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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
The Center of Production.
Editor

The Mesaba iron ORE beyond the frozen
lakes, has done it's BEST and 1t has not,
even when aided by the combined capitals
of Chicago and Pittsburg and of the Rookie
fellers, vanquished the south. Yankee skill
and money centered at Fall River and New
Bedford had the advantage of undisputed
control of another great industry, and yet
when the hour of trial comes, the south
stands a confessed winner. The south is
making the cheapest iron, and the cheapest
cotton goods known to consumers, and 1t
will soon make the cheapest steel. 1t is
this conjunction of things that led the New
York Daily Commercial to say:
Reckoned in their purchasing power, the
wages paid at southern mills are as high
as those paid in New England. This goes
to prove the contention of the Commercial
that climate has much to do with cost of
production, differences in skill and ma
chinery being sure of early elimination, IL
they alone stand between the producer and
his command of given market. OF course,
it should go without saying that with equal
ity in Sail and machinery in the two sec
lions the product of the northern factory
can never compete in cheapness with that
of the southern. The competition between
the north ana the SOuIn III MANY lilies VI
manufacture is getting stronger and strong
er, and the lines in which such competition
exists are becoming more and more numer-
Gus. There seems to be little reason to
doubt that it will spread to every article of
manufacture and only stop with this or
that product of the soil toward which the
climate of the south is unfavorable, and
there can be no doubt whatever of the final
result.
1t may be many years first, but the time
must come when the south will be the CEN
ter of all the cotton manufacturing and
of much of the agricultural production of
the United States. But is will only be the
CENTER for it's area and population will
never be great enough to do all the produce
ing for the rest of the country, and so the
productive function will overflow from its
center, and in many directions, reach even
the remote bounds of the present United
States, Migration of labor and capital will
gradually set toward the south, because of
its being the cheaper of production,
and from that center 1t will back up and
soidify In all directions. This process will
be so gradual that it is to be hoped our
people will escape the distress which would
come from any sudden change in the pro-
ducing center, and the end will be
symmetrical and logical development of the
whole Industrial system of the country, in
the happy economies of which all will
cbor
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
THE DIsPENsARY AGAIN

From the Birmingham Southern Home.
We learn direct from Senator Moody that
he will again introduce in the legislature
his dispensary bill, which provides for the
sale of intoxicating liquors under state
supervision. He thinks his bill is an i'm
provement on the South Carolina plan.
The operation of the South Carolina law
seems to have given more general sat
isfaction in that state during the past two
years than when it first became a law
there. This will be used as an argument no
doubt. Senator Moody's bill will propose
submitting the adoption of the dispensary
to a vote Of the people. Any opinion we
may hold in regard to the measure is SUBJ
ject to revision in the light of larger
knowledge, and the plan should be thor
oughly ventilated before the legislature. 1t
is claimed that dispensary law would be
death blow to the blind tiger nuisance.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
GEN. WHEELER
FAYORS EXPANSION

Chattanooga Tenn. November 2s.-The
annual convention of the Tennessee River
Improvement association was held here to-
day. Delegates were present from the states
of Tennessee, Alabama Kentucky and In
diana. A memorial to congress was pre-
pared asking for total appropriation OF
s5S47.OOO for the permanent Improvement
of the Tennessee river and tributaries.
General Joseph Wheeler was present at
the convention, and in a speech strongly
favored the doctrine of national expansion,
stating that he favored the United States
acquiring the Philippines and Porto Rico.
General Wheeler said further:
Instead of discussing what we might
have done to avert the troubles of the past
six months, believe we should get to work
and see what is the best thing we can do
for the people who are to be dependent
upon us. No country can control the COM
merce of a country unless it has voice in
the government of that country. I don't
think the great men of a century ago, who
laid down their lives for the country of our
government would repeat their recommen-
dation If they lived today. In the days of
Monroe, Jefferson and Madison we were
not the producing nation we are today.
with our products, and 1 believe the gov
eminent will now most wisely solve the
problem before it. Some people will say
our country is not adapted to controlling
the people who are in the foreign SEAS and
have fallen under our control History
shows We have managed the five civilized
tribes of Indians, and all others that
have become dependent upon u.s. We are
capable of extending the principles of
American civilization to any people on the
face of the earth.
Some say the people of the Philippines
and Porto Rico are<shiftless. This is not
true. They are thrifty, and will become
heavy purchasers of the products of
America. In Manila, Porto Rico and Ho-
vana they are already alive to the need
of railroads, sanitary improvement, etc.,
and we of the south will be the greatest
beneficiaries of this new trade which is to
come TO U.S. 1 am full of the conviction that
the south has wealth which If developed
will make us richer than any other part
of the United States. Annexation is mat
ter that has passed beyond the point of
discussion. The logic of events has visited
upon us these colonies, and it is our duty
now to legislate as to do the most possible
for the benefit of the inhabitants of these
islands and the United States"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
The Admission Battle.

