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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-28

C. K. Lawrence has been appointed chief engineer of the Central of Georgia Rail- way to succeed Merry M. Steele. who has resigned.
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Red Mountain Corpse.

The other body about the identity Of which there has been so much doubt, the onn found last Sunday on Red moun- tain in a badly decomposed state, has not yet been disntered from the potter's field where 1t was buried Tuesday morn ing. However it. may be dlsintered today. From two marks of identification the coroner is of the opinion that 1t may prove to be the remains or Richard J. Shafer who disappeared March 8 from his farm near Cullman. These marks are crooked finger and the similarity of q gold tooth filling. Both of which W. r. Shafer said were marks by which his fa- ther's body could be known. For fur ther proof he has gone to Cullman to as- certain the description of his fathers clothing. If the clothing he wore coin cldes with the garments found on the body and now at Gaudin X Co.'S the coroner will be convinced that the dead man was
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BODY OF UNKNOWN
 MAN IS INFERRED Remains Supposed to be Mar
 ShaIPS at Rest AS TO IDENTIFICATION Body of Man Found on Red Mountain May Be That of culman Farmer
 Who Has Been Missing
 Since March 3. G

1Se body found in the Arkansas r1ver aud believed by s. H. Harris to be that of W. J. Marshall, the missing con- tractor of Birmingham was buried as un- identified yesterday morning at 9 O clock in Elmwood cemetery by. Llge Loy, the undertaken. The only persons present were the undertaken and one of his men, There were no funeral services.
 MT. Harris is still positive that the re- mains were those of Marshall Mrs. Mar shall and the coroner are equally positive that they were not.
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Executive Committee.

Chairman Executive Committee, Sevent
 Congressional District.
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

ornamented with representations of
saints and angels, the Virgin Mary
and Joseph. the wise men from the
east, shepherds, sheep and oxen. The
presents are previously placed on a
great earthen swan in the center of
the room, and as the young people
fall in line and march around the
swan. each gives 1t blow with a
small stick until the bird la broken.
Then the fun begins-a scramble for
the gifts ensues. followed by games
and the usual merrymaking.
An American hostess presides over
the embassy where floats the tri-col-
ored flag, and joins her welcome with
that of her distinguished husband, the
French ambassador. Here, again. we
find the Yule log burning, and in its
glow the Bethlehem manger is rep
resented. Built on table in the
living room, 1t remains for two weeks
of Noel" gentle reminder OF the
sacred meaning of Christmas.
At the Russian embassy, a few
blocks distant from the French, Mile
Rosen. the school girl daughter Of
the cars ambassador. presides over
the Christmas celebration.
Dreams had on that night are sup
posed to come to pass, and from the
Russian standpoint, unlucky is the
girl who has no dream to relate
while preparing her morning toilet
Early service is attended in the en-
bassy chapel (there is no Greek
church in Washington. and then for.
tune telling games are in order.
The children of the Peruvian lega-
tion at Washington will celebrate
their Christmas around "Grotto OF
tn Nativity" In miniature. instead of
around the proverbial Christmas tree.
This grotto will be surrounded by
pots OF nourishers of various sizes,
with growing plants of different
grains. while the gifts will be ar.
ranged In and around the whole.
These presents are always selected
with the greatest care, the object be.
ing to have them indicate the prog
ross OF the world since the birth OF
tho Christ-child.
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
The Little Tin Soldier.

