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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
BITS OF INFORMATION.

"A NV terror is announced in the shape
of a massage machine. Just what would
happen to tbs patient if the arrange
merpts of hardwood balls on a jointed
chain got out of order is not given
All the guns, standards and other Fro-
phias captured by the French from the
Russians during the Crimean war wers
returned to Russia more than year
ago. Emperor Nicholas promised at
the time that he would return the COM
pliment. But in spite of this assurance
no steps have as yet been taken to re-
store to France the guns and flags which
she was compelled to abandon to the
Russians during h4r terrible retreat
from Moscow in 1872.
A postoffice clock In Sydney n. S.
w, einfts an electric f1ashlight lasting
five seconds, every hour during the
night thus enabling those living miles
away to ascertain the exact time.
An interesting feature of many of the
soldiers monuments in New England
towns is the presence about their bass
of cannon used in ,the war, sometimes
by the local volunteers. At Stamford,
Conn.,, there has just be=n placed at the
foot of the new monument one of the
guns with which the Kearsage sent the
confederate. cruiser Alabama to the bot
tom.
The Novoe Vrenya of Moscow gives
details of the preliminary count of the
first census ever taken in Russia. st.
Petersburg has population of 100000;
Moscow Just under 1,000,0 900. Nineteen
other towns are rtuaned at 100000, and
.a4s. -
Manchester of Poland, ranks fifth Thir-
ty-five towns lravs over $4,000 inhabit-
ants each.
A miner In the Neversweat mine at
Butte, Mont, was knocked 1,400 feet
down a shaft a few days ago and was
instantly killed. Thera was a similar
accident in the same mine the night
before. The last occurrence made the
fifth violent death in Butte within twelve
hours. This is supposed to give Butte
the record in that class of mortality.
Bohemian sportsmen during the year
1895 shot and killed fifty men, women
and children, and wounded 210i parsons,
chiefly gamekeepers. They also killed
among other game over $4,000 dogs, g.
762 cats, horses, Is cows, 1872 calves, 276
goats and 129 sheep. For this they had
to pay collectively over 100000 for doc
tors, fines and indemnities, and to spend
7f,3SS days in Jail. The Austrian goyI
eminent collects the statistics.
If the Ethiopian cannot change his
skin, h- is at least determined, appar-
emily. that he will no longer be marked
by woolly head. It is said that the
fashion of wearings wigs of straight
hair ike pf f1,a
spreading among the negroes in Amer-
lea. They do not confine themselves to
dark wigs, but adopt, according to fancy,
Judas locks and tresses of gold.
In Berne, Switzerland, the National
Council. by a vote of 101 to 9, has adopt
ed bill making assurance against sick
ness compulsory in the case of all per-
sons not having independent means.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
Ieffers0nian Tests.

The peanut and ring politicians Of
these days need a setback from tbs peo-
pie. Jefferson was the father of Ameri-
can democracy. He was always sincere
and always wise in his advice. His tests
for public office were embodied in these
questions: us he capable--is he hon
est?'
The questions cover the whole ground.
When a candidate for Office is capable
of filling it properly and is honest, what
more can be wanted? Jefferson believed
that in a republic the people and their
officials should follow simple modes of
life. He disliked large landed estates,
and favored small farms. To prevent
men from accommodating too much
wealth, he suggested a graded income
tax. He believed in gold and silver as
a currency on equal terms.
He always stood for the liberty of the
citizen. He would never have favored
government by injunction. He was a
hater Of monarchy, and if he were liv-
ing now he would interfere in behalf of
Cuba. He had no use for insolent and
uniformed officials and delighted in
calling them down. If our young men
and the masses would study the teach
ings of this great American they would
organize for the publication of our poll
ties, and bench tyrants, rings and ring
methods and tha whole sbylaclx crowd
would have to take back seats. Jeffer-.
sonian democracy is what the country
needs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
SOME HARD SENSE.
A interested Visitor" Writes to the Point on
Municipal Affairs.
Mr.. Matt Mynor.

