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The age-herald., 1898-01-12
THE ICEBURG MAID.

From the Buffalo Courier-Record. "Where are you going my pretty maidfs "I'm going to Klondike sir,' she said 'Can go with you my pretty maid?" 'Is your courtship provisioned for two7's she said Then he gazed in the sky and he looked in the mud The spick-and-span man with the buttons hole bud. For he had but single suit of crash And not enough to jingle of cash
  He could cut dash at a summer resort, And dance with heel-and-toe cohortj But he couldn't dash for the pole, could you? Or dance on the waves if you hadn't the glue? So the spink-anz srkn man and the ics~ berg maid Will not go north together I'm 'fraid, For the spicb and-span man he lacks the price; He's awful ndce, but that cuts no ice.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
TOMATO GRATED TO POTATO.

It has been found possible to graft an- nual plants when they have stalks or branches that are sufficiently fieshy, and a striking example of this is shown in the accompanying sketch. It cannot be said, however. that this process has entered into practice, and up to the present it has been merely a matter of curiosity. Carriere, who was a practical man and an indefa- tigable investigator, tried the most diverse kinds of grating and among other results obtained crop of tomatoes upon stems of the bitter-sweet. MT. c. Baltet, an experi- menter of the first rank. has attempted to graft the most diverse plants and has brought together in a work entitled "L'Art de Greffer." very useful directions and ad-
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
TELEPHONE CALLS.
The Northrop Loom.

The manufacturers of the new North rop lcpm at Hopedale, Mass, publ sh in tshe American Wool and Cotton Re porter a very significant letter. They declare in the first place that there is an abundance of capital in the east, and not in the south and in substance they go on to say that the eastern mills should be att once equipped with North rop looms-the be1bef being, it is plain, that tha southern mills will on account of the lack of capital be very slow in adopting them.
 The merits of the Northrop loom are not generally understood, but it is ccn- sideued by men who know good loom when they see it tim operation, supa- rior machine. The contemplating manu- facturers of the new loom claim that it "can be run during the noon hcmr without attendance, producing ma terfal percentage of its product. and 1t can be run sixty hours a week, or sixty six hours a week, without agftating the question of shorter hours" The manu- facturers farther say that the loom 'is open to the manufacturers of the east"
 The loom is ''open" of course to any one who will buy. It is plain that the Eopedale company is seeking business wherever they can find it. It is also plain that if the loom is a great labor saving device, it will save as much in the south as it will in New England; and If it renders skilled labor in the production of fine goods less important it may be the advantages flowing from it will accrue rather mere to the south than to the east.
 The south at any rate is building new mills, and it is safe to say that every new mill will use the most approved form of loom. The new loom will not therefore materially change the sltua- tion- Its merits, if any, will be recog- ndzed as quickly in one section GUS the other; and if they are great enough to demand immediate substitution, the south can be trusted to find some of the money that the Hopsda1e company is eagerly looking for.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
IN VARIOUS LANDS.

Russia has the most rapidly increasing population of any country in the world The growth during the last 100 years has been a fraction less than 100000 annually.
 An electric locomotive in Canadian coal mine shows a saving over mules of $2,52S in 200 days, and an electric pump in the same mine shows saving over steam pumps of $1,573 in 970 days
 According to Nilsson, the zoologist, the weight of the Greenland whale is 100 tons, or 224, 900 pounds, or equal to that of eighty eight elephants or 40 bears.
 The thickest known coal seam in the world is the Wyoming, near Twin creek, in the Green river coal basin, Wyoming. It is eighty feet thick, and upward of 300 feet of solid coal underlie 4,OOO acres.
 The Dutch are the largest consumers of tobacco. In 1883 the consumption in Hol- land and Belgium was eighty-four ounces to each inhabitant. Next comes Switz- erland with eighty-two. Brazil and Tur- key follow with seventy ounces each per Brazilian and per Turk.
 The crown of England is kept in the Tower of London, and not in the queens dressing room. It is never brought out, excepting on grand state occasions; but whenever ceremony. such as a drawing room or levee, takes place the queen wears a circlet of diamonds in the form of crown on her head.
 Live bees are sometimes shipped on ice so as to keep them dormant during the journey. This is particularly the case with humble bees, which have been taken to New Zealand, where they are useful in fertilzng the red clover which has been introduced into the colony.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
IRONICAL HTS.