The deplorable affair at Admission was
due primarily to the feeling of revenge and
violence on the part of the negro soldiers.
but back of the want of discipline and re-
spect for the law on their part, lie the beat
ing of a negro soldier by some white SOL
and more grievous error, which Senator
Morgan recently characterized in strong
terms of reprobation: "By putting guns in
their hands as soldiers, and making them
the peers of white men in that high char
acter and most honorable service the
race conditions, he says, have been much
aggravated.
But Governor Johnston and the state ad-
ministration cannot be blamed for this
STEP 1t was invited, fairly forced-by the
demagogic action of the republican admin
istration. In effect the administration said
that if the state would not organize a
black regiment, the administration would
do so under the immune act, which was,
in fact, a bill of cheap and dirty politics.
Governor Johnston properly thought that
black regiment led by white officers would
be better than black regiment led by
black officers. The Ninth Immunes, now in
Cuba, where their disgraceful actions re-
suited in the slaughter of some Cubans
and the serious embarrassment of the army
of occupation, is a regiment of negroes Of
flcered by negroes. The governor organized
the Third Alabama, thus preventing the
organization in this state of a regiment
like the Ninth Immunes.
The situation can be cured by a peace
treaty, now fortunately near at hand. AS
soon as a treaty is signed, every black
regiment should be mustered out. Presi-
dent Mckinley, who is just now seeking
delegates wherever he can find them, may
not be willing to do this; but until he
does do 1t, he must expect to encounter the
natural and almost inevitable results of his
wretched delegate-getting policy. AS
Senator Morgan says, the republic should
never have resorted in defending it's honor
to a dependent race, but having done so, it
should avail itself of the signing of a peace
treaty to get out of and away from its
error speedily and completely.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
UNFouNDED FEARS OF. APPENDICITIS

From the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
DR.. H. r. Lemen, of Alton, ILL.,, says: IT
often meet people who have such a whole
some fear of appendicitis that they do not
eat grapes, tomatoes, figs or fruits con-
tanning little seeds, because of fear that
these seeds will lodge in the appendix and
cause appendicitis. Whenever 1 hear a per-
son say he denies himself fruit because Of
this fear 1 take occasion to assure him that
1t is useless to take any such precautions.
If you like fruit, eat it, for appendicitis,
seven in ten instances, is due to other
hings than seeds Little particles of food
of any kind can lodge in the appendix and
produce appendicitis, even a bread crumb
being capable of it. In addition, a great
many cases are caused by something en-
tirely outside the appendix, something
causing Inflammation. To all 1 will say:
Go ahead and eat anything you like, for all
precautions you may take are not going to
save you from appendicitis If you going
to have it, The inexplicable thing to
which the majority of cases are attributa-
BILE cannot be guarded against, and it Is
useless to fight the minority"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
FITZHUGH LEES MOTHER
, +ha Nau York Tribune

