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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27

SIGNoR LoMBRosO has contributed
an article to the Pail Mall Magazine
entitled An Epidemic of Kisses in
America" The Signor has been talk
ing with Hobson or reading the fake
reports of the kissing bug.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27

Col. W. J. BRYAN has spoken and
several of the citizens of this great
Republic who have been, like the rest
of US, bothering themselves with the
problem of the Philippines are at last
fully satisfied as to what is the proper
thing to be done relative to that vexing
problem. Lucky dogs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27

THE Democrats have demonstrated
their ability to meet in peace and
harmony when leaders and issues are
not under discussion. That in itself is
something and with patience it may
lead to better things
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27

INTERIOR expansion is subject
this country may take up some day. Is
it generally known that there are
100000 acres of now worth
less land in the country which
is subject to state of the highest
cultivation and fertility through irriga-
ton. The water which now annually
runs to waste and causes great floods
government engineers say could be
stored and used to reclaim these lands
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27

Ex- SECRETARY ALGER might now
console himself with the little refrain:
off am SO soon done for / wonder
what was ever made for"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27
THE b, adlnes of an exchange say
I" The Shamrock Wins Swimmingly."
Why not Sailingly?

NEARLY fifty vessels are under con-
struction in American dock yards, in
Guiding number for foreign powers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27
S. S. S. is a Great Blessing to
Old People. II Gives Them P P's;
but
New Blood and Life. 50 ios a snej to 81 i


ing strength and life to the whole body 1t
the appetite builds up the energies and sends life
giving blood throughout the entire system
Mrs. Sarah Pike ATT Broadway, South Boston, writes
81 seventy years DID, and had not enjoyed good health
twenty years sick in different ways, and in
addition, had Eczema terribly of my legs The
doctor said that account of my would be
we'll again Itook dozen bottles of S. S. and cured
COMPLETELY and am happy to say that
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27
never TOO OLD
TO Be CURED.

n In Age does not necessarily mean
y ~ feebleness and i'll health, and
nearly all of the sickness among
older people can be avoided Most elderly
people are very susceptible to illness,
but it is wholly unnecessary. BY keep
ir blood pure they can fortify themselves
to escape three-fourths of the ailments
-hich they suffer so generally. s. S. S. is
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Jefferson County Is an Issue.

The organ of the state administration,
which is more than officially inspired, thus
strikes the keynote of the new campaign:
The Journal Is In position to deny the
rumor that an effort will be made by tho
delegates from Jefferson county in the con-
stitutional convention to have the name
Alabama" erased from the map and insert
in lieu thereof jefferson county. 1t Is UNI
derstood that the delegates will simply ask
that Jefferson county be made separate
state with power to elect their governor
and other state officers, to elect county
commissioners and allow them to peculate
and pillage at will; to appoint railroad
commissioners, and to maintain govern
ment, stable or unstable, just as their Wild
and weird fancy may dictate or whims in-
cline them. 1t is bold but unique scheme,
and Is worthy tho fertile brain of pro-
gressive Birmingham anti-administration
man.
This attempt on the part of the state adj
ministration to instill poison and prejudice
In the minds of people of the sixty-fiye
counties against one busy, busting manu-
scarcely reaches the level of patriotism or
good sense.
Jefferson has her troubles, like most other
counties in this world, and 1t is getting
along with them as best it can. There
seems to be no basis for an administrative
raid against 1t. The mere fact that the
county does not relish the appointment of
a board of revenue to hold beyond the first
general election In July. should not be laid
up against an otherwise deserving people.
The people of Jefferson do like to elect
their own home officials. They do not like
a boss. But in that respect they are not
peculiar. No one likes a boss, and the
more the boss shows his hand the more
odious he becomes
The effort of the administration to turn
sixty-five counties against one is out of all
proportion. 1t Is out of reason. 1t Is also
outside of all known facts. The fertilized
brain the Journal mentions is not in Bir-
mingham, but In Montgomery, and the
business scheme is progressing where the
senatorial fertilization is watched with rare
devotion and exclusive attention.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
MOSQUITOES OF NORTH DAKOTA

