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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
VIM. WISE a COMPANY, ,ond Avenue Peoples

every beam and plank must be carefully preserved the task is more difficult If 1t is sailing vessel the mast and rigging must be reckoned with if a steamer, the boilers and engine must be removed, and whether sailing vessel or steamer, every bolt, rivet and nail must be care fully extracted, to preserve the timber in which they happen to be set. But try as the workmen will it is not pos sible to save for building purposes every bit of the timber taken from the old ships Much of the flooring has to be ripped up and broken for firewood. One man is kept busy saving 1t up most of the time, and large quantities of Il are readily disposed of boat which prom ises material for which there is likely to be considerable demand is broken up before one for which there is likely to be little demand. and thus it happens that some boats lie untouched for years, and a few lie untouched until they go to pieces from sheer old age
 Demand for Lumber.
 You'd be surprised" said one of the bosses, ito see the demand there Is for this lumber" and he pointed about him at the piles of dingy timbers and boards on every hand
 "Oh, no; l don't mean by big contrac-
  Yes, sir, that timber is good and solid. It will do alright for small house. for a barn or any small building; and there's a lot of 1t goes into them jobs. too. The iron, Say, that sells just as fast as we can get 1t out
 While as a general thing the work of destruction Is limited to those vessels that are still able to float occasionally an old boat is dragged from It's resting place at the bottom of some river or bay and floated in to be torn apart for what there is in 1t. Wrecking appar- atus is kept on hand for this purpose.
 Stories are circulated from time to time to he effect that the men engaged in dismantllng the old boats frequently make valuable finds.
 Not a bit of it," said one of the men in charge of the work Its mighty lit- tie we fellows get out of them. They are cleaned out pretty thoroughly before they come here. l found a dime once That's the limit as far as I know" There were nine ships in the yard when the Tribune reporter visited 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
YOU MAY GET WOOZY
In London Now and Claim You Have
 "Motopathea Cerebrais."
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 London.-The medical procession has hit upon a new disease called "motopa : thea cerebralis." a discovery which has caused much amusement among automo- bilists. It explains itself but the medi- cal press enlarges upon 1t thus:
 The vibration of the automobile es pecia1ly at n high rate of speed. produces in some the same temporary disorganiza- tion of the functions that the motion of n ship does in an i'll passenger, and nausea, giddiness and headache the result of q fast journey over A rough road This upsets the normal equilibrium of the nerY- ous system, and an unsteadiness of gait and shakiness of hand is the result '
 Here is one more good way out for the inebriate who. when brought to a police court, can now call doctor. who will de- clare his patient suffering from nothing more or less than motorpathea cerebra- lis."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

12.000 pounds-almost twice the amount the men had previously pulsed. Fifty men made a second test, with results al- most equally surprising, and then the elephants were brought out.
 One Named Baby.
 One was named Baby She was e years old and weighed i2.0OO pounds, but she didn't seem to be ashamed of 1t. Her companion was Albert, a mere stripling of an elephant weighing only 10000 pounds.
 Baby pushed with many trumpetings, shrieks and groans against the back Of a huge wagon containing twelve men and registered 45OO pounds.
 "A very good showing" said one of the scientific men. Now. let us see how she will pull"
 So Baby was put in harness and at a signal from her trainer she started ahead with all her force For two minutes she tugged at her harness, raising a cloud of dust and making a commotion that caused the animals in the subway or the garden to shriek with surprise ana fear. When she ceased her efforts the machine showed. that she had pulled S75O pounds. Baby and Albert then took a turn at pushing the wagon and register ed $500 pounds
 "In all my career in the circus business and I have been in it a few years I have never seen such a demonstration as that elephant gave" said Tody Ham, ilton. q had no idea that she would even submit to being put in harness, much less to pulling. Yet she demon strated that elephants are capable of pulling far more weight than they can push-a fact that the East Indians in their hundreds of years of using the ani- mals for freightage purposes have never discovered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
HEALTH RUN DOWN NO APPETITE AND ALWAYS
 TIRED.

