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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
HAS BULLET IN LUNG.
Negro Carried to Hospital as Result
of Shooting ARRAY.

William Dupree, a negro, was carried
to the county jail yesterday afternoon
with q bullet wound through his right
lung. He will probably die. The wound
was received Wednesday night in a fight
at Samuel Beatty's house, First avenue
and Thirty-third street, and the police
are looking for Henry billiard. another
negro, charged with doing the shoot
ing.
Hiliard is said to have been wounded
Stray bullets struck Beattys wife and a
negro named Dykes A warrant was
sworn out for Dupree by Policeman
Richardson before Justice Abernathy,
charging him with assault with intent to
murder
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
HIS BACK SPRAlNED
Heavy Rock Falls On a Miner While
He Is at Work.

William Mallard, a miner, was carried
to st. Vincent's Hospital yesterday with
his back badly injured. While bending
over at work in the mines at Blossburg
large rock fell on him, severely straining
his back. 1t was thought at first bone
was broken, but upon examination this
was proven not true.
Mallard was brought to Birmingham on
a Southern Railroad train and carried to
st. vincent's in the Warner-Smiley am
bulance. He will be able to return to
work in a week or ten days.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
DEPUTY PATTON ARRESTED.
VIII Be Given Preliminary Hearing for
Shooting Stracner.

Will Patton. deputy sheriff and con-
stable of Oxmoor, was arrested Wednes-
day and gave bond for $500 to appear be-
fore Justice of the Peace 3enners next
Tuesday en- charge of assault with In
tent to murder on N. E. Stracner The
warrant was sworn out by friend OF
Stracner.
1t will be remembered Stracner and
Patton had trouble several nights ago
at Oxmoor. Patton says Stracner tried
three times to shoot him with Win
chester rifle, and that ne drew his pistol
and shot him in self-defense.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
CAN SEND MONEY TO GREECE.
Arrangements Made Between Postal
Departments of Two Governments.

Persons in Birmingham will be able to
send money to Greece through the post
office beginning May l. An arrangement
has been made between the postal depart
ments of the two governments for the
sale of money orders and information to
this effect was received at the postoffice
here yesterday.
This will be welcome information to the
numerous Greeks in Birmingham who
have long desired such a convenience.
Information has also been received that
a postal agency has been established at
Hong Kong, China
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
COMMITTEE TO MEET.
Conference VIII Be Had With Garbage
Contractor This Afternoon. 3.

The committee appointed at the last
meeting of council to confer with the
contractors for removing garbage and
sprinkling the streets and which consists
of Aldermen Gray Kerr and j. r. Cope
land, will meet this afternoon at o'clock
in the office of Alderman Kerr.
The matter will be discussed and the
contractors heard. The idea of the city
is to buy the present equipm ent of the
contractors, or as much thereof as may
he necessary, and do the work itself.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25
APRIL BRINGS SUMNER
HEAT IN ITS REPERTOIRE

The weather man has made two new
records this month one for sudden
changes and one for heat. Mr. Jacobs,
who acts as the local agent, says he has
never seen In the early spring such sud-
den changes from cold to hot weather as
has been experienced during the past
few days. He is also responsible for the
statement that the records fail to show
but one time since 1895 when the warm
weather record for that part of April up
to the oath was hotter than S5.3, which
temperature was reached April q of this
year.
The records for this month show that
the hottest part of April II was SO de-
grees, of April IS 70 degrees, with slight
increases for April 10 and 20. Yet on April
q the mercury flew up to S5.3 degrees.
Since then it has continued in that neigh
borhood. Yesterday at 10 o'clock the
thermometer showed 70 degrees, while
later 1t was still warmer. Wednesday 10
speaking Jim Leath jumped up and as
serted that l was talking about him and
that the whole thing was a cd DIN
lie.
II made no reply to this, but continued
my speech, and finally made a motion
that only bonafide wage-earners be given
seats in the federation meetings. At the
time had off my coat Leath had on a
vest, and from his shirt 1 could see a
pistol sticking out.
$50 when I concluded my speech
walked back to where my coat was, a
distance of fifteen or twenty feet. put
and walked over to where Leath was. AS
I did so l said:
Now pull out your pistol, sd DIN
you.
He Began Shooting.
"At the time said this began shoot
ing. He also began shooting. 1 shot to
hit him, but I do not think he shot at
me after one trial. 1 fired three times,
and do not know how many times he
or Leath. 1t seemed to me we were both
shooting at about the same time.
81 have not been speaking to Leath
since last summer, when in the presence
of witnesses he said words to the effect
that the next time l mentioned his name
he would fix me. This was in the West
ern Union telegraph office, The shoot
ing this afternoon had nothing to do with
that however,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25

