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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
Mr.. AGEE AGAIN.
the Editor of The Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
am yery glad to note that the mayor
expressed his appreciation of my card
pointing out some of the neglects around
the city.
1 would only have been too glad to
have done this without advertising the
matter outside of the city, and this is ex-
actly what undertook to do last April,
but 1t did not get to the Central Sta
tion." I sent a man around in the inter-
est of the Southern Express company
to see the health officer about Morris
avenue, and he referred ,he TO the city
engineer, saying it was not his business.
saw the city engineer and he referred
me back to the health Officer, but no ac-,
tion was taken in the matt:r.
Now, the health of the city, we all must
agree, is the first consideration. but T.
understand from ayor Evans that the
city is only taking care of garbage from
places where there are alley entrances.
1 have Prne to a good deal Of expense
in keeping my place clean, but see there
are hund. eds Of places in the city not
doing this, andthow are we to have any
health and hold ourselves up as model
civ?
do not want to tax the sanitary in
spector too severely at once, but 1 would
like to call attention to Twentieth street
between Fourth and Fifth avenues, in
front of Gibsons blacksmith shop: there
is a pond of stagnant water chohed up
there. 1t has been standing there for a
week, and although the wind and sun
have been very favorable on it for two
days 1t is st II standing The inspector
might also take spin down Morris ave-
nue. for only a few doors among the COM
mission merchants, but I warn him he
must hold his nose.
] do not want to pursue the hog and
CIV mat er, but hogs are running at large
around Capital Park(?) every day and
cows are turned loose at night to Craze;
they absolutely have bells on.
am not surprised at the board Of
health condemning the card. These peo-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
POINTS ABOUT PARSONS.

First cannibal-I wonder what was the
rank of that clergyman? Second ditto
(smacl5ing his lips | don't know; |
should say he was prime minister
Answers.
Your pastor looks worn out" Yes;
minister's life is not what it used to
be. He has to get up at o'clock on
Sunday morning and read the nswspa-
persto get his text."-Phlladelphia Press.
their new minister. Mon Sandy" said
one of them. ITS an awfu' peety the
moo minister speaks through his NOSE"
Eyes, mon," replied the other, "ft's an
awful peety. and it's no like as if he
was pinched for room through his
mouth. lid Bits.
1t was the young missionary's first day
on th= island. 81 understand" he re-
marked to Chief Wishy Wasby, that
my predecessor here was an exceedingly
well preserved man." HE was, he was"
replied the noble chief, I'VE canned the
greater part of him and he lasted all
winter. "-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Jarr-I read in the paper that a
clergyman recommends marriage as a
preventive for suicide. This contradicts
the theory that you are always preach
ing when you want to be sarcastic. You
know that there is a great inducement
for a man TO wish to live If he is mar
ried. Jarr-Yes, thers is if he is of a
reyemgefua nature.-Texas Siftings.
issWhy are you here?" asked the mis-
sionary. Fer tryin' to pick woman's
pocket" answered the sequestered gen-
tleman. Now, my good man, you see
what greed has brought you to-" at
wasn't greed at all. 1 knowed in the
first place that there wouldn't be, moth
ing worth taking, but I jlst wanted to
Sc If could do indianapolis Jour-
nal
Not long ago workman from the
forge and a girl from the factory APP
peared before the curate of a Leeds
church to be united in matrimony. At
ter the ceremony, on learning that the
fees went to the rector, the newly made
bride. much to the amusement of the
curat+, whispered in perfectly audi
BILE voice to her husband: "Give him
(the curate) tuppence for himself" The
lady evidently thought that he deserved
th= price of a glass of beer-Spare Mo-
m0nfs
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CAR WITHOUT PLATFORMS.

