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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

The South Unitarian society and Sun
day school have a basket picnic Sat
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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22

They are noisy but they are nice.
Who would exchange the merry noise of
children at play, for the childless home
where the clock tick can be heard hour
after hour in the dull silence? But there
are great many who would like to peo-
pie the silent house with the children
that fate has refused them. Fate is often
in this case only another word for ignor-
ance. Many glad mother dates her
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22
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The age-herald., 1899-01-06
The Russian Prisons.

The bureaucratic government of Russia has at length discovered that it's Siberian prisons are disgrace to civilization, and the prisons administration has recently sent one of its members to Siberia, with full power to act. He acted very vigorously in some cases, for he dismissed two chief di- rectors for cruelty and embezzlement, and eighty minor officials for cruelty. He found the prisons of Eastern Siberia and of the island of Saghalien unspeakably crowded and filthy, and the prisoners ill-treated.
 The officer who visited the prisons was Privy Councillor Saloman, and his conclus- ions will, if adopted and carried out, work a reform where reform with a big R has long been sadly needed. He says in the first place that banishment is an undesira- ble form of punishment. It simply serves to farther degrade prisoner. It takes away from him all hope. M. Salamon has, therefore, prepared series of new regula- tions, ameliorating present conditions, pro- viding payment for penal work, and afford sentences are completed.
 When humanity and civilization reach and permeate Siberian prisons, there is hope for all the rest of the world, for in all of backward Russia nothing has been quite so disgracefu and backward as her prison houses and prison system. The pres- ent cZar is believed to be man of kindly impulses and honest intentions, and if he determines to carry out M. Saloman's plans, all the bureaus that afflict and stagnate that huge country cannot stop him. He has some influence with his own administration when he starts in earnest.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
RELAXATION R

From the Washington Star. There's nothin' like goin to town, now an
 then, A-seein' the sights an a-noticin the men. There's one that's especially comic to me: l Kin pick him as fur as I'm able to see A-lookin' so herce-like an swellin' his
 chest, An actin important an doin' his best To be haushty-an' bein' jes curious an
 quaint-- The man that's tryin to seem what he
 ain't. Sometimes he's speaker that's pawin' tho
 air With arguments landin' him goodness
 knows where. Sometimes he keeps talkin' bout littery-
 toor When hams is the topic on which he'd be
 sure. He comes in all styles. an Pm willin' to
 skip Some work now an then for the sake of
 the trip An good quiet laugh, free from any re-
 straint, At the man that's tryin' to seem what he
 ain't.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
Choosing the Thirty-Three.

Thirty-three delegates to the consutu- tlonal convention are to be appointed among the senatorial districts; and the question at once arises, How shall the thirty-three democratic candidates be selected2 In the natural course of things a district repre- tr!ct pprimaTes or in district conventions; but it is claimed that the circumstances are exceptional, and that a better ticket can be made up at Montgomery-a more symmetrical and representative ticket. Each senatorial district would no doubt be consulted as to the districts particular trlct would not be altogether controlling. It could, in other words, be bent into har- mony with the whole, and a better ticket might be the outcome.
 But on the other hand Montgomery rule would not be home rule, and the cost of party convention at Montgomery would be a considerable tax on some localities, or some purses. When the delegates of dis trict convention can drive to the nearest
 Ns
 court house. railroad and hotel expenses do not enter into the account. Bar eX- penses might be barred, although the quail ity of the red liquor at the court house would undoubtedly be superior, especially if it had been made by the light of the moon. But aside from the expenses in- volved in state constitution, there re- mains the question as to whether locality representation should not be made by the locality free from outside "inflooence."
 The question is up to the people just now, and if the people have any choice in the matter, now is the time to make 1t known. Communicat tions not more than three inches long are invited by the Age-Herald, but longer communications are respectfully de- clined in advance.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
Hale. HOar and Caffery.

