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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

an entrance into his company at anything
like a % per cent basis. They might have
been allowed to squeeze In at something
under 10 per cent And how suddenly are
the dearest possessions of a man destroyed
after deathl There was nothing on earth
that George NJ Pullman loved more than
the apostrophe and the IS" at the end of
his name when used in connection with his
company. Many a rumpus did he kick up
when it was called the Pullman Palace Car
company. The billheads and letterheads,
the manufacturers name in the cars, the
checks, the contracts-all were made out
"Pullman's Palace Car company" 1t was
Pullman's while he lived, and nobody elses.
Now up rises Bobolink Lincoln, former
counsel then chairman, now president, and
advises that the name be changed to THE
Pullman company"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
TRIUMPH or SURGERY
Four-inch ChiseI Successfully Removed from
Mans Brain.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Baltimore Md, October 25-One of the
most difficult and peculiar surgical opera
tions ever attempted in ihis cll,y. was sue
cessfully performed uais afternoon at St.
Joseph's hospital, when Professor Louis
McLane Tiffany, assisted by DIR. Carey
Gamble and other surgeons CT the hospital,
removed from Jle head of Charles c. Bar
ker steel olhisel -four and a half inches
lhDtck. line operation last only little over
haH an hour and there are good chances
of the mans recovery.
Mr.. Barker is employed in Waynesboro,
Pa, and WAS attending a wood working
madhdne which contains two steel cnisels
that make 1920 revolutions a minute. He
was leaning over the machine when the
chisels were driven out by the tremendous
centrifugal force. He was wounded over
the bridge of the nose, and the wound,
which was a cut an inch deep, was dressed
as any ordinary wound.
One of THE chisels was found, but the
other one was mot. A few days later Mr.
Barker suffered partial paralysis, and was
brought to this city and taken to st. Jo-
seph's hospital.
There Professor Tiffany examined him
and suspected the chisel was in his head.
The X-rays were resorted to and showed
mis- surnfse to be correct. The sharp tool,
hurled with the force of bullet, had en-
tered where THE wound Was over the nose
and had taken a downward course.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
REST

Fathey Ryan.
My feet are wearied and my hands are
tired,
My soul oppressed
And desire, what have long desired
Rest-only rest.
IT'S hard to toil-when toll is almost vain,
In bamen ways;
IT'S hard to sow--and never garner grain
In harvest days.
The burden of my days is hard to bear
But God knows best;
And l have prayed--but vain has been my
prayer.
For rest-sweet rest.
Ills hard to plant in spring and never reap
This autumn yield;
'Tis hard to till, and when tits titled, to
weep
Ger fruitless field.
And SO I cry a weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed
And so sigh weak and human sigh,
For rest--for rest.
My way has wound across the desert years,
And cares infest
My path, and Through the flowing of hot
tears
pine for rest.
Twas always so: when still child laid
On mothers breast
NV Wearied little head; cen then PRAYED
AS now--for rest.
And am restless still; twill soon be Ger,
For down the West
Lffe,s sun is setting. and i zee the shore
Where shall rcst.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
GEORGIA IS DIFFERENT
From the Selma Journal.

From the Selma Journal
A bill has been introduced in the Georgia
legislature providing for submitting the
question of holding constitutional con-
vertion to the people of the state, similar
to the bill passed by the Alabama legisla-
ture and which Governor Johnston defeated
by the high-handed process of calling an
extra session of the legislature for the
purpose of taking away the right of the
people ITO vote on it. We will bet dollars
to doughnuts that if the bill proposed
passes the Georgia legislature that Cover
nor Gambler will not call it together again
to undo its work.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
Top Crop of Cotton.

The latest theory of the Manchester spin
ners relates to an alleged top crop, and this
theory is supported by circular recently
Issued by Messrs. Neil Bros. of London.
1t is claimed by uae English bears thar the
prospects of a top crop are good; that the
plant is dry and that frost would not do
much damage.
AS to top crop Messrs. Price, McCor-
mick & Co. secured hast week replies from
all parts of tine cotton belt, and these re-
plies, coming from responsible or we'll
known people or banks. go to show THAT
there Will not be even an average top crop.
The top crop is as deficient as the lower
crops have been.
Ff0ty-seven replies were received from
Alabama, dated October %, and twenty-five
of dhis number report 'no top crop" The
towns that report mo top crop" are Ath-
ems, brownsville, Ozark Geneva, Enter
prise, Mobile, Clayton, Alexander City, La
nayeItte, Evergreen, Montevallo, Columbia
Dadeville, Florence, Dothan, Uniontown
Greensboro, Union Springs Roanoke and
Tuskegee. Nearly as many more of the cor
respondents say that the top crop is light,
short or small. Not one says the top crop
Us up to that of average years.
As the crop of Alabama is conceded by
MIR. Henry NJ. Neill and The other bears to
be the best state crop in the cotton belt
dt is readily seen in what condition the rest
OF the crop must be. The top crop theory
has, In short, nothing to rest upon. The
crop as whole is short, and just as soon
as this fact appears in curtalled shipments,
there will be scramble ON the part of for
eign spinners. Thus far they have STAYED
out of The market aus much as pressing and
heavy orders for goods would permit. They
must soon begin to buy freely, and they
should be made to pay enough to make
good the losses they have inflicted through
exaggerated estimates of the crop. They
should call in Mr.. Henry M NeaI.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
TREASURER ELLIS CIRCULAR

