davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1897-03-05

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ducah,-ky.: Mrs. Irene Cox. Paducah, Ky;
w. NJ Mooney, Mrs. Riley. New York city;
Miss Riley. New York city; Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. w; Rife, Baltimore. Md; Mr.. and
Marlboro. Ohio: Mrs. w. K. Taylor, MafL
boro'. Ohio; l.. p. Miles. Memphis, Tenn.
Frank w. Golden, J. B. Perkins, CIeve-
land. Ohio; B. Cooley and wife, Gaiena,
tin King. New York: L. II. Crouch. New
York; Colonel Ochiltree. Texas: Clarence
II. Neehey, Philip Lydig. New York: Give
Wilson, England; Ed. Lambert Lynch.
Beck. England; Andrew Y. Bradley, Chas
H. Bradley. Clarence Burke. New York:
Grant Shepherd. J. c. Shepherd. Jas Lord,
New York: Miss Wallingsford. New York:
New York: Mrs. Lawlar, New, YORK.: Mf
and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Walker. Dubuque, Iowa;
Mrs. j. E. McWilliams. ST. Paul. Minn. !;
District Attorney Henry E. Davis and wife
Test and Miss Grace Ross, Captain, Charles
s. Domer. Harry B. Arms, Mrs. Ricas 81.
Paul. MINI; Mrs. FaTrar. e. Al. CAffard
Kobt NJ. THOMPSON. New York; Judge. q.
c.. Thompson, Ohio: Robert Bivinss Ms II.
NJ; Taylor, jr., Mrs Fred. Surterlee. Phila-
deipnia: Miss Koehler, New York; Frank
b.. Noyes, Miss Ethel hogan, Lex Began
Miss Riddle. Campbell Carrington.s General
Bird Spencer, New Jersey: Colonel kuser,
New Jersey: Miss Frances Jost, George A.
Howe and wife. Miss Sarah Willard Howe.
E. B. Hay. DR.. N. Willis Pomeroy, Peyton
Gordon. Miss Gordon, John E. Laskey.
Mrs. w. E. Crist. Samuel Maddox, Henry
Clark, J. Morrill, Chamberlin. Major Wal-
lace, Captain Landers, Percy S. Foster,
Miles NJ. Shand. Paul Finckel. Fred. Froh-
back and wife, Mrs Charles Gee. Chicago,
ILL.,: Mrs. Hanna. Chicago. ILL.,; W. L.. Post.
H. A. Seymour. Miss Seymour, A. r. Brit
ton. Miss Britton. Miss Mollie Davis. Miss
Prentiss T w. Noyes. Miss Paxton, Miss
Sehaeffer DR.. T. A. Claytor. the Misses
Clayton. Mrs. L. G. Hne. Miss Hine. Miss
Dunbar Brooklyn: DR.. and Mrs. D. K.
Shute Major w. h Piunkett.
Miss Matte Bremmermann of Philade1-
phia, Mr.. P. H. Christman, Mr.. David c.
Bangs, Mr.. P. J. Lauritzen of New York.
Mr.. John s. Shriver. Mr.. Chas. E. Kern,
Mr. J. H. Thompson, Mr.. w. E. Curtis,
DR.. Frank T. Howe. Mr.. Thos. McTighe.
Mr.. Wm. Clshman, Mr.. c. Fred Cook. Mr..
j. A. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Spalding Gin
of Baltimore.
Mr.. VIM. Grant Webster. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gee rye H. Walker. Major F. A. Bracket
Mr.. Ferdinand w. Peck, Miss Peck, Miss
Brda Peck, Chicago; Mr.. Chas. u. Gordon.
Chicago; Mr.. Edwin Brown. Evanston, Ill.
Thc Splendid Music Furnished.
1t is probable that those who attended
the ball last night listened to the finest
music that has ever been played on a SIM
liar occasion in this country. The music
was absolutely beyond reproach, both in
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

