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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
MONTEVALLo MASoNS.
Grand Lecturer A. M. Scott Presens
 to Give Instructions.

Montevallo, November 26-(Cpeeial)- The district conference of Shelby county Masons met in Montevallo Thursday to receive instructions from the grand lss- turer. A. M. Scott of Headland. There were fire sessions held, and the meeting was adjourned this morning to meet in Helena in August. It was fine meeting and all the deliberations were character ized by good feeling. The old members were revived and the new ones strength ened. The following officers were elected
 R. V. Ray, ". NJ, Helena.
 r. M. Peterson, S. w, Montevallo.
 R. G. Weldon, J. W, Wilsonville.
 Henry Milner, secretary and treasurer Columbiana.
 w. H. Moss, s. D., Calera.
 ". A. Hammond, J. D., Vincent.
 A. H. Avery, S. S., Shelby.
 w. P. McCoughy, J. S.. Aldrich
 Rev. O. P. Bentley, chaplain, Vincent J. F. Hutchinson, tyler, Helena
 Mrs Richard Hooker Wilmer will pre- sent to the Episcopal church an altar as n memorial to her husband, the late Bishop Wilmer. It has been ordered and will be in place for the visit of Bishop Beckwith the third Sunday in December The members of the church in Montevallo will purchase golden cross for the altar as memorial to the late Rev. J. r. Smith, who for twenty-five years offiei- ated as rector here. The church ediflce is to be painted at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
USE FOR EGG SHELLS.
Fortunes Found In Refuse That Is
 Thrown Away.

One would hardly imagine after eating an egg for breakfast that the shell would have any commercial value or that the cork from ar old bottle would be worth saving. For the average man, of course, thy are not worth saving, for 1t would take several llfetimes to accumulate either sufficient egg shells or sufficient corks to add materially to ones bank ae- count. But when a whole world of people are throwing away things of in- finitesimally small individual value the aggregate of this apparent waste be- comes somebody's profit, fact that is true also of tin cans, old boots and shoes and practically every single article that we ordinarily discard as worthless.
 Egg shells for example, are largely used in the industrial processes that re- suit in the worlds suply of print calico, something like 400 tons of egg shells being said to be the annual English consump- ton for this purpose, the shells having been carefully rescued from the miscel- laneous rubbish in which they had been deposited. Old corks are rescued in like fashion from the rubbish heaps of modern civilization, sold by the pound ito the cork
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
"Biq Steel" Carried Up.

The campaign in steel stocks carried "big steeT' to within ten points of the highest quotations established at the height of the boom two years ago. The figures ruling lately have been about the level at which the grand distribution of syndicate stock was made by MT. Keene and also by the wisest of the insiders in the trust organization. Widows and or phans and millionaires and grocers and barbers do not appepar this time as buy CTS, as they did before, and there seems to be no likelihood that they will. The great army of semi professionals has taken the place of the chicken feed" ele- ment and "tin pail' investors" as the little people are sometimes contempt uously called by the smart boys down in the street. Among these semi-profes- sionals are great numbers of men actively engaged in the iron and steel business. These people are, as a rule, very bullish on trade conditions and can only see one side to the market.
 The advance In industrials has been marked by the return to New York of hundreds and thousands of manu- lecturers who fiocked here three years ago, remained a year and then disap- peared They eongested some of the big hotels and for many months the Waldorf Astoria was a continual reunion of iron and steel men who had sold out their plants to trusts and combines and moved to the metropolis to spend their money and see high life. Times are now not so joyous as they were formerly and the number of visitors of this class is not as large, but a goodly proportion of the original invaders are back, smiling and buoyant. They are not so prodigal in their expenditures as before and freely confess in most instances that they were trimmed financially during the big slump ip stocks. They are game lot, however, &hd many are in fair way to recoup thelr losses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Russians Love Cigarettes.