From the Washington Post.
And while we are talking about congress-
men, 1 want to take time to remark that
the gentleman from North Dakota is bit
of a raconteur, and that his speciality is
anecdotes relating to the character and
habits of the mosquito of his state. You
may think that just because you have
spent a summer in the New Jersey low
lands you know something about mos
Quitoes, but unless you have lived beside
a Dakota slough-"slew,'' they call it out
there-you haven't any idea what mos
quitoes can be. Nobody in that forlorn
land attempts to sit out of doors in the
evening without the protection of the
smoke from ''smudge'' fire. However, as
to the story the gentleman from North
Dakota tells. He was out on his farm one
day, when suddenly he was taken by a
cloud of mosquitoes. For protection be
crawed under big iron soap kettle. Even
that gave him inadequate protection, for
one by one the mosquitoes bored through
the kettle till the inside bristled with their
what do you call them, by the way?-
their bills, their stings-their-well, their
sine qua mons, one may say. But the con-
gresham was prepared. By taking a small
sledge hammer from his pocket he ham,
mered each sine qua non until 1t bent, and
its owner could not withdraw 1t. After an
hour or so of this labor the mosquitoes
gave up the attack, rose in the air, and,
being unable to detach themselves from
the kettle, carried it away with them.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Admiral George Dewey.

When Dewey was ordered in January
1898, to take command of the Aslatic
squadron, he was not even captain. His
rank was that of a commodore, although
he was then in his sixtieth year. Compar-
atiyely few had ever heard his name. or
even seen 1t in print This was one year
ago. Today he is the head of the great
republics navy, the third admiral in its
entire history, and the idol of the people,
The best thing about the man is that
honizing does not spoil him or affect him.
he declines to entertain in his bonnet the
presidential bee; he stays in the damp.
hot, unwholesome airs of the Philiooines
because he finds work there to do; he lets
swords, and receptions, and dinings pass
him by-he will have none of them until
the task he began in that fateful MAY
morning Is completed. and peace restored
to the island empire that his daring and
skill conquered before breakfast He de-
serves the great place assigned him, and
when he does come home all popular DEM
onstrations of the recent war will pale
alongside the one he will receive
Admiral Dewey has had but two prede-
cessor. The first one was David G. Far
ragut, who was born in Tennessee. He
was sixty years old when the civil war
threw him into prominence. He was made
admiral in 1866, when the office was Gre
dted for him. He died in 1870 He was at
once succeeded by David D. Porter another
hero of the civil war He was born in
Pennsylvania in 1913, and lived until 1891.
His later years were spent at Annapolis.
where he had charge of the naval acad-
envy. He wrote number of stories and
other books, and altogether was queer
mixture of sailor and student.
Farragut was a great sailor, but cir
cumstances cruelty compelled him to fight
his own people at forts in New
Orleans at vicksburg and Port Hudson.
and at Mobile. He never fought an enemy
in ships. Dewey, on the other hand, fought
Spaniards in their own waters, but so sud
den and overwhelming was the attack that
the contest was soon ended. Tact and
diplomacy and vigilance have since been
required OF him, and every account agrees
In saying that American affairs could not
have been in safer or wiser hands than
those of the hero OF the battle on May
Day.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
The Revolution in Iron.