The anti-ratification clique in the senate is practically confined to Messrs. Hale, Hoar and Gallery. There may be a tail ender or two, but the three named are the head and front of the opposition to a rati- fcation of the pending peace treaty.
 It is easy to see what ails all three-it is the tariff. MT. Caffery is sugar senator. He grows sugar himself, and he represents besides his own sugar plantations the sugar plantations of a few hundred neighbors. He does not want Louisiana sugar profits lessened by the incoming of sugar from the new possessions, especially from Porto Rico and the Philippines. He talks about this, that and the other, but down at the bottom is layer of sugar. He represents sugar in disguise.
 Messrs Hale and Hoar recognize the fact that England was to all intents and pur- poses our ally in the war with Spain, and that a ratification of the Paris treaty prac- tically involves fair and even liberal deal fng with the country that facilitated the negotiation of the treaty, and perhaps male 1t possible. The work of England in
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
RUBBER MAY BE SCARCE

From the Engineering Magazine.
 Assuming that the United States will sub sidize company to lay cable from the Philippines to San Francisco, the first land- ing place would be in the Hawaiian Islands The next possession of the United States is the island of Guam, in the Ladrones, which is about 3,100 miles west of Havana. From the Philippines, is about $50 nautical miles,
 The longest cable now operated is that from Brest to New York, which Is 9,6S0 nautical miles in length. The cost of ca bles increases with their length in geometrical ratio; the difficulty of working them in- creases about as rapidly Remembering that the cost of the New York-Brest cable was greater than that of any other cable ever laid, it is readily seen that the con- struction of the American transpa fife cab e, involving tce link between Hawaii and Guam, may well be approached with cau- ton. The solution of the difficulty is in the acquisition of an island of the Caroline group.
 In connection with the Pacific cable a very interesting question arises. From whence Is the gutta percha for this gigan- tic cable to come? Every whisper of the construction of transpacific line sends the gutta percha market at Singapore up by leaps and bounds. The ruling price of the gum is the highest that has ever obtained. It is stated, on what authority 1t is hard to say, that the visible supply of gutta is insufficient for the task, and that if this cable is laid it will be the last-the last with a gutta percha insulation, at least.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

that direction is not underrated by the in- telligent men in this country, but the un- intelligent do not appreciate the saving in expenses, at least that which Eng land accomplished. In return it seems as if the appeal of Canada for reciprocity should be conceded, and it should be; but Messrs. Hale and Hoar are standing in true tariff-robber fashion for every cent that the Dingley outrage gives them and their constituents This is what ails 'em. They propose to fight the tariff concessions that Canada de- sires, and also the treaty that renders such concessions reasonable in the mind of every man except a Dingley beneficiary.
 Dingleyism Is at the bottom of the oppo- sition of all three senators, Caffery, Hoar and Hale. Dingleyism is at the bottom of all our ills. It is the basis of the trusts it fills Hanna's campaign purses, and just now it is standing between the two great English-speal1ing nations of the world, try ing to keep them apart despite the bonds of a common literature and common strug- ges for constitutional freedom-common traditions and in the long run, the needs of common defense against combination based on common jealousy and dislike.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
The Warrior River Improvement.

Tn view of the expenditures on the upper Monongahela, it is strange indeed if an ap- propriation less than one-half in amount cannot be procured for the opening of the Warrior, which would unlock a district that would add to the countrys exports a million tons of iron and untold millions of tons of coal If such an appropriation cannot be procured at the hands of party and an administration that constantly boasts the death of sectionalism and the unification of the country, then indeed, all can see that such talk is merely talk, with nothing substantial behind it.
 The improvement of the Monongahela does not materially increase the country's ex- port, whereas opening of the Warrior would turn to the sea and to the export trade the products of district more richly en- dowed than is any district on the Mononga- hela. How any man who votes for Mo- nongahela Improvements can consistently oppose appropriations for the opening of the Warrior, it is difficult to see. Such NOliHS Sdi Olliy pS DdSeu Ou pdlSldCSu sectionalism and favoritism.
 Alabama demands, in the name of justice and fair dealing, the opening of the War rior to the Kansas City bridge. She de- mands slackwater navigation from the coal and iron fields of the state to the sea- She has waited for this boom until patience has ceased to be virtue. If her present representatives cannot secure the opening of the Warrior, then representatives should be selected who can do it; and if the next lot cannot do it, then another lot should be tried.
 The Warrior must be opened. Mere promises will not longer satisfy the people of Alabama. Actual work on a proper scale is needed. The dilly-dallying of the past should be ended, and programme of Pennsylvania proportions and promptness should be substituted Gentlemen of the Alabama delegation, this important and just matter is up to you.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
ADAM-ZAD'S BARGAINS
From the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Herad.
 Not satisfied with appropriating the ground from under the mandarins, Adam zad is selling the trusting orientals the implements for their own destruction With outstretched arms he is alluring the heather Chinee to h;s seductive em- brace and placing in his unskilled hand a weapon of defense that will kick to death the first Mongolian that uses it.
 According to the latest dispatches Rus sia has just sold 50O,000 absolute Berdan rifles to China at a big price through the Russo Chinese bank. Viceroy Tan of Can ton is ordered from Picking to pay for them at the rate of taels per rifle and 12 taels per 1000 cartridges. Manchu troops throughout the empire are to be armed with these ancient ''fusees' that are not much better than the 1int-locks with which the continental troops tried to hold Bunker Hill.
 This is what "Adam-zad' is doing with the heather Chinee. If Russia can sell enough of these rifles to China to enable the army of the emperor to completely obiterate itself the business of dismember- ment will commence and China will be carved into slices to suit the fastidous fancy of "Adam-zad, the bear that looks like man.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

