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The age-herald., 1897-09-10
Unnecessarily Excited.

It would appear that some people in Montgomery have become unduly ex- cited upon the subject of The Age-Her- aid having printed in its news columns on Wednesday that a case of yellow fever existed In that city The Age Herald is distinctly a, newspaper and employs every honest effort to get news and to verify it.
 On Tuesday afternoon and early even- ing there were thousands of rumors in this city to the effect that great many people in Montgomery had been stricken with yellow fever. This information came here very largely by passengers upon the railway trains. Before the Age-Herald would allow anything to be written upon the subject 1t telegraphed its Montgomery correspondent of the rumors and asked him to telegraph inn medtately what, if any, truth there was in the reports. The correspondent re- piled that there was no yellow fever there, and this, with the other fever news, was conspicuously printed. At a late hour in the night information was received in this office that a telegram had been received by Chief of Police T. C. Mcdonald from one of the quarantine officials that there were three cases of yellow fever in Montgomery. This was an official com munication, and as such was printed. As the message from the quarantine officer was received after the dispatch from the Montgomery correspondent. the ferred to had been discovered at later hour.
 The purpose of The Age-Herald is to print the news, and if the quarantine without confirming the matter he was, Of course, to blame. The Age-Herald ex- poets to print all the news possible. It is glad, however, to state upon the au- thority of the Montgomery people that there are no cases of yellow fever in that city. If Montgomery was afflicted with the disease the chances are it would soon spread to Birmingham. It is the duty of every newspaper to print the news and give to the public the opportunity of taking the necessary pre- cautions, especially at time like this, when hundreds of people are fleeing from Ocean Springs and vicinity, where the fever is raging. L
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
ludues and Their Powers.

The socialists who are denounctng and defying the federal judges are not work dng for reform in the right way. Lams may be bad and judges may stretch their authority, but it is the duty of good oft- izens to submit urttil in a lawful and peaceable manner they can remedy their wrongs at the ballot box and elect state and federal legislato who will pro- tect the nights of their constituents.
 The democratic party in the Chicago platform entered its protest against the usurpations of the United StaItes judges, and the voters who wish a reform in this matter need not rush off with the socialists, populists or any other new party. Democratic supremacy will be the surest way to check the growing oppression of few men on the bench, who seem disposed to resort to tyranrM- cal measures. Such injunctions as Judge Jackson issued agains5 the striking min- CTS in West Virginia are only justifiable in very exceptional cases. As a rule, no citizen should have the machinery of the law directed against him before he com ndts a crime or threatens to commit one, and in such dases 1t is not right to de- prive them of the right of trial by jury. The federal judges do not stand alone. Some state judges are inclined to make the most of their bmef authority, and 'the large powers given them in the matter of contempt cases enable them to vex, annoy and injure people without being called to account for their conduct. In recent years this evil is on the dn- crease, probably because there are more very young judges on the bench than formerly. and it is a notorious fact that young and inexperienced judges are more inclined to be unduly severe than the older men whose judgement has npened and mellowed by time.
 Undoubtedly, there are a few bench tyfan's in the country, but lawlessnsss and freak parties will never bring them to a halt. The remedy must be sought through tho principles and methods of the good, old fashioned Jeffersonian de- mocracy.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

soon have work enough to do-work that makes smooth the way of the trav- eler, while 1t places the advantages of Birmingham in favorable light. For our Kihim Kai should include men who know the resources of Jefferson county, their possibilities as we'll as their pres ent development. And it would be well. to have a good-sized list, so that lndi- vidual members of the committee would not be overworked. A couple of lady members would be helpful at times. until the proposed standing exhibit can be organized-perhaps it would be found useful in connection with that enterprise.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
A Friendly Warning.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 The United States government makes but poor showing in dealing with fh+ disorder incident in the Yukon gold craze. The Canadian government has moved up its mounted police--to all, in- tents and purposes cavalry-and has maintained by all accounts perfect or der. The government at Washington has had ample warning. Alaska is a territory completely under executive control It would have been perfectly easy by putting force of cavalry and infantry or the trail to have maintain ed order. Instead nothing has been done and riot and lawlessness at Ska quay are laying the worst possible foun- dations for future state. Fifty years ago, when California was distant, some excuse existed for our neglect, which ended in the San Francisco Vigilance committee. There is no excuse today, and the failure of the interior and war departments to deal with these disor- ders early is a serious fault which it is not too late to remedy.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
Welcome the Stranger.