Judging by many of the Russian letters the private soldiers of the tzar are noth- ing if not cigarette smokers. At one of the earlier battles of the war a writer tells how companion found case of cigarettes that had been the property of fallen Jap "One of our men said" he continues, don't smoke them; that's not Christian act. The Jap's dead and you mustn't smoke dead mems cigarettes" This argument got hold to Plotr and he gave the cigarettes to the man, who said piously that he would burn them. You may imagine the funeral we hadl Even the skeleton wasn't left. The man who tricked poor Piotr smoked five on end, and gave me two" Another writer tells how he sold one cigarettes to a fellow soldier for days ration of meat, the purchaser shrewdly keeping the cigarette and eventualyl exchanging it for two days meat and a bottle of ink
 Perhaps 1t is not etched enough; send 1t to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone 276.
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manufacturers and returned to the world of bottles as fresh as If they had had no previous experience.
 Old tin cans supply material for new tin cans and may even march back into active life in the gallant companies of small tin soldiers that do battle on the floor of the nursery. Billiard balls, when they lose their shape become ivory chess men and these chess men are often eventually transformed Into small orna- ments that are supposed to be imported from China. Old shoes supply leather for smaller leather articles and end event. ually as filling for cheap and shoddy boots And when a bicycle goes to the rubbish pile there is every probability that 1t will reappear in various other shapes, transformed to ruber doll babies and it's spokes holding up the cover of an umbrella
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Rivalry In Lead.

The Guggenheimers are energetically pushing the construction of their white lead works in Perth Amboy. New Jersey. and Granite City, Illinois, and will have them completed in few months. When done, these works will duplicate the capacity of the National Lead Company. The rivalry between these two concerns is taking the form of bitter trade war and specialists in the business look for a big slump ,n Lead shares. Negotiations for a merger between National Lead and United States Lead appear to be perma- nently off, although the management of the National sometime ago signified a willingness to enter Into a combination on terms it had previously rejected. The Guggenheimers. however, had in the meantime expended several hundred thousand dollars on their new works and refused to pay heed to overtures.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27

livery. So far as can be learned, the bull element in cotton has been widely scat tered and there Is no concentrated party to stand in the gap and suffer losses, such as fell on Sully and ohers of his kind who tried the impossible few months ago. The best information which has come in from the south for weeks has been in support of the theory of huge yield and large reserves likely to come into view later on. This has made experi- enced operators chary of bull commit ments, however much their inelinations might lead then to pull for higher prices. Cotton is taking on some of the features of a gravity market, a situation in which dead weight figures largely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Interest Going Higher.

The money lenders are taking advant- age of every circumstance to raise their interest rates. Treasury withdrawals and gold shipments have been the main ex- cuse lately for putting on the pressure, although much Is made of the argument that later on money will be very much dearer by reason of an enlarged demand for it in the business expansion which everybody seems to think will distinguish the coming year. Borrowers became so accustomed to 1 and ? per cent. call money and and per cent time money that anything above those figures creates excitement and spasms of alarm among speculators
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Leather Clluue Fatiqued.

The clique which has been running deal in Leather common is showing signs of fatigue. In putting the price up to Sl5 over 00,00O shares were accumulated by the pool and the unpleasant discovery is made that buyers are scarce. Once before young John D. Rockefeller was caught with a huge line of this stuff at the end of an unfortunate campaign. The same young man is supposed to be be- hind the present movement, although he is not alone in the play this time, accord ing to current report.
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like German dwarfs stained yellow. They have no boards but grow mustaehes like horsehair, which my fingers itched to pull out. However, as the first Jap | came near to wanted to shoot me, pulled out his life instead"
 The Russians" writes a Japanese cor poral to his family, 'are hairy and have not the resemblance of men, but resemle other Europeans such as those we saw at Kioto. They have fair skins and vast noses, so vast that one standing with his face sideways resembles a stork. They exult in their bigness, as we in our strength and agilltv,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
TWO VIEWS.
laps and Russians Look HIdeous to
 Each Other.

Now that the Russo-Japanese war has lasted long enough for the home papers to print letters written by soldiers at the front to their families and friends, and long enough for some of these letters to be translated into other languages, one Is able to get a new and interesting point of view toward conditions in the far east.
 "The Japs," writes one Russian private. "are cunning and shoot well, but are more hideous than Films. In ract they look
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
Pleased by Cotton Estimates.

