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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
OILED ROADS IN CALIFORNIA.
rom the Chicago Record-Herald.


From the Chicago Record-Herald.
There are at the present time in the
state of California 222s miles of oiled
country roads. $50 miles of oiled city
roadbed. A bulletin sent out by the state
department ofhighways contains this in
formation and supplements it with an
interesting description of the work that
has been done m some forty counties as
the practice of oilfng the highways has
spread.
The first requisite, of course, is an
abundant oil supply, such as the state
enjoys There are several fields renowned
as heavy producers and oil may be pur-
chased at the source of supply for from
20 to 30 cents a barrel. To that transport
tation charges must be added and the
cost of applying the oil to the roads.
Treatment varies according to the eharac-
ter of the soil. Thus in discussing the
process employed in Alameda county the
bulletin says:
"On clay soil the road was first plowed
and crowned and oil applied at the rate of
400 abrrels to the mile for a strip of
twelve feet wide, then rolled. On roads
having a hard macadam surface, of which
there is a considerable mileage, the appli-
cation of the oil, 175 barrels per mile, was
followed by a coating of half an inch of
creek sand. Two-thirds as much oil is
usually applied the second year, though
in some cases a second application is
made in from three weeks to two months
after the first"
The oil is heated before being applied,
and after the thorough saturation from
twenty-five to thirty barrels per mile are
required each year to keep the road in
good condition. In cities the principal
streets are oiled fun width At River
side the following method is employed;
with the natural earth roads the loose
material is taken off with a grader, a
coat of oil put on, then covered with
sand or screenings, then another coat OF
oil, then sanded again. On improved
streets five inches of two-and-a- half Inch
mesh web macadam three inches of de-
composed granite, iaen the roadbed is
oiled as above described" Here two APP
plicantions of 1870 barrels were made with
in few days of each other at the start
and sixty-fve barrels per mile are used
each year for repairs and maintenance
The oil costs 80 cents at Bakersfield, the
freight is "A cents, the cost of application
about s25 mile.
California, as every one knows, is 9
dusty place, and oil was first used as q
substitute for water to lay the dust
Through this use alone 1t has become q
blessing to the state, and owing to the
experience gained it is now satisfactorily
employed also to produce a permanent
road surfacing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Mercer Talk.

W. 9CA dlHs
1t seems to be settled that J. II. Hoad-
ley and associates have acquired con-
trol OF the Tennessee company, and that
they are trying to get control of the
sioss-sheffield company" remarked a re-
tired operator yesterday. IF they sue
coed in acquiring the sloss they will GER
tainly take over the control of the Re-
public.
While it might not be a good thing for
the district-this consolidation of the big
companies would much prefer to see
Mr.. Hoadley. who represents the Inter
national Power company. in control than
to see the Steel trust enter the district,
II the latter concern ever gets control
here the furnaces and the Ensley steel
plant would be shut down several months
every year.
If the international Power company
gets the furnace properties it will proceed
to build one or two new steel plants. At
ter accomplishing this work of expansion
the Steel trust would then step in and
buy out the international Power company.
This is my prediction"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
Chief wIer's January Report

The report of Chief Wier for the
month of January is gratifying. II
goes to show that the poor, the friend
less and the unfortunate in this town
are not to be worked for all they are
worth This town has ascertained al
last that Atlanta is not a good police
light to sail by, and that is far better
to preserve order by minimizing ar
rests than by maximizing them. Mayor
Woodward of Atlanta, however, pro
poses to bring about reform in his
town. He proposes to honor the po-
liceman who preserves order while
making the fewest number of arrests,
and he proposes to dismiss the man
- hr- >s OF the number Of arraS-- ha
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
New Furnace Projected.