Columbus Ohio May 9, l9O3 Some four years ago suffering impure blood and general rundown condition of the system. had appetite losing flesh tired feeling that made me feel miserable
 began the of S. s. S.. and after taking or eight bottles my skin cleared of all eruptons and took ruddy healthy glow that assured that my blood had been restored to its normal healthy condition My appetite restored could anything before and regained my appetite increased in weight, and that tired feeling which worried much dis appeared, and was again my old self.
 heartily recommend S. S. S. the best blood purifier tonic made and strongly advise it's all those need of suoh medicine, VICTOR STUBBINS. Cor. Bartham and Washington Ayes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
sleepino on Opportunities.


 But Mexico has been sleeping on her op- portunities Her mines are not theory, but fact. and the richest in the world. The nations doors have been throWn open under her free laws but the white peril'' has spread over it's domains like n great tidal wave. The vast proprietor ship of Mexico's wealth is passing through an era of commercial invasion which, aside from selfish greed, may do much for the country.
 Certainly there are new pastures to be plowed there, and l believe foreign influence of the right kind will be tonic for our little sister.
 The products of Mexico are lemons, lines, oranges bananas, pineapples. lead, copper, opals. iron, onyx. pottery ana parrots.
 The physical endurance of Mexicans is a source of wonder. Their mode Of work and living IS so very foreign to ours. They live on the scantiest food and per form the hardest labor Peons transport all burdens on their head and shoulders. If it cannot be balanced on their heads a strap across their forehead holds the load on their shoulders. They will walk fifteen or twenty miles with the great burdens supported from their heads
 And so 1t is with the burros. Whole droves of them pass through the streets of the city with such heavy packs that only their heads and tails are visible. Poor little beasts, The lowliest or all, but the chosen of Christ
 Another sight for the tourist is the porderous two-wheeled cart drawn by oxen. There are few horses there-I hardly think the mules. burros and oxen would stand for automobiles or bikes.
 Yes, there is room for every legitimate enterprise there so long as 1t does not infringe on the rights of others l think that Mexico Is convinced now that the de- sire of the United States Is for close re- lationship. both diplomatic and commer- cial. The two great repuDiics can Rc hand in hand to a brilliant future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
ELEPHANTS PULL.
 HEAVY WEIGHTS Are Better at Pulling Than at
 Pushing SOME REMARKABLE TESTS
SOME REMARKABLE TESTS
Scientists Make Interesting Experi. ments at the Barnum & Bailey Cir GUS With Men, Dromedaries,
 Sacred Bulls and Horses.
From the New York American.

From the New York American.
 That an elephant can pull almost twice as much as it can push was the surpris- ing fact demonstrated yesterday at a novel test of brute strength in Madison Square garden.
 It was also shown that a crowd of men pulling when urged can do almost dou- ble the work they are able to accomplish when they have no leader to urge them on. Tests have been made with a team of dromedaries showed that these travel lers of the desert are almost as powerful in their pulling capacity as a team of heavy horses.
 All of these results were brought forth in a series of exciting demonstrations given under the supervision of Tody Hamilton, of the Barnum & Bailey cir GUS. The affair was arranged as an exhi- bition for New York scientific men. A committee of college professors and phy- sicians supervised the operation of the machine which was used to record the number of pounds placed under strain. They furnished the machine themselves, and when they had finished their tests they declared that the results given fur nished facts which had never before been shown in the world of science
 Tt was one of the most unique and in- teresting demonstrations of it's kind l have ever seen," said Prof. R. Ogden Doremus, of the College of the City of New ' York.
 "So far as I know an elephants ability to pull heavy loads has never here tofore been put to proof. In India the elephant is used to push heavy loads. Now 1t seems the pachyderm can pull almost twice as much as it can push. It opens a new field for the elephant tribe. D
 First Test.
 The first test was that of 100 men, who pulled 6700 pounds.
 Next came the horses The first team didn't seem to understand why they were harnessed to a rope without any wagon at the end of it, and they pulled half-heartedly It was the same way with the four horses, and the fresh bunch of six brought out.
 But if the horses were puzzled, the dro- medarieS. which came next, were panic stricken. Two of them came out with long, proud strides, and looked with con tempt upon the tangle of metal and ropes which the man pack had arranged for them They pulled 2750 pounds.
 After the dromedares two sacred bulls from India were brought out and har- messed to the machines. But the sacred bulls refused to work on Sunday. They jumped and snorted and kicked and did everything but pull at the machine and finally they were sent away.
 "We're going to give the men another trial at their strength" announced Tody Hamilton, when the sacred bulls had been consigned to their pens.
 Out the men came with their coats off and their arms barred. They crowded around the rope, and, at a signal with wells and urgings from a leader they made the machine fairly groan. The sci ,ntific men looked at the machine, and !hen they looked surprised It registered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
Where Metals Boil.
rom the Scientific American.