Vance Thompson, in the Christmas
Everybody's, writing of Where the
Toys Come FROM" describes the Nur.
emberg home of the toy soldier
THE soldiers are sold by the hun.
dredweight," he says, ''and last year
nearly $4,000 quintals were sent into
the United States. A pound box. which
contains about $50 pieces-infantry,
cavalry. artillery, with such accessor
les as trees, bastions, camps, the
wounded soldiers and the dead-you
may buy yonder in the Troedel market
for 60 cents. AS every one knows
there are two kinds of toy soldiers
those stamped out of fiat metal, and
the finer kind made in molds Mod
ern machinery-as you may see in the
great factories outside the city walls
has stripped the process of romance
The only hand-work is the painting OF
the little figures. which is done by wo
men and girls"
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

Christmas is the supreme season
Of happiness for children. Their
: brains are filled with the beautiful
imaginations of the good deeds of
old Santa Claus. Many of them re-
ceive their first strong Impressions in
discriminating between good and
wrong, and the rewards for the for
mer and the punishments for the
latter.
The festive character of Christmas
being undeniable, nothing can or
could be more pleasing to the children
and more strictly in accordance with
the spirit of the day than a house
party.
, The day should begin for the child
with The finding of his stockings filled
with presents, which on the previous
evening were hung on the bed post.
This pretty custom should be encour-
aged until the wonderful travels and
kindnesses of Santa Claus are looked
upon with doubt by the recipient of
his bounty.
The children should gather about
the Christmas tree as presents are dis
tributed. OF course IL the father wants
to impersonate Santa Claus so much
the better. His appearance will be
appreciated by the youngest and can
not be resented by the more expert
enced ones of 12 or 13 years.
Here are some suggestions in games.
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
THE AGE OF CLAY.
Rapidly sur?ianting IRON and Steel for
Many Uses.

In spite of the fact that the largest
| corporation in the world is devoted to
the exploitation of iron and steel the
people VINO like to look ahead are al
ready prophesying the end of the iron
age. 1t is pointed out that we can al
ready compute the amount of iron ore
still in sight, and the number of years
which it will require to exhause these
deposits
The question which arises is what Is
to be the substitute for Ron. The ex-
perts have an answer ready. We will
return to the age of clay.
Iron, according to the late Professor
Shaler, is first to go out of use for re.
tanning vessels. After while there
will be no more iron buckets and bath
tubs and boilers. The retaining ves-
sells of the future. like those of our saw
age forbears, will be made of clay. AL
ready new spirit is entering the pot.
terry of the world, and the ceramic in.
dustry is recovering the lost glories
OF its antiquity. Sheet iron will be.
come too expensive for roofs, and tiles
Will be more used Even now they
are regalning a vogue in American
country houses.
Iron for structural purposes will fol-
low the way of iron for retaining yes
sells. For all its shell of brick and
stone, New York is a steel city, a
masked dream of the iron age, a metal
skeleton, incased. Sometime its steel
skyscrapers and it's steel bridges will
be curiosities. The houses and bridges
OF the future, many of them, will be
built OF cement. Many of them are be-
ing built of cement.
The cement house is a modified yer.
sion of the adobe dwelling of the In.
dians of the Southwest. 1t is the clay
age reasserting itself in a novel form.
In this form indeed that age IS al.
ready on the scene, shouldering out
the iron age in a thousand places.
America produced only about a mil.
lion and n half barrels of cement in
1897. Last year the output was 26,
100000 barrels. The supply is practi.
cally inexhaustable. 1t is claimed for
the cement house that it can be
erected in half the time of another
house and at much less expense
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

With sympathetic person assisting
the little folks, there should be plenty
Of fun.
"Whose Are the Eyes"
"Whose Are the Eyes?" which has
attained great popularity, dimly sug-
gests the Yehmericht, the secret
tribunal of old Westphalia, in which
the judges sat closely cowled and
with their faces invisible. The game,
however is all mirth. Two of those
that take part in it are seated side by
side. Over the head of each is placed
an outstretched newspaper. In this
paper two holes are cut. The paper
conceals the head of each of the play
ers beneath and only the eyes are WIS.,
ible through the eye holes. The OBJ
ject Of the game is for the rest of the
players to guess the ownership of the
eyes as they see them by holding a
candle close to them.
"Blow Out the Candle"
About as popular as this game is
BLOW Out the Candle" One of the
party is sent from the room. He or
she returns blindfolded. A candle
burns in the room, around which the
other merrymakers are gathered. The
blindfolded player must advance to the
candle and blow it out.
1t looks easy. but it isn't. The thick
ness of the blind is so dense that the
light of the candle cannot be seen
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20


who?" in the diplomatic
to Washington
for in
only coming here
me became
ne Italian government then began negotiations
in
Unc sam with view to repairing the
fava The paatial
selected Baroness
brilliant
Italian ambassador
except of Mrs Roosevelt
town long enjoy their
mentioned
onged absence was periodically explained by
surprising II
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