while | have not talked with Col. T
G. Bush, president of the Alabama Con-
solidated. about his new furnace project
| am inclined to believe that when the
company Is ready to build, Lewisburg,
in Jefferson county, will be selected as
the location" said man prominent in
industrial circles.
1.-The Alabama Consolidated has large
furnace at Gadsden, and there may be
some reasons why the company would de-
sire to build another stack there, but
on the other hand the company's best
coal and ore mines are near Lewisburg,
and its coke ovens are there Five Mile
creek. which runs by Lewisburg. would
afford an ample water supply. Altogether
Lewisburg would prove an ideal place for
a blast furnace"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
MARS HENRI AND PAREE.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mars Henri Watterson has discovered
Paris and is unregenerate enough to con-
fess that he likes it. Witness the rhap-
sody into which the Kentucky prose poet
bursts in recording his first impressions
of the pleasure park of the world
1.-THE smell of the asphalt is of the lotos
bloom. The wavings of the chestnut
boughs, signals of the forbidden, are
siren The glitter is lcentious and
dazzling a certain resplendency of cos
tune and suggestion under the electric
clusters about the cafes, the theatres and
the hotels. Then, the procession-Lord!-
the procession; the red legs of the soldiers
and the white caps of the grisettes;
ouvrier, coeotte and gamin, helter-skelter
amid the hurrying throng of sightseers,
foreign and domestic-for even the gem
ulne Partisan never ceases to be a sight
seer-the procession is the most wondrous,
the most ever-changing in the whole
world, yet always the same; and no end
to it, Just back and forth again. a liv-
ing loom whose shuttles flash through
strands of many colors, not always of the
cleanest; a merry go-round, through
whose brilliant medley of contradictions,
of laughter and light. one cannot help
catching glimpses of another sort OF
Niobe. all tears of sorrow and want and
anguish. Nor any lack of human, Harle-
quin with his cap and bell"
The pride of Kentucky is in danger.
We beseech him to hasten back to the
land where the mint minteth and the
julep juleps; where the rattle of the poker
chip is the most pleasing of harmonies;
and where even the politicians leave
nothing to chance" Come back, Henri,
come hack and ALL will he forgiven.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A fool and his honey are soon married.
A woman considers she is large minded
when she judges railroad presidents
abilities by the neckties he wears.
Some girls are so immodest they can't
help bhIshing when they hear a man had
his leg cut off in a railway accident
A man gets down on his knees when
he asks a rich girl to marry him and
when he hunts for his collar button I'M
der the bureau
You can never make a woman believe
that cutting bread up into nice pretty
shapes won't make sandwiches out OF
things that aren't.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
Rirminnham Dice.

A man rushed into the office of the
city prison at o'clock last night and,
addressing Mack Rittenberry, the city
warden, exclaimed:
Mack, I've got a scheme thatll make
$4,000 in sixty days"
Mack tilted his head to one side and
drawled:
Say, my friend, you cant make it
with these Birmin' ham dice"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
THE MAGIC MORN.

BY Charles G. d. Roberts.
When morn. in rose and crocus,
Came up the bitter sky
Celestial beams awoke us
TO wondering ecstasy,
The wizard winters spell
Had wrought so passing well.
The earth was bathed in glory,
AS if Gods smile were nigh.
The silvered saplings. bending,
Flashed in rain of gems;
The statelier trees, attending.
Blazed in their diadems
White fire and amethyst
All common things had kissed,
And chrysolites and sapphires
Adorned the bramble stems.
In crystalline confusion
All beauty came to birth;
1t was a kind illusion
To comfort waiting earth,
To bid the buds forget
The spring SO. distant yet.
And hearts no more remember
The iron seasons dearth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

In this period when no white man
can be convicted of murder in this
county, Governor Cunningham should
consider at least the mental condition
of the condemned negro, Jud Bran
ham,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The Sunny South is preparing to
resume business at the old stand. 1t
was temporarily knocked out by cir
cumstances beyond its control-by the
Medicine Hats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Anything that helps an Alabama
river or public building is called in
Washington pork" but an appropria-
ton to the steel trust for armor at
exorbitant rates is called patriotism.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

A Pennsylvania man says that the
world will last only three years more.
But don't you try to run up any board
bills on that prediction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The people of the United States con-
sumo IS pounds of sugar per head a
year. No wonder the dentists have
good pickings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
About Persons.

Sol Levy of Montgomery is at the Nor
ris.
j. B. Harlan of Louisville is at the
Morris.
w. X. Mcneil of Louisville is at the
Morris.
j. C Vaughan of st. Louis is at the
Morris.
A. r. McEachin OF Tuscaloosa is at the
Metropolitan
f. ]. Cook of GUN is at the Metropolis
tan.
A. d. smith of sandusky, o., is at the
ST. Nicholas.
A 3. Benson, advance agent for Capt
Darlington" is at the st. Nicholas.
lake Wells of Richmond, of the Wells
circuit. which has control of the Bijou
is at the Hillman.
II. T. Gilbert of New Orleans is at the
Hillman.
w. w. Wilson of Louisville is at the
Hillman.
B. R. Dawson of chattanoosa is at the
Colonial
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

"A New York rooster has just swal-
lowed a $500 diamond He can now
charge for his voice and go on the
Grand opera stage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The Gar has not as yet mustered
courage enough to return to st. Peters
burg. but no longer stays under the
bed in his distant castle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The Standard Oil will struggle
through the cold wave, picking up fuel
and water as it goes. 1t is poor, but
deserving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Mr.. Comerford is writing a book,
getting ready to go on the lecture
platform, and steadily bounding down
ale boodlers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Premier Balfour hopes to muster 81
majority in parliament, but it is count
ing on many liberal unionists who may
switch off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