Some rev and valuable features have
Been Introduced IN tAe Il rect car designed
by Louis 7. Pyot., of Philadelphia, who
has recently received patents both on The
car and truck construction. A cei, of his
design has been constructed at Whining
tSia, Del, ard "a picture Of 1T IL here
with reproduced from the Electrical En-
gj-ieer To The laynran the NEST Striking
feature of the car is the fact that it is
Bi.hout platforms There are two open
ings on each eide, which permit of very
ready leading and unloading. The ar
arrangement of the SEATS, too, lis made with
a view of facilt 'ating the e-3-rance and
exit of psgeaag ers. There is a SEATING ca
pactty for thirty-eight persons, with ann
pie room to carry in all 100 passengers.
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Rural Mail Delivery.

Harper's Weekly presents the follow
ing interesting facts in regard Ito free ru-
raj mail delivery:
1t is reported that the experiments that
have been made by the postoffice depart
1rent in the free delivery of rural letters
hava 50 far resulted very much to the
departments satisfaction, FIFTY thou
sand dollars We're appropriated last WIN
Ter by congress for this use, and tests of
the feasibility of the plan were made in
various parts of the country. Early re-
ports which have come In, especially from
some districts in Maine ard Vermont, tell
Of the satisfaction of the farmers with
the new service, and of their Willingness
to profit by it. Ii is found that they take
many moro daily newspapers when they
can have. them delivered, and also that
tho number of letters carried shows a
vigorous increase. The rural carrier
makes one trip a day over a distance OF
He supplies his own conveyance-IorSe
and cart or bicycle. 1t has been found
that responsible mon have been found to
do this work for an annual stipend rang
ing from SIS upward. the average pay
being about $500. 1t is estiESatsi that at
that rate s60.000.000 about half the an
nual pension bid would provide rural
free delivery all over the United States.
That would mean, among other things,
employment for 200, 900 persons The ru-
stipend by any supplementary enterprises
that do not interfere with their duties.
as to sell stamps and stationery and be-
ceive and deliver express parcels or tele-
grams. Where farmers live some dis
tanoe from the road their mali Is left in
boxes at convenient points by the road
side, from which also letters are collected.
In England and several oth:r EUROPEAN
coun tries this system has been in oper-
alton for many years. and the people
would not be deprived of 1t for any reas-
enable consideration. The federal govern
ment has not treated the farmers justly
in this matter. 1t has steadily increased
The postal conveniences of large towns
and cities and has left the country peo-
pie with system not much better than
their ancestors enjoyed at the close of
the revolutionary war.
The government would find II judlc-
fous outlay of MONEY to maintain the free
rural mail delivery system. because 1t
would bring the farmers Into closer re-
lations with the business centers and
would cause educated and fnbelligent pso-
PIE to be more contented with country
aife. Every dollar spent in making the
farmers more comfortable viii In the
long run add to this wealth OF the coun-
try. The cities and towns do not need
SO much fostering care. They will make
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
MY WIFE-AND

By Alfred Ellison.
My wife and |, In the April weather.
Turned from the parsons parting word;
And our hearts were as light as the downy
That, fails, from the wing of the wood
land bird.
And all our songs died out in laughter;
and And every sound o1n iEto cadenees fell
By lingering echoes musical
For we were young; and the dim, uncer-
Future concealed each sob and sigh.
Small time had we for lifting the curtain
In search of sorrow-my wife and l.
In the sunny day of the summer weather
We toiled onward hand in hand,
And in LIES fallow-fields together
And children came unto u.s. leaving
Jewels of joy around us strewn
By their little hands, so buSi1y weaving
: The thread of their lives into our own.
What cared we If the blue and the splendor
1 OF heaven were hidden by clouds in the
sky?
+ For love had eyes that were blue and ten
h der,
| And heaven enough for my wife and I.
In the days of the mellow autumn weather,
When fields and skies were growing gray,
We still Jared on. indifferent whether
Inc end was near, or far away.
Our children now were men and women:
And round US, in ripened clusters, hung
Fruits of the faith that blossomed, dim in
The distant days when we were young.
Old hopes that had run the way before us
Stumbled and fell ami we passed them by
For the grasp of the new ones, bending DER
us
And reckoning onward my wife and I.
And now We have reached the winter
weather,
When nights are long and days are cold,
The snow lies white on hill and heather:
And we are feeble and faint and old
And so she neStles little closer
Holding me fast with strange caress:
And ann content in the faith that shows
her
Regions of infinite happiness.
Out of the future voices call us!
Out of the past there comes a cry.
When viii the present cease to inthrall us
And throne us forever, my wife and II
o love that laughs at wind and weather.
o faith that fills all time and space!
Ye are the links that bind together
The rarest virtues of the racei'
In your domain youth Is immortal;
For through the wrinkles time hath run
We see. just passing loves glad portal
The same sweet face We wooed and won.
And all your paths lead up, till even
Before the end they reach 80 high
IT'S only q step to the bliss OF heaven
From the bliss o feagth' for my wife and /.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
Make Haste Slowly.