If a man can't sing and will sing he should be sent to Sing Sing.
 If man never takes the first drink he will never die a drunkard.
 If the pockets are peed enough a boys first pair of trousers always fit.
 If you want to make man bowling mad just keep cool when he abuses you.
 If some men had to eat their words they would soon die of indigestion.
 If an alligator could talk he would proba- ply insist that he had small mouth.
 If some people were to think twice before speaking they would never say anything.
 If man is able to swim he should never become a pauper. Swimmers are self sustaining.
 If Noah were alive today he would prob- ably build another ark and get some Ken lucky belle to christen it.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 The original family tree was of the ap- pie variety.
 Pleasures are the commas used to punc- tuate life's sad story.
 The deadly parallel is too much for the average love-letter.
 Newspaper articles climb the ladder of popularity by going the rounds.
 It is better to have loved and wed than never to have loved at all.
 A woman may pretend to be convinced against her will, but she never is.
 The knife grinder is happiest when things are dull in his line of business.
 The smaller the calibre the bigger the bore. This applies to men, not firearms. :. It is said that several of the best pen men at the stock yards are unable to write.
 Some men prefer the joys they are after here to the prospective joys of the here- after.
 It isn't necessary to patronize the news paper want columns in order to find trouble.
 There may be no red letter days in the printers life, but he can always count on a blue Monday.
 Hold-up men are not the entire show. There are a number of Chicago women engaged in holding up babies
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
AS HE IS KNOWN.
To M.

By gosh Mark, the race hits close, Yelped lieutenant brave. By gum, it ain't so certain. Ouch and there's a vote lackin'l Oh, ring off, Goodies, Boodles the boy. D-n it, give 'em the "sponds," Let 'em have tug good and strong, Every mothers son can be bought All he needs is his price, Laughed Mark, in derision. O. K., then get another faucet, Not in drops, but in stream. Even Griff will forsake his spouse. He ain't such a much, nohow, It's all his wife, the giddy thing, She's the such-a-much.
 Woman, thou art the root of evil Over which de boss must ride Right you are, yelled the crowd Kansas Lease ain't half so much Shut up, you bloomin' idiots! Woman loves the cash, Ejaculated the mighty boss. @. Rah, rah, rah, rah, Echoed lieutenants' voices in chorus. I<oin, koin, koin is the boy, Now to turn the Klondilxe hose on. Out with every measley conscience Win, why in a whoop-lose, Nit, nit, nit.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

vice as to grating and information as to the species that can be multiplied with certainty by this process.
 In grating branches of the tomato upon stalks of the potato M. Baltet's son has made an interesting experiment, which shows the affinities of two plants belonging to the same order (Solaonaceae) and the possibility of grating plants which have an ephemeral existence in some regions and which, at first sight, would not seem to be capable of giving so curious results
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
THE uNsPoKEN WORD.

From the Cleveland Leader. The tall grass waved and the sun shone
 down
 And the zephyrs were wild with glee; The lambs were gamboling on the lea. And the maiden daintily lifted her gown As she tripped along with me A maiden with eyes that were big and
 brown,
 With face that was fair to see And a laugh that was heavenly. And we strolled away from the haunts of
 men,
 And I held her little hand, And at last we sauntered back again And left the enchanted land But she was as mad as a hornet then, For had lacked the sand.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
A POINT IN HER FAVOR.

She-For my part can't see why the men should flock around that woman as they do. You know she has had three husbands. I should think that fact would make others distrust her.
 He-Ah, but you forget that all her ex- husbands have married again. She must have made them like married life or they wouldn't be trying it over.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
GOOD SIGNS.

"And you think your son has finally de- cided to quit fooling around-that he's going to get down to business in earnest, eh?"
 "Yes; he lets his trousers bag at the knees and wears a turndown collar"
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
CHANGED HER MIND.
From the Chicago News.

