in the line of succession
to the President. or any sovereign or
chief magistrate of any foreign coun-
try.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14

Fred G. Rowland the efficient sec
retary of state, has followed the lead
Of State Auditor Barber in announcing
that he will not be a candidate again
for his present office. Roger w. HUI
burd of Hyde Park, has also announced
that he will not enter the field. Fred
G. Fleetwood, representative from Nor
risville in the last legislature, is the
only avowed candidate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14

The White River Junction Landmark
holds up the Junction House in it's bali
wick as a shining example of temper
ance hotel which is a success financial
ly. The time has come to ring the
changes on the mutations since the de-
cease of Hannah
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14

1t is thus seen that the difference
in favor of the south and east sides
of tree is quite pronounced. amount
ing to three tenths of a pound Sim
iliar trials comparing north and south
tapping made in 1899 and 1900 also
give results that favor the south side
On typical sap days it seems unques-
tionably true that a south exposure
will yield the most sap. On a cloudy
day when all sides Of a tree warm up
equally fast it is more nearly an even
thing.
A review of the figures also calls
attention to a remarkable difference
between trees. Number 4. from which
the greatest yield of the richest sap
was obtained. was a large vigorous
tree standing in the open AS is well
known such trees give large amounts
of rich sap. This is due to the in
creased leaf area and full exposure to
sunlight The green leaves in sun
light during the summer season make
starch from materials gathered from
air and soil. This starch is stored
throughout the tree and is the source
of sugar in the spring. Sunlight, ex-
pOsure and leaf area are therefore
important factors in maple sugar pro-
duction.
The percentage of sugar in sap from
different sides of the same tree is
found to vary but slightly.