In far-away Japan about five thousand tourists from all parts of the world an- nually spend about one thousand yen each and where the keen observers of fhe upper classes in that country saw when the travellers were fieeced by curio dealers, guides and the like, they pro- ceded to organize Kihim Kai or Well come society in each central city, with branches covering the provinces. These societies extend a welcome to tourists, rendering tEem valuable assistance in procuring information, thus enabling them to observe the characteristic feat ures of the land, and protecting them from imposition of every sort. Ther are no charges. and all is done in the broad est spirit of hospitality. If the plan can be said to have a comercial side, it is because it encourages the coming of travellers, and thus leads to an increase of trade, and to favorable studies of the country and of its people.
 A welcome committee of the Commer- cial club could do good work in Birming- ham. Once 1t becomes known that such a club exists. and has an office, 1t will
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
POINTS OF WISDOM.

A girl never tries to extinguish the burn.
 Some people are like ~one-legged milk stools-To good unless sat upon.
 The man who never argues with wo- men. children or fools, has but few ar- gunlents.
 A millionaire has better show in this world than the average theatrical mana ger.
 The swan always sings before it dies, and death often ends the mosquito's song.
 When a wife puts on too many airs the atmosphere Of home is not what it should be.
 An ounce of preventio is not worth a pound of cure in the pork-packipg busi- ness.
 There is something wrong with the woman who talks only when she dlas something to say.
 An insurance policy otten makes a man more valuable after death than during his life.
 Dor't think because man is always harping on one idea that he is a born musician.
 Women may supercede men in many pursuits, but the fiead in which a brindle COW grazes is barred to the female in red
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
Journalist and Gentleman.

Gen. I. W. Avery, who died in Atlanta last Wednesday from the effects Of in- juries received in fall, will be remem- bered by many Alabamians as the first leading journalist in sister state who saw the potentialities and possibilities of Alabama coal and iron, and went to work to make them known. without ever the hope of any reward. At that time, some thirty years ago, Gen. Avery was the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and he sent Henry w. Grady through North Alabama to write up it's ad- vantages and resources. The work was admirably done, and it was Grady's first regular service in journalistic har- mess.
 During his long career as a lawyer, soldier, journalist and Christian, Gen. Avery never allowed politics to long di- vert his attention from the business and industrial interests of his section. Within the past few years he ucceeded in causing the establishment of several Hines of vessels running between south ern and European and South American ports.
 Always a hard worker and thoroughly unselfsh, he never accumulated a for tune, but he impressed all who came in contact with him a journalist of the new school, who was at the same time a gentleman of the old school. Chester field was not more courtly, nor Bayard more chivalric than this brilliant man, whose sword and pen did valiant and true work, and yet remained stainless through war and peace.
 A journalist of the front rank, and yet always an ideal gentleman, never writing a hne which he would wish plotted out when on his dying bed, a builder-up Of his section a layol friend and champion of his party-all this and more might be said of the Atlanta Con- sttution's most famous editor, with the exception of Henry W. Grady.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
HER MIRROR.

From the Argosy. Of all the dainty trinkets
 On Betty's boudoir shelf, There's one of glass-I think it's A sort of second self For once, when for a minute I gazed at it alone, I saw a face within it,
 And it was Betty's own. Some magic. necromancy.
 Describe it as you deem; A sentimental fancy,
 Or fantasy of dream; fTwas there. and fresh and pretty As any face could be, And I-well, I know Betty,
 That's proof enough for me! I wish I might discover
 By some such wizard art The face oS Betty's lover
 And satisfy my heart; If I could get that mirror, What better could I do? What queer is might be queersr-- might get Betty. tool
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
The Southern Cotton Mills.

Twenty years ago or so the so-caHad "experts" of the cotton manufacturing industry said, with an air of superior knowledge, that the south could never spin or weave the fibre 1t grew so abundantly. That pant of the work, so they said, was reserved for New Eng land, or at the widest. for the northern states. The absurdity of their declara- tions did notspresent itself; for in those days the entire southern country was prostrate from the effects of the war without spindles or looms. almost with out capital.
 The story of the industrial progress
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
NO MORE DUSTY TRACKS.
Pennsylvana's Experiment at Baltimore Proves
 Success and Work Will Be Extended

