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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
The Steel AQe.

The steady, strong demand fer iron is
largely due to the new uses to which
steel is put. Steel freight cars, for ex-
ample, are built every year in increas-
ing numbers. They are noa mere ex-
pensive per ton of capacity, are lighter,
safer against fire, and more durab BILE.
They can be constructed for heavier
loads, thus meeting the desire of modern
railroad managers. It is the opinion of
many who have studied the subject that
the steel car win supplant she custom
airy car as the latter is worn out. Many
of the latter are very old now. They
are small, leaky and riclSety. Capacious
steel cars will soon fill the tracks that
the old-timers now cucumber.
But beyond all douba the chief use of
steel in the years ito come will consist
in the construction of frames for new
buildings-dwelhngs as well as business
places. The lesser towns are beginning
to cali for such frames, and the ports
across the sea are adopting them. When
the interior towns of Europe use steel
frames, sihe demand for steel will be
wonderfully increased. There can be no
doubt that steel frames will be needed
In all countries.
Birmingham IS not ready to meet this
demand. 1t has but one steel mill. It
will soon need a dozen such mills. In
every other respect this city is we'll
equipped for the coming boom. Its
mines and furnaces are equal TO all
reasonable calls upon them. But in
steel making, and in the industries that
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
Not Far Wrong.

Mrs. Annie Besan,, the great tlleoso-
phist, when asked her opinion of Amer
lean newspapers. said: "They are vi
brating with intense vitality. They live
in the vortex of whirling Kamie activi-
ties which are Utterly fatal to repose
and reflection. They seem to me to be
dancing mad carnlagnole, in which the
which sweeps everyone into its madden
ing whirl. They live for the day, in
the things of the day, and nobody ever
forgets so completely the things of yes
terday as .he American newspaper"
Mrs. Besant is a bright and brainy
crank, but she gets the newspapers down
fine. The people of this country have
been fed upon sensations until the great
majority will not look at a cJean, de-
cent, Thoughtful and reliable newspaper.
In the large Giles Inscriptions men
publish big newspapers intended to PAN
der to The depraved taste of the masses.
Tough young men oscilla ting between
the nradhouse and the delirium tremens
ward are employed TO write daily
"shockers," sometimes salacious and
sometimes reelxing with gore.
These newspapers go everywhere. They
demorahze she@ churches, POISON fami-
lies, lower the tone of society, and the
result is a carnival of folly and crime
Yet there are hundreds of high toned,
self-respecting newspapers which have
not yielded ito this Police Gazette craze.
But they have comparatively small cir
culations They are read by The thought
full and respectable few. In the long
run they have a greater influence than
their yellow contemporaries. but they do
not make as much money, and the
youngsters call them slow because they
publish only such news as is fit to print.
A reaction will come sometime. There
are men of culture. principle and cap
ital who are determined that a noble
profession shall not be degraded by ir-
responsible corruptionists and the enc
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS FOOD.

Each country has it's distinctive Christ
lard is too much like our own to need
description although we are apt to have
turkey and mince pie instead of roast
beef and plum pudding.
In France the Christmas dinner in
cludes a chicken roasted and garnished
as only the French can do 1T, and liver
pudding, rich with itrufflss and season.
ing.
In Spain they are fond ait holiday time
of a soup made of sweet almonds cream
and a fish first roasted before the fire
and basted with lemon garlic and Oil.
Russia serves i s national soup of beef,
boiled cabbage, sour cream and ferment-
ed beet juice ard it is ready to be eat en-
at any time during the day. A huge
roast pig served with Boiled buckwheait,
cooked with liver and the heart of the
this is eaten cheese creamed with but
ter, sugar and raislJns and colored eggs
also grace the board.
In Germany they have a fat goose
stuffed with chestnuts, pork boiled with
sauer kraut, sausages, beef with sour
sauce, black pudding, smoked goose,
baked apples and beer
In Switzerland also the goose is the
leading dish and there will likewise be
found on the table confectionery, cakes.
fruits, nut pudding, Geneva fr.tters-the
national dish-a paste made of fruits,
marmabade. spices and eggs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
The Kentucky and the Kentuckians

