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'em! ! call it a-nisultHD0f the al.
mighty, the gentry offering Him Their
'cast-oft clothes and what notr' she
said tartly. 'Teck my word for It
the gentry gets their fun out o. them
sales same as bazars, and times they
gets the best bargains, too"
81 done see how that can be" said;
= the gentry don't buy at rummage
sales"
Don't they?" she chuckled. much
YOU know about 1t. The best bargain
:. eve l seed was got at a rummage
SALE Sit ZEE down, and donnut ddget
,.wi' yer chair, and I'll tell ZEE how IL
:. cum about. Twas worth half-a-sov'
t'iereign to me.
&" az was a clip of a girl, In saryice al
Squoire Hargreayes, at the hall. Well
they had a guyerness there for thu
children; a tall, handsome lass she was
as proud as If she was a duchess.
Her father had been what they cal
a millionaire, but he lost all his money
and the daughter, who had been tt
college and was a great schollard, wen
out to help earn a living for the family
Before that she'd been engaged to be
married, but it was broken off when hel
father lost his money.
well, one day | was cleaning the
outside windows of the schoolroon
when Mrs. Hargreaves comes in, and
Miss Alwyn,' says she, I want you tc
help the wears daughter, Miss Rogers
at the roomage sale So Miss Alwyr
said she would.
ION the days of the sale, Mary, the
housemaid, told me she'd asked Miss
Alwyn for any of her old things to SEND
to the parish hall. Miss Alwyn JUS
looked up, and said;
avery well, Mary, you can take
what's hanging on the end peg in my
room; l have nothing else l coult
spare"
There was a pink frock as fitted
Mary and a lavender muslin gown.
MARY l said, there's a mistake
Miss Alwyn's always kept that put by
so careful in her drawer, with sprigi
of rosemary between; she don't NEAR
shat
But Mary wouldn't listen. She'd Sc
her heart on the lavender gown anc
took it down to the parish hall herself
for we two servants had a holiday fol
the afternoon.
MARY took the dresses to Miss Rog
ers' stall and got them priced. Sht
bought the pink one, but the Lavender
was too dear. Il can't think says Mis-.
Rogers, how anyone comes to send it
It's quite a Partisan creation
There was a Mr.. Bartram as wa.
staying with the vicar standing by, ant
he laughed. Let's see the creation b,
said; and then he looked startled
Where did that come from?' he says
shortlike: and Miss Rogers said. from
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Carborundum melts only t a tenn
p%erature far above that ordiirily gem
Grated for smelling ores and btals. 1t
is therefore proposed as a dting for
ire bricks, to be applied a paste
with sodium s~ilicate, and Ets have
shown hat a twelfth-inch editing pro-
tects the bricks from the grdes theat
of ordinary work with metalt
The diving apparatus of S Dor Pine,
IN Italian engineer, consistsIf a kind
of globular boat provided 18th deli
cately jointed mechanical Hns, and
with this it is practicable toEeach the
sea bed at a depth of 100 Ifds, and
TO perform any kind of wdk. In a
Test les Genoa, the acknowledgements
ed to the bottom and returned With
he greatest ease.
Alloys are usually more fu4ble than
he least fusible metal contalned, and
hey are almost always Xavier or
denser than the average of their TN
combined constituents. A remarkable
exception to both rules is al alloy of
iS.S7 per cent of aluminium Ind 91.13
per cent Of anthony. Boz metals
melt at about $50 deg. c., While the
dlloy requires a heat of 1890 deg. c.,
and the specific gravity of the latter
is only 4,218-instead of 5,2a5, which
It would be If there were 10 change
Of volume. In other words, LOT cubic
inches of aluminium and 1901 Of anti
nony produce 23.71 cubic inches of al
10y.
1t is suggested in the October, 1902,
Bulletin of the Trinidad Botanical De-
partment that pitcher plants, which
possess the property of capturing and
insects that venture Into their
lowers, could be proitably employed
in preventing the ravages Of cock
among orchids. BY inter
the pitcher plants among the
it is believed that tn orchids
would be, to a great degree, detected.
because the pitcher plants ha e an at
.raction for such injurious sects as
and seldom let hem get
way. The pitcher plant flourikhes TN
Ter conditions Of heat and Moisture
luite similar to those that ake most
adorable to orchids.
1t has been found that the b @terici-
al effect of the arc-light is M ich SUI
erior to that of sunlight, because the
cry rapid ultraviolet radiation from
he sun Is absorbed by the atmosphere.
! rapid oscillation high-tensi IN are,
- - o,I Il l. "
oints, gives off an abundance of Ill
'~aviolet rays of extremely shott-wave
Quartz is transparent to this |
ght, of which it transmits go n er cent, |
ut gelatine and an oxide of irdIn. even
thin film of it, are entirely Apaque.
,e is as transparent as air Athese
lys, but blood is Opaque, cord
, 1903-05-15
A BY AN OLD MAN.
Here in my easy chair I sit,

