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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
Looking towards the Morning.

The Chedokee Sentinel, now a leading or
gan of the repeallsts, says:
Many people have expressed surprise that
Governor Johnston has been successful in
his political undertakings while a great
majority of the newspapers in the state
have been against him. This should create
no surprise, because the Atlanta Consttu-
ton has supported the governor all the
time, and the Constitution has a larger cir
ulation in Alabama and more influence
among Alabama people than any three pa
pers published in the state
This Is the first pronounced and authori-
fative admission that the esteemed Consti-
tuition has become tho mouthpiece and ex-
ponent of the repealists. The Constitution
is declared to be more influential, more
everything else than several Alabama pa
pers any one of which is practically declar-
ed to be without considerable influence or
circulation at home. AS the Alabama papers
seek neither circulation nor influence out
side the state, the Sentinel has practically
condemned them to condition of innocu-
Gus desuetude.
The Age-Herald regrets that the repeal
dsts should think so poorly of home news
papers. 1t has all along held that they
should practice self-deniaL even abstention
from high-grade Georgia literature, for the
sake of unfolding home industry, poor
and unsatisfactory as it is. 1t has persist
emily appealed to their patriotism in this
matter, confessing its own shortcomings
and limitations. But these appeals have
gone unheeded, and now the Sentinel
frankly declares that all true repealists
will worship at the feet of the Constitu-
ton, published in Atlanta, Ca, paper of
remarkable circulation and influence in
Alabama.
We knew 1t must come to this The drift
of events pointed to It, And now that the
whole truth has been boldly, even point
eddy, stated, all know where to look for
Alabama light and Alabama direction and
Alabama doctrine. True, the members of
the last legislature should be excused from
the task of looking Atlanta-wards, but
the repeal members have forgiven and for
gotten the incidents of their memorable
mp u 'he stats mousse located IN Atlanta,
and are ready to declare with the Senti-
mel. Behold the Constitution, our chart
and only guide. Gaze upon its Alabama
circulation and Alabama influence, and ac-
cept 1t in lieu of a home press that Is as
powerless as 1t is circulationless. We
may have coined word for the occasion.
but no true repealist will balk at such a
trife
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
NOT THE ROOM HE WANTED

From 1it-BltS.
They had been married only that morn
ing in their native Wesld of Kent and had
come to Birmingham to spend the honey
moon. And it seemed to William to be the
right thing to put up at some hotel SO,
having sampled a play and an oyster sup
per, to the hotel they returned.
Keep your yes upon William" said Su-
SAN land take notice what the folks does.
The clerk allotted them No. 126, and the
bowihg hall porter conducted them to the
lift He had handed in the blushing bride
and was waiting with his hand on the
lever for the bridegroom; but the latter
colored up like a carrot, and in tones of
great Indignation whispered:
Look here, young Teller, you may think
your bloomin funny, but don't you come
none of your spool with me. 1 ordered a
ROOM not a little bit Of a crib like this,
with leather seats all around it"
But the hall porter only grinned and
jerked the Lift heavenward.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
HELEN GOULD

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When the great American public likes
a man or woman 1t likes them excessively.
1t likes Miss Helen Gould. 1t likes her
with an effusiveness that would have as
tonished her not over popular father. No
doubt she is deserving of all the tributes
that have been paid her. She has given
both wealth and personal EFFORT in numer-
Gus good causes This Is an unusual COM
bination in the class to which Miss Goulds
estate admits her, and on This account it
Is all the more appreciated.
And how has this appreciation been
shown? By complimentary resolution, by
the cheers OF the multitude, by the pray
ers and good wishes OF the nations de-
tenders, by an album in which her soldier
admirers are enrolled, by badge admit
ting her within the fire lines ct any future
confagration in the big city, by honorary
admission to tho order of Spanish war vet
Grams. These are honest and well-meant
tributes, and as such are above criticism.
Miss Gould has received them with the ut
most good taste. She has shown in every
instance that she felt honored
Two or three London papers have seen
fit to cast a little ridicule on this love af
fair between the American public and Miss
Gould, but they don't understand it at ALL
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
MIR GRIGGs, DILEMMA