The ancicnts had a wise maxim adj
yising the impatient to make haste slow
ly, and it is a mighty good maxim in
politics. There are some democrats in
Alabama who favor immediate action
in regard to the policy of the party for
next years campaign, ard they are dis
posed to worry those who are less pre-
cipitate by nagging them and asking all
sorts of ill-tmed questions.
Alexander II. Stephens said that he
did not believe in crossing bridge until
he came to it, and 1t would be good idea
for others to follow his example.
Possibly few democrats in this state
are wise enough to s=ttle at this time
every detail of next years campaign,
but the majority of their party will have
their doubts about it, ard will prefer to
act more deliberately and take time to
study the features of the situation. The
Age-Herald does not believe that it would
be justified in plunging into an excited
political discussion a year in advance Of
the state election, and those who think
otherwise must have very little to do.
Just at the beginning of the first pros
psrous season that has been. seen in this
section in five years there are more i'm
portant matters than politics to engage
the attention of the people. Let the peo-
pie devote a little time to their business
and industrial interests. Next year there
will be politics enough to make>the av-
erage citizen sick. Do not worry about
it until the time comes. Sufficient for
this day is the evil thereof"
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Street Car without Platforms.

To this nschanic and on'chiteos, how
ever, the meet striking feature of the Py-
otli car is the track, which has been Ges-
igfinaced as the "comrariion' or "sec-
tinoal truck" Each pair of wheels ard
axlss hiss its OWL independent "hcrse-
shoe" frame pivoted and connected with
thu other, thus permitting zach pair o.
wheels to independently follow the rails
in any elevation or depression. without
any possible twisting of Lha framework
or the unssating or heating of the journal
bearings, or The rubbing CT the axle box
Gu the peidestals, thereby reducing the
running friction and the twisting of the
supported car body to minimum and
the mcl-ce and it's supports are in perfect
alignment with the same.
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their own way. but at time when so
many people are disposed to leave the
rural districts It would Be wise for the
government to do something to make the
farmers better satisfied with the lonely
life they lead in sparsely settled Gegions.
Every congressman should go to work
for the extension of the mail delivery
system. It Is bound to come. and the
sooner the better.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
COMING HOME.

From the st. Paul Globe. I
The summer girl is coming home,
All Drowned and plump and rosy.
Prepared TO make the winter seem
Extremely nice and cozy.
She's bathed, and danced, and walked.
and smiled,
And read a book and f1irtdd,
Till the young man she has left
The whole world seems deserted.
The flush of health is In her cheeks,
With fun her eyes are dancing;
The flush of conquest In her heart.
Makes life seem most entrancirg.
All, Soon she'll be the winter girl,
And we shall bow before her,
For she was made to be adored,
And, therefoIe-we adore her.
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WHEN SHE RETURNS.

From the Plttsburg News.
When the girls return from the seashore,
With their chins and noses freckfed DER,
With a string of scalps from the braves
who fell,
There are wonirous tales of spoons to
tell.
When the girls return.
But the old man, penned in his office
chair,
Has whittier tint to his bleaching hair,
As he sees the bills they flash In air.
When the girls return.
a q ~e,trrufii.
From ttse San Francisco Chronicle.
.crhe gold fields will easily keep until
spring. They're on lea
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
Very Dangerous.