Mr.. Matt Mynor.
Dear Matt: Pardon familiarity in sa-
lutation, but I like you. 1 can't help
it. 1 never saw you, but read you,
like plain talking folks. You are one of
them. Say what you man and mean
what you say.
I reached Birmingham the other day
and am here to this day. Blockaded.
Quarantine fellows say can't get back
if go further south. Yellow fever
down that way. Mosquitoes too. Don't
like either. So / hang out in BiIming-
ham until frost. Frost seems behind
schedule time this year. Alright, gives
me time to study Birmingham. Great
young town. this! Lots of fine build
ings, smoke stacks, electric cars, dust
and pretty women here. Fine school
houses, too, and thousands of children.
Bright children. All are not in school.
and I asked why? Was told th=y were
pay schools. Sounds funny to me. New
err heard of such thing as public
schools being pay schools. What incon-
gruity
Was told the state didn't provide for
free schools, Notwithstanding the con-
stitutional requirement. Only pays
about 75c pr annum for each child.
Pftiful! Then I asked about the city.
Found that state constitution forbids
Birmingham taxing herself for all pur-
poses over soc on the 500. Whew. No
wonder city can't support schools.
cJ,s
is? Found business or license tax pref
ty high, but total income from all
sources of less than $20o, 900 for all pur-
poses, and of this amount DIT takes $685.
900 to pay interest on bonded debt.
Found the smallest fire department and
police forces ever saw in city of this
size and learned the men received less
pay than in most cities. Only fifteen
policemen on duty at a time to cover
a city of 6,s square miles with a boosted
population of 10000. Well, it seems they
cut to suit the cloth
Not many streets paved here and oh,
the gravel sidewalks Glad to note an
improvement going on in this line. But
bow can they do anything WIN five
mills tax rate?
Somebody told me ttey assessed abut-
ting property to pay the cost. I notice
they do that everywhere now. Detroit,
Mich, has just let contract for forty
miles of streets paved and curbed from
side to side and assessed the property
to pay cost. Detroit has a tax rate of
$3.50 on tire s. 200 TO Birminghams $500.
Great city, that. Model city. 1t grows.
Broad guage town. 1t cakes money to
build a city and money to keep it go
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

men. He Will take an active rart IN the
affairs Of the world, and do something
twentieth century practical and wide
awake newspaper men will conduct ex-
plorations, establish colonies, build
towns start industries and test the the
cries and systems which they advocate.
In the event Of war with a foreign
power. 1t rs quite likely that some prince
of American journalism would equip a
legion of troops or present a battleship
to the government. In peace and war
the newspaper Of the future will be a
very active factor.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
THE HEARTS DESIRE.

From the Pal Mall Gazette
When God shall crown at last the yictor's
head,
And lead him home with Song ana min
strelsy,
How were thine utmost hope accomplished,
Oh warrior that hast wrought so va
"Nomore for me the harness and the
I fight no more the battles of the Lord;
l ask alone
My mothers fps, sweet. sweet against
mine own
When God shall brim the vessel that was
void,
And in His likeness wake thee satisfied.
What anchorage of rapture unalloyed
Wilt thou desire, oh woman hungry
eyed?
1.-THE little babe that for enc golden CAV
Slept ON mine arm ana in my bosom lay
The, clinging touch
That was tiny and that meant SO much"
When God replenishes the empty heart
And with His goodness fills the longing
SOUL
thou art,
What part wilt choose, who mayst at
tain the whoie?
IA twilight paradise, field of rest,
Green grass, green leaves, flowers against
face and breast:
And in mine ear
Her voice. who passed SO long before me
here"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
A Great Book.

The Philadelphia board of education
has forbidden the high school girls to
read Victor Hugo's LES Miserables."
1t is pity. The book is an epoch
maker, and everybody should be famfl-
lar with the story of Jean Vatican and
the lesson it teaches.
The Chicago board of education has
the book on the home list of works to
be read by the high school girls, and
does not propose to take it off. The
Times-Herald interviewed the Meth
odist preachers at the big Rock River
conference, and found them in favor Of
Hugo. The Times Herald says:
1.-The ministers of the Rock River con-
ference are not so high strung in their
standard of literary purity as the Phila-
delphians.
1.-THE ban on the book was mentioned
to circle of the leading ministers in
the body, and their opinion was asked
as to the harmfulness of this celebrated
work of fiction.
REV. DR.. Axtell said: II have read
that book three times, and there is a
chapter in the French edition that IS
left out in the English edition. Con-
corning this chapter l can only say that
young women. But SO far as the rest
of the book is concerned, while it is
Frenchy, l do not see that the Phila-
delphia board of education had any pro-
vocation TO make war on it, II is I'M
necessary for me to praise the book as a
literary performance
DIR. Axtells remarks were made in
the presence of Rev. DIR. Bristol and
Rev. DR.. Kimball, who had read the
novel, and could not see anything i'm
modest or demoralizing in it. Rev. DR.
Vanhorne and Presiding Elder Mande-
Vile expressed the same ssntiments.''
The fact is, the board of education
should have very little to do in such
matters Its list of books should be ex-
amined by parents, and If they are
willing to have their girls read certain
book, that should settle the question.
Young and old are better for reading
sLes Miserables." Its few blemishes
are like spots on the sun. The young
and pure do not notice them, ard the
noble lessons of the story live in their
hearts.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
The Scope of Journalism.

