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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
A TEXAS WONDER.
HAL s GREAT DISCOVERY.

One small bottle Of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder trou-
bles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, SEMI
inal emissions weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all Irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and
Women regulates bladder troubles. In
children If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt Of 81. One
small bottle is two months treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. w Hall, sole manufacturer. p o.
Box 629, st. Louis Mo. Send for testi-
monials. Sold by all druggists.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
WANT ARMY POST.
Huntsville Chamber of Commerce
Sends Delegation to Washington.

Huntsville January 10.-(Special.)-Th
Chamber of Commerce has appointed r.
E. Pettus, w. |. Wellman and Charles P.
Lane as a committee of three to go to
Washington and appear before the army
board and ask for the establishment of
an army post in this city. One of the
problems presented the local workers for
the post was in finding enough available
land in one tract. This has been found
on the level plateau on the top of Monte
Sano and this site will be presented the
board for consideration.
The Chamber adopted a resolution and
appointed a committee consisting of Rob-
ert D. Eckeberger, r. A. Pratt and Oscar
Goldsmith to attend a meeting to be held
in this State in a short while to devise
ways and means of building an Alabama
building at the st. Louis Worlds Fair. 1t
is the sense of the organization that Ala
bama should have a creditable building
at the fair
Prickly Ash Bitters cures the kidneys,
regulates the liver and purifies the bow
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
| Out of Normal
Proportions is Our
PANTS
STOCK

We are just through taxi
ing inventory and we find
too many pants in stock.
While the pants season is
but just beginning. we fear
that we have too many for
the natural demand. To cre>
ate an extraordinary de-
mand I'VE make extraordi>
nary low prices on as fine a
line Of Pants as could be
seen anywhere in this coun>
try. We don't sell shoddy
goods, therefore this must be
Of interest to you.
$50 pairs of Cashmere
and worsted pants at SI.5O
240 pairs of cheviot and
cashmere pants at 200
100 pairs of Thibet and
trico pants at ESQ
80 pairs of worsted,
c h eviot, cashmere,
clay worsted pants at 800
ITO pairs of imported
worsted pants in all
the latest sha6l, at 400
Every one will readily
see the value of these
goods upon investigation.
| ]. Friedman & Co.
Price Cash Clothiers,
Hatters and Furnishers,
1903 First Avenue.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
READ THIS.

Martin, Tenn, June g. 1901.
This is to certify that l have used
Halls Texas Wonder for kidney trouble
and have never found anything its equal
Its merits are wonderful Try 1t, as l
did, and be convinced
REV. r. C. WITHHELD
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11

Can you afford to loose
your jewelrv and valuable
papersP Rent a box in the
Birmingham Trust & Saw
ings Co.'S new safety deposit
vault.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
SURPRISING RESULTS,
A Simple Internal Remedy Makes
Remarkable Cures of catarrh.

People who have used sprays, inhalers,
salves and washes for catarrh and have
found how useless and inconvenient they
are, will be agreeably surprised at re-
suits following the use of pleasant, in
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11

The block of buildings on Raleigh ave-
nue., between First and Second streets,
known as the Mobile block and owned
by the Mobile Real Estate Company, Is
being put in repair and all the stores
have been rented.
Owing to the fact that these stores are
not centrally located they have been
practically vacant for the past year or
two, but the demand for stores here now
is such that it amply justifles this COM
pany in making the improvements.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
ALABAMA WEDDINGS.
Northumberland.

Gurley, January 10. = (SpeciaD-Mr.
Thomas Mckinney and Miss Ellen Hew-
lett were married near here yesterday.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
SHEFFIELD
Telephone Connection Is Being Made
With Decatur-Much Prosperity.

Sheffield, January 10. = Especially - The
linemen of the American Telephone Com
pany reached here yesterday and are en-
gagged in completing the connections be-
tween this place and Decatur. The South
ern Bell Telephone Company also has a
force here and has commenced the work
of putting in the metallic system, thereby
greatly improving its service at this
place The business of the Southern Bell
Company has increased to such an extent
mere that 1t has become necessary to put
in another switchboard
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
The WEATHER.