From the New 1OTh l1lpuhC.
The mother of Fitzhugh Lee, who died
recently at the advanced age of 90 years,
was before the war days a belle in Wash
ington Her father. John Mason, was the
son of that illustrious patriot and states
man, George Mason, one of the trainers of
the American constitution. From his
father, Mr.. Mason, who was at one time
United States senator, he inherited Ana
costa island. His daughter, subsequently
Mrs. Lee, was known in her young woman
hood as beautiful Mamie Mason, of the
island" and reigned supreme in the hearts
of the aristocratic young nabobs of the
locality.
Mrs Lees girlhood was passed mainly at
Arlington and Mount Vernon. 1t was at
the former historic place that she was
wooed and won by Lieutenant Sidney
Smith Lee, elder brother of General Robert
e. Lee, who resigned his commission in the
United States navy to accept one in the
confederacy. Mrs. Lee was. an exceptional
woman. Beautiful In person, forceful in in
tellect spiritual in character, she retained
all those traditions to which southern wo-
men owe their charm.
The friend and companion of the clever
men and beautiful women of her day, Mrs.
Lee, whose mind remained clear and I'M
clOuQ6Q TO The emu, Wd5 WOHt " CHdt III
diligently of the happenings of a half CEN
fury ago to those who were admitted to her
intimacy. One of her most cherished expe-
riences was the meeting of M. Egalite and
his brother, under her fathers roof, who
charmed all during their visit by their
sprightly conversati ton and polished man.
ners. NJ. Egalite was, as will be recalled,
Louis Philippe, and years afterward, in
appreciation of the hospitality shown him,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason received from that
royal parsonage the gift of solid silver
service, exquisite in design and workman
ship. Mrs. Lee had the privilege also Of
meeting the Prince of Wales when he Wis
tied this country, having been a guest at
the dinner given in his honor by President
Buchanan when her friend and intimate
Harriet Lane Johnston, presided. Her es-
cort on that occasion was the Duke of
Newcastle and she had the good fortune Of
being seated next to Albert Edward, of
whose vivacity of manner and gayety Of
spirits she preserved most pleasant reeol-
lection.
With the other members of her family
Mrs Lee sympa thized with the south, and
during the four years Of the civil war re-
NAMED In Richmond, cheering those about
her during that period of dependency and
despair, carrying comfort and help wher-
ever she went, and winning by her cheer
fulness, courage and devotion the sobri-
quet, "Star of Hope" from her brother-in-
law, General Robert z. Lee. With Mrs
Lee passed a nne soul, the best type of q
women Of the last generation.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
The less ideas girl has on the currency
question the sweeter she is.
A woman can generally explain every
thing except her explanation.
No girl who can afford to wear lace petit
coats is in very great danger of becoming
a prude.
womans idea of real pleasure is to
have two kilograms come in succession
when the family next door are all sitting
out on the porch and they don't speak.
The reason why most married men don't
go out more without their wives is because
they always hate so to be led by them
selves around roomful of people and intro
duced to them all.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
OLDEST HOUSE ON EARTH

From the Leeds Hospital Magazine
The oldest domicile on earth is that re-
Gently erected in Yokohoma by an emf
nent German baeteriolog st. 1t is microbe
proof house, built of glass blocks. There
are no window sashes and the doors, when
closed, are alright. The air supply is
forced into the room through a pipe and
filtered through cottonwood to cleanse it
of bacteria. To insure further sterilization
the air is driven against glycerne-coated
plate glass, which captures all the mi
crobes the wool spares. The few microbes
brought into the house in the clothes of
visitors soon die in the warm sunlight with
which the house is flooded.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
AND SENATOR'S, TOO
From the Camden Progress.

From the Camden Progress.
Governor Johnston gives as one reason
why the people should elect their solicitors
is that perhaps the fitness of the success
full candidate is sometimes over-shadowed
by some combination or trade on the part
of legislators We think the governor is
exactly right, and what is true regarding
solicitors may be equally true regarding
United States senator's. Let the voice of
the people say who shall represent them in
either position.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
A BUSINESS DOCUMENT
From the Uniontown Herald.

From the Uniontown Herald.
Governor Johnston's message was strong
business document. Like all messages, 1t
is not in conformity with all the views of
all the people, but in the main it was COR
rect, and throughout showed the governor
to be conscientious and laboring for the
best interest Of the people Of the state.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
COLD RIDE FOR MIR. CARNEGIE

From the New York Mail and Express.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie's newspaper arti-
Gle against the acquisition of the Phillip
pines by this country attracted some atten-
ton in Wall street today. Among those
who commented upon it was ex-Gov. Ros-
we'll F. Flower, who said:
"Any man who does not go along with his
country, but who chooses to sit on the
curb and holler Whoa! is apt to have a
cold ride"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
THE PEOPLE WANT A CONVENTION

From the Huntsville Mercury.
If the legislators who have promised their
constituents to vote and work for con-
stitutional convention change their minds
when the bill comes up for discussion, there
will be a general shaking up of dry bones.
In, old Alabama The people want a new
constitutions; they know pretty well what
they want, and they are going to have 1t.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

AS the senatorial election approaches in
Delaware, the Delaware money market
shows marked signs of ease, and a glut
is not impossible when the barrel period
eliminates
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
A FUTURE CHIEF
From the Scottsboro Citizen.

From the Scottsboro Citizen.
DR.. R. M. Cunningham, of Jefferson. the
president of the Alabama senate, wears his
bonors gracefully and with becoming dig
nifty. When you stand in front of our elo-
quent friend you can see the counterpart
of a future governor of Alabama.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

The Georgia women propose to abolish
the swish of silk petticoats, but no one is
big enough to stop the swish of the British
lions TAIL The American eagle admires
that swish.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Don Carlos does not propose to be the
man on horseback until the peace treaty
is signed. He wants none of 1t to rest on
his shoulders. He knows however, the in
the road,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

When Governor-elect Roosevelt talks
about men of spotless reputation, Mr.. 7. c.
Plat and Mr.. Lon Payne begin to think
they are not In it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