have 500 of the finest
Lilies you ever saw in bloom;
best flowers for Memorial
Day; Special to Confederate
veterans-Come and see.
SMITH, The Florist,
2lO8 First Avenue.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-25

Spring humors, boils, pimples, scrofula
and salt rheum are all cured by Hood s
Sarsaparilla-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31

NEW STARS AMERICAN FLAG
CO OF tine
I'll subject "
4 observing patriots Many have given much tune
OF the
all failed in evolving anything satisfactory until the s
Colo, worked
pictured He worked the IDEA
satisfied The
people, But
attain artist
In
Around
the Civil War; the group OF
United unchanged follow
made
is ndsouby connected with
the States which
the and midway on each ae
Indian Territory Oklahoma m their
be Hawaii Alaska
placed midway each side OF the @
admitted the
all the making the whole de-
beautfu historical symbolc symmetrical
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Fattening Old Cows.

There are those who think it does
not pay to fatten old cows but we do
not agree with them. Given one fresh
or farrOw in the spring, good pasture
and regular grain feed every day
during the summer. and they can be
made to pay for their grain until fall,
and they will continue to gain in flesh
all the season. Then a little succulent
food, as soft or immature corn, waste
vegetables. pumpkins and such stuff as
seems to cost nothing on the farm, and
they will be in condition to take on
fat very rapid when the grain feed is
Increased. We know this because we
lave tried it. Beef that is made in
that way may not bring the highest
price when sold to the slaugherer, but
when put on the bench to be retailed
out it will be as good as much Of the
steer beef that the marketmen handle,
and it will be sold at the same prices
American Cultivator.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Swindling the Farmer,

Still another signature swndle is re-
ported from Indiana. Sharpers from
Chicago went through country dis
tricts, representing themselves as
hunters. They would approach farm
err, tell him they wished to hunt on his
land, and cheerfully pay IS for per-
NIT to do so. The farmer would sign
receipt for the money, and this
turned up later as promissory note
for 5000. 1t is said that the swindlers
secured $1,000 in one county by this
process. 1t is noticeable that most of
the swindling schemes now worked to
the detriment of the farmers. begin
with the payment of a small sum,
which disarms the suspicious of the
victim.-Rural New Yorker.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
THOUGHT THE GUN eEWITchEo.
Old Negro Threw 1t Away aud Would
Not Touch 1t Again.