In no other city In America is
Christmas celebrated in 50 mauy diff
ferent ways as in Washington. for at
Washington are gathered the official
representatives of every land-Chris-
tian as well as pagan-and in the en-
bassies and legations the holiday is
celebrated according to the custom in
vogue In the countries having rep
resentatives there.
So it is that the celebration there
is international as well as national in
character. Quaint customs, indeed
prevail in the diplomatic corps. In
one house you will find Christians
commemorating the birth of the Saw
iour. while in house across the street
n pagan brother from the orient is
celebrating an entirely different day.
FOR an entirely different occasion.
Pursuant to a long established Gus
tom, ambassadors and minister pleni-
rotentiaries entertain their Iicial
staffs at Christmas, inviting, also,
such other friends as they may desire
to have visit the legation at that
time.
Probably the ambassador from
Italy and his wife are the most gra.
cious hosts of any of the foreign
ers at Washington, and their guests
at Christmas time are always well
coined around the Yule log, which
burns brightly in the open fireplace.
A large urn full of gifts is placed
on table and visitors have great
sport getting their presents from out
the vast pile.
Germany is the home OF the Christ
mas tree and Kris Kringle. 1t is.
therefore, appropriate that at the kai-
ser's embassy the most cosmopolitan
Christmas should be celebrated-the
custom OF the "Faderlandt" blended
with those Of the Baroness Won Stern
berg's "old Kentucky Home"
Tho family of Senior Casasus, the
brilliant Mexican ambassador at
Washington, Is happy one. and all
OF its members join heartily in their
native way Of celebrating the POS.
ads" At half past seven on Christ.
wAS eve they assemble In 6 room
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

An interesting theory forward originated in
the vicinity north That
the the eas cooling those
cool to be habtable by S tuted
to
ngua
Indians indicate
The
indicates
Mongos
there a to Aaska "
tvesem
sharp had studied out many marked resembance
Indian
takes no stock in the theory has been
evidence lacking
-
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20


the lack of sufficient o the PLACES
crystaize the
their
Everett wash and spread all
has not confined its efforts to the rscss
vassed the situation the the
will be flooded
be
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
WANTED ORANGES BUT GOT LEMONS.

officials of the department of agriculture
were handed lemon the other day from a tree
which they expected to produce oranges. The
discovery Is regarded of the greatest i'm
portance. and may mean a revolution of the
lemon-growing industry of this country
Several months ago Prof. b. T. Galloway
chief OF the bureau of plant Industry. and Her.
bert W. Webber, his assistant, began experiments
on grating Florida orange tree and the Japan.
ese orange tree known as Trifolita. When the
fruit was ready to pick several OF the sup
posed oranges were taken Off the tree and peeled.
1t was found that they were thin-skinned and
they gave every appearance Of the orange until
OF the assistants bit one
1T Isn't any orange at ALL .ts lemon the b
he exclaimed.
Prof. Galloway was much interested. He too
II as sour as lime. He hurried to Secretary Wi
made a glass OF the excellent lanlonnda for hin,
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20
Gossip from the Capital
What Happening Washington of Tor
De Panches Causes Surprise in Society Crcle.-Governmen
&c entiss Say Man Originated 3OO, 600 Years Ago.

