The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-13
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'There are schemes and schemes" said
self-satisfied man who lounged in one Of
the big chairs at the Morris yesterday and
pulled a good cigar-a souvenir of the late
primary election. ST mean there are
schemes political and otherwise. OF course,
political schemes can't be compared to a
common ordinary fabrication of the human
head, which as general rule Is supposed
TO be filled with gray matter. There are
exceptions to all rules Plenty of schemes
on hand last Saturday, but none of them
up-to-date. I contend that the Brming-
ham office-seeker is away behind. No.
mean they are all behind in a certain sense.
To be sure. the defeated ones are behind.
Il want to tell you something" he con-
tinued, as he threw the cigar stump aside
and brought forth fresh wad of chewing
gum "Oh that's nothing. Some candidate
gave that to my little boy. haven't been
IN Birmingham long, but up my way the
politicians have an original way of get
ting votes, and their schemes are not so
plainly labeled fake Look here" and he
exhibited vacant place in his jaw, where
once there had been a tooth. '"That fell
lows gone now but he worried me no lit
tie as long as 1 was forced to keep COM
pany with him. I spent not les than hun
bred sleepless nights on his account. It
oiuh cost me cent to have it pulled,
and l voted for the man who did 1t. He
was carHdate, and he elected himself
by pulling teeth He was up-to-date"
THAT fellow don't know a thing" re-
marked gentleman who had listened to
the narration. II know a candidate who
could give him pointers. During the finan-
cial issue several years ago it was a fad to
have Joint debates between candidates for
county offices. In this particular instance
there was one candidate who was of free
coinage variety and who did not mind de-
Tending his position. Another candidate
for the same office with contrary views was
not so quick to defend himself in public.
All efforts to bring the two together were
futile. Finally the free silver candidate hit
upon scheme which eclipsed anything I
ever heard. He bought photograph and
when his opponent made a speech single
handed a tube was placed near enough to
catch the sound. Then this fellow would
set the old photograph going and the gold
man made his speech first. Then he had a
chance to riddle him and he did it, The
entertainment generally ended with a rper-
toire of the popular songs of the day."
until the present food" said A. j. Fitz-
simmons, of Cincinnati, last night at the
Morris, 1.-The mills along the Ohio river
were running full time and turning out
much cereal and manufactured stuff. AS
it is, however, the mills and factories near
the river have been compelled to shut
down, and thousands of people have been
thrown out of employment, making the de-
plorable condition in the flooded district
all the worse. The Ohio has been on many
rampages. but never has it been so slow
to recede as in the present flood. The
mills have been flooded and the lower floors
of many of them are yet under water. The
damage that has been done cannot be esti-
mated and will not be known until the
tiers again becomes normal, and the own
ers can see what parts of their machinery
can be used after the long inundation.
up to the time the flood came upon them
the mill owners were prospecting, for better
time generally are in evidence throughout
the middle west, despite the calamity howl
ers. The flood came when the factories
be computed The damage to the stock in
the mills only be estimated. IN this
respect, as well as in the loss of fife, the
Ohio flood of 1898 will be one of history.
The mills in the interior of the state, es-
pecially the rolling mills, are running full
time, some of them night and day. The
demand for iron has been very great of
late"
can interesting part in the war scare
to me has been the doings of the children,
said R. L. Dillingley, of Chicago. "Tha
president may not count them among the
available men in case of necessity, but
there are thousands of little chaps through
out the country itching for chance to
'swipe' Span-at any rate, they think they
would like to, and feel sure that they could
conquer the Dons, or some part of them
in fine style. One may see boys with their
drums out drilling with broomsticks and
other available substitutes for the musket.
all deslaring proudly that they are getting
ready to fight Spain. In Chicago. we have
some patriotic youngsters who make night
ly attacks upon pile of rocks, which does
duty for Spain. The youngsters raid the
fort with sticks, baseball bats, mops, and
rocks, and in a very few minutes have
reduced the pile to nothing, waving the
flags VIGOROUSLY in the air. Then the
soldiers return home footsore and weary,
with bruised hands and barked shins, but
they are fully repaid by the glory of their
victory. These boys will be good fighters
some day. If ever called upon.
THE WARsHIP eDiXIE."
From the Atlanta Constitution.
They've named cruiser 'Dixie"-thats
whut the papers say
An L hears they're goin' ter man her with
the boys that wore the gray;