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Griggs continues to ponder heavily over
the case of Captain Oberlin M Carter, Of
the engineers, convicted 10y court-martial
of defrauding the government out of ST.
100000 and sentenced to dishonorable disnis-
sal from the army and five years inhSsys
onment. Griggs is nightly perturbed and
would fain drop the case IL he could. But
he can't. Carriers influential friends-who
presumably shared the swag with him.
stand high with the administration. The
administration passes them up to Griggs
and Griggs, mois and sweats in an en-
deavor to find a way out of the difficulty.
For much as Griggs would like to obIige
Carriers influential friends even he realizes
that II Is a serious matter to recommend
the pardon of man who has stolen ST.
500, 600 from the government. On the other
hand, it is a serious thing to offend the
men behind Carter. Griggs is in a most
embarrassing position. But there is no
danger that he will resign to escape from
embarrassment. Griggs halls from New
Jersey. =.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
OUR POPULATION IN 1900
Washington Telegram to the Chicago Jou

Washington Telegram to the Chicago Jour-
nal.
DR.. L. H. Wines, assistant director Of
the census, warns the people not to place
their population figures too high for next
year.
His own guess is that the country will
be found to have between 75,000,000 and IT,
100000 inhabitants The count will not go
as high as SO0OO,OOO, DR.. Wines says, and
he is willing to risk his reputation as a
statistician on this assertion. j. S. Mccoy,
the government actuary, who from time to
time makes population estimates for con-
gress and the executive departments for
statistical purposes, says the twelfth GEN.
sus will show 77600,000 people. His caleu-
lations have been made with great care,
and he Is confident he is correct. Dr. H.
s. Pritchett superintendent of the coast
and geodetic survey, has also been making
a census calculation. His total is within
$50, 900 of McCoy's. Wines is in entire
agreement with these two experts, and so
Is Director w. r. Merriam. immigration
has fallen off during the last decade and
there has been a decline in the birth rate,
but these points are probably about offset
by a big decline in the death rate. People
are living longer than they used to, and
are living better.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
HIS COMRADE KILLED

From the Kansas City (Mo.) Journal.
Ike Van Meter, in a letter to his folks in
Parsons, Kan, says: I'VE ran a quarter
of a mile under fire to get to our places,
Dicks and 1. AS jumped out of the ditch
a native took a shot at me, but as was
using football tactics QSeeping my head
DOWN the bullets missed me and entered
the temple of poor Dicks, and at the same
moment his gun fell forward and hit me
in the back, and I called out Boys, 1 am
shot! 1 turned around to where Dicks was
and he lay dead at my feet. 1 realized my
mistake then, and called the hospital boys
to take charge of his body 1 think when
we charged again 1 avenged poor Dicks
death"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
AN FLEPHANT,s MEMORY

Carl Hagenhach in Pearsons.
L had an elephant once which taught all
it knew in about six weeks, and which
could do more tricks than any animal
with which 1 ever had to deal. 1mme-
diately after its training was finished 1t
left me to go to South Africa, and for sew
eral months it led the ordinary, peaceful
and uneventfull life of the ordinary hum
drum elephant of the tavelng menagerie.
But at a word from its old trainer who
had followed in another ship it went
through its performance as though there
had not been a single days break.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
MULHoLLAND's CONTRACT

