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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
ANNOUNCEMENT
For Sheriff.

For Sheriff.
 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Jefferson coun- ty, subject to the action of the demo- cratic party. in the forthcoming primary.
 ALBERT STRADFORD. I hereby announce myself as a candi- date for the office of Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party. J. P. STILES.
 For Road Supervisor. To the Democratic Voters and Citizens of Jefferson County:
 I am candidate for re-election to the office of Road Supervisor, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 J. ED HAIGLER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-01
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. Or will improve to suit a reliable ten- ant. S. E. corner 22d st. and Ave. A, 60 x1OO feet; this is the best corner in a rapidly developing district, especially good location for saloon or drug store; long lease to right party. Call or phone owner.
 CHARLES SUMNER.
 226 N. 22d St. Bell Phone 933.
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drowned. It's "nippers'' are nothing
more nor less than hands-much Ike our
own If the arrangement OF their bones
be examined.
Now the sulphur bottom" though
very numerous species, has been practi-
cally immune hitherto against attack by
man because Its size and enormous
strength rendered it too formidable and
dangerous. In other words, the risks at
tending its capture were so great that
the enterprise did not pay, the boats
which engaged in the chase. being fire.
quenty destroyed and the occupants
drowned. A creature weighing as much
as railway locomotive and capable OF
exercising about the same amount of
power is mighty perilous to tackle in the
deep sea with no weapon save harpoon
or bomb lance.
Recently, however, plan has been de-
vfsed by which this monster of the deep
can be hunted with safety and profit. In
stead OF using whaleboats, small and
stanch steamboats, are employed in the
chase, and the huge quarry is shot with a
lance discharged from a cannon placed at
the bow of the vessel The whale might
easily destroy the steamboat by rushing
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at 1t had on" and ramming II. but this
idea does not occur 20 its bind The
first thing IL does usually on being struck
is to dive to the bottom. sinking Ike a
stone and actually dragging the bow of
the steamer partly under water. Then il
will rise to the surface with incredible
velocity and leap clear into the air, ex-
posing the whole of Its mighty body. This
sort OF performance is continued until the
beast Is exhausted. when 1t lies helpless
and floating, so as to be easily
despatched.
No wonder that Emperor William. when
he tried this kind of hunting in Norway.
declared 1t was the greatest sport he ever
had in his life. 1t was. he said. more than
exciting; it was stupendous. Recently the
enterpristng Japanese have adopted the
idea Hitherto whale meat has been en-
ployed only as fertilizer being dried ana
ground for that purpose. but within the
last half dozen years several factories
nave been established in Europe Zone OF
them the Normal Company. of Aberdeen)
for converting the material into extracts.
Such extracts resemble beef extract so
closely in flavor that it is said to be i'm
possible to tell the difference
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PIsAona II Soy" oa7olarlGl the Old ste ~7oea>