From the Philadelphia Times.
 Baltimore, Sept. 7.-Pennsylvania rail- road men say that the experiment. of using oil on the roadbed to allay the dust nuisance has proven highly eatis- factory on the thirteen miles of road of the Washington line, on which it has been tried. The work of oiling the en- tire forty miles of roadbed between Baltimore and Washington will now be pushed to completion.
 To do this will require about two hun dred thousand gallons of the fluid. Southern railway officials have been watching the experiments and will adopt the oil plan on their lines. The oil is received in ordinary tank cars, their capacity being from 5000 to 1000 gallons. The oil not only establishes a dustless roadbed, but abolishes a great discomfort to passengers, arising from tracks laid in gravel ballast. Gravel bal last, it is lclaimed, produces an elastic foundation for the tracks, therefore, the riding in cars is more comfortable than over the more rigid tracks ballasted with stone. The cost of maintaining tracks laid in gravel ballast is, it is claimed, materially less than stone and large quantities of this material are found along most railroads, which, how :ver is not the case with stone suitable for ballast.
 When the oil is first applied consid- erable odor arises from it, but this short ly disappears. The oil gives the tracks a wet and cooling appearance. The work of sprinkling the oil over the road bed is under ths management of Super visor Charles A. Weakley. Other raii- road arrangements are watching the work with much interest, and it is prob able that the Southern railway will adopt the system.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
Name Them.

There are eight or ten counties in the state in which the tax commission law has never been attempted to be en- forced. These are the, counties with special privileges, whose people are too good democrats to be compelled to sub init to the enforcement of an obnoxious law, enacted by a democratic legisla- ture. That is what democrats call good vernment.-Alabama Monitor.
 What is the matter with naming them. A statement made with so much appar- ent positiveness should not be lacking in it's essential facts.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

and in line with the party. It was not many years ago that the. courier-Journai was the most pronounced free silver pa per in the country. just as was MT. John c. Carlisle. If. as MT. Watterson now says, free silver is a curse and crime, he and his paper are accessories before the fact. His paper had been teaching the doctrine for years. He b,azed the way, and if he wants harmony. let him get back into the path of the panty. MT. Wetterson is not "the only pebble on the beakhn
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
AIesson to straddlers.

From the Nebraska State Journal.
 The punishment that the Bryanites visited upon Harrfty in Pennsylvania was we'll merited. Harrity has been try ing to straddle the political fence ever since the Chicago convention. He pro- fessed to be a sound money man, but supported Bryan for president. Then he began to plot and conspire to have the democratic convention of PennsyI- vanla dodge the currency question. For this treachery he has been righteousl5 fired
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

If Henry Watterson really desiyes to harmonize the party in Kentucky, as he says should be done, 1t would not be a bad plan for he and his hack load of followers to get, up out of the mud
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
more pictures.

The embedding deacon of Chicago, who has so systema tically robbed churches and Sunday schools for the past year, may turn up later as one of the numerous "healers" and ask to borhood and succeed in marrying one of them
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
Perhaps.

From the Chicago Record.
 Caroline-'T wonder why it is that widows always fasclnate men so?'
 George-"I don't know, unless it's be- cause they are often too full of grief for utterance."
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Gov Atkinson, of Georgia, is indeed 8 busy man outside of his own state. His picture is doing duty up in West Vir- glnia, where it is used in papers as a picture of Gov. Atkinson of that state. There should be less Gov. Atkinsons or more pictures.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

It is to be hoped that out of more than fifty candidates for the republican nomi- nation for governor of Pennsylvania at least one honest man can be found to accept the office.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
She Nerer Chewed.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 A Chicago woman died the other day at the age of l02 years. During all that time she never c7lewed or smoked tobac- co, which is really wonderful
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Richard Croker will soon develop into a handy kind of a man about the New York campaign. He may find it convenient to take a few hours off each day when he will find time to dig a grave and shave a corpse.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

MT. Bryan having escaped injury while in a railroad accident on Wednesday, may be considered lucky man, though he was not elected president last year.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The man who stands the best chances for riches in Klondyke at the present time is the undertaken.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The grass in the White House yard will begin to fall after Monday The office-seekers will resume business at the old stand.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The newly elected president of Cuba should celebrate his inauguration by the annihilation of Weyler.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Senator Platt may at later day in the New York campaign, extend to MT. Croker the glad hand.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Dick Croker may conclude to bag the game himself for the mayoralty of Greater New York.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The frost is on the vine in Klondyke and there is no quarantine against the yellow fever.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

MT. Cleveland might find employment in Arkansas as pearl fisherman.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Birmingham is not the only town in the country that is having a hot time.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

All that glitters in KIondyke is not gold. Some of it is ice.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Gen. Longstreet was always famed for his courage.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

It will not be time wasted by boiling the water.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

A millionaire has a better show in thi world than the average theatrical mana ger.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10
ADVERTISING RATEs.

