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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Prophet NeilI's Latest Guess.

Mr. Henry NJ. Neill has come down a
peg. He now puts the new crop at II ,00O,0Oo
bales. On the 18th day of August he was
cocksure it would be 12.O0O,001 bales pe-
cause the conditions were unexampled. BY
aiding some old cotton 10 the nav crop,
ne. still says the entire crop of the cotton
year will be the largest ever marketed. His
circular is dated October IL, and in it he
attempts to SHOW that more rain fell in the
cotton belt in August and September CT
this year than fell in those months of last
year, and he asserts that all agree in say
ing the crop at the beginning of last An
gust was in perfect condition and heavily
Jruited.
1t matters very little what Mr.. Neill now
says about the crop, partly because his
guesses are now discredited, and partly
because the rise in cotton is not based
upon the size of the crop, but upon the ex-
traordinary demand for goods more bus
iness Is coming forward than sellers are
able to take care Of" says a recent report
of the dry goods market. THE tone of the
market is very strong. and prices tend up
pand, Print cloths strong and tending up-
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
MILITARY CLUB.
Much Interest. in Movement at City of
Mexico.

City Of Mexico October 13.-Much interest
is shown in a proposed new club to be COM
posed of military men only. 1t will be the
first attempt here to bring army officers
together socially. There is agitation here
in favor of importing Chinese and East
Indian coolies for plantation work, owing
to the scarcity of domestic labor.
There is still yellow fever at Oriziba,
and the health authorities are endeavoring
to prevent the spread of the disease.
A new hotel here on grand scale Is pro-
Jected by local capitalists 1t is to be built
of steel frame, and luxuriously appointed
and will be ten stories in height. The site
alone will cost nearly half million dol
lars.
President Diaz's youngest daughter, Miss
Luz Diaz, is soon to be married to Don
Francisco Rincon Gallardo, son of the dis
tinguished statesman and diplomat, Gen
eral Pedro Ribeon Gallardo, one of the
wealthiest men in the republic and veter-
an soldier,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
WOMEN AND LADIES

From the Boston Transcript.
Apropos the question of when woman is
lady and It's converse that will never
down, but is constantly breaking out in now
places, comes word that the employees of
the Long Island railroad may not under
any circumstances address woman patron
of that road as lady" Accompanying this
order is che one forbidding employees to
assist women on and off the trains. Assist
ance at such times and in certain cases,
fact, to be commended; but the employees
of This road waxed ofiicious it is said and
overdid the thing. This excess of petite
ness, however, is chargeable to the man.
agement of the road, as it notified its en-
pioyes some time since that they would be
the word LADY" by railroad and railway
employees herealoouts has largely given way
to madam, but women patrons of ra.-
road trains not infrequently complain of
the offciousness of brakemen in assisting
them on and off the car-pulling chem off
and pushing them on it amounts to in some
instances. Any woman, unless she is old
and feeble, will say that this assistance"
tends ito throw her off her balance, and
that she doesn't need 1t any more than
men do Then, if woman is wearing a
coat or gown, or even gloves that are light
in color, contact with the hand of brake
| man is pretty sure to leave its mark
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
AN IDEAL COUNTY
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Georgia is furnishing many ideal object
lessons. A correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution has found a county in that
state, Union, away up in the Blue Ridge,
whose people are all native-born Americans.
Seventy-five out of every hundred farmers
own their own farms and raise everything
they consume except coffee. sugar. salt ana
tea. In the county seat Blairsville, there
is only one family living In a rented house.
There is not a barroom in the county, and
hasn't been for thirty years. The county
has no cotton, but there is no such corn
as it grows anywhere else in Georgia. Its
mountains are densely covered with oak
and hickory. and it has gold. iron and mar
BILE. Its people now are excited because a
railroad running from Chattanooga to Wal
hala, S. c., will soon pass through their
section. Union county may not be so ideal
when it becomes part and parcel of the
outside world. Ans. .,A,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Wireless TeIeqraphY.