From the New York Press.
we hope the Kentuckians, even at the
expense and ITO the discomfort of the Ala-
bamian, will keep it up. We trust that
in Secretary Longs designation of the
governors daughter as the battleship's
godmother we have reached only the in
termezzo stage elf this delightful Cav
alberta RusticanIa." They are real people
who can squabble about such things.
Life has 2:st for them. The gilt ON their
gingerbread Is real gold, any number of
kara is fine. Their dolls bleed blood when
wounded They do not leak sawdust.
And the gracious way in which they take
tlhs public into their confidence as to the
events of Congressman Benefits theater
parity Is like the maiden firing at the
spring.
Moreover since The incident was opened
we have had an entiue comedy of man
uers. There is the blue grass bellies pro-
posed substitution of the wine of Ken
lucky for the wine of France-sour mash
for champagne. There Is the irreconcila-
BILE conscience of the American matron
u,ising up from beyond the blue grass
with the proposed substitution off the
| w. C. T. US private stock for both.
| There is Col. Herbert, of Herbertsville
| extending his successors hospitality.
| Besides, there GnuSt be a considerable
accretion to the internal alevenue depart
ment from christening whisky. There
was first the bottle which godmother No
| 1 sent 10 Secretary Herbert and which
| Secretary Hegbert promised President
| Cleveland should TASTE. At least dozen
original and stamped packages must be
| broken 10 make the baptismal blend
which a Lexfgton referendum has decided
on as the only means of avoiding am un-
fortunate discrimination between the va
| rious nsctar fonts of the state. Theme is
the bottle which The state official men,
toned in the Lexington dispatches gave
| to the governors daughter Then there Is
all Lexington and all Kentucky, includ-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Mr.. John L. Rap1er, postmaster at Mo-
bile, should take his medicine like a
man. He did all he could to aid in
the election of Mr. Mckinley. a republic
can, and he should not object to the
president wanting him to vacate his
office ito place on deck a man who was,
and had been for years a republican.
The right of the president to remove a
postmaster should not be questioned by
Mr.. Rapier. He knew Mr.. Mckinley was
a republican when he aided in his cleo
ton, and ought to have known that ST.
mon-pure republicans would be appoint
ed to the offices with all speed possible.
The Mobile postmaster would display
better Judgment were he to quietly ac-
cept the inevitable and step down and
out as the president has requested him
to do
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

ing the Hon. ]. C. S. Blackburn. discuss
ing the matter. and am fnseparable conse-
qaenee of drought. Verify the Kentucky
may be launched into as well as chris
tered with tins wine of her state before
all the corkscre WIS are poclSeted.
Above ALL the navy department has rs
cue. If succeeding secretaries via rlame
two godmoihers in each southern and
western state for every battleship they
need the battleships will be forthcom-
ing. Congress will certainly be obliged
to give the godmcthers something to
christen.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
A tart actress might be a sweet ere
ture.
Insane aeylums are now classed as re-
pair shops for wheels.
To be a gentleman all a man has to do
is hide his nleanness.
The convict on a chain gang is always
attached to his work.
SATAN might justly lay claim to being
the original Scorcher.
The woman who can go ito church in
calico dress is truly religious.
Indu'genlt mothers are the ones who
permit their children to annoy others.
1t is easy to see through people who
are always making apectacles of them
selves.
The average man feels that he lis only
get ing what he deserves when he draws
a salary for doing nothing.
Many a mann whose marriage was the
result of love at first sight wishes The
had been blessed with the gift of second
sight.
Some women who marry in haste are
kept SO busy trying to support their
husbands than they have no leisure time
for repentance.
The man who can come downtown of
a cold morning and refrain from lying
about his thermometer, has pretty fair
chance of Shipping through the golden
gates.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

mics of public morals. Already, they
have foothold N journalism. and they
will show the people that It Is possible
to publish bright and enter. aiming news
papers without dragging their readers
through the slums and sewers. The
mad carmagnole" will come to an end
when everybody gets too dizzy to stand
any more of It.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
FABLES.