Old Negro Threw 1t Away aud Would
Not Touch 1t Again.
A story is told of Uncle Washington
Harris, one of "Marse Clay's niggers
afore de war;" who remained on the
plantation after he was, free. He was
considered power among the negroes.
being somewhat of a local preacher.
but he said, Use jist a exortioner
'mongst de congregation"
Once when Uncle Wash" was lex
ortioning 'mongst de congregation"
the Ku Klux came after him, and as
the old man hurriedly beat an exit
through a window one of the Ku Klux
got the tail of his Prince Albert coat
that "Marse Clay" had given him and
which the old darby was very proud
Of. From that time Uncle wash" al
ways carried an old long -barreled shot
gun.
The neighbOrs We're in the habit OF
meeting at night at Bob" Clays coun-
try store to tell yarns and talk about
the crops. Uncle Wash" and several
other old colOred men were always
present, sitting on nail kegs respect
full distance behind de white folks to
hear de yarns" On these occasions
Uncle Wash" always left his gun In
the rear of the store.
One night Buck" Allen, who never
was tired Of playing jokes on the old
man, got his gun and, after drawing
the shot from it, loaded it with pow
der and phosphorus wood as wadding,
then another load Of powder and more
phosphorus wood, repeating this till
there were several loads Of powder
and wood in the gun, ramming down
the last charge of powder with an ex-
ira long piece of wood. Buck"
dropped a coal on it and went back to
his seat.
If PHOSPHORUS wood is lighted the
fire will eat very slowly through 1t and
act as a fuse. Uncle "Wash" took up
his gun and started home. and was
several hundred yards from the store
when the spark reached the first
charge Of powder and exploded 1t.
which greatly perplexed the old man,
but he attributed it to an accident.
w nen the SecOnu eAploslou OcCuIieu
he fell on his knees and prayed. but
when the third came he threw the gun
from him into the bushes and ran for
dear life. AS Uncle Wash" burst in
the front door, to the CONSERVATION OF
his wife, and fell sprawling on the
floor. Historically praying. he heard
the last charge explode.
Uncle wash" never went back for
his gun, and could never be convinced
"sperrets" were not in that ''ole turkee
gun" and that it was not bewitched.-
New York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
GRAY Hair.

That there exists a connection be-
tween gray hair and certain states of
the nervous system there can be no
doubt Abnormal grayness is an in
fallible index of some defect in the
nervous system. This statement is
founded upon an examination of a
large number of cases reported in the
Lancet but what, it will be asked, Is
abnormal grayness? We shall best an
swer this question by enumerating the
characters of normal grayness. Be-
tween the normal and the abnormal
there is of course no sharp dividing line
the one runs imperceptibly into the
other-but, speaking generally. we may
say that the chief features of normal
grayness are-O 1t does not come on
before. say. the age of 35 years; (2) it is
symmetrical; 81 it begins in certain
regions. preferentially the temples.
spreading thence; a. the blanching
progresses gradually; % the blanching
on the scalp does not proceed decidedly
in advance of that on the face.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
ing. in the opinion of the Filipino lead

ing, IN the opinion of the Filipino lead
er, too far gone to be worth killing.
They were eventually rescued; but
before they were finally condemned
their captOrs compelled them to sign a
document declaring that they were be-
ing we'll treated, and had no reason to
complain of their lot.
The men signed first, and then the
paper, written in Spanish. was taken
to Lieutenant Gilmore for his sigma
ture. He read It, and understood its
purport. Similar papers, signed by
American soldiers and evidently forced
from them by the willy Filipinos, had
been circulated before. Lieutenant
Gilmore took the document with the
remark that he would 20. X" the
mems signatures. Then he wrote the
word nit after each mans name.
The FilipinOs thought this was the
American way of giving official appro-
val. and We're satisfied When, a long
time after the men were rescued, the
paper got back to civilization and the
Filiplnos tried to make an impression
with it, they found that something was
wrong
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31