The yacht races have been fiukes, but
they have served to demonstrate the prac-
ticability of Marconfs system of wireless
telegraphy. A steamer carrying a tall
mast follows the yachts, and on board of 1t
messages are sent in the usual Morse terms
via the top of the mast to the nearest
lighthouse, whence they are transmitted to
New York. The result has been that the
Marconi posted bulletins have kept the
public within thirty to seventy-fve Sec
onds of the race occurrences. Without
such bulletins the public would have wait
ed until a steamer could touch at the
lighthouse or at some point on the shore.
Neither fog nor rough weather make any
difference in wireless telegraphing. The
starting of the sound wave in midair is all
that is essential. The receiver at the light
house will feel the wave and record it.
This receiver is after all the marvel of
the new process. ut is tuned" says one
writer, ito the same point of synchronism
as the machine which sends the message"
This is all very pleasant and very salts
factory to friends Of progress; but what 1t
all means has not been explained. The in
ference is that machines not tuned to the
same point of synchronism would not be
able to record the changes in the yacht
race. The inference Is that the tuning
renders the message sent from the pursu-
ing steamer secret, because only instru-
ments properly tuned can catch and record
DIT.
All this Is very mysterious, but the fact
ds undeniable that the new process is fea-
sible and practicable over considerable
lapses of water that hold no wires. To
what extent the system can be used in the
army or navy, or in commercial life re-
mains to be demonstrated. Marconi has
certainly shown that wireless teegraphy
is not a myth, and its commercial value
will soon be ascertained. At present it's
usefulness is limited by the need of a
balloon would serve as a starting point for
sound waves that would cover a very con-
siderable stretch of land or water. The
possibility of sending messages without
wires a distance of thirty miles has been
fully demonstrated, not so much at the
yacht races as In England. Time will now
. ascertain the value of the astonishing sys-
tenn
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
WALLtrr'@ IDEA OF BREVITY
From the PHILADELPHIA Post,


A story is told by David Christie Murray
of the late Robert Wallace, M. p. The
member from Perth was a queens counsel
an able theologian and a man of unfailing
courtesy. Two years ago the editor of a
small country paper, who was a staunch
constituent of WaAaee, Wr0le asking him
to contribute brief article on a light theo-
logical topic. The latter promised by re-
turn mail to do so, and at the end of a
fortnight sent a manuscript which, when
put in type, made nearly fifty columns.
The editor was at his wits ends. > He
could not print more than a column and a
half at time, and he did not dare to
offend the kind commoner by cutting or
ebridging the copy. He consulted with the
head printer, and, as result of their de-
lioerations, began to print 1t piecemeal.
By degrees they fell into the system of
using one time piece from the beginning,
and the next time a piece from the end.
Finally they employed it filler" and
whenever copy was desired the standing
order became:
"Eh, mon, just sneck of bit of Wall
lace to fill the hiatus"
Murray declares that they are at 1t still
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Beers DEFY All Brjtons.

The settlement that the Beers desire with
the Britons they will be apt to get They
have declared war; and are marching into
Natal at least ana probably into Bechu-
analand. Their objective points are thought
to be Vryburg and Mafeking in Bechuana-
land, and Newcastle and Ladysmith, in
Natal. Their successes at the outset are
no indication whatever of what the nature
OF the struggle win be, when $1,000 British
troops are on the ground, ready to ad-
vance to Pretoria.
There are three railroad lines to be taken
into consideration. One starts at Cape
town, passes through the Orange Free
State, and terminates at Pretoria. An
other starts from Durham, in Natal, on the
east coast, and passes through a tunnel
near Laings Mex, where 1t enters the
Transvaal. The shortest line begins at Lo-
renzo Marquis, on Delagoa bay, in Portu-
guese territory, running thence directly
west to Pretoria. All three lines are ended
at Pretoria. The Durham line will have
especial attention, for troops are landed
freely at Durham. and a battle must soon
or lac be fought in Natal
The nature of the contest is strictly ra-
cial. 1t is Boer or Briton in South Africa
the backward Boer or the progressive
Briton. The sympathy expressed for the
Beers in some quarters of this country
is wholly misplaced. They are tyrants and
fanatics, and they have no regard for the
suzerain rights set forth in their own
treaties. They hope to dominate South
Africa, which would be bad for South At
RIGA, to say the least. They are not enti-
tied to public sympathy in this country.
There Is no republic to crush. A country
that unconscionably taxes majority of its
inhabitants without giving them any polit-
ical rights, not even local self-government
Is not republic. 1t is class or race rule of
the most detestable sort. To say that such
a people and such a government Should
have American apathy is an attack up
on the Declaration of Independence and
the American system of government. Fa-
natlcal, ignorant and provincial to the last
degree, they have precipitated a war that
is pretty sure to supply them with what
they have long needed good whipping.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
ROUSING WELCOME
Nashville Will Show Her Appreciation
of First Tennessee

