The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-17


gard the wear and tear of Stag upon shoes
and rubber tires. even if the tires are on BIZ
cycles, for the bicycl erider has rights that
road-makers should respect. The Stag piles
are very convenient, it is true, but the
beds of ebert are also convenient, and the
city engineer and the road superintendent
can without additional expense save the
people thousands of dollars by substituting
the latter for the former whenever ROADS
are to be built or repaired.
Dom Paul would not move to German
East Africa unless the Emperor William
would guarantee that no gold or diamonds
can be found there. 1t is the love of riches
that has undermined his republic.
The Bessemer Herald-Journal could not
fully celebrate the democratic victory in
the city election except through the use of
illustrations. The joy and grief of the
occasion are thus daily depicted.
The latest estimate of the American
Jewish population is 1,OiS,SOO, of whom
5000 are in this state 1000 in Georgia,
5000 in Mississippi. and 1900 in Tennessee.
New York has 100000.
Mobiles ambition is almost llmitless.
The Herald of that city now demands q
cotton mill to hold 100000 600 spindles Such
a mill would be bigger than all the rest
of the town.
Captain Dreyfus outranks Mrs. Maybrick
in the respect of public sympathy, and in
a national and race sense his case out
ranks any other individual case in history.
The government should offer "Devil
Anse" captainey, and require him to re-
cruit company in Clay county, Kentucky,
for service on the Philippine fighting line.
Individual boycotts of the Paris exposi-
ton will be greatly lessened If President
Loubet pardons Captain Dreyfus on ac-
ceptible terms.
The key to the pronunciation of the name
of Colonel Jouaust comes to hand just as
all are trying to forget and forgive him. 1t
is "Zhoo-oh."
Lieutenant Peary is preparing to make
a sudden dash by sledge upon the North
Pole He evidently expects to catch it
mapping.
Cornelius Vanderbilt lived to show that
there are more than three generations be-
tween shirt sleeves and shirt sleeves.
MERCER and his brother generals cannot
read English, and they thus escape many
left-handed compliments.
Captain Dreyfus was really honored by
a conviction in the court that the army
had packed against him.
General Joe Wheeler may issue an ulti-
matum any day If he is kept much longer
from the firing line.
The Alabama state printers are not only
non-resldents, but they are also non-union.
They are scabs.
The French generals should be condemn
ed to a full knowledge of what the world
thinks of them.
Colonel Bungstarter was one of the off,
Gals at the Grand Army encampment In
Philadelphia.
Senator Beveridge is still dumb, and
there is some hope that he will acquire
the habit.
When Dreyfus is pardoned he will at
once be considered the prey of the lecture
bureaus.
President Loubert should pardon Drey-
fus, but not the army crowd headed by
Mercier.
The trouble is. the powers have at the
end of the century re-discovered the
Pacific.
The land that keeps coming after the
America cup must eventually win it.
Truth crushed to earth cannot be kept
down even by French generals.
1t now seems that Cornelius Vanderbilt
left all his wealth behind
! Cotton-mill building outranks in this
| state slate-making.
What will this town do without its sing
| ing birds.
Dewey is almost within hailing dis
| lance.
PHILIPPINE TRADE
| From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
| There was never the slightest difficulty in
| securing from the Filipinos a commercial
| monopoly of the islands. They were per-
| fectly willing to give us such privileges
| that no other country could have competed
| with us. If, therefore, We were in the