Wall street takes infinite satisfaction In the latest estimates of the cotton crop, although publication of these estimates was attended by sharp declines in the price of that staple. It is common be- lief that the cotton ralsers of the south are not heavv losers by reason of this price shlnkage however, and that they were sufficiently forehanded to sell their property at good prices for future de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-27
"cats and poasp Rife.

"Cats and dogs" have been much in evidence in Wall street lately. The odds and ends have been footballed about the arena with great energy. It has become quite the habit for bobtaled pools to take hold of dormant stocks and run them up five, ten. or fifteen points. create speeu- lative excitement In the stuff and then unload leaving the burden on the latest arrivals. Many of these 'cats and dogs" are not worth the ink and paper entering into their construction, but gullible people in great numbers are found who will pay good money for them. There seems to be no way of getting rid of these kinds of securities once they are distributed and they remain to afflict the market. They are only heard of in great bull cam paigns when everything on the list moves up For twenty-three months out of every twenty-four they are dead
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-01

It tCds an ordinary cabinet photograph.
ing forward to help her except us, and
were men, you see. and it's very EN-
barrassing. She isn't the sort Of girl
to take help from any one. and 1t
looks rs If it might end by her taking
up some confounded occupation that
she isn't fit for. We are all very blue
about It,"
l have no mystic power to read the
mind or the heart of another. but I
perceived clearly enough that Mr..
Burnham was in love with Miss
Vaughn and that she did not find her.
self able to respond. To settle this
point ventured to say that I had
heard she was quite pretty.
Pretty echoed Burnham. 'Eval,.
that's hardly the word. IL happen to
have II portrait Of her."
And he pretended to forget which
pocket 1t was in. 1t was an ordinary
cabinet photograph. but 1t showed
most extraordinary face, dainty com.
posite Of womanly and childish quail
ties. would not have been able to de-
eide from this picture whether Miss
Vaughn was fifteen years old or twen-
ty-ive. and after my first glance look
ed up at Burnham and asked, How
old Is sheY p"
He laughed.
You'd be as much puzzled II you
saw the original" he said. and this
proved to be no exaggeration. "The
youth. think. is in the lower part of
the face. What pretty mouth and
chin! Did you ever see such n pretty
mouth and chin? There's all the dim
pied sweetness, all the quick sensitive
ness Of glrlhood, and yet no weakness.
But there's calmness in the forehead
| and eyes-the eyes a bit long, as you
notice, with very delicately marked
, brows. The eyes are deep blue and all
the coloring exquisite. Her hair is
like the gold of Ophir. 1t may seem
bad taste for me to run on like this
ne added suddenly, "bHt Miss Vaugms
beauty is such simple and natural
firing that one feels no hesitation I'm
speaking Of 1t. why, even in her pres.
ence I sometimes find myself-howev.
er, that's neither here nor there. You
asked how old she was. She'll be
eighteen next week."
III the young lady's peculiar powers
are of interest to SCIENCE" said I, 'it
would seem rs il some financial or
Pangcment might be made whereby
"We've suggested that. but she won't
listen to It," he interrupted. "Tht
queer part OF 1t iG that Miss Vaughn
insists that she has no powers which
are not shared by all our species. Sh'
has, though"
We had reached Burnham's lodging
by this time. and there we conveFset
for an hour or more upon the subjec
of the experiments which had beer
! made In the case of Miss Vaughn
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3 ior Men unless nature had set up some
ksQfo barrier, and where should we
- for 1t except in the realm of TINT
nction which we call love?
- we We're running into the station
4 %ew Haven, Hackett remarked that
hight be something in what /
81 Sm sorry, too" he added, "for IL
ead to me- as if I had an idea"
matter Of fact this Idea had
IJ9nneyten in my mind, and ut intervals
,g9rreass the space Of nearly two years
"a "a 5otted down notes In my diary
ratEing an. imaginary child whose
pareSts should both be psychics, but I
nat never discussed the subject with
Hackett. His idea Of this experiment
In heredity was therefore entitled to
the credit Of an independent discovery.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-01
Y cHAPIER H.
UPON THE MOTHERS erpr.