Nashville, Tenn, October 13.-The First
tennessee regiment, now on its way home
from the philippine islands, will be ac-
corded rousing welcome IN Nashville Ar
rangements looking to it were formulated
at mass meeting of citizens here tonight
at which enthusiasm was unbounded.
A number of patriotic speeches were
heard and a subscription list started. Com
mittees were appointed on arrangements
and on finance, and another to invite Pres
ident Mckinley, Admiral Dewey, Rear Ad-
miral Schley and General John b. Gordon
to attend the official reception. The regi-
ment Is expected to reach Nashville the
first of December.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
THE SCHOOL TEACHER

From the Lafayette Sun.
The school teacher-is not only hearer
of lessons, but he is one who stamps his
influence upon the minds and character of
his pupils. He is a moulder of the after
life of the child. 1t Is highly important
then that every teacher be a correct per-
son in daily walk and conversation. The
teacher who simply goes through with the
daily duties in an idle, Indifferent manner
is not the teacher that is wanted. Some
there are who should be at some thing else.
True, good pillow hand Is wanted by some,
but teacher who will not give honest
work in the school room is hardly able to
do the right thing in any place. Every
teacher should fit himself for the best work
possible-the most honest work of which
his heart and mind are able to give. Moth
ing less than this is wanted
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Do you want to head off wrinkles? Then
stop making them. How?
Take your hand-glass and study facial
expression.
to tell you when you are pickering up
your brows.
When you are lining your forehead by a
perpetual jerk upwards.
When you are allowing worry lines to
creep down each side of your mouth.
When you are "crows feeting' the cor
ners of your eyes with an eternal grmace.
You laugh too much.
You weep too much.
You scold too much.
You talk too much.
A face lacking expression belongs to the
sawdust doll type
Let your eyes talk, let the sensitive quiv-
er of the mouth denote feeling, but for
goodness sake give up that mistaken idea
of expression namely, turning each feature
into facial acrobat.
Wrinkles are scanning faces that would
be lovely but for this blemish
They are brought there largely through
carelessness.
Ignorance will bring lines
So will indifference
The period has long since passed when it
was considered a waste of time to study
beauty books.
Those written today are filled with inteill-
gent hints.
The writer we'll up on her subject tells you
wrinkles are due to muscular depletion.
Keep every muscle toned.
DO this with massage M
Keep the skin softened. - = rti
DO this with unguents.
A fiabby face is one that never goes under
the manipulation of massage.
The drawn, withered complexion is suf-
fering from lack of toilet creams.
Large pores coarsened by neglect need
the most seductive of beauty arts.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

ward" So run the reports from the goods
extraordinary condition, and Mr.. Neill may
prophesy until the cows come home, and
he cannot put the price back TO five cents
The fact that he has come down a million
bales is significant. When he drops another
million from his figures, Gle will be in the
neigHocrhood of the truth as every one
but he On the cotton belt sees 1t. He is on
the road to it. He is not now as sure OF
100000 bales as, ON August r. he was Of
12,o0O,o0O bales
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
THE FLAG IN THE PHILIPPINES