Here in my easy chair l sit,
An old, old man before the fra.
Deaf to all sounds of every day
And dead to every past desire.
Perhaps the failing outward sense
Quickens the spirits inner ear,
For sitting here before the fire
You'd scarce believe the sounds l hear
All this long afternoon I heard
The brook in the old orchard sing
Just as it used. to, on the farm,
When first the grass grew green In
spring.
You know that gurgling, gladstone
noise
The voice of water wild with glee
When 1t has burst its icy bond
And inds itself alert and free.
nhe birds, too, in the beech-tree grove
L hear them, as in days of yore
When l went forth at break of day,
Call through the sunrise hush once
more.
And that one bird that nestled high
l thought she had a silver throat
A trickle of clear melody,
It thrills me oft, her slender note.
My mothers voice, too-oh, so plain
1t calls across the fading light:
Come, children, time to leave your play;
Come IN the house, tits almost nightl'
Sometimes when you have left the room,
And | alone am sitting here,
speak the answer right out loud,
Yes, yes, I'm coming, mother deari"
Then, there's one song comes back to me-, |
Your mother sang ii, my dear wife.
A slender girl dressed all in white,
First time / saw her in my life.
h used to carol like a bird
It's an old-fashioned song, I know,
But day by day I hear her still
:. Singing, "John Anderson, my Jo."
| sometimes think that when l go Il
To Join her in the angel throng
Her voice, above the heavily hymn
Will rise once more in that loved song.
An old, old man-and common speech
But seldom reaches my dulled ear;
Yet sitting here before the fire
You'd scarce believe the sounds I hear.
Youths Companion.
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llsessed uboa< gion ~ So a

10 make 1t bloodless.
There is a platinum proN M as
we'll as a coal problem, and a Writer in
science says it has become p very
serious one, because while the demand
or this metal has rapidly increased
turing the past few years, the supply
AS been diminishing. Mines contained
4 two small districts in the Ural
fountains have long been the worlds
hief source Of platinum. Two Rus
AN families, the Demidoffs and the
h%ouvaloffs, are the principal owners
{ these mines. Recently a rich find
I platinum has been reported in the
ore %northerly Of the two districts, at
oroblagodatsk, along the River lss
I'D its tributaries. Formerly some OF
he sands produced as much as one
llnce of platinum to the ton, but late
this has been reduced to one or tive
sennyweights. The new diggings are
aid to rival the richness of the older
, 1903-05-15
A TALE OF A SALE.
81 RS. MASON is what we call in

M0 RS. MASON is what we call In
lM in our village "a character"
s and as such 1 dearly love a
chat with her when she is in the hui
NOR to be drawn out. The other af-
ternoon l called to remind her of the
annual rummage sale. She is a regu-
lar purchaser, but priding herself on
possession of a judicial mind, she does
not feel at all called upon. to approve
tp, the abstract of institutions in whose
benefits she is QUITE ready to partirt
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Him to 1t.

Absent-Minded Young Professor aft
err discoursing learnedly but vaguely
for fifteen minutes)-I beg your par
don, Miss de Muir, but l seem to have
wandered from the subject 1 had in
mind when l came here, and find my
self unable to pick up the thread, as it
were, of my
Blushing Maiden-I think. professor,
were asking me to marry you.
Absent-Minded Young Professor-To
be sure.
(Wanders again.)
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Between Rich and Poor.

In English law courts too much dis
tinction is made between poor and
wealthy parties. This state of affairs
Is partly attributable to the want Of
a code of criminal law and procedure.
The mysteries of the law of the En-
glish jurists of to-day are what the
mysteries of theologic dogma were for
priestcraft of medieval times. Die
Zeit, Vienna.
, 1903-05-15
Where He Fell Down.

Tell me what people read and l will
ell you what they are" said the self
confessed philosopher.
"Well there's my wife," rejoined the
1~yspeptic party. "Shes forever read
ng cook books. Now, what is sheY"
'Why, a cook of course" replied the
philosophy dispenser.
'That's where the spokes rattle in
you Wheels" said the other. "She only
thinks she Is"
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Sure to Come Later.