From the ScientIhc Amerlcah'
 Kraft has determined the boiling point of certain metals by the use of vessels of quartz heated by an electric furnace. Zinc sublmes below 300 de- grees and at $40 degrees distils fairly quick; the corresponding temperatures for cadmium are 322 degrees and AS de- grees. Selenium distills quickly at 3S0 degrees, tellurium at $50 degrees. boiling being observable at 535 degrees. Lead boils rapidly and distils at 1l6O degrees. Tin proved very refractory. on distilla- ton occurring even at 1100 At 6o5 re- grees antimony sublimes slowly. and at 775 to 7s0 degrees distis rapidly. Subli- nation of bismuth commenced at $40 degrees, the sublimate assumed the form of drops of s3o degrees, and the metal boiled briskly at l050 degrees. A slight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
MARINE GRAVEYARD A GRUESOME PLACE Where the Old ShipsAre Broken
 to Pieces THEY ARE SOLDfOR LUMBER Gang of Lusty Italians Is Engaged to Dismantle Old Hulks at Perth
 Amboy, N. J.-Money in
 the Business.
THEY ARE SOLDFOR LUM BER
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 noble ship that ploughs the stormy sea. fiinging the opposing waves scorn- fully from her bows, is joyous sight. The same ship wrecked upon the rocks of an unfrienely shore, with the wild | waves rushing over her in triumph, Is d painful sight. But at least shipwreck IS q picturesque doom. Sorrowful, but not picture sque, is the fate of those ships which, after braving wreck thousand times, are at last lowed into the marine graveyard" to rot or to be broken up for prosaic uses.
 Perth Amboy, N r.. doesn't feel par ticularly enthusiastic over her marine graveyard"
 But then" the people say you've got to do something with them, haven't you?' By "them," ships that have outlived their usefulness are meant. And so the people | of Perth Amboy and vicinity have come to regard the graveyard as kind of necessary evil Whatever other people may think of the place, John G. Gregory, 1 it's owner has become thoroughly con- vinced that. all poetry aside, the grave 1 yard is a money making institution. The fact that 1t has been doing business for something like a quarter of a century is also considered by many evidence that Mir Gregory is right.
 The chief reason why ships that have i gayly sailed the blue waters for years find their way to this gloomy abode of skeletons is the fact that the timbers and | blanks taken from old ships make good ! building material The small contractors 1 found this out long ago and at times the capacity of the graveyard has been taxed to keep them supplied.
 How "Corpses" Are Treated. The statement may have a greusome sound, but 1t is true that ''corpses' re- ceived at the marine "gfaveyard" do not get what the public would term a | decent burial" Stretched out upon the beach in the full blase of the sun. or l soaking in the waters at the mouth of the Raritan river, the hulks do not await burial, but are broken into bits, which is usually brought about through the medium of a gang of lusty Italian labor CTS armed with axes and crowbars. In some cases, however, even this formality ] Is dispensed with and marine corpse' stays above ground in this graveyard 1 until 1t literally rots away.
 Spose 1t does seem sorter rough to stranger" saidvone of the men at work at the marine graveyard" as he looked | over the nine boats then in progress of disntegration But we felers get used to It." he added.
 Close at hand gang of men were busy
 work on a boat of good capacity. She
 Id been stripped to the level of the
 eek and presented a sorry appearance.
 here Is almost as much skill required
 dismantle q big boat properly as to
 ut one together. If 1t were to be knock
 d into kindling wood the task would
 oe a comparatively easy one; but where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
A Subterfuge.