The fear was on the cattle, for the gale
was on the sea,
An the pens broke up on the lower deck
an let the creatures free
An the lights went out on the lower deck
en- no one down but me-
had been singin' to 'em to keep quiet
there,
For the lower deck is dangerousest, requir-
in constant care,
An give to me as the strongest man,
though used to drink and swear
I see my chance was certain of bein' horned
or trod,
For the lower deck was packed with steers
thicker n peas in a pod,
An more pens broke at every roli-so
made contract with God.
An by the terms of the contract, as have
read the same,
# he got me to port alive I would exalt His
name,
An praise His Holy Majesty till further
orders came.
He saved me from the cattle, an He
saved me from the sea,
For they found me tween two drowned
ones where the roll had landed me-
An a four-inch crack on top of my head,
as crazy as could be.
But that were done by a stanehion, an
not by a bullock at all,
An I lay still for seven weeks convalesing
of the fall,
An readin the shiny Scripture texts in the
Seaman's hospital.
An I spoke to God of our contract, an
He says to my prayer:
1T never puts on My ministers no moro
than they can bear,
So back you go to the cattle boats an
preach My gospel there.
For human life is clancy at any kind of
trade,
But most of all, as well you know, when
the steers are mad afraid;
So you go back to the cattle boats an
preach 'em as I've said
"They must quit drnkin' an swearln',
they mustn't knife on blow,
They must quit gamblin' their wages. and
you must preach 1t so;
For now those boats are more like hell
than anything else I know"
didn't want to do it, for knew what
should get,
An I wanted to preach religion handsome
an out of the wet
But tho word of the Lord were lain on
me, an done what 1 was set.
have been smit an bruised, as warned
would be the case,
An turned my cheek to the smiter exactly
as the scripture says;
But following that, l knocked him down
an led him up to grace.
An we have prea chin on Sundays when
ever the sea is calm,
An I use no knife or pistol an never
take no harm,
For the Lord abideth back of me to guide
my fighting arm.
An sign for four pound ten month and
and save the money clear,
An I am in charge of the lower deck, an I
never lose n steer:
An I believe in Almighty God an preach
His gospel here
The shippers say I'm crazy, but I can
prove 'em wrong,
For I am IN charge of the lower deck with
al that doth belong
Which they would not give to lunatic,
and the competition so strong!
-Rudyard Kinling.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
WHERE THEY HAVE WEATHER

From the New York Press
The hottest town, under yearly contract
with Monsieur Caloric, in the United States
is said to he Rio Grande City, Texas,
where the average temperature is a trine
over 70 degrees. The Junes there have av-
eraged for seven years nearly 81. Our
coolest city is st. Vincent, Mimi, with a
mean temperature of "a degrees. Our hot
test place by the job is Fort Mcdowell,
Ariz, where 119 is not uncommon in June,
and our coolest is Poplar Prairie, Mont,
where So below zero is a record. The hot
test place in the world north of the equator
Is Onargie. Algeria, where the mercury
registers 127 in July. The coolest we know
of is Werchojansk Siberia, with a record
of 80 degrees below zero.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

please many who would rejoice TO SEES SO
happy a change.
Ambition has written down to its ac-
count many sins for which no atonement
can be made; many years of suffering
must yet follow this memorable one in
which is recorded thesdcfeat of a long
cherished hope of political freedom.
At the door of Governor Johnston may
there always stand a gaunt spectacle OF
former friends with uplifted eyes and
pleading faces begging for delverance as
he shuts the door against them.
From within he sends out a message
that no plea will hold that stands in the
way of his ambition no former associate
whose loyal support in the days gone by,
shall count for aught, unless obeaience to
his will is made paramount
Let US indulge the hope that returning
reason will yet assert itself and the demo-
cratic party may perform the herculean
task of giving a confiding people their free
dom despite such ambition. #z#a
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
wHEELER's GIFT TO HELEN GOULD