A X. BURNHAM, the instructor
I'VE to whom DR.. Whiting had
AVA referred us, proved to be a
pleasant fellow, we'll wort
meeting, but we had no sooner made
known our errand than he became
much disturbed.
"A most unfortunate thing has han.
pened. he said. "Since the date of
my letter to DIR. Whiting Mrs. Eustis
mas died. Miss Vaughn is in deep
srief and in very trying position. too,
poor child. Her aunt left nothiug but
debts, and-wcll, some Of US are trying
TO see what we can do for her. She
hasnt penny or near relative in the
world, and nobody seems to be com.
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the poor girls body was racked with
nervousness and apprehension. Lone
hness In this old, decaying house, from
winch she could see no way out into
the brighter world. had told upon her.
l cannot remember that my sympathy
ever went out so suddenly and so
strongly toward any other human be.
ing.
she had Seen that was looking curl
ously Mt the table, and l observed that
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sne shuddeTd at the sight, Of it. Ysf,
as If the thing cxerted some sort Of
fascination, the poor girl advanced d.
rectly towayd 1t. and heard the PEN
ciis click int her nervous fingers as she
gathered them up.
Miss Vaughn" said /, 'it is In my
mind to offer you employment. have
heard that you need it. With this pur.
pose in view, will you permit me to ask
you few questions?"
She sat down in the chair by the ia
Bile rs if she lacked the strength to
stand. In the few seconds that elapsed
before she answered me her nervous
ness increased. She began to mark
upon the sheets of paper with one Of
the pencils, though 1 am sure she had
no consciousness of doing so.
"What is the nature Of this employ
ment?" she asked.
There was q longer pause than be-
fore. I could see clearly enough what
the poor little girl expected. Burnham
and others had suggested her peculiar
powers as means of earning her liv-
ing, and she felt that had come upon
the same errand. Seeing how she
shrank from that theme, had not tho
heart to take it up.
You have heard about me-" shs
said. "You think am some phenome.
nally gifted monstrosity. Really l am
nothing of the sort. am just like any
other girl. I can guess things. SO can
every woman. My aunt was interested
in-in that subject, and so I did It.
am not interested and shall never do it
again"
1t was a pitiful protest, and it car
ried the day with me.
II think you mistake my errand."
said I as gently as possible. "Have
you ever had any experience in teach
ing?'
She dropped the pencil and stared at
me. ~.
"We are planning to open an evening
school in the town where I live" I
continued. "a great part Of the popu.
lation consists of people who work sn
my factory, the Hackett & Harrinstcn
carpet mills. Some of these people
and / am thinking now OF the young
women cspecially-have lacked educe.
tonal training In their childhood. We
are going to give them chance to 70.
cover the lost ground. They are Obliged
to work in the daytime. but many of
them will welcome the opportunity @
study and to acquire some simple se>
complishments in the evening. We are
not slave drivers. Our people do NOE
have to drop exhausted into their bed
as soon as they have eaten their SUP
pers."
tro DE coNTINuEp.J
Thoughtfut. 81
Two men had fallen ont OF the sfxty
NTH story. AS they proceeded down
ward one of them yelled.
| why do you yell2" asked his cotu
yaniop. a
|, In order that people may catch d
With their cameras replied the ot,p,r
detroit Free Press.
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10 me to- possess the
n,h;ot, "coorS character
""in neu 10 associate with
49,. "uuuieht pracuces. The
...',s s '"u. "hswered questions con-
uosn,, 3. ..s cl "h'ch she was sup
~, p1s " nave no knowiedge, peculiar
sno,, ~ piso's whom She had not
t;o,",.n 's ., II, 'ne nScs pi the, ques-
70, 'heir irichdS. 1t was not
tr,n,o ~ "r ,., "ne passe't INTO no state of
cd entirely normal not are ryea "xIila;iin {GMnn
Tie. excessive fatigue lwhNcb us;,oIIy
follows such manifestations. Shn a.,
show rcpugnancc. however. and w.,.
always more pleased v.l.cn sbr foi,od
than when she succeeded ,rtcr o.,
ries OF faiiufes she would !, uy,, ,,,n nst
historically and d:snlnv :, chi,,,isI ~,
Lief and delight. !Icr s,,.c,,sos do
pressed her. The bcst 6r tbnn,- CO cSI1ss
rs could learn. werc not c,,r,,si,o
but there were some that were hard to
c::plain upon any nat,ral hynothcsis
and they must hayesbccn extremely
startlingNto the inuuircrs.,
y As Burnhnm m cont;or.,l to snn.,, ho
came less h,peful of Miss y,r.,,,, ,
possible subject of investigation L..
interested In her MS :, psvchic I'm. for;
more Interested In ber ,s wnn,S
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hopeless lover, this moor little thin
dark. ugly faced fellow. who had M
right to crave n bcoutif,,l woman
ccpt that he couldn't helm jt-b,i,t mn
before my minds eve n very cborminr
personality.
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-. a go
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-01-01
IN THE TOWN OF UNION