From the Philadelphia Pubic Ledger.
 "I'll be glad to favor your apn' for a license" said the '" yo'll call the place 'caf
 But 1t amounts to tn don't it?" replied the wt keeper.
 Not to me. I promised to patronize saloon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

SIRENGIH, ENERGY, HEALTH IND VliOR.
 Kenton Ohio August 22 1903. Gentlemen S. S. s. has been used in family for and think deal of it. It is used tonic mostly have also found splendid medicine ach troubles Was for long bothered with Dyspep sia, but of late haven't been troubled with it. Am confident S. S. s. relieved As tonic 1t builds the system in way gives strength energy and appetite in other words. brings health and yigor
 My husband has also used it and has the good opinion of it. We think the greatest medicine made and can recommend it to all of a blood purifier. MRS S. B.. LOWERY. 803 s. Wayne Street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

mirror of silver appeared at 109o de- grees and rapid vaporization proceeded at 1340 degrees Copper and gold boil at too high temperatures to be examined even in silica; with the former a slight amount of sublimate formed at 1915 de- grees, with the latter extremely little vapor arose even at 1875 degrees. which Is near the point at which the risistr ance of silica breaks down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

Mexico has passed through a terrible ordeal of invasion, superstition and ty- ranny. If she lacks anything it is be- cause the lion was bound In chains.
 Since the uncompromising hostiites at the very dawn of history her sons have tattled heroically for the integrity of the ration. And now founded on a rock that has been tried by fire and blood it stands a mighty structure of human liberty twin jewel to our own republic set in the crown of sister centuries. Like the United States Mexico las taught Spain that be- meath the folds of her flag there lurked a power as irresistible as the wrath of God.
 When her sons entered the temple Of liberty to drive out those who made mer- chandise of human flesh, they suffered both defeat and death. but when the brazen hoofs of justice triumphed they went back to their homes and work, lik ? the waves subslde after the fury of d storm.
 Most people travelling in Mexico see it only from a car window or hotel balcony, seeing only the lights-not the shadows. I saw Mexico in everyday garb, the back ground of the republics canvas. the thea ter of her activity. the grave, the church. the army the hunt and palace. So write only from personal observations historians have done the rest.
 War has perpetuated her in history, nature has reserved for her it's statliest monuments. and art has placed her si!e by side with Rome and <a.nens and Greece. On every side are the ruins Of great monoliths, but whether they were palaces, temples, tombs or fortresses, tra- diton is silent. It is evident. though, that people were there before the Aztecs. before the Spanards so unjustly disrupted the land of Montezuma. The ruins of Mitla and the pyramids crum- bled columns of sculpture, are only an index to what is found in the interior. where primitive grandeur Is yet en- throned. visit to the ruins at night waking the slumbering echoes lends q solemnity that can be better imagined than described.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10
MEXICO |S 4 LAND OF FUTURE PROMISE Has Made Little Use of Her
 Advantages HER RESOURCES ARE MANY In the Land of Romance and Sleepy Indifference Are to be Found
 Climate and Soil for
 Everything.
HER RESOURCES ARE MANY
From the Anaconda Standard.