brought up the entire question of cor
poraI punishment in the schools, and the
consensus of opinion Is not favorable to
it 1t is rightly held that bicycle tire
in the hands of an angry man is not el-
together the proper thing to direct
against the puny form of a s-year-old
child. The childs own parents may not
always temper justice with mercy, but
they certainly can be trusted to do SO far
beyond a teacher or other person what
soever.
In other words, discipline in the pub
lie schools should not be based on fear.
An incogg1glble child can be sent for
punishment to his parents. and IL that
course be for any reason unavailable, the
child can be expelled, or placed in some
disciplinary institution, or deprived of
vacation hours or of customary rewards
There are many methods open to a re-
sourceful teacher. besides physical chas-
tisement Let the domination of the
teacher-all needful of course-take any
other shape than that. True, the love
of some pupils cannot always be attain
ed to; punishment of some kind becomes
essential in some cases; but the whole
catalogue of method should be exhaust
ed before corporal punishment by the
teacher should be resorted to.
If the teacher will study the difficult
cases, doubtless some remedy can be
found that does not involve such de-
basing course of dteipline.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
American Industrial Supremacy.

The supremacy of England In the pro-
duction of iron and coal Is fast passing
to this country The English people
themselves see what is coming, and they
also see that the change is inevitable.
The latest official figures of the treasury
department tell the story. Scotch pig
iron was worth ait the furnace SLIP in
August, $11O4 in September, $1114 in Dc
tober, and SLIP in November; Alabama
iron was worth in this city 1913 to 81 IN
August, and September, $725 to $3.50
in October and November. These figures
present the difference between the two
countries in the cost 'cf production, and
they show that American supremacy
must soon be established. The Warrior
river improvements will hasten that
great day.
Only three years ago the imports of
iron and steel exceeded this eounltry's ex-
ports by something over $6000,00o. The
tide has turned. The coupjtry's exports
tof iron and steel are now millions in ex-
cess of it's imports, and the difference is
becoming greater month by month. This
has become the chief iron-prcduong
country in 1.-THE world, and in the course
of a few years its supremacy In that
respect wifi be universally recognized.
The coal question, too, is causing I'M
easiness in English industrial circles. The
deposits of that country are exhausJable.
Coal is now worth one-third mere at the
pits mouth in England than it is in the
United States. There are those now liv
ing" said Leonard H. Courtney recently,
before the Royal Statistical society in
London, "whlo win see the end of the ex-
port of crude from" 1t is declining. The
coal mines ane becoming deeper, and the
cost of mining higher. The end is COM
ing in sight.
If Alabama is to largely share in the
great production THAT will be demand
cd from this country when the suprem-
acy of England is ended, then indeed
the work of building a waterway from
the central city of her mineral district
to- the sea must be hurried forward.
There is a great future for Alabama if
she can be equipped for it; and the one
thing needful is waterway to the sea.
Senators and representatives in congress,
Alabama is looking to you with more
eagerress, more hope, than she ever
looked before. Give the odd red hills
your best Thoughts and your best efforts.
Let every member from other states
know what Alabama can do and will do
in the PROMOTE of national trade if she
can have, not a ship canal, but slack
water navigation, to the sea.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
Revision of the School Laws.

The meeting of prominent educators
of the state in this city on Tuesday was
one largely of organization. 1t was the
beginning of an effort that is highly COM
mendable in every. respect, and that
promises to be very intelligent and valu-
able in its outcome. The public schools
of the state are in a deplorable condi-
ton, and the committe of thlrty-three
acted wisely when it decided to do the
best that can be done under existing Cir
cumstances. 1t decided, in other words,
not to wait for a constitutional ccnven-
tion, but to do all in its power to bsIt-
ter educational matters under the present
constitution. This is the sense %. fthe
situation.
The growth of the children of the state
convention can be called, and a new con-
stitution adopted. They grow right along
regardless of constitutions, and the
teachers who came up to the conference
children as they could. They will not
only lay before the next general assem-
bly, a bal .embodying THE changes that
seem to them desirable in the school laws
of the state, but they will take. steps la
educate the people of Alabama up to
making provision for better schools.
The task in hand is a heavy and ex-
tremely important one. The Age-Herald
is glad it is in the hands of men so COM
petent to conduct it. There is much of
hope and progress in the action taken ON
Tuesday by the committee of thirty-three
of the Alabama Educational association.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
Good Citizenship,