After all, President Roosevelt is de.
lightfully democratic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

A Connecticut woman killed herself
because the weather was bad. She
probably desired to visit a warmer
cline.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The senators that were bought for
$3.50 each were state senators in Cal
ifornia The federal article comes
higher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Fairbanks will now try to escape
the obscurity that generally overtakes
those who occupy the vice presidential
chair.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Charley sehwab has been asked to
start an anti-Tom Lawson magazine.
He has the proposition under consid-
Grafton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Hoch declares that the number of
his matrimonial ventures have been
greatly exaggerated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

A Pennsylvania bride was married
with frostbitten toes. Now she will
have to begin married life with cold
feet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Don't eat cold storage boiled eggs.
In this way perhaps the meat trusts
corner can be defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The Prince of Wales has just been
made Lord Warden of the Cirque
Ports. Sounds like a good job.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Alabama is a sub-Arctic state.
was once sub-tropical.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Mayor Tom Johnson has been called
a liar by councilman. 1t is aston
ishing how people talk right out these
DAYS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Prosperity was behind many of this
years valentines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

A comic valentine and making faces
at a person behind his back, are off
the same piece.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

We have found out at last what ails
Vulcan-he is in statu quo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

When that kitchen was blown up in
Florida scrambled eggs were served
on the walls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Wall street is giving no little atten-
ton to this district at present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

L. H. Russ and J. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives,
of The Age HERALD in its circulation de-
partment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

William lien White of Kansas has
erysipelas. He has notions nearly all
the time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16
Hs6.f,, .StiD
&saTzlsNZ5

Entered a the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second-class matter. under act
Of Congress. March 5. 1873
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

We own in this country three mil
lion mules, all related to Maud.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

BAT" Masterson and President
Roosevelt are a mutual admiration
society.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Mexico smoked something over
three billion cigarettes in the year
1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

year. No wonder the dentists have
good pickings.
Mr.. Comerford is writing a book
getting ready to go on the lecture
platform, and steadily bounding down
,ue boodlers.
The Standard Oil will struggle
through the cold wave, picking up fuel
and water as it goes. 1t is poor, but
deserving.
Premier Balfour hopes to muster 81
majority in parliament, but it is count
ing on many liberal unionists who may
switch off.
Charley Sehwab has been asked to
start an anti-Tom Lawson magazine.
He has the proposition under consid-
Grafton.
A Connecticut woman killed herself
because the weather was bad. She
probably desired to visit a warmer
cline.
The senators that were bought for
$3.50 each were state senators in Cal
ifornia. The federal article comes
higher.
Fairbanks will now try to escape
the obscurity that generally overtakes
those who occupy the vice presidential
chair.
Mayor Tom Johnson has been called
liar by councilman. 1t is aston
ishing how people talk right out these
days
A Pennsylvania bride was married
with frostbitten toes. Now she will
have to begin married life with cold
feet
The Prince of Wales has just been
made Lord Warden of the Cirque
Ports. Sounds like good job.
Don't eat cold storage boiled eggs.
In this way perhaps the meat trust S
corner can be defeated
Hoch declares that the number of
his matrimonial ventures have been
greatly exaggerated.
A comic valentine and making faces
at a person behind his back, are off
the same piece.
When that kitchen was blown up in
Florida scrambled eggs were served
on the walls.
William Lien White of Kansas has
erysipelas. He has notions nearly all
the time.
Bat Masterson and President
Roosevelt are mutual admiration
society.
Mexico smoked something over
three billion cigarettes in the year
1904.
blouSeS Lnat cost more tnan one
hundred dollars are called Chooses
-------.--. .------
The Addcks boilers are simply call
ing for another installment of dough
---.s.----
Call this the sunny south if you
want to- but speak it in soto voice
| ----- -
We own in this country three mil
lion mules, all related to Maud.
Wall street is giving no little atten
ton to this district at present.
|
We have found out at last what ails
Vulcan-he is in statu quo. s
Alabama is a sub-Arctic state. II
was once sub-tropical
After all. President Roosevelt is de
lightfully democratic.
Prosperity was behind many of thi:
| wears valentines
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

No communication will be published
without its authors NJ ne. Rejected
manuscripts will no. be retureod unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Call this the sunny south if you
want to, but speak it in a soto voice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

The Addicks boilers are simply call
ing for another installment of dough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-02-16