discharged by proxy.
Love links heaven to our earth.
Dead issues create no discussion.
Mighty rivers rise in quiet places.
The generous are always grateful.
Well-being is the only true wealth.
The new man will have new man
nerS.
Many negatives Of vice do not make
a positive virtue.
The criticism of the sermon often up
roots the good seed.
We need to do Gods work more than
He needs us to do it,
The flowers Of rejoicing bloom on the
tree Of righteousness.
To lose one of our trials may mean to
lose all our trlumphs.
Bread and butter Christians here may
miss the banquet there
There are no heavenly rewards apart
from the heavenly race.
God will trust His glory to the vessel
He has tried with grief.
Many mans practice puts an extin-
guisher on his profession.
No amusement can be innocent when
1t becomes all absorbing.
No man is truly refined until he has
passed through Gods fires.
Moderate drinkers belong to the same
class as moderate stealers.
1t is better to be true to the false
than to be false to the true.
The man who thinks he is ahead of
God is decidedly out of date.
The power of the pulpit is great, but
that Of the person is greater.
Honor is one Of those things that he
that seeks it shall not find it.
A mans greatness is often exhibited
in his self-imposed restrictions.
1t Is easier to see the way we ought
to go than to go in the way we see.
We are all willing to trust God to
feed us If we may choose the food.
He who fits his shoulder to the yoke
Is fitting his brows for the crown.
1t Is easy to make men measure up
by shrinking Gods standard down.
The life will go right when the COM
pass Of conscience is adjusted to the
POle-star Of Christ.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Treatment of Corn Smut.

Treatment of Corn Smut.
The illustration shows the effect OF
the corn smut on the growing ears. ana
it is evident that the disease needs at
tention each season IL the corn fields
of following years are to be free from
this troublesome difficulty. Probably
the only way of getting rid Of the trou'
BILE entirely is to gather the smut pus-
tules before they break and scatter the
spores. This work should be done as
soon as the trouble Is noticed, going
over the field two or three times dur
ing the summer and gathering the pus-
tules carefully. then burning them. In
this manner the disease will be grad
ually stamped out. 1t must be remem-
bered. however, that II the spores are
scattered over the field the crop Of
smut next year will be corresponding
ly greater. Spraying with Bordeaux
mixture has not been fruitful Of re-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
MIGHT HAVE BEEN OURS.

Pacific Coast from Gulf of California
to the Arctic Sea.
In the old controversy of 1S1S-46
with England regarding the title to
what was then cOmprehensively called
the Oregon country" covering not
only the present States of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho but all the pres
ent British territory on the Pacific
coast up to Alaska, the United States
contended that its title to all Of that
region was perfect.
Its title was based upon the discov-
cry of the Columbia River by the Yam
kee skipper, Captain Gray, in 1892, by
the exploration of the Columbia and
it's tributaries in 1866, by the erection
of Astor's fur trading factory at AS
tora in 1911 and by a treaty with Rus
STA in 1924, in which Russia promised
to plant no colonies south of the pres
ent Alaska and the United States prom
Used to establish none north of Alas
ka's southern line. Englands claims
We're based on glimpses which Drake
got of the Pacific coast region of the
present United States and Canada a
little over three centuries ago. by some
discoveries by Cook and Vancouver a
little over one century ago and by pos
session of part of it by the British fur
trading corporation. the Hudson's Bay
company. The United States claims
to part Of the region were vastly
strengthened by colonization.
\ popular war cry of the Democrats
in the campaign of 1914 was Fifty
four-forty or fight" the allusion being
to the southern boundary of the pres
ent Alaska, which is in latitude "a de-
grees 10 minutes. The Americans
claimed all up to that line, while the
British claimed everything down TO a
point below the mouth of the Column
bia The talk about fighting for our
rights in the territory, however, sub
sided soon after Folks election in 1874
especially as England seemed to be
preparing for war, and Il compromise
was reached on the forty ninth parallel
in 1876 which is the present northern
boundary of the State of Washington.
If the United States had persisted In
its claim of the territory up to "a de-
grees 10 minutes, and had been able
to maintain it in the war which ap-
peared to be coming. says Leslie's
Weekly. England would have been
shut out from access to the Pacific on
this continent. the United States would
have had ever since the annexation Of
Alaska in 1861. an unbroken stretch of
territory along the Pacific from the
southern line of California up into the
arctic regions, ana the boundary con-
trOversy with England and Canada,
which Is now on, and those which
have taken place in the last sixty years
in the same locality would all have
been ayerted.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Cover Crops in Orchards,