The election of New York's ancient-joke
bearer to the senatt'will be apt to render
the Congressional Record rival of London
Punch.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

After the treaty is signed we will have so
many islands uncatalogued that there is
danger some of them will get away.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

In the light of the steady evacuation Of
Cuba, can be seen peace treaty at Paris
duly signed and delivered.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

pare his defense, the court of cassation
seems to be emulating the absurditesiof the
French revolution.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

There are now eighteen postoffices named
in honor of the hero of Manila.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

The Spanish commissioners have con-
sumed nine weeks of time in delays. and
now they must act.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Grand juries in Pennsylvania may indict,
but the people of Pennsylvania will acquit.
They have already INDICATED their boss.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
THE BIRMINGHAM BOOM
Bessemer weekly.

From the Bessemer Weekly
Birmingham is getting ON an old-time
boom. A robbery or two takes place in the
town nearly every night. This reminds one
of tue flush days Of the eightieA
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
MADAME PATTI is HAPPY

From the Boston Herald.
Patti says its really and truly so, and
that she's just as happy a tomtit on
pump-handle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26
A GRAND RECORD
rom the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
General Joe Wheeler was one Of the
youngest of the general officers In the Con-
federate army and the oldest in the ma
tional service against Spain. How proud
the old man must be of his record!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Sockless Jerry was defeated In Kansas,
but Colonel J. D. Bowersocks pulled
through.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Spain will doubtless be willing to sell the
carolines, thus letting the tail go with the
hide.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

The peace commission is wanted at Pana
and Admission when the Paris job is Off its
hands.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Lieutenant Hobson is trying to reduce his
popularity by the writing of book.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

The Administrations "open-door'' In the
Philippines is a condemnation of it's robber
policy at home.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Messrs. Mudd of Maryland and Brick Of
Indiana should be close friends in the new
congress.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

Almost any man or nation knows that
$40, 900, 900 is better than to be kicked out.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

General Merritt says he Is both a demo-
crat and an American. The two terms are
synonymous.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-11-26

In ordering Captain Dreyfus shut up in q
cage off the South American coast to pre-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-10-08

farm near . town. and most small
farms are near town. always has .
splendid market for young pigs among
people who desire one or two pigs +,
consume the offal from the kitchen. Il
is frequently impossible to buy such
pigs even ut two or three times their
value. which such patrons are often
willing to pay. The small farmer, too,
If he is careful in. his breeding, can
find good market for many pigs -
breeders. There are hundreds OF farm
ers who want good breeding animals
who seek them among their neigh.
bors and are willing to, pay .
handsome price, but will scarcely ever
send abroad for animalA The small
farmer. too, rs his general duties are
circumscrlbed, leaving much time on
his hands, is better fixed than his
buster neighbors for raising two lit
tiers . year. With suitable quarters
he can raise fall pigs successfully, be-
cause he has the time to give them per-
sonal attention. He also has the time
to gather up the slops and waste OF
nearby towns and be gladly welcomed
by the housekeepers, vino will thank
him for removing the Stops that they
are anxious to get rid Of Such feed
will make lots OF pork, and may be Sc
cnred at no cost except that OF the time
which he will probably spend idly.
All in all, we believe the small farmer
WAC m anages rightly is in q position
to make more money on hogs than his
more pretentious neighbor, if he only
manages Systematically. = Western
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-10-08
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

| Somebody once said of Shelley thst
he could not cross the street without
telling lie about it.
San Francisco has q magazine, tn.
Twilight, edited by japanese. Its edi
tor, Yone RogVechi, is assisted by Z
Japanese artist friend.
THE Honorable Peter Stirling" ha.
reached its twenty-eighth edition. In
spite of its pronounced Americanisms
the novel is said to be doing well in
London.
Anthony Hope went to work upon
a dramatization of his rupert OF
Hentzau" soon after its appearance as
= novel. He is said to have written
the story with the theatrical market
in view.
Another distinguished English
writer expects to tour this country on
lecturing tour this winter. who is
none other than the author of the
school for Saints" Mrs. Craigie, bet
ter known as John Oliver Hobbies.
Stephen Phillips has practically fin
ished poetic drama for George Alex
ander. the noted English actor. 1t il
founded on the story of Paola and
Francesca, the lovers immortalized in
the 'Divina Commedia," and figured
In many canvases.
The Swedenborg society, in response
to request from England, America
and the continent, will publish \ new
edition of the writings Of Emanuel
Swedenborg, as translated by Rev. Au-
gustus Slissold, DR.. j. j. Garth Wilkin-
SON, c. +. Strut, and others.