From the Chicago News.
Once there was a Man and he had a
Great Head. When he saw an Oppor-
tunity he grasped 1t and the Opportu-
nifty never got Away.
So after the man had diligently
COINED I.he news from the Klondike for
several months he became possessed of
an Idea and went to manufacturing
patent sheet iron tents, which could be
folded up into very small Space and
were indestructible by fire as well as
protection against Polar bears. 1t
seemed a Good Thing.
And very soon a large consignment of
these Tents was on LIS way to Klondike
and he rejoiced. Some weeks later
large ard dll-ma nperad Person came into
the Mans office inquiring if he fitted out
miners for THE Klondike.
81 dor sad the Man, joyfully NOW,
here is a patent sheet iron Tent which"
But the il,-mannered Stranger fell
upon him and licked him numerously
and bruised his Nose 50 that Blood did
flow and twisted his ears and smashed
his face and otherwise paid Attention to
him.
st infer" said the Man when he could
by the mention of the Tents. \ Were
they no good?"
Good" said THE Stranger ut is so
cold up there that if you touch the
blamed Things you Stick to them-there
are nine men fastened Ito my Tent this
moment up on the Yukon and L came
down to Chicago to ask you How to get
Them loose?"
Then the Man understood that there
is more Trouble in THE world than one
Might think.
Once there was Street-car horse who
became impressed with the Futillty and
Drearlness of his Lot.
'I go to one end of the Line" unused
the Horse, land chen I turn and go
back to the other end. What Purpose
does this serve? Surely I was deStine I'd
to accomplish better Things in the world.
| will bring it to the notice of my En-
ployers."
So he baked on a crowded Crossing
and delayed traffic for Two hours. HIS
rebellion attracted he Attention of many
People and his Employers heard of 1t.
Now" thought THE Horse. they will
see 1 am no Ordinary animal and will
do with me as BELTS my Superior intel
lect."
But his Employers were annoyed and
as he was a Bony Beast anyway they
sold him 10 a Glue factory and put on
electric cars.
The moral is that sometimes a Horse
is NOT so Much as he inagfnes.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
CURRENT FUN.

The Life Limt.-An Irish gentleman
was recently attended by am eminent
London physician who, passing and look
ing at him with an inquiring glance,
said:
II should like to know, sir, if your
family have been long lived?"
"Long-lived, is it?" responded the pa
tent thoughtfully. "Well decor, I'll
just tell you how it is. Our family is a
west of ireland family, and the age of
my ancestors depended entirely on the
Judge and jury who tried them. LON
don Tit-Bits.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
Politics and Pops.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Dog owners in England are opposing
conservative candidates for parliament
because of the existence of law re-
quiring the muzzlings of dogs during a
certain portion of the year. Politics and
pups make a rather queer combination;
but Love me, love my dog" may yet
become a war cry powerful enough 10
overthrow a British ministry.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

When the people of Alabama can turn
their coal and ores into pig iron, and
the pig iron into steel and the steel
dn.o articles THAT the world needs. then
indeed they will have reached the goal
they have been struggling towards these
many years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

If Mr.. Grosvenor can have his way
in the house of representatives, he will
deal the civil service law a solar plexus
blow long before the fourteenth round
is reached
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

The statement made Senator Quay that
he will not take any part in the selection
of the next candidate for governor of
Pennsylvania Indicates that he is for har-
mony with the hog combine.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
brotherhood lis Overdone.