From the New York Press
To Miss Helen Miller Gould, who all last
summer appealed with her characteristic
modesty to reporters who came in con-
tact with her in her relief work to please
not mention my name a remarkable
volume has just been presented by General
Joe Wheeler in recognition of her services
to soldiers of the regular army during the
war with Spain.
1t is a scrapbook containing about 1000
articles and illustrations concerning the
part Miss Gould took in the war, so care
fully pasted on the leaves of white bristol
board as to appear to be printed thereon.
The volume is said to be the handsomest
work of the kind ever made. 1t is IA by
171A inches and inches thick. 1t is bound
in full red Russia and lettered in gold.
The leaves are gilded at the edges and on
the cover is this inscription: presented to
Miss Helen Miller Gould by Joseph Wheel
err The book has for some time been in
preparation. and was finished in time for
General Wheeler's inspection when he was
in this city day two ago
1t yesterday was. sent to Miss Gould at
her summer home, Irvington-on-the-Hud-
son, accompanied by a suitable letter of
presentation.
General Wheeler is an ardent admirar of
Miss Gould because of the great good She
did for the suffering defenders of human
ity. and SAYS that he will endeavor to get
the senate to agree to the. houses resolu-
ton introduced by him to present to Miss
Gould a gold medal for her good deeds and
patriotism during the war. He said that
during the war the volunteers in the field
and in camp were receiving all kinds of
delicacies and good food from their friends
at home but the poor regular was only
getting the regular ratons.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

From the Selma Times
If Governor Johnston could see it to the
interest of the people to call another ses-
sion of the legislature and send In a mes
sage to the effect that he was tired of the
burdens incident to the Office of governor,
tender his resignation and have DIR. Cum
bingham installed in that Office, much of
the bitterness heretofore engendered might
be removed and his sins be atoned for
This would leave Governor Johnston I'M
trammeled in fight for the prize he
covets, and the good people would not
grumble at the cost of a days pay and
mileage. We do not suppose his excellency
would consider this motion, buE it would
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Originality is a good thing for people
who don't have it.
The men that have the most horse sense
do the most kicking.
Love would be all right as lottery IL
the dice weren't loaded.
If a woman never threw herself at a
mans head, she would probably never strike
him favorably.
The average mans reputation with other
women depends less on his character than
it does on his wife's dresses.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Admiral George Dewey is putting the
waters Of the great deep behind him, and
he will soon be at the Suez canal, the
scene OF that Spanish fleet, which thought
It would and then thought it wouldn't.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The examination of books and accounts
is fad in Alabama, and no one should
object to the process, either with or with
out notice.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Prime Minister Dupuy was too much of
an opportunist even for French tastes in
politics. He even exceeds Mr.. Mckinley
OF this country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
IN THKINTEKEs1, OF PEACE

From the Kansas City Star.
Speaking of arbitration, the attitude of
the United States has always boon, "Arbi-
trate or get lickedr'
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The anarchists have new cause for BIT
terness against Emperor William. since
the latter has become the advocate and
champion of soap.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The editors who do not go to Niagara
Falls can stay here and listen to the thun-
der of tho iron mills, and inhale their
smoke
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The ST. Louisans are becoming SO very
nautical since the Nashville cast anchor
there, they are beginning to look for Jumps
of ambergris.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The great Mr.. Jeffries is now wanted at
corHc1 -stone ceremonies and on all other
great occasions.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Royal rowdyism has been squelched II
gay Paree.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The tail Of the lion begins to thump the
sands of South Africa, and the royal anil
NAL seems to be in a mood to swallow
something.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
Iron and the Warrior Improvement.

Abram S. Hewitt, a veteran ironmaster
and student, does not hesitate TO declare
that 1.-The main supply of basic steel will
in the next quarter of century be derived
from the states south of the Potomac river.
They have every facility for export, and
nowhere else in the world, so far as /
know, can the production of basic steel be
established on a large scale SO economically
as in the SOUTH"
This opinion of Mr.. Hewitt fits this To-
cality in every respect but one-this dis
trict has not every facility for export, and
1t will not have until slackwater naviga-
ton is provided for lows and bnrges from,
the heart of the district-from Bessemer at
least-to tidewater. Messrs. Underwood
and Bankhead and their colleagues have
at last succeeded in putting the Warrior
Improvement on the proper basis. 1t was
q great task, requiring experience, posi-
ton, skill and almost endless endeavor
but they were successful And this leads
us to remark that Messrs. Bankhead and
underwood, WHO nave SucCeeuGu WHeI0
others failed can not be spared until the
waterway to the sea is fully opened
Mention has been made of the transfer of
Mr.. Bankhead to the state house at Mont
gomery, but the people of the mineral dis
trict cannot afford to dispense with his
services at Washington. And SO it is in
the case of Mr.. Underwood. They know
the ms and outs of congressional service
1t is conceded that Mr. Burton will again
be chairman of the rivers and harbors
committee. 1t is also generally conceded
that at the approaching session another
river and harbor bill should be drawn up
and passed, because one was jumped as
the war with Spain came on. The state
of various improvements demands another
bill, and the state of the Warrior improve
ment will demand several other bills in
succession. We repeat, the mineral dis
trict of Alabama should sec to it that its
own two representatives are kept in con-
gross until the great work is accomplished.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The fourth estate, slightly discredited
owns this town today.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Up in New York they are just awakening
to the fact that Mr.. Tom Platt does not
carry the speakership in his vest pocket.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