Dun's review calls attention to the great
taking place, in this country in iron manu-
facture. Imports of iron have almost en-
tirely ceased, and imports Of manufactured
iron and steel have fallen to 35 lbs. per
CAPITA nearly all of which consists of tin
plate.
The exports on the other hand exceeded
last year a million tons, worth $50, ia, 95S.
All imports of iron and steel and their pro-
ducts were but 14S,5O5 tons. Ten years ago
we were importing millions of tons of such
goods, while our exports were insignificant.
decade
The revolution is at its beginning. Every
form into which iron and steel can be put
will hereafter enter into the country's ex-
ports in annually increasing quantities, un-
til the world comes to look to this country
for such goods. This is to be, in other
words, the iron-making country of the
world.
Cheap ore aand skillful devices of manu-
facture are the chief advantages in this
country, and these promise to be sufficient
to overcome the advantages of cheap labor
in other countries 1.-THE one obstacle"
says the Review, ito indefinite expansion
of the export trade in such products is
the vast but somewhat spasmodic demand
which this country makes from time to
time upon its works, now pressing for pro-
ducts much beyond its capacity, and then
relaxing again so that they have seasons
of depression and partial idleness. When
1t is considered that the home demand In
this country takes the products of nearly
100000 tons of pig iron, worked into form
for use. far greater quantity than Great
Britain consumes together with her total
exports, 1t may be realized how the produc-
tive capacity of this country is liable at
times to be crowded The American de-
mand alone must be in value about five
In depressed seasons the country will be
able to increase It's business abroad, but
cannot constantly, or certainly until the
producing capacity here at a low cost has
become sufficiently great, meet all home
demands without such an advance in prices
of material and pigs and billets as may
for time cripple the manufacturers in
foreign competition"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
ArmOr Plate Buster.

The esteemed Pittsburg Dispatch is long
Congressional idiocy and idiots are it's pet
phrases, and it keeps many others in
stock, which it deals out freely. And its
surplus of epithets is fully equaled by it's
disregard for facts.
1t pronounces the congressional price of
$500 ton for arinor plate "a fully demon
strated faulty" when in point of fact
official Investigations, readily available to
the Dispatch, or to any one who really de-
sires to know the truth, fully demonstrate
that $500 ton is monstrous and extor-
a combine can do when 1t tries to Guido all
other combines.
The armor combine is a hold-up of a sup
posedly invincible nature 1t is interna-
tional. 1t Is based on a secret process.
Krupp gets fifty dollars a ton as royalty,
and the Carnegie Bethlehem people get the
balance of the profits, or rather they
planned to get them, but congress refused
10 be neld up Congress VIII pay for armor
for the new ships just $500 ton. and not
cent more, wholly disregarding campaign
subscriptions, Mark Hanna's campaign
promises, and Pennsylvania fury.
The anger of the Dispatch relates to the
failure of the hold-up engineered by the
mills in its balliwick. The price. esteemed
contemporary, will remain at $500; for a
hold-up of shameless nature, In the face
of official figures, cannot be put through
on the eve of a presidential campaign. 1t
would not be good politics, dear Dispatch.
Nor will the Dispatoh's tears over the de-
lay In the construction of ships for the
navy prove effective, for the United States
has a pretty good navy. and very good
admiral and no one Ia threatening to eat
US. The situation is wholly Pacific, and
Mr.. Bull is daily extending to us evidences
of his distinguished consideration.
Tho Dispatch should calm itself, and II
1t knows what is good for its neighborhood
II will advise the combine to close a con-
tract for armor at 5000 a ton. The price
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
TRICKS PLAYED BY FROST

From the Mobile Register.
The frost played some tricks down this
way that are new even to the oldest in
habitant To begin with, We never had
zero weather here before, or at least no
such weather has ever been recorded 1t
was cold enough to freeze the palms in the
hot houses, froze all the water pipes, and
knocked the leaves off some of the ever
greens, such as the live oak. The fall of
dead leaves reminds one Of autumn In de-
ciduous woods. Another curiosity Is that
some forms Of delicate glassware, having
been frozen, have become excessively fra
gile, breaking all to pieces, no one touch
ing them. A housewife, finding her glass
goblets blowing up in this remarkable
fashion, saved the remnant of her collec-
ton by bringing the glasses to boil in
sailed water and allowing them to remain
in the water until it became cold again.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
HUNDREDS OF HEROES
From the Baltimore Sun.