From the Chicago Record.
"Wilks is organizing a new humane
society,""
What is it to be called?"
1.-THE Unclehood of Man."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

David b. Hill seems at the present time
to be making the GREATEST effort of his
life to convince the public that he is
really democrat.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Little Joe Wheeler was early in the
fight on the armor plate factory for the
south, in the house yesterday. 1t is the
early bird that catches the worm.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Mr.. Roden would, If he could, have a
law passed forcing every family in ths
city to burn gas day as we'll as night
and would make the price not less than
$40 per thousand feet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

From the Atchison Globe.
When you see a man and his wife ON
the streets togediner ON week day they
are either going to attend the funeral
of relative or are on their way to have
their pictures taken.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

If all the pictures of Speaker Reed
which are now going the rounds of the
newsp apers really resemble the big man,
he has grown so old within the past
year that his age will be bar against
his ever being nominated for the presi-
dency
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

AS Mark Hanna had much to do in
framing the presidents massage, he
would naturally be found on the side of
those who gave it the strongest indorse-
menlt
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Spain seems to have more power al; the
white House than 1t does ON the field
in Cuba
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

If Mr.. Roden continues to make his
present quality of gas it will be neces-
sary to adopt the use of a. lantern to see
1t when ligIhted
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

If Mr.. Mckinley mkt message to com
gress meets with no more popularity
than the one sent Ito that body last
Monday ne might as well make up his
mind Ito quit his job in March 1901.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

The presidents message was a great
victory for Eugene Hale of Maine, gen.
orally known as the senator from Spain.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Minister de LONE no doubt feels that
he has earned his salary in persuading
the president to adopt the Spanish view
of the Cuban question.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Mr.. Dingley WILL in time. be ashamed
to claim the fa1hership off a bill which
shows a deficit of $4O,OOO,O0O in 1sss than
five months.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, in his
vetoing the anti-foot ball bill scored
genuine touch down for the friends of
the sponit ..
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

BY all means let the pension list be
made public. ut will show to the world
many of the TEAL frauds of the country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

If the republicans are boz make legis-
lation of the Dingley kind. it will be
just as we'll to ask for the appointment
of a receiver for th- country at once
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
DEVIOUS DEFINITIONS.

From the Chicago News.
Pillage-Tha art of manufacturing
pills.
Windm.ll-A hand-organ for grinding
popular airs.
Ink-A fluid used by the few to en-
tighten the many.
Secre-Something a woman>gets soma
one to help her keep.
Prudery-A wig sometimes used to
cover the badness of character.
Scalper-A ticket broker who lowers
fare or an Indian who raises hair.
Almanac-The cemetery in which the
aged joke Is finally inferred.
Synonym-A word that can be used du
place of another when you don't know
how to spell the other.
Pesssmis-A man who refuses to enjoy
his dinner because he has no prospects
of one tomorrow.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

The pension looters have resumed bus
iness ar ith= old stand.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08
Before Rereading eve of st. Agnes"

From the Chicago Record.
Full fifty times have 1 the legend read
OF Porphyro and myth-charmed Madeline
And still Gas one the more he sips of wine
of some old vintage to the glass is we'd
Am to this pure sweetness. thirsting LED.
AS to some nectar OF IeaSt ulVine,
fine,
And see that vision in the moonlight
spread
Masdcian! that camst thus our spirits please,
Oh, more than mortal thou dost truly
seem.
In such rich language, by the Grecian seas,
The gods, perchance. discussed starry
theme, = :.
The while. awe-hushed, some wdde-eyed
swain did hear,
As he were kin to many O. lucid sphere
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

VeaA-"What's veal, Benny?"
"Oh, it's the pan of the COW we ca
before she grows up."-Brooklyn Life.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

No longer Useful.-"You seem to have
lost all your superstitions."
81 DON'T need 'em now."' said the ex-
actor.
mo? Are superstitions of particular
value to the theatrical profess,on?"
'tThey are If you can get them pub
lished in the papers. "-Cincinnaj En-
quirer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Aunts and Uncles.-"All that ails
YOU" said THE pIain-spoken man, sis Ia
illness. Go to the ant, thou sluggard.
Consider her ways and be wise +"
Il guess Tn have to-" sighed young
Ardup. i've gone ito my uncle SO Of
ten there's nothing left that I can get
a farthing on."-Odds and Ends.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Not Deceptive.-"I am afraid that act
ors sometimes deceive us about the sal
aries they gelt'' remarked the mild-man-
mered citizen.
mo" replied the keen observer; 'they
may think they do, but they DON'T
Washington Star.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-08

