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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

Great excitement relgned in the Brown household. The whole family had gone forth that day in quest of information In regard to the construction of the new house Mother and daughters had been down town shop-storming. Hither and thither they had Town, gathering bit of honeyed informa- ton at every inviting spot. Technical terms used to distinguish the various articles that might be used in furnishing the house formed confused tumble In the mind of the mother while volumes of memoranda had been written by the girls, who had set out in tne morning with pencil and pad. prepared Tor the commercial interviews. Mir Brown had busied himself In the investigation of ireightt rates, communication and other impor- tant data, and was laden with information upon these matters that would have sur prlsed the railroad officials had he been called upon to unload 1t before them Tom, wearing the expression of professional be- nightly behttlng the countenance of the successful architect, displayed four new drawings.
 The women had been told by those well in- formed in the matter of furnishings that the refined taste of the day, which demands plainer types of architecture sets that same standard for the furniture that goes into the house, and that furniture should be selected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
Se4rets Of 6bQ Sumner Girl I3 6ow2.


The summer girl In town-and her name Is legion--is just now busily engaged In put ting the finishing touches on her plans for social campaign not to be scorned by her more or less fortunate sisters who are flee Ing the city for the heated term.
 Once upon a time the real summer girl was to be found only on the ocean-washed sands. in water-lapped canoes or on noun tain paths. Now she has raised unto her self a new kingdom in the heart of the city. and has gathered around her more loyal sub Jects of the masculine persuasion than the average belle of the average summer resort dreams of in her most triumphant hour.
 Where one man puts in the entire summer doing the out-of town resorts or travelling abroad Q hundred take of one month for pleasuring and thousands take off two weeks. Therefore 1t is wise girl who reads these figures alright, and, without stopping to quarrel with the fate which holds her In town, proceeds to garner In the very desir- able loaves and fishes which are ready to roll and tumble into her social basket.
 Envlronments.-The first thought of the summer girl In town Is to make herself hygienieally comfortable And she starts with her own particular room or ''den." As summer Is the time for relaxation, she aims at simple living. The room Is stripped of it's luxurious furnishings, the trinkets and gew- gaws collected during the winter season. Away with draperies and mountains of pill lows. Enter sweet simplicity in wicker fur piture and 4sqttings. Exit hangings Enter aWA1pgs toAfFenetian blinds. If draperies of arTMrf re employed they are the tink- Ing afad pc11ere, or cool crepes from Japan Gp4tta revefIfy at least obviates the daily probI&u 0f dnsting.
 SHORT sK1RTs ARE NECESSARY.
 Droge--Next she overhauls her wardrobe. Dl4ouInE a rery different outfit from that err1nxtd bJ fhe summer girl out of town. Efr1k, she b1s several pedestrian skirts, not foo 11otf, but just the length to clear the EE01u1 neafl{. One will be of excellent ma 4erzal <14f oheds both dust and ruin. and u14 x5Ikpcc (1ts for her trips to the beaches (I1E IT <cVH By this means she saves X1<@1If nc GThin of lifting a skirt and the &1[1<a.te ~ having 1t trodden upon by the
 1x cH tc1t and train, and incidentally
 I@@1e<1 Ir escort, who, If he be man
 -14 MI nent, rejoices in a trimly
 [z 1~l nion on his jaunt
 1t skirt of lighter weight she
 5r morning walks and for mar PQt known that the summer girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
Arabian DeIicacies.

In recent Egyptian review may be found some curious extracts from Al Djahez, a eel ebrated scientist of the tenth century.
 Speaking of the favorite dishes of the Ara bians of that epoch, he says that they con sdered the flesh of young dogs great deli. cacy and also ate grasshoppers and SCOT pions with much relish. Moreover, they es- teemed the flesh of black cats highly, since they maintained that any one who ate 1t could not be Injured, either by sorcery or by the evil one.
 Al Djahez also says that he was ttsap. pointed when he found that the Arabian tribes of Bassorah did not eat grasshop- pers, but, on the other hand, was highly delighted to fnd his friend, the famous poet Roobah, feasting royalty on roast rats and lizards. The Arabians, he says, in conclu. sion, also ate serpents and horses, but took the utmost care only to serve at table horses which had been harnessed as they did not consider It right to eat those which had been ridden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