Senator Pettus, of Alabama spoke the
thought of the public when he ridiculed
the promotion of 800 officers for heroism
in the battle of Santiago. Hardly as many
as nine of that number really did anything
extraordinary in that action and ''this
wholesale reward" as Senator Pettus says,
'cheapens the whole business" The fight
on land at Santiago was important only in
its results. 1t was not much of a fight.
Such fighting as there was was done chiefly
by the regiments of regulars, one-U them
colored, the volunteer regiments clinging as
rule, to the ground In the rear. The
general In command felt himself so far
beaten at the end of the second days fight
that he was contemplating retreat. Gener-
al Toraps surrender was due to subsequent
bluff. 1t was mere luck-the folly of Ger
vera's effort to escape from the harbor-
that put 1t in the power of the Americans
to argue Toral into the idea that the stu
alton was hopeless. Upon the whole. the
campaign was successful, but there were
not quite 800 heroic officers In It.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
MIR. BAILEY's WITHDRAWAL
n the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Mr.. Bailey's withdrawal of his aspirations
for the leadership of the minority in the
house is one of the wisest acts of his ca
reer. He has occupied the position of a
leader who did not lead-that Is, who was
not followed 1t is not a gratifying posi-
ton, and Mr.. Bailey does well to abandon
it. He is really a capable man, and not
lacking in courage or in patriotism, but his
Judgment is not always to be relied upon,
and he has made too many blunders ever
to establish his authority. Whether the
party will find better leader in the next
congress remains to be seen.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
A COMPARISON

From the Louisville Courier Journal
1t should be noted that with $500, or there
abouts, to the man the Cubans will be a
good deal better off than were the confed-
crates after the close of the war in 1865
Some of them received IS, $40 or even $40 in
gold out of the sum left in the confederate
treasury. A great many received nothing
at all, and made their way home as best
they could. Yet in the course of a few
years most of them were fairly prosperous,
some were rich, while a surprisingly small
number secured public support of any sort.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
HoKATIUs IN AMERICA
From the New York Sun.

from Inc New 1Ork sun.
The great Carl Schrurz of Gotham,
BY foreign gods he swore
That the land that had annexed him
Should annex nothing more;
By foreign gods he swore 1t,
And named TRUSTING day,
And bade his messengers ride forth,
East and west, and south and north,
To summon his array.
Lo, on the day appointed
There came a motley crew.
Potatoes henchman, Pingree,
The bounding Pettigrew;
The Vest, that out of fashion;
Godkin, high priest of hate; -
Edward-he of cashless feed
Ed. whose oven Is all you need
From the Bay specialized State.
Then outspake brave Carl Schurtzius:
"This battle must begin;
The people are against US,
And We must fight like sin;
In the senate pass the peoples WILL
May, perhaps, be stopped by three;
Now, who will stand on either hand
And filibuster with me?'
Out spake Pe@tigrew, the Dakotan,
A talher brave was he:
''Lo, / stand on thy right hand,
And waste good time with thee"
Then out spake Vest the Missour:an,
A spendthrift of words was he:
10, stand on thy left hand,
And filibuster with theer'
But here the parallel endeth;
Some things history does not repeat;
The Narrow Minded Regiment
Was swept from off its feet.
There'll be no craven image,
No statue set on high;
No tales of the new Horatius,
When the winds round the chimney sig
And the end of these poor creatures,
Who got In the way of Fate,
Is like tho COW who strayed on the trac
And saw the train too late.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
DOES NOT EXPECT AN EXTRA sEssIo

DOES NOT EXPECT AN EXTRA SESSION
From the Mobile News.
Senator Cunningham has made announce
ment of his candidacy for delegate to the
constitutional convention. Evidently ne
does not share with Mr. Waller the fear
of possible complications. Mr.. Waller be-
lieves that an extra session of the general
assembly may be necessary, and that as a
delegate to the constitutional convention his
right to preside over the house might be
questioned.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

France opposes grant of base in China
to Italy. and England favors it. Italy may
therefore be considered an open-door coun-
try. Italy, too. will secure the bay she
wants.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
ONE WAS TAKEN, THE OTHER LIEF,