WASHINGTON.-The sudden temperance
of Baron Mayor des Planches, as Italian ann
bassador to Washington, has stirred the haut
monde to its foundation, officials and aymen alike
being curious To know the reason why he has re-
turned after the repeated announcement of his
retirement from the diplomatic service of his
country Indeed, positive the statements
regarding his resignation that Baron Hengelmue
Ter of Austria-Hungary, the next Oldest ambas
sador in point of service at this capital was de-
clared to be dean in the diplomatic corps in his
stead and congratulated accordingly, by his con-
freres
The new dean returned to Washington from
ON Nf1re 1flor md Loft foxr
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

The Bureau CT American Ethnology one of
the most expensive and the least conspicuous of
the government bureaus is now completing a
history OF the American Indian to which the labor
OF 25 years has been devoted.
The work will deliver another scientific blow
at the biblical theory that the human race orig
mated tn ough Adam and Eve in the Garden of
Eden about 1000 years ago. While they do not
assume to explain the origin of the Indian. the
scientists say h :man remains have been discov.
ered IN geological strata of this country showing
hat man existed here 100000 years ago 1t is
not claimed that the remains are such as to prove
hat the Indian was the aboriginal creature of
his early date. 1t may or may not have been
Gilpin observer., 1906-12-20

Increase in the salaries of post office clerks
will be prominent question at the present
sion of congress. Already three movements of
Importance have been begun, all of which are
directed toward this end and of which
be ignored by congress. The three movements
are headed by the post Office department by the
postal clerks themselves and by the chambers of
commerce all over the country.
Clerks in the postal service now receive
minimum salary of 5000 and maximum salary of
$1,2OO. The prosperity of the country has created
such a demand for service and the opportunities
OF betterment of the individual have so much in
creased that the postal service of the country
may be said to be hanging the ragged edge of
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the farmers piacfical ideas in regard
TO the yield of grain "A member of
the Frank Brown threshiug outfit says
the average yield of cats is 40 bushels
to the acre where they have tbreshed
Some small fields went as high rs rs
and 80 bushels The wheat will aver
age 20 bushels with 80 bushels as the
maximum Wheat is shrunken and
shows the effect of the extremely hot
weather during July
limerick Brothers report chat oats
on full blowing yield about 80 bushels
per acre la the GRAY neighborhood
wheat is from / to II 12 bushels
and Of inferior grade Mr. Johnson,
living about eight miles Forth of
Quincy, thinks the wheat in his seq
ton will average about eight bushels
to the acre
F N. SovalI Gays in the st. And
rews neigh horhood the average will be
about IL bushels.
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20. 1906
CAPITALISTS IN
FINANCIAL Battle

New York, Aug. 80 The Journal
says the greatest financial war, accor-
ding to Wall street records. that has
ever been waged on that battle ground
of multi. millionaires, is now raging,
and, judging BY the action fought on
Saturday. it Is likely to reach climax
this week
The immediate object OF the fight.
ing is the possession of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad with
the $25, 900, 900 extra cash to be adaed
to its treasury from the sale Of new
stock issued. This real stake which 10
of far greater Importance, however.
is the Pacific coast trade.
The opposing forces consist OF J.
p. Morgan. J. J. Hill and their friends
the. foreign capitalists, on on. eide.
and E. Fl Hartman, the practical
owner of the Union and Southern
LdCIuC SOdub Win WIll'6m oil I1OEIf.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy. the controll-
ers of the vast Canadian Pacific System
and their friends on the other. TT ose
remaining neutral for the time being,
but who are inclined to throw their
weight to Hartman. are James H.
Smith and William Rockefeller, as
principal stockholders in the St. Paul
rad.
On the outcome of the war depends
whether the ST. Paul road is TO be ex-
tend to tine coast. for which $25, 100, :.
600 worth of new stock issue was vot
ed. in a northerly direction, and so
seriously injure the traffic Of the Nor
thern Pacific and the Great Northern
systems. or southerly to impair the
future profits OF the Union and South
ern Pacific roads.
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Must Pray on Their Own Time.