FTOm tn0 CnlCaBO N6WS.
 Mildred-So you and Fred Burwick are engaged? I thought you said few weeks ago that you wouldn't have him if he were the last man on earth"
 Jesse--I know I did, but they say that Frankie Jones and Gertrude Mills are both crazy for him.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
A HORRIBLE FATE,

Don't tell me that there is no such thing as just retribution on this earth! Do you remember that Fuddlethwaite girl who used to bleach her hair?"
 "Yes. What happened to her? Did the chemicals strike in?"
 "No she married a man who dies his whiSkerSi"
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

.Sub,
 Resent
 nocratic
 he ex-
 bmise, and, by
 honer
 eminent democratic
 state, a close friend
 and Is authorized to
 party. It is perfectly true
 - can be no compromise so far as zene Chicago platform is concerned. It rep resents the enthusiastic belief of all demo- crats, and is accepted by all who believe } that democratic government is necessary i to the prosperity and well-being of the people,
 If there were any doubts about the true lines of the Chicago declaration when It was made, there can be none now. Events l have justified it. The condition of the coun- l try since Mckinley was elected has vindf- 1 cated the justice of every demand. It is, 1 in truth prophetic document. No demo- l crat has any idea of compromising his l principles and no democrat can therefore | consent to compromise the Chicago plat l form. Its declarations are more pertinent | than ever it's demands more important. This year Alabama will lead the way and l Georgia will follow. Alabama has her can I didate for governor already chosen-a good man and true, who stands now, as he stood I in 1896, on the Chicago platform. In Geor- | gia the people will nominate a man whose record will be so clear on the currency question that no explanation will be re- 1 quired to satisfy the public that he Is heart l and soul for the democratic platform. In l Alabama, the demands of patriotism and I the instincts of self-preservation have re- l called the pOpullStS to lHe uciioSi otAS PHA | ty. The Georgia democrats will select some man for governor whose name will, 1 in itself, be an assurance that an unmis- | takaby genuine friend of the people IS to be at the head of state affairs. It is easy | to find such a man.
 And the Chicago platform will be indorsed unequivocally. Such protests as the demo- cratic bolters may make against this pro- ceeding will not be made in the convention. These bolters cut no figure in Georgia. If | they come back into the democratic party, | it will not be by way of a compromise of democratic principles either positive or 1m- piled.
 So much may be said in advance; indeed, SO much is necessary to be said in order that there may be no misunderstanding' Those who can stand on the Chicago plat | form in any emergency will be welcome. | Those who are disposed to higgle over 1t, | will be left to do their higgling by them- 11xr
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
sI1RsCRIpTION RATEs.
ADvERTIsING RATES.

Advertising rates. daily and Sunday is sues, one dollar per inch, first insertion; 75 cents per inch each insertion thereafter. Monthly contracts for display advertising of inches more daily, 60 cents per inch each insertion. Regular large display ad- vertisers running annual contracts will be given the minimum rate of 50 cents per inch for each insertion. Reading notices, 20 cents per line, nonpareil.
 Weekly issue-One dollar per inch each insertion. Reading notices, 25 cents per line.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

A dead civil service law may be more ad- vantageous than a live one.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
CONDITIONAL.

"Do you expect to get a chainless bicycle this year?"
 Mot unless somebody will start one of those endless chain subscriptions for me-"
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

No doubt those members of the legisla- ture who sold their votes to MT. Hanna have faith in Mckinley prosperity.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

The defenders of the civil service law in congress have got the worst of the argu- ment
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Mark Hanna may get great deal more than he deserves.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
JUST WHAT THEY NEED.

DeSmythe-How the newspapers do roast those poor Klondikers!"
 LeBrun--Oh, well, the Klondikers can stand that sort of thing all right.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Kurtz and Bushnell put up a good fight and thereby offered MT. Hanna a spirited run for his money.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
WHY HE SAID IT.