representing him, was ordered to take
charge of the steam wagon and bring it
to Nebraska City.
II left New York June Z, 1852 /
steered the machine from the shops at
East River along Twenty third street to
Madison avenue, thence across Fifth ave-
nue. and down to Eighteenth street, where
we broke a wheel (the pavements in
Fifth avenue in those days would break
anything bank or a yoke of steers
and some Of the old Fifth avenue paving
stones are still exhibited as souvenirs in
Brooklyn
The event proved sensation, and the
Mayor think 1t was Fernando Wood
served an injunction prohibiting US to run
the wagon by daylight. 1t was very
huge affair, / must confess, unsightly In
appearance. and 1t naturally scared horses,
even those not running away.
The driving wheels were ten feet in
diameter, four feet taller than Abraham
Lincoln and the rims two feet wide. No
wonder the vehicle darkened the streets
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and stopped public traffic. The forward
wheels were six feet high and eighteen
inches wide. A seventy-two inch upright
boiler, eightysix inches long, connected
with a water tank ten feet long and thir-
ty inches in diameter, was secured to the
boiler.
The forward end of the tank connect
ed with the forward axle. which had a
universal ball joint, allowing the wheels
every kind of action in all directions.
The tank held two thousand gallons
THE motive power of the machine was
four ten-ho duplex oscillating engines,
two engines to a driving wheel, so con-
structed that one engine would hold the
other over the center; and one independ-
ent steam pump with cab on top of the
connecting tank, and platform with fire.
box in the rear of the boilers-these were
fea lures of the machine that called out
the Mayor and stopped business along
Fifth avenue. The total weight of the
automobile was twelve TONS about one
fifth the weight of the locomotive of that
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early days-who manufactured II, its en-
gineer, its object. purpose, etc. First
Brevet Major General Joseph R. Brown,
Indian Agent Of the Sioux in Minnesota
at New Uim and Mankato, who, with
Captain Zachariah Taylor Of the United
States army, afterward major general
and later President of the United States
Of America, went to Minnesota to build
Fort Smelling
After Major General ]. r. Brown was
elected delegate to Congress from Min
nesota he came to New York in 1857 to
John A. Reeds machine shop, located
where the Novelty Iron Works were, on
the East River. near the big drydoclx
Reed was at that time consulting engi-
neer OF New York City. The writer of
this was his master mechanic and fore
man. We built a line of marine engines,
among them the engines OF the ocean
steamer Adriatic. Of the historic E. K
Collins line, plying between New York
and Liverpool. They were oscillating
engines, compound duplex, Of 250o horse
power, consluered wonders in those days.
General Brown conceived the idea Of
building wagon or a road traction We
hicle with oscillating engine to haul In
dian supplies from the river towns to
the agency and ordered ]. A. Reed to
draw designs and specifications for the
said, steam wagon. During the interval
OF construction General Brown went to
the inaugural of President Buchanan,
in 1857. While in Washington the Gen
eral succeeded In wire-working and ma
nipulating Congress, obtaining an appro-
priauon of slice, 900 for building school
houses. churches, agricultural implements
and other things do not now remember,
including steam wagon to haul the
supplies between Mankato and New UIm.
the two agencies. This steam wagon T.
A, Reed built in 1858, and I learned that
1t did make several trips between the
agencies. Afterward the engine was
utilized for running a grist mill
General ]. r. Brown returned to New
York City in 1850 and ordered Reed to
build the second improved steam wagon.
II was named the Prairie Motor and
cost $4,000. Eighteen months time
was allowed for building the wagon.
j. A. Reed gave me the drawings, with
orders to construct the motor General
Brown had opened correspondence with
your father, j. Sterling Morton, who said
there was big opening for hauling sup
plies aross the prairies to mining camps
Reeds contract with General Brown was
that he would accompany the steam
wagon to Nebraska City and install 1t
for trip to Denver Col, across the
great plains. 1t should be remembered
that there were then no Pacific railroads
That times marked the opening of our
civil war During the interval between
1850 and 1852 Reed contracted to build
United States gunboat of the Ericsson
model-a monitor-and could not leave
the city so under these circumstances
the general released him. and the writer,
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platform. and were soon ready for our
proposed trip to Colorado.
LAS leave taking send on your father
suggested an excursion, a pleasure trip,
through the main streets OF the city,
with string Of road wagons coupled on
behind. As nearly as ] can recollect.
there were about twelve vehicles In the
train and each was packed 20 the limit
with enthusiastic humanity After this
the city fathers. headed by j. Sterling
Morton. gave US a banquet at the Sey
mour House. with your father -presidfng