and woodwork would be stained the same way. The lower walls would be covered with q brownish red cartridge paper, while the upper walls and ceiling would be tinted a deep ecru, which would be the shade for the curtains at the windows. Red should predomlnate in the upholstery rugs and hangings at the doors. It would in that case be necessary to have two pairs of portieres, as the hall scheme calls for blue. plain colored denim would be the best material for the portieres upon this floor. It costs from eighteen to twenty cents yard and is effective without beads or fringe. The few ornaments in the room should, to pre- serve the low tone or quiet scheme, be of a brownish or reddish cast. White would be very noticeable, and for that reason should be avoided. Plain colored porcelain would be effective, and would help to tighten the rich appearance of the room.
 Second Floor Plan.
 Tom next called attention to the floor plan of the upstairs rooms. hall, bath room and four bedrooms were shown. The sizes of the rooms and the position of doors and windows were indicated. Two of the four had been laid out, giving suggestions for built-in furniture, as well as a scheme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

upon the walls, while the sofa that was 10 be the bed of luxury In the cosey corner Whs a wonderful crea ation. 1t was also made upoi, an "od box foundation-thnt Is, IL Woulh be if box of suitable size could be 1ounu' While this plan had at first seemed admir- able to her she began to doubt whether sne presence of so much grandeur. She felt It.
 tie uncertain whether she could sleep well with so many roses nodding at her from the wall Those photographs, too, were confus- ing, and the dusty, stuffy cosey corner would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

for the arrangement of the other furniture. Mabel had already presented plan of what she called a pink room, in which the walls were hung with cotton chintz. Great pink roses climbing upon pink trellis with a pale yellow background formed the motif Then there was to be eosey corner with great Japanese umbrella as the apex of glory. She also planned to put up hundred or more photographs arranged in groups She had created, right out of her own head" cute little dressing table made from an old box and covered with the chintz of the pattern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

compensate her for the all-summer vacation. The girl in town who Is happy and healthy is the one who puts thought of her sister lounglng on the beach or tramping over mountain roads far behind her and grasps the opportunities and comforts within rench There are some women who would starve with Roman feast spread before them. There are others who would find a frappe in the heart of desert. The girl who means to have good time In town all summer long belongs to this class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
PINNACLE A MIsFIT.

Mrs. A. D. Vance Woman will climb to her place, If man will only let her.
 Mir. Sinnick-That's so. The Treasury De- partment let her climb to steamship decks. The trouble was. she didn't know what to do when she got there.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
WOMAN DISCOVERS
 SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL
Sand, Tar Oil and Kerosene a Good
 Fuel. Mrs. Miley Says.

Philadelphia, January 1S.-A Phila- delphia woman has discovered a sub stitute for coal which she believes will go far to relieve the shortage of an thracite. All last summer. in spite of the heat. she cxperimeuted. and yes terday she resolved to give the benefit Of her discovery to the public It is not SO well adapted for the small house holders furnace as for that of a mill or factory. but if it could be used in the latter places the inventor says all the more coal would be available for th- small consumer.
 Mrs. A. Miley of PIP North Twenti- eth street. is the woman who made the discovery. Briefly it is this. With com mon bar sand is mixed tar oil and either kerosene or petroleum. The pro- portion of the kerosene to the tar oil is almost one to two. and to one load of sand one barrel of the mixture is used. To rid the mixture of an objec- ionable odor which would result from the tar oil air slacked lime is added.
 No attempt is made 10 mould the ma terial into briquettes, but after a layer O. either coal or cinders is spread over the grate to prevent the particles of the mixture from falling through it is fired In the regular way. Mrs. Miley says that this gives a very hot, satisfactory fire.
 One detail must be looked after in using the fuel. Like fine soft coal it has d tendency to cake. and it must freduently be broken up by pokers
 Mixed with coal in the proportion of one part of anthra cite to two parts Of the sand and oil still better results are obtained. According to Mrs. Miley it is cheaper than coal.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
STATEHOOD
 TO THE FRONT Friends of the Bill Confident of Securing a Vote
The Compromise Talk Has Been Abandoned-The Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Beginning to Demand a Share of the Senate's Attention.

Washington, January 1S.-The state hood bill, immigration bill and the Gu ban reciprocity treaty vie with each other in demanding the attention of the senate during the present week and the probabilities are that before the close nf the week all of them will be dis placed temporarily by the legislative. executive and judiciary appropriation bill. The fact that Senator Cullom as chairman of the committee on foreign relations has given notice that he will ask the senate to go into executive ses- sion on Monday to consider the Cuban treaty does not mean there will be any clash at this time between the treaty and the statehood bill.
 After two o'clock tomorrow Senator Foraker will continue his speech in support of the omnibus statehood bill IIa will be followed by Senator Burn ham in opposition. who will speak two or three days. All efforts looking to a compromise on the statehood bill ap- pear for the time to be abandoned. and both sides now claim their purpose to fight it out on the lines already drawn The opponents of the bill profess confi- dence in their ability to continue the present speech making as long as may he necessary to accomplish its defeat for the present session. Friends of the measure express confidence that they will ecure vote before the close of the session.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19