1t seems that Fitsimmons fought on Fri
day-and so did Jeffries.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
UNFErrERED GENIUS IN THE WEST

From the Atchison County (Neb) World.
Sid Durham has a scheme for raising
custard pies by crossing the eggplant
with the milkweed.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The French crisis is one of the mex
plicable affairs in which all sorts of dis
content come together hoping to secure in
a change something more congenial. The
reactionists and socialists and other ex-
tremists voted together.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Last Sunday was not the French royal
lists Sunday out.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The late Manager Augustin DAILY had
many good qualities, but among them there
was not liking for American plays.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The anarchists have new cause for BIT
terness against Emperor William. since
the latter has become the advocate and
champion of soap.
The st. Lousans are becoming so very
nautical since the Nashville cast anchor
there, they are beginning to look for Jumps
of ambergris.
The tail OF the lion begins to thump the
sands of South Africa, and the royal anil
NAL seems to be in mood to swallow
something.
Up in New York they are just awakening
to the fact that Mr.. Tom Platt does not
carry the speakership in his vest pocket.
The late Manager Augustin DAILY had
many good qualities, but among them there
was not liking for American plays.
A Iynching has occurred in Cuba, and 1t
is a sign that the island is becoming Amer
icanized.
The trusts already formed have thrown
fifty thousand drummers out of employ
ment
The Rennes jury will be selected by
lot and ell officers thus selected must
serve.
Captain Dreyfus back pay and allow
anoes should be paid with interest added.
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The Alabama editors should be made to
feel today that they are not in Atlanta.
Jefferies went into commission without
solar plexus that could be paralyzed.
Fitzsimmons is not Filipino, because
he knows when he has had enough.
The trusts support the tariff, and they do
not want line stricken out of it.
The iong-lost Bellamy storer has found
himself and Madrid at last
A revival of pugilistic free advertising
is an unpleasant prospect
1t seems that Fitsimmons fought on Fri
day-and so did Jeffries.
The fourth estate, slightly discredited,
owns this town today.
Last Sunday was not the French royal
lists Sunday out.
Royal rowdyism has been squelched in
gay Paree.
UNFETFERED GENIUS IN THE WEST
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

A revival of pugilistlc free advertising
is an unpleasant prospect.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

A lynehing has occurred in Cuba, and 1t
is sign that the island is becoming Amer
icanized.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The trusts already formed have thrown
fifty thousand drummers out Of employ
mont.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The long-lost Bellamy Storer has found
himself and Madrid at last.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The trusts support the tariff, and they do
not want line stricken out of it.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

The Rennes jury will be selected by
lot, and ell officers thus selected must
serve.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Fitzsimmons is not Filipino, because
he knows when he has had enough.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14
LET US PRAY FOR DEL1vERANcE

Judge S. H. Strott, of Livingston, spe
yesterday in Birmingham
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-14

Captain Dreyfus' back pay and allow
anoes should be paid with interest added.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-08-19

EDITOR STAR;-Continuing my ar
gument of yesterday, | will bring my
lattar tn a ppnrlusion.