From the Annston Hot Blast
 A citizen of Calhoun county has visited Montgomery and Birmingham during the past week, and a careful investigation causes him to express an opinion to the Hot Blast that Hon. John w. Tomlinson will receive the appointment as one of the rail- road commissioners The Hot Blast has previously expressed it's preference for MT. Tomlinson, believing him to be eminently fitted for the position. His appointment will doubtless give very general satisfac- tion.
 LlGHT AND HEAT FROM GARBAGE From the Springfield Republican.
 The report on the results of the first years experiment with the new method adopted at Shoreditch, in London, for the utilization of garbage, a description of which by it's inventor, Lord Kelvin aroused such interest a year ago, shows that the claims made in its behalf were not exaggerated. The people of that par ish formerly paid $30000 year to have the refuse carted away and $20,00O for gas for lighting streets and public buildings. The municipal electric light plant installed last year cost $6000 and the cost of operation for the year $19,000 interest, rent, depre- ciation of plant, etc., bringing the figure up to $29, 900. But the receipts for sale of light and power, including the sum credited to street lighting, etc., were $45, 900, leav- ing a profit of $l5,000, which will be used In enlarging the plant. The furnaces are supplied almost entirely by refuse and the waste steam is used to heat public baths What garbage cannot be used c s fuel is cremated at small expense. Thus this crowded city saves large sum every year, and transforms foul waste matter into light and heat. It is not the least of the achievements of modern science and the example of Shoreditch ought to be fol- lowed in every city. There is no longer an excuse for polluting earth and water with human refuse, and turning every lovely stream into a stinking sewer, every sea beach into a garbage heap. No longer can such nastiness be excused on the score of economy, for Lord Kelvin's experiment shows that it is mere shiftlessness. It may be hoped that before the next cen- tury is over a less degrading duty may de- volve upon
 The moving waters at their priest-like tasks Of pure ablution round earth's human shores.
 If cleanliness be indeed in close juxtaposi- tion to godliness, Lord Kelvin has helped the world long step forward.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
EsgaaRIg-elBIse- -;=s, II!s;gsyTgal .ssTe9eiac

EzaEE1H E l% l. - !!99.1saS G ,sHfesksiSr habit of coming Into the outer office to count their days gains They were com pelled by their parents to carry home a cer- tain amount every night, falling in which they were beaten and otherwise punished. Frequently we fellows in the office would make up for them any few pennies of short age they might suffer from. One night we decided to go home with two of them and see them deliver up to their drunken parents. Each delivered three dollars, and each little beggar held out 50 cents for him. self It taught me a lesson, and now I never give to a beggar in the street."
 W. J. Bass, formerly an honored citizen of Birmingham, now wagon manufacturer of Chattanooga, is greeting his friends in the city.
 T. s. Kyle, of Gadsden, is in the city.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
HENRY wATTERsoN PHoToGRApHEp

From the Montgomery Journal.
 Henry Watterson is too cratic, is too full of wild vagaries and foolish fancies, to be seriously considered. He is a sort of a bull in a china shop; but it is fortunate for the party that he can no longer break demo- cratic crockery.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Omaha dispatches state that one of the racing mail trains left two brakemen at one point on it's line. They got off to turn around, and the train was gone before they had completed the circuit but the headway on the road is so small, they inn mediately stepped on board the following train.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

President Mckinley and his party sup porters are trying to fasten upon the coun- try the most expensive system of militia ryism, proportonately speaking, that the world has ever known.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The censor survives in the camps at Ma nla. He opens letters, cuts out objec- tionable sections, and he seals them for final delivery. All discussion of embalmed beef in Manila is thus cut off
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

MT. George Dewey is not the kind of man triumph. Kisses and swords and crowds are not to his taste. He prefers to keep his weather eye on Az. and his Filipinos.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
SWELL SYSTEM IN SWELL TOWN