From the Chicago Record.
"A man pointed an unloaded gun at a
friend and pulled the trigger.
"Sase,'' he cried, glesfully, IT have ex-
ploded superstition; there's no danger
in an unloaded gum
And straightway the friend struck him
on the head with all his might.
ut seems to be a dangerous weapon
for a fool to play with after ALL was the
consolation he offered, as the man bound
up his wound.
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Vile Post is in need of a mad stone, so
great is his indignation at the workings
of the Dingley tariff law. And this in
the facs of the fact that the editor of the
Post was the most active man in Ken
lucky last year demanding the election
of man whose only claim to distinction
before the American people was his pro-
est possible protection laws.
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BALL.
A theatrical 1 It.

From the New York Herald
We've got Hamlet fixed up so that 1t
will create a furore this fall"
"WLat have you done to it?"
I'm tine grave diggers scene the ,old
fellow shoveling In the hole Is to throw
out gold nuggets as big as hncko ynuus 81
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1t is we'll to observe that Matthew STAN
tie valve of Philadelphia politics and that
David Martin is not so many nor is he
so warm. n
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One of the newest political issues in
Tennessee is whether the late Senator
Isham G. Harris did or mot approve of
the nomination of Mr.. Bryan for the
presidency last year. 1t might have
been a better plan to have raised this
question before Seantor Harris died.
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ing on In Chicago should reveal the true
story as to what the defendant made
his saussges from, the chances ars the
verdict can not be too severe.
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From the Ind

From the indianapolis Journs.l.
sMy mother was a lady" said she.
"Wisdl, you have none the best OF me-"
gent"
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From .he Chicago Record.
winter"
For what reason?"
His daughter came hime from Europe
engaged to a duke"
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Those who are contemplating divorce
with or without reason should make
haste before the bar association perfects
its plan for Ia uniform divorce law. which
viii make the law the same in all the
STATS
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27

Persons who contemplate going to
Klomdyke should not be led into the
false impression that the Chilkoot pass
has the least resemblance to railroad
mass
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-27
Pursuing the Wave

From the Chicago Record.
'You came back to town early?"
= Eyes, we wanted to get some of those
splendid peaches that were shipped from
the farm where we boarded"
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Does Not snstnin Life,