 Mexico, land of mystery, tradition, TO- nance science treasure. love and war the fairest land the sun ever shone upon, the gentlest souls that ever lived, claim ing liberty as their heritage from God, but treacherous to false friend or open foe.
 You must stretch your imagination back to Bible times. for to delineate Mex ico would be to give an old fashioned de- scription of heaven. When you have vis- ited Mexico you have also visited Jeru- salem and ancient Palestine. You have beauty, charm. antiquity and legend.
 Mexico today contains much of her characteristics of four centuries ago. Be- yond the seas there Is no stranger land than this, and only in Egypt and the Holy Land would you expect such scenes. In all the cities and towns the houses are of low walled stone, adobe or bright colored stucco, and the streets are nar- row and irregular. All Mexican struc- lures, whether public or private are built on the plan of fortress, and every home has the heavily barred windows and massive doors. The walls are from two to three feet thick and many places are also garrisoned by heavy stone outer walls. There are two reasons for this: First. because it is the style of native architecture second, because from the time of the Aztecs all structures were built for defense against both war and earthquakes. I never saw a frame struc- ture in all Mexico; they are of stone, granite, mortar or adobe, while the poor CT classes use mud bamboo, palm and cane to thatch their huts.
 Every part of the republic is asso- ciated with historic interest. Every parish has it's old missions, monasteries and ruins, and every village has had bloody battle fought from the roofs of it's convents and churches. It has a clm- ate and soil for everything. The popu- lation is about f6,000 GOO, three e-eighths 0t which are Indians. The principal indus tries are tropical fruits. and corn rais- ing mining and the cultivation of the maguay plant. which is a wavy, cactus like growth, the extract of which is called pulque, the national drink of Mex ico. Pulque juice is white, like the milk of a cocoanut, and is a soft drink until it ferments To Mexicans pulque Is nectar from the gods. and when they fill up on it they are ready to frolic among the rattlesnakes, centipedes and taran- tulas that inhabit the country.
 Three Distinct Climates.
 Mexico has three distinct climates: The tierra calente (hot region). and tierra moderaldo (temperate region), and tierra freo (cold region). Mexico City enjoys cool climate in all seasons, but in the caliente tropics below the people natural ly put off everything today that can be done tomorrow. Land of manana domor- row) living only for today. But the Mexican's heart is as warm as the noon day sun and though the wild flowers are sweet, they are not sweeJer than the wild, pathetic strains of Mexican song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

can't retain vigor and strength on poor blood. It must be full of nutrition and life giving properties. Health is bound to de- cline and the system run down if its source of supply is cut off. Everything that goes to nourish the body and sustain life passes through the blood. It contains bone-mak- ing, tissue-forming material, food for the nerves, and stimulates and vitalizes all the organs of the body. It can't do this when Iclogged with impurities and polluted by humors and poisons, for it then becomes a source of disease instead of health, and leads to innumerableydisorders.
 At this season of the year the blood is most apt to break down because of the ex- tra efforts made to throw off the winters accumulation of poisons, and if weak at the beginning it soon gives out and the sys- tenn collapses. Nearly everybody needs a good blood purifier and tonic now to help out the blood and aid in cleansing the cir culation of all Instructions, and as soon as this is accomplished and the system IS re- ceiving supply of rich nutritious blood, color returns to the skin, the nerves are az and that completely fagged-out feeling di A..., # tho ,doo1 ,o,,,a,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-10

A painless sickness-you couldn't describe your
 feelings if you tried You know you sick, but perhaps there is special ache pain to indicate the seat of the disease. The pale, coorless skin, \ muscular weakness, nervousness, htful appetite and
 algone tired feeling anaemia blood poverty, weak watery and nutritious condition of the vital fluid The system clamorng for richer and better blood the muscles and starving for the food that the blood longer supply and it is little wonder that the body grows weaker and is completely Tagged You
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-16

Another bold robbery occurred
Tuesday night in New Martins
vile evidently about 2 o clock, in
which the f. C. Wells Hardware
store was entered and relieved OF
"a few articles. On the left end
side of the store the window was
pried open of which the lock was
broken and gave them easy ac-
cess to the inside Of the store.
The following articles have been
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-09-16
F. C.. WELLS HARDWARE
STORE ROBBED

missed: One double-barrel shot
gun, two Winchester rifles, ten
revolvers and large number of
shells and cartridges, amounting
in value to about $50.
Mr.. Wells states that he has
reasonable suspicious of the
guilty parties. and unless redress
is made on the part of the rob-
bers some arrests will likely be
made in the near future.