Archbishop Ireland at Marquette Club,
Chicago.
The flag of the American republic means
liberty. Wherever it goes liberty goes with
it. With aching and throbbing heart we
await today the journeying of the flag Of
America toward distant isles; We pray for
its safety and its honor; we proclaim that
In Asia as in America it means liberty,
and all the blessings that go with liberty.
Some say it means in Asia the suppression
of liberty. God forbid! 1t means in Asia
the institution of civil order, SO that Amer
lea, to whom the fates of war have brought
the unsought duty OF maintaining order in
those isles, may see and know who are the
people of the Philippines, who there lhave
the right to speak for the people, what the
people desire and for what the people are
fitted. Civil order restored-and 1t must
he restored-the flag of America may be
trusted to be for the Philippines the har-
binger and THE guardian of the liberty and
the rights of the people.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
ZEIGLER DEFEATED.
Goes Down Before kid" Mcfarland in
New York

New York, October 13-Tonigtht kid
Mcfarland, of this city, received the de-
cision over Owen Zeigler, of Philadelphia
after twenty-five rounds of hard and fast
fighting at THE Broadway Athletic club
Both men were badly battered and would
not have been able to go for two more
rounds. Attendance, 5000.
The kid had the better of the aryu-
ment from the start to finish, except in
the fifteenth and sixteenth rounds In the
seventh Zeigier went to THE floor from
right on the jaw, but rose Immediately.
They fought hard to the end
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
THE EDITORS
AND THEIR TALK

The esteemed sweet singer of Chiggers-
Vile thus writes for the Lafayette SUM
The times are getting better
Since cotton took the rise,
And those who made the corn and meat
Have acted doubly wise.
The times are gettin' better,
We feel 1t in the air;
The women folks are jolly,
While the men are on "tare."
'Possums are selling at so cents apiece,
and then there are some people who squall
out hard times. even if they have potatoes
to bake with the grinning varmints.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Garner Needs a Safe

Editor Garner needs safe and Editor
Nunnalee of the Centreville Press says:
Editor Garner, of the Tuscaloosa Gazette,
is advertising for an iron safe. We thought
Tom and the Gazette were prospecting, but
when a newspaper needs an iron safe, they
must be doing business. They are used in
many Offices to keep the books of delin
quent subscribers in. We are glad to see
neighbor Garner needing place to keep
his money.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
The Dogs Did Fight

There was great excitement in Luverne
the other day, judging by what the Journal
says:
We had a big dog fight in town between
Bob Loard's and Tom Horns dogs. They
fought for several minutes in the middle of
the street, near the school grounds, and
drew a large crowd. Prof. Champion
couldn't hold his boys in school, nor could
the merchants hold their clerks. All bust
ness was suspended near the dog fight
Loards dog was pretty we'll matched, but
he got the best of the fight at last.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
NEGRO CAUSES STRIKE
White Mill Operatives Quit Work at
GAINESVILLE, GA.

GAINESVILLE, Ga, October 13-LTfe opera
tives of the Oxford Knitting mills, one of
the largest manufactures of this city, en-
tered into a strike Saturday last because
of the placing of a negro man at work
among the white employees.
The negro man was placed lin the mill by
w. M. Howard, the manager. For about
eight months three other negroes have been
working at the mill, but In departments
shut out from the view of the white men
and women. The mill has closed down I'M
til the trouble is settled.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
TO SLEEP
BY William Wordsworth.

By William Wordsworth.
flock of sheep that leisurely pass by,
One after one; the sound of rain, and bees
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and
seas
Smooth fields. white sheets of water, and
pure sky:
By turns have all been thought Of yet lie
Sleepless, and soon the small birds melodies
Must hear, first uttered from my orchard
trees;
And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry.
Even thus last night, and two nights more,
1 lay,
And could not win thee. sleep! by any
stealth;
So do not let me wear tonight away;
Without thee what Is all tho mornings
wealth?
Come, blessed barrier betwixt day and day,
Dear mother of fresh thoughts and joyous
health!
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Farmers with Cash