peCt any support from the democracy of Pinal. Whatever nomination he might secure from the democracy of the territory would never be recognized by the people Of Pinal and MT. Weed in added that 1t would be his business to take the stump against him.
 MT. Weedin also added that hence forth Mir. Blair is a marked man. His most immediate ambition is to be elect ed a delegate to the constitutional con- vention in the event of the passage of the statehood bill. But that, says Mr. Weedln, IS an ambition that will never be realized. The appointment of MT. Truman is regarded as a slap at the democracy of Pinal which can be atom cd for only by the political destruction o1 all the parties to the understanding
 All the other important appointments or the council have been made. The minor clerkships and positions will be given out today. John H. Behan will be the enrolling and expressing clerk. Maricopa expected to get nothing out or the council seeing that the demo- crats of this county are not represented in that body. As matter of fact Mari copa did not get very much, only the unlmportant but responsible position of night watchman. In the silent watches Pedro G. de Ia Lama will preside over the south end of the capitol.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19

Washington, January 1S-The close of November on the Great lakes usual ly marks the end of the season of navigation. This year, for the first time, the treasury bureau of statistics has covered an entire seas on's registered tonnage movement, giV- ing arrivals and clearances at ports on these interior waters. For November. PA ports report arrivals and clearances and the registered tonnage movement in net tons is available for the first IL months of the year. December's tom mage adds slightly to these figures. but will not materially change the grand total. For the first II months of the past year, I,40S vessels were reported as arrivals, with a net registered ton- mage of l,443,5 517 net tons, and 77,S9a clearances of 12,215.099 net tons. These figures apply exclusively to coastwise trade; that is, to trade between domes- tic ports only, and do not include ton mage employed in the lake trade be- tween Canada and the United States.
 There are twenty individual ports on the Great lakes having each a regis tered tonnage of arrivals ranging from 100000 to over 5,OOO,OOO tons. On Lake Superior four different ports had a combined tonnage of fl, ,353.972 net tons, of which Duluth is credited with 4971,- f34 tons: Superior-West Superior. A. 0S7,1 tons; Two Harbors, BPS. .S5S tons, and Ashland. 2.1T1.546 tons. Lake Michigan has seven ports which fall within this clause, aggregra ting 1S.- GS,l32 tons of arrivals. Of these. Mil waukee stands at the head with A. 62Z,5S9 tons. Next in order comes Chi cago. with 4,310,63 tons. followed by Escanaba with 2,914256 tons. whose freight cargoes consist very largely or ore shipments to the manufacturing districts of the lower lakes. South Chi cago has a tonnage of 2,293, ,479 tons. and if included in that of Chicago. the combined tonnage would exceed the registered tonnage of any other lake port by more than 1.5OO.OO tons. Next in order on Lake Michigan. come Lud- dington, with 1,S11,S75 tons, Manitowoc. 1,751.60S tons, and Frankfort, with L. 00S,6S5 tons.
 The enormous volume of this move ment is only appreciated when com pared with similar marine operations on the ocean frontage New York. during the entire calendar year, 1902. is credited with S,9S2, 767 registered tons of arrivals. and S.S15, ,291 tons of clear anoes. London. for 19O1 had entrances amounting t0 9.992.7 tons. and clear ances of T,2S2,S92 tons. HongkOng re- ported S,626,614 tons entering, and s. 62O.4O9 tons clearing in the year 1900.
 The largest group of lake ports with in the million-ton class is to be found on the lower lake between Detroit and Buffalo. Nine ports on this portion of the lake coast aggregating a registry of arrivals of 22S65,772 tons. At the
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19

head of this list stands Cleveland, with 5,0S7.56 tons; Buffalo, 4,S306S2 tons; Ashtabula, 2,SSS,9S7 tons; Conneaut, D. 51l,515 tons; Detroit, 1886, ,697 tons; To- ledO, 1,S54,262 tons; Erie, 1924, ,2S5 tons: Lorain, 1,117.34O tons, and Fairport, l. O64, 439 tons.
 The twenty mentioned above have an aggregate tonnage of 5.992. S76 tons. or IS.3 per cent of the entire registry reported for the season to the end oi November. All other ports have a com bined total of 15.45O,641 tons. or 21 per cent oi the total lake arrivals.
 The number of vessels reported as arriving at Chicago to the above date was 6.525; at Milwaukee. 5,OS2: at Cleveland, 4.187; at Ashtabula. 1, 737: St Buffalo, 3,25S; at Duluth, 2,SS5: at De troit, 2.S543 at Escanaba, 2,S<1; at To- ledo, 2,S13; at Superior West Superior, 2,144; and at Washburn, 2,O65.
 In the month of October. when the vessel movement was at it's highest. the arrivals reached a total of 1O.271 yes sels. of S.S27,761 tons; and the clear ances a total of 1O,246 vessels. of 3.9O6.- 659 tons.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
J. 5. STEEL EMPL0YES
 ARE BUYING SHARES
Over 30,000 of the Preferred Tal en
 at Rate of $82.50.