Instead of the usual cover crops I'm
orchards some farmers prefer to have
the land cultivated in summer. thus
killing weeds and permitting moisture
and air to enter the soil, the stirring Of
the soil protecting the roots of trees.
Late in the summer. about August or
after danger of drought is over. clover
is seeded and left until spring. the scar
let or crimson clover being preferred:
If the land is left in sod as cover
crop it is claimed that the demands Of
the grass crop for moisture and plant
food in summer Injuries the trees.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31

quality. correlation of parts and there
fore stamina and great digestive ca
pacity. and she exhibits every indica-
ton of the power to give large guam
tity of milk. 1t is rare that any person
purchasing a cow having such apparent
constitution and conformation, and yet
being rangy, open jointed animal.
will be disappointed in her as a money
maker. There are exceptions to all
rules, however. and no type can be de-
scribed that will meet every contin-
gency and pass every swirmish line I'M
challenged.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Waste Products on the Farm.


The work done on the farm just be.
fore the busy spring planting begins
Is very important if proper consdera-
ton is given the matter Of saving that
which is usually lost by inattention to
details. The great waste of unstable
farm products amounts to millions Of
dollars annually, for farmers do not
seem to understand that it is not al
ways necessary to send produce away
from the farms In order to find mar
kets. The farm Is the best market, in
fact, that farmer can have, for II
he keeps live stock he will be able to
sell his raw products by converting
them into the forms Of meat, milk,
butter and wool. The difficulty Is that
the waste products on the farms are
not properly utilized. One product.
that of corn fodder. has been wasted
for years. though now it Is being
put to use with the aid Of the shred.
der but it Is in the manipulation and
handling Of the manure and weeds that
the lessening Of expense occurs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Honest Tenant.

The father OF Earl Fitzwilliam, who
died recently, was an excellent land
lord. A London paper relates how
once farmer went to him with the
complaint that the Earl's fox hunters
had ruined field of corn, or, as we
should call it, wheat.
The Earl gave the man fifty pounds
in payment for damage. After harvest
time the farmer returned the money,
saying that the wheat had turned out
well, after all.
Earl Fitzwilliam drew check for
one hundred pounds and gave it to his
tenant. This is as things should be
between man and man." said he.
when your eldest son comes of age.
give him this. and tell him how and
why you got it,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
Watch Growing Chicks.

If one is in the poultry business in
earnest. with a view to making profit
from it, due attention must be paid to
the growing chicks; not only to keep
them in the best possible condition. but
to know which are the most promising
for future work. and to treat them ac-
cordingly. If one has a number of
chicks that are of better ancestry than
the others. or chicks that are showing
good growth. and bear the earmarks
of good layers. they should be marked
in some way to identify them.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-07-31
MACHINE MADE TORCHON LACE.
Austrian Invention Initiates Hand
Made Product.


Some fair limitations Of handmade
lace are already manufactured by ma
chinery. A recent invention by an
Austrian named Matitsch renders it
possible to reproduce one more variety,
known as torchon lace. The real ar
ticle is ii moderately coarse but pretty
lace and is used on garments which 1t
is desirable to put through laundry.
Herr Matitsch, after being associated
with the lace industry in Vienna and
inventing a machine which did not give
satisfactory results. went to Noting
ham. England. where he perfected the
model in 1899. 1t was then necessary
to make the jacquards for each pattern
that it was desirable to produce. This
part OF the work was performed upon
the inventors return to Vienna. Hith-
erto it has been necessary to have a
separate machine for each design.
With the Matitsch machine it Is only
necessary to substitute one Jacquard
for another as in weaving cloth.
The inventor does not intend to or
RdulZe Il COMPANY " hi"hC AuNN, say ,
the New York Tribune. or even the pro-
duction of more machines. He has al
ready put nearly 100000 into his ex-
periments and is now looking for a
company to buy his rights. The Not
tingham lace manufacturers profess
not to be disturbed by the prospect of
competition and say that the Matitsch
machine will injure French manufac-
turers chiefly. In Vienna the papers
think that new era in lace making is
ahead