and O. p. Mason holding the exalted of
fee Of toastmaster. 1t was a great time
for the steam wagon and everybody sue
ceeded In getting acquainted with every
other individual in the country. The
feast closed with a dance, and all went
home and to bed rejoicing at the great
ness OF the future, and steam wagons In
particular. which would help build up
the country. In those days buffalo COW
cred the plains. Indians were everywhere
and there were ne tranSconttnental rail-
roads.
Then arrangements were made for the
trip to Colorado. and all was ready for
the departure. when the news came oil
the terrible Indian massacre at New Ulm.
MINI. General Brown was summoned
thither. he being the general agent of the
Sioux Indians So we were left to con-
tinue our journey to Colorado with the
steam wagon. We were under full
head Of steam. bound for the Rocky
Mountains. and had reached the Nine
Mile House, about four miles beyond the
old. Morton homestead. when we broke
a crank. II could not be replaced In the
West so made a trip to New. York City
for new crank. and returned to Ne
braska and made the necessary repairs.
Then 1t was decided that the locomotive
would have to be stored until the return
Of General Brown from the Indian wars
1T was also found necessary to Inn
prove the roads. build culverts across
the streams. otherwise the wagon could
not proceed Because Of these draw
backs the machine was finally stored on
Morton's farm and the trip was aban-
doned. the machine never to be used
again. because General Brown failed to
return to the city.
The civil war also changed every
thing. Men went to the front and were
killed. and finally. when Sterling Morton
wrote me that he wished the steam
wagon removed I advised him to sell It
for what he could get. believe 1t was
finally sold for about $500, and the en-
gine utilized In the gas works at Ne
braska City. ! suppose. also. there was
no demand for steam wagons OF this kind
In making trips across the. plains. for the
early completion OF the Union Pacific and
other lines in the West revolutionized
transportation and business Of every
kind"
Morton said the chief reason why the
road wagon did not prove a success was
because there was no macadamized road
beds for II to travel on. The streams
were not bridged. and when il came to a
creek or even a small rfvulet in the soft
miry ground Of the prairie It sank SO
deep in the mud that progress was inn
possible.
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The National Museum has long desired
70 posses for exhibition purposes the
largest animal in the world This am
bition has at last been gratifed, and In
its great Hall Of Mammals in Washington
is now on view veritable sulphur bottom
whale-its counterfeit presentment, that
is TO say-exactly reproducing the
original, which in life was ninety feet
long and weighed thirty tons.
The counterfeit Is a shell of papier-
mache, cast from moulds taken from the
whale when the latter had been newly
killed and towed for this purpose TO Ba-
lena Station, on the south coast Of New
foundland- More than twenty barrels Of
plaster OF paris were used in making the
moulds, which were shipped in sections to
Washington there to be employed IN the
production OF the paper pulp replica
which was finished by painting IL In close
imitation OF the beautiful dapple gray of
the huge animals coat
Thus for the first time an opportunity is
given 70 the public to look upon the most
gigantic Of existing creatures, compared
with which the largest elephant is but a
pigmy, and IL is noticed that nine out of
every ten persons who view the great
whale make the remark that Jonah GER
tainl might have found ample accommoda-
ton IN the interior OF such a monster
Il is, indeed, undeniable, and one might
60 so far as to say that there would have
been room enough IN the cetacean's
midst" for Mrs Jonah (if there was such
person) and quite a family of little
Jonahs
One has only to figure on the matter
bit in order TO perceive that the body
cavity OF a ninety-foot sulphur bottom
such as this one might afford quite satis-
factory quarters for a gentleman of
Jonah'e austere habits, with rooms ar
ranged en- suite-a bedroom, dining room
ana kitchen, say, with possibly a small
bathroom In the rear. It would be rathef
compact Of course. but not more so than
many modern fat Besides, IN this case
the prophet was travelling whale of the
species In question frequently covers sixty
miles In an hour-and in such circum-
stances one Is usually willing to make
some temporary sacrifice OF comfort
When poor Jumbo OF cherished memory
fell foul Of a locomotive and was killed P.
7. Barnum. his owner. with Characteristic
ingenuity, converted his precious remains
into two Jumbos-one the skeleton and
the other the stuffed hide Of the original
elephant In the case OF this giant whale
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One OF Pau AIorton's most interesting
stories is how the first big automobile in
America was invented in New York
City forty years ago. was boycotted by
Fernando Wood. then Mayor. next taken
TO -,eOraska and run briefly on one OF
the highways OF the then frontier State;
finally il was stored and later sold for
old iron, all because Of the great Indian
massacre at New Ulm. MINI