Spanking of the splendid and daring
exploit of the New York Journal in Cuba,
right under the muzzie of the Spanish
guns, that conservative newspaper the
Philadelphia Press, says:
The New York Journal by the escape
of Evange1ina Cisneros, has accom-
plished one of those brilliant achieve
ments in journalism which instantly
place a newspaper on the worlds stage
and make 1t part of the broad circle of
events and influences which girdle
the globe. The feat deserves all the
praise it receives, and no feat in news
paper enterprise has had more in gen.
GRAFTON.
This is high praise, and it is deserved.
but the student of Journalism will ask
IL such achievements come Within the
scope of great newspapers work. The
question is hard to answer. Bennett sent
Stanley to Africa to find Livingstone.
Harnesworth. of London, is about to
equip an expedition in search of the
south pole.
1t seems that there are no bounds to
the enterprise of journalism i'm these
days. From a narrow point of view it
is easy to say that it is the mission of a
newspaper to collect and present the
news with editorials Calculating the
views. commenting on it, and teaching
and explaining the doctrines which it
champions. This Is one view of a news
paper, but in recent times 1t has entered
a wider field. and the people seem to in
dorse its new departure. Z
The journalist of the future will not
sit down to chronicle the deeds of other
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
MISS cIsNERos' RESCUER.
Karl Decker, Washington Newspaper Core-
spondent The Man Who Did 1t.

Karl Decker, the gentleman who res
cued senorita Cisneros from Cuban
prison, is n Washington newspaper COR
respondent. In journalistic circles he is
now one of the real heroes Of the present
time He accomplished an act that is
the pride of progressive journalism. III
is not whether it was right or wrong to
take Miss Cisneros from a Cuban prison,
but the fact is that he executed his as
signment in a superb manner. The chief
editor of the New York Journal selected
Mr. Decker from its staff, believing that
he could carry into execution such an
assignment. 1e did it successfully, as
was told in the telegraphic dispatches
from New York and printed in The Age
Herald of yesterday.
Mr.. Decker has been a correspondent
at washington for about ten years. He
began his newspaper career on one Of
the local papers there and was for some
years afterward one of the correspond
ents of the Baltimore American. About
year ago he took service with the New
York Journal In its Washington bureau
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

Senator German has done the correct
thing in saying Ito his idiotic mugwump
enemy, Col" Abel of the Baltimore
Sun, that If he can run the campaign
in a more successful manner than the
senator is doing it he will retire and al
low Col" Abel to take charge of it,
and adds that he will vote the demo-
cratic ticket and not be a candidate for
senator. Col" Abel, while assuming to
dictate the policy of the democratic party
in the state of Maryland, has not voted
for democrat for the past ten years.
1t is the duty of the democrats of Mary
land to return Senator German to the
senate. He is one. of the best friends
the south has ever had in that body.
He 1T was who killed all the force bills
that have come up for passage in the
senate within the past fifteen years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

AS the democratic party in Indian
apolis passed a resolution endorsing the
Chicago platform of July, 1896, and the
republican party stood by the st. Louis
declaration of June of the same year,
and the issues were battled for upon
those lines. the goldites are seeking to
create the impression that nothing but
local issues were involved. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. Tom
Taggart won on a silver platform pure
and simple, and carried the city of In
dianapolis by a majority of almost 6,0O0
which one year ago next month was
carried by the republicans by a majority
of upward of II 900, showing a change Of
almost 1900 votes. These are facts
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
Might Have Been Worse.

From the Cleveland Leader.
THAT was very inhuman receipt
HENDERSON gave the tramp who called
there for bite to eat yesterday, wasn't
it?"
81 hadn't heard of it. What did he
do?'
Got out one of his wife's biscuits,
and"
Surely he didn't feed it to The paor
fellow?''
mo; he hit him with it,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
POINTS OF WISDOM.

From the Chicago News.
When money talks we never pause to
criticise its grammer. Fri,
Never strike man when he's down
especially for a loan.
mouse can make dress goods go
quicker than high tariff can.
A lawyer doesn't know everything,
but he thinks you think he does.
Liquor affects mans brain if he has
any; il not, it affects his legs.
The women with tiny feet can't I'M
derstand why long skirts are fashiona-
BILE.
The man at the little end of the horn
always manages to make himself heard.
The want columns of the daily pa
pers prove that man wants a great deal
here below.
When you investigate a grewsome tale
you will usually find that it grew solsa
since 1t started.
After a man succeeds In printing one
kiss upon a girls lips it's an easy mat
ter to run OF a large edition.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

All those able and distinguished BAN
quet speakers who propose to electrify
the city, state and nation with their
e1oquence before the armor plate board
should lose no time in calling a dress
rehearsal in order to show up letter PERI
feet ,4gt
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

