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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
MINE WORKERS TO
 MEET ON MONDAY
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF ALA 5AMA plsTRIcT-FAlRLEY AND FLYNN WILL PROBABLY BE ELECTED.

The fifth annual convention of Alabama District Ne. %, United Mine Workers of America. will convene in the Odd Fel- lows hall at Bessemer tomorrow and will c,ntinue in session for several days,
 The election of officers will take place and other business will be considered, but nothing relating to tho wage scale will come Up,
 The list of candidates placed in nomina- ton followsl
 For National Board Member W. R.. Fairley, Pratt Cityi, l.. B. Evans, West Pratt.
 For Presldent-Ed Flynn, Pratt City Eugene Sullivan, Belle Ellen; William Kirkpatrick, Pratt City; Ea Browning, Piper.
 For Vice Presldent-B. L. Greer, Bloc ton; w M. Morton West Pratt.
 For ry-Treasurer-J. L. Clemo, Adger.
 For District Board Members Adam Stewart. Cardlff; J. R. Kinramer. Piper; Eugene Sullivan, Belle Ellen; William Clerk, Hkrgrovei George Barbour, Pratt City; Adam Pow, Wylam; W. P. Bynum. Pratt City, ". R. Cutlery Tutwilers No. 8; R. A. Stratham, stout's Mountain; W. H. Hannors Coal City; N. s. Pringle, Johns; VIII Price. Pratt City; Henry Byrd, Brookwood; P. R. Murrey, Stout Mountain; I. H. Chambers, West Pratt; w. R Walker. Belle Ellen; John 0. Smith. Coalburgi C. M. Coker, Bell Sum- ter; J. Nj. Withers, Warner; s. p. Banks, Biocton; c. T. Jones, Aldrich; s. L. Brooks, Pratt City; J. H. Orange, sayre- ton; Lum Vincent Piper.
 For District Auditors and Credentials Committee-G. Jackson, Blocton; H. E. Robinson, Pratt City; Patrick Clancy, Warner; J. W. Lawlah, Bell Sumter.
 It is understood that Mir. Farley will be reelected by large majority, and 1t is also understood that Mir. Flynn will be reelected. For secretary treasurer Mir. Clemo will have no opposition. Of the eight district board members, 1t Is be- lieved that all, or nearly all. will be re- elected.
 President Flynn and Secretary-Treas- urer Clemo will submit reports. The lat ter's will be checked up by the auditors.
 The coal operators will hold a special meeting in the commercial club rooms next Tuesday at D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
A CAUSE OF HEADACHE.
One Very Common Cause Generally
 Overlooked.

Headache is symptom, an indication of derangement or disease In some organ, and the cause of the headache is difficult to locate because so many diseases have headache as a prominent symptom; de- engagement of the stomach and liver, heart trouble, kidney disease, lung trou- ble, eye strain or i'll fitting glasses all produce headaches and if we could all ways locate the organ which is at fault the cure of obstinate headaches would be much simpler matter.
 However, for that form of headache called frontal headache, pain back of the eyes ard in forehead, the cause is now known to be catarrh of the head, anO throat; when the headache Is located in back of head and neck 1t Is often caus- ed from catarrh of the stomach or liver
 At any rate catarrh is the most common cause of such headaches and the cure Of the catarrh causes a prompt disappear ance of the headaches
 There is at present no treatment for catarrh so convenient and effective as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, a new internal remedy In tablet form, composed of anti septics like red gum, blood root which act upon the blood and cause the elimi- nation of the catarrhal poison from the system through the natural channels.
 
 teacher in one of our normal schools, speaks of her experience with catarrhal headaches and eulogizes Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as cure for them. She says: q suffered daily from severe frontal headache. and pain in and back of the eyes, at times so intensely as to incapa- citate me in my daily duties I had suf- fered from catarrh, more or less for years but never thought it was the cause of my headaches. but finally became con vinced that such was the case because the headaches were always worse when ever I had cold or fresh attack of ca tarrh.
 "Stuart's Catarrh Tablets were highly recommended to me as safe and pleas ant catarrh cure and after using a few fifty cent boxes which I procured from my druggists I was surprised and de- lighted to find that both the catarrh and headaches had gone for good"
 Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold by druggists at fifty cents per package. un- der the guarantee of the proprietors that they contain absolutely no cocaine (found in so many catarrh cures) no opium (so common in cheap cough cures) nor any harmful drug. They contain simply the wholesome antiseptic necessary to de- stroy and drive from the system the germs of catarrhal disease.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
ADDICKS WANTS
 NO INTERFERENCE
ASKS THAT THE PRESIDENT RE- MAIN NEUTRAL IF HE CANNOT SUPPORT THE ADDIcks FAC TON IN DELAWARE.