New York, January 1S.-A represen- poration has made a statement that the employees of the corporation had sub scribed to over 3O,OOO shares of the pre- ferred stock at $S2.50 a share. This assures the success of the plan. Not withstanding that the subscriptions ex- ceed the amount purchased for distri- button by more than 5000 shares, the books will be kept open to and includ- ing the last day of the current month.
 If the Steel corporation makes no change in its policy, it is likely that the subscribers will receive considerably less than the amount subscribed for However, it is the belief that the cor poratiOn will purchase additional shares in the open market for the same pur- pose. The workmen, according to re- ports received, are beginning to get a better understanding of the plan, and it is said that the volume of subscrip tions will be swelled materially before the books close. No official action has as vet been taken in the matter of in crossing the number of shares for dis ,ribution.
 The officials of the United States Steel corporation express themselves as highly pleased with the action of the employees. claiming that it is the best indication of closer relations between the stockholders and managers and the working element As it is the desire or the corporation to secure the co-opera- tiOn of as many of the employees as possible, there is every reason to be- lieve that they will meet their demands.
 Speaking of the position of the Unit ed States Steel corporation, an official today said that he was convinced that the net earnings in any month in the current year would not fall below last December's estimated earnings of SS, 100000.
 A favorable development is a pro nounced increase in orders for light finished products. The plate, sheet steel and wire shipments are now heav- fer than they were during the month
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
FRANK MUNSEY TALKS
 OF NEWSPAPER IDEALS
Typewriters and Stenographers Have Combined to Degrade Literary Style.

New Haven, Conn. January 1S.- Frank A Munsey of New York, the owner of several newspapers and maga- zines, talked last night to Yale pro. fessors and students in College Street hall on Journalism" in the Isaac Bromley lecture course
 President Hadley introduced MT. Munsey. A few of the things which the lecturer said were:
 Education never could and never would make a good journalist Individ- uality and originality are the rarest qualities in a young newspaper man. The typewriter and the stenographer have done more to degrade literary style than anything else.
 ''To get the best results in literature and journalism cling to the pen and avoid the typewriter. The great field for writers outside daily journalism which is the greatest field of all. is in the line of fiction. The demand for good stories is far in excess of the sup ply. Love, romance and adventure never lose their charm. What we need is new school of newspaper men who can supply accurate information.
 T am not in favor of washed-our JOui ie'hSiiI. MY own papers are not yet up to the standard. I cannot get satis- factory young men. Carelessness IS the prevailing tone of the American press. Joseph Pulitzer was the founder Of the overgrown newspaper. The New York Sun of the period when MT. Pull itzer came to New York from the west was the best example of newspaper making ever seen in this country. It was condensed, accurate, and the best four-page paper ever published here '-
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
ANTI TRUST LEGISLATION.

Washington, January Manifestations are that the present week will witness tne passage by the house of the anti trust measures prepared by the judi ciary committee. No decision is yet reached as to the length of time which will be allowed for discussion or wheth- CT opportunity will be given for amend ment. The democrats will desire ex- tended debate but owing to the late ness of the session it is not probable that more than two days at most will he allowed IL is more likely to be single day. The appropriation bills will probably occupy the time of the house to the exclusion of everything else if inc antitrust bill does not appear in the arena.
Arizona republican., 1903-01-19
CHINESE STUDENTS ADMITTED.
Immigration Bars Let Down So Two
 May Go to College.

Washington, January IS. - Kung Slang Hsi and Fei Chi Ho, the Chinese students whose exclusion by the treas ury department has excited the interest of the missionary world, have been ad- mitted to the country.
 The authorities of Buffalo have been notified by Commissioner of Immigra- tion Sargent to allow the young men to enter that port, and they are now on their way to Oberlin college, Ohio, whither they were bound more than year ago when they landed at San Francisco and found themselves barred by immigration officers.
 kung and Fei were brought to the country by Miss Lucia Miner. the mis- sionary. During the seize of the lega- uoners at Pekin, it is said, they rem dered valuable service to the foreign CTS.