From the Selma Times.
1t seems that Admission got her public
building and Selma got-nothing Mr.. AL.
drich probably got in his work at the elev-
enth hour The Times had hoped that Sell
ma would get public building, but it seems
that we will have to wait for a more pro-
ptious season, if it ever comes. Selma was
entitled to her public building, but as we
could not get il the Times is glad that our
neighbor up the road fell heir to one Both
cities are in the same district, aud down
here We have nothing but good wishes for
our sister city up the Southern.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

including General Crittenden; his prisoners
numbering $500 men. There was a man
named Hayes, a deserter from the confed-
crate forces. who had been especially cruel
to Richardson and the spy as their jailor.
Forrest caused the two men to identify
Hayes, and instantly he was taken out in
the woods and shot. Judge Richardson still
suffers from his wounds
Senator Hall, of Jackson, was in the city
yesterday on private business. The sena-
tor is largely interested In the development
of coal mining properties throughout the
coal region, and has influential eastern
connections. He is man of interchangeable
energy and perseverance, and is possessed
of remarkable knowledge of coal bearing
lands. Since his legislative duties ended he
has been very busy in his favorite occupa-
ton.
Yesterday was u perfect winters day
the coolest experienced here in March for
many years. In the morning the tempera-
ture was down to II above zero, and at
noon, Notwithstanding the brilliant sun
shine, the thermometer registered II above.
1t was day without parallel ia the wealth
er record of this district.
State Superintendent of Education John
W. Abercrombie is in Birmingham.
Captain John Quill, the famous Alabama
river steamboat man, is In Birmingham.
Walker Winston, of New York, and N.
s. Walker, of Staten Island, are In town.
w. W. Martin. of Atlanta, is in town.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Slick Fakir Arrested

Chicago. March edward Dohlhelmer
was arrested today charged with using the
United States malls for fraudulent pur-
poses. His scheme was to advertise, Offer
ing spools of choice silk thread at bar
gain. When he got the money from a Gus
TONER he IL said to have sent only a yard
or two of silk, which he called sample,
and asked for continuance OF the custo-
mars trade.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

From the Philadelphia Record.
An itinerant musician who daily grinds
out operate airs and popular songs on
street piano at Bridgeport, opposite Nor
rlstown, and his monkey were a miserable
pair as they sat in a trolley car on the
way to this city the other morning. The
monkey was squealing and holding one of
its paws to its mouth, while tears flowed
copiously. The master could not console
the animal, and a well-dressed man who
sat opposite asked what caused the
monkeys suffering. HE gotta da pain in
da toot," was the reply. II tinka he goin
to die, but wanta ia get him to city," he
questioner asked permission to examine the
monkeys mouth, and after looking at It
he produced vial and allowed a few drops
of a liquid to fall on the gums The ami
NAL ceased squealing. Then the sympa thiz-
ing man got the Italian to hold the
monkeys mouth open, when he inserted a
pair of forceps he took from his pocket
and drew out the troublesome tooth. The
monkey yelled once and then showed the
relief 1t felt. When the owner was wiping
the blood from its mouth the dentist
left the car and shook his head good
naturedly when the street musician called
after him: Comma back an gitta you
mon."
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
Negroes industrial CONGRESS

Normal, March 7.--(Special)--The sixth
annual Industrial congress of negroes will
assemble at Normal, in Palmer hall. on
April 10. The last congress was a great
success, and has resulted in much good.
Professor Council has made extensive
preparations for the gathering, ana large
crowds are expected.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

All the current talk as to a general Euro
pean combination against the United States
is moonshine, partly because the nations
could not agree among themselves, and
partly because Mr.. J. Bull is in partnership
with the American Eagle.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

viii not be increased, and the chances are
that the government win decide to cut the
price still lower by making its own armor
In It's own mill Buster In the combine
district will not change the policy of con-
gress.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08
REFLECTIONS OF A uACHErog
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
man would be n lot happier if he
dared sit out in the yard and howl when
ever he felt lonesome.
When a girl proposes to man she al
ways insnuates that he has forced her to
declare herself
A woman's idea of heaven Is a place
where everything always smells OF soap
suds and fresh paint.
When woman begins by saying: isn't
Ii a shame how people will talk?'' she isn't
going TO tell something on her self.
When two women are really glad to see;
each other they hold each other on az
arms length and then kiss again.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-08

Italy is concentrating battleships and
cruisers on the Chinese coast, and when she
gets enough the Tsung Ii Yamen will duly,
In accordance with its modern custom, hand
over San Nun bay.