1.-THE best citizen and truest patriot"
man who has the most to say on the
money question, but the man who, by
honest industry, makes the most money,
and by proper economy saves the m3st
for rainy day" This description of
good Alabama citizen does not need
qualification of any kind. 1t is beyond
criticism. Alabama needs such citizens
more than SHE does naything else in the
world-more than constitutional con-
vention, or the opening of her rivers, or
even the diversification of her crops.
Thrifty, prosperous citizens soon make
a great and prosperous state. The News
begins at the right end. The state will
not line UP well in the sisterbood of
states if her citizens are slovenly, lazy
and debt-rldden.
But the News plainly does not call for
unintelEgent citizens. 1t does not say that
a good citizen should not hold clear and
definite views upon the money and all
other public questions; it does not say
that he should not, at the proper time,
give those views expression, especially alt
the ballot box; but it does say that a
good Citizen win not waste his time and
energies in idle discussions of such ques-
tons. The statesmen who dispense wis
dom and tobacco juice from dry goods
boxes are not the men that build great
states, or conduct works of value to their
fellow men.
The News has summed up the qualifi-
cations of the best citizenship, and The
AgeHerald has not word to add or take
from it. Industry and economy are quite
as essential in Alabama as they are i'm
Iowa or Missouri or California. An ad-
mrable climate and almost unexampled
natural resources do not absolve a people
from the scriptural Internationally the
sweat OF thy brtdw thou shalt earn thy
bread.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
CONVERSATIONS.
le London World.

From the London World.
When he was false and she broke troth.
And you were left and rejected
Between us-how 1t pleased us BOTH
A happy bargain was effected.
We vowed by dead loves funeral fires
To enter into new relations,
Exchanging loves strong, wild desires
For friendships steadier inclinations.
We gave each other sympathy
That mutual sentiment grew chronici
Our hearts were soon from passion free,
And our affection quite platonic.
But now, though grief died long ago,
And long ago our pain and pique went,
Our claims upon each other grow
More clamorous and much more frequenk
AS each consoles the other more.
Our feelings steadily controlling.
We find our solaced hearts are sore
With longing after more consoling.
To be with me you are resigned,
To keep you there seems all my duty,
And, looking in your eyes, find
Rare glimpses of divinest beauty.
These soft handLpressures strengthen each
To bear Fates blows with resignation
For oh! tits not by way of speech
One does the work of consolation.
This kiss, as mine your dear lips meet,
An unsupported truth discovers;
We could not find our lot more sweet,
Dear friend, If we were really lovers
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

another. Meanwhile cries of Full uplA
come from the guards. who slam doors
right and left along the train. You are
met by the same cries on entering any
one of these crowded places, those with
seats objecting to standees But you must
wait for another train or risk 1t, and des-
perately hurl yourself into a crowd of hu-
man cattle whether they like It or not,
just as the train starts. The sign "smok-
ing" and the presence of ten pipes and an
odor of incomprehenslble magnitude are
unconsidered trifles. There Is no strap,
and you cling to the side door like a
drowning man to a broken oar. Forum
ately, there Is no terrific jerking and sway
ing around corners you have had on the
IL" road or cables; you are expect
Ing 1t every minute and safer in the antici-
patton of disaster.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
The Cotton Crop.

The estimates of the leading authori-
present cotton crop differ more than
million bales The following list of esti-
mates from the New Orleans Picayune,
shows these differences:
Bales.
MIR. H. Pasch 49,. ....... 49,. 9,650,0
Average, Memphis Cotton Elk
change 49,. ...... 49,. 10 O02, 900
Average, Galveston Cotton Ex-
change .......... IL, l00, 900
Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co1O,1SS,O 900
Mr.. A. B. Shepperson ..... ......10, 800, 900
Average, New York Cotton Ex-
change Q30 members) .......10, 421 900
MIR. A. ]. r. Landauer .10, 440, 900
Average, Liverpool Cotton Ex-
change Q47 members). 49,. 10 542, 53S
Average, New Orleans Cotton
Exchange. ga members). ....10,544, SCI
Newburger Cotton Company. III 200, 900
Mr.. Henry Neill ........ ........11, O00, 900
A fair average of these estimates may
be said to be 1O,4Oo,00O bales, and this is
about the estimate of the best-informed
cotton men. 1t is thought that the
amount in sight at the opening of the
new year win be 100000 bales. The per-
centaage of the crop in sight on January
1 has been as low as $3.50 per cent; bn
the other hand 1T has been as high-in
1SS9-90-ras 1850 per cent. Perhaps 70 per
cent may be accepted as reasonable
average. On this basis the present crop
will be O,42S, seq bales. The crop will not
be apt to fall short of 100000 bales. or
exceed 10000, 900.
A crop Of II 100000 bales has been dis
counted in present prices, and as soon as
spinners see that such figures are Excess
sive, there will be an Improvement In
prices. Cotton is being freely taken now
by foreign spinners, showing that they
no longer look for lower prices. They
evidently believe prices Will not Q
lower. and if they continue to take cotton
as they recently have, stocks will soon
be greatly reduced In this country. Al
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
ODDITIES OF LONDON LIFE.
Comparisons Between Customs in England
and America.