From the Pratt City Herald.
1T looks as though Massa Joe
had run against a snag of considerable size
in the person of State Treasurer Ellis. The
treasurer has issued circular which throws
the X-rays on the governors recently
published letter, and brings out some of the
true facts concealed beneath the surface of
his high recommendation of himself and his
economical policy. 1t seems that the saw
ing was done by the treasurer and not by
the governor-that the plans by which the
money for transmitting funds (S6,s10.9D was
saved originated entirely in the brain OF
Treasurer Ellis and not in the governor
cranium, and it is but just and right that
he should claim for himself the. credit he
deserves. That, by his business methods, he
has been able to save two-thirds of the
salary of the governor thus far, is no small
item.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
Admiral Winfie d $50 t SchleY.

The naval battle OF Santiago Will stand
out as long as The republic endures,
striking and brilliant and complete his
man who is coming to this city next Mon
day be national hero. In the absence OF
Admiral Sampson Admiral Sohley was in
command of the American fleet Charged
with the duty of destroying the Spanish
cruisers, and so well did he perform the
task unat every one of Cervera's ships was
destroyed, resulting in the surrender of San
tjago itself and tine breaking down of the
Spanish war The guns of the Brooklyn
and her sister ships broke the backbone
of Spanish arrogance when, without loss
to themselves, they drove to the beach the
pride of the Spanish navy. I9e victory
was SO overwhelming and complete THAT
the national heart mas ever since turned
warmly towards Admiral sohley. small
faction endeavored to deprive him of his
well-earned laurels, but that faction never
had 1.-THE ear of the nation, however mucn
support 1t finds in the navy department
and with the administration generally.
Next perhaps to Admiral Dewey Alabama 5
coming guest is the hero of the war.
Deweys victory was brilliant in itself and
far-reaohing i'm its effects, but it did not
put an end to the war. This is what Schley
did when he drove Cevera's shaps ito the
beach,
We cannot pay such a man too great
honor. We should greet him with banner
and music and whistle and guns. We should
turn out and cheer the man who did
much for all of us on July 8 of last year.
Every street should be decorated, every
building covered with bunting. The guest
who is coming is southern man in all
his relations, in his birthplace, and in his
generous spirit after the battle with Ger
vera's fleet. He declared that there was
homer enough to go around, making no ef-
foIt to appropriate to himself an undue
part of it. We can count him as one of
our own, and we should make him feel
sat home" dn Alabama by the warmth and
spontaneity and breadth of our greeting.
Thousands will come here to see him
and greet him, and The Age-Herald urges
the committee of arrangements to make its
preparations as broad as the love of the
people for the gallant admiral is deep and
fervent.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
ArmOr Plate and the Combine.

The Pittsburg papers very naturally de-
mand that the government shall continue to
buy armor plate of the Pennsylvania COM
bine, paying it whatever prices it may see
fit to demand. at is true" says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. ''the 'armor plate nonsense
Dispatch should calm itself. The mon
sense" will go on until the government is
out of the hands of q combine that does
not hesitate to mark up prices by great
jumps.
The Dispatch makes the point that
government armor plate plant would be
a rival of private enterprise. Private en-
terprise that forms itself into a combine
that knows no competition is the very kind
of enterprise that should be met with a
government factory. Private enterprise
that transforms itself into monopoly Is
always dangerous to consumers, and the
government is the one thing they most
desire to plumber. Such private enterprise
does not deserve consideration.
There is nothing whatever In the point
urged by the Dispatch, except that the
Dispatch desires to eonfne armor-plate
making to Pennsylvania. The government
makes its own cannon, its own rifles, its
own shells. hts own smekeless powder, and
at times its own ships. These works come
In competition with many private enter
yrises. but the point raised by tine Dispatch
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
Ssuf,Ey,s POPULARITY
From the Selma Times.