Birmingham, January 10.
Local observations during the "a hours
ending p. m, Central time:
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11

The best baking is done on
a gas stove.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11

Highest temperature IS; lowest AZ; av-
erage "a.
BEN M. JACOBS,
Station Agent, U. 8. Weather Bureau
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11

Prickly Ash Bitters cures the kidneys,
regulates the liver and purifies the bow
els. A valuable system tonic.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-11
Forecast for Alabama,

Forecast for Alabama.
Washington, January 10.-Fol1owing is
the weather forecast for Alabama: Fair
Saturday; Sunday fair and colder; fresh
west erly to northwesterly winds.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

An amazing confusion prevails. For
a long period the single screw was pre-
ferred to the twin system in England,
and now in the German, American and
Russian navies triple screws are being
fitted While these rivals are develop
ing the screw system, the British ad-
miralty are looking to the turbine as
possible means Of securing in men-of-
war a speed hitherto regarded as IN
attainable.
The British have been using the
Belleville boiler; the Germans are
building ships of war, not one or two,
but many, in which half the boilers
are cylindrical and half water tube. In
the British navy coal is exclusively
used; Russia is building ships in which
half the boilers will be heated by coal
and half by oil. In England two big
guns are mounted in the turrets Of
battleships, fore an daft; the Ameri-
cans, in spite of the diversity of opin
ion prevailing on the other side of the
Atlantic, are placing one turret on the
top of the other, which is known as
the "superposed turret" system. Swe
den is following the American fashion.
France is relying mainly on torpedo
boats; Great Britain is placing her
trust in torpedo-boat destroyers. Her
neighbors across the channel are mod
ernizing many of their older battle
ships; the English are concentrating
all their efforts on entirely new ships.
France hurriedly adapted an armor-
piercing shell for her fifty-ton guns;
the English experimental, and have
now a much superior projectile. The
great powers some years since estab-
lished pigeon lofts along their coasts
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Value of
Farm Lands

There are increasing evidences that
real estate investments in the country
are of increasing value. There are rea-
sons for this that will continue and
grow more potent with time. 1t has
dawned upon the intelligence of the
American people that the abundance of
our surplus lands is rapidly dwindling.
The ability Of Uncle Sam to give every
man a farm is terminated. and the
time is not far distant when we will
have none beyond the holdings re-
CURED for his own use.
Another fact affecting values in this
line is that population is rapidly gain
ing upon food production. This is true
in the United States, and to a large ex-
tent that farming becomes more profit
able and the land on which to conduct
it more valuable.
When machinery was introduced in
the "boundless" West the immediate
result was to deprecate farms in the
East and to drive young men from the
country to the city. There was a con-
gestion of labor in these centers, and
much of the trouble it has encountered
IS the result of this cause. But the
West has filled up.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

A member of the medical faculty OF
the University of Michigan has dis
covered that a galvanic current pro-
notes the growth of tissue. Two cages
of guinea pigs, six to the cage, were
experimental with. The guinea pigs
were all exactly the same age.
Through one of the cages an electric
current was passed day and night,
The other cage was in no way electri-
fed. For stated period the animals
in both cages were fed with precisely
equal quantities Of food Of the same
quality. The experiment proved that
guinea pigs who lived in the electrified
cage gained in weight during a meas
ured time 10 per cent more than those
in the non-electric cage. If, as a re-
suit Of these experiments. electricity
be applied on a large scale to tn fat
tening of animals used as food possibly
electric bacon" or electric beef" will
command a special price.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
To Fight Under Wate1

mitted, owing to the fragile nature o.
its output. The latter consists solely
of fossils, mostly those of few varie,
ties of fish. In operation the shale Is
split into slabs, broken with sledgt
hammers, and thrown over the bank
by hand. When the slabs containing
the specimens are cut and taken out
they are very moist and have to be
dried out to about one-third Of theil
original weight. After the drying has
proceeded far enough to permit OF the
easy manipulation of the material. the
fossils are carefully cleaned by means
of special tools devised for the pur'
pose. Many of these fish fossils are ex'
ceedingly beautiful. every bone being
plainly shown in the outline. They
rank as the finest specimens of fossil.
fishes yet discovered.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
DISPENSE WITH THE BIBLE.
witnesses In Maryland Courts Required
Simply to Affirm.