There is one beneficial effect which the
visit of the armor board will have. A
precedent will be established wherein
an august body is entertained and the
tiresonle banquet and its attendant evil,
the blatant orator, is conspicuous by his
absence.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The only thing frank about the
speeches of many members of congress
is the signature of thu member on the
right hand corner of the envelope of
the document sent out under the frank
ing privilege.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

1t may require more boosts from the
administration than the letter of Corne-
Illus N. Bliss, secretary of the interior,
to life eGn. Tracy over the fence into
the mayoralty of Greater New York.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

ufacturing scheme. If we succeed, well
make millions.
Timfd Capitalist-But If we should
failY
american Business Man--Fail? In the
bright lexicon of American enterprise
there IS no such word as fail, because
whenever 81 thing doesn't pay We can al
ways unload it on an English syndicate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
They Don't Now.

From Harlem Life.
1T is said that when the bicycle was
first introduced in India the natives fell
down and worshipped it. 1t occasionally
causes native to fall down now, but
he evinces no desire to worship,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

President Mckinley was true to his
party when he placed upon his new tariff
commission a representative of the man
ufacturers to look after their interests
lev act
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

Mrs. Langtry is finding tbs English
Race course more profitable than she
did the American stage. On Wednes-
day last she was the winner of 100000
on a single race.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The supreme court would have had
a better reputation had Justice Stephen
J. Field rendered his resignation many
years ago.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

He called upon the daughter fair.
Against her pas behest,
The old man pressed the button ami
The footman did the rest
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
but He Always Wants More.

In this world of sin and woe,
Man should have but few regrets
If he wants little here below,
Tor that is all he gets.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

What the armor plate board desires is
to see the advantages of Birmingham,
and not to be Disguised with shallow
ceremony and the after-dinner sp saker.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The thing for Birmingham to do is
to quarantine against those villages
which want the armor plate plant.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

1t DOS not appear that Tom L. John
son is at all inclined to turn Henry
George loose.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

Gov. Atkinson might resign the gov
ernorship and become his wife's attor-
ney.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16
And 1t Talks BACK.

Willie-Pa, what's a receiving teller?
Pats a photograph cylinder. Will
lie.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

From the New York weekly.
American Business Man-Now, sir,
you have all the details of my new man.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The man at the little end of the horn
always manages to make himself heard.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The women with tiny feet can't I'M
derstand why long skirts are fashiona-
BILE.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

When you investigate a grewsome tale
you will usually find that it grew so-ss
since it started.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

After a man succeeds In printing one
kiss upon girls lips it's an easy mat
ter to run OFF a large edition.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

Liquor affects mans brain If he has
any; il not, it affects his legs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

The want columns of the daily pa
pers prove that man wants great deal
here below.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-16

A lawyer doesn't know everything,
but he thinks you think he does.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
THE COMMISSION MEETING.
The Pumping Station "Trenching''
Discussed Mt Some Length.

The water and light commission had a
meeting last afternoon, full board being
in attendance. The proposition to pipe
the new part of the city cemetery went
over for action, as did several other
minor matters. Mr. Geo. Brush finally
opened up rather lengthy discussion by
making a suggestion looking to the secur-
ing of hydraulic engineer to superintend
the construction of the filtering trenches
down at the new pump station on the
river. Mr.. Brush's contention was that
the members of the board did not have
any practical knowledge of how such
tiltering trenches were made, and mas
much as the present system that the
board seemed inclined to follow out was
not good one in his estimation, he
thought it advisable to secure the SER
vices of some competent engineer who
could advise the board what was best to
do in the matter of building trenches and
how it should be done. He said that he
had ideas of his own as to how it ought
to be done, and other members doubtless
had theirs, but he thought the best way
to dispose of the matter was to employ
some engineer who was competent to sug-
gest and tell what kind of a trench or
well would do the most good, and then
the board would be in position where
they could act intelligently ON the sub
ject.
Mayor Hancock said that the present
plans had been followed out ut the direc-
tiOn Of Engineer Hazen, who had come
here and spent some ten or twelve days
studying out this very proposition; that
the board had followed out his instruc-
tons, and he did not think it necessary
to get another engineer when the pres
ent plans seemed to be both practicable,
inexpensive and wholly satisfactory fter
some further discussion, on motion of Mr..
Doom, the commission thanked Mr.. Brush
for his suggestions, and the plans he had
proposed for new trenches and a well.
They then, by vote of to 1, Mr.. Brush
being the negative vote, decided that it
was the sense of the commission that the
present plans of digging filtering trenches
should be continued and the trenches en-
larged if such was deemed necessary.
With the settlement of this matter,
quite a number of smaller matters came
up in regular line of business. and it was
I. O'Clock and after before the commits
sion finally adjourned.