The Count-In case marry your daugh- ter what will you give her?
 Crusl Millionaire--Pll give her just ono minute to get out of my house and stay out
 But, of course, the willy old man knew that she also had marquis on her string!
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Some English tourists TOW travelling in the United States complain that this coun- try has no ruins. Thc., Ioreisn
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

"Buck" Heinrichsen, of Illinois, who wanted to be chairman of the democratic congressional committee, nipped the grass early in the hattle.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Weyler's court martial will not be con- ducted on the typewriter.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

If Jim Corbett will fight more and talk less there will be pleased public.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

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., 1898-01-12

Mark may win, but he will go back to N,- ..ngton with no more honor than he had when arriving at Columbus.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

it naval stores, It moenghine whisky; but taking the Slate as a whole it offers a. greater variety of opportuni- ties than either Texas or Arkansas s does. The Texas infection Is par'ticu- larly disappointing. The cost of rs- moval wilp buy "a small farm in Ala bama, and then patient, thoughtful en- work in Texas, and they have to work wi.Eely-to plan we'll as well as work welEto accomplish much. Nike ef- fort here i'm Alabama will assuredly bring as good. or better, results. Stay in Alabama, but if you will go away, don't go to Texas.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Count Esterhazy bears the ear marks of guilt at the opening of his trial.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
ONE OF MANY.

They called him a man of few words, Yet he rarely stopped to draw breath, For. although 1t is true that his words were
 few,
 He worked them nearly to death.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Eastern Business office, The Tribune Building, New York City; Western Busi- ness Office, ''The Rookery," Chicago; the S. s. Beckwith Special Agency Sole Agents Foreign Advertising.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

Mark Hanna is not yet out of the woods. He had his first inning yesterday, but to- day he must face the music before both houses in joint session. At today's session the deck.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12

One, of the peculiar features of the po- litical situation in Alabama at the present time is that those who are making the lopdest protestations for harmony are ing as harmonious unless everything is conceded to them There should be har- mony, but the chances are the majority will rule as it always has in everything.
The age-herald., 1898-01-12
The East Out of Ii.

Ex-Mayor Abram s. Hewitt, who has been an lronmaker na'arly half a century, and is moreover a highly intelligent man gwen to plain speaking, throws up the sponge He admits that the east can no longer profitably make pig iron; and at the same time he says the present year will be one of unprece- dented production and consumption. Fl1om the Financial Review we take these views of MT. Hewitt:
 "For the manufacturers of crude iron in the east can see no hope of better times. The seat of production has moved, and we of the east can no longer compete with the furnaces of the west and the south. They can make ircn cheaper than we can because they are able to get ther materials together at much less cost. They can manulfac- tlIe iron in the south alt about S6 ton, and we cannot make it under S10 a ton. The iron ore of the west, especially that of the Lake Superior region, is better than our ore because it is purer ard richer. It is more easy to smeat and produces a better article This ower- whelming competition has prostraited the iron making Industry in the east. The great Lehtgh region is ruined and our own great piant In New Jersey IS useless. We have a plant which we could have sold at one time for $3,0 900 but now not a furnace is in blast. We cannot afford to start a blast furnace and I have no hope of the future so far as this branch of our business tss concerned"
 There are many who have long looked att the iron problem as Mir. Hewitt does, but none elf them have expressed their conclusions in a frank and uncoudi- eional manner. Tt is not necessary to read between lines when MT. Hewitt is interviewed. His plainness of speech is proverbtal, and he sums up in the para graph quoted the past, present and fu ture of the iron trade in the once great and controlling Lehigh district. MT. Hewitt, however, differs from a goOd many other men both in knowing when he is beaten, and in his willingness to express his opinions. The fact is MT. Hewbtts clearhead dness has saved himself and his associates much money. When conditions turned against them, at MT. Hewitts instance they stopped the fires, preferring to accept a loss at once, rather than increase it in efforts to overcome the insuperable.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-05
PROBABLY A SUICIDE. Alfred Barwick, Soldier of the Salvation Army, Found Dead in
 Bed With Morphine.

