The age-herald., 1897-12-04
GOSSIP OF TIE STREET
 AND HOTEL LOBBIES

''The Salvation Army is preparing to launch a colonization scheme in the United States which will be of great importance and possibly vast magni- tude," said R. M. Guild, of Chicago, who
 was at the Florence yesterday. This plan was first seb forth in the book of General Bodlh, entitled Tn Darkest Eng land The plan has been under consid- eratlon ever since Booth Tucker came from India to America. and has assumed definite form during the past year. Ap- plication blanks have been sent out dur ing the past few weeks and large num- bers have expressed a. desire to join the colony. Fifty have been filed in Chi- cago alone and c.hers have come from all parts of the country. Already a tract of land comprising 10O0 900 acres has been decided upon, and negotiations are now pending for it's purchase. The financial end has been taken care of and it looks as though the scheme would be sucl cess The land is situated in the Arlxan- sas valley, in Colorado, a few miles south of Pueblo. The plan is to give each family a ten-acre patch of land, build house upon it and purchase the necessary implements for farming. The family will be kept in provisions for the first year. When the first years crop has been harvested the tenants will be- gin paying off the debt contracted by the purchase of the land. The payments may be as low as a dollar or two a week. according to the ability of the tenant to pay The contract blank says that the tenant will be the owner of the property when 1t is paid for, and his re- muneration will be what Is produced from it. IL is hoped to have the farm CTS on the ground with the opening of the spring of 1898. Where there are a number of applicants in the same city, a class will be formed to meet several times a week for the purpose of being instructed in farming. The main fea- ture is to send the unemployed of the cities to a place where they can find work. An effort will be made to get the city authorities to defray the railroad fare. The scheme, if successful will re- quire lots of money, but this to the amount of $500.000 has already been provided by philanthropic people in the east. There is already in Saladad coun- ty, California, a colony working on 300 acres of land which is proving a re- markable success. It is hoped by estab- fishing the mammoth colony to greatly relieve the congestion of the labor mar ket in the large cities"
 William J. Helmfng. registered from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, was at the Nor ris yesterday.
 You have all heard of newspapers being printed on land but I never heard of but one paper being printed on board CT a ship. Passengers often have all kfnlds Of sport musical entertainment and sociable parties for their amuse- ment, but an acquatfc newspaper is something of an innovation. During last September an enterprising newspaper man got some type and a press and put 1t on board the Orcana, then voyaging in South American waters The paper was christened the Orcainto, and came out one week. The paper contained an account of the happenings on the ship, the personal items, prevailing, and it was very readable"
 William R. Young, of Nashville, was in the city yesterday MT. Young is am engineer and has in charge the work of building a bridge across the Tennes- seia river at Decatur.
 The Jolm committee OF the boards of trade of Old and New Decatur, ap- pointed to locate the site of the bridge, have completed their work and the bridge will be built. It will bring much trade to the Decaturs from Limestone county, which is just across the river.
 ''It is getting to be fad of women to carry money in their stockings" said a Birmingham electric car conductor yes- terday. But the other day I saw tim i'd young man in quite a predicament. He was Turalite and got on the car with much fear and trembling. He did not know that he should put his fare in the box I called for it and he look ed around at the several ladies and his face turned red as beet. insisted on him getting the fare and he finally went down in his shoe and produced 1t. A smart young man remarked to young lady that that should be a warning to ladies'"
 "T should think 1t should be a les son to young men how not to carry their car fare. There were smiles