I well remember" said the former
Secretary of the Navy, the famous
steam wagon which was stored under
cover for years on my fathers farm.
Many a time I played I spy with the
boys, hiding behind IL or under its pom
derous machinery. And So when 1 re-
ceived a letter early this winter from
David L. Osborn, the man who was
Americas first chauffeur and had super
intended the construction Of the machine,
! was naturally interested. He ineiden-
tally remarked that he was out of a job
and would like some kind Of a position
in New York, and added that he remem-
bered al about the old steam wagon
Being much interested in transportation.
the statement appealed to me. and I sent
him a check for SIS, asking him to
write a full history OF the machine and
forward it sc
Not hearing from Osborn for several
months, and being very busy, forgot
all about IL until one day I picked up
newspaper and read IN glaring head
lines, Dave Osborn Gets Drunk on Nor
tons Check Osborn's explanation was
O formidable documenut, fairly well writ
ten. and for many pages sermonized on
the benefits Of a moral lfe.''
This was the answer to the paragraph
about Osborn getting drunk on Morton's
check" II was stated that the check
had not even been cashed. Osborn had
no need Of getting il cashed. He only
had TO exhibit IL proudly TO his admiring
fellow citizens, when whisky straight.
old Kentucky Bourbon on the side. Ne
braska cocktails. Sioux City highballs
and Indian Territory tarantulas. with
& cherry in 'em. were offered the vet
eran chamneur with lavish hands
In fifteen minutes after he exhibited
that check bearing the signature OF the
former member OF Mr.. Roosevelt's Cab
met and now president Of a big insur-
ance company enough choice liquor lad
been offered to demoralize a menagerie.
II was TO Osborn's undying credit that
he kept the check intact and did not get
half as intoxicated as many a Western
man has at political picnic After ex-
pstiating on the advantages Of living
strictly moral life, Osborn proceeded to
tell the story of how -America's first
automobile came to be invented for use
on the wild prairies Of the great West
1t is a pretty accurate story, said
Morton Here are Osborn's own words:
Now. Morton, you wished me TO give
concise statement Of the so-caned steam
wagon brought to Nebraska City in the
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On Sunday we were the guests Of the
city, and the whole country turned out
to help honor US.
I'VE were entertained at the Seymour
House. kept by Mr.. Tuxbury. with his
two big daughters and one idolized boy.
Fred, who died soon after. poor Doyi
Your father was editor of the Nebraska
City News. The paper gave us q big
send -on in an extra edition. and the peo-
pie were assured Of prosperity for all
time.
so on Monday, July 16. 1852. every
body was on hand to see the sight Great
was the astonishment Of the multitude
men. women and hildren, when they saw
us moving along the streets turned to-
ward the city. After many obstructions
and impediments in the shape OF SOFT
miry ground the vehicle was sidetracked
back Of the old Block House in the rear
of McCann's banking house. This was to
enable us to put her in running order
We repainted the machine. finished her
Off with ornaments and new cab and a
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day.
After making repairs on Fifth avenue
| ran the machine by night to the Chris
topher-street ferry, which landed us in
Hoboken. Thence 1t ran the engine n
der her own steam down Montgomery
street to the New Jersey Central Rail
road, where we shipped The steam wagon
to Easton. Jur route to Nebraska was
via the Reading D Harrisburg. thence to
Pittsburg by the Pennsylvania Central
thence TO Chicago by the Fort Wayne
thence by the Burlington to Quincy.
where We crossed the Mississippi by ferry
and reached home by the way of St. Joe
and the steamboat West Wind, which
piled between Omaha and st. Joe for
years. l arrived in Nebraska City on
July IA, 1862. forty-th years ago last
July.
General Brown had accompanied me
from Chicago and introduced me to you"
father. j. Sterling Morton. We left tho
wagon on the bluffs overlooking the city
and the great winding Missouri River.
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dreds of thousands of years ago were land
anfmals-quadrupe5s; that Is to say
walking on al fours. But they found it
easier to get food in the sea than on terra
firma, and, like the fur seals and hair
seals of today, they became amphibious,
spending most of their time in the water
but hauling up on shore to breed. AS
time went on they abandoned the land
altogether and developed a swimming tail
which. however, is very different from
the tail Of fish, being horizontal instead
of vertical.
There are plenty of satisfactory reasons
on which to base this statement. one of
them being that whales have pelvic
bones, which could have been designed
originally only for the attachment of
hind legs. The sperm whale, indeed,
still possesses rudimentary thigh bones.
Again, the body of the unborn cetacean
is covered with hair--a fact deemed
equivalent to proof that It's ancestors
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PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA

JUST Defore MS departure for his Indian
tour the Prince of Wales was decorated
with the order of the Star of India as
being the decoration most coveted in that
English possession
In general the various grades of the or
der OF ST. Michael and st. George are con-
ferred upon colonials whom it is desired
to honor, those saints being the only ones
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WORLDS AFFAIRS IN BREVITY.

recognized by the Greek as wen as the
=. r-olsstant churches. but In the Indian
Empire the Star of India was fo,,,,-ss5 T.,
1901 by Queen Victoria, to be given 10
those whom it was especially desired TO
dlstinguish- tits given only to vicerovs.
and Is the most highly priced of the colo
NAL orders.
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FIBRE FOR. cLOTH MAKrNe,

Flore from the plantain tree Is coming
lnto use In India for cloth making. Yarn
made from 1t is found stror0sr tf,,, ~.
from cotton jute, and has a ols 7a.s ~,
pearance- native technical instftute at
Naspore has taken up the subject anS "a
the supply OF plantain fibre is almost nm
nmited IN Bengal it is expected that a
production. -
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ninety loot sulphur bottom whale dram to scde shm!
ne how the lIvane qudrter5 Of the Prophet Jonah

body knows, the whale is not a fish, but
mammal. It suckles its young and 1t
lives in the sea only on the same terms
as man does-that is to say, by swim
ming and by rising to the surface for
breath at frequent intervals. Deprived
of this opportunity. whale IS quickly
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another reason, inasmuch as 1t is made
wholly of paper money, which. being
Withdrawn from circulation by the Treas
ury, was reduced to pulp by boiling, in the
customary manner and given for the
purpose to the National Museum. Uncle
Sans greenbacks are manufactured from
linen rags. and the pulp into which they
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The greet 90 foot whale
dnd it's Skeleton

an equivalent thing has been done, the
bones Ialone weighing two tons) being
put together and separately mounted to
exhibit the complete osseous framework
of the creature, while the papier mache
cast shows what the brute looked like
when he was alive
The cast referred to 10 interesting for
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arranged

are converted is fine. tough stuff for such
use as that here described. But it took
several millions of dollars. in value con-
structlvely represented, to furnish the
requisite material.
II is, when one thinks of it, most inter-
esung 10 know that the remote ancestors
OF those Gas well as other) whales hum
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DIVERS STRANGE DEATH

After recovering the sheet anchor of the
British battleship Cumberland, which had
sunk in twenty-five fathoms Of water In
the Mediterranean, diver rose TO the
surface too quickly. and died after two
days from the effects of the pressure.
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SCHOOL FOR WOMEN FARMERS

The woman farmer. It is said, is in
evitable- In England she has. in fact.
arrived The school has for some time
been successfully conducted to give special
instruction in the art OF cultivating the
fields. gathering crops and caring for live
stock
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YANKEE TITLE sEEKERs

some enthusiastic person has recentIv-
inquired II out that American women have
within few years captured twenty thres
Titled Enghshmen. twenry-six titled Ger
mans, fourteen titled Frenchmen. seven-
teen utied Italians and six titled Russians.
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NATALs PoPTJLATIoN

In Natal. South Africa, there are. ac-
cording to the latest official returns. 81, 7,1Os
whites, 100.s1S Asiatics. 66s6 mixed races
and s04,041 natives. OF the Europeans
56,75s are males.
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fECCA's SACRED STONE

y CAMEL ClONE
The Caaba, or sacred stone Of Nfaoc, a.
recovered every year with damask sent
py the Sultan or Khedive. A single eover-
ing mas on occasion cost SIS,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-01
GOOD ROADS
NEEDED
HERE
The Improvement Com
mittec Will Work for
Them.

I How to build public roads as well
and as cheaply as possible was the
principal business discussed at the
Central Improvement Committee meet
ing last night. The bill boards came
in for their share of attention and the
varied needs of Upper Nuuanu valley
were also discussed, / the questions pre-
sented coming in for some plain speak
ing from the committee members
E. I. Spalding, the chairman, intro
duced the principal business of the
meeting by reading the following let
ter from the Promotion Committee:
Honolulu Hawaii, July 13, 1906
Mr.. E. l. Spalding, President, Oahu
Improvement Committee.
Dear Sir: At the regular weekly
of the Hawaii Promotion Committee,
held yesterday, the matter of good
roads was considered.
From the information at hand the
Promotion committee feels assured
that Honolulu will be visited by a con-
number of tourists next win
ter, who will bring with them their
and whose stay here and
expenditure of money will
be largely governed by the condition
Of our roads. When it is remembered
that fully S500000 was left in Honolu-
u last season by tourists and the prob
abilities are that at least 81 900 900 will
De spent by the same class next sea-
son, the need of doing what may be |
possible to encourage this class of Wis
tors becomes apparent. aside from the |
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