Was Alfred Barwick a morphine fend or did he buy the drug for the purpose of committing suicide?
 The vial of morphine pills found at his bedside yesterday in his room at 636 Com mercial street, when the Coroner,s depu- ties called for the purpose of removing his body to the Morgue, originally contained 100 pills of one-quarter grain each, but there were not more than fifty or sixty of the pills left.
 The appearance of the corpse was that of a man who had died from morphine poisoning. Four of these pills would be fatal If taken by person unaccustomed to the use of the drug. The deceased left no writing behind him throwing any light on the subject of his death; whether Il was accidental or suicidal. He was a member of the Salvation Army, and noth- ing unusual had been noticed about his manner by his associates.
 The deceased was a native of Canada about 70 years old, and was. cook by occupation. The contents of the stom- ach were taken in charge by Chemist Morgan of the Morgue.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-05
THE DISABLED GUNBOAT PINTA.

liquors, wire and wire rope, wood and willow ware. Yankee notions and smok- ing materials.
 Ezra W. Keeler, the special repre- sentative of the association, Is in charge of the league, which Is under the su- pervision of Edward Everett, chairman of the executive committee. MT. Keel CT says that the different branches of trade desirable to be reached are taken from Bradstreet's and other commercial agents records, while the experience of last year has already given valuable list of buyers who may be brought here if properly approached.
 The time limit of the offer is from March 16 to April 16 Buyers are re- quired to have one of the league blanks signed by the transportation agent from whom they purchase their ticket, and to register on arrival at the office of the league, in the Mills building. They must have bought goods to an amount in excess of twenty times the cost of a return ticket from the mem- bers of the league. The ticket given to buyers Is first class, and the travel is limited from and to stations located up- on the Southern Pacific Company s roads west of Fl Paso and Ogden; Port land and south of Portland, Ore, the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad. santa T G 0ClllC, west LII Al buuuerque, and Southern California Railway, and Pacific Coast Steamship Line, viz:
 Between San Francisco and San Die go and all way ports of call. San Fran cisco and ports of call in Mexico as fol- lows, viz: Ensenada and San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, La Paz. Guaymas. San Francisco and Victoria, B. C., Port Townsend. Seattle and Tacoma. San Francisco and Eureka (Humboldt Bay, Cab
 It is expected that the cost to the members will be less than per cent on sales, as the expense of the return tick cts is divided among the members pro rata according to the gross of each firms sales to out-of-town buyers. To each of these will be presented a cloth bound directory, now being got out by the Manufacturers and Producers Association, which gives concise statement of all the interests of Cali fornia, and makes a powerful plea for home products and industries.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-05
CHARGED WITH
 EMBEzzLEMENT
Attorney Brunette c. Haskel Arrested on the Complaint
 of a Client.
Jesse T. Tate, Executor of an Estate Wanted for Getting Away With
 the Funds.

Attorney Brunette G. Haskell was ar rested yesterday on two complaints charging him with embezzlement He was released on his own recognizance by Judge Joachimsen.
 The complaining witness Is Noble Fisher of Sacramento, who alleges that he held a mortgage on the steamer Thomas Dwyer. About seven months ago he em- ployed Haskell to foreclose on the mort gage and the steamer was put up for sale Haskell bought her in his own name and immediately sold her again for s40OO He got $1675 in coin and took a mortgage on her for the balance of s2325 Fisher repeatedly applied for an account ing without avail and finally he brought suit in Judge Richards court for the re- turn of the original mortgage. He got judgment. but Haskell appealed to the Supreme Court, and the case is still pend ing.
 kell has been arrested are for embez2ling S945 on September 1 last, and for em- bezzlng S250 on September '.
 Another case of embeZzlement will be heard in Judge Conlan's court. Yesterday Attorney F. w. Van Reynegom swore to n complaint charging Jesse T. Tate, ex- ecltor of the estate of Caroline Taber win embedding S1969. The money was given Tate on August last during the Drogress of the proceedings in the Pro- bate Court and 1t Is alleged that he spent if all recklessly on his own pleasures. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Hogan took two days to investigate the matter he willingly issued he complaint yester-