Correspondence of the New York Press.
London, Dec 2O-"When I first came to
London" said New York woman to me
the other day, 81 had all sorts of trouble
with the housekeeping. 1 went into a gro
cery-shop they call it here-and asked
for a can of tomatoes in my fiat American
way, you know No one could understand
me. L had to point it out.
oh, said the man; you mean tin of
tomatoes?
And everybody laughed at me- They
use timed for canned. [ wanted some
napkins. and they thought they were for
the baby. You mustn't say 'napkins'-it
is 'serviettes, you know.
II was accustomed to a steam-heated
fiat, and though it seldom freezes here,
am in bed. These soft coal fires are a
snare and an abomination. / wanted u
know where they kept the ice.
Tce! screamed my maid-of-all-work,
who was looking at the fiat with me-ice!
what do you want ice for?
81 explained that We took ice at home
all the year round. She almost dropped
dead. Nobody seems to take ice here. even
in summer, and nobody thinks of drink
ing ice water iced tea.
Coming across from Liverpool I said
to my husband: L would as lief go Sec
ond-class, if there is much difference in
the cost He looked at me with the as
constituent of the Londoner.
why, I've already bought third said
he.
From a Pullman to third-class was
big jump, 1 thought but I've been riding
third-class ever since. Tlcket-beg pardon
the booking offices take it for granted
that you want third-class unless you ask
for better. It's the rule.
"Bave glass of stout-this is what you
always pay 80 cents pint bottle for at
home We get it in jugs at one and six
gallon. You see there some advan-
tages in living here. 1t is mostly in drink
ing, however I'm bound to observe. Fish
and vegetables are cheap. Chicken-'fowl,'
they call it's dear When l think of the
turkey and fried chicken of home almost
weep. American beef is cheaper and poorer
than the English beef. Fruit is poor and
out of reach. But, curiously enough, all
kinds OF preserves, pickles. marmalades,
etc, are cheaper and better than anything
we get at home When I think of the abun-
dance and superior quality of fruit at home
and the miserable stuff they put up, m
ashamed of my conuntrymen. Nothing is
aduterated here, and one Is practically
sure to get what one pays for. If London
ers could only talk plain, straight, every
day English, life here would not be abso-
lutely intoerable."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
The miser is known by the money he
keeps.
Sometimes an eye is not as black as it is
pasted.
The letter-carriers whistle might be
termed postal note.
The heads of some men are like vacant
rooms-they lack furniture.
The woman with small feet may be vain,
but she walks ON her pride.
The undertaken may be slow but he man
ages to overtake the rest of u.s..
When a widow goes cunning for number
two she should use smokeless powder.
About the time a man succeeds in break
ing in a pair of shoes his feet break out.
The dentist may not be able to fill long
felt want but he can fill an aching void.
The heiress who buys title makes a
rank investment; and if a man goes with
the title it's ranker still.
A mans idea of tough luck is to play
cards with a woman and win every time,
when there is nothing at stake.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
Corporal Punishment in School.

A 9-year-old boy was recently whipped
by the principal of a Brooklyn public
school, first with strap on the boys
hand, and then with piece of bicycle
tire on the lower part of his back. He
did not apparently suffer at once from
tine whipping, but two days afterwards
lie became unconscious, and soon died
of cerebral meningitis. The customary
disagreement 0 fthe doctors, as to the
relation of the whipping to the disease.
followed. and the customary contempt
on the part of some of them for public
opinion was of course thrown in.
But the death Of the little fellow has
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tho Nerr York Press.

From the New York Press.
Hair dye was invented to deceive people
into thinking that other people think it's
natural.
Some women go without saying; most OF
them, however. say without going-at least
not till long afterward
A girl never really cares much for man
till she takes to running to the window to
watch him when he goes.
If a man turned over a new leaf every
time his wife wanted him to there wouldn't
be anything left of him but the covers.
If the minister were to say he was going
to throw a hymnbook at the richest dressed
woman there every woman in church
would duck under the pew.
1t will probably always be a mystery
whether a woman would rather wear some-
thing that nobody is wearing or something
that everybody is wearing.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
An Explanation.
the New York Post.