Doctor think you understand fully
now the directions for these medicines,
and this is for your dyspepsia.
Patient-Why, l haven't dyspepsia,
doctor.
Doctor-Oh, 1 know, but you will
have it when you have taken those 9th.
err medicines.-Tid-B Bits
, 1903-05-15

The average wife picks out the pres
ents for both her kin and her hus-
bands kin. and hers do not get the
worst of 1t.
, 1903-05-15
His Modest REQUEST.

Boss" began the frayed wayfarer,
as he tipped his hat, yer wife just
give me an old smokin' jacket"
what of it?" growled the gruff sub
urbanite.
"Well, l jest wanted to know if
yer'd give me a couple of cigars?"
, 1903-05-15
Wearing Noisy Clothes.

Hurleigh-How did you ever happen
to pick out such a suit Of clothes?
Burleigh-Oh, l just went it blind.
Hurleigh-And deaf?-Judge.
, 1903-05-15
No Lineal Descendant

OF the twenty-five men who have
been President of the United States
EN- have to-day no descendants.
, 1903-05-15

A BEACH unsurpassed for driving
Of bathing.
STREETS, hard, smooth and clean.
ARTESIAN WATER, In abundant
supply.
SEWERAGE that protects health and
Ia q great convenience.
ELECTRIC LIGHT, steady and bril-
liant.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, for the pro-
lection of property.
HOTELS AND BOARDING COT
TAGES that please the most fastidi-
GUS. b.
LARGE STORES, stocked with the
Best In the market.
CHURCHES, in charge Of able min
sters.
, 1903-05-15

DESIRABLE SOCIETY and whole
some restrictions that insure perma-
nency.
BEACH CASINOS, affording q great
variety OF amusements.
OCEAN PIER, extending to deep va
ter.
RUSTIC PAVILIONS along the
beach and in the Park.
ARTISTIC COTTAGES. no common
structures being allowed.
BEACH BOARDWALK, always ap-
preciated.
GRAND HOLLY PARK. not found
elsewhere on the coast.
TOWN HALL and efficient local gov
eminent.
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A butterfly Farm.

Near Scarborough, England, a farm
exists for rearing moths and bitter
flies. Half an acre of land has been
planted with trees and shrubs fol the
purpose. In their season the stock
of caterpillars is twenty thousand
From thirty to forty thousand pre-
served Insects are kept in reserve, so
that butterflies and moths can be sup.
piled irrespective of the time of year.
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acted at the right timA.
FAST EXPRESS TRAINS, making
quick time to and from Philadelphia.
BELL TELEPHONE, affording COM
munication with the outside world.
FISHING, SAILING AND CRAB
BING every day amusements.
We confidently assert hat at no Other
place on the coast, with equal advan-
tages, can you purchase building lots
for less than twice the price for which
they are selling at wildwood to-day
but this condition is rapidly changing.
You should see the drift and go with
the tide.
Further information of BAKER
BROS, Wildwood, New Jersey. or III
Drexel Building. Philadelphia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS.
Freight Handlers on All the Roads
 Have Quit Work.

St. Louis, May 21.-Approximateiy 1000 men are now out on strike in St. Louis and immediate vicinity. The threatened strikes which have been brewing for several weeks past have come, and com merce in St. Louis Is seriously interrupt ed. The freight handlers of all the roads In St. Louis and East St. Louis struck to- day in sympathy with the porters and packers, who recently went out at Cup ples Station, where most of the whole sale firms of St. Louis are situated
 Between 1900 and 2000 men went out to- day, and as a result there Is possibility that the officials of the roads will en- deavor to secure an injunction from the Federal court to restrain the men from interfering with their business. If they proceed to fill the vacancies with non union men.
 It Is asserted by representatives of both branches of the freight handlers that the tie up in St. Louis is complete and that every railroad handling freight is af- fected According to union representatives between 250O and 5000 men are directly involved, and the number will in all prob ability be increased.
 Owing to the strike of freight handlers shipping business along the Mississippi levee has been greatly affected and out going packets are not taking on board as large cargoes as usual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
SHOULD HUMOR
 GAS CONSUMERS
AT MEETING OF GAS ASSOCIATION BELL w. PERKINS OF SOUTH BEND READS PAPER ON HOW TO TREAT CUSTOMERS.