From the Selma Times.
Birmingham is going to be strictly in 1t
during her state fair. Admiral Schley will
be there and an immense crowd will go up
on that occasion to welcome the south's
naval hero to Alabama soil. Schley's popu-
larity in the nation is second only tonthat of
Admiral Dewey's, and when it comes right
down to the facts of the case, he won a
greater victory than did Dewey, for he had
the flower of the Spanish navy to fight,
while Dewey sunk few old rattle-trap
boats that were hardly sea worthy. But
we would not detract from the glory of Ad-
miral Dewey. He did his work and he did
it thoroughly, and he deserves great credit
therefor. But when Schley comes south he
will find out what we think of him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

as to armor plate is never raised as to the
other articles. And in the other cases
named there is competition. There would
be competing bids. In armor plate there
is no competition. There is one Pennsyl-
vanla combine that dictates the price-that
proposes, it is said, to demand 5000 ton.
When Alabama iron is turned into six
hundred dollar armor plate. there must be
very large profits to the armor plate
makers.
Nor is the other point of the Dispatch
any better. namely. political manage
ment.. Is the governments smokeless
powder named by political man
agement9 Are the guns and rifles turned
out by The government of poor quality or
expensive eostg The armor plate mill could
he placed under the naval department; 1t
could be conducted by officers OF the navy.
and not a dollar would be wasted and not
poor plate turned out.
The Dispatch has but one good point 1t
can make: I'VE desire to keep this bust
ness in Pennsylvania" The point is good
so far as it goes. 1t is tri1e hoggish. all
things considered, but it is from Pennsyl-
vania point of view sound. This is the real
issue before congress: In order to please
Pennsylvania shall the government con-
tinue to be at the mercy of the combine
that has been formed to control the MAX
ing in this country of armor plate?
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
FAIR PLAY Is ASKED
From the Birmingham Arbitrator.

TOM the birmingham Arbitrator.
We will print the Age-Heralds account of
the. Walker county scrap. 1t is fair
enough, and If we undertook to write it
up under the flush of victory we might say
too much. We want to say in addition that
we find the Age-Herald reporters much
more favorable to our order than those of
other city dailies. We ask for nothing, but
fair play, and have always been willing
to verify our statements by unquestioned
proof We realize the power of the press
and have tried to make friends of all papers
but cannot refrain from this statement.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
WOMANKIED
From ,tlh,e Atchison Globe.

From The Atchison Globe.
A cup has to be too small Ito drink out
of before the women will admit that ut is
pretty.
After a girl marries she begins to yawn
in company without seeming to be very
mudh ashamed of 1t.
After a girl passes seventeen she begins
to lose her angelic look and become human
The women pay too much attention to
trimming up Their voices in sweetness for
the telephone and not enough to brevity.
1t is estimated that an Atcllison woman
walks five miles a day in going to THE cor
ner with departing guests. She has so
much of 1T to do 4aiat she has been COM
PEELED to abandon her custom of walking to
the front gate with her husband
When woman comes downtown looking
particularly worried, you can't tell Whether
She is drea61ng to go to tne dentist and
have tooth pulled or dreading the ordeal
of taking 81 hat when a SIS one suits her
better.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
SENATOR MoReAN,s CAMPAIGN

From the Falkvdlle Chronicle.
Senator john T. Morgan is quietly going
over the state meeting his many friends
and discussing vital questions of uae day,
to the edifying of the large crowds that
near Cafm from place to place. Wherever
he addresses his fellow-cdtlzens he strength
ems that confidence that The people of the
state of Alabama have in MIN, and en-
rlhasizes the truth that I'm Rim they have
a leader that can be trusted at all times
and under all circumstances.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHEL0 Il.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
A woman can always take a dreadful re-
venge on a man by not refusing him.
The average man DIS a lot like a horse;
the more oats you feed him, the more ne
squeals
The average woman would act terribly
insulted if you told her she had married
an average man.
Lots of good men asave been spoiled be-
cause their mothers taught them, when
they were little boys, THAT 1t was always
wrong TO fight.
If mosquito cackled every time 1T laid
an egg as much as hens and women DO,
THE world would have to go around with
cotton-battng in its ears.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
Roth ARE INDICATED
n the Sheffield Reaper.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
If our memory is not treacherous, we
once heard the remark: Il am better
democrat than Johnston" attributed TO
Kolb. Johnston can get back at him now
by retorting, land I am better popullst
than Kolb" Then their vnldication would
be complete, and like ligatured twins they
could return to the house of their many
fathers.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Admiral Dewey's good judgment shines
again in his determine ton to enjoy ihis new
home in preference to one-n1ght stands in
Georgia or the west. He has great and
very level head.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
VIII Shorten Work