Blouses that cost more than one
hundred dollars are called CHOOSES"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19

quite sure whether will marry Fred--aftsT all. am not positive that love hi9a--And one ought to be very sure. don't you thinN sof" And with lips white and tren1blinx. she looked into Bessie'ss eyes.
 The next day Bess went out for e waak, ana before the walk was finished che ysns on her way to see Ethel. leaving A satsS. merry little note behind her. 'Pm nok e very useful creature" she said ta heraasz put at least can do this one genern,,r thing--while there Is time"
 lover. s'sss Asz
 "Bsss, has gone away" she sa,S s.,..,. with with her eyes on his face. ..she Rrsw \ little restless. I suppose-and sha hss sn,,@ hers-S VI
 Fes1" said Mir. Arnold. with frfetifv sns puiry' shell come back to Our weddla~. Of course7' ss
 hachePs face grew rosy red under . sud. den rush of color.
 Do you-do you stiIl-warx s.,. s married" 7" she whispered; ana bis ioon ~ utter amusement was sufficient anayeer You haven't been like yourself Eines is.A. came home," he said wrathfuliy .szs-s- - now she didn't take fancy to rne--shc,s.,N l tried with all my might to win hkr ssss. NeVer mind-ifs all right now"
 
 Half an hour later he tried to eAia A.m down from that upper room, where sN \ machine was making a steady whlr. AZ ss ,., whoIe colony of exceedingly busy heau.
 come down to the orchard--it'e lovrse anyhow, Rachel?" s''sa
 sewing the long white searn,s aha ,,,r. mured. as she rose to answer his can. ana nesSies legacy of peace was on her faee as she went. ayr 44es
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
NEWS OF PENSACOLA

Pensacola, March 1S.-(Special)-. Gold lace was plentiful at the custom house this morning when Captain Hawley, commanding the cruiser Brooklyn. now in port. paid his res- poets in the nature of an official visit to Collector of Customs John D. Still man. Captain Hawley was accom- panied by an aide and both were att tired in the full dress of their respec- tive ranks. They cut short the visit to the representative of the Treasury Department at this point. since other official calls were intended.
 Captain Hawley gave out, that his ship, regarded by the average Pensa- colian as the prettiest in the United States navy. would be thrown open to visitors during the stay of the vessel in this port, and that people from the city and the visitors from the inland country, who are already beginning to arrive in large numbers, would be well comed. For the past two days the vessel has been coaling and of course on account of the dust from the fuel and regulations generally and strictly observed by the Navy Department, none but the attaches of the vessel were allowed on board. Should Sunday be a fair day, there will be several thousand visitors to the vessel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Our Daily Sport Story

who has been living in @ boarding house! No wonder he fell a prey to your artful Ie- vicesI We'll. when he comes this evening, I shall make myself duly scarce, After falling in love with the Model Woman, as set forth in my sister Rachel, he would not even deign to look at useless ceature like me. who couldn't even boil water decently."
 And Bess took herself off, notwithstand- ing RachePs laughing protests and wrote letters until she wearied of them, and let the wind blow them where 1t would.
 The wind blew one of them down into the orchard at the side of the house, where Rachel sat with a dainty little piece of handiwork. while the low afternoon sun sent pale green rays through the apple boughs. Rachel caught it as 1t flew past her. not knowing what it was, until her eyes had swept along several lines.
 -amused at Rachel, who was always cut out for an old maid we decided so long ago. She sits up there. all day long-ex- cept when they call her for something. which is about every two minutes. for Ra- chel is helpful somebody. and not at all like her good-for-nothing Aister-she sits there, I say, sewing. sewing on her trosseau sewing the long white seam' as Jean Ingelow says-and with the most calmly. placidly happy expression on her face, as though the earth and love and everything like that had been made just for her. It makes me-
 RachePs eyes were wet with a shining happy moisture. when Danny came running, sending jubilant shout before him:
 sister! Wonder he comes! An I bet he's brought me a new base baIIw
 MT. Arnold. this is Bess," she said, a llttIe later blushing and smiling until even one who did not love her very much would have seen that she was no longer plain.
 
 T think shall go over to Arkwright on visit to Ethel Joyner." said Bess a week later. Somehow. her vacation was begin ming to pail upon her and she was restless
 T think I would not go," said Rachel quietly. She still sewing. but rather slowly; as though there were no need for haste. As Bess looked at her with quick inquiry she said Mother Is anxious for you to help her a little--or at least, to want to help her-end-wen, wouldn't go." And then Rachel hummed a low tune. to show how much she was at ease
 Other days went by. and Rachel pushed the machine back against the wall. There Is no haste" she said. T am a little tired of sewing so long. think will rest for a few days" And she rested, not being strong enough to go on picnic with her lover and the family. and feeling too tired for the walk to church. Bess grew more irritable. and began letters and threw them into the fire. and started books, and for got how far she had read
 T think shall go to the city and find employment" she suggested; and Rachel turned upon her with a pale face
 "Bess. you shall not go!'' she cried. with a little desoiate wall in her voice. Just stay here--it will all come right. I--I need you to stand by me. You see.w-x-xx am not