Indianapolis Ind, May 21.-Today's was largely devoted to receiving reports of different committees. The most inter- esting feature was a paper by Bell w. Perkins of South Bend, Ind. He ad- vised the gas companies thoroughly to investigate large bills that may cause objection and suggested that errors in the meter be corrected and acknowledged, instead of trying to make the consumer believe that he burned the gas.
 At the annual election, Vice President F. H. Shelton of Philadelphia was ad- vanced to president. Other officers elect ed were: First vice president, o. O. living, St. Louis; second vice president, Paul Doty. Detroit; secretary-treasurer. J. w. Dunbar, New Albany, Ind
 The new directors are: President A. H. Barrett, Louisville; William Mcdonald. Albany, N. Y.; Thomas D. Miller. New Orleans; D. R. Warrington, Cleveland; K M Mitchell, St. Jospeh, Mo, and John D. McIlhenny. Philadelphia
 This afternoon A. E. Boardman of Brevard, N. C., gave a gasman's view of municipal ownership. He said that profits should he used first to pay for public service, and then for reducing the price to consumers.
 No matter how alluring reports from municipal plants may appear" the speak CT said, the absolute cost to the com munity is greater than in well managed private plant"
 H. A. Wheeler of St. Louis discussed the heat conductivity of different clays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
CAN REMOVE THE POLES.
Pennsylvania Railroad Wins Case
 Against Western Union.

Pittsburg. May 2.-The final and formal order in the case of the Western Union Telegraph company In the United States court was made today by Judge Joseph Burlington. The order permits the Penn sylvania Railroad company to begin at once to remove the poles and wires of the Western Union company from the right of way of the Pennsylvania Rail road company. Immediately after the de- cision of Judge Burlington hundreds of men, acting on orders from the Pennsyl- vania railroad, began to cut Western Union poles on the railroad property in this division. In short time hundreds of poles holding hundreds of miles of telegraph. telephone and electric light wires. went down. As a consequence many small towns were without tele- graphic connection, while in the vicinity of Pittsburg there were a number of bor- oughs that were without electric light or telephone service.
 No notice 1t Is said. had been sent of the intended action of the railroad offi- cials either by the Western Union or the Pennsylvania officials.
 The downfall of the poles, Western Union officials say, will affect that com pany but little.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
CAN DRAW THE PAY.
Soldier Afflicted With Leprosy Is sergt.
 Charles c. Mix.

Washington, May 21.-The identity of the soldier who Is suffering from leprosy at an isolation camp in Geor- gia, but whose name thus far has not been made public. was disclosed today by the action of the treasury in pass ing on question connected with the drawing of a soldiers pay without signing vouchers for the same.
 The soldiers name Is Charles c. Mix, first sergeant in the FiftL company of the coast artillery corps. Mix is now in hospital at Fort Screven, Tybee Island, Georgia. In view of the fact that it would not be safe for Mix to sign pay vouchers, the war department was asked whether written authority would be necessary in order to draw the soldiers pay and dispurse it accord ing to his direction.
 The comptroller held that the secre- tary was authorized to make regula- tion which wouIu meet the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
MARCH IN TOWN NAKED.
Doukhobars Arrested for PraetIcina
 Their Adam and Eve Religion.

Yorktown, N. w. T., May 21.- Twenty-six male Doukhobars were ar rested today for practicing their Adam and Eve" religion in their vii. lages. Other Doukhobars objected to this sort of thing and drove them out.
 When near the village the men dis. robed and marched into the town naked. A company of mounted police quickly captured the men and brought them Into Yorktown, where they are held under arrest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
HITCHCOCK HAD A PLEASANT TRIP
RETURNS TO HIS OFFICE IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, DE- LIGHTED WITH HIS TOUR OF THE TERRITORIES.

Washington, May H.-Secretary Hitch cock was at the interior department today for the first time in almost a month, hav- ing just returned from tour of inspec- ton in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, the first official visit ever made to those territories by the head of the department having especial supervision of their af- fairs.
 T am delighted with all that I saw" said the secretary. referring to his tour. q found both territories populated by an intelligent and progressive people and the population rapidly growing in both in- stances Settlers are going into Indian Territory from all the states of the union and in this respect the settlement is some what different from that of other states and territories. This fact is accounted for by the exceptional richness of the soil, the fine climate and the many advantages. There are already signs of prosperity on every hand and the promise Is rich for greater growth in the future. The Dawes commission is giving especial attention to the enrolment of the Indians and the allot- ment of land to them, with an honest de- termination to complete its labors in 1906, the time fixed by congress-
 Secretary Hitchcock took positive ground against the consolidation of the two territories and their admission as one state. Such union at this time and be- fore the status of the Indians is fixed as contemplated by law" he said, would be unfair to the Indians and should not be ttempted-certalnly not at this time, If at any time. On the other hand, the people of Oklahoma are entitled to im- mediate statehood and there should be no delay in the admission of that territory with It's present boundaries.
 "The territory has the population and wealth to make 1t a first class state from the outset and the natural resources to make fine state some day. The Indians do not desire union."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
VETERANS END THEIR LABORS
 AND JHARCHLNR EVIEWTODAY
CUP DEFENDER RELIANCE
 BEATS COL UMBIA BADLY