From the New York Post.
A long-suffering listener, after hearing
from a youth his account of how he and
two companions kept 800 Indians at bay for
twenty-four hours, asked: do you know
why the Lord said to Ananias, Stand
forth'?" Upon receiving a negative re-
ply, he continued: well. I don't, either,
unless 1t was so that you and your two
companions could stand first, second and
third!'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
Germany Preparing 70 Blockades.

From the New York Tribune.
1t is reported at Berlin that the govern
ment, in view of the probable oomplica-
lions with Russia and France in connec-
ton with the Kiao-Chau bay controversy,
has sent to all German seaports a docu-
ment asking for detailed information con-
corning the dangers to which each town
would be exposed in the event Of a block
ade.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
irish Ham and a Moral.

1t is certainly a commendable thing, TINS
honesty and square dealing among Enghsh
tradesmen; but it must be added that 1t Is
enforced by stringent laws. There was a
case in court recently illustrative OF their
operation A clerk of a certain tradesman
sold a customer ham, representing 1t TO
be an Irish ham. 1t was so labeled But II
proved to be an American ham, ana the
customer, exercising the Briton's proud
prerogative of "kicking," got summons
for the proprietor. IT didn't soften the
matter any that it was shown to be a
Canadian ham. 1t was not Irish-not what
it had been represented to be. Nor did II
avail the tradesman TO repudiate the act
of his clerk. The Judge, in fixing the fine,
gravely intimated that such cases might
come under the criminal law as obtaining
money under false pretenses! Heavens!
Think of such application of law to our
enterprising manufacturers and tradesmen
at home! But there-the subject is too
painful. We have a milk law in New York
that gives good results in the exposure
and ruin of the mikman who is caught
selling adulterated or skinned milk. Ana
New York has about the best milk OF any
CITY in the Union. But about everything
else is aduterated shamefully from pepper
to champagne.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

1t is possible the Japs may be able to
do fine juggling act with England Ger
many and Russia.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

No doubt Mr.. Mckinley points with pride
to Mr. Singerly's bank failures as bright,
shining wave of his promised prosperity.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

Perhaps Mr.. Slngerly spent too much time
unfolding national honor and neglected his
own business.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

1t is we'll the postmastership at Mobile
has been settled without the aid of the
army.
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Room Cor Rapid rranslt reform.

Those rantankerous citizens of Greater
New York who are compelled to hang to
strap while going from one point to an
other ought to try a London suburban
train on Sunday. There is nothing like it.
You rush up and down the platform like
mad--aiong with a few score of others
peeping into one full compartment after
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

The thing for Senator Wolcott to do is
to ask for an injunction restraining the
president from siding with Secretary Gage
and the gold crowd.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

Secretary Gage will have to take the
string off that resignation if he wishes to
make the people believe he is in earnest.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

There can be no doubt but what Mr..
the Klondike, though the thermometer is
registering 80 degrees below zero at that
mint
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

Seems to Cover It.-Hojack-"Give me a
paraphrase of All is fair in love and
war;" Tomdik-"The tactics permissible
in courtship are equally allowable after
marriage PUCK.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

There seems to have been the usual
amount of lying resorted to by Secretary
Gage and others relative to his rendered
resignation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

President Mckinley should know that if
1.-TWO men ride horse one must ride be-
hind" Gage or Wolcott must ride in front.
But which is riding behind, neither seems
to know.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

DE man dat makes New Year resolu-
lions an accidentally breaks en-" said
Uncle Eben, "ain't nigh bad off as de
man dat 'magines he doesn't need none"
Washington Star.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

She (reading)-'Mice are fond of music
and will get as close to it as they can"
He-"Just cut that out, and I'll send it to
the girl in the next flat."-Yonkers States
man.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30

IF Mary Yellen Lease, in her proposed
race with Jerry Simpson for congress dis
plays as much power in running as she has
done in talking, the sockless, so-called,
may as well throw up the sponge now and
take to his corner
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-30
NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Real Grief-"Dreadful about Mrs. Blk
by's sudden DEATH" What! Is she dead?
l was just going over to sell her ticket to
our charity bazaar."-Chicago Record.