,LGr&e Cotton Mills, one Kniffine
: 1aaA and Dye Plant, one OH Mill,
Two furniture Manufacturing Con-
Germs, Female Seminary, Five
Graded Schools, Water WORKS and
fsIecSHc Lights, Population 1000.
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oyTsIpEo oF TIE cry

Three costoH Mills, one knitttns
MIL another building, Cold kin-
ing Famous i Mineral Sprin8s.
IaxabIeya4ne jim and ouf Of town
$4,000,
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-18
CHAMPION DOGS
WILL COMPETE
Record Breaking Entries for
California Plate and Belle
Brandon Cup at Union Park

The entries for the Belle Brandon cup
and the California plate, to be decided
at Union Coursing Park on Sunday and
Monday, broke all records Thirty-six
hounds are entered for the former
event and sixty-four for the latter,
making a total of 132 in all, or just
twice the number entered last year.
Some of the greatest greyhounds in
America will compete in the California
plate stake, including Sacramento Boy.
Pocatelli, Palo Alto, Mount Rose, Full
Moon, Charter Member, Rector, Lord
Brazen and a score of others.
None Of the dogs entered in the Belle
Brandon stake have ever run before
and consequently their coming out will
attract deal of interest. These dogs
will go to the slips first and when the
stake is decided the California plate
will be run down. Special trains will
leave for Union Park on Sunday at
1918 and II a. m. and 10 m. and / p. m.
Following are the entries for the two
events
California Plate. .ixty-four entries-Charm-
ing Thought VS.. Silver Heels: Honest John VS..
Rector Tile Ploughman: Barge VS..
Amandan; Apple Blossom VS.. Sacramento Boy
Advertiser vs.. Cloudburst: Black Boy VS. Bare
foot Boy: Pacing Billy VS.. Fair Tralee; Rene
gade Apache VS. Little Plunger; Rocker Arm
vs.. Joe Pasha: Real Article Free From
FlaW; Pocatelli VS.. Mount Rose; Conroy VS..
Charter Member Ruby Sankey VS.. Hapha zard
Colored Lady VS.. Palo Alto; Quita VS. Racing
Auto; Raby aurora VS.. Ragtime: Reta S VS..
Texas Betty; The Referee VS.. Celtic: Cubanola
VS.. Our Motto; J e II VS.. Mcvey; Sea Lion VS..
Crawford Belle, Boots VS.. Duhallow L l. C
VS.. C,overdale; Tom King VS.. Hudson: Lost
Chord Us. Gambit; Richard Anton VS.. Calves
ton; Bill Dugan vs. Tralee Boy: Comstock VS..
Full Moon; Rolla Wells VS. Texas Hoo Hoo;
Merry Go Round VS.. Lord Brazen; Vandal VS..
Liberator.
Belle Brandon cup. thirty-six entries-Plain
Blackey vs. Secretive: Good as Gold VS.. Lecco;
Flower Girl VS. Garadice; Rory AviclS VS.. Mar
garet Anglin; Sunny Brook VS.. Basgahegan; !;
Wait for Me vs. Lampre Eel; Little Freda VS.
Earl: Bright Columbia VS.. Samplea; T. c.
Watson VS.. Duke: Annadale VS.. Menlo Queen;
Ina Cissus Frank c; Bright Future vs.
Pasha King; Glitter VS. Free Erin; d r VS..
w; Son of Erin vs. Young Tommy; Angus
Cissus VS.. r; Flying Yankee Young
Kerry Pippin; Kokomo Young MoIIie r.