witnesses In Maryland Courts Required
Simply to Affirm.
The Bible will be dispensed with
hereafter in administering oaths gener-
ally in the United States District and
Circuit Courts at Baltimore. as has
been the practice for some time in the
state courts. An order to this effect
was signed by United States Judge
Morris
The order states that when not spe-
cially prescribed by the Constitution
of the United States or an act of Con
gress, the form of oath in the United
States Courts shall be the same as is
prescribed by the laws of the State Of
Maryland (Acts of 1898, chapter 75).
Under the new practice the person
making oath will hold up his right
hand and in the presence Of Almighty
God solemnly promise or declare tc
tell the truth. except in those cases
wherein this form is not practicable OF
when it shall appear that some other
mode is more binding upon the con-
science Of the person to be sworn.
Heretofore persons taking the oath
have been required to kiss the Bible.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
The Herreshon Family.

There are eleven of tho present Her.
reshoffs and five of them are blind, but
they know how to build boats. Blind
ness is an inheritance of the HERES.
noffs, though all the afflicted are not
born so. One of them walked to q
window one day to read letter, and
turning round, said, 'My, 1 am blind.
Another bumped his head against 6
door and his sight was gone. Some Of
them are born blind and all of then
with the tendency. SO that shocks ane
slight accidents induce loss of sight
They are rich and all have beautiful,
homes in Bristol. All of them are ar.
tistic. One brother teaches music for
the love OF it. Not one OF the children
of the present generation Is blind.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

line to a sharp screw which protruded
from the top of the vessel just abaft
the upper propeller.
The program of attack was for the
turtle" to be brought below one of
bur men-of-war, the screw screwed
into her timbers from within the YES
sci, and the powder charge released.
This would then rise into contact with
the doomed ship, the turtle would
retire to a safe distance and then dis
charge the torpedo by means Of long
line connected with the trigger of a
gunlock placed within it. Sufficient
air was contained to last for thirty
minutes, and very short visit to the
surface would replenish the stock by
and an air pump.
One of these curious craft very
nearly succeeded in destroying the
Eagle, a British ship of gixty-four
guns, just inside Sandy Hook. Robert
Fulton afterward built several sub
marine craft, but could get no one to
take them up. They were exhibited in
England and in France, but neither
power would have anything to do with
them. Subsequently others were built
On Fultons plan. French and German
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Naval Equipment
of the Present Day
Warships Now Supplied
with All the Guns
They Can Carry


Ter caliber than the 32 or AZ Founders.
The 68-pounder was then regarded as
a very heavy caliber, and the larger
shell gun was supplied but sparingly.
A ship like the Pennsylvania Of the
old days-she was burned at the Nor
folk navy yard in 1S61-required from
1000 to 1900 men to perform the du-
ties of seamen and artillerists. The
broadside weight Of metal thrown
from a ship of this class was very light
as compared with one Of her success
ors of today and the amount of phys
ical labor required to produce this re-
suit was enormous. The aggregate of
metal thrown by twenty-five 42-pound-
ers each Of which was served by a
crew of six or eight men, would not
equal, or more than equal, the weight
of one modern projectile of the highest
type.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Ioo6s axe A sVHAIE

built several for the Turkish govern
ment, patents have been taken out on
some wonders" in England and Spain,
while here in our own country thinkers
and builders have been putting their
ideas to practical test.
In 1893 the United States govern
ment set aside 6um of money for the
construction of an experimental craft.
Out of the plans of number of COM
petitors the government selected those
sent in by Baker and Holland respect
lively, and finally decided to use those
of the latter. Hollands winning de-
sign was eighty-flve feet long and had
a total displacement of 1853 tons. This
boat has since been improved the
latest test being a stay of fourteen
hours under water in New York har-
Dor.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