Remittances can be made by express, postoffice money order or drafts at current rate of exchange. Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

When a wife puts on too many airs the atmosphere Of home is not what it should be.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The swan always sings before it dies and death often ends the mosquito song.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

A girl never tries to extinguish the spark as long as a man has money to burn.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

An ounce of preventio is not worth pound of cure in the pork-packipg busi- ness.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

There is something wrong with the woman who talks only when she has something ito say.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

The ma n who never argues with wo- men, children or fools, has but few ar- gumentS.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

Some people are like -one-legged mil stools-no good unless sat upon.
The age-herald., 1897-09-10

An insurance policy otten makes man more valuable after death tha during his life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Few people realize the magnitude to
which the electrical industry has grown
in the United States. In electric light
ing alone there are more than 10000
plants in operation and the combined
capital employed is more than half q
billion dollars. At least 100000, 900 is
invested in electrical appliances used
in mining and about SIS, 100000 in cleo
trio elevators. One of the most impor-
tant developments in this branch of
science has been in the direction of
electric railways, in which nearly a
billion dollars capital is employed. AL
together the combined capital invested
in all electrical enterprises in the Unit
ed States is $780, 100000, exclusive of
that employed in the manufacture of
electrical machinery, which is at least
half billion more.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
MASSACRE.

happy-and the proprietor edited the
trading end. He traded farm machin-
cry for cows, hogs, hens, grain, wood.
anything to sell, eat or burn. Once he
had an angry cow tied to the front door
of the printing Office that he had traded
hay rake for. The cow tore the
clothes almost off the mayor of the
town, who rushed into the office so mad
that he forgot to stop the paper, but he
scared the devil so bad that he stopped
his growth. Sometimes there would
be an auction at the office, and Squires
Wouid stand on the bed of the Fair
maven press and sell lot Of truck so
there would be room in the office to pet
out the paper, but he never got stuck
on anything and finally sold out for
big figure on the strength Of his
profits, which quit with him.-Grafto
Record
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
James Duffy, a Boston pugilist, neve

James Duffy, Boston pugilist, never
regained consciousness after a ring
contest in the Broadway Athletic Club,
in New York. This unfortunate having
adopted the practices of brutes and
semi-savages as profession, has come
to a logical end, and his loss will not
be much of blow to the community,
but there ought to be some way to make
his confederates share the punishment.
Every thug present, whether a thug
by profession or instinct-and that
means all who witnessed the combat
should be put behind the bars for
time, until they tame down, so that
their freedom may not be such q men,
ace to peaceful and law-abiding citi-
zens. Little distinction should be made
between the principals and spectators
in such an affair, for those who are
not actually fighting are deferred chief
ly by physical limitations, and are re-
ally responsible for all that occurs
1t would not be so bad if the pugilists
would meet and pommel each other to
death, except that the spectacle is de-
moralizing and revolving to the COM
munity at large. 1t is time for the
authorities to make laws so drastic
that such contests will be practically
impossible. These brutes must be sup
pressed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

There is barber in KensingtOn, says
the Philadelphia Record, who has
trained a number of common sparrows
from the street to fly in and out Of his
shop at will. The birds are never
molested by the BARRIERS customers,
who have grown as fond Of them as the
barber himself. The sparrows simply
own the shop whenever they want to,
and they have learned some very anus
ing tricks under the tutelage Of their
friend. Sometimes, when the room is
pretty well filed with the chirping lit
tie fellows, the barber will make a
sweep with his hand and pretend to
catch fly. Immediately all the birds
will futter to him and perch upon his
arms, shoulders, or knees, and watch
the hand in which the fly is supposed
to be imprisoned. The barber opens
his hand gradually, one finger at a
time, while the birds sit with heads
cooked to one side, expectantly waiting
for the prize. If there should happen
to be fly there, which is seldom the
case this weather, there is a grand
rush and scramble of chirping rivals.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
Victoria's Gold Plate.

The gold plate at Windsor castle con-
sists Of about 10000 pieces. 1t Is kept
in the gold pantry, which is an iron
room situated on the ground floor I'M
der the royal apartments. The clerk
OF the pantry gives it out in iron boxes
and receives receipt for it. It is car
ried by special train, under escort Of q
guard of soldiers, and delivered to the
butler at Buckingham palace. He gives
receipt for it and is responsible for
1t while it remains at the palace. The
same formalities are observed in TAX
Ing it back, and all persons concerned
are glad when 1t is once more restored
to the safekeeping Of the gold pantry.
The total value Of the plate in this de-
partment is nearly 100000. A great
deal OF 1t dates from the reign of
George ~, but among the antiquities
are some pieces which were taken from
the Armada.