Az the Restaurant Window.-Emmar-
All, wot's the use of yer standin' an
lookin' in the winder when yer ain't got
no money? You're always a-doin it!
Annie-Well, I'll tell yer. I stand, and
look, and aggrawate myself to that ex-
tent that the excitemena of 1T gifts me
hungry, and then 1 runs home and eats
me crust of bread wild an Appetite
HarDer'S Bazaar
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-22

dangered Il has been discovered that BAR
RIOS has plenty Of enemies In Guatemala
City; they are so numerous that he can
neither arrest nor shoot them.
Whether BARRIos shall overcome the re.
volt Of MORALES or MORALES shall over.
throw the dictatorship of BARRIos, is yet to
be seen. Guatemala is a small country and
a mountainous one 1t is a country of polit.
ical turmoil and many revolts it has a
population of less than a million and ahalf,
n~ine-tenths of whom are Indians and mes.
tizos; 1t is among the small proportion OF
the inhabitants who are of the Spanish stock
that nearly all the country's troubles origi.
nate; BARRIos, MORALES, and nearly all
the other disturbers belong to that stock.
Had Guatemala a respectable and a re.
sponsible Government, it would be the
strongest, as 1t is the most populous, of the
republics of Central America.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-22

shown no aptitude. To organize obstruo-
tion is a simple thing to organize produc.
ton is a very difficult thing. The power
to do the one is, consequently, common,
whereas the power to do the other Is, by
comparison, very rare. A hundred thou
sand men could organize the blowing up Of
the Brooklyn Bridge for every one man who
could superintend the building Of 1t. OBJ
viously, IL the labor leaders did possess the
faculties necessary for success in organic
ing production successfully, they would be
doing II and making their fortunes there
by. II, for instance, the Amalgamated
Engineers possessed among their ranks any
men of commanding industrial genius, they
would invest theirfunds by supplying these
men with capital, so that they might start
n business, the profits of which would go
to their association. In reality, they do
nothing of the kind. They put their funds
into ordinary securities, like any other in.
weston.
To sum up, the moro carefully Mr.. NAL
LOCK considers the utmost conceivable
power which workmen, as opposed to EN-.
ployers, can achieve in the domain Of in
dustry, the more thoroughly he is convinced
that these powers are strictly analogous to
those possessed by a horse Of thwarting, in
conveniencing, throwing or injuring its
rider or driver. They are purely obstruc-
tive powers they are essentially non-pro-
ductive they are no more able to provide
even a portion of that wealth, an increased
share Of which labor is put into operation
to secure, than a horse which INDUCES in
uck-jumping, when it is not conciliated
with sugar, is able to manufacture a sugar
loaf by the performance of this trick.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-22
The Citizens Union and the "Gold
Democrats"

Doubtless a great many Mugwumps In
the Low business are what are known as
Gold Democrats. In New York city they
snarl at the Republicans for not suppress
ing their ticket In favor Of the Citizens
Union. Elsewhere, in the State of Ken.
lucky, for instance, they refuse to help the
Republican party to defeat the Bryan party,
and they insist on nominating their own
National Democratic ticket.
In the Greater New York, in Importance
the equal of a State, they say that nation.
al, State, and municipal issues are kept
distinct in patriots minds, and that the
election of a Mayor has no bearing upon ma
tional issues. In Kentucky they say that
the election Of q Clerk Of the Court of APP
peals calls for the nomination Of a COM
pcting candidate by the national organiza.
ton of Gold Democrats.
In New York city, as in Kentucky. these
so-called Gold Democrats are turning their
backs on the gold standard party, the Re-
publicans, and are helping the Bryanites
to victory. All the hotter must be the Re.
publican campaign, and all the more fer.
vent the determination to win.