The description of the two armored
cruisers the Pennsylvania and Colora-
do now building at the Cramps yards,
bring out the fact that they will be
packed with guns. Each vessel will
carry sixty-six pieces of ordnance,
ranging in caliber from the S-inch
breech loading, high-powered rife to
the 1-pounder. Each vessel will mount
four 8-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns,
which will constitute the main batter
les. The auxiliary armament is made
up of eighteen 3-inch, twelve 3-pound-
ers, eight 1-pounders, two 3-pounder
field guns two machine guns and six
automatic pieces.
Such an armament reveals a tenden-
cy to return to the old method of Civ
ing ship as many guns as she could
carry and serve effectively. In the old
days of the sailing navy some of the
line-of-battle ships, notably the Penn
sylvania, carried as many as 100 guns.
Very few of these pieces were of heav-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
MODERN
NAVTES
European Powers
Have Varying
Ideas of Warfare

and spent large sums in breeding and
munications from ships of war to the
naval centers ashore; the British ad-
miralty hesitated, at last established
three lofts, and now it is evident that
wireless telegraphy will supplant the
winged messengers OF war.
These are examples of the disordered
state of naval opinion as it appears to
any one who attempts to get birds
eye view of the tendency of construc-
ton and equipment in the arsenals Of
the world, says the Nineteenth Cen
fury. Some of the powers are endeaV-
oring to perfect flying machines which
will bring aerial warfare within the
realms Of possibility; others are rely
ing on the feasibility of carrying de-
struction secretly beneath the waves.
There are persons again-and among
them one of the most skillful naval
constructors under the admiralty-who
believe that in the near future a COM
plete revolution in the means Of naval
warfare may be witnessed. They look
to the marshaling of ships in some
thing of the same order as land forces.
In their dream they see squadrons
afloat corresponding to an army divis-
ion on land, and comprising the three
arms, infantry, artillery and mounted
troops. The battle ships will be heav-
lily armored and will carry big guns,
but no torpedoes; the cruisers, built to
scout, will have lighter guns. but will
be also without torpedoes, and, lastly,
torpedo craft will be innocent of guns
of any type, even of the smallest cali
Der, relying solely upon the weapon
that gives them their distinctive name.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
ON LIES JOURNEY
Average Man Walks Many Thousand
Miles Before His End.

Average Man Walks Many Thousand
Miles Before His End.
How many miles a man walks in his
lifetime depends, naturally, upon how
much he walks day on the average;
but the man who walks the least COW
ers vast number of miles before he
dies. Some men walk two miles a day
some four or five, and some as many
as ten. If a man walks two miles Q
day and lives to be thirty years old he
will cover 1900 miles. At the same
age a man who walks three miles q
day will have walked 32,850 miles. AL
most every man walks between two
and three miles a day just in going
about the house, the Office, the shop
and in going to and from the cars
etc.
A man who walks five miles Gay
finds that at the age of 80 he has COW
cred "a, $50 miles and at the age of 60
109, 500. From this should, strictly
speaking, be subtracted the few months
or year when he was baby unable
to walk, but the result would not be
affected materially.
Now, the circumference of the earth
at the equator is only 24,S99 miles, sc
therefore a man who at the age of 81
has averaged five miles a day since he
was able to walk has walked enough
miles to have encircled the earth foul
times and have good many miles left
over toward the fifth lap.-New York
Press.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Took Wrong Precautions.

The story is told of Boston woman
who nved nearly all Of her So years
in hotel. with constant anticipation
and fear of fire. Every night she placed
on chair beside the bed a thick fan,
mel wrapper having many deep pockets
together with a pair of shoes, into
which the poor dear expected to slip a
the first alarm. All her valuables wer,
within hand reach, and no fire depart.
ment ever drilled for hurry call will
more assiduity than this expectan'
woman. who was finally drowned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Reasons Advanced for
the Continued In
crease in Prices.