The Abbeville Times warns farmers not
to get ''bigoty," 1t says
The farmers have some money now and
will have more when they finish selling
cotton. Don't feel rich and start into buy
ing red wagons, buggies and a lot of things
you can reasonably do without. Save that
dollar for the rainy day that is sure to
come. n, Ia
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
As to the Goyernorship

Voters of Gilmore are attending to their
own business. The Wetumpka Herald
says:
Few men in Gilmore county, so far as we
can learn, appear to know who they pre-
fer for governor of the candidates who
have already announced. The editor of the
Herald has asked some hundred men with
in the past two or three weeks who was
their choice for this high position and the
answer has almost invariably been; 81
have not decided yet; 1 am not going to
be In a hurry Ito chose my man."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

will know and appreciate what Colonel
Bulger did for them When the tax money
from the Bulger law becomes available
the free school term will be about twice as
long as 1t is at the present time.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
An Editor After Office :

Jourd White, editor of the Moulton Adj
vertiser, one of the Oldest newspapers in
the state is candidate for tax collector of
Lawrence county, subject to the action of
the democratic party. Mr.. White has
served in democratic harness for a long
time and in nominating him would be
merely rewarding him in a small degree for
his faithful services these many years.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Jim Brown Shaved

Jim Brown had a going-to- Montgomery
appearance in Centreville the other day.
The Press says:
Jim Brown was in town last week with
clean shave and Sunday suit, and looked
as if he was going to Montgomery. 1t may
be he was sent for,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Miss Helen Gould has the privilege of the
floor of congress, and when she goes to
Washington to lobby against the seating
of Congressman Roberts she will possess
unusual advantages.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Mr.. Quay expects to be reseated, because
the republicans control the senate, and the
republican senatorial conscience is apt to
conform to senatorial courtesy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Capacity To BE Doubled

Huntsville. Ala, October 1s.-Arrange-
ments have been made for doubling the ca
pacity of the Dallas mill. located here The
addition will cost about 100000, and will
require the steady employment of 1900 more
operatives.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

The quiet Vermont towns are more to
Admiral Dewey now than all the splendor
that wealth could produce in the CONNER
cial or political capital.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Enterprise of Enterprise

The Enterprise Enterprise prints these
two boom notes:
Another new store house is going up just
beyond Harrison Bros. Hurrah for En-
ternrise.
The city dads are having a bran new
town we'll dug by Artist Ellis of Gerald.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

When a candidate for Office in this state
says he is a friend of public schools, ask
him if he favors local taxation for school
purposes and qualified county superinten-
dents. That will sift him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
WA COL. BULGER DID


From the Wetumpka Herald
The Birmingham Age-Herald says truly;
"The Bulger school tax was the most
benefcient and grandest law of the last
legislature" Yes, and when the children
of Alabama become men and women they
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14
Remsey Ripples

The Ramsey correspondent of the Liv-
ingston Home sends these interesting
notes:
Corn Is legal tender at 30 cents per
bushel, and coming in pretty fast.
Eli has dug potatoes and says he has a
fine chance of seed.
Corn gathering is still being pushed Wig
orously on.
Cotton picking moves on very slowly
Potato crop will be short.
We are glad to see the cool nights, which
usually means plenty of fresh meat to the
Industrious farmer.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Seven-cent cotton, says the Enterprise
Enterprise, has swallowed politics, and po-
litical enthusiasm has thus become i'm
possible.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

Sir Thomas Upton has proven himself a
sportsman and a gentleman. Whether he
win or lose. all will feel kindly towards the
gallant owner of the Shamrock.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

The Sultan of Sulu is under pay to be
good, slavery and polygamy not to be
counted against him.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

health officer of Alabama, was in town
yesterday on matters having to do with
quarantine regulations.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

The condition of Lieutenant Gilmore and
of his party is still uncertain, no authentic
news having been received from them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

In view of wars and rumors of wars Sec
rotary Wilson's advice to the west to raise
larger crops of canned meat, stands APP
proved.