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Birmingham now has the swell telephone system of Alabama. The wires are all un- derground and the exchange building brand new Birmingham Is a good telephone town and the Bell people know it.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The Anniston Index appeals to the voters of this state to "see to it that the busi- ness interests of the state are properly rep resented in the convention"
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Alger and Eager say, Flush, don't dam age our export trade in poisons." But the soldiers who were compelled to eat the stuff will not hush.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The Spanish line of steamships, sailing from New York; will resume trips this month, and soon affairs of all sorts will go on as in the days of old
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The witnesses in behalf of Eager are too nthusiastic-especially the one who found a way to excuse beef covered with "a greenish growth" Anything goes, how ever before the whitewash board.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The troubles that Havana did not experi- ence on evacuation day would fill a book.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Embalmed beef, expert safe-breakers and school mams are going into Havana by every boat.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
AN INQUIRY

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 We hear great deal about hog and hom- iny in the land, but what has become of that grand old southern article of cookery corn light bread?
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

A western paper thus epitomizes recent Indiana proposition: gro send James Whitcomb Riley to the senate would be like planting violets In a cabbage patchr'
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Messrs. Hear and Caffery believe in ex- pansion in congressional speeches, but not in national territory.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The whtewash board has concluded to enter the embalming-nuid field. They de- cline to quit.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The vice-president has the grip. but the wheels of government are still moving.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
SEND THEM BACK INSTRUCTED

From the Annston Index.
 The people in every county in the state should instruct their senators and repre- sentatives when they go back to Montgom- cry to vote in favor of legalizing primary elections.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The use of tea is being reduced, but the use of the coffee products of our new is- lands is being pushed up.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The bubonie plague is an industry that can be easily promoted in our new posses sions.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Jefferson Davis last address takes all the wind out of MT. William McKinley's uni feation sails.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The Spaniard in Cuba was not an unmixed blessing but he was an angel alongside the franchise-grabbers who are at work there now.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
EMiNENrLY FITTED

The dead of 1898 were outranked by the names of Gladstone and Bismarck.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The peace treaty is inside the closed doors of the senate, but those doors will not be
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

The meat packers may conclude to abol- ish the office of commanding general al- together.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Rem1ttances can pc made py express. postoffice money order or drafts at current rate or excnanRe. Address
 THE AGE-HERALDe
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1899-01-06

able to keep in the final vote Hoar. Hale and Caffery.
The age-herald., 1899-01-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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The age-herald., 1899-01-06

Judging by present indications, I am almost afraid the constitutional conven- tion will go by default" said a distin- guished citizen in the lobby. "So far as my observation goes, the general public is talk ing surprisingly little interest in the call for the convention. Certainly We couldn't ex- pect very animated interest or discussion this early, and before the state democratic executive committee has formulated and promulgated it's plan of campaign, but still one might hope for more general interest than that now manifest. l presume how ever, it will be all right in good time. We may reasonably expect local candidates for delegates to stir up things, and develop a sort of activity that will push through the call for the convention"
 It should be borne in mind that the elec- tion for delgates will not take place till next July, fully seven months hence, and un-
 usual activity at the moment would appear to be absurd. The state democratic committee will probably meet in Montgom- cry about the time the legislature reassem- bles, say, about three weeks from this date Then the public shall know more than it knows now. Meantime would-be candidates will be on the lookout for pledges. Referring to the unusual number of beg gars which porsperity has brought to Bir- mngham, an experienced business man said:
 "l was in early manhood employed in Sig sAin-public store in New York; and
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-11-02
Something New In Cookery.

From Puck: Scaliopei oysters-Se-
iect firm, plump oysters and scaliop
them evenly and neatly with pair OF
sharp scissors. Now, with a needle
threaded with pink silk, II for pink
tea, or blue ii you wish blue points,
work buttonhole stitch around the
scallop. When finished press carefully
ON the wrong side with n hot iron.
shirred eggs-Carefully remove the
shell from a fresh egg, and hold the
white and yelk firmly in the left hand.
Now, with fine needle and thread,
gather the material in straight rows
about half an inch apart Draw up to
the required fullness and fasten neatly
the ends of the thread. Snow pudding
Take about four quarts, say four and
half. of fresh snow. Wash in several
waters and put it to soak in hot water
over night. In the morning knead it
up and set by the fire to rise, add some
melted glue, and set aside to cool.
Chicken patties-This dish is lost art
as Patti is no chicken. Egg plant
(See incubator).