New York, May 21.-By a combination of good luck and splendid sailing quail ties the new cup defender Reliance today inflicted such defeat on the former cup defender Columbia as it never had suf- fered. leading 1t over the finish line of a 25-mile course off Glen Cove by IA min utes and 4S seconds, official time. Not all of the glory of the victory was fairly earned by the new boat. But despite the Columbia's i'll luck the Reliance convinc- ingly showed itself to be the better boat. It had defeated the Columbia nearly eight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
Houses Blown Down.

Chickasha, I. T.. May 21.-A tornado today passed over Lone Wolf, sixty five miles west of Chickasha, on the Mangum brancn of the Rock Island. Four houses were blown down and their contents scattered. Mrs. liar gan, wife of a farmer, was blown against a barbed wire fence and killed. The tornado wrecked telephone and telegraph wires. destroying trees, fences, outhouses and killing stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
WANT CHARTERS FORFEITED.
District Attorney of Texas Files suIi
 Against Texas Pipe Line Go.

San Antonio, Tex, May H.-Attorney- General Bell and District Attorney Bee filed suit today against the King Crow ther corporation and the King-Crowther Pipe Line company, asking for forfeit of the charters and the appointment of A receiver on the grounds of insolvency. c. F. King is president of the two concerns; the capital stock of the first is 5000, 600 and the latter $500,00o.
 The main Texas office Is at San Antonio and the eastern offices in Chicago, Bos- ton and other cities. Large amounts of stock have been sold on claims that the company has numerous oil wells and is building a railroad and pipe line in Texas. all of which. the petition charges, Is not true The case will be heard May 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
sWITcHMEN IN SESSION.
Session Spent In Discussing Changes
 In the Constitution.

Indianapolis, Ind, May 21.-The Switch mems union of North America devoted It's session today to questions relative to changes in the constitution and bylaws. The various clauses in the constitution and bylaws of the grand lodge of the organization were gone into but no important change was made.
 The principal matter to come up for revision Is the insurance feature of the organization. Numerous additions to the insurance bylaws have caused many of them to be involved and contradictory. Indianapolis has raised 5000 as a bid for the next convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22

AN ASHINGTON, May 21.-(Special.)
 NI Representative MoDermott of
 " New Jersey said today that the democrats of his state are for Grover Cleveland for President first and Sena- tor German of Maryland second. MT. Cleveland" said MT. McDermott. 'is a wise, conservative leader. and he could handle affairs in the White House with the utmost satisfaction. Mir German is also looked favorably upon. The people seem to have confidence in him. New Jer- sey, New York, Connecticut and Della ware will give their electoral votes to either or any other man of their type"
 Adjutant General Corbin said today that the coming inspections of the Ala bama National Guard are to be held as follows: May 2O Company c, Third in- fantry. Gadsden May 21, Company B. Third infantry Florence; May p, Com pany F, Third infantry, Hunts- vile; May 2s, Company E, Third infantry. Decatur; May 25, Com May 26 Company H, First infantry. Troy; May 27, Company G, Second in- fantry, Eufaula; May 2S, Company B., Second infantry, Prattsville, and May 29, Company K, Second infantry, Tuskegee.
 Cabinet officers and republican members close to the Roosevelt throne do not seri- ously regard reports to the effect that the Roosevelt second term resolution will be voted down in the Ohio republican convention. It is admitted that there is strong opposition to Roosevelt in Ohio, but similar opposition exists within the republican ranks in every other state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-22
Papers for Mrs. Mccormick.

Memphis. May H.-Requisition papers arrived here today giving possession of Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick to the Cincin- natl officers in order that she may be taken to that city to stand trial on . charge of murder In connection with a bottle of poisoned whisky sent from this city to Mrs. Kate Nobbe of Cincinnati. However. habeas corpus proceedings are pending in the Circuit court in this coun- ty. and Mrs. Mccormick cannot be taken from the state until this case ia dlsposed of.