Skill and ingenuity have done about
all possible in the output of agricul-
tural machinery. This again puts the
East On a basis of profitable produc-
ton. It's farms are advancing in value
and many of those that were aban-
doned during the western boom are
being reclaimed. The most depressing
demand for help is now in the country,
and vast amount went to waste dur
ing the last season because the labor
required in harvesting was not to be
had. Now there is a tide setting in
toward the country.
The income of the farmer is practi-
cally assured and the demands upon
his products are bound to increase with
each year. The means of communica-
ton are greatly improved, new and
paying crops, such as beet sugar and
northern tobacco, are being raised; the
farmer is now in touch with the world
and the outlook for him was never
righter-Detroit Free Press.
What a woman loves is to her at
once beautiful and noble.
No woman wants to know anything;
all she needs is to believe.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
NIInsterI in Jesting Humor.

When the Methodist ministers of
Philadelphia meet on Mondays there is
often a lack of decorum about the pro-
ceedings which would cause a stranger
to doubt if the assemblage were really
composed of staid preachers of the Cos
pei. One Monday the dignified presi-
dent, DR.. William Bamford, pastor of
the Central church, Frankford, ex-
pressed a desire to say few words to
those present.
Suffer me moment, brethren" he
began.
How are we to suffer-" asked one
from the front benches.
why should we suffer- shouted
another.
How long will you make us suffer-
called third.
DIR. Bamford seemed slightly put out
by the testing, but made his little
speech, in which he criticised very
gravely those who had stayed down
stairs gossiping in the Methodist book
room while the opening prayer was
being offered.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

"Canst thou, then, minister to a
mind diseased?" casually inquired the
eminent exponent of the drama, while
the spotlight sputtered radiantly.
"W'ot's dat guy gittin' t'roo him /"
inquired One-eyed Mike of Limpy Lou.
his companion in the gallery.
He means, Have yer got any dope
fer a bughouse guy?'" was the lucid
explanation of the gentleman adj
dressed.-Judge.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

Inventors and other Americans tried
to induce governments to adopt their
craft without success. In 1859 a Mr..
Delaney of Chicago, took to England
a diving boat invented by Mr.. Phil
lips of Michigan in 1851. 1t was sixty
feet long and seven feet six inches in
diameter.
During the civil war the confederates
constructed a craft fifty feet long,
propelled by hand-turned cranks on
the screw shaft. This boat was call
ed the David. She was armed with a
torpedo affixed to 15-foot spar. In
February, 1864, she attacked and
wrecked the Housatonic. but was her
self overwhelmed by her own torpedo,
trap.
Admiral Bourgeois of the French
navy invented submarine called LIE
Plongeur in 1863, but 1t never got be-
yond the experimental stage. Another
called the "Fenian ram" was launched
on the Hudson river in 1881. but was a
failure. From the early sos, however,
long strides have been made toward
perfecting submarine craft. The
French have completed some wonder
full below-the-surface craft, while
Nordenfeldt of machine-gun fame has
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17

The idea of damagi ng an enemy's
vessel by an under wsAer attack is very
ancient. Aristotle end Pliny had some
hazy ideas about Ihe employment OF
divers for this purpose. King James l.
OF England was believer in sub
marine attack, and once risked his roy
al person in a descent in boat built
by his order. But the credit of produc-
ing a really practical craft of this kind
undoubtedly belongs to the United
States.
Soon after the outbreak of the war
for American independence submar-
Inc boat known as the American Tur-
tie, because Of its shape, was con-
structed by David Bushnell of Connec-
tcut. 1t was made of oak slaves,
strengthened by iron bands, and the
"crew" of one man entered it through
manhole in the top, which was closed
by brass cover provided with glass
scuttles, through which he could see
on all sides. The operator sat perched
on a seat in the very middle of the
vessel, his head in the raised cover,
the tiller under his left arm, ana
the handles for turning the two pro-
pellors, or oars" as the inventor
called them, just in front of him.
Behind him, and on the outside Of
the vessel, was attached, knapsack-
like, heavy wooden case, containing
a charge of powder, which, according
TO various accounts, was either 100
pounds, $50 pounds or 200 pounds in
weight. This was connected by short
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-17
Remarkablo Fossil Ouarrv.

One of the most unique quarries in
the world exists near the town of KEN
merer, Wyo., at an elevation of $500
feet above sea level, This quarry Is
worked by hand. no blasting being per