Bombay, October So.-The mill owners
here have decided to work four days week
owing to the depression of the industry due
to the failure of the cotton crop, the glut
of yarn into the China market and the
cheapness of yarns.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
THE SENATORIAL RACE

From the Mobile Herald.
Another Richmond is in the field for
senator. Colonel Roquemore having an
nounoed himself as a candidate. Oates and
Roquemore will be more apt TO take votes
from Morgan than from Johnston. The OPP
position to Johnston should center on
Morgan.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The Kansas republicans as a rule uphold
and applaud General Funston in his deter
mination to go back to the Philippines.
They would not mind if he spent the rest
of his days there.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The republican plutocratic programme for
standing army of 100000 men will be de-
veloped and rubbed in by both Secretary of
War Root and President Mckinley. Let
them be judged by their record.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Chinese come to America with the inten-
ton of returning. Americans go to China
with like intentions at like times. What is
sauce for the goose should be sauce for the
gander.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Golden Rule Jones tells the people of
Ohio that this question is up to them: "Are
you going to vote, or be voted?" He is a
professional anti-machinist.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

squadron consisting of eigh sobattleships
and five cruisers is a better guarantee of
English liberty of action in South Africa
than any diplomatic understanding.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Cornelius Vanderbilt left 100000 to
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Chauncey must have
refrained from telling stories when Corne-
Illus was around.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Modern rifles do not seem to increase the
death lists in battles. They enable marks
men to be more discriminating, because the
smoke of battle is now wanting.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The bank clearings of Birmingham rose
last week to 5,733 an increase of so per
cent over the corresponding week of last
wear. This is an so per cent. town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Santiago de Chill, October 39-It now ap-
pears that Bielas comet was not sighted
here as telegraphed on Saturday. In their
anxiety some people mistook cluster OF
stars for the comet.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Governor Roosevelts strenuous life" is
at one end of the line, and Count Tolstoi's
doctrine of non-resistance at the other.
Centuries lie between.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Guam is rising. Benevolent assimilation
is only practicable in southern republican
conventions. in which all the delegates are
ofice-holders.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

HILL ON THE DECLINE

From the Washington Post.
There has not been much political hilarity
at Wolfert's Roose since Dave Hill fell
down the political elevator shaft.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The New Decatur Advertiser lays down
the dogma that candidate is not eandi-
date until he announces.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The best diplomats OF the future viii be
battleships covered with Birmingham ar
NOR
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The administration continues to utilize
the war in the Philippines in making stop
ping stones to a second nomination.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The Vanderbilt will may meet family ex-
peetations, but it certainly does not meet
public expectations.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Mr. Mckinley favors restrictions in the
tariff and also in the conventions Of his
party. He does not want competition.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
THE PULLMAN COMPANY

From the New York Press.
If George M. Pullman had lived 1t is a
safe bet that the Morgan and Vanderbilt
interests never would have, accomplished
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

General Weyler slipped out of Cuba at the
right time Ito win honors at home.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Non-committal candidates are device of
Satan and professional politicians.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

A Dewey dinner in the new house will be
to Washington society something new and
thrilling.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Non-committal Legislative candidates are
not honest enough to represent the people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

The game of war is grimly played in the
neighborhood Of Ladysmith
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Take to the woods rather than vote for
a non-comilittal candidate.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Mr.. Mckinley favors restrictions in the
tariff and also in the conventions of his
party. He does not want competition.
The administration continues, to utilize
the war in the Philippines in making step
ping stones to a second nomination.
The New Decatur Advertiser lays down
the dogma that a candidate is not a eandi-
date until he announces.
The Vanderbilt will may meet family ex-
pectations, but it certainly does not meet
public expectations.
A Dewey dinner in the new house will be
to Washington society something new and
thrilling.
Non-committal Legislative candidates are
not honest enough to represent the people.
Non-committal candidates are device of
Satan and professional politicians.
General Weyler slipped out of Cuba at the
right time Ito win honors at home.
Take to the woods rather than vote for
a non omilittal candidate.
Paper annexations in South Africa are
very fleeing.
The Beers may next decide to annex Eng
land itself
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31
CHAUNCEY's REWARD

The Beers may next decide to annex Eng
land itself.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

General T. T. Munford, of Lynchburg,
Va, is in the city, He owns two estates in
Alabama and is one of the most successful
cotton planters in the south.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

Paper annexations in South Africa are
very fleeing.