From the Detroit News.
Unfortunately for THE striking miners.
the edible variety of public sympathy is
comparatively rare.
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II the republicans are responsible for
the increase IN the prics of wheat, why do
they not keep 1t at $1.O4 per bushel instead
of allowing it to come down to less than
S12
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lin tne western states ara territories,
though, there is a scarcity of women;
California could easily take up the sur
plus of The eastsrn states.
But there is a serious side to Mrs.
Smiths campaign, or to speak explicitly,
her campaign has set men and women to
seriously considering this matter, which
affects the whole social structure.
Marriages are too frequently made
without thought for the future by two
two young people most concerned. They
often enter upon matrimony with little
idea of the great responsibilities Of life
which are hound to come to them from
many directions; they are regardless of
the financial side of marriage, and many
times before the honeymoon wanes they
are confronted with startling economic
questions which must be solved. They
ofttimes begin housekeeping upon a
scanty salary which had barely made one
comfortable, and should sickness or any
unrrenared- misfortune occur, there
must come inevitably a certain degree of
unhappiness that no amount of romance
can atone for. Many man has married
upon the theory that he had as much
man." and then he wonders why she does
not enjoy being starved.
There is a common sense side to love
and marriage, and if that is ignored hap
piness and contentment cannot long con-
tinue with the most romantic men and
women.
: To marry for money is contemplate
and the man or woman who does it for
feits the respect of friends and acuuain-
tances; but to overlook the fact that
something is necessary to constitute a
congenial, happy marriage besides a large
amount of sentiment is to tacitly admit
certain species ofinsanity, If not idiocy.
All the gold, all the 'luxuries in this broad
world will not make true woman hap
by unless she loves her husband. and
surely no true woman could be happy
who is hungry, and minus all the COM
forts of life.
But there is to be found contentment
and happiness and this crusade of Mrs.
Charlotte Smith, Is putting the political
economists to talking and writing about
the matter. If it will draw attention to
the wide acres which lila untouched
throughout the length and breadth of
the land, where industrious men and fru-
gal women might go and make FOR them
selves comfortable homes, the agitation
will not have been in vain. Why the
rich farms should be deserted and able
bodied young men who know nothing of
anything but planting should flock to
the crowded cities, is one of the problcr,s
or the hour, II our surplus population
would find its way to the fertile pian.
tatlons of the south there would be few
er impecuntous men who cannot afford
TO marry because Of poverty. There
would also be greater happiness AMI
greater prosperity for the entire unior.
No country can sacceei nIless It is a
country of cheerful. well-k ,pt. we.l-prc-
vided homes.
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If the lynching industry should extend
to the Spanish headquarters at Havana
there will be no tsars shed by the wo-
men of America.
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That is plaintive yelp going up from
some editorial rooms against the iniqu.-
ties Of the Dingley tariff law by the sslf-
same traitors who made 1t possible for
the election of Mckinley and the passage
OF the Dingley bill. ~
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pie have been hattered so much that
II really believe they think they would
know case of smallpox If they were to
see it. w. G. AGEE.
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e. will be just as well If the G. a. r.
should nee consent to hold It's next On
campment at Richmond. IL will no. be
missed.
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First Canovas. second the president OF
Uruguay. 1T may be Weyler next.
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1.-The republicans eff Maryland do not
seem to be having enc sweet sorg of
peace. TITS
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The gold fields Of Alabama to those of
K1ondyl5e: You are not so warm"
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Don't be fooled into the belief that SPEC
ulation in wheat is sura enough prosper
ity.
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1t is perfectly proper that the farmer
should have one good y.ar out of twenty.
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Mark HANNA is now with his best
friends, the Ioeters ait Buffalo.
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Whatever you do. don't forg,t to Boi
the water.
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If the Luexgent murder trial now go
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ST can rise. too" said the flour to the
wheat.
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ETCHINGS FROM
CURRENT TOPICS

Its become a habst with the newspaper
reading world not 10 take Mrs. CharI9tta
Smith, president of the Womai1's Rescue
league, very seriously. Ever since she in
augunted her crusade against bicycle
riding for women she has been regarded
in the light of a huge joke She Is re-
former, Incidentally and professionally,
and she seems to have very large sup
ply Of spare time on her hands She In
Eislas upcin devciing that time 90 the NOR
al and physical Improvement of the f1u-
man sace. .and TN so doing Is always maxi
inlg herself absurd and laughable Mrs.
Smiths latest within or fancy is to make
maltrinony compulsory, and On her zeal
she has begun a campaign against the
democratic and republican, candidates for
the Office of mayor of Boston because both
of These poll fchans are old bachelors.
She lis preparing a pamphlet upon the
subjeci5 of compulsory ms rimony, and
proposes to dendoH'strats how the eridre
pofftfeal and economic fabric will be
strengthened by these nsw principles
which she now advocates.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith insists that no
unmarried man should be houored with
POi-sAS1L OlllCS, 'uib1'l Iic 10 IT, W0HE1y VI
pronsotaon and proceeds to give the rea-
sons for the faith THAT is I'M her." which,
by. thc way, are not complimentary to
humanity, and must be regarded as the
vdasss OF fanatic. Mrs. Smith, in her
enthusiasm, forgetis That the following
atistics uill prove ain bmrnoyable STUN
bling bfJck in the propagation of her conn
pulsory matrimciaial theories. In these
SHADES THE excess of females will serf-
ously dnterfe-e with the warfare bdng
made against old bachelors. There are
not nearly enough women to go around,
I'D mailer how seriimentally and do
miostfcally irlcired ahe bachelors may be,
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iIOldl.'. ..lo4fUOU
I'm the western states ard territories,
though, there is scarcity of women;
California could easily take up the sur
plus of Ghe eastern states.