Chicago, Aug 29.-Four girls have
been DISCHARGED from the Zion City
lace factory for failing to obey rule
requiring them to pray during work
hours, but bus to do 1, 90 on their own time:
It has been the custom to deduct from
the pay of the girls for the time srent
in PRAYER.
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Negroes Would Rule Town.

ss.
Beaumont, Tex. Aug. 29.-Negroes
have addressed letter 60 leading
newspaper saying that they intend to
rule the town. They resent the punish
ment inflicted by the authorities when
100 were arrested and discharged for
vagrancy, but ordered to leave town.
The doctor may be given credit for
curing a patient, but he prefers cash.
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wheat Yield is Low.

waterville. Wash. Aug 2s-Har-
vest. or grain heading j. practically
over in this locality The threshing
is already advanced far enough to give
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Shelley at Eton.
ON the Nineteenth Century.

From the Nineteenth Century.
Among the more celebrated of the
names of Elton in my time I have a
slight recollection OF Shelley. He was
captain of the Oppidans. / think. in 1916
fair land. who. | think. boarded at
Bethers.
| remember many odd freaks recorded
of him. He bought large brass can
non at an auction in Windsor and har-
messed many lower boys TO drawn 1t
down into college. 1t was captured, L
think. by one of the tutors and kept till
the holidays at Hexter's
I also remember that Shelley wrote a
small book In one volume in which he
collected together all the horrors he could
think of. 1t was a farrago of what in
those days we called pamphlets. little thin
eixpenny books of romance, which the
boys in want of reading used to pur
chase I quite forget the name of this
work Of Shelley's. nor have / ever met
Nth It in after life.
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Down Below.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
THAT fellow Pecksniff certainly has got
his fancee hypnotized. She thinks he's
too good forthis world
And she's right. The proper place for
him is certain locality in the next
world"
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-04
LADY AMELIA IN FINE FORM.
GanOps or With Mercury Handicap In
Fast Time.

Lady Amelia was in splendid form at
o.ishton Beach yesterday, when she-galloped
o1 with the Mercury Handicap, for all ages,
~ lurlongs. With Miller up and carrying
-S pounds the famous Ben Brush mare was
never extended. She took the track at the
'Outset ana Just breeZed past each furlong
pgp with Miller keeping = tight hold on the
Iens' with the result that she was the easiest
,hu OF a winner in the fast time 81 ~ Us.
Ssoy Amelia opened at / 70 S, but receded to
W because Of a strong play on PantOufie.
oAcAed down 70 7. and HandZarra. a steady
Ivohu ch-Ice at .. IL was q close ht for the
SA"e, santoufe closed a gap in the stretch.
" -|aM Martins persuasion she was beaten
!, 'ITas parts Of a length. Lady Amelia
.o9cedeS twenty-five pounds 70 Handzarra
. and hiteen TO Pantouie.
~ was not an easy day for the books by any
gan lhree favoriteS won and there vas
$500 pay on all Of the other winners. Bar
scLfeiber's good colt DIR. Gardner ran
oSsn race N the third event. for thr 80 year
~ = back IN the betting from 7 TO 10 TO even
sSa Decause Of the generous SUPPORT
an1 Gupl 10 Sister Frances. AstrOnomer. Rye
10 ruaiEit Sh0t. II did not take DuRan long
ba.Esalned 70 ne end. A winner by two and a
WIZ tnFths N ! ~ 10. Sister Frances. 5 u l.,
VII, l' tlVed t~wenty-one pounds from She
: had ran second nearly all the way and
who b.aI.' lehgtha over AstropcmeT. > 20 =.
~. single shot. 8 u 1, by half q lenrtI.
The 1,f'ss, a hot ~favorite at Q N s, made oil
~ iu'sl ing M the FIRST race. for selling plateTs-
vhe, IliIonR=. sewell having her IN haad
hss W. PASSED tho Judges \ enKth and a
liz % " l. oy q head. Inc TIME was
AlIer beat the rate in ne sscoad race. for