 Washington, December e.--J. Edward Addicks of Wilmington. Del. had con- ference today with President Roosevelt about the political situation in his state. MT. Addicks call upon the President was induced by desire that the Presi- dent should maintain a neutral attitude in the pending senatorial contest in Del aware If he could not see his way clear to support Mir Addicks.
 MT. Addicks told the President that two United States senators would be elected by the Delaware state legislature next month by the republicans, and he would be one of them. He gave the President a resume of the political status, assuring him that from his point of view he and his friends constituted the republican or ganization. They represented, 4le said, three-fourths of the republican people of Delaware, and he maintained that they were entitled to consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
SCHOONER BADLY DAMAGED. The M. 3. Crosby Towed Into Charles
 ton In Crippled Condition.

Charleston, s. O., December 6. The 1ve-masted schooner M. D. Greasy. Cap- tain E. P. Haskell. was lowed into Charleston today in distress.
 Captain Haskell reports: Left Port Tampa. Fla. November "A for Cartaret, N. J.. with phosphate rock. Sunday. the 9cth. in latitude 2s:so. longitude 79.2, ex- rerienced hurricane from east, with a dangerous cross sea running and breaking over vessel from aft to forward; schooner sprang a leak; kept the wrecking pump constantly goingi lost sails, spars and everything movable from decks; used oil to advantage. kept vessel before the sea for safety during storm the bad weather continued and wound up with another hurricane from the northeast December ( Lost port anchor eff Charieston; sails and rigging damaged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
ToLBERT IS CAUGHT.
Charged With killing James Thomp-
 son In LlttIeton Clash.

Will Tolbert, the negro charged with killing James Thompson, white man, at .Littleton, few weeks ago, is under arrest in Mobile, and Deputy Sheriff George Courson left yesterday to bring him to Birmingham.
 Since the Littleton affair efforts have been made to apprehend Tolbert, but they proved futile until he was captured in Mobile.
 Thompson was killed at Littleton in a clash between the blacks and whites. Thompson was crossing a bridge, when he was met by Tolbert and party of other negroes, among them negro woman. It seems the woman brushed against Thompson, or they collided. Thompson expostulated, and later a member of the party fired. at him. It is alleged Tolbert is the man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
ASK THE GROCER

For 'Clifton'' flour and take no other. Every housekeeper owes 1t to herself and her family to buy and use the very best f,our-that Is, Clifton four.
 "clifton' is the one flour that insures s,ccess in baking. And Clifton" is the one f,o,,r that yields the finest-most pal atable and most nutritious food.
 The limit of quality is always main- tained in "Clifton" flour. It Is uniformly best--year in and year out.
 Remember to ask for Clifton" flour the next time you leave an order with the grocer. Refuse substitutes. Bransford Mills. Owensboro. Ky.
 For sale by Mackin Bros. Fowlkes & Mvatt Co.,, c. E. Cox, Tomlin Grocery CO, J. D. Burke and w. B. Emond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
SCIENCE NOTES.
From the Baltimore Sun.
 Wlnninq Land From The Sea.


 Some alarm has been recently occasion ed in England by statements concern ing the erosion of the coasts. But com- pensating forces are at work, which have long been engaged in reclaiming territory from the embraces Of the sea, according to the Windsor magazine.
 That part of England which was not visible in the time of Julius Caesar com prises some thousands of square miles. It is to be found along the shores of the Thames, on the coast of Kent and Essex in Lincolnshire and in many oth- CT parts. Romney Marsh together with Walling and Guilford Marshes, contain ing about 6Oo0O acres. is the earliest in- closure of which we have any record In later times,. particularly in the sew enteenth century, the Dutch, with their native skill in the art of embarking, were employed. R
 Some of the principal inclosures of re- cent years have been made on the Nor folk and Lincolnshire coasts; part of Sunk Island in Yorkshire (the whole of which is reclaimed land); Pagnam. liar bor Sussex; islands in Handford Water, Essex; Grading Harbor, in the Isle of Wight; and parts of the estuary of the River Dee. The reclaimed land of Lin- colnshfre amounts to more than 6SO,OO0 acres, or more than 1000 square miles. In the estuary of the Humber about 2sO square miles have from time to time been gained from the sea. ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
The Electric Furnace.

The importance, in many instances of having energy available in convenient form is we'll Illustrated by the ever-in- creasing applications of the small elec- tric furnace. Although the thermal eff ficiency of the electric furnace itself Is high, the efficiency from coal pile to furnace is only about 10 or 12 per cent
 The thermal efficiency of a simple com bustion furnace. on the other hand, Is practically unity; that Is to say all the available energy of the coal is converted into heat. But here, due to the form of the furnace necessary. we meet with
 great difficulty in confining and con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
EIectroIysIs and It's RemedIe..

In paper read before the recent con- vention in New York city of the Inter- national Association of Fire engineers, Capt. William Brophy said that the way to cure electrolysis of gas and water pipes is to break the continuity of the metal in the pipes by inserting insulat- ing joints therein at suitable points, thus preventing any flow of current over them. In that case the poorly bonded track would have to receive immediate attention and its carrying capacity in. creased either by proper bonding. in. creasing the size of the rails, or the ad. dition of return feeders. If neither plan was adopted an increased coal bill would be the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
VIII Visit West indies.

Copenhagen, December 6.-The govern ment commission appointed to investigate the Danish West Indies for the purpose of gathering information concerning those islands will return here in April. The ( ( mmission has been hearing the testi- :neny of persons connected with the Dan ish West Indies, but today consulted with an expert in dermatology. Dr. En- lers, regarding leprosy, which is said to be prevalent in the colony. The doctor may go to the Danish West Indies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07

clan of London, on the Magnet Magnetic
 Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth" Its author was a contemporary of Shakespeare. Hhe practiced the ex- perimental methods before Bacon wrote about 1t; his methods and discoveries ex- cited the sneers of Bacon, the praises of Gallileo and Kepler. This Gilbert, who was Queen Elizabeth's physician. found- ed the science of magnetism and laid down some of the elementary principles of electricity, and, what is even more re- markable, he demonstrated "that the globe of the earth Is magnetic and magnet" Prof. Silvanus Thompson has translated and the Gilbert club republish- ed the famous work De Magnete." Three centuries after his time It's au- thor is appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
A Queer Phenomenon In Melting.

The statement that a solid like iron
 or steel always melts from the inside. the outside being the last to be con- verted into a liquid state, will seem, no doubt. to many ludicrous. It is clearly demonstrated In the manufacture of tool or crucible steel. As to the cause. all Iron or steel bars, plates etc, have a trace of oxide upon the surface which is formed during the period of cooling. after the rolling or hammering, or from moisture of some kind. When the charge is placed in the furnace an intense heat comes in contact with the iron or steel, and more oxide forms upon the outside of each piece of steel or iron, and, be- ing aided by the oxide originally upon 1t, a difficult fusible shell Is formed There being no possible manner by which the center of the iron or steel can be- come oxidized to the same degree, it's melting point is therefore not raised and 1t naturally melts long before the out side.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
The Mersey Tunnel.

The electrical equipment for the Mer- sey tunnel railway at Liverpool, Eng land. has been nearly completed at the Westinghouse works at East Pittsburg, Pa, and the last of the generators and engines will shortly be on their way across the ocean. The Mersey tunnel railway. which was completed in 1SS6 is about four and one-half miles in length. of which about two miles constitute the tunnel under the river and the approach es While the English bull-head rails are used for the track, Trails 60 feet in length and weighing 100 pounds per yard, are to be used for the conductor rail and also for fourth rail carrying the return current. Both these conduc- tor rails are supported on stoneware in- sulators. In this way all risk of stray return currents causing electrolysis will be avoided. It Is hoped that the use of electricity for propulsion will leave the air purer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07

trolling the liberated heat, much of it passing away in the escaping gases. On the contrary. in the electric furnace, the heat is easily confined and controlled and can be applied just where 1t Is needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-07
The Decline of Natural Indigo.

The producers of natural indigo throughout the world feel the competi- tion of the artificial product. Thirty years ago the madder industry in the south of France was destroyed, and now the indigo industry in the far east meets the same fate, both the result of the work of scientists. Perhaps the time may come when chemical synthesis will celebrate its triumph over the great food products. result that will be a blessing to all mankind. although not of particular advantage to the agrarian industry, which will then have an ex- perience similar to that of the wood cul- tivators in Thuringia- the madder grow CTS in south France and now the in- digo producers in India. The persistent claims of political economists that the agrarian industry is of the greatest inn